As soon as his head came out of the water, a stone flew past Is's ear and fell into the water with a thud.

Ise spat out the water from his mouth and stared at the rocks on the shore with a dark face.

"I'm sorry. I thought it was the enemy......" Gichel showed half of his face from behind the rock, and the so-called "apology" sounded more sarcastic: "Or a little fish or something." ”

Isis withdrew his gaze, took a breath, and once again admonished himself not to deal with an awkward half-elf. One night was enough time for him to see that this fellow, who didn't know what the wrong medicine was, was trying to get along with everyone, but no one was angry with her—he couldn't understand why they were so tolerant of her, and he didn't bother to ask.

After all, what does it have to do with him, just help them get that boat back, and he can turn over this chaotic and humiliating night and never remember it again.

"I thought you'd sneak away alone. ”

As he climbed ashore, Gichel said coldly behind his back, "Why don't you go? ”

Iss gritted his teeth, still ignoring her.

“...... Hey, I'm talking to you!" another stone flew over his shoulder, "Isn't it rude that no one has taught you that?"

“...... I've been taught to just be polite to people who know what politeness is. Without looking back, Iss threw her a sentence, "Leave your questions to yourself." ”

Before the half-elf jumped off the rock, he calmly plunged headlong into the cave where they were hiding. And he is very satisfied with his maturity.

But he still can't change back to adult size...... The freckled mage said it would break his interference spell, and he really wasn't ready for it.

This new hideout wasn't really a cave at all, just a hollow between the rocks. Both sides are connected, and the advantage is that no matter which direction the enemy is coming from, they can quickly spot it...... But the whirring wind was so windy that it could not even light the fire, and the poor little mage could only shrink into a corner and curl himself up with all his might, while Jancy sat thoughtfully close to him on the ground, apparently tossing and turning all night. But he was still full of energy and knitted something with rattan.

“...... Are you really going to wait here until Bertram gives you some signal that even he doesn't know?"

Isis asked unceremoniously.

He couldn't wait here all the time - he had to go back and figure out if the elves and Rosa had done their job...... I hope they didn't try to "save" him.

Grateful for Jancy's enthusiasm, he has learned. Of the men, only the mage Terry and the half-elf Gishel were companions on Bertram's adventures - while the other two, one had already died in the battle with Blacksail, and the other was dead or alive. The rest of the Bangbu. Stone and Jancy. They were just ordinary sailors on the Unicorn. Bertram hired Captain Grufield and his Unicorn two years earlier, and they ran from one southern island to another, and they didn't find any amazing treasures, and they didn't do anything particularly great - the greatest of all was helping the princess of a small island kingdom that was probably no bigger than Visa City to reclaim her country from Black Sails...... But because of this, he officially made a feud with the Black Sail Pirates.

Suddenly they lost their companions, the ship, and most of the sailors, and the few people who were left were a little overwhelmed...... The enemy was so much stronger than they did that they even brazenly blasted a hole directly into the rock wall of their last hiding place, instead of burrowing into it from the bottom...... Bertram, who did not accept Gischel's suggestion to "sneak up on the enemy underwater". At least sensible on this point.

But he just left everyone else to Is...... When you think about it, it's sinister - is he obviously convinced that he won't leave these useless humans behind?

"Why not?" said Bombu, poking around the ground with a twig. "Bertram will have a way...... He'll always have a way. ”

"Really?" Iss couldn't help but sneer, "he didn't keep your ship. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed.

Isis couldn't help but regret it a little. He knew that there were some things that should not be said, but it seemed a bit ...... to apologize immediately

“...... You should apologize, Isse. Jancyy walked over and crouched down in front of him with a serious face, "We lost our boat, but we all did our best. Bertram had done his best, and he saved the captain's life...... You can't say that about him, you have to apologize to him. ”

The mouthy Bangbu should have told everyone that he was a dragon...... But Jhansi probably didn't believe it at all, and his strange accent always pronounced "Is" as "Issy...... Iss felt that he should be angry, but he was a little angry. Even if he so naively asked him to "apologize"...... He really has nothing to do with this kind of kind, simple, and overly serious person.

“...... Do you have any ideas?"

Captain Grufeld lowered his pipe, which still had no sparks, and calmly rescued him from his embarrassment.

"You're right, that's our ship, our people...... We can't just wait here. He said, "If you have any plans, tell me about them? Maybe we can make things go a little bit smoother -- what do you need us to do?"

Isis opened his mouth, he did have a plan...... One that only needs his own plan. But now, the phrase "you stay here" can't be said in any way......

Rosa looked up. The sun had risen, and the sea was dancing with a golden light, but the pirate ship hidden under the shade of the rocks still looked dark and dreary, cold and damp, as if it had been dragged into the eternal night by some curse.

"What are you looking at?"

Adora asked curiously—all they had were rocks and masts above them.

"I'm wondering, what do your pirate flags look like?" Rosa asked with a smile, "Lange often tells me about all kinds of pirate flags...... Although mostly black, he said the pirates probably painted their meagre artistic talent on the flags...... He liked the flags. ”

"We don't have that anymore. There was also a hint of regret in Adora's tone, "Nine Toes said that the black sail is our flag...... There will never be a bigger, more striking flag. Anyway, now that there's only one pirate left, we don't need to pretend to be a merchant ship anymore - it's a shame, I'm a fan of pretending to be something. ”

Rosa smiled, and before she could say anything, two short trumpets announced the arrival of the "guest".

"It's the dragon. Adora laughed brightly, "Oh...... I'll have to ask Nine Toes if I can ride it!". (To be continued.) )