Chapter 136: Seaman - The Birth of Drogon!
The dusk of the 7th day found Kai facing the door to the officer's cabin.
Black Betha had stayed in the sea for a day, circling the volcanic island.
Kai had proved himself as skilled as Raul had proclaimed him to be and much more. Whatever the mates ordered him to do, and was expected of him to do, he had done that with mastery as befitting a beginner Seaman. He still had a long way to him get named as an experienced Seamen, but for his age, and looking at the time of his training, he had already outsmarted over half of the crew.
Now was the decisive moment, Kai knew.
Doubtlessly he would get Matthos' approval, what with Melisandre's words and the queer interest she had openly shown in him. The thing that troubled him was the guards stationed on the deck, fully armed and alive, to take him to the Red Woman.
Worse comes to worst, I will just kill everyone, Kai thought, pressing his brows. Meg warned me against carrying out unnecessary slaughters, though. Abnormality Limiter. Any happenstance of someone seeing me doing something extraordinary can cause my instant death. Tch!
"Don't be nervous," Raul told him, towering to his left. "You have done a fine job. There is the slight problem of you not getting along with other crew members, but... we won't need to worry about it, I guess."
The pity in the brute's voice was too much to ignore. Kai lifted his face and attempted a smile.
Matthos' voice seeped out from the closed door then. "Come in."
The doors creaked as Raul entered, followed by Kai, who closed them after stepping in.
The Quartermaster's cabin was the only other cabin on the ship that housed a single occupant other than the Captain's. Both the mates bunked together, followed by other officers who also shared a room. The rest of the crew bunked towards the ship's bow, congested into a single giant hall.