Pirate Alliance
This is a delightful tale about a certain lawbreaker who legally acquired a C-rank skill from an agent, was forced to exchange an A-rank artifact, took the initiative to steal a B-rank skin, and was t
“Morning, the sea, the rising sun, a thin mist veiling the horizon, the morning light diffused and hazy—not exactly a rare spectacle, but still enough to stir the heart with longing. This… perhaps it can be considered a good omen.” Qiu Bai shifted his gaze, looking back toward that thin line where water met sky.
The storm had only recently passed. The endless blue above and below was suffused with an indescribable clarity, interwoven with the cool-toned sunlight streaming through the lingering mist of dawn. From a purely aesthetic point of view, he wasn’t wrong—this was a sight that could captivate the soul.
From a meteorological perspective, though, while the mist thinned almost to nothing in the direction of the sun, the way ahead—for him, or more precisely, for both him and her—was not so fortunate.
Ahead lay a dense fog, visibility less than two meters, enough to shroud everything from view.
“It really is beautiful—if only we could be seeing it somewhere else.” The voice behind Qiu Bai was tinged with conditional agreement, hypothetical and resigned.
“Right? Didn’t I say recently that this was the perfect time for a sea voyage… Ugh! Let go, I’m suffocating!” Before he could savor his own satisfaction, an arm looped around his neck from behind and squeezed.
Of course, he was exaggerating; she couldn’t possibly muster enough strength to strangle him—especially now, when her energy was nearly spent. Otherwise, she might well have tried.
“That’s… why… I said… if only… we could see it somewhere else!” The girl’s voice behind him d