Chapter 101: Dekan, the Ace Pilot
Wait a moment.
Mia suddenly realized an important issue.
What about Alice?
Mia’s attention was quickly drawn to Alice beside her.
At some point, Alice had already stood up.
She was gazing out the window, hands behind her back, facing everyone with just her silhouette.
“Alice?”
Mia gently extended her hand, tentatively asking Alice.
“Hmph!”
Alice only pushed Mia’s hand aside, smiling with an ambiguous expression.
“Alice, are you alright?”
Mia felt a bit frightened by Alice’s state.
It seemed Alice, upon finding someone to talk to, suddenly became extremely agitated.
“At the pinnacle of cards, arrogant in the world, with me, the princess, there is the heavens!”
Alice turned around and dramatically recited this line, completely immersed in it.
Looking into her eyes, she seemed somewhat delirious, entranced in her own fantasies.
“I, Alice, have the bearing of an elite card maker!”
Once Alice started, she couldn’t stop, spouting all sorts of extravagant talk.
“Please, stop talking, Alice… Just stop…”
Mia remembered that these were all lines from the stories that Dekan had told Alice on the road.
Even though Alice had initially expressed strong aversion to these lines after hearing them.
In truth,
Mia noticed that Alice wanted to say them endlessly.
She had probably always looked forward to the day she could astonish everyone with an epic card.
Then, in front of everyone, say the most arrogant line.
A perfect display of power.
“Sleep now, Alice.”
Mia took out the “Sleep Gas.”
She had to knock Alice out.
If Alice woke up and realized others had seen her losing control,
she would surely cry.
However.
Unfortunately.
“Ah, this…”
Behind Mia came the Knight Commander’s voice of surprise.
She had acted just a step too late.
The Knight Commander, as the highest rank in the room and with little personal desire at the moment,
quickly snapped out of the influence of the “Three Corpse Frenzy.”
The Knight Commander was also astonished by Alice’s state.
This was something he should have never, ever witnessed in his professional career.
His mind was momentarily frozen.
Princess Alice might need to change her guards soon.
Otherwise, it would be sheer torture for both of them every second…
“Alice, I can’t help you anymore…”
Mia covered her face as if repenting.
……
Dekan glanced at the fire outside the cockpit window, nodding in satisfaction.
He was pleased with the firecrackers the Rebirth Church had sent him.
These Rebirth Church fireworks were of excellent quality.
Dekan never imagined he would feel such a strong sense of festivity in this world.
It was truly remarkable.
He would definitely find time to pay the Rebirth Church a visit and send some gifts.
Dekan then took another look at the “Three Corpse Frenzy” card.
He had a feeling of not wanting to let it go.
If asked which of the three-stage cards he had made so far he liked best,
it would undoubtedly be the “Three Corpse Frenzy.”
His affection for this card even surpassed that for the “Purification of Blood.”
Even though Dekan fully understood the uncontrollability and danger of the “Three Corpse Frenzy” card after his experience in the remote mountain villa,
he inexplicably wanted to use it.
It held a charm that could not be resisted.
Generally, using this card in public is highly immoral.
Because the “Three Corpse Frenzy” easily targets allies and neutral parties, causing them to suffer sudden social deaths.
But,
in such a crisis situation,
Dekan used the “Three Corpse Frenzy” out of tactical necessity!
So it could be considered normal use.
Some might even say it was his righteous duty!
It was certainly not intentional on Dekan’s part.
“Powerful cards come with risks, mehahaha!”
Dekan laughed as he stood up, heading toward the cabin.
He couldn’t wait to see what kind of interesting scene awaited him in the cabin.
“Are you high?”
Familiar voices echoed in Dekan’s mind again.
But this time, Master seemed fully alert.
She might have been spying on him for a while and was finally speaking at this moment.
“How could I be? Would I still restrain myself from provoking you if I were?”
Dekan let out a cold laugh and retorted.
Master: “?”
Dekan felt his heart shiver.
It was as if an invisible hand had gently tapped his heart.
It was soft but also icy.
Master implied that next time, it wouldn’t be this gentle.
“I’m not high. Do you know what my strongest desire is right now?”
Dekan quickly changed the subject.
This old… master is truly impossible to provoke.
Master: “No.”
Dekan: “Actually, my strongest desire is to use the ‘Three Corpse Frenzy’ again. But I resisted because I have public morality and moral principles. That’s the best proof that I’m not high.”
“…”
Master fell silent.
She didn’t know how to evaluate Dekan.
Just as Dekan was about to continue with his daily tasks,
“Buzz!”
The entire airship suddenly shook violently.
Dekan, who had just reached the cockpit door, almost lost his balance and quickly grabbed onto the cockpit handle.
“What’s going on?”
Such violent turbulence couldn’t be due to air currents or an external attack.
It had to be the pilot’s fault.
Dekan quickly turned around and looked at the pilot.
The pilot, for some unknown reason, was steering with one hand.
The other held a wine bottle, desperately gulping it down!
“Gulp gulp gulp.”
The pilot looked as if he was drinking wine to numb his pain.
The bottle was almost empty.
The pilot wiped his mouth with his sleeve and rummaged under his seat.
He seemed to be searching for another bottle.
Dekan hurried back to the pilot and noticed he was already drunk, his face red, head swaying, and looking like he might collapse onto the console at any moment!
“Ahh! Why is a pilot thinking of drinking on the job?!”
Dekan shouted furiously.
What the hell!
His desire was to drink wine!
Why is the pilot obsessing over drinking?
And why on earth are there wines in the cockpit?!
Dekan originally planned to observe the cabin.
But now, that pilot had ruined everything.
Dekan decided to report this pilot once they arrived in Tristin City.
However, that’s not the priority now.
It was essential for him to take the helm!
“Move aside!”
Dekan pushed this rogue pilot aside and sat down in the main pilot seat.
Ace pilot Dekan is now on duty!
Bringing safety and smiles to everyone is his mission!
