"Hey Kald, wake up… wake up!"
Kald woke to the feeling of a nudge on his shoulder. As he opened his eyes, he saw Lea standing over him. Slowly, he sat up from Erina's lap and looked toward the two girls.
"What's wrong?" he mumbled, still groggy.
Erina smiled and pointed ahead. "We're here."
Kald followed her finger and saw the shadow of a large landform not far off.
"Woah," he breathed. "So that's Mako Island."
"It is indeed," Pedro said with a calm smile from the wheel.
"You're lucky you went to sleep," Lea added. "After you passed out, Dalan threw up like four times. It was gross."
"Three…" came a weak voice—Dalan was curled in his seat like a shrimp.
Kald chuckled but kept his eyes fixed on the island as they pulled closer and closer until the ship gently slid up beside the dock.
Pedro carefully brought the Merry Float to a stop, tying it down. Dalan immediately leapt off the boat and threw up once more onto the dock.
"Four," Lea said, stepping off the boat, then helping Erina down.
Kald approached Pedro at the wheel, fishing into his coin pouch. "Thanks for everything. How much do I owe you?"
Pedro shook his head. "Don't worry about it. The islanders already covered the fare."
Kald raised a brow, then smiled. "Sweet. Well, take this as a tip anyway." He handed over three silver coins.
Pedro graciously accepted them. "Thank you kindly, Mr. Kald."
"Don't sweat it." Kald gave a wave, then hopped down to join his party. The four of them watched as Pedro sailed back toward the mainland, the Merry Float slowly fading into the horizon.
"He was nice," Erina said.
The others nodded in agreement. But then Kald and Lea did a double take when they noticed Dalan standing beside them nodding aswell.
"Wait—when did you recover?!" Kald asked.
Dalan grinned. "Haha, I might get sick fast, but I recover even faster once I'm back on land!"
Lea stared at him, unimpressed. "Why are you boasting about that?"
Dalan simply kept laughing, ignoring her comment.
"Alright then," Kald said, turning to Erina. "This place doesn't have a guild, so… where do we go for quest details?"
She sighed. "You didn't read the quest log yourself, did you…"
Kald laughed and puffed out his chest proudly. "Haha I forgot."
"And why are you boasting about that?" Erina snapped.
Rolling her eyes, she continued, "Anyway, we'll head to the mayor's house. He should have all the details."
Kald grinned wide. "Sweet! QUICK FANG—!"
"Here we go again," Lea muttered.
"—GGG… never mind, let's just go guys."
"You have got to be kidding me." said Erina.
With that, the party made their way into town, heading for the mayor's house.
(And thus, Quick Fang's adventure continues!)