193 Another hurdle

“What happened? Your eyes seem puffy… Did you cry?!”

Leo shouted the last word, making Henry, Xavier, and Arthur turn around to see her. They were inside the captain’s room. It is already nighttime, and the prisoners were kept inside the pantry with the help of Brom bubble spell to lock them inside. Only two crew they let into the steering room, the navigator and the helmsman, they took turns to guard them every six hours.

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This time, it was Brom and Nathan’s turn to watch, while the others discuss the safe place to land on the island.

“What happened? Why are you crying?” Xavier demanded some answer from her.

Anne, who is glaring at Leo because of his loose lips, now is in dire need to conjure some reason for Xavier. “I’m alright, actually, I… I was fallen on the bed, and my knee…”

Xavier was immediately dropped on his knee and took Anne’s feet. “What happened to your knee? Which one?!”

With a bored look, Leo teased the overprotective Xavier, “You know she is a healer, right? Dear Gods, just calm down. She probably already healed the d*mn thing!”

“I was just…” Xavier tried to defend himself, but it fell short. “Ugh, who am I joking here? I will always worry about this one.” He gruntled while pointing at Anne.

Although flatter, Anne just gave him a smile and mouthed thank you to Xavier, she once a blushing teen in this world, but as she knew how much she was meant to the four of them, Anne would not be surprised anymore, but, flattering feeling and the butterfly on her stomach, whenever they whispered sweet nothing, smile, or just being closer to her, already enough for Anne to know how deep their feelings for her.

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“I’m alright Xavier, don’t worry.” She smiles at the huntsman, even touching his arm, trying to calm him for a bit. “Come on, let’s discuss the best route for us.”

Henry saw their interaction from the other end of the room. He will never be jealous of Xavier, as he is his best friend, and having her as one of them is already a part of his plan. What he was worrying is the new man who keeps insisting to be close to Anne, the popular magic knight captain, with his broad shoulder and gorgeous look.

“Henry, what did you think about this port?” Xavier call for him to look into the glassmap, Henry approach him and saw two ports that were seemingly maintained.

Shaking his head, he got another opinion on that matter. “These two ports are obviously already in control of the group. We need another place to land, the most inauspicious place to land. Did we have a place like that?”_{𝐟𝐫𝗲𝙚ｗ𝚎𝐛𝙣𝐨𝙫𝘦𝗹.c૦m}

Xavier turn around the map, he search thoroughly all over the corner of the island, until he saw something, “This! How about this land?”

All of them look at the map.

“You… You want us to land in this creaky and swampy port?!” Arthur grimace when he saw the picture.

“Actually, it is the perfect place to land, hidden and unpredictable for them. I am sure it will be safe for us to land there.” Anne grinned at all of them. She even tried so hard to convince Arthur.

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“Err… Yes, you are probably right, uhm… If Anne agreed, then so am I.”

The other man in the room just rolled their eyes, but, at least for now, they could proceed to use this route. The chosen area is not an easy one. After the ship goes through a canal, they need to make a way into a swamp area where there’s an old port for them to land.

“This is a risky move, but better than using the regular port.” Muttered Xavier, he nods his head to everyone, “I guess we are going to do this, I’ll tell this to Brom and Nathan, the rest of you could take some rest, especially Arthur and Leo since you turn to watch will begin in three hours.”

“Yeah, I think I’ll take a nap. Bye for now.” Leo yawned and wave his hand to all of them.

The magic knight captain looks tentatively at Anne, who realized his warm gaze. She excused herself immediately, citing that she will be cooking some food for all of them, how glad she was when Henry offers to help her.

“When will this ship arrive at the island?” Asked Anne to Henry, she was stirring some creamy soup in a large pot.

Henry, who was in the middle of chopping fish, took glanced at her, “In this speed, in another sixteen or fifteen hours, why do you ask?”

“Nothing, just curious that’s all…” She thought about the prisoners and asked him once again, “What will be happened to them?”

“We took them into a safe and remote place, Brom and Nathan already volunteered to stay and stay with the prisoners,” Said Henry, while he put the fish inside a big cook pan, “I mean… We can’t just free all of them, right?”

“Yeah, I guess you’re right. I just worried for them, that’s all.” She said to Henry with a bittered smile on her face, “Even when they were trying to kill us.”_{f𝑟e𝒆𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗oѵ𝐞𝗹.c૦𝑚}

Henry takes a look at her and suddenly walks towards Anne. He embraces her from behind. The sudden move makes Anne flustered. She never expected such an intimate move from Henry. Her heart beat faster. Henry can feel it, also the sweet smell of her hair. He was intoxicated.

“Anne, you’re such a sweet young woman, did you know that?” He whispered directly to her ear, his lips softly brushing her earlobe. He just can’t get enough of her.

“Henry… Please… Not like this…” She was so nervous, not that she didn’t like it, but the voice of the witch of the mountain always haunting her in every way possible. “I… I can’t, Henry.”

Henry felt her rejection. He released his grip and apologize to her. Afterward, Anne prefers to be inside her room or in the kitchen, either to sleep or to make food for everyone. She tried to minimize her interaction with Henry and Xavier. Finally, after the long seventeen hours, Leo goes inside their bedroom and informs her.

“Did you already pack? We’ve arrived at the port.”

Anne nods and smiles at her friend. “Yes, I am ready, so… how’s the port?”

Leo took a long sigh. “Better to see it yourself.”

A bit curious after the words that came from Leo, Anne put her bag and hurry into the deck, she looks at Henry, Xavier, and Arthur, who were looking with confused expressions on their faces. Anne turned to look at what made them so confused and gasped.

“By God! How are we going to deal with this?!” She screamed in horror.

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