Siren got up and ran towards the door, but before she could reach it Violet teleported and blocked her way.
"Hello..."
She said in her raspy voice.
I knew she tried to be friendly, but oh boy does she know how to inspire fear.
Panicked, Siren looked for any other way out.
The glass would take too long to break, and the door in the back is too far.
Maybe running upstairs and jumping over the balcony would help?
"Siren, come back and sit down, we don't have any intentions of hurting you."
She looked at me, then at Violet with hesitation before taking out her iron sword while slowly walking back.
I started to tense up but didn't take my weapons as she sat down across me.
"What just happened right now?"
Violet teleported back beside me sitting down since she was too big for this room.
"I just introduced you to my friend and you started to run for some reason."
"Don't just casually gloss over the fact she's a monster! What is she even? Are you a monster as well?"
"That's a lot of hurtful accusations now. Yes, Violet is a monster, an evolved Enderwoman to be exact, and no I'm not a monster I'm a human like you, just a little different."
She tried to calm down by taking deep breaths, but it didn't seem to work since her sword was still out.
"If you let me go, I promise I won't be telling anyone about this."
I could only smirk at that statement.
"I believe you, but even if you decided to tell anyone about me and Violet, you'll be taken as a lunatic."
She stopped at that thought.
"Then why did you show her to me, since you expect this reaction."
I leaned back and let out a sigh.
"It's not that I wanted to do this but she wanted to reveal herself. After all, she's the one stealing your blanket at night and leaves redstone dust all over the lawn."
This seems to confuse her.
"S-she's the one that did that? But why? If she didn't like me she could've killed me without a problem."
"I won't deny Violet's strength, but that doesn't mean she mindlessly kills whoever she doesn't like, especially when they're my friends."
"S-so because I'm your friend she won't kill me?"
"She doesn't like to kill unless necessary. Most of the time she's invisible and observes from the sides."
Siren took another deep breath which seemed to work this time as she looked deep into my eyes.
"So what you are saying is, if I want to work with you, I also have to work with your friend.... I don't think the iron ship would be enough to buy me over."
Now that took me by surprise.
I didn't expect her to take this opportunity to get more out of me.
Maybe that is for the best. I don't think we could be close friends, but we can be business partners.
"So you'll continue working for us, is what I understand."
"Do I have another choice?"
Not really.
I didn't plan on killing you, but I did plan on holding you captive until my job was done and I would be gone.
"Sure, what do you think as an additional payment besides the iron ship, is to give you and your crew a full set of enchanted diamond equipment?"
Her eyes got wide as mine all of a sudden and the fear was gone replaced by greed.
"A-are you serious about that? That could potentially be more expensive than the ship itself."
"You don't have to worry about that, you only need to build a crew trustful enough to not run with the armor, and tell me the exact number of equipment you need."
That was my original plan to begin with, otherwise, they wouldn't survive the attack of the guardians.
"No takebacks now! If I managed to get a good crew that won't betray us at the signs of the shining armor, then all of that would be mine."
"As long as they help me distract the guardians while I get the knowledge I don't have a problem. You can do whatever you want afterwards."
"Light! no Trader, it's a pleasure for me to help you with this mission."
She got up, left the sword behind, and shook my hand with emeralds in her eyes.
Greed is a powerful thing indeed.
Maybe that's how I should've approached this in the first place.
"S-sure, I'll get to craft your armor as soon as possible then. But first, Violet, don't you need to say something to Siren?"
We both looked at the Enderwoman beside us waiting for her to reply.
"...Sorry..."
"Good job Violet, I'm proud of you! This is her way of apologizing for tormenting you while you stayed here. She doesn't speak a lot, so this is the best you'll get."
"S-sure, I forgive you, Violet, let's get a fresh start."
Violet smiled at that, which only creeped her out.
"Ok, let's go into more detail what we're about to go through."
Siren got serious and sat down as we continued talking about the plan of action.
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Today was a special day, since today for the first time I would get on the iron ship.
Siren didn't betray me after all.
Even if we're not friends like I originally intended, her greed was enough of a powerful force to ignore all the red flags in me and just follow along.
In the past few days, she managed to recruit 10 people to this cause.
She assured me that nobody would backstab me, or at least they wouldn't do that on this trip.
They haven't met me, but they know I'm the sponsor for this trip and I should be treated differently.
While she was looking for people I went back to mining since I needed a lot of diamonds for the promised equipment.
