Last chapter, the trio discussed the strange voice Seric talked to and how they must go to the frozen territory, Dalkan to complete the next trial. They then decided to go to the trading island of "Birzion" as they are done with the trails for now, in order to exchange the small amount of real loot they stole from Adesia's crew.

Seric's P.O.V.

"I'm never cleaning in my life again... Honestly, why did I even agree to that stupid competition in the first place..." I complain to myself one last time as I admire the now spotless junkroom which took a few hours to clean, and I can proudly call it a small "main lobby" now, being that it leads to each of the four new rooms and has a nice table and chair situated at the end of the small hall, with the wooden clock Karia and King Metallica were fighting for resting on top of it.

I then take a few steps forward and walk towards the entrance of my room which is the pure white door to the far left of the four, opening it and entering my small but cozy square shaped abode, with the blue sleeping bag I used the day I met Karia being situated in the left corner of my room, and the rest of it being filled with any junk or loot that I found cool. The rest of the stuff Karia and King Metallica took to their own new rooms.

"Come on pal, we've got places to waste and no time to be!" King Metallica says which makes me furrow my brow but I laugh off the error and ignore it, walking out of my room and out of the small hallway.

"Yeah, yeah, you're lucky I didn't make you help me clean up." I say in annoyance as I remember his forsaken lemon juice, and position myself around the long joystick and pull it backwards, causing the boat to move at a moderate pace towards the massive island.

Looking around the prior "junk room" in front of me, the island of "Birzion" is visible in the close distance, in which a long sandy shore is at the bare front of it, with a few people laying on towels and chairs resting on it as the sun is now shining again. Multiple skinny but long silver steel docks extend from the shore, with each one having boats lined up back to back on each side of them.

"Hey guys, aren't people gonna be suspicious about our boat? I mean, I don't think any boats come close to this color..." I ask with unease in regards to "My Best Friends" pure semi-neon white color.

"Eh, I mean most Hopians have seen a lot weirder than that, I doubt anyone is gonna actually do anything other than giving it a few weirded out looks." Karia responds in a carefree tone as she lays on a beach chair next to me with some shades, taking up a big chunk of the docks space. I shrug my shoulders as to convey "Whatever you say I guess.".

King Metallica on the other hand seems to be trying to do something with his body, as he's hitting his head and shaking his right arm repeatedly in front of us.

I continue to admire the architecture of the island as we come close to one of the docks, which are many brick buildings extending further inland, with all of them being on the sides of wide sandy roads which connect to the beach. The rooftops are even neater- being that they're on a slant in two directions making a 3D triangle, and the material they used to make them seem to be the same solar panels as my phone has by it's camera, just supersized.

"Alright, easy..." I say to myself as I pull into an open spot in one of the many docks, looking around the main lobby and slowing down to ensure I don't crash into the boat in front of us.

"Damn!" I curse as I accidentally bump into the back of the boat anyways, and so I pull the joystick back a bit to reverse "My Best Friend", and luckily no damage seems to have been done to either vessel.

"Hah, nice one Seric. Anyways, both of you guys grab a bag of the stuff we're gonna get checked out and trade, it's not really much anyways." Karia says as she takes off her shades and stands up, stretching out her arms.

"Here pal!" King Metallica says with enthusiam as I prepare for him to lob it at me, but surprisingly this time he just walks up to me and drops the relatively small white bag in my arms with a smile on his face.

"Oh, thanks..." I respond suspiciously as I hop off of the boat and onto the dock with a bit of difficulty, not worrying about a tether as I can just summon my boat back to me anyways.

"Oh wait, you almost forgot this you amnesiac pal o' mine!" King Metallica shouts, and as I look behind me a small piece of metal snipes my face at an insane speed.

"Ow, shit man why can't you just pass things?!" I curse as I hold my nose in pain with one hand, and my left arm being used to hold the phone that I luckily stopped from dropping.

"That's way too boring, everything in life needs a little bit of spice, OW! Besides, you can't learn anything without firsthand quality experience!" King Metallica says with a slightly more serious tone as he hops onto the dock with ease.

