[Pirate] I want to abandon the captain every day

But that's not what your eyes said. Ninomiyaro Kazusa watched Ace glare back at those who stared at her, and the image of a ferocious puppy protecting its food suddenly appeared in his mind.

Unable to think of herself like this, Ninomiyaro Kazusa waved to the waiter and got the menu: "Please give me a set menu, and please give me the bill."

She put the box in her hand on the table and pushed it over. Ninomiyaro Kazusa took out the pen and paper she just got from the front desk and said while writing: "What are your next plans?"

Dazzled by a box full of money, Deus quickly closed the box and held it in his arms to prevent others from seeing him: "We should continue to look for partners."

"A pirate group needs navigators, cooks, doctors and ship repairers, as well as a good ship that can take you on the sea."

Ninomiyaro Kazusa handed him the written note: "Ship doctor, you already have Deus. This place is full of pirates who need to go to sea. You can choose the partners you need."

"But you must pay attention to distinguish them. There are many professional hunters inside who specialize in hunting down the new pirate group." Kazusa Ninomiya took off the pointer on her wrist: "I have got the pointer and you can set off at any time."

"No." Ace took it from Deus' arms and pushed it to her along with the pointer: "I want you to be my partner."

"Don't be ridiculous. I told you I won't agree."

At this time, the waiter came over with a dinner plate. In addition to the food, there was a rose: "Miss, the gentleman has paid your bill for you. I wish you a pleasant meal."

Ninomiyaro Kazusa looked in the direction indicated by the attendant. The man wearing a top hat took off his hat and saluted her, and gave her a grateful smile. Ninomiyaro Kazusa turned around and saw two expressionless faces.

"If I had known, I would have ordered more."

"Yeah, I'm only half full."

Ace and Deus hugged each other. Although they were being treated, why were they so unhappy?

"Don't make such an expression that you need to be beaten. At this time, you should thank others properly."

As soon as she finished speaking, Esdeus stood up at the same time and shouted very loudly: "That bald uncle, thank you for inviting us to dinner!"

Ninomiyaro Kazusa: "..."

"Okay, thank you." The two people, who were being watched by the whole audience, sat down and asked her for credit with a proud look on their faces: "We did a good job."

Calmly, Ninomiyaro Kazusa put down the bent fork in her hand and continued: "Although there are many finished ships in the shipyard, I suggest you go to the Seven Waters City to customize them."

"The second address on the note is my publishing house. I am forever grateful to you. If you need anything in the future, contact me through them and I will definitely arrive as soon as possible."

Deus was about to look at the note when it was suddenly snatched away. Ace tore the note into pieces without even looking at it, and the ashes fell from his hand.

"Ace—"

"I don't want these." Ace stared at Ninomiyaro Kazusa with a serious and stubborn expression: "I want your promise."

The soup flowed out from the cut steak. Ninomiyaro Kazusa did not agree immediately but cut all the steak into small pieces.

She was weighing it, and when she compared it in her mind, it meant that she had long been attracted to Ace's invitation, but it just wasn't enough.

The steak was delicious, but Ninomiyaro Kazusa didn't pay attention to it: "Ace, if you ask me to come on board as a life-saving gift, I will not refuse."

"I won't do that kind of thing." Ace's face showed offended anger: "I want you to be willing."

"Ace, I don't understand the reason why you have to let me get on the ship." This is something Kazusa Ninomiya has never been able to understand: "There is nothing special about me."

"There is no reason, I like you."

Not because she was strong, not because she was the first to have expectations for him, those were no longer the reasons.

He just simply likes her.

Ace laughed at his own thoughts, and the joyful swelling filled his heart again: "I just like you."

This time, even Ninomiyaro Kazusa knew that she must not have concealed her panicked and evasive eyes, which was why Ace smiled so proudly.

Hesitating and hesitating, she wanted to agree, but Ninomiyaro Kazusa didn't dare to raise her head. As long as she saw Ace's eyes, she would say it immediately, but she couldn't.

The dining table fell into a long silence, but Ace did not rush him. After finishing the food quietly, Ninomiyaro Kazusa looked at Deus: "Do you remember the address?"

"Remember." Deus replied subconsciously, and then opened his eyes wide in response.

"You can buy supplies at the place I circled on the map. You have to leave tomorrow at the latest. It's not safe for you here."

When she went downstairs, she had already left the room. Ninomiyaro Kazusa met Ace's gaze and said with regret, "Sorry, I still can't agree."

