"Hahahahaha! Captain, did you see that? I blew those little green shits out of the sky!"
"Good job gunner Kaelin! I will make sure to reward you properly once we get to the next port!"
"I levelled up too!"
Kaelin is positively beaming. I can tell that she is proud of herself, so I fully intend to shower her with praise.
The truth is that she took out 22 of the ships all by herself. I didn't need to maneuver or dodge, so she had a straight shot, but her accuracy in this battle was a staggering 100%. I was worried her revolver skills wouldn't translate over to the mana armaments of a ship, but she handled it without issue.
I reset the course once more, updated the ship's communication crystal with the information of our battle, and resumed our journey to the next port.
The moment I was satisfied that the ship was well on its way, I called Kaelin over to come rest sitting in my lap while we minded the bridge. With nothing to do while sailing, I let her settle in, snuggle up to me, and take a nap.
I once again find myself admiring her beauty. Her tail curls up like a cat's as she relaxes in my embrace, and I decide to take this opportunity to look at my status again.
The EXP from that battle took me all the way to level 9! It took me a whole 2 days in the dungeon on Nimbastra to get to level 6, but in just one sky battle I got to level 9, and I only took down one ship myself, the rest was Kaelin.]
The [Sky Captain] class is too OP!
My new status looks like this:
[Name: Leon Maxwell]
[Race: Sky Sovereign]
[Level: 9 XP 32/815]
[Primary Class: Fighter lvl 9]
[Secondary Class
-Sky Captain lvl 9
- Resident lvl 1 ]
[HP: 260/260]
[MP: 160/160]
[Strength: 27 (+2)]
[Vitality: 26]
[Agility: 26]
[Intelligence: 16]
[Wisdom: 16]
[Unused Skill Points: 16]
[Unused Attribute Points: 15]
I have another 15 attribute points, but I think I will save them. I really need to find another class that can be added as my second subclass.
Also, I am only 1 class level away from being able to upgrade my fighter class into something better, hopefully something related to my falchion. The system does not give me a preview up front, and I don't know any sword users who can guide me in this area yet.
The [Sky Captain] class is a bit of a mystery, though. It might change when it hits level 10, or it might stay the same, I can't tell at all.
After waking up from her nap, Kaelin kisses me on the cheek and disappears below deck for 20 minutes, then returns with food for us to have lunch. She has made some kind of flat bread with the wheat flour we have on hand, and she has fried up some of the frozen meat.
We also have some fresh veggies. Seeing as the trip is only supposed to be for 2 and a half days, we made sure to visit the market stall and get some before she left.
She has tried to recreate the doner kebab like lunch we had back in town, and I am totally here for it.
"Leon, you need to keep your eyes on the sky, so let me feed it to you."
"Hah? Is that really necessary?"
"Yes, it is! We can't have you sinking the ship because you were too busy stuffing your face! Don't you want your woman to feed you?"
Ah, now I get it, she just wants to do some lovey-dovey stuff, seeing as there is no danger right now. She called me Leon because it was a thing for lovers, not a thing for crew and captain.
I oblige her, of course, and she sits in my lap, wrapping the meat and veggies in torn-off pieces of flatbread and then feeds them to me. I make sure to give her fingers a little lick every time she pushes food into my mouth.
"Leon, you can't tease me with your tongue like that! You are flying the ship, and we might need to take emergency action. Keep your eyes on the sky!"
"I'm sorry I can't help it, I've never had a romantic partner feed me while sitting in my lap before, I got a little excited."
"Tehehehe! Ok, I forgive you, just make sure you don't end up distracted if something happens!"
Kaelin stays sitting in my lap the whole time we are eating, and then returns to the gunner's console for the rest of her operational time.
Ever since our first shower together, she takes every opportunity she can get to sit in my lap, actually, she even did it a couple of times before then.
After night falls, Kaelin decides to be the first to sleep so I can take night watch. Nothing of interest happens the entire time we are sailing, so it was not necessary for me to worry
I don't know how long she slept for in total, but while the sun is still down, she appears on the bridge carrying two cups of steaming liquid.
In one, black coffee, sweetened with the sugar we have in our galley, in the other, some kind of herbal tea that she says is good for relaxing.
She hands me the herbal tea, and we sit and chat for about 30 minutes while enjoying our drinks, before I finally go down to my bedroom to sleep.
I take a quick shower and climb into bed, tired after having spent most of the night sitting at the helm and keeping watch.
After a good sleep, I wake up, and the next day is also very uneventful. No pirates or sky gobbos appear, so we spend most of the time watching the bridge and flirting with each other.
We tease each other so much that I am pretty sure we will have to spend an entire day in bed together after arriving in port.