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“Ah~”
“Almost there!”
“My body is so hot…”
“Help me.”
“Don’t touch there.”
“Sis… sis~”
…
[Shame.]
[You are a disgrace.]
Shelley did not refute his words. He closed his eyes and leaned his back against the door, listening to the alluring sounds from inside.
[You’ve really disappointed me.]
[…But speaking of which,]
[Why did you choose to give them blood and not… other things?]
Shelley opened his eyes and looked at the slowly healing wound on his wrist. He said flatly, “I’d like to ask you in return… why should I give them other things?”
“Although they each have their own characteristics and are quite moving.”
The three of them, Venomous Snake and the others, were not ugly. If it weren’t for their sufficient strength to protect themselves… they would have long been unable to survive on this sea and would have been eaten clean. And because of their different identities now, their temperament had a different kind of charm.
The majesty of a great pirate and the innate arrogance of a pirate, the three of them together had a stacking effect.
“But…”
“So what?”
Withdrawing his palm and holding it to his chest, Shelley looked up at the ceiling in the cabin and said softly, “Am I lacking these?”
“When did you get the idea that I’m that kind of sexually frustrated person?”
When did you get the illusion that I didn’t use Kyoka Suigetsu? Jojo! Ahem.
[That is to say, you don’t look down on them.]
“Hmm, at least I don’t have the impulse that it has to be me.”
[Then why didn’t you tell them the first choice?]
Shelley lowered his head, his face becoming as calm as a still well. He said coldly, “The first choice is unacceptable to me, both physically and mentally.”
Revealing a disgusted expression, Shelley shook his head and no longer thought about those eye-stinging images.
“But if this is their own choice…”
“I will not interfere, and I will not mock them. I don’t have the right either.”
“Only they themselves can decide their own lives, bodies, and fates.”
[Then why didn’t you tell them the choice?]
Shelley sighed and was relieved to hear the gradually quieting sounds from inside.
“I’m a very soft-hearted person.”
“Since it’s because of me, then don’t give them such a cruel choice.”
“If possible, I hope that all women can avoid such tragic things.”
[I see~]
[I didn’t expect you to be a good man.]
“You flatter me.”
[Then,]
[What’s the real reason?]
Shelley revealed a bitter smile, slowly walked out of the cabin, and came to the deck, looking at the bustling port before him. Looking at the various half-elves who were busy with their livelihoods, working hard for their families, he revealed a knowing smile.
“I have a cleanliness fetish.”
“Or rather, a mental one.”
“I like to appreciate beautiful things, feelings, spirits, and even beliefs.”
[Speak human.]
“…”
Clicking his tongue, Shelley shrugged and disappeared from the deck in a flash.
“If they are forced to walk down that path of no return because of me.”
“I would have a stomachache at that time.”
…
Black Wolf woke up from her coma. The next moment, she jumped up from the floor and looked around nervously.
White Shark’s clothes were in disarray. She was lying in the center of the room, a blush on her face that had never been there before. And Venomous Snake was at this time, with her clothes half-open, leaning against a stool. She nodded at herself, and Black Wolf let out a sigh of relief.
“Sister… what on earth…”
What happened? My memory just stopped at the moment Shelley cut his wrist and the blood flowed. The next moment, my consciousness was cut off. It seems I pounced on him? But… it seems I was directly pressed to the ground? Like an animal being fed, I knelt on the floor…
“That man… didn’t touch us at all.”
Because she had already received some satisfaction from Shelley’s hand, Venomous Snake’s consciousness had lasted to the end. She clearly remembered that man with a cold expression, pressing the three of them to the floor… and then, after pouring the blood from his wrist into their mouths, he had observed them for a while, and when they had started to take off their own clothes… he had turned and left without hesitation.
He had just left.
Although she had no improper thoughts about him, being treated so coldly still hurt Venomous Snake’s dignity as a woman.
The two of them looked at each other, both a little angry, biting their lips and muttering fiercely, “That heartless man.”
What neither of them noticed was… this complaint did not sound like resentment… but more like a resentful wife acting spoiled because her husband had not come home.
…
Rui sat at the highest point of the palace, looking down at the entire royal city under the dusk. She was no longer dressed as a cool dancer from the Western Regions, but had changed into a traditional half-elven dress to fit in.
Putting her harp aside, she rested her chin on her two hands, her two legs dangling from the eaves, constantly swinging.
“Sister… where are you?”
“Be careful on the road…”
Her face was filled with loneliness and longing. She muttered to herself, bored, “Mr. Shelley is back…”
“But he didn’t come to see me.”
That’s right. What am I? Mr. Shelley is the benefactor. I’m the one who was saved. What right do I have…
“What are you doing here?”
The sudden voice startled Rui. She let out a tragic cry like a startled cat.
“Meow!”
“Ah!”
And then she accidentally slipped from the eaves.
This place was over a hundred meters from the ground. With her physical fitness, she would surely die.
“Mmph…”
Being grabbed by the back of her collar by Shelley, Rui was like a cat being grabbed by the scruff of its neck.
Gently placed back on the eaves, Shelley looked at her helplessly, and she also looked at Shelley innocently.
Shelley’s eyes said, “You scared me to death.”
Rui’s eyes said, “You scared me to death. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have fallen…”
After looking at each other for a long time, the two of them finally laughed out loud.
Shelley sat down beside her, and they looked at the distance side by side, not speaking for a while.
Rui looked at Shelley’s handsome profile, as if she had discovered something, and said softly, “Lord Shelley, is something bothering you?”
A little surprised, Shelley hadn’t thought that his hidden thoughts would actually be discovered by Rui.
“You can tell?”
Picking up the harp beside her, Rui smiled and did not explain.
A melodious sound of the zither flowed from the harp like water, drifting around the two of them.
Shelley felt something, slowly leaned back, looked at the dim yellow sky, and closed his eyes.
“We’ll talk about the troublesome things later. For now…”
“Let the music wash away the soul…”
…
Hmm? So dark. What the hell? Where am I?
“What’s going on?”
Shelley felt that he could not control his limbs.
“…”
“You bastard! Come out.”
[Ehehe.]
[Welcome to the new world~]
“????”
“I’ll give you a chance to apologize first.”
Otherwise, I’ll definitely flame you to death.