His eyes suddenly dimmed, and his face was full of confusion and grievance, but Ninomiyaro Kazusa could not comfort him.

"Goodbye, I wish you peace forever." After thinking for a long time, she could only send her blessings to them.

"Ah, um..." Deus stood up but didn't know what to say. Ace uncharacteristically didn't stop him or even stand up.

Ninomiyaro and Sa stood up and left. Since they have already decided, there should be no hesitation. If they get along with each other again, they will only become more reluctant to part with each other.

"Hesha."

Ace continued to eat the food and said in a normal tone: "I will wait for you."

Continuing where she left off, Ninomiyaro Kazusa walked away without looking back. The dazzling eyes made her block her sight.

She remembered that there seemed to be a commercial street in front of her. She went to buy some painting supplies and use this time to draw out the script. If the script was not submitted next month, the editor might really come to assassinate her.

In the next few days, Ninomiyaro and Sayu stayed in another hotel to rest and concentrate on writing the script. When they were tired, they walked around and participated in local activities to relax, deliberately avoiding anything that might be related to Ace and the others.

"How's it going?" The editor called when she was finishing the sketch of the script. Kazusa Ninomiya told him the general content of the new comic: "I've already drawn the script."

The editor got himself a cup of hot water and drank several sips before saying, "Have you encountered any difficulties recently? Don't hide it from me. We can solve it together."

"No, I'm in a good mood on vacation." Putting the phone aside, Ninomiyaro and Sasha sat by the window to sort out their manuscripts.

"Then why do you want to draw this kind of story?" Originally I heard the editor of Man/Wife was still frowning and thinking that this person is really evil and wants to develop into the adult department next door.

When he was about to say a few words to her, the story suddenly changed. All the suitors around the wife were possessed by the husband's ghost, just to verify whether the wife kept her promise to love him forever.

The wife, who clearly loves her husband deeply but feels that these strangers are familiar, falls into a breakdown. The husband feels guilty but continues to appear in a new body the next day. His trials will never stop.

After listening, all the hairs on the editor's back stood up, and a shuddering feeling of nausea made his hands and feet feel cold.

"In the past, you could only die at most a few popular supporting characters, but now the protagonists are more miserable than the last."

The prince who believes that everyone is equal becomes a dictatorial tyrant, the brave man who just wants to go home becomes a monster and can never go home, and the wife is tortured by her dead husband forever.

Just like that, you still said that you were not stimulated: "Do you still remember that you debuted as a shoujo manga?"

"I remember, but the sales of that book were too poor and it was canceled?" Hearing the editor's broken tone, Ninomiya Kazusa comforted him: "I really have nothing wrong with me. It's just that I started to let myself go after I became famous. It’s something I want to paint.”

"I am here to tell young people not to say anything that lasts forever, otherwise this will be the end."

"You..." The editor wanted to curse but didn't know what to curse: "Forget it, just draw it. Send me the cover first so I can promote the new book."

Anyway, it was not his editor who was being scolded for calming down. As long as the sales were good, she could draw anything.

"I'll go in a minute. I also drew my wife very beautifully. She is my best-looking female character." Kazusa Ninomiyaro showed off very proudly. That was the person/wife in her fantasy.

I am very reassured by the editor Ninomiya and Sae Gakugo. Her pictures are famous for their gorgeousness and exquisiteness, and the characters she can show off must be very beautiful.

The editor probably imagined that readers who were obsessed with his wife's beauty watched her being cheated by her husband, gradually breaking down and finally turning into a crazy lunatic...

Very good, it seems that the publishing house is going to increase security again.

"Hesha, just slow down and draw the manuscript." Before hanging up the phone, the editor couldn't help but warned: "Go out more and experience the beauty of the world."

Don't go further down the path of mental illness.

"I got it." He didn't urge her to draw quickly. Ninomiyaro Kazusa hung up the phone with an unaccustomed look on her face. She had no idea how much the editor was worried about her mental condition.

But it was time for her to go out for a walk. Kazusa Ninomiyaro hadn't left the house for three days in order to draw the cover.

After rolling up the cover and putting it into the painting tube and sealing it, Ninomiyaro Kazusa put on her coat and went out, handing the painting tube to the front desk and asking her to send it out.

The evening breeze passed by comfortably. Ninomiyaro Kazusa bought some snacks on the roadside and walked aimlessly. When she came to her senses, she realized that she had arrived at the port where the ship originally stopped.

