Navy Marigold

4.

“Prepare to set sail! Prepare to set sail!”

Two large vessels, three medium, and three small.

Hundreds of sailors found their positions as if by promise and unfurled the sails.

Clang, clang, clang!

“Hurry, hurry and board!”

A noisy bell.

“Hah, hah!”

“Marigold! What were you doing, crawling here now!”

“I was grabbing the harpoon gun…!”

“Don’t make excuses!”

“Yes, sir!”

Marigold, carrying a full load of supplies on her back, arrived a step later than the others.

The sailors’ eyes were filled with determination.

“Fifteen minutes until departure!”

A sense of justice to communicate with the vicious pirates? It was a bit different from that.

For them, who usually lived on meager wages, the only moment they could make a decent sum was now.

This was because a portion of the spoils taken from the pirates went back into their pockets.

“Everyone to your positions! Let’s make a good haul!”

The reason they felt excitement rather than fear at the news of pirate appearances was precisely that.

“Lancel, why don’t you come along? You don’t have a position yet, so you don’t have much to do, but anything is experience.”

“Hmm.”

At the Coral Baron, the garrison commander’s, suggestion, Lancel hesitated for a moment.

The sea was a more frightening environment than it looked. No matter how skilled Lancel was, if the ship were to run aground, he would be nothing more than a water ghost.

It wasn’t like he hadn’t died once or twice, but Lancel’s true desire was to avoid dying if possible.

If he took life too lightly, his humanity would erode even faster than it already was.

‘Naval battles aren’t really my thing.’

His worries were soon resolved.

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[Game Guide]

-The list of obtainable endings has been updated!

1.

Fish Food Marigold.

2.

Slave of the Pirate Base Marigold.

3.

Wife of the Pirate Ship Captain Marigold.

4.

Lonely Bones of the Underwater Prison Marigold.

5.

???

-Unacquired achievements have been discovered.

1.

Ghost of the Sea.

2.

From Pirate Minion to Pirate Captain.

3.

Navy Sergeant (Two-Rank Special Promotion).

4.

Slave of the Pirate Base.

5.

???

※Very high chance of bad ending.

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‘Oh, dear!’

As soon as Lancel saw the uniformly bleak routes, he quickly grabbed his coat.

“Are you going?”

“I’ll board a medium-sized vessel.”

“Good to see you’re motivated. Go have some fun.”

The Coral Baron patted Lancel’s back, who had suddenly become enthusiastic.

‘Is it real that there isn’t a single proper ending or achievement?’

Either he died or became a slave.

And to become a plaything of the pirates. That was something he couldn’t bear to watch.

When Lancel belatedly boarded the medium-sized vessel where Marigold was, a familiar face greeted him.

“Lancel Dante. Why are you on my ship!”

“Let’s share. It’s not like it’ll wear out.”

“What?”

Rox Ruwen from the next room was welcoming Lancel with eyes blazing.

“Get on another ship! I decide who the crew of my ship is! Get off now, quickly… Aaaagh!”

Lancel pretended to turn away and naturally struck Rox’s groin with the sheath of his sword.

He collapsed, clutching his private parts with a scream.

“Lancel, Dante…!”

“My mistake.”

Offering a soulless apology, Lancel snatched Marigold’s canteen.

Ignoring her reluctant reaction, he poured the liquid inside into his mouth.

A sweet taste passed down his throat.

“Ready to set sail!”

“Depart! Plunder the pirates’ underwear!”

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Kwaaang-!

The sailing ship rammed the side of the pirate ship.

The ship shook with a huge impact.

Seawater rushed in, pouring onto the deck like rain.

“Grab them!”

“Surrender!”

“Board! Bring the harpoon guns!”

“Hooks!”

It was utter chaos.

Dozens of hooks flew towards the pirate ship. The two ships were connected by ropes.

Of the three pirate ships that were desperately trying to escape due to the clear difference in power, two were already caught in the encirclement.

“Catch them!”

“Give us the money, you vicious pirates!”

As soon as the bridges were laid, the sailors rushed onto the deck. Their eyes gleamed with greed for the spoils.

“Ugh, ugh!”

Lancel lingered beside the flustered Marigold.

The sight of her wielding a large sword, unsuited to her, and engaging in close combat made it seem like she was about to meet the ending described in the guide.

‘No, no matter how you look at it, combat duty isn’t really for her, is it?’

She should just deliver letters to suit her aptitude.

Kwaaang-!

Once again, the ships collided, and the pirate ship tilted.

Losing her balance, Marigold rolled and crashed into the deck railing.

