For a long time the night was considered to belong to the devil. People don't have enough lighting tools to drive out the darkness, thieves, thieves and robbers take advantage of the covertness of the night to move, and plots and blood often occur at night. But gradually, in some commercially developed places and on some specific days, the city will also present its gentle and beautiful side in the lights.
"That's the Tower of the Sun."
Abigail walked beside Adele, pointing to her in the direction of the pier.
Adele stepped on the soft and wet sand, looking out, the warm yellow fire reflected on the sea in the distance, the tide rises and falls, and the surface of the water seems to be covered with countless sparkling pieces of gold.
A lighthouse with a height of more than 400 feet stands at the entrance of the harbor. The tower is made of granite and copper. It has three floors. The first floor is a thick and solid rectangular structure, the second floor is octagonal, and the last There are eight stone pillars on the upper floor, and eight bronze statues of the sun god stand on the top of the stone pillars. In the hand of the statue, a mirror is held high, and the mirror reflects the fire in the tower to the sea in the distance.
"It looks like the sun god lit the night." Adele raised the brim of her hat and said softly, then paused, "The first time my father met my mother, it was at Rose Strait. Father took her to light it with his own hands. The fire of the lighthouse, gave her half of its power and glory. At that time, people sang the 'Era of Two Kings' as God's gift to Roland."
Abigail walked backwards on the beach, looking at Adele as she walked, the light from the Tower of the Sun fell into her eyes, and she had the same crimson eyes as Queen Sithonia. Through her eyes, she seemed to be able to vaguely see the shadow of the young Queen Sithonia.
The pirate leader stepped on the tide and listened silently to Adele's mention of her mother.
When the Roland Empire was in the "Era of Two Kings", Abigail was still very young, but even she had heard the stories of Edmund III and Queen Sithonia. For a while, it seemed like they were the most romantic love story, the most intimate couple, and it was hardly possible to appear in the royal family.
The romantic story turns out to be a lie.
"In the past, I always climbed up to the lighthouse, thinking about how my mother and father felt when they lit the flame together. When my father finally signed the judgment, do you remember how he once stood with her on the Tower of the Sun? " Adele smiled, "Sometimes, if you can't figure it out, you just want to let the Tower of the Sun be toppled."
"Then I'll help you put the gunpowder, and if you want to use the trebuchet, I'll help you find it."
The pirate chief said bluntly.
"Do you want it?"
Adele looked at her sideways for a while, and laughed: "I kill you and you set it on fire? Kelly will think you are my best friend."
"A fox friend and a dog friend are also friends."
Abigail suddenly cheered up, stepping on the sand on the beach.
Once upon a time, there was a dirty little girl who wanted to play with other little ladies. She held out a sprig of sage that she had found so hard to find. The pretty little ladies pushed her hand away, crying and taking out their handkerchiefs to wipe their clothes, leaving the tomboy-like girl sitting on the ground.
"Are you going to blow it up?"
Abigail said it solemnly, just as Adele nodded and she did it immediately.
Adele didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and put the hair that fell on her cheeks back behind her head: "That is the most important lighthouse in the Strait of Roses, what are you talking about, the new naval commander?"
"But we're friends, right? At least tonight, Abigail and Adele are friends, right?" She quickly jumped onto the seawall, then reached out to the Queen, her red hair blowing in the wind, "Friends? Isn’t it like this? If you’re crazy, I’ll fool around with you, and if you kill someone, I’ll set fire to you. Be happy, buddy, and see where I usually spend my money.”
The sound of the tide overlapped, and the pirate leader spoke in the unreasonable and natural way of the pirates when he spoke.
"Come on, my friend."
Adele put her hand on it, and Abigail pulled her hard onto the seawall.
Right now, the dirty little girl in her heart hummed a song, muttering, look, she plays games with you, and she even said herself, you are friends. What does it matter if those clean little ladies push you away? They were not as good-looking as her, nor as elegant as her.
In the night wind of Ornan City in the Strait of Roses, the pirate leader took the Queen of the Empire to run along a secret path. She had the most beautiful and noble best friend in the world.
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The pirate chief's way of getting his pocket money was obviously very different.
Abigail took the queen around a few times and arrived at the pier where the naval fleet was moored in the port. Adele followed her and stood against a pillar. After she counted a few words, she made a silent gesture to the Queen. Then only the footsteps of the patrol team could be heard, and the soldiers responsible for the land defense of the pier wobbled over with lanterns.
The soldiers in charge of the night patrol didn't even notice that there were two people hiding behind the pillars. They just shook the lantern twice at random, and then walked away drunk.
After the patrol passed, the two avoided the monitoring angle of the observation tower and approached the nearest warship. With a flick of her hand, the grapple deftly protruded in mid-air and grabbed the ship's railing. The sound made during the whole process was almost negligible—it was certainly not the first time this guy had done this.
After pulling in the rope, Abigail and the queen grabbed the rope and climbed up nimbly.