After I got all the necessary materials, I got right to work on Crafting an enchanted table, diamond tools, armor and finally enchanting it.
The first time I showed Siren the armor she wouldn't stop wearing it like it was her own skin.
She always had a stupid grin on her face and was getting a kick out of scaring the regulars at the bar, that she was an important noble.
She got a few free drinks because of that.
I think the armor helped her recruit people more faster than usual.
Of course, I also did some preparation of my own, but unfortunately, there wasn't a lot I could do since I lacked time.
So with everything ready I went into the underworld to see my new ship, but first I needed to be introduced to the crew, and they should be waiting for me in front of the warehouse.
Half an hour later I was beside Siren who seemed to have learned how to feel my presence, it wasn't perfect but she didn't jump whenever she saw me beside her.
I was looking at the 10 people she decided to recruit.
3 women and 7 men, each looking distinct from each other.
The only similarities were women's with big muscles while the men had a dangerous aura around them.
They were excitedly talking with each other about the benefits of this crew and the ship they would embark on.
"Captain Siren! When will the rich man arrive?"
Asked a man who looked like the cook.
"What do you mean, he's been waiting beside me for a while since y'all didn't stop talking."
Siren pointed at me which made the others finally see and jump in surprise.
Some of them even took out their weapons ready to attack.
"Now now, let's not make some rush decisions that would end up killing us. Believe me, you don't want to get on his bodyguard's bad side when she's invisible."
Everyone got more nervous looking around for another person, but of course, they couldn't find anyone.
The message was clear, don't mess with this guy, since you don't know what's coming.
"Now Siren. I want them to respect me not to be scared of me, why don't we move on and see how the ship turned out."
Siren smiled in satisfaction at their reaction and called us to follow her inside.
Once we arrived there we were all in awe at what we saw.
A huge white ship floating beautifully on the water.
The sails were made with fine red silk, everything else was made of wood covered in iron, it was an amazing sight to see and everyone looked taken aback by it.
"Captain, is that our ship?"
One of the women asks.
"Yes Betty, that's our ship. That's TITAN!"
Everyone started to cheer catching the attention of the workers.
Slowly the bald man came to us.
"You finally came, I have to say, this baby is something that I'm very proud of, and I'm sure everyone has the same feelings towards it. So you better take care of her and create a new legend!"
We celebrated there with drinks and food at writing a new page in the history books.
Everyone got more loose, and some of the crewmates got the courage to talk with me, even though it was because they were drunk.
After everyone had their fun, we drank some milk and embarked on the ship.
The huge gates were opened, and with the help of the pistons, the ship was pushed out into the lake. Everyone that was on the shore looked in awe at the ship.
The crew took out their long peddles and started to move the ship in a rhythmic motion.
As we got closer to the walls of the underground cave, I saw a tunnel appearing to the side that I hadn't seen before since it blended so well.
We went through the tunnel and slowly but surely, we were floating upstream.
It was harder but double until we arrived at the open sea.
A cheer rang throughout the ship as we were now officially in business.
We let the sails down for the wind to help us and sailed away as the sun rose.
The crew started to sing and cheer as the shore was getting further and further away.
"Captain! Who is our first target? I can't wait to test this new baby."
"Patience Levi, we're first going to fulfill the mission given by our generous sponsor."
Siren came out on the deck wearing her diamond armor which brought awe and greed to the eyes of the pirates.
"It would be a dangerous mission since we would go deep into the Dead Sea to rob an ancient ruin."
Murmurs we're exchanged between the crewmates as they heard the destination of out journey, and not one of them was positive.
"Fear not, as we have a large ship which is the minimum requirement to pass through those waters. Not only that, but our ships is covered in iron, which was never seen before but we can't deny its durability. And if you show your loyalty, you'll have the right to wear an armor similar to mine while your on the job."
The last statement made everyone excited.
An iron armor is something only nobels can wear, and if it has good enchantments then your pretty much can do whatever you want.
Diamond armor instead its something only the top of the society can afford, and here they had the opportunity to be like them.
Who wouldn't like it?
I shook my head at that statement since I clearly made a set for everyone, but looks like Siren had plans to use this as a reward or maybe bind them in a contract to stay loyal to her.
That was smart, so I wasn't going to comment on that.
But she better split everything until we arrive there, since I don't want to lose this ship because the captain greediness.
I looked at the horizon, thinking of what the next month would bring.