The Charm of the Pirate

Doing Dangerous Things

On a Pirate Ship, December 1499.

Sofia quickly takes off the shirt she was wearing, replacing it with a dress given by Richi. It was a very pretty dress. An ivory sleeveless midi dress showing Sofia's legs. She swirled around gracefully beside the bed.

Sofia liked it, the dress was stuck to her body. The upper part does show a bit of her beautiful cleavage, but it doesn't matter to Sofia, as long as it's not the clothes she was before. Somehow Captain Hades found out the size, Sofia was quite surprised.

"Me, like it." Mumbled slowly.

"If there was Elie, she would have done my hair beautifully. I miss you Elie."

After changing clothes for a long time, it turns out that Richi did not come back, somehow it makes Sofia a little upset. He stomped his feet hard enough that he could hear it all the way out of the room.

Sofia looks at the ceiling of the ship and drops her body on the bed.

He's rolling around here and there. His sense of boredom had piled up like a mountain. He got up and walked towards the door, then tried to open the handle.

Clack

The door just opened.

Sofia's confused. He doesn't know whether to be happy or sad. Should he come out? Or waiting?

He went back and forth in front of the door, looking left and right. There's no one outside.

Gathering all his courage, he took his foot out.

First step, safe.

Step two, safe.

The third step and so on he did not count anymore.

Sofia settles down like a thieving cat. He walked very slowly and as much as possible removed the sound of his steps.

From a distance there was the sound of several people talking. Sofia tried to approach slowly.

It was seen that some people in navy uniforms were talking to Richi.

Without a second thought Sofia jumped out and shouted.

"Please, Sir!!"

"I want to go home.."

"Bring me back to Roseland!"

The marines face looked confused. He looked at Richie and asked.

"Master, forgive my sassness, but could there be a problem?"

Richi just shrugged both of his shoulders.

"Don't ignore it." Said relaxed.

"Basar you son of a bitch! I will never see you again! Sir, take me away! This is the Pirate ship!" Sofia said out loud and full of anger.

The Marine gets more confused and asks Richi again.

"What is the young lady talking about, sir?"

"Don't ignore it, he's happy to fantasize." Richi laughed with some of the people next to him

The Marine approached, he kissed the back of Sofia's hand gently.

"Why are you barefoot?" The Marine stared at Sofia's bare feet.

Sofia did not answer, her tