Chapter 456 Shadows Wandering in the Dark
After a long time, a large table of delicious food was placed on the dining table in the living room.
There are all kinds of creatures, including those that crawl on land and swim in the sea, as well as fruits and vegetables.
Leia wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at the masterpiece she had been busy working on for over an hour.
Having seen how big Arthur's appetite was, she didn't think it was too much.
What's more, since there is a guest coming, there is no need to worry about wasting food.
Cooper pushed the living room door open with the tip of his beak. He walked in with a box of liquor in his drag, a rope tied to his neck.
The abstract and cute look immediately made Leia laugh.
"Ha~" Then Arthur yawned and walked in carrying four or five boxes of liquor.
Rayleigh stood behind him, looking at the table full of delicious food and swallowed his saliva.
Seeing this, Leia quickly asked loudly, "How much do you want to drink?"
"Until he gets drunk." Arthur smiled evilly and glanced at Rayleigh behind him.
"Let's chat some more."
Hearing this, Rayleigh laughed out loud, "You want to get me drunk? Don't even think about it."
Arthur grinned indifferently when he heard this, "Have you fed Fat Tiger?"
"Hey, half a deer." Leia responded to Arthur's question.
"The people of the Kingdom of Daughters sent us a lot of food. Based on your appetite, it will probably last us about ten days."
"That's good! Come to the table, Rayleigh."
"Oh! I won't be polite!"
"You're welcome, just do your best!"
In the corner of the living room, Cooper was pouring wine into a large wooden wine bottle so that he could hang it on his chest and suck it into his stomach through a straw.
At the dinner table, Arthur and Rayleigh chatted.
Rayleigh, who was drunk, told Arthur some of the adventures of Roger's pirate group without any hesitation.
Conflicts and contradictions with the Rocks Pirates, the Navy, and the Nine Snakes Pirates.
He became more and more excited as he talked about the rules on the ship. It seemed hard to imagine that going out to sea as a "pirate" could actually lead a life like an explorer.
Lacking supplies, they plunder other pirates and never attack civilized villages or towns.
As he was speaking, Rayleigh suddenly paused, stared into Arthur's eyes and asked,
"By the way, why did you become an enemy of the Rocks Pirates? Did you encounter something bad?"
Rayleigh guessed that perhaps the boy in front of him had something taken away by the forces under the Rocks Pirates.
"It's a personal privacy, so I can't disclose it." Arthur drank the liquor in his glass and said,
"Just think of it as a way to gain fame or something. They're the pirate boss now, so the only way to quickly attract attention is to provoke them, right?"
"No wonder your report came out so quickly..." Rayleigh thought it made sense and didn't ask any more questions.
"You still have time to turn back before the bounty comes out."
"Why do you want to look back?" Arthur asked Rayleigh why.
Rayleigh glanced around and said, "Look at how young you are. Your faces are full of innocence and youth. You look more like a family than a bunch of villains."
Hearing this, Leia almost spit out the light beer she had just drunk and looked at Arthur in astonishment.
"What are you doing?" Arthur leaned back and fixed his eyes on Leia.
"Are you full?"
Leia pointed at herself and then at Arthur, looking like she had something to say but couldn't.
"Am I wrong?" Rayleigh noticed their abnormality and asked curiously.
After all, he has been at sea for so many years and has rich life experience, so he is still a little wary of the fact that one cannot judge a person by his appearance.
Cooper, who looked cute and silly in the corner, was killing people with Arthur a few days ago.
The eagle's claws were covered in blood and flesh, and Arthur was even more terrifying. He seemed to have no feelings at all when killing those pirates and sailors, with an indifferent expression.
Both Fat Tiger and she have lives on their hands.
Isn't that badass?
She didn't say it out loud, but just thought about it silently in her heart.
"Do pirates still distinguish between right and wrong?" Arthur said calmly as he put some food into his mouth.
By the way, Rayleigh, did you and Xia Qi...do that?"
He suddenly changed the subject, his face close to Rayleigh, "Your relationship looks really suspicious."
Rayleigh shuddered instantly and clenched his teeth. "What about that? I have no idea what you are talking about."
"That's it! Something between a man and a woman!" Arthur was immediately excited when he saw his big reaction and asked,
"Are you still... a virgin?"
"You...you...what are you talking about!" Leia blushed when she heard this.
"Suddenly so indecent!"
"This is personal privacy..." Rayleigh pretended to be calm and ate the remaining food on the table.
"I'm not going to tell you."
"Tsk! A virgin is a virgin! What's with the personal privacy?" Arthur was a little unhappy that he didn't get an answer and started to sneer.
"You bastard! Is being a virgin really that rare?!" Rayleigh cursed angrily.
"You are the one who is said to be six years old. How come you know so much about things between men and women?"
"How strange! You're the man known as the King of Hell! If you've never even touched a woman, isn't that strange?!"
The party lasted for several more hours.
The sun sets over the sea and the sky is filled with red clouds.
Leia, who couldn't stand the two people talking about sex, walked out of the living room.
"Ah~" she sighed, her face full of drunkenness. "Why do we have to argue about one issue for so long? I actually..."
Leia stroked her chest. Although she hadn't done much exercise, her breathing was a little rapid.
"You're just imagining things... You're just a servant... a servant!" She shook her head, shook off the image in her mind and walked towards the rudder.
I saw Fat Tiger lying there licking a bone.
There was no extreme weather today, so it was keeping watch over the rudder.
"I'll sleep in your arms for a while, Fat Tiger." She walked to Fat Tiger's side, fell asleep on him.
Fat Tiger let out a roar, somewhat impatiently, but did not move his body.
In the living room.
All the delicious food on the table has been eaten up.
The room was silent and filled with the smell of alcohol.
Rayleigh was so drunk that he passed out and lay on the ground, snoring soundly.
Cooper was lying with his feet toward the ceiling, also drunk and unconscious.
Only Arthur held the bottle and kept pouring wine into his throat.
The strong liquor flowed into his throat.
He stared at the ceiling with a confused gaze, and soon everything went dark.
Unconsciously, he entered his inner spiritual world.
In the dark space, he sat quietly and looked around.
"This is..." Arthur stood there, frowning, "My spiritual world?"
Looking around, he soon saw a figure in front of him, wandering around in the space with a knife facing him.
Arthur poked his eyes, opening them again for a split second.
The figure was already standing in front of him.
He also saw the figure clearly.
But it was his adult self, who was taller than him, nearly two meters tall.
The black robe and terrifying hostility made him feel extremely familiar.
The murderous aura and oppression made it extremely difficult for Arthur to breathe just by being close to him.
"You piece of shit! Let me control this body!!"
"What are you doing out here?!"
It decisively swung the black knife in its hand towards Arthur, as if it wanted to kill him.
Watching the knife slash across his throat, Arthur suddenly woke up and found himself lying on the living room floor, covered in cold sweat.
He gritted his teeth, touched his neck, and when he found no scars, he fell into a state of fear.
It’s not the fear of others, it’s the fear of one’s own darkness.
He woke up in shock and walked out of the cabin without saying a word, knife in hand, to start training.
It was already early morning, and under a sky full of stars, he was alone at the stern, brandishing a knife.
"Sometimes I have to doubt one thing. After my rebirth, the demon in my body was never the ice dragon, but it became myself who inherited the power of extreme ice."
Arthur was training with his sword, thinking to himself,
"If we slack off in any way and allow our strength to stagnate for a long time, we will...we will see it."