"...So do you have any idea where we can even trade this stuff Karia?" I ask as I look towards Karia while rubbing my nose, who just hopped off of the boat onto the dock as well.

"Nope, I mean we can ask around though, considering it's an island literally meant for trading I'm sure it won't be too hard." She responds as she starts to walk ahead of us along the metal dock, and both of us follow behind her.

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"Greetings travelers, and welcome to the profitable and relaxing island of Birzion!" The soft voice of woman sounds as we reach the end of the long dock, and looking to my right on the shore a woman who's a little taller than Karia stands with a smile on her face and closed eyes, her head being tilted with curly shoulder length blonde hair covered by a blue and white sunhat painted with flowers.

"Oh, she's actually pretty cuuuuuu-" I think to myself but I swallow hard as I aim my gaze downwards and notice that the woman is wearing a thin turquoise beach dress so to speak that goes all the way down to her knee's, with the area between her boobs being open, making for a... pleasant sight, considering how they're even bigger than Karia's.

"Um... haha, why are you looking at me like that sir?" I hear the woman say to me nervously as she takes a step back.

"Oh! I'msosorryIwasjustuhlookingat your... Sunhat! Hahaha, hahaha..." I respond in a blurb of mumbled nonsense with a huge blush most likely being on my face, as Karia is still behind me trying to hold back a laugh.

"Oh dear God why did I leave the ship, I'm getting the hell out of here!" I think to myself in a panicked state as I turn around to run back towards the ship but a hand grabs my arm from behind, stopping my motion.

"Um... Pardon?" The voice responds which makes me want to run even more but the arm gripping me doesn't seem to want to let that happen.

"I'm sorry for this kid here, you know how teenage boys are. Anyways, so are you some sort of guide for the island?" Karia says with a few last laughs.

"Hey! I'm not a teenage-"

"WOWZERS, NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A SWEET, SEDUCTIVE, SEXY RACK!" King Metallica shouts out as he raises his arms in front of him with a huge smile and wide open eyes in the direction of the girl and starts groping the air, in which she screams, "AH not again! You're just another bunch of perver-"

"D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S!" King Metallica exclaims as the girl squeezes her eyes shut, but all he does is bolt right past her, causing the girl to fall over into the sand and continuing to run like a madman along the sand towards an open brick building along the shore with his long red robe flailing in the wind, in which a black plastic rack of varius scrap metal lays on top of a glass counter full of jewelry beneath an open roof.

"...What the hell?" Is all Karia says as me and her slowly start to laugh, until it turns into full blown fit of it as we look at each other, all the while the unsuspecting girl is slowly getting up and dusting the sand off of her dress.

"I'm... going to leave now." Is all the girl quietly mumbles as she starts to speed walk along the sand towards one of the sandy paths surronded by brick buildings and commuting people further inland, wearing her sandals which match the color of the ground.

"Wait, wait, he wasn't, haha, trying to check you out or anything, please be our guide." Karia replies with a few last laughs as she runs and quickly catches up with the blonde girl.

"...Really? You mean it?" She replies in a soft tone as she looks down at Karia with teary eyes.

"Of course, of course. Isn't that right, you two?" Karia looks back to me with a glare I definitely don't want to challenge.

"Yeah, of course!" I slip out a lie rather easily, after all if I wasn't tempted by this girl's looks in the slightest there I'm pretty sure I can't call myself straight.

"Huh? I don't really get what you're on about pal #2 but come and check these hotties out! I can get a three-for-one deal on scrap metal, all for just 10 Herin!" King Metallica yells to us from a distance as he holds up and waves three pieces of different colored metal in the air.

"Here, take these and buy the things for him, I'll get some more info from her." Karia says with a sigh as she pulls something out of her pocket, being 10 small silver and rusted metal circular coins with a "H1" engraved on each one of them- along with five engraved crowns surrounding the letters.

"Oh, yeah sure." I respond as I reach my arm over to her and she drops them into my palm, which I'm quite grateful for as being around this girl is now definitely going to be... awkward.

