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As the small boat gradually approached the island, Ferran saw Sailors busy on the deck and crew members loading and unloading cargo on the island.
The most eye-catching was a beautiful lady standing at the bow of the ship; Danitz, who had been vigorously rowing, seemed to be under a Body-Fixing Spell, staring blankly at the bow.
Ferran looked at Danitz with disdain. Seeing his pig-like appearance, Ferran knew without a second thought that the lady must be Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina Edwards.
After subtly expressing his contempt, Ferran also turned to look at the bow. This was his first time seeing Vice Admiral Iceberg, not on a wanted poster; that was a bounty of a full 26,000 pounds.
This Pirate Admiral had a strong scholarly aura but wore a Loen-style pirate outfit. Her face was oval-shaped, her nose bridge was high, and her lips were thin.
Her brown long hair was parted in the middle and tied into a simple yet exquisite knot at the back of her head, then smoothly cascaded down. Her light blue eyes were like clear spring water, seemingly scrutinizing him.
Wait! She was scrutinizing him.
Ferran met those light blue eyes and quickly suppressed the wandering thoughts he had earlier, no longer thinking about the bounty. He lowered his head guiltily.
He began to secretly reflect. It seemed that his experience as a bounty Hunter had quite a deep impact on him, so much so that whenever he saw a person, he would Connection them with a bounty. He had almost forgotten that the person opposite him was about to become his captain for the next few years.
A moment later, Danitz led Ferran onto the Golden Dream. On the deck, Danitz enthusiastically greeted the crew members, showing off his new crewmate.
First Mate "Gourmand" Bruh Walrus, Second Mate "Singer" Orpheus, Third Mate "Flower Tie" Yodson, Boatswain "Bucket" Daniels…
Ferran felt a strange sensation looking at these people he had seen on the bounty list.
Edwina Edwards' figure suddenly appeared. With a calm expression, she nodded to Danitz, then looked at Ferran and asked emotionlessly:
"What languages do you know? And what rituals do you understand?"
A circle of pirates around them watched with interest. Ferran uncomfortably answered the captain's question.
Upon hearing that Ferran also understood some ancient Hermes and some ritual procedures, Edwina Edwards nodded slightly in satisfaction, then continued:
"Since you are already here, it means you are willing to join my fleet."
"I presume Danitz has already told you that my team does not demand you stay on board all the time; there will be a certain amount of vacation time, but as long as you are on board, you must participate in the weekly fixed study day."
"Since you already have a certain foundation in ancient Hermes and ritual knowledge, you should be able to catch up with their progress quickly."
"We will have fixed assessment dates. If your results are unsatisfactory, a portion of your gold pounds will be deducted as punishment."
Hearing this, Ferran's expression finally changed. He suddenly turned around and glared fiercely at a certain Hunter who was still mesmerized by his captain's beauty, wanting to give him a fist the size of a sandbag to the face.
Why didn't this "shit-mouthed" Danitz mention such an important matter at all?
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Backlund's Cherwood Borough, Sifi Street, No. 43. The sun had already set, and the afterglow of the sunset bathed the street.
Aaron had changed back into his Lucivide Joseph vest, but unlike before, a white cat was perched on his shoulder. The cat had a light gold necklace around its neck.
That was a Mystical Item called the "Hypnosis Necklace," crafted by Michel Vide using the Beyonder characteristic of a Sequence 6 Hypnotist obtained during the exploration of Amon's underground mausoleum, which was extracted step by step and purified from pollution using the Staff of the Sun.
The main body was made from a pure Sequence 6 Hypnotist Beyonder characteristic combined with certain Beyonder materials. To minimize negative effects and extend usage time,
it only retained Beyonder abilities such as soothing and psychological cue, and these abilities were somewhat weakened, but the negative effects were also extremely subtle. They would only increase the degree of negative emotional influence, turning displeasure into anger, and melancholy into despair. The longer it was used, the deeper the influence.
However, for Evelina, who had been a Telepathist for a long time, this was not unavoidable. She could keenly perceive changes in her own emotions and, when necessary, use soothing to calm her emotions.
In Cherwood Borough, where small companies and residences were numerous, people came and went on the streets, and many bicycles jingled by, but they all seemed to not notice this strange combination of one person and one cat, and they all tacitly avoided that area.
This was psychological invisibility achieved with the Hypnosis Necklace, using control over surrounding mind bodies and psychological blind spots to hide in the dark, placing oneself in an "awareness blind spot," thereby achieving a kind of invisibility effect where one stands there, but surrounding pedestrians cannot see or sense them at all.
But this was only psychological invisibility; it would still interact with the surroundings, only eliminating the sense of presence and being in a blind spot of attention. Once that interaction became stronger, exposure would be inevitable.
Since obtaining this Mystical Item, Evelina's favorite ability was this one. Although it was a great burden on her spirituality, she still enjoyed it tirelessly, constantly using psychological invisibility to harass the servants at home, even claiming it was practice.
As a result, recently, the family's male and female servants always felt that some ghosts or similar things had entered the villa, but thanks to that period of practice, Evelina finally succeeded in helping Aaron with psychological invisibility recently.
Aaron glanced at the note in his hand, which was the intelligence Darren had left before leaving, confirming again that the house in front of him was the one Xio and Fors had rented after fleeing that night.
After sensing for a moment, the extra sense on the Beyonder level from the Sheriff did not detect any abnormalities. Aaron adjusted his top hat and stepped forward to knock on the door.
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Inside the room, both Xio and Fors were somewhat troubled. Fors was no longer her usual lazy self, sprawled on the sofa. Her hair was disheveled, and she looked at the newspaper on the table and the discarded drafts scattered on the floor with a worried expression.
Ever since they escaped using the bracelet last time, fearing retaliation from the Lunatics of the Aurora Order, she and Xio had not returned to their original rented place in East Borough but had rented a house in the well-policed Cherwood Borough.
Because they had some expectations before leaving that night, both of them carried valuables with them.
Fors brought the notebook left to her by Mrs. Aulisa, and Xio had deposited the commission earned from previous bounty missions in the Backlund Bank.
It was also thanks to that pre-deposited commission and Fors's recent royalties that the two of them were barely able to temporarily settle in Cherwood Borough, where rent was expensive and living expenses were high.
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