Dream of the Guardians I-1: Rising

Chapter 15 - Travel Diary (Part 2)

Day 49

Today has joined our journey Pierre, the Water adept who faced Tsubaki and Chris in the tournament a month ago. Apparently, he is quite polite and gentlemanly, although Tsubaki can't help but have the nerves on edge near him, that's why I'm always between the two of them. That has given me the opportunity to get to know him a little, as he gets carried away by the current, he usually supports Guilian's jokes.

He is quite nice, if you ask him for help with something, he will not hesitate to agree, but I am worried that someone will take advantage of that. I'm sure Chris will protect him from that by having him in the group, although he should look more out for his own health.

Even with two weeks of rehabilitation remaining, Chris was able to withstand the journey to the port and we are surprised by a trip to a new continent, Meri, far in the west. As much as I want him to rest, he doesn't pay much attention to me and wants to keep up with the pace of the trip.

Day 50

It's the first time we all woke up at sea, Guilian and Tsubaki spent a long time vomiting overboard, while Pierre tried to help them with the dizziness. Tsubaki preferred to remain dizzy rather than being close to him, but Guilian surprised me by refusing too, he had no reason to deny help. Does he dislike Pierre that badly?

After a whole day learning about sea navigation, we were all exhausted and I took the opportunity to ask Guilian his opinion about Pierre. He replied very clearly that he dislikes his personality, he does not seem like a bad person, but it is not possible for him to get along very well with him. I don't understand why that is, maybe it's men's stuff, I remember that my mother used to get crazy about aspects of my father, will it be something similar?

Tsubaki is more aware of Pierre for his nervousness than in Guilian for his jokes. Will my first impression finally be fulfilled?

Day 54

Today I finally achieved a bowline knot, although I do not dare to climb the mast of the sail to use it, I will trust that it is well done, I have to admit that it was easier to understand with the small story so as not to fall into forgetfulness: We have a lake and a tree, a snake comes out of the lake, he surrounds the tree from behind and gets into the lake.

I felt like a child again as I recited it chanted. On the other hand, Tsubaki has been training her fishing skills and even got the dinner of the day, a bluefin tuna, IT WAS HUGE, and Pierre took care of cooking it, a recipe from his home, the food was too delicious, and the crew on top of him to learn how to cook the fish, so we had him away for a long time and I began to notice that he was missing. It's amazing how quickly he's integrated into the group.

It's ironic, we're always traveling on foot, and we don't think much about it, but on such a long trip on a conveyance there's always something to do and you don't get bored at all, and the days fly by like nothing, even the sound and movement of the tide becomes the best lullaby, becomes hypnotic.

Day 62

We have been almost two weeks at sea, and we have almost become accustomed to the environment, even Tsubaki and Guilian started fighting each other to stay in shape. Although it all ended when Pierre wanted to face both simultaneously, because neither of them could put a finger on him.

During dinner the two of them were swallowing their feelings with food, they didn't even get in the mood to yell at each other as they usually do. Will it be a common enemy? As for Chris, he has been recovering in his room, twice a day I make him a cup of tea with a couple of leaves of Grandma Xian Tao's medicinal herbs.

His recovery is almost complete, although I had already become accustomed to seeing him rest and tell him stories of all the books I read in Vodheim and Heinburn, their folklore, myths and legends, novels by local authors, he even came to ask me how I read the books so quickly. He was overwhelmed and it was funny, because he doesn't usually read, just think and stay quiet.