I Have a Sailing Game-Chapter 54: Why We Fight
At this moment, in the room behind the tavern.
A frail, pale-faced young girl was lying on the ground, breathing weakly.
She was Yas’s sister, Mira.
Rogel and Lina were the first to arrive in the room, followed closely by Yas.
[Mira, are you okay?]
Yas looked anxious, wanting to help Mira up.
However, Rogel grabbed his arm and shook his head at him.
[Leave it to Lina, she’s a doctor.]
Upon hearing this, Yas took a deep breath and looked at Lina.
Lina nodded and stepped forward to check Mira’s condition.
After a brief examination, Lina frowned slightly.
[It’s strange, without any wounds, her body is experiencing a lack of blood supply...]
[Use mine!]
Without hesitation, Yas rolled up his sleeve.
[No, that’s too dangerous.]
Lina shook her head.
Blood transfusion requires considering many factors, and a slight mistake could have serious consequences.
Moreover, Lina currently had no medical tools.
[Give her this, it might help.]
Rogel took out a Crimson Fruit from his item inventory and handed it to Lina.
He had always kept this Blood Medicine, reluctant to use it even when injured, preferring to recover by resting.
But now Yas’s sister needed it, and he offered it without hesitation.
All because Yas had spoken up for him before, he was willing to do this.
[Don’t be ridiculous!]
But Yas, unaware of the situation, got angry and grabbed Rogel by the collar.
At such a critical moment, how could a fruit solve the problem?
Yas was usually calm, but when it involved Mira’s life, he couldn’t suppress his emotions.
In response, Rogel remained calm.
He simply extended his hands and easily removed Yas’s hands.
[I understand your current feelings, but you should be calm right now, Yas.]
[There’s no better solution right now; the situation cannot get worse.]
[Trust me.]
Rogel’s voice was steady.
Seeing Rogel easily remove his hands, Yas was somewhat shocked.
But then, he calmed down, and a bit of hope arose in his heart.
This man possessed such great strength; if he wanted to harm Mira, there would be no need for such trouble.
Rogel handed the Crimson Fruit to Lina.
Lina took the fruit, helped Mira up, squeezed the juice from the Crimson Fruit, and poured it into Mira’s mouth.
Before long, under the three’s watchful eyes, Mira’s snow-pale face surprisingly gained a hint of color.
Her weak breathing became much more noticeable.
Clearly, her condition was gradually improving.
Seeing this, the heavy weight on Yas’s heart lifted.
He was just about to step forward when Lina raised her hand to stop him.
[I need to conduct further examinations on her, please wait outside for a moment.]
[But...]
Yas was a bit anxious, wanting to say something but hesitated.
Rogel patted him on the shoulder and then walked out first.
Outside the door.
Yas took a deep breath, sighed, and remained silent, his body slowly sliding down against the wall.
This fierce young fighter now seemed as powerless as a child, slumping against the wall outside the door.
He could do nothing but wait.
[Just now... I’m very sorry.]
Yas’s expression was exhausted, his voice tinged with guilt.
In response, Rogel just smiled.
[My name is Rogel, an adventurer who just set sail not long ago.]
[Want to talk?]
[I’d be happy to listen.]
Hearing this, Yas sighed again and was silent for a moment.
If it were anyone else, he wouldn’t say a word.
He had long been used to burying everything inside, enduring it alone.
After all, talking wouldn’t help; no one could assist him.
But with Rogel, this newfound stranger, Yas rarely felt a sense of trust.
[...Mira and I were born on a poverty-stricken island. Our father was a useless drunk who died early at sea, and our mother was a prostitute who ran off with a wealthy merchant.]
[The island was so poor that there wasn’t even bark to gnaw on.]
Regarding his background, Yas was unreserved, or rather, he simply didn’t care about these things.
[So, Mira and I snuck onto a merchant ship and came to Nadewilo.]
[Here, we could survive by stealing some food and relying on the charity of passersby.]
[But you wouldn’t imagine, even living like cockroaches and rats in the shadows, there are those who would bully you.]
[At first, they beat me black and blue, every part of my body hurt, and Mira would find some nearly finished healing ointments to apply on me every night.]
[As for the reason...]
[It was to fight over the leftovers discarded by the tavern every day.]
At this, Yas chuckled.
[I originally thought that once I grew up a bit, I could work on the docks, carry goods, earn some money, and take care of Mira.]
[But those people didn’t plan to leave me alone.]
[They caught Mira and wanted to sell her to traffickers for money.]
At this, Yas clenched his fists tightly.
[I stole an ax from the blacksmith’s shop and hacked them all to death.]
[Those bastards had such soft bones; I’ll always remember how they begged for mercy when I placed the ax against their necks.]
[...Later, I found Mira and other children in the basement.]
[Since then, Mira contracted this illness.]
[She’s always been so weak, even lacking the strength to eat.]
[Back then, the other children in the basement also got this strange illness, but not long after, they all died, leaving only Mira.]
[She’s really strong...]
Yas wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Even when beaten bloody in the alley, he never made a sound.
But whenever he thought of Mira’s current suffering, Yas felt remorse and guilt for not taking better care of her.
[I looted all the money from those people and took Mira to see a doctor.]
[But the doctor told me he couldn’t do anything.]
[I thought maybe it was because there wasn’t enough money.]
[So I started participating in some street fights, but I could only make a little money.]
[Gradually, I began entering competitions, but they were black matches near the docks, where no one held back.]
[I survived, made some money, and took Mira to the Thousand Island Royal City to find the most renowned doctor.]
[But he too could do nothing.]
At that time, Yas really hoped that this doctor was just greedy, unable to help because he didn’t have enough money.
At least that way, he would still have a goal.
What happened next is easy to guess.
Having no success with the doctors, Yas returned with Mira to Nadewilo and opened a tavern.
But Mira’s condition continued to worsen day by day.
[So, you don’t love fighting?]
Rogel was a bit surprised.
It seemed Yas wasn’t as he had presumed, someone who loved fighting but gave it up for Mira.
On the contrary, this man fought with his fists because of his sister!