The queen slightly raised her eyebrows, intuitively feeling what Abigail mentioned about the "breaking of naval discipline". Almost no one on the deck was vigilant, and even a few randomly discarded wine bottles could be vaguely seen. The sailor in charge was leaning not far from the rudder of the ship, snoring and sleeping soundly.
Abigail walked over lightly and swiftly, and a hand knife made him "sleep" deeper.
Moments later, Abigail retrieved all the coins from the unlucky man, and stuffed them all into her pocket unceremoniously.
The queen sighed angrily and amusedly, and felt a little helpless.
In fact, this is unavoidable, just like the current army, except for the disciplined and well-trained musketeers led by Dalton, the boundary between soldiers and farmers is not so clear. The same is true for the navy. Most of the sailors on the naval warships are directly recruited from fishermen and caravans in various docks, and have received almost no professional training.
On the other hand, the living conditions at sea are actually very poor. Even if the officials conceal it, the queen probably knows that escapes have always existed in the navy. Before the queen took over the navy, in order to prevent the sailors from escaping, the navy would withhold half of the soldiers' salaries until they returned to land.
Undoubtedly, under such circumstances, it is simply wishful thinking to expect the sailors to be more responsible and more motivated to fight.
While thinking about how to improve the treatment of the naval crew, Adele followed Abigail around the courtyard on the battleship, and finally entered the captain's cabin.
The captain's cabin was empty.
"Clobe Rosen."
Adele flipped through the captain's sailing diary and wrote down the captain's name.
"Probably..." Abigail didn't feel any sympathy for this Mr. Captain, who was going to be unlucky tomorrow. "Maybe in a brothel."
Adele closed the sailing diary and let out a long sigh.
With such a navy, it is not surprising that there will be a subsequent "fire rose" incident.
"Come on," said the Queen, "and take me to meet the rest of the Iron Cross Pirates."
She took the voyage diary with her, so one can imagine how surprised the captain would be when he climbed back to the ship drunk and found that his voyage diary was gone. However, Abigail felt he would be more surprised to see it from the Queen at the Naval Council.
However, when referring to other members of the Iron Cross Pirates, Abigail had a rare look of embarrassment on his face.
"I apologize in advance for all the stupid things they might do," Abigail said with some headache, "They're not bad people, but there's no doubt...a bunch of...um...literally stupid and stupid. And this time , they're probably in an underground casino."
"It doesn't matter," Adele said tolerantly, "The only ones who will see them tonight are the friends of the Iron Cross leader."
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The underground casino is opened not far from the brothel, and to get there you have to walk through the brothel on a dirt road. This is the most complicated and chaotic place in Port of Ornans. Brothels, casinos and low-end taverns are crowded together. The crooked houses rarely have a chance to rest. Over the years, they have grown together like countless corrupt internal organs.
The pirates of the Iron Cross Pirates huddled underground, drinking the strongest wine, betting and betting happily.
Abigail stipulates that gambling and fighting are prohibited on the pirate ship. All those who violate the rules will be kicked into the sea by her. Don't expect to be picked up if you don't swim until you are exhausted. The pirates had no choice but to enjoy themselves when they landed on land. At this time, the boss would relax a little bit and turn a blind eye.
"The boss has ignored us these days."
With a bitter face, the first officer lined up several gold coins.
"Wouldn't it be better if we didn't care about it!" The pirate sitting opposite him poured himself another bottle of wine, trying to swindle the few gold coins from the first mate, "Hurry up, hurry up, it's time for you to place your bet."
The first officer pushed the gold coin forward, and at the same time glared at the guy: "What if the boss doesn't care about us in the future?"
The gambling table suddenly fell silent. This group of bastards who were drunk and fearless just now looked like hounds who were thrown away but didn't know what they did wrong. There was a bit of panic on each other's faces .
"Then, then it's just a matter of taking turns to be the captain!"
A guy with an eyepatch coughed, beamed, and waved his hands in imitation of Abigail's usual gestures.
"Throw this little brat in the ocean to wash my brains—"
boom.
When he waved, the door of the underground casino compartment was kicked open.
"Hey, you're promising," a lazy voice sounded, and the person kicking the door came in lazily tossing his hat up and down, "One-eyed, come here, tell me what you want to do?"
The smile on the one-eyed pirate's face disappeared, and the next moment he jumped up from the chair: "Boss! Boss! I want to report! These guys just said that they would steal a few dice and go back to the ship while you were away—"
He froze for a moment before he finished speaking.
There is another person behind their leader, that guy and their leader are two extremes, every strand of their captain's hair reveals unruliness, and even if that person wears a black coat similar to hers, he still wears Gear riveting-like precision and rigor. Under the wide-brimmed hat, the man's skin was cold and pale, and his face was half hidden in the shadows. His every move was as graceful as a painting, and it was obvious that he had received a completely different education from them.
"He" walked in and brightened the space at once, and the pirates even had the illusion that the candlelight coated everything with gold in an instant.
The one-eyed pirate paused, looked at the man, then at the captain next to him, and asked in a low voice: "Boss, which noble's young master did you kidnap?"
Abigail rolled her eyes, thinking that these idiots should be thrown into the sea.