I then start to walk towards King Metallica through the sand, staring into the ground as I do so. "Aren't these crowns the same type of pattern that King Metallica has engraved on his neck? I guess that story is a much bigger deal than I thought... I'll have to ask Karia about it when he's not around for sure." I think to myself as I arrive at the small red brick vendor, where a tall tanned man with hairy arms wearing a black apron and a pitch black mask with a visor stands behind the glass case of jewelry.

"A kid? And at that one travelling with a bot? Now that's something you don't see everyday, this worlds getting too crazy for an old timer like myself." The man says in a deep voice with a sigh as he raises his heavy mask, and looking at him he has has the face of a true man- having a giant scar stretching across his face from just above his right brown eye below his bald head to his sharp jaw.

"Well, I'm older than you think haha... Anyways, King Metallica do you know what pieces of metal you're buying?" I quickly change the subject and look towards my robotic pal.

"Hm... I could get this color that looks just like my royal self, B.U.T.! I think I'll get this one, after all it would be a great memory for me of The Long Sleeved Pirates!" King Metallica says with a silver smile on his face as he holds up three moderately sized pieces of shiny orange metal between his finger tips.

"Even after how they treated him, he still acts like this..." I think to myself in amazement, whether it be because of his big heart or stupidity I can't decipher.

"...Alright then, so I guess we'll be taking these then. Ten Herin right?" I ask as I remember what Karia called the currency at the Sailors Bazaar.

"Mhm. By the way, do you know those two over there?" The man asks me with some concern as he leans over the glass display case and looks in Karia's and the other girls direction by the dock we parked our boat at.

"The one with the purple hair yeah, why?" I ask with a furrowed brow.

"I'm guessing you guys are new here since I haven't seen you before, but you and that bot should... probably stick around her in these parts." He responds to me in a quieter tone as he looks side to side in a suspicious manner.

"...Why?" I ask, already probably knowing the answer but wanting confirm it for sure.

He leans even closer to me and whispers, "...Any of the guys you see wearing vests in town... just please keep her away from, trust me." The man says with a sad look on his face as he takes the ten Herin I have in my hand out from my now open palm.

"...Ok then, thanks for the heads up man." I respond back discretely as we exchange a small manly nod, with me and King Metallica heading back across the sand of the shore along the ocean to Karia and the blonde girl.

"What kind of shenanigans was that metal dealer baldy blabbering about, staying away from people with vests, YASHASHASHA they wouldn't be able to touch us three invinca-pals!" King Metallica laughs loudly as he shoves the pieces of metal into his robe pocket.

"Sh!" I quickly hush him, as I'm quite certain I understand what that blacksmith meant now.

"What? It's not like Kari-"

"ANYWAYS- so, how are you going to use that metal anyways, don't you need to cut them so they fit perfectly into the holes of your face?" I change the subject in order to not get us attacked by that gang.

"What kind of robot would I be if I couldn't do self repair- an oil licker?! Of course I know how to do tricks with metal, I'll have these pesky holes fixed up in lickety-split!" King Metallica says as he shoves his fingers inside one of his face holes, seeming to be picking something out of his robotic mouth as we approach Karia.

"Alright, so the girls name is Abigail and she says that she'll guide us around the island." Karia says as the girl waves to us with a smile.

"Oh, uh... cool. I think I may go back to the ship though, you guys take your time." I say nervously as this place seems sketchy- also because King Metallica and Karia should be more than enough to take on a few thugs.

"Huh? Why'd you get off the ship in the first place then, embarrassed about gawking at her tits or something?" Karia looks at me with an amused grin while Abigail only blushes madly.

"Karia! Why would I ever do uh, something like that, and no it's just..." I stop myself so I don't gain any attention- as some people walking along the path of sand next to us between the brick buildings are already watching us.

"Oh come on pal don't be like that! This is the first official adventure I'll have officially been on with you two, it won't have that same memorable, succulent, delectable taste without you!" King Metallica pleads with me as he bends down and stares at me with what I assume are meant to be puppy dog eyes- but I can assure you they're still the same soul-piercing ones.

"...Fine." I say with a nervous sigh as King Metallica lets out a big belly laugh, while my own belly is sinking.

A/N: The next arc begins, and just what could be in store for the trio on the sandy island of Birzion?

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