"What are you all crowded in here for?" Charles stood at the doorway of the mess hall, calmly looking at the crew before him as he asked slowly.
Everyone inside the mess hall glanced at each other, but no one spoke a word.
In the end, Deep broke the silence. The Merfolk looked excited as he said, "It's nothing, Captain. We're just waiting for dinner. Since we had nothing to do, we were killing time listening to Feierbahah tell stories about his hometown."
"Captain, you probably didn't know this, but this guy already has two wives back home. With the three on Hope Island, he has five wives in total."
As the Merfolk teased the Second Officer with a mischievous expression, all the crew members, who had been frozen in place, suddenly snapped back to life. They laughed and pointed at the green-haired young man, while the Second Officer played along, standing with his hands on his hips and laughing proudly.
