Captain Janssen

Wait here!!

You're carrying too much stuff. Why don't you put some of it away, and then come back.

[Captain Janssen]

Sigh... I don't know if I can ever go back to sailing the sea...

Looking incredibly excited, the old man ran into the marine shop hurriedly ordering goods. You don't have anything better to do, so you decide to ask him why he is in such a rush.

The old man, after finishing his orders, walks towards you.

I was touched when you accepted a request from me, a stranger, so easily. You must truly be one of those good, heroic adventurers. Are you interested in setting out on an ocean voyage?

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I've sailed a few times... But now that I think about it, I've never gone across the continent.

No, that's good enough. I may just have one small fishing vessel, but I used to be a captain that commanded a fleet.

As you may know after a few sea voyages, not many people have gone across the ocean beyond the continent. I too have failed to conquer the ocean.

Mr. Janssen talked about his perilous ocean journeys for quite a while. You have enough time on your hands, so you sit down, quietly listening to his story.

At least half of his story sounded grossly exaggerated, but something caught your ear: he insists that a humongous tower exists on the ocean, and that it's so tall, it scrapes across the sky.

So all I could do was cast anchor at that humongous tower after my fleet was wrecked. At first, we were only going to stay there until the rainstorm was over, but it didn't end as soon as we had hoped.

My crew was starving, and a few of them walked into the tower in order to find food... They never came back.

Why didn't you go in there with them?

My instincts told me that tower was dangerous. I was curious, but I wasn't going to risk my life. We waited for them to come back for 7 days until the rainstorm was finally over, but no one returned.

In our desperation to survive, we abandoned all our goods, and left the tower only with a little bit of the water and edible plants we'd found around the tower. When we finally reached land, I was the only one alive...

You could imagine the heartwretching scene of the dying fleet on their last voyage, even if he didn't explain it any further. A look of somber regret swept over his face as he remained silent a while, and then he said:

I have something I must do before I die. I must retrieve the remains of my crew that died in the tower, and give them a proper burial.

I feel so lucky to meet a warm-hearted adventurer like you. With the money you've given me, I can finally go sailing to the tower again.

How about hiring me as your first mate?

Thank you, but it is an extremely dangerous place. I have my duty to fulfill, but you don't have any obligation to me or them. I don't wish to sacrifice someone as young as you to such a dangerous place.

No...

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As an adventurer, there's my obligation to those in need. I'm also very curious about that place...

I was going to leave right away, but since you've joined me, I should give you time to prepare. I'll be waiting here until you're ready to go.

...Okay then...

Welcome aboard, first mate.

Shall we leave now?

Then pull up the anchor, first mate!

Sure, no problem. Come back when you're ready.

Well, to travel the ocean again, we need to restock on goods. If you give me 10,000 Zeny, I'll take care of the rest.

I'm sorry, but I don't have that much money. I'll come back when I save enough.

Sure, no problem. I'll be waiting for your return.

I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money. I need at least 10,000 Zeny to restock our supplies...

Excellent! Now we're good to go. Let's pull up the anchor again!

Excuse me, are you an adventurer?

I'm sorry to ask you this, especially when this is the first time we've ever met, but can you do me a favor? I'll make it short.

Can you donate 10,000 Zeny to me? It's for a cause that's important to me...

I'm sorry, but you've got the wrong person to ask that.

I see... Sorry to bother you. I understand it was too rude to ask something like that to begin with.

Huh? Are you sure that you don't mind giving me that much money? Wow, thank you so much!

...I'm sorry, but I don't think you have 10,000 Zeny. Thank you for your kindness, but I need more than that.

I don't know why you'd need so much money, but here. You can take it.

You have donated 10,000 Zeny to Captain Janssen.

Thank you so much! Now I can stock up on food and materials for my ship. You're kind, very kind!