Hero of Harmony (Continued)

Chapter 237: Surviving!?

Now that we were practically stuck on this ship with Cinc, I prevented Lazuli from killing him while I attempted to make a bad situation good, though so far, I was proving unsuccessful, which is of no surprise; we were sailing through the middle of the ocean in a rotting ship against our will, and to make matters worse, there was no food onboard or water on board. It's not like Lazuli couldn't survive at least five days without water, but Talis needed water just as severely as most animals.

"Ahh, I'm thirsty." Said Talis softly as she lazily lay in Alexander's arms while staring at the sky, causing him to sigh softly with a nod.

"I'll let you drink one of my potions tomorrow morning, so just hold out until then... Well, that is if we survive." Said Alexander softly as he glanced at Talis, who lightly nodded before closing her eyes and drifting to sleep minutes later.

Sighing to myself, I raised my head and looked at the night sky; the sun had just set probably only thirty minutes ago, yet to my surprise, the ship was still mostly intact, and we hadn't died, which was already better than I would've expected. Still, according to Cinc, we've still got five more days of this, and that sounded so incredibly stressful that I just wanted to go to sleep and worry about that stuff later; however, I don't think I could ever sleep in this situation.

"Are you not going to sleep, Lazuli?" Asked Alexander lightly as he turned and glanced at Lazuli, who blankly looked at him with an indifferent expression.

"I-I'll take that as a no." Added Alexander wryly as he awkwardly scratched his head before looking away.

I couldn't tell if Lazuli was annoyed with me because I didn't allow her to kill Cinc or because I had put us in this whole situation in the first place.

'To be fair, I also didn't want to be stuck on this ship; I just wanted to take a quick look at the interior. How was I supposed to know this stupid Dwarf was going to set sail within that small timeframe; hell, why didn't he say anything either?' Thought Alexander in annoyance as he quietly grumbled to himself while glaring at Cinc, who was dozing off at the helm.

"Are you fucking with me right now?" Muttered Alexander in slight anger as he carefully handed Talis to Lazuli before standing up and approaching Cinc.

I wasn't even in the mood to argue with him, and honestly, he may have been a Captain, but I felt far safer when I was the one at the wheel and not him, so I didn't even try to wake him up and simply picked him up by the collar before placing him on the ground. Slightly surprised he didn't wake up, I shook my head and sat atop the stacked books.

Though now that I sat at the helm, I promptly realized this was practically pointless; two pieces of very rotted wood were barely holding together the rudder on the ship, and simply a slight turn would break them, causing the rudder to fall into the ocean.

"Can I kill him now? I'll make it quick... He won't feel even slight pain." Asked Lazuli as she slowly approached Cinc, her transformed arm humming in response to her words, causing Alexander to sigh deeply.

"Haa, no, you can't kill him; despite how idiotic and unresponsible he is, he knows the ocean and how it operates; he can probably tell if a storm is coming just from the movement of the sea and the clouds above. Hmph, although I might be able to do that with [Heroes Gaze]." Replied Alexander with a shake of his head as he glanced at Lazuli, who scowled before reluctantly transforming her arm to normal while he quietly muttered to himself.

Honestly, at this point, I felt as if I was just making excuses to keep Lazuli from killing it; part of me genuinely didn't care if he died; he had put Lazuli and I in such a precarious situation without any concern for our wellbeings, hell, he didn't even ask for our input before setting sail.