An old-model submarine floated on the sea, and the people who stepped out raised a black flag with a skull and a crossed blade as if to declare sovereignty.
"Jolly Roger?" Bianca's expression was a little strange. Even in their time, they had never heard of pirates using submarines.
Soon, the old submarine lowered four small boats, three of which sailed towards the direction of Leviathan's dead body for cutting operations, and the last one sailed towards Yaeji and the others.
Yaeji, who was hugging Chi Xiaoyou, looked around. There were two people on the boat, one was a handsome young man, and the other was a coquettish woman with a bold dress, a good figure, and a dark complexion.
The blazing holy mark behind him didn't react much, and Yaeji's gaze immediately looked over the two of them, as if he had penetrated into the interior of a submarine.
Chi Xiaoyou was sitting quietly in his father's arms, his beautiful big eyes shining with magnificent light, looking straight at the boats that were performing Leviathan cutting operations.
So much so that the staff on the small boats felt chills on their backs unconsciously... Looking back, they could only see a cute little loli looking at them with shining eyes...
The small boat approached the reed boat driven by Cervantes, and the young man's face, which was very inconsistent with the pirate's temperament, was full of uneasiness and nervousness.
"...Hello...you guys," the young man said weakly, as if he was facing a pirate.
Bianca raised her eyebrows and couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, "Hello."
The extremely confident Bianca brought a great sense of oppression to the boy, and cold sweat dripped from her forehead in an exaggerated manner:
"That...is...very sorry."
Bianca was a little confused, "Huh?"
"It's just...it seems like we've stolen your prey...I'm really sorry."
Hearing this, Chi Xiaoyou, who was still watching before, turned his little head back, his eyes were shining, and he twisted vigorously in Yaeji's arms. The little chubby hand grabbed his father's collar and said happily: "Papa...fish!"
Grill! Eat fish!"
Of course Yaeji knew what the little guy was thinking. He just heard the other party's apology and thought he had a chance to swallow the poor mutant whale.
This action attracted everyone's attention. Bianca couldn't help but roll her eyes when she saw such a little guy, while Rita covered her mouth and chuckled.
"So beautiful..." The young man was stunned as he focused on Yae Ji's appearance, and his own nervousness was reduced a lot.
"How many times have I told you, you can't eat it!" Yazhongji flicked Chi Xiaoyou's forehead with his middle finger as a warning, and showed an apologetic smile to everyone.
"I'm so sorry, my daughter wants to eat everything she sees."
"Female... daughter?!"
The young man opened his mouth wide with a surprised expression.
Seeing the young man's expression, Rita couldn't hold back the bad taste in her heart and said, "Yes, Mr. Yashiro is a responsible and good father~"
"Eh? Eh-"
The boy's face turned gray at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a sculpture on the edge of being broken.
"Alas~" The charming woman who came with her sighed. While she was disappointed with the young man's performance, she couldn't help but look at Yaeji a few more times. She also didn't expect that the cherry-haired girl with an appearance that was a bit more delicate than hers.
", it's actually a man! What's even more outrageous is that he has a child!
Then, the woman gathered her emotions, straightened her face, and said seriously: "Everyone, we are the crew of the amphibious ironclad 'Caledonia'. I am the boatswain Leila, and he is the pilot Jimmy. As you can see
, are all pirates.
So, although I’m sorry for stealing your prey, we will keep that big guy. As compensation—our captain would like to invite you to visit the ‘Caledonia’.”
...
Regardless of whether the other party invites him or not, Yaeji wants to enter this submarine to find out what's going on.
The stigmata, which is usually as honest as a tattoo, suddenly became hot. No matter how you look at it, it is inseparable from the things in this submarine.
Maybe it's an object, maybe it's a person.
As people walked in the narrow aisles of the old submarine, the dim incandescent lights, faded paint, rusty nuts, aging but well-maintained rubber cables... all spoke of the condition of the submarine.
The further he walked in, the more "excited" Yaeji felt the stigmata behind him.
If someone is walking behind Yaeji, he can clearly see the red glow under his clothes.
"A design from the late 19th and early 20th centuries." Bianca, who was looking at the submarine, suddenly said, "Where did you get this 'amphibious ironclad' from?"
"Are you...asking me again?" Layla was quite helpless.
"Otherwise?" Bianca asked back: "Your pilot can't even speak well. Who else can I ask here besides you?"
"Actually, Jimmy is quite talkative." Layla explained, "Maybe it's because he's not familiar with you."
"Hmm..." Jimmy was still imagining the cherry-colored scene in his mind and said stiffly and perfunctorily: "Hmm... big, maybe."
"So where did you get this submarine? Judging from the way you are dressed, you don't look like people from the 20th century at all!" Bianca, who was only twelve years old, showed a trace of impatience. There was something strange here.
The situation made her uneasy.
"Uh... It's not true. You don't have to be so impatient." Leila said, "The captain will come to answer your questions in person later."
Bianca was silent, her eyes alert, and her face showed a look of distrust. Her eyes glanced at Yaeji from time to time, trying to find the connection between him and this place.
"Come on." Leila turned around and said, "The captain is already waiting for us on the bridge."
...
Compared with the cramped submarine corridor, although the bridge is not spacious, it gives people a much less oppressive feeling.
A dashing red-haired woman wearing a medieval aristocratic costume expressed her welcome to everyone in the tone of a drama actress:
"Everyone from the 20th century... no, maybe the 21st century - welcome to..."
Yaeji felt that she looked familiar, as if he had seen her somewhere before.
But soon, Yaeji turned his attention to a strange person.
He wraps himself in a gray cloak. Only his face, which is not covered by the cloak, is also covered by a layer of pitch-black unknown alloy. The purple lines under the alloy and the metallic cloak highlight the extraordinary features of the weirdo.
The burning sensation of the stigmata on his back reached its peak! Chi Xiaoyou could feel the heat even in Yaeji Ji's arms!
At the same time as Yaeji looked at the weirdo, the weirdo also shifted his gaze to Yaeji.
Under the pitch-black alloy, Schrödinger frowned. The person appearing in front of her seemed to have a magical power that had been attracting her.
It was fine when I didn't see anyone just now, but now...
Schrödinger couldn't help but take the first step in the direction of Yaeji...
She felt that the breath on the other person's body was very familiar, just... just like her own!
'Pink hair, that kind of eye color...the most mysterious eight-fold clan among the four major families of Destiny...but she...why is she so attracted to me? What is there about her?!'