"Katarina. Miss Dipo, I would like to formally introduce myself to you. ”

In the captain's room of the Golden Deer, Lorraine summoned Caterina for the first time, and as soon as Pur spoke, one could feel the solemnity of the conversation.

"My name is Lorraine, Lorraine. Arnason. Drake, the abandoned son of the Drake family, the hereditary baron of England, the president of the Drake Chamber of Commerce in Plymouth, and the holder of a privateering license. Founded last year, our Northwest Europe branch is a permanent member of the Offshore Guild of England, with a fleet of more than a dozen vessels and well-established trade channels along the Northwest coast of Europe. ”

"As I said, I am a legitimate pirate and a wealthy merchant. My right to do business was given by the pound sterling, and the right to plunder was given by Her Majesty Elizabeth I, sacred and inviolable. ”

Caterina listened quietly, and this formal self-introduction not only allowed her to complete her knowledge of Lorraine, but also allowed her to successfully distill the core of the whole paragraph, "legal pirates" and "founded last year".

She heard Lorraine's voice.

The development of the Chamber of Commerce is like the growth of people, no matter how strong the capital behind it is, it takes time to nourish it if it wants to grow.

Reputation, connections, business routes, etc., etc., etc......

A mere year is obviously not enough time for a nascent chamber of commerce to quickly grow into a leader in the industry, but the Drake Chamber of Commerce has done it.

It's growing far faster than the term "plucking seedlings to grow" can do.

To do this, the main business of the Drake Chamber of Commerce can only be robbery.

Lorraine must have a strong and warlike fleet, as Caterina had experienced not long ago, and Amy, who was waiting to die on the reef. Philard has experienced it firsthand.

But he was very different from the pirates of the Caribbean.

Robbery is the only means of pirates, and the reason why they indulge in singing is largely because the day is precarious, and the so-called born in atrocities, become atrocities, and eventually die in atrocities, this is the truth.

For Lorraine, robbery was just one of the means.

His foundation is still in the Chamber of Commerce, and all the robberies and atrocities are all aimed at feeding the Chamber of Commerce and urging the Chamber of Commerce to mature.

The Drake Chamber of Commerce is not a pirate, and the Code of Pirates, which the pirates quote as the Bible, does not apply here in Lorraine, nor does the inevitable and tragic future that the pirates face.

That's what Lorraine wanted to say to Caterina, do pirate things, not pirate thoughts.

Caterina took a deep breath.

"So what, Mr. Captain? Whether to go or stay, I have left the decision to you. If you feel that a woman who has been a pirate is not fit to be part of your ship, you can drop me off at the next port, or ...... Hand me over to the local colonial governor. ”

"You're mistaken, Miss Dipo." Lorraine looked at her with a smile, "I have a plan, and I haven't figured out whether to implement it yet." You're at the heart of this plan, so I need you to fully understand what kind of group the Drake Chamber of Commerce is, and make a sensible decision about whether or not to give everything to the Chamber of Commerce, not just to avenge the crew. ”

"Decide sensibly?"

"The battle of will is beautiful, but it can't give people the motivation to persevere, in case you regret it later, it's not good for you, me, or this chamber of commerce." Lorraine crossed her fingers, "This conversation is about your formal visit to the ship, and I hope to hear you introduce yourself fully and formally." If it's private, you can say it, but I don't want to hear a lie. ”

"What if I don't want to say anything?"

"I'll send you to New Orleans, and you'll be the same as a passerby from now on."

"Is that so......"

Perhaps tired of the pirate life, after a long silence, Caterina told Lorraine a story.

She was the daughter of the Count of Estanba, the king of Barcelona, and was born in Spain with an older brother.

Under the love and care of her brother, she was reckless in her childhood, and followed her brother to learn equestrianism, swordsmanship, shooting, and boating like the heir of a knight in Spain.

In order to make her more like a qualified aristocratic lady, at the age of 13, her brother was sent by the earl to the New World to join the army, and she was also thrown into a convent to serve God and cultivate her self-cultivation.

From the bottom of her heart, she hated this arrangement.

After less than a week at the convent, she made the fateful decision to escape, cut off her long hair, disguise herself as a man, and join her brother in the New World.

However, although she managed to escape to the New World in the family's cargo hold, she did not know where to find her brother, so she had to start her long wandering career in this strange land.

In order to survive, she worked as a waitress in a bar, a postman at the post office, a thief at the docks, and a part-time sailor.

At the age of 15, she joined the Spanish colonial army in Peru, and with her superb martial arts and marksmanship, she quickly mixed into the non-commissioned officer class.

Her boss was a bastard, corrupt, cruel, and had no mercy for the soldiers, often beating and scolding the soldiers for no reason when they were drunk, and even had the soldiers beaten to death with his horsewhip.

One night, something like this happened again, and it was a 13-year-old young man who was whipped, a young man who adored and trusted Katerina.

Caterina mutinied, taking advantage of the darkness of the night to raise her sword to assassinate her boss, but was stopped by his lieutenant.

Caterina was mortally wounded, and at the moment of sunrise, the lieutenant was stabbed to death on the spot by the sudden loss of consciousness.

Lorraine found a hint of sadness in Caterina's calm expression.

"The adjutant...... It's your lost brother, isn't it? ”

Katerina smiled bitterly, "Yes." The sun rose behind him, and he saw me first, but I couldn't see him. ”

"Mourning ......"

"This is my sin." Katerina's voice was low and unwavering, "Brother and sister are in trouble, but my real damn boss has taken advantage of the chaos to escape. I became a wanted criminal, escaped on a pirate ship, and began my career as a pirate. ”

She became a pirate like no other, brave, fearless, self-defeating, undemanding, and with these snatches the lives of many of her companions from the hands of death, her prestige grew.

A year later, her captain was killed in a raid, and she was elected as the new captain, recovering as a daughter and making a name for herself in the Caribbean.

Caribbean Red Rose, Red-Haired Caterina, Stigma Saint, Pirate Queen......

Ironically, she never forgot her chivalry, her ships never attacked Spanish ships, and even fought wars with almost all the pirates who became famous in the Caribbean in order to rescue the shipwrecked Spanish ships.

So six months ago, one of the seven pirate kings of the Caribbean died in an accident. Philard and another prominent new force of pirates were chosen by Turtle Island as candidates for the Pirate Crown, received tokens, and began to fight, which is why many things happened to her and made her meet Lorraine in the town of Bahibba, and she has her ......

When the story was over, Caterina looked at Lorraine and said nothing.

Lorraine frowned and thought for a long time: "Miss Dibo, I can hear that Brother Blade's accident has been tormenting you. I wonder, how long will it take you to come out of your guilt? ”

"Forever." Without hesitation, Caterina replied, "Until I go down to hell, this sin will not be washed away." ”

"Looks like we need to put it another way, are you still begging for death?"

"I have to live." Caterina closed her eyes, "When I first boarded the pirate ship, I did want to die, but I didn't die. Countless near-deaths have made me know that my brother wants me to live. He was a noble knight who wanted nothing more than to protect the people of Spain while he was alive. Now that he's dead, it's up to me to do it, I need strength. ”

Lorraine nodded lightly: "Last question, which side will you be on if our ship and the Spanish warship clash?" ”

"Brother swore an oath to protect the king and protect the people, will you take action against the Spanish merchant ships?"

"If she doesn't take the initiative to provoke, I can give up the right to rob them."

Caterina laughed, "If that's the case, I'll always be your loyal crew." ”

"It seems that we have a consensus." Lorraine stood up and held out her hand to Katarina, "First mate Katarina. Ms. Dipo, congratulations, you have been accepted. ”