The next day, Nate was ready to depart from Syrup Village.
He had done all he needed in this village, and he even had given Kaya one of his full-restore potions.
With Kaya's current strength, Nate was optimistic that the full-restore potion could bring her back to full health.
He was just about to board his small sailing boat when he suddenly heard a voice from the side.
" Nate, wait for me!!!!"
A beautiful blonde hair with a huge backpack on her bag ran in Nate's direction.
From its look, she wasn't really used to walking with such a huge backpack, and her walking posture was pretty weird.
Nate, who heard this sound, immediately realized that it was none other than Kaya.
He waited for Kaya to arrive in front of him before asking her a few questions.
" Kaya, why are you here?"
Kaya heard Nate's questions, but she didn't immediately answer. She placed her huge backpack on Nate's sailing boat first and took a breath before she answered.
" Nate, if I'm not wrong, our bet before said that if Kuro was not a pirate, you would fulfill one of my wishes, right?"
Nate was a bit confused at this question, but since he didn't find anything wrong, he just nodded, to which Kaya responded with a joyful smile on her face.
" After some thorough checking, I found that Kuro's bounty had long been deactivated by marine. And because of that, you have lost the bet!!!!"
Boom!!!!
A sudden realization hit Nate.
He never thought that such a pure girl like Kaya would play a trick like this. However, what could he say? He couldn't refute Kaya's words and could only nod at this.
" Hehe, that's right. Praise me for my intelligence." Kaya smiled happily. " And for that, my request is for you to take me on your journey!!!!"
Boom!!!!
Nate felt like he was still dreaming.
He tried to rub his eyes a few times, but the fact that Kaya stood in front of him didn't change.
" Nate... you wouldn't be thinking about denying your promise, right?" Kaya said with puppy eyes.
Boom!!!
For Nate, who had long since met a beautiful girl, this expression of Kaya was way too lethal, and he had no choice but to eventually agree with Kaya.
Of course, before they went sailing, Nate had told Kaya about his ambition to be a great pirate and how there would be many dangers awaiting them.
Still, as long as she could stay with Nate, Kaya said that she could do everything.
Nate, who no longer had any reason to reject Kaya then let Kaya into her sailing boat.
The two set sails, and soon they could no longer see the Syrup village again.
" Ah, by the way Kaya, how about Merry and the other? Don't you want to say goodbye to them?"
" Hehe, don't worry about them. Actually, I run away from home without them knowing..."
" ..... "
At this time, Nate was fully speechless with Kaya. Why did he feel that ever since Kaya received the full restore, her personality had changed a bit... or maybe this was just the real Kaya.
The two enjoyed the view of the ocean, and Kaya began to explain how she could contribute to Nate's journey. Like how she had a lot of knowledge about being a doctor and how she was able to identify a lot of diseases.
Nate was still listening to Kaya's explanation carefully. But then, a notification came into his mind.
[ DING!!! Congratulations on finding a new crewmate, a special reward will be issued.]
[ DING!!! Because it is the host's first crewmate, the assigned pokemon gacha had been improved.]
Nate was shocked when he heard this notification. He saw Kaya was still busy explaining about his medical ability, and using this gap, Nate began to converse with his system.
' System, what is the assigned pokemon gacha?'
[ The assigned pokemon gacha is a gacha where the host could assign a specific pokemon to a crewmate. The host could only assign one Pokemon for the crewmate, and it could not be changed. So please take caution before assigning a pokemon to a crewmate.]
As the system finished its explanation, a frown appeared in Nate's expression.
This new feature was clearly beneficial to him, but he must use it carefully, or else he would regret it in a later day.
The system asked whether Nate wanted to begin the assigned gacha, to which Nate responded with yes.
[ DING!!! Congratulations to the host for getting the Pokemon: Hatenna.]
[ Hatenna (Mibrim) is a Psychic-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.]
[ It evolves into Hattrem starting at level 32, which evolves into Hatterene starting at level 42]
For someone who played Pokemon up to its recent generation, this Pokemon was no stranger to Nate.
He saw it was Hatenna, and his eyes couldn't help but be full of wonder.
What kind of luck does he have to get such a suitable Pokemon for Kaya.
Without wasting any more time, Nate quickly chose to assign Hatenna to Kaya, where Kaya suddenly felt she had gained enlightenment.
The process took a few minutes, and when the process was over, Kaya looked at Nate with an inexplicable expression.
" Nate.. I think I just get an epiphany."