I chuckled. "That's exactly my point" Before I brought out a dagger from my pocket and laid it below my throat.
The third?
"If you take her off this ship, I will cut my throat, killing myself while you all watch as the whole ship goes 'boom'. And with the other explosions, Captain Crimson eye has given us, I am sure that it will be quite a show to watch" I further explained.
Captain Prince Wyatt was a risk-taker.
"You are bluffing" Another pirate exclaimed with sweat dripping from his forehead. I could even see the mask of uncertainty slowing dawning on his face.
If I needed to be like Captain Prince Wyatt, I needed to be a risk-taker. I needed to think outside the box.
"Am I?" And most of all, I remembered to let that distinct smile spread across my face.
"But I have checked the whole ship's enchantments and runes. And I am sure that I haven't come across anything that would make the ship explode" Mr Alson asked. His eyes squinted and sized me up from head to toe.
I snorted, loudly.
Of course, if it were before, I would have been scared and might have backed away from my actions in front of so many ascendants. However, something was boiling deep within me and pushing me to continue.
For the first time, I felt power in my words.
Is this how the Captain feels whenever he talks?
No. I shook my head inwardly.
The Captain was already an ascendant, so he had the power to back it up. Whereas, I - -
"Since you have done your search, then you should know that this whole ship was made by the Empire of Endossa tower Mages. Do you think that they would not have any safety precautions for the security of their Prince even though he is banished?" I admitted.
Of course, I wasn't sure if Mr Alson knew about the Captain's history, and honestly, it didn't matter, because those last words were not for him but for the four pirates beside me.
Mr Alson blinked. And I could see him trying to hide his surprised expression as his face twitched in irritation.
The surroundings chilled a bit. And then he replied, "Your Prince better pay me for my services".
"Grab her!" Someone shouted, and the tall sturdy pirate ran towards Clara in a bid to grab her the moment his comrade's words fell.
Instantly, a gale smashed against my face and forced me to blink. I opened my eyes soon after and stared at Mr Alson's position which was now empty.
I squeezed my right hand together only to find out that it was empty.
"Haa.."My breathing hitched in surprise, and instinctively, I turned towards Clara, only to see her standing in her usual position with her hands within Mr Alsons grip and the tall, sturdy pirate laying unconsciously on the floorboard.
I didn't have much of an idea as to what had happened, however, I stood up not one, not two, but five ascendants and came out unharmed.
Nonetheless, to let the drama continue, I gritted my teeth in anger and played the role that I have assigned to myself.
"It seems that I and Miss Clara aren't the only ones who won't mind if she stays" I fought the urge to grin "So please, leave my ship".
All four pirates turned their heads and stared at each other. Their contemplative, uncertain expressions could not escape my eyes.
With a grim look on their faces, one of them walked forward to grab their comrade before they each jumped over our ship, each landing in the boats that carried them here. And then, they paddled over to their respective vessels.
I stared unmovingly at their actions. My eyes widen at what had just happened. And it only took a moment before everything came crashing down on me like an indisputable fact.
I won!
I won!!
I, Mad John, stood against five ascendants and didn't back down. I stood. Stood. Toe. To. Toe. With. Five. Ascendants. And. Didn't. Back. Down… My thoughts cracked like a stammerer unsure of his own words... I
"If that is all, I will be heading down to complete my work. So please, do your best to keep quiet" Mr Alson interrupted, and halted my inner voice of victory.
"When your prince comes back, inform him that I will be charging him more for my services." The main catalyst of my victory said as he walked away, below the ship to continue with his work.
"Mad John!" A familiar voice which I knew all too well yelled for my attention. I turned towards her with my face bearing an obvious grin.
"You!!" She pointed her fingers at me accusingly. "I t-".
"Miss Clara?"
But, I didn't need to hear any more of her words, because I knew that somehow, she was going to spoil my mood.
"Yes" She responded.
"Until the Captain returns, call me Captain Mad John for now" I added and flicked my earrings without reason.
Hmm!! I wonder if the Captain will be willing to teach me any new valuable lessons when he returns.
"BAMM!!" The door flung open once more, as Seadog ran and halted beside me. With a hurried breath, he asked, "What happened? I heard screams?".
I rose a brow. "You heard screams, and then ran up here to accomplish what exactly?"I asked.
I watched as he swallowed his words and choose the next ones carefully "I thought…." He replied.
"Forget what you thought and follow me. Mr Alson will need some help if he wants to get access to some areas of the ship" I responded and began walking towards the door "We have to get this ship ready for when Captain Prince Wyatt returns".
I entered the corridor, while I listened to Seadog's blank voice playing out in the background "What happened to preparing the cannons?"
…....…
After the little exercise this morning, I was feeling a little weak below. Probably my other leg asking for time-out, which I readily agreed to and sent the girls away immediately after they woke up.
But they seemed reluctant to leave. Thankfully, Clare saw through this quickly and rescheduled another session with the same girls, but not after asking me first.
Of course, I wanted to disagree with the arrangements, since I didn't feel like paying for sex anymore, however, she then mentioned that it was free and was on the house.
At this, I couldn't help but chuckle loudly. How good do you have to be that a brothel offers you another night because you fucked their girls and their boss so good that they needed another session to confirm what heaven tastes like again?
Haha! Those were the most beautiful words I have ever heard.
"Slurp!! Slurp!!..... Are you still thinking about how to fuck all my girls?" Claire, the real name of Celia, released my dick from her mouth and spoke, before sucking on it again like a loli pop.
"How did you know?" I responded.
Well, even though I was worn out and unable to get erect at the moment, that didn't mean that I would willingly reject a blowjob from a woman as skilled as Claire while I laid down on the bed to clear my thoughts.
"It's obvious, especially after I made it known that you can fuck me again for free" She replied before bringing her bountiful breast forward and subjugating my penis in the centre, while the melons clapped it from all sides.
The feeling for me was like shoving your scrotum into the freezer on a hot evening without reason. But this woman doesn't look like she will be giving up anytime soon.
"Why isn't it getting up?" She asked, irritatedly.
"Why would he? He has tried his best, and now he needs to rest",
"Who needs to rest? You or him?" She pointed at me and then at my dick before licking the tip of my dick.
"The both of us" I replied, blandly.
She sighed in defeat before getting up from the bed to put on her clothes. Well, there was nothing much left of it since I tried some of the possible fetishes that I could think of which included tearing off her clothes and fucking her like a housewife in debt.
Still, she made do with what she had and walked towards the door with her now caged round backside facing me.
Before she opened the door and left, she turned towards me with a smile "I will be back to fuck you this time in the evening" She said before stopping "Oh! And my girls will bring the pen and ink that you asked for".
"Click!!" And then, she left, leaving me behind in the now-ruined room that smelled like sex and depravity.
I immediately sat up from my bed and summoned Bones.
Yes!! The little guy was now awake. He woke up when I was exercising, so I couldn't bring him out.
I looked at his body which has now returned to its previous normal appearance before summoning the 'Fantastic Beasts of Records'.