Mechanical Alchemist-Chapter 376 - 375: I Got Cuckolded?

The city-state of Moros was busier than ever.

Last night, the "Flying Fish Group" not only brought back a large amount of treasures from Devil’s Island, but also a relatively safe sailing chart.

Information merchants bought that sea chart from Captain "Old Smoker" Laureen, and then resold it at a high price to some of the Great Pirate groups.

Yet, no one knew how it got leaked.

When everyone awoke this morning, it seemed like the entire city had various real and fake sea charts.

With news of Devil’s Island having been known for over half a year, the city-state was now overflowing with adventurers and pirates. Once the city lockdown ended, the adventurers in the city rushed to buy supplies from every major market. Cartloads of fresh water, food, fine wine, and essential sailing oranges pulled by Romant’s unique unicycle headed toward the docks and stuffed into the ships prepared by Yang Fan for departure.

The major taverns and adventurer guilds were full of recruitment notices that were too many to take in at once. Any slightly better ship could recruit a large number of people in a short amount of time.

Su Lun took Miss Kama and her sister Abigail as disciples.

Since they were disciples, naturally, they had to be brought along.

Kama tidied up the house, and they all left.

...

Meanwhile, on the essential road to the docking city gates.

A squad of the North Sea Fleet city guards had been waiting for a long time. Squad leader Abel was seething with anger, his gaze fiercely sweeping through the crowd, as if seeking out some personal enemy.

That person was none other than the young man Su Lun had once met, the one who was pursuing Emma.

"Remember, if that kid dares to resist, capture him immediately. If he really hurts someone, kill him on the spot!"

"Understood, Captain."

"..."

The team members didn’t understand why their captain was so furious today; they whispered from afar.

"Hey, Kahn, why is Captain Abel so mad today?"

"Don’t you know? The captain got cuckolded!"

"What? How did that happen?"

"Didn’t you know the captain was pursuing Miss Kama? Yesterday, a patrol brother told me, that girl Kama already had someone. There was a ’cousin’ living in her house, and the two have been living together for several months..."

"Wow! That’s so thrilling. Isn’t our captain going to twist that adulterer’s head off?"

"Exactly~ If it weren’t for being on duty, the captain would have killed him by now. And our shift is ending, we are setting sail soon."

"Setting sail?"

"Yeah. I heard that Boss Vasili got our Seventh Squadron a good gig. Command has already ordered several squads to prepare supplies, we’re going to sail to Devil’s Island for a treasure hunt. Our captain has got the most complete sailing diary from the Flying Fish Group. Hahaha... By then, if we just find a bit of treasure, we’ll be rich."

"..."

Chatting about gossip and then about treasure

The temptation of treasure was immense, and the pirates looked enviously at those adventurers setting out to sea.

...

Su Lun and his Kama walked on the street uneventfully.

Before long, they had already reached the city gate exit.

Su Lun’s plan was to find any ship at sea and then contact full Chiato and the others for a meet-up.

Once at sea, they no longer had to worry about being captured.

But as they approached the city gate, Su Lun immediately became alert, as he sensed several malicious gazes fixed on him.

Yet a moment later, he was sure that those people had not recognized him but had recognized Kama beside him.

Su Lun recognized the young man named "Abel," his lips curled up slightly in an arc, and he immediately understood what had happened.

There’s likely to be a bit of trouble, but not much.

Those people had already spotted them, and it was too late to avoid them. They were already near the dock, and if they started a conflict, all their previous efforts would have been in vain.

Su Lun thought for a moment and continued walking casually.

Miss Kama apparently hadn’t noticed that someone had targeted them. They had only walked a few steps when suddenly a group of people surrounded them!

"Stop! Routine check!"

The group directly blocked their path.

A lackey spoke up, "Yo, Miss Kama, long time no see. Where are you heading?"

Miss Kama frowned, immediately realizing trouble had arrived. Her gaze inadvertently darted toward Su Lun, and seeing his calm face, she hesitated for a moment before responding, "We are planning to go to Devil’s Island."

Before she had even finished speaking, Abel, having received the message, came over with a dark face.

He made no effort to hide his hostility and directly asked, "Kama, who is this?"

Although Abel was now a sub-lieutenant in the Northern Seas Fleet, the deeply ingrained inferiority of a servant’s son towards his master’s daughter lingered.

