Chapter 7: The Joker
"Two years ago, the last time I went to sea was in the cold of January, and on that day there was ice floating everywhere on the sea, and our helmsman and first mate were very nervous before they went to sea, and only an experienced old seafarer like me could keep his composure, and looking at the endless sea, I felt that something was going to happen today",
Victor, a lame old pirate in Oris's tavern, was boasting about his "glorious past" again, and several young ladies surrounded him, some chattering about this and that, and the mysterious sea had a fatal attraction for those who had never been to sea.
"Guess who we met that day?", the bearded old Victor looked around and saw several girls who were curious and adoring, full of pride, and laughed: "We met the black **, one of the three giants of the sea, the black **",
Her hands took the opportunity to rub oil on the plump Catherine, her fingers roaming over her bulging breasts.
"Ah, that terrible woman",
"I've heard of her, I've heard that she has a lot of male slaves on her ships",
Sexy girls often hear pirates talking about the Big Three of the Seas, Blue Vipers, Redbeard and Black** in taverns, and rumors about them never stop.
Just as Victor was about to blow a big blow, an unhappy voice came.
"Old Victor, the ships of the black ** are active in the western sea, and the last time you went to sea was in a narrow lookout corner, how could two ships thousands of nautical miles apart meet?",
"Master Roger",
"It's Master Roger",
As soon as Roger entered, several of the ladies abandoned poor old Victor and surrounded him, and the old pirate was clearly inferior to the proprietress son.
The drinkers in the tavern fell silent at the first hearing Roger's name, and it was evident that they were very jealous of Roger until they saw him leisurely hanging the gold coin.
"Catherine, I haven't seen you for a few days, but the style is still the same",
Miss Catherine, the favorite of the bustiest, old men and fierce pirates in the tavern.
"Little Amy, you are more moving, I heard that you have improved in the past few days, do you want to make persistent efforts?",
Amy was the youngest girl in the tavern, and the only one who only spent the night with the drinkers and not with the guests, and Roger liked to make jokes about her, but such jokes made little Amy's face red, ashamed and angry.
"Ellie, your figure is still as proud as ever",
Ellie is the second most popular person in the tavern after Catherine
Roger walked all the way to the corner and sat down, this is a habit he has developed for a long time, he squeezed the hand of the little Amy who had just arrived: "Dear Amy, can you invite Aunt Mei Qian to come over for me?"
"Ellie, please pour me a glass of red wine and a glass of wine, Aunt Mei Qian's favorite wine",
"Catherine, you're a big celebrity in the tavern, a cash cow, go and greet the other guests",
Roger dominated them all in a few words, and then sat alone in the corner observing the guests coming and going in the tavern. He developed a good habit of observation at a very young age, sitting on the steps of the door of the wooden house every day to observe the passers-by, making an analysis from their clothing, behavior and face, and then asking for arguments and correcting mistakes, doing the same thing repeatedly for so many years, Roger's observation and reasoning skills have become very fearful.
Although it is tiring to do so, there is no way, the puppeteer is a profession with a very low tolerance for error.
"Little Roger, long time no see",
Mei Qian is probably the most conservatively dressed woman in this tavern, and when Catherine, Ellie and even little Amy have to wear backless outfits, Mei Lin wears a shirt and trousers, and looks like a man's wife.
She's the one who runs the tavern now, and she's the most serious here.
Roger pushed the wine to her: "Aunt Mei Qian, I haven't seen you for a few days, your temperament is better than before",
There is no woman who doesn't like to praise, and Mei Qian, who is already married, is the same, but she is also a neat woman.
"Roger, thank you for the compliment, but you know that Auntie has always been able to say what you can say, and never say anything that can't be said anyway",
She's so serious that people can't help but laugh.
Roger said: "Aunt Mei Qian, I just hope you can comfort the queen in the future, her problem of alcoholism is already very serious, as a son, I have to ask you, the queen she drank late at night last night, drunk",
Mei Qian frowned: "Late at night? she went back yesterday morning, at noon, and even earlier in the evening, how could she drink until late at night?"
Bingo, Roger has gotten the answer he wants, and Olis must have let the two pirates go yesterday.
"Will she drink elsewhere?", Roger also made a painstaking meditation appearance, but he was stealing pleasure in his heart, the next step was to lure the snake out of the hole, which was difficult for Master Roger.
"Squeak", the small door of the tavern was pushed open again, and the soft, sound that should have been inconsequential made Roger look up.
Roger always pays attention to strangers, and most of the pirates on this island are regulars, but today it was a complete stranger who opened the door, and a stranger to watch.
Pushing open the tavern was a clown, a circus clown who made people laugh and amused, and no one had ever seen a real clown on the island of Coloka, and the chubby clown caught everyone's attention in an instant.
Behind him hung a red bag, which dragged up to the side of his trousers, and as soon as he opened the door, the fat clown began to perform antics by conjuring a balloon, then popping the strings of balloons, and two white doves flapping their wings and flying in the tavern.
"Oh, Mr. Clown, well done",
"Funny clown, welcome to Corloca",
"Hahaha, boss lady, why don't you let this Mr. Clown perform here, I'll have the money",
The Joker's simple trick makes the drunks in the tavern feel good, but the Joker's eyes turn a little mechanically, and then move to Roger's body.
His eyes were full of psychedelic colors, they were eyes that had no intelligence, no life, but contained many objects that did not belong to this world, and Roger liked them at first sight, and he couldn't help but stare at them, and soon, these eyes seemed to turn.
Roger's eyes swirled as if they were always swaying, and then even the tavern turned.
Illusion, an instant of lucidity, the golden knife in Roger's hand turned and pierced into the back of his hand, deep into the bones, and the severe pain stimulated the nerves to make him sober.
"Ah Roger", Mei Qian covered her mouth in fright, but the others in the tavern didn't notice them, because just now two white doves flew and pulled up a banner that read: "From April 1st to 3rd, the Circus of Evil Spirits welcomes everyone",
The banner made the drunks in the tavern cheer, all full of anticipation for the upcoming circus performance, and the tavern became noisy as a result.
And when Roger looked again, the chubby clown had already taken off his hat and saluted, and glanced at Roger lightly and turned to leave the tavern.
There are two updates today and tomorrow, and the eighth chapter will be uploaded around seven o'clock in the evening