V.30.1 A Certain Lalafell pt.2
Pipin excitedly packs his bag, only leaving a note. He left excitedly, of course, without informing his parents because he knew they would do everything to stop him.
So he sneaked out during the night; fortunately, the ship's tickets he got were also for leaving at night.
He couldn't help singing a tone, he has never been sure about all the decisions he made until now. He knows his destiny is in Liberty; he can almost taste it.
When he reached the starport, he easily found where he needed to go. After all, he did some research beforehand. It didn't take long for him to find the booth, after passing the very simple immigration process, he found himself sitting in the passenger ship heading towards Liberty.
He looked around, and he saw many different races. It's the first time he saw that many different races. Mainly because he never really gets out much.
Dunfell, the Lalafell home-world, is one of the most visited planets in the sector. Countless different races visit it regularly to get a contract for some exclusive products.
Some are visiting as tourists looking around after all Dunfell is famous for its merchants and with the variety of farm products such as fruits and vegetables. Many famous fruits can only be found in Dunfell, and only certain Lalafell knows how to grow them.
For example, on Pipin's family farm, his mother comes from a long line of farmers, and it is one of the few families who knows how to grow those certain vegetables and fruits. In fact, Pipin's family farms are quite famous being visited by many different races looking to purchase their goods.
Even famous Lalafell merchants are visiting their farm, hoping to purchase their goods exclusively.
It's one of the reasons his parents wanted him to be a farmer. Because it is a very lucrative business, and most importantly, it is very safe.
But Pipin never once pictured himself as a farmer. Despite knowing how lucrative it is.. he never once considered it as a job for himself.
Looking around, he saw Races of different sizes; some were cursing, especially those big burly guys. After all, the economy class has only standard size seats. And while it is small for others, to Pipin, it is already a bed. After all, the standard height of Lalafell is only about 3 feet, and Pipin is even smaller than average.
Of course, some ships have an economy class with seats tailored to its passengers, but those kinds of passenger ships are quite expensive.
Standard passenger ships only have standard seats tailored to fit any race. Of course, it's not always comfortable, especially to those bigger races.
But to Pipin, none of that matters as everything he sees is interesting to him. He lays his bag under the seats. All seats come with a small compartment under the chairs; after all, not anyone can reach the compartments above the seats.
He was lucky he got the seat near the window.
Next to him sat a big guy, covered in cloth from head to toe. After a small greeting as a courtesy, the big guy put on some headphones and never bothered with Pipin again.
It didn't take long for the ship to leave. The time needed to reach Liberty is about three days. The ship is equipped with all kinds of facilities. After all, even the smallest passenger ship has a capacity of over a thousand passengers. And some trips can go for several weeks, so it's only natural to have different facilities on board.
After the initial flight speed, as soon as the ship reached optimal warp speed, anyone would be allowed to leave their seats and explore the ship.
As soon as the signal for allowing the passenger to roam lights up, Pipin immediately left his seat and went on exploring the ship. But he quickly got bored, mainly because he realized that he didn't have enough money to enjoy the many facilities the ship has to offer.
So after getting back to his seat, he opened up his ancestor's diary, like he usually does when he had nothing to do.
Once again, he was engrossed by reading his ancestor's diary and picturing himself doing the same thing.
He couldn't even remember how many times he had read his ancestor's diary, but one thing for sure, he never got tired of reading it. In fact, he long discovered that every time he read it, he would discover something new.
He couldn't explain it. Like a house full of many secrets, one can only live in it for a long time to discover that there are countless secret passages and compartments; only by going searching the house again and again can those secrets be discovered.
That is how he felt; he remembers asking his grandfather and his father about this. After all, they also have read the diary many times, yet they all said he was imagining it when he explained it.
But since then, he continued to read it every single day, whenever he had nothing to do, which is pretty much all the time. He then started documenting all those little discoveries he found, and it turned out to be a guide.
Like a code that can be unlocked only by reading about it again and again.
It was a guide to the places his ancestors have been able to discover, a map to the places his ancestors have explored before.
Discovering it, he was ecstatic. Unfortunately, his cowardly nature has prevented him from following those guides.
But this time is different from his father's threats, and with the action of a certain company, he finally has the courage to really follow his dreams, and it will start in Liberty, the merchant's paradise.
Luckily he has a good memory, so in order for those secrets to not be discovered by others, he only documented it in fragments, while the rest can only be found in his head. If others read his note, they would find it to be a child's dream and fantasy, only he can understand those documents..
After all, according to his ancestors' diary, the most important thing about being an explorer and merchants is the ability to keep a secret.
After all, his ancestors have repeatedly written those advice many times over the course of his journey.
And Pipin has taken that advice very seriously.
Three days quickly passed. And Pipin finally arrived on Liberty.
But what would await him? find out next time…
EDITOR: King of Mortals.