Chapter 26: XXVI. Settlement Fee
The expressions of the sailors in the dimly lit passageway were all uneasy, to have someone die on the second day aboard wasn't a good omen.
Mika pushed through the crowd to get close and touched the corpse's skin, which was already completely cold and rigor mortis had set in. They hadn't set sail yet, and there wasn't a watch rotation, so he must have died in the middle of the night while everyone else was sound asleep.
"I found this."
A sailor picked up a piece of paper off the ground, weighed down by two empty wine bottles, both drained clean. He moved the bottles and pulled it out.
"Give it to me."
Mika ordered, and the sailor quickly handed it over.
Mika quickly glanced over it, honestly not knowing what sort of expression to put on.
At that moment, Liszt, Fen, and Ox also arrived, looking at the body still swinging from the doorway's lintel, all wearing unpleasant expressions.
Quite a few people had died on the ship, but not many during the mooring period; today, there was one more.
Liszt was about to ask for details.
"This is for you."