Chapter 49 – 49 – Musket Centipede
···The horse was caught by the tail and completely stopped.
Tan Bantai is by no means a person who can deal with women incredibly well. The fact that Ada was violently taken away by Eshen was a coincidence that happened only about a month ago, and the series of dizzying events that happened after that were not at all because I was a born Ada bomber.
Morgan seemed to have recognized my true nature. Because I was so embarrassed, he put me on the grill and skillfully stir-fried it.
Even though she knew full well that she was being played, she sweat-dropped and made an excuse. She never ‘eats and throws it away’, ‘behaves like a classic piggy porter’, or ‘has no taste’.
“Are you sure next time?”
“···Kko, it’s right…”
Fortunately for her, Morgan, who was acting like a killer whale playing with a penguin, let me go in exchange for something she promised herself over and over again.
The kind of promise that Captain Tomko should never be caught off guard by.
“Next time, you’re going to ‘do it all the way’?”
“Please, I can hear you…”
Because of Morgan’s advice not to scratch her stomach, she decided to use her ladder to get down. Morgan looked down at me as she walked away, smiling brightly.
Morgan’s wish of seeing me whining and crying on the ladder seemed to have come true. The cause was not my fear of heights, but Morgan.
“Whoa, damn it. If I keep doing this, I won’t be able to live with the expulsion-“
“It’s as you said.”
I feel the touch of cold metal on the back of my head. Like a guessing game where you write with your finger on your back, I tried to judge the identity of an object just by feeling the back of my head.
However, the quiz ended dully.
“It’s the muzzle.”
“It’s a muzzle.”
“So, what were you talking about with my baby?”
“It wasn’t much of a story, it was just-“
“What are you going to do until the end?”
The muzzle of the gun fell from the back of my head and hit my temple. I slowly turned around with my hands raised.
Tomko, whose eyes glowed like a ghost in the shadow under the pillar, nodded his head as if he had done well. And, hehe, he placed the gun’s hole straight on my smiling forehead.
“What ‘next’ thing did you promise with my baby? Huh?”
You’re cross-dressing, you’re naked, and you’re just being noticed everywhere.
The soundproofing done by the sister was perfect. It’s probably not something that anyone said. But Tomko, an experienced hero, had a strange insight beyond that.
I have a strong feeling. If you say ‘nothing happened’, you will be shot.
I thought I would end up living like this. I imagined Tan Bantai collapsing with his head divided into Tan and Bantai.
They must have lost their minds and are printing out agenda items, asking what to do with this will. The leading candidate in the first round of voting was ‘But your daughter was so fucking delicious.’
That can’t be possible. I have to return home alive. To me, Eshen is like a fox and Monica is like a rabbit –
“I am willing to give up so much of myself and make concessions to accept you as my son-in-law.”
Suddenly, it seems like there is one more option to survive. I quickly grabbed the rice cake Tomko threw and ate it.
“Son-in-law?”
“Imagine that you are a warrior with children. There is a high probability that you are a noble, a powerful person, or have extra-legal authority.”
“Okay.”
More than half of the warriors are born into the family. That is why many of the warriors are from noble families.
Even if you are not a noble, you can actually be treated generously wherever you go just because you are a warrior. In some places, warriors are even given the right to engage in vigilante activities.
“But imagine if your only child was touched by a porter carrying not one, but two lovers. That too, inside your mansion.”
Tomko tapped the sole of his foot on the deck. I could understand his murderous intent.
“I think I would have killed him. I was wrong.”
“Fortunately, there is one way to avoid repaying shame with blood at sea.”
“What is it?”
“On board the ship, the positions of party members are not divided by aptitude. The battlefield of a sailor is not a forest full of monsters, but the ocean with waves, and the most important thing is which position on the ship you work in. ‘My daughter is not a lecherous porter, but an honest one. ‘I clashed with the hired assistant helmsman.’ If there are people who want to disparage Morgan, that’s their excuse.”
The beautiful musket with the queen’s ship painted on silver decoration prepares to decide my fate with a click sound.
“So, will you clear up the past and protect my daughter’s honor?”
“Liquidation?”
“So, are you going to become my son-in-law without settling down with your other lovers?”
If you want to live, you must obediently say that you will do as you are told. That’s logical. But it gets stuck in my throat and I can’t speak.
You could make an excuse by saying that you have your own circumstances, being a goddess and all. But to be honest, she doesn’t have the confidence to let Eshen and her sisters go even if the goddess doesn’t force her to.
Tomko seemed to have already read the rejection in my eyes. Rather than being scary, I sympathize with people getting really angry and their faces turn red. Is it possible? The villain in his story is me.
Just as I was about to close my eyes, wondering if this was the end of it, a smaller musket reached out from beyond the darkness.
And it lands on the back of the captain’s head, making the same sound. Snap.
The captain looked back at her, squinting his eyes strangely.
“There’s no one on this ship like that to me?”
“There is one.”
Morgan, who has loaded his weapon, sighs and says.
“What are you doing?”
“Morgan.”
“Daddy, do you want to hire veteran sailors on your first sailing, or do you want to leave it to your fate with equally newbies?”
“Is that why you chose a porter as your first bed partner? What kind of rebellion is this? Have I ever taken away your wages?”
