Another two days later...
"Everything is set now," Nicholas said with a wide grin looking at Malaya with an expectant gaze.
"Yes. Of course." Malaya smiled with understanding then gestured to Rein.
Rein gave him three large bags of gold coins.
"Three thousand gold coins," Malaya said. Nicholas accepted it with glee.
"Thank you for your patronage, dear customer," Nicholas said with a smile.
"I could give more if you agree to be our shipbuilder in my crew," Malaya said.
"As much as I want it, I couldn't abandon my company. But don't worry, Marco would be a great help to all of you." Malaya gave a sideways glance to the young boy Nicholas was talking about.
"Ah! My things!" The said Rhyme tripped on the ground just before he could step on the raft of the boat. He was quite lean around 6 ft and had this perfectly shoulder-length hair perfectly split into half.
