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The human-form Catherine looked to be in her late twenties. Even her eyelashes were white. Her beautiful face gave off the feeling of an ice-cold, mature beauty. But unfortunately… although her appearance was that of a perfect ice beauty, the moment Catherine opened her mouth, the cold temperament disappeared…
“Hmph, hmph, how about it?”
“Isn’t it amazing?”
Shelley: Wow, the whole thing just collapsed…
Smiling and praising her, Shelley thought to himself, “Her mind is very mature, but she has no social experience.”
“No scheming, gentle and sincere.”
Shelley, who had been scheming with the nobles of the two countries for the past two months (bullying them one-sidedly), felt a different attitude. The feeling of being trusted was indescribable. When Shelley felt Catherine’s kindness, his own heart wavered.
“Perhaps I don’t need to put so much effort into deceiving her. It might be better…”
[Why did you give up?]
“It’s not a good thing to always deceive people.”
[Tsk, hypocrite.]
“Thank you.”
Shelley smiled gently at Catherine, who was puffing out her majestic peaks, and said warmly, “Yes, it’s indeed very amazing.”
Catherine was even happier, her eyes squinting with a smile.
“Heehee.”
Her nose twitching, Catherine felt that Shelley’s current aura was even more pleasant than before, like a delicious white crystal. Thinking of the white crystal, she grabbed the giant white crystal she had been eating earlier and took a bite.
“Ah~ Mmm.”
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
Shelley: A chill down my spine.
“Girl, you have good teeth.”
Lilith, behind him, didn’t care about Catherine’s feat of gnawing on a white crystal. Instead, she was lost in thought… Lilith had raised an eyebrow when she heard Shelley’s tone. She continued to rub the spot she had just pinched and thought to herself, “Master seems to be very gentle all of a sudden…”
“Just like when he’s facing… us.”
…Hmm!? Could it be because that dragon turned into a human?
“Beast!”
Pinch.
Shelley: !!!
What’s wrong? Why are you pinching me again? I didn’t do anything this time.
No, I can’t let this slide.
“Mage Hand.”
“Telekinesis.”
Lilith, who was regretting pinching Shelley, was just about to let go when she felt an invisible force on her chest.
“Ah!”
Almost crying out, Lilith covered her mouth with her left hand.
“Master!”
This familiar technique, even if it was telekinesis, Lilith could tell it was Shelley’s doing. Just as she was about to retreat, Lilith felt the force increase.
“Don’t… run.”
“This is a punishment.”
Lilith, who had been bold for a moment, had turned back into Lilith_Coward.jpg… no, a gif. Because she would move.
Lilith huddled in the shadows behind Shelley, her face flushed as she bit her finger, her body constantly writhing…
Shelley looked at Catherine, who was hugging the crystal and gnawing on it, and shook his head helplessly… A beautiful woman gnawing on a large crystal pillar… not very elegant.
“I’ll have to teach her to pay attention to her image in the future…”
At this time, Morgan was a little bored. She tapped the gold brick beside her with her pipe and said to Shelley, “Shelley, I’m a little tired. I want to go back.”
In the Church of the Goddess of Misfortune, she had always been a high-ranking member who was pampered. She hadn’t had a fight like today’s for a long time. Especially since she was still a little hungover…
A good opportunity.
Shelley looked at Morgan’s slightly furrowed brow and asked with concern, “Morgan, are you alright? Let Lilith take you back to the ship first.”
Turning her head to avoid Shelley’s eager gaze, Morgan hesitated for a moment, but still nodded slightly.
“In that case, Lilith, you take Morgan back to the ship to rest first.”
“Miss Catherine, would you like to see our ship? If you’re going to set off with us, you’ll also need to pick a room.”
Swallowing the crystal in her mouth, Catherine nodded with interest.
“Alright.”
Just like a child… but this child can easily crush an adult’s head.
“Erica, what about you?”
Erica looked at Shelley with a meaningful gaze, nodded, and said with a grin, “I’m a little tired too.”
“Leaving you to explore here by yourself… it must be hard.”
Shelley was not surprised that Erica had seen through his intentions. He smiled and said nothing. He said to White Shark and Black Wolf, “You two go back together and get some good rest.”
“As for what happens next, we’ll talk about it after I get back to the surface.”
“Remember to tell Venomous Snake to take stock of your supplies and send the records to the captain’s room.”
The two of them lowered their heads and said respectfully, “Understood.”
Erica turned around and waved with a light laugh, “We’ll be leaving first! Don’t get lost on your way back.”
The corners of Shelley’s mouth turned up slightly. He made a reassuring gesture, “Please rest assured. I remember the way here very clearly.”
Watching them leave, Shelley chuckled softly.
I’ve been seen through… This Erica really gives me a lot of surprises. The journey ahead will not be boring…
Shaking his head, he walked into the hall and looked at the dust-covered throne with a mocking smile.
“Who would have thought… the pirate king who awed the four seas, the later God of Pirates, would fall to this state?”
With a mocking smile, Shelley walked to the back of the huge throne… There was a skeleton there. It was wearing a set of once-exquisite, but now-rusty full plate armor. On its head was a crown inlaid with a diamond-shaped gem, and in its hand was a decaying trident.
Looking at the trident, Shelley immediately laughed out loud.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk. You’ve got guts.”
Constantly clicking his tongue, Shelley couldn’t help but exclaim, “You’re really courting death. You actually want to dabble in the domain of the Goddess of the Sea?”
When it came to competition between divine portfolios, no matter how good the relationship between the gods was, they might still come to blows. Not to mention the Chaotic Evil Goddess of the Sea. It would be strange if she didn’t beat you to a pulp.
Without any hesitation, Shelley directly went up and took off its crown. The whole process did not touch the skeleton in the slightest.
“To set a curse on yourself, that’s a really boring choice.”
“Low-class.”
Taking half a step back, Shelley twirled the crown in his hand with composure and said, tilting his head, “And this curse is probably… to make your descendants become the pirate king, and then the new God of Pirates.”
“And then, at the moment of ascension, you’ll be possessed by you?”
“What a rotten script.”
Not hiding his disgust, Shelley’s expression was not as elegant as usual.
“Not talking?”
“Forget it. You were a coward to begin with.”
“Just keep pretending.”
“I’m very curious, how long can you hold on?”
Shelley made a move to leave. Just then, a blue soul fire ignited in the skeleton’s eye sockets. Slowly raising its head, it stared at Shelley with its empty eyes, and a cold voice came out, “How… did you find out?”
Stroking his chin, Shelley laughed.
“How did I find out?”
“Probably when I opened the door.”
Shelley smiled, covered his nose, and made a retching motion.
“Of course, it’s because you smell so bad.”
The soul fire in its eye sockets flared up. The skeleton floated up and roared, “How dare you insult me!?”
“Mortal!”
Picking his ear, Shelley showed his disdain for its impotent rage.
“Mortal?”
“Who told you…”
Shelley’s eyes lit up with a brilliant purple light, and a pressure erupted from his body. He said, enunciating each word, “That I am a mortal?”