Marrying Kama was his greatest aspiration in life.

Moreover, his father had also said that only by marrying Kama could some of the Byerly family’s secret legacies possibly be obtained.

Yet, after years of frustrated pursuit, he hadn’t even touched her, and now, to his outrage, some other man had stayed with her for months?

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As a man, how could he tolerate this.

At this moment, Abel’s reason had been completely consumed by the flames of jealousy!

Kama detected the intense hostility in his tone, furrowed her eyebrows, and said, "This is my cousin, Bock."

Abel glared at Su Lun, his eyes filled with suspicion, "Huh, how come I’ve never heard about this cousin?"

Although he had disguised himself a bit, Su Lun’s strikingly charming face and demeanor still utterly overshadowed the pirates present.

Cambell’s jealousy intensified.

Kama retorted, "Why should I tell you about my affairs?"

Abel sneered, adopting an official tone, "Last night, treasures were stolen from the temple, and my team was ordered to track down suspicious individuals. I suspect this man is an illicit actor who infiltrated the city. Come with me to the public security office now!"

Su Lun said nothing, quietly watching.

If they were baselessly accusing him, he really didn’t care.

But these guys had accidentally stumbled upon the right person.

Indeed, Su Lun was the man the Temple of Aghaparnon was looking for!

Kama knew this too.

But she was evidently smarter than she appeared, very adaptive; she immediately stated, "The city-state has just enacted a new law, even if you are city guards, without evidence, you can’t just take people away for investigation. Abusing power and framing others carry the same sentence!"

Clearly, she was making things difficult for them, but she had hit the mark.

Since the establishment of the Northern Seas, the "Iron-blooded Prime Minister," Zuras, took office and had drastically reformed the Northern Seas Fleet, enacting many laws to transform the previously slack pirates into disciplined soldiers.

Upon hearing Kama’s words, the group of pirate lackeys exchanged glances.

To enforce military discipline, this particular law had been crucial for making examples. Having barely transitioned from pirates to "secure jobs," they did not want to lose them just like that.

Listening to her, Abel grew even colder, clearly wary as well.

If he really abused his power, it could even implicate his father.

But he couldn’t just let them go either; Abel’s eyes shifted as he formulated another plan, barked, "I suspect the stolen treasures are on you. I will now conduct a thorough search! Hand over all storage rings and space equipment!"

People couldn’t be taken, but they had the right to search them.

When the henchman nearby heard this, his confidence suddenly surged, "Yes, search them!"

Upon hearing this, Miss Kama’s face slightly changed, and a trace of difficulty flashed in her eyes.

She herself wasn’t afraid of being searched, but her teacher...

At that moment, Su Lun said indifferently, "Let them search."

He had seen right through them, these guys were deliberately looking for trouble, waiting for an opportunity to make a move. Who knows, they might even plan to kill him on the spot.

Seeing Su Lun so calm, Kama didn’t say much and obediently handed over her storage ring.

....

Because he had prepared in advance, there was nothing sensitive in Su Lun’s storage ring.

The pirates searched and found nothing unusual. Su Lun also turned a blind eye to some missing finances.

Although they were deliberately looking for trouble, Su Lun didn’t completely ignore them.

This left the group of pirates with no chance to act.

But when Kama got back her storage ring, her face changed drastically.

She looked at the smug Abel and shouted angrily, "Where is my rune puppet? You... why did you take my puppet?"

Her own dolls were all right, but the storage ring had contained four fourth-tier puppets that Su Lun had given her the night before.

Those high-tier puppets, not to mention their significance to a Puppet Master being more important than life itself, were worth hundreds of millions just in material costs!

For ordinary pirates, that was absolutely an astronomical figure.

Now, the dolls in the storage ring had vanished without a trace, obviously stolen by those people during their inspection.

The excitement from acquiring the treasure was undisguisable on Abel’s face, yet he retorted slyly, "What puppet?"

Kama said anxiously, "That was... that was the fourth-tier rune puppet passed down in my Boer family!"

It was a gift from her teacher, and now it was lost, she felt very guilty.

Seeing Abel’s detestable expression, she shouted angrily, "Return our belongings to us!"

Abel, with a face full of mockery, himself a Puppet Master, knew the value of those puppets, "Hmph! Are you saying we stole your things?"

