Book 11: Chapter 1 (5)
“It’s here.”
“As expected of a shipyard, it’s really huge.”
Shin’s group visited a shipyard located at the edge of the port. Despite its location, it didn’t lose to other shipyards in size. The group followed Zazie to the docks and found two galleons hanging in midair, suspended by fixtures. Next to them was a ship in the process of being built, probably the one requested by Zazie and her comrades.
The workers noticed Zazie’s arrival and one of them called to a large man who was a bit farther away from them.
The man then came closer; he was of short stature, but about two times wider than the average person, with a stocky and muscular physique.
“Hey there, Zazie. The ship is still in the works, ya know?”
Judging from the man’s familiar tone, he must have been on good terms with Zazie. Shin imagined him to be one of the chief carpenters.
“I came to talk about that ship. This guy is an acquaintance of ours, an adventurer named Shin. This man is the boss and chief carpenter of this Gourd Shipyard, Zigma Gourd, but everyone just calls him chief.”
Zazie did the introductions; Shin had told her that he didn’t want to attract attention where other people could see, so she had kept the introductions to a bare minimum. Lapwing fretted, looking at her.