I! Cleaner!-Chapter 1154 - 1058: Shipwreck Disaster and Infused Spirits

Looking at the new badge rapidly taking shape on the panel, Leon, full of "WTF, this actually works?" couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.

[Ship Love: A beautiful woman of noble birth, a talented young poor man, a gigantic ship far removed from the real world, a moving love story crossing class and convention]

[Wear effect: When you and a loving female blow the wind at the bow of a ship together, neither of you will catch a cold]

[Upgrade Route: After continuously sailing with three loving married women and experiencing shipwrecks each time, this badge will automatically upgrade to the hidden Gold badge "Ocean's Calamity"]

[Hidden Trait (no need to wear): Due to your unique wildness and sunrise-like vitality, you have a highly strong attraction to women of noble birth, married or engaged, or who feel weary of their current situation]

[Hidden Trait 2 (no need to wear): When sailing with a loving female, the chance of the ship you're on encountering a disaster increases significantly]

"..."

What kind of BS effects are these... And the upgrade requires sailing with three married women and encountering three shipwrecks to level up?

Looking at the [Ship Love] badge sparkling brilliantly on the panel, Leon's mouth couldn't help but twitch violently, as if seeing the smile of the Chancellor on this lustrous badge...

The problem is, I haven't boarded a ship with anyone's fiancée. I'm a decent, married man who had a proper wedding! A standard harmonious marital life! Even if I'm forced into an affair after death, I'm still alive, right?

"Leon?"

After waiting a while with nothing happening, Queen Veronica, who closed her eyes at Leon's request, leaned back a bit, curiously asking:

"I closed my eyes, and then?"

And then?

Realizing the cosplay wasn't over, Leon snapped back to reality, closed the panel, and said:

"Then you open your eyes."

"Okay~"

Though unsure of what Leon wanted to do, Queen Veronica, guessing he might be trying some "little romance," nodded with a smile, cooperative, opened her eyes to see the beautiful... iceberg?

In their amazed eyes, an enormous white iceberg quickly "grew" from the sea, precisely blocking the course of "Leon Prince (crossed out) Carriage No.", and then...

"Bang!!!"

...

How could... how could this happen?!!!

Perched on Leon's shoulder, peering through the observation window at her sealed cabin, watching her cargo bobbing in the seawater, Melanie's eyes turned red, and once she got off Leon's shoulder, she clung to her skirt hem nervously:

"Big... Big brother! What about the cargo on top? I just didn't see clearly, are those drenched too?"

The cargo on top... sigh... big brother really tried his best, but Johnson's anomaly item can only protect people, not goods. Plus, your cargo was an initial model of BB devices from the First Institute; those things aren't waterproof at all...

"Worse than the ones below, they're spinning in the water by now."

After exchanging a helpless glance with Big Mei Shen, Leon resignedly summed up:

"Let's fish them out when we arrive; the packaging boxes are lacquered, so they're not afraid of the water, selling them should fetch some money?"

"Boohoo..."

Learning of this bitter outcome, Melanie's woeful face fell as she threw herself into the equally helpless arms of Anna nearby, uncontrollably sobbing with her shoulders shaking, oh so pitiful.

"Actually, it might not be that bad; try thinking positively."

Seeing her severely affected, Leon, unable to bear it, pondered for a moment before comforting:

"For instance, these boxes you custom ordered to raise the BB devices' prices, are made of quality materials from the First Institute, much more valuable than regular ones. If all sold... you might pay about one-seventieth of your sister-in-law's loan?"

"Waaah!!!"

Upon hearing Leon's comfort, remembering the goods were ordered on borrowed money, Melanie, who was initially merely tearful, instantly broke down and started crying aloud.

"Don't cry, don't cry! It's okay, it's okay!"

Giving Leon an exasperated look for his useless comforting, Anna hurriedly picked up the crying Melanie, taking her away from this sad hold, soothing her with soft, gentle words.

Meanwhile, ordered not to cause more trouble due to his harsh words, Leon helplessly stayed where he was, exchanging glances with the calm little brother William.

"Big brother, your comfort just now did have issues."

Receiving Leon's questioning gaze, little brother William pondered briefly before earnestly summarizing while looking up:

"You should tell Melanie her loan is interest-free."

"Oh!"

Oh, what oh! You two did this on purpose, didn't you!

Hearing the brothers' conversation, Anna, fearing more trouble from their mouths, quickly covered Melanie's ears, hastily taking the cargo elevator to leave the hold, while the brothers, left behind, joined the other wailing merchants in examining the flooded cabin caused by the iceberg collision.

Although an iceberg had suddenly appeared on the sea, colliding directly with both sides, due to the effect of[Raging Johnson], the Leon Prince (crossed out) Carriage had no casualties, with only nine cabins near the bow on the right side cracked.

Excluding three watertight cabins, the remaining six housed this trip's goods. Though not every cargo inside feared water like Melanie's heavily bet initial BB devices, the merchants owning these six cabins similarly suffered heavy losses, especially...

"My wine!!!"

Across the blurred observation window, looking at the cabin where more than half of the large barrels cracked, with the delectable liquor tinting the seawater pink, a neck-less fat merchant, presumably also in a debt-funded venture like Big Mei Shen, began to wail and beat his chest.

And when the fat merchant fainted from wailing, Leon, drawn by the louder sobs than his sister, couldn't help but lean over to the layered glass observation window, curiously glancing inside.

Hmm... slightly better than Melanie's case, about a third of the barrels are sealed, likely sellable after draining the cabin's water... What wine is this? Judging by color and chateau marks, it resembles Bronte's old barrels? The director let me taste it twice.

Yet he seems to have altered the recipe, adding some soaking ingredients, quite a good presentation, let me see... cinnamon package, orange peel, cardamom leaf, mermaid...

Mermaid?!!!