After Buck left, Roger shook his head and looked at Andy, "It's been a few hours since I went to sea, and I look at you, I'm quite comfortable." ”

Roger chuckled when he saw Andy's puzzled look.

"The first time I went to sea, I lay in a hammock for three days, and I always felt like the boat was rocking all the time, shaking out all the rum I was eating and drinking, and even my stomach, you don't know how horrible that feeling was. ”

"Then I was attacked by another group of pirates just in time for our ship, and I killed two men in that battle, and strange to say, I was too weak to walk, but when I picked up my scimitar, I found that I was alive! I slit their necks with my scimitar and let the blood spill all over me, and after that I never fainted again. ”

"You're going to love that feeling, the feeling of the sharp tip of a knife cutting through the skin and into the flesh, because we're the same kind of people. ”

Roger had a retrospective look in his eyes, and he didn't realize how inappropriate it was for him to say this in front of a fourteen-year-old.

"I've never killed anyone. ”

Andy said, looking at Roger in front of him and feeling the anger coming from his body.

"Actually, I don't want to kill people either. ”

"Pirates are meant to kill, or be killed by someone else, Andy, that's the price of freedom. ”

Roger's words were like a hammer that smashed directly into Andy's heart.

"Free... The cost?"

"Or else?" asked Roger, rhetorically, "what do you think pirates are? a bunch of executioners, murderers, robbers of the sea!"

"Actually, I just want to venture out on the sea, there are countless legends and treasures on the ocean, aren't these more interesting and attractive?"

Andy said that his purpose was this, to learn sailing knowledge on the Goddess of Despair, and when he was capable enough, he would become a captain himself, not to plunder merchant ships, not to kill people and goods, but to conquer the seas and explore the secret treasures.

"You're thinking too simply, Andy, the treasure of the ocean isn't something we can find, it's the Pirate King's job. As for the search for secret treasures, oh, believe me, no one can keep their hearts in front of you when a lot of gold coins are placed in front of you!"

"Greedy, selfish, ferocious, unscrupulous. ”

Roger casually said a few words and took a big sip of rum, "This is a pirate!"

"Those who sail and smuggle illegally, are also called pirates. ”

"They?" Roger laughed, "Andy, those guys don't deserve to be called pirates, real pirates, people like us!"

Andy didn't answer, he thought of his father, who had also said, "A real pirate, who may be greedy and selfish, will do whatever it takes, but who knows what true justice is, has a clear goal, advocates freedom, has affection and righteousness, and dares to take risks, even if the waves of the sea cannot stop him, this is the real pirate." ”

"True pirates are gray people, they are not pure, but they are also by no means evil. ”

His father was such a person, dedicated to sea exploration, and even became the pirate king of the Rakshasa Sea for a time, but in the end, he was cleared by the navy of the Eastern Dragon Empire.

But even so, Andy believed what his father said.

Andy walked over to the railing and watched the white spray and the blue water in the distance, the infinite stretch of the sea and his dreams intertwined.

Someday, Andy will recruit a group of real pirates, romantic and free, bold and righteous, to sail his own pirate ship on an adventure in the endless seas!

But father, Andy won't make your mistakes, and Andy will never be soft on enemies!

Roger felt the anger in Andy's body and chuckled, the more he looked at this little guy, the more pleasing he felt, as he said, he knew that Andy and himself were the same kind of people.

Andy's tone was full of emotion when he spoke of freedom that day, and Roger believed that Andy would dare to confront and purge anyone who stood in his way in his quest for freedom.

And the same is true of Roger, who will spare anyone who prevents him from obtaining treasure!

So they're the same kind of people.

"Andy, how are your swordsmanship?"

"Not bad, in fact I've been practicing for three hours a day for ten years. ”

"Perseverance is good, but it's just that the practice is still far away, the real swordsmanship is to be honed in blood and fire, if you are interested, I can teach you swordsmanship during this time, my swordsmanship is not bad. ”

"Of course, if you want to learn hand-to-hand combat, I think I'll be good enough for you. ”

Andy's eyes lit up, he could feel Roger's horror, not to mention his physique, that kind of momentum alone is not something that ordinary pirates can have, after all, he is the first mate of the goddess of despair, how bad can it be?

"Don't you charge anything? Want my rum? As you can see, I still have a keg. ”

"Hahaha, as the first mate, I still have my own inventory! Don't worry, I just look at your appetite! Your dedication to freedom is something they don't have!"

Roger pointed to the pirates on the deck and sighed.

"But anyway, they're good sailors. ”

Although it had only been a few hours since the voyage, the sailors had already put the goddess of despair in order, and they were doing their job, except for the guys who had changed shifts.

"Yes, good sailor!"

Roger agrees with Andy that they can be part of the goddess of despair, all of them are the best, but years of wandering on the ocean have turned them into old fritters, and their dreams have long been exhausted, and for them, it is enough to have gold coins to squander.

"Hey, head! Hawkeye has caught a golden doll!"

A sailor ran over and said to Roger.

"Oh, Hawkeye is lucky! You can catch a golden doll in this kind of place, and it looks like the captain will reward him with a good sum!"

Roger's tone was a little envious, a golden doll, sold to alchemists or nobles can get hundreds of gold coins!

Andy didn't know what a golden doll was, but when he saw Roger's appearance, he was also curious, so he went up and took a look.

Hawkeye was a lookout, but he left his job to the new lad, while he sat leisurely on the deck fishing, and just now he felt a fish take the bait, but he didn't want to catch a golden doll.

"It's a gift from God!"

Golden dolls generally live at the confluence of shallow rivers and seas, and it is really rare to see them here.

Andy also saw this lovely fellow, only to see that it was a strange golden green, even shining, and covered with black spots, because it was caught by the eagle's eye, and at this time it was bulging like a leather ball, unusually round and bloated.

Its fins are obscured by its chubby body, and it cooing from time to time to threaten the sailors around it.

"This is the green pufferfish?"

Andy exclaimed, he didn't know that the green puffer fish was called a golden doll, and in fact there was a group of people who also liked to call it a depth charge.