“Keng!”

“What? Are you a sailor too? You anchovy-sized girl?”

“Hiiiik!”

The pirate swung his sword down at Marigold, who had rolled right to his feet.

“Die!”

For some reason, nothing happened. It was only then that he realized his right arm was missing.

His own arm, cleanly severed and thrown next to Marigold, finally caught the pirate’s eye.

Blood gushed from his empty shoulder.

“Kkeuaaaak!”

“Hiyaaaaak!”

The screams of the pirate who lost his arm and Marigold, who was clutching his fallen arm, echoed together.

Lancel kicked the one-armed pirate and sent him flying over the railing. He disappeared into the foam, leaving behind a final scream.

“Get up. You’d better just hide quietly.”

“T-Thank you, Lancel-nim…!”

Marigold composed herself with a pale face.

Kuuung-!

The ship shook once more.

It was when Lancel was distracted for a moment while steadying himself.

Whirlick-!

“Huh?”

A noose flew and caught around Marigold’s neck. For a moment, a question arose on her face.

“What is… Ggeuk.”

The next moment, Marigold was pulled off the deck like a fish caught on a hook.

“Keheak!”

“…?”

The sight of Marigold flying away and plunging into the sea came into view.

The noose was connected to the only ship among the three pirate ships that was fleeing. A shout of ‘We caught a woman!’ was heard.

“Mary is being taken by the pirate ship!”

“Leave her! It’s too late!”

“It’s not bad to live as a plaything of the pirates!”

“Is, is that so?”

No, that couldn’t be.

‘I wonder what ending would have happened if I hadn’t followed.’

Without a moment’s hesitation, Lancel jumped into the sea.

“Sir Lancel!”

5.

“Count Ruwen. What brings you here without a word? If you had given me notice, I would have come out to greet you.”

Garrison Commander Coral Baron hurriedly approached a group of people walking briskly.

A man with a huge physique reaching at least 2 meters, Count Ruwen, known as the number one in the archipelago, was proceeding with nobles in a busy pace.

He didn’t even glance at Coral Baron and kept looking around.

“I can’t see anyone in the base, what happened! Where did everyone go!”

“As it happens, pirates have appeared on the west coast of the island, so most of them have been dispatched. Is there something wrong?”

“Oh, dear, I came to find my son.”

Count Ruwen clicked his tongue.

“Listen without saying anything. The Third Princess is coming.”

Coral Baron stiffened.

“The… Princess! What on earth brings the Princess to a place like this…?”

“I don’t know the details yet. I heard she’s already on a ship coming this way. I just heard the news. I’m in a hurry myself.”

Count Ruwen sighed deeply as if he had a headache.

The archipelago was a beautiful island, but it wasn’t that great of an island.

It meant that they didn’t have the capacity to properly entertain a member of the imperial family who suddenly came to visit.

Moreover, the other party was the Third Princess.

“That’s terrible. If the Third Princess is really like the rumors…”

“Watch your mouth. It could be heard as insulting the imperial family. Even if it’s you, I can’t protect you if you say something carelessly and it reaches the imperial family’s ears.”

“I’m sorry. I’ll be careful.”

Third Princess Claria Arild Phrygia. She was a very famous woman beyond the empire and even on the continent.

“And the rumors are probably true.”

“I see…”

The main cause was scandals, mostly about men.

The rumor that she drove out all the unsightly men around her.

The rumor that she scraped together men with outstanding appearances and built her own palace.

A woman who had the nasty habit of laying down the most handsome man in the area wherever she went and evaluating them one by one.

It was a rumor close to a ghost story, but there were too many things they had heard to not believe it at all.

That was why Count Ruwen and Coral Baron were now putting their heads together and worrying.

“She wouldn’t be traveling this far for no reason. Since the Imperial Knight Order and even the Imperial Capital Imperial Navy are gathering and coming, she must have some purpose. I don’t have a clue, though.”

“Hmph, at that scale, it’s like they’re about to start a war.”

Coral Baron trimmed his mustache and groaned.

He was feeling that something unusual was happening in the peaceful archipelago sea, where only pirates were rampant.

“First, we need to prepare for the arrival of the Third Princess. Tell them to scrape together all the knights on the island. Gather all the handsome men as they appear. You know what happens if you displease the Third Princess, right?”

“Of course, Count. Lancel Dante of the Dante Family has also joined as an officer.”

“That’s good.”

“Yes, I’ll have him lead the group and prepare as soon as he returns from suppressing the pirates. He has a somewhat unmotivated face, but he’s not bad-looking.”

“I’m counting on you.”