Donut Island
"Master, what should we do?"
"Yeah. That's right... for now, I guess we'll just have to listen to what they have to say."
When I said that, I cast a recovery spell on the low-ranking pirate.
"Ha! Where is this?"
The low-ranking pirate woke up as if the recovery magic had worked.
"Hey! Who are you?"
I spoke to the low-ranking pirate who woke up.
"W... who are you!"
The low-ranking pirate asked me a question even though he was frightened.
"Huh? What, you’re answering a question with a question?
Do you understand the situation you are in?"
"That's right! If you disrespect Master, I'll eat you!"
When Shiro said that, she opened six bright red eyes.
"Uwaaaーー! Monster!"
Seeing Shiro's terrifying red eyes, the low-ranking pirate retreats and tries to run away.
"That's too cruel towards a girl.
I'm proud to say that I'm still quite pretty."
Even though Shiro was grumbling, she immediately caught the low-ranking pirate and tied him up.
"Hey! Listen carefully! We have the right to kill you.
Depending on your answer, I'll kill you right away.
Or rather, would you have Shiro eat you alive?"
Like a pirate, I'll put on a bad face and threaten him.
"I'll say it! I will talk!
So please don't eat me!"
He is a low-ranking pirate, after all. He was a low-ranking man, and like a low-ranking man, he was light-mouthed.
"So, who are you guys?"
"Yes. We are members of the Mylene Pirates."
You can tell he's a pirate when you see him.
What I want to know is why are there humans in the lower levels of the dungeon. That's what it means.
"I can tell you're a pirate just by looking at you all. So, why are you guys in the dungeon?"
"Huh? A dungeon? This is just the ocean!"
The low-ranking pirate answered with a strange look on his face.
"What do you mean?"
"Asking what I mean, the sea is the sea!"
"Tell me the truth, you guys are the Demon King's minions!"
"No! No! If anything, we are enemies with the Demon King!
In fact, they're also enemies with humans!"
It doesn't look like the low-ranking pirate is telling a lie.
"Are you saying that there is a Demon King on this level?"
"I don’t know what the level you are talking about, but if you go to the demon country, there will be a Demon King!"
"Demon country? What is demon country?"
"A demon country is a demon country! Onii-san, where in the world did you come from?"
As a former Japanese, I don't want to be told by an inhabitant of a civilization that can only build wooden ships.
"I’m a city boy at heart!
Even though it's called a city, it's a bit of an urban city far from the capital!
I don't want a country boy like you calling me a country boy!"
"That’s right, boy! You should apologize to Master!
Master is a scary person who even has a nickname: the Golden Demon King!"
Shiro also protested against the low-ranking pirate, trying to cover me.
I wanted her to use the nickname [Sword Saint], but since this is a situation to threaten him, I think [Golden Demon King] would be better.
Well, the nickname of [Sword Saint] is only known by the [Falcon Claw] guys.
"Are you a Demon King?"
"No...... It's just a nickname. I'm not really the Demon King!"
"I see. I was surprised.
That's right. If you think about it, a Demon King would never appear on a small island in the middle of the ocean!"
For some reason, the low-ranking pirate had a look of relief on his face as he was being held prisoner.
"Um... I'm pretty strong too, you know?"
"I know that!
After all, the pirate ship we were on was destroyed in an instant!
If Captain Mylene comes back to the hideout, she will be very angry!"
Hmm? What do you mean?
We should have sunk the pirate ship, right?
"Hey, isn't that well-dressed guy lying over there the captain?"
"No way, that’s wrong!
We're the underlings protecting the hideout, and the main force of the Mylene Pirates is off to plunder elsewhere!"
"By hideout, do you mean that island?"
"Yeah! That island is donut-shaped, and you can't see what's inside from the outside!"
"So, what does it look like inside?"
"Right now, the main force is out, so there are only about 10 people, including me!"
I see, there are 7 people here, so that means there are only 3 people in the hideout on the island.
Anyway, the pirate hideout island is kind of cool!
And it’s donut-shaped!
It's perfect as a hideout and our new base of operations.
"Master. Do you want to take it away?"
Shiro listens to my inner voice and gets in on my idea.
"Hmph! Of course! We're pirates now, on the pirate ship Golden Skull!
Hey! Low rank, show me the entrance to the hideout!"
"Yes!"
The low-ranking pirate seems to have no sense of belonging to the Mylene Pirates, as he guides us around easily.
We recovered all the unconscious pirates and checked to see if the main force was really out to plunder, but everyone agreed that the main force was not on the island.
The captain of the Mylene Pirates is so unpopular...
The underlings, they talk too much too easily.
While thinking this, we entered the center of the donut ring through the secret entrance of Donut Island.
"Hmm? Hey, what's that big pirate ship?"
When we entered the center of Donut Island, there was a magnificent pirate ship, one size bigger than our Golden Skull, stationed there.
"Yes. That's the Queen Mylene, the mother ship of the Mylene Pirates!"
After saying that, the low-ranking pirates jumped into the sea one after another and fled from the Golden Skull.
"Master. It seems like we were fooled."
"That's right."
"The reason why they kept saying so many things was because they were planning to lure us to their hideout and beat us to a pulp if we went with them, wasn't it?"
"That's right."
"All of the cannons on the Queen Mylene are heading towards us!"
"That's right."
"What should we do! I forgot to attach a cannon to the Golden Skull!"
"That's what you're worried about!?"
Well, it's true that the Golden Skull doesn't have a cannon.
Well, that's because I thought the mithril skull head and the strength of me, Shiro, and Ori Hime would take care of it.
That's why I didn't put a cannon on it.
However, having a cannon pointed at us like this gives me a bad feeling.
It's a pirate ship after all, so wouldn't it have been better to have a cannon attached to it for intimidation?
As I was thinking about other things, I heard a strong female voice coming from the Queen Mylene.
"Hey! Can you hear me?
You guys, surrender! Surrender and you won't be killed!
But you'll have to do hard labor on Donut Island for the rest of your lives!
We want that ship!
Because one ship was sunk by you guys.
So please don't make us fire our cannons!"
A nice, strong-willed lady with long, silky silver hair who was wearing a pirate hat of some sort, with one foot on the deck rail of the Queen Mylene, said something quite selfish.
"Stupid! Idiot! Dumbass! I'm not going to give you people my cool Golden Skull!
And we're going to take it all away from you!
This island, your ship, and your erotic looking body, I'm going to take it all away!"
I said everything that was on my mind, just like when I was a skeleton and didn't have a brain.
That's what being a pirate is all about.
Those who want to live freely become pirates.
So I said what I wanted to say like a pirate.
I am a skeleton, and I don't think there is someone who fits the role of a pirate as well as I do.
"Can I interpret that as a sign that negotiations have broken down?"
"That's right!"
Like a captain of a pirate ship, I replied arrogantly.
"All right, then! Then get ready to fire the cannons!"
When the female pirate Mylene heard my answer, she raised her right hand in a clear voice.
Then, Mylene's right hand slowly descended and locked onto the Golden Skull.
And,
"Fire all at once!"
Boom*!
With the command of the female pirate Mylene,
All of Queen Mylene's shells were fired at the Golden Skull.
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