What’s done was done, and it couldn’t be undone.

Even if he couldn’t get revenge on this despicable couple, obtaining such a valuable puppet was compensation enough. The money from selling this puppet would suffice for many indulgences.

Thinking this, he waved his hand impatiently, "Alright, there is no problem now. You can go."

Kama, frustrated by this shameless act, wanted to argue, "You... you..."

But Su Lun shook his head, "Let’s just go."

The pirates were now blinded by money, and insisting further could reveal some problems.

Seeing that they were about to reach the dock, he didn’t want to create complications.

Listenting to him, although Kama felt pain for the lost puppets, she knew the bigger picture was more important.

As the two of them departed, the pirates didn’t stop them.

They hastened down the road and upon reaching the bustling dock, promptly boarded an adventure ship called "North Wind" that was about to set sail.

Heading toward Devil’s Island, that region of sea was very dangerous, commonly frequented by magical sea monsters. Normal ships usually didn’t carry many combatants, so taking a few extra now increased their safety.

Kama demonstrated her strength as a second-tier professional and slipped the first mate some money, ensuring their last-minute boarding before departure.

Yang Fan, set sail.

The ship slowly left the harbor.

The ship was packed with adventurers bound for Devil’s Island to hunt for treasure; Su Lun and Miss Kama could only squeeze into the cabin.

Up to now, Miss Kama’s face was full of guilt, "Teacher, I’m sorry, the puppet you gave me was stolen by someone."

"No worries."

Su Lun just laughed it off.

He looked out through the cabin’s gun port and said meaningfully, "If nothing goes wrong, those guys will deliver themselves right to our door."

Now that they had set out to sea, intercepting him was no longer possible.

...

A thief’s heart is always guilty.

After Su Lun and his companion had walked for a while, Abel finally took out the four rune puppets with high spirits and started to examine them.

Although he was only a mediocre practitioner of Puppetry Technique, he could tell these were high-grade puppets!

He hadn’t had the chance to look closely at them before, but now, seeing them up close, he realized they far exceeded his expectations!

Abel felt these were the most exquisitely made rune puppets he had ever seen, and while examining them, he couldn’t help but praise, "My goodness, the craftsmanship of these puppets is damn perfect, definitely a master’s work..."

His cronies, watching their boss so excited, completely forgot their own deep hatred and asked curiously, "Boss, are these wooden clunks really that valuable?"

"Valuable?"

Abel’s tone was full of disdain for the ignorant, and he exaggerated, "How is it just valuable! Just this one puppet, just the material cost alone might be several tens of millions of lisos, maybe even more! And without master-level rune work, sculpting, and enchanting, it would be impossible to make. If this fell into a Puppet Master’s hands, it wouldn’t be seen for less than a hundred million."

His cronies, hearing this, were incredulous, "Fuck, is it that valuable?!"

"Isn’t it?"

Abel wore a triumphant expression as if he had struck a huge bargain, and excitedly said, "With these puppets, I could even kill any third-tier professionals in front of me!"

His cronies, hearing this, also started boasting excitedly.

With this find, the captain would definitely share a large sum with them.

"Miss Kama actually had such high-level treasures; I hadn’t realized it before."

"Heard it’s a family heirloom? Was that woman a noble lady before?"

"We need to ask the captain about that; I heard she really is a fallen noble lady..."

"I’ve seen Miss Kama before too, often selling materials and puppets at the flea market to make money. Logically, with such precious items before, she could’ve sold just one and lived comfortably without being so destitute. What do you think... could these puppets have been given to her by that cousin of hers?"

"That pretty boy is nothing but a coward. Did you see, he didn’t make a peep the entire time. I don’t know what Miss Kama sees in him."

"..."

The excitement of having found a treasure had clouded his judgment, but now that he had calmed down, Abel also sensed something was amiss.

"Hey... something’s not right!"

He was after all the son of a serf from the Boyle family; he knew Miss Kama’s situation all too well.

She had never shown such valuable puppets before, so why would she suddenly have them?

Family heirloom, that might be possible.

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Thinking of that man who had cuckolded him, a fierce expression once again crossed Abel’s face.

That man had on him, undoubtedly other items of great value.

Perhaps, there were also unknown family heirlooms of the Boyle family!