The wait didn’t last too long.
It was another few days of the usual peaceful life.
Doing odd jobs for others, wandering around aimlessly to listen for interesting information, flipping through books at night to read whatever was useful or useless, and occasionally getting into a fight to deal with the punks in the slum area.
This was Fuyuki’s daily routine.
Fuyuki was indeed very smart, but she also understood that “smart” only represented the speed of learning, not the state of having learned.
Despite having no chance to receive much formal education, only the most basic compulsory education in Lungmen, Fuyuki had never given up on improving herself.
Perhaps it was for the sake of an imagined “good life,” or perhaps she simply didn’t want to live like this.
When Lin Gerui proposed a new possibility for Fuyuki, she was indeed moved.
And on this day, the Rhodes Island land vessel finally arrived in Lungmen for a long-awaited routine resupply.
Lungmen, Luoting Continent.
As the external docking window for the mobile city-state of Lungmen, and with Lungmen being the economic and trade center of Terra, one could imagine the daily cargo throughput.
People were coming and going, and it was very busy.
This gave Fuyuki, as an Infected, an opportunity to take advantage of.
After all, Infected running around would be arrested and locked up for a few days, and if the circumstances were serious, it wouldn’t be as simple as just being locked up.
However, if she just disguised herself for a short time, it really wouldn’t be that easy to be discovered.
No traces of Originium crystals could be seen on Fuyuki’s surface skin.
She openly put on a short outfit that was easy to move in, so there certainly wouldn’t be a problem in Luoting Continent for a short while.
The location of the Rhodes Island Main Vessel was not hard to find.
Such a huge and unique land vessel could be seen from far away.
With Fuyuki’s eyesight, she could see the massive hull, the wide-open side doors, and a white-haired figure tied up on the bridge from a distance.
Huh?!
Tied up like a caterpillar, swinging on the bridge, and seemingly shouting something…
unfortunately, it was too far, and Fuyuki really couldn’t hear.
This couldn’t be some black-hearted enterprise, could it?
How could they hang someone on the bridge!
Fuyuki silently put a question mark in her mind.
Although walking openly in the busy port, Fuyuki wasn’t so stupid as to walk directly into the sight of the patrol personnel.
She was quite careful along the way and finally arrived near the Rhodes Island Main Vessel.
Numerous cargo boxes and containers were stacked at the port waiting to be transported.
Besides the port porters, Fuyuki also saw many personnel wearing the same uniform busy at work.
Rhodes Island On the black and blue-toned uniforms, such words were printed on the turned-out collars.
“Hmm…
everyone’s busy, it’s not very convenient to strike up a conversation right now.” In the process of putting in great effort, probably no one would want to be asked this and that while doing heavy work…
people were coming and going, and it was quite lively.
“Whew…
whew…
heave-ho…” A Cautus (rabbit) girl who didn’t look very old was laboriously carrying a box of cargo larger than herself.
From her clothing, she was also clearly a member of Rhodes Island.
But such a small child has to do heavy work?!
This couldn’t be some black-hearted enterprise, could it???
Fuyuki decided to silently multiply the question mark by three in her mind.
The rabbit-eared girl looked to be only twelve or thirteen years old, with brown hair and blue eyes, and her face looked very cute.
“Ah, watch out!” The Cautus girl didn’t seem very good at heavy work, and a small problem seemed to occur with her center of gravity, causing her to gradually lose her balance.
Taking a fall while holding heavy objects would probably require some time to recover.
A gust of strong wind blew by, applying a force from behind the Cautus girl, and then Fuyuki steadily supported the box for her from the front.
Then, with a slight exertion, she took the box from the Cautus girl’s hands.
Good grief, it really wasn’t light.
If it were a race like the Vouivre (sub-dragon type), it would be one thing—those ridiculous beings were naturally born with extraordinary physiques.
But for a Cautus girl, such a burden was a bit heavy.
Of course, for Fuyuki, it was a breeze.
“…Seriously, is this company so unscrupulous?
Even such a small child is assigned to do heavy work?” To be honest, although she hadn’t officially made contact yet, based on this one small episode, Fuyuki’s opinion of Rhodes Island had already plummeted subjectively and internally.
“Phew…
thank you, Big Sister.” The Cautus girl wiped the fine beads of sweat on her forehead.
Seeing Fuyuki carry the box for her, she said with some embarrassment.
However, the girl’s cheeks still puffed up slightly, looking a bit angry, which appeared quite cute.
“But Rhodes Island is not some strange, unscrupulous, black-hearted company!
I took the initiative to come and help everyone share the load!” I don’t think I said all those strange adjectives out loud…
Fuyuki thought to herself.
“Yes, yes…
so…” Fuyuki slightly lifted the box and looked at the ID card hanging around the Cautus girl’s neck, asking, “Where should I move this, Amiya?” Helping out a bit, and taking the opportunity to scout for information and get acquainted, should be a good choice.
“Then thank you, Big Sister…” Amiya’s small face turned slightly red.
She had originally wanted to help as much as possible, but ended up bothering someone else.
“Just move it to the back of the Main Vessel’s entrance.
Rhodes Island’s docking port doesn’t quite match Lungmen’s model, so this short distance has to be moved by hand.” “Small matter.” Fuyuki estimated the distance; it indeed wasn’t very far.
So, while following Amiya’s footsteps and acting as temporary labor, she chatted with Amiya.
In just a short while, Amiya’s manner of speech indeed made Fuyuki take notice.
This Cautus girl seemed small in stature, only about the same height as her even including the rabbit ears, and she certainly didn’t look old, but she seemed to know far too much.
On the contrary, Fuyuki felt a bit out of her depth.
Her own upbringing made her feel like a frog at the bottom of a well when facing these unfamiliar fields; it was simply not worth mentioning.
This short stretch of road was gradually coming to an end.
The Rhodes Island Main Vessel grew larger and larger in Fuyuki’s eyes.
Fuyuki could even hear the shouting of that poor soul tied up like a caterpillar on the bridge.
Things like, “Kal’tsit, you old woman, let me down!”, “A Vampire will never yield easily!”, and “Even free food and housing won’t work!” All sorts of somewhat nonsensical words.
“…Amiya, that person hanging up there…
is it really okay?” Fuyuki looked up at the “caterpillar.” Almost bloodless white skin, pointed ears, and what seemed to be canine teeth; she couldn’t see much else.
But she could basically confirm it: that was a “Vampire,” a member of the Sarkaz race.
“That’s just a little punishment from Dr.
Kal’tsit for Dr.
Warfarin…
Dr.
Warfarin always does some inexplicable things sometimes,” Amiya explained.
“But Dr.
Warfarin’s medical skills are quite superb, and she’s also one of the founding veterans of our Rhodes Island!” A Vampire as a doctor…
Well, this really was a very strange medical company.
Although she felt Rhodes Island was strange in many ways, since she was already here, she still had to handle her business.
At least take a look; if it didn’t work out, she’d just leave.
“By the way, Amiya, is your Rhodes Island still hiring?” Fuyuki asked.