“You didn’t do anything for me. I just did it because I was curious.”
“You really-“
“Am I a kid? Do I have to get permission to have sex after I turn 20?”
In principle, yes. However, it is also a bad thing to pierce the family’s hearts with the original theory like a dagger.
If my daughter had said that, I would have gone crazy. Tomko began shaking his hands in pain and anger.
“What have you done to my daughter?”
“···I didn’t do anything. To be honest, I really tried to stop you at first-“
“Just putting it bluntly? She takes after my mother. It’s a shame because she was an unbiased and positive person like my mother. If not, my father would have died of old age without any children.”
“Anyway, what are you saying to your dad right now?”
“They’re all here!”
A loud cry from Nidroga, who could not believe he was a patient. I, the captain, and Morgan furtively looked back toward the bow.
The musket is still aimed. When I imagined that it looked like a centipede, this composition became a little creepy.
Tomko whispered in a dark voice.
“Is that dragon your lover by any chance?”
“···I’m being targeted overtly. I tried my best to hide it, but it got discovered in more places than I expected.”
“I have no intention of dealing with dragons, so if I’m going to kill you, I’ll have to kill you quickly.”
“Don’t do it, I mean.”
The comic-like conversation soon ended in shock. Because the sky literally split open.
I didn’t realize it because my head was on the verge of splitting like a watermelon, but the fog was getting thicker.
It was not a storm that had brought down clouds, nor was it a haze containing the moisture of wind and rain.
It may not be easy to do that in the middle of the sea, but it wasn’t the acrid smoke of a fire.
A colorless, odorless dry fog. At the moment when he felt something very unnatural, Nidrogar sneezed violently as if wind had caught his nose.
Then, the low fog that had spread like haze suddenly cleared away. And the summer-like blue sky and clear sea unfolded.
Tropical sunlight spreads across Tomko’s smooth wrinkles and Morgan’s cool blue hair. Her father and daughter lowered their guns and spoke at the same time.
“Nonsense.”
“That’s right. It would really take a long time to get down to the latitude of the island where the palm trees grow.”
Where Morgan pointed, there was indeed an island with palm trees growing on it. Huge volcanic rocks stacked like a three-tiered cake, and a lush forest like a generous topping. When it comes to tourist destinations, there seems to be no place like it.
Before we knew it, Nidroga had climbed over the railing and was pulling us with a smile.
“Originally, I was going to let them stay nearby and send them back, but since there was a fight, I thought it would be better to invite them. What if something goes wrong with the ship on the way back?”
“···I see. Is that the ‘Dragon’s Nest’?
“Yes.”
“Then how many non-dragons have set foot in this place?”
“Well, how many people have the porters in our party here caught cross-dressing or having sex with women?”
“It sounds like it’s a place that anyone can visit. Then there’s no need to be thrilled.”
…I didn’t get caught that often. In the first place, no outsiders other than Tomko noticed.
Nidrogar saw my mortified expression and giggled.
“I only told it to people I trust. Watch your back.”
“Back?”
Sigh.
The tingling sensation of my butt being hit and cummed hard made me almost jump.
“Cow!”
“You’re moaning, Cheong-ah. Did you finish your conversation with the captain?”
Eshen asked in a slurred tone. I frowned.
“Did the story end well?”
“He said he knew everything earlier and said a few words to us. Then he showed us an empty gun and said he was going to ask us if we wanted to become his son-in-law.”
···Empty gun?
When I looked back at the captain, Tomko put the gun in the sky with the same grim look on his face as before and pulled the trigger.
The only sound was the sound of parts colliding and creaking. I felt a sense of relief and fell to my knees.
“Eh. Eh.”
When Morgan made a strange sound, everyone turned to look at him. Morgan, who was a little pale, pretended not to notice and tried to put the gun away, but Eshen skillfully snatched it away.
Then he playfully pulled the trigger in the sky.
A sound like thunder rang out. The sailors on the ship became frightened and began to look around.
Morgan freaked out and snatched her gun back from Eshen’s hands.
“Hey, you really need to check that-“
“Morgan?”
At the sound of her father’s quiet voice, Morgan lowered her head.
“No, just. It wasn’t long after the battle ended, and as soon as he came down from the rope, his dad was pointing a gun at him-”
“Morgan?”
“You didn’t shoot.”
Eshen poked Morgan’s side with a miserable expression. Although she was visible from an invisible angle, she was so noticeable because Morgan lifted her body.
Morgan, who was more withdrawn, clasped her hands together and spoke as charmingly as possible with a twinkle in her eye.
“Sorry?”
Fortunately, the hearts of those involved melted like snow, and the incident came to an end. Tomko couldn’t erase his smile until the moment he landed on the island.
I kept two clear facts in mind. The worst thing about Tomko, the great white shark of the Great Sea, is that he is an idiot.
And as a small minnow with no reason to take advantage of such a weakness, it is best to stay away from the evil.
I’m sorry Morgan, but there won’t be a next time-
“Don’t be scared. If Dad thought he was going to shoot you, he would have done so a long time ago.”
Morgan passed by, placing her backpack on my back as I got off the boat with her luggage on my back.
And he whispered in a very deadly voice.
“But if you run away, I will definitely shoot you. Just try running away.”
“Holy shit…”