What was she doing? She crumpled the cardboard box in her hand depressedly. Just as Ninomiyaro Kazusa was about to leave, she noticed a vague red color floating on the sea in the distance.

Is it...

The gentle wind suddenly became violent, and Ninomiyaro Kazusa could only be pushed forward by the blow, and saw the bonfire behind the rock.

And Ace was sitting alone on the beach bandaging himself.

He was still wearing the same clothes he had last seen, but they had become tattered, and the exposed skin was covered with various injuries.

The most serious stab wound was on his hand. The wound extended from the phalanges to the back of his hand, and blood dripped along his wrist.

Ninomiyaro Kazusa watched Ace frown and adjust the bandage repeatedly. When he found that the bandage couldn't be bandaged properly, he showed an annoyed expression on his face, and he tore the bandage randomly and threw it out with all his strength.

"Why are you so impatient?" Catching the thrown bandage, Ninomiyaro Kazusa walked to him and sat down: "Stretch out your hand."

"Hesha?" Ace looked at her in surprise, the firelight that illuminated him was blocked, leaving only the moonlight shining in his eyes.

He picked out the wound medicine from the medicine box next to him, wiped the blood on the back of his hand with a cotton ball soaked in alcohol, and Kazusa Ninomiya sprinkled him with hemostatic medicine: "Where's Deus?"

"He's using the toilet over there."

The other hand pointed towards the woods. Ace looked at Ninomiyaro Kazusa's focused expression, and his eyes fell down to her hand holding his.

"Hesha."

"Ah."

"Hesha!"

"Ok?"

"Hesha!"

Each one shouted more excitedly than the last.

"What the hell..."

As soon as Ninomiyaro Kazusa raised her head, she was hugged hard. Ace's hair rubbed her cheek, and the tip of his nose brushed her neck.

"Hesha."

A voice full of joy passed into her ears, and she kept calling her name softly and like a coquettish girl: "Hesha."

Her heart softened, and Ninomiyaro Kazusa put down her hand and patted his back gently: "Okay, let me finish bandaging first."

Deus, who was walking back, happened to see this scene and immediately rushed over with tears in his eyes: "Hesha!"

Turning around, he threw himself on Ace's back. Deus, who was dodged, showed hurt eyes. Ninomiyaro Kazusa remained unmoved and said coldly: "Wash your hands."

"……No."

When he ran to wash his hands in despair, Ninomiyaro Kazusa finally took Ace off her body and forced him to be bandaged.

"Hesha, you are finally here. You don't even know what I have been doing these days."

Deus spoke with tears of bitterness, Ace refused to leave and insisted on waiting for her, and refused to hide when encountering a navy patrol, insisting to stay here and wait for her.

He had received more beatings in the past few days than in the previous seventeen years combined. The most hateful thing was that even those who couldn't beat Ace came to beat him!

After listening to Deus' tearful accusation, Ninomiyaro Kazusa looked at them and asked, "What if I don't come, do you plan to just wait like this?"

"But you're here." There was a kind of innocent confidence on Ace's face: "I know you will definitely come."

"I didn't do it voluntarily, the wind brought me here." Ninomiyaro Kazusa closed the medicine box. Without the gust of wind, she would not have come here.

"Then from today onwards I will start to like the wind."

Ace felt her bright eyes looking at him, and felt like he was wrapped in those eyes.

Nervousness spread uncontrollably in his heart, and Ace felt another kind of pressure, looking forward to the next result.

"Ace."

Ninomiyaro Kazusa stepped back to open the distance between them so that she could better observe his expression: "What do you want?"

"You." Ace answered without any hesitation and walked towards her to welcome his victory: "Come be my partner."

Ninomiyaro Kazusa looked at Ace. The firelight dyed the side of his face orange, giving the skin a honey-like texture, and it indeed had the same sweetness.

Her heart was moved, not just once, but for a long time.

Sighing as a condolence for herself, Ninomiyaro Kazusa walked towards Ace, held his fingertips and brought them to her lips.

Red instantly occupied Ace's whole body, and all the muscles in his body were in a state of extreme tension. He was like a fully drawn bow about to run away but stopped for her.

Ace's hands clenched into fists were pressed tightly against his legs, watching her long hair spread out on the back of his hands, making his skin itch.

"Then I'll give myself to you."

Under the kiss, he tasted the bitterness of the medicine, and Ninomiyaro Kazusa smelled the blood covered in the flames.

"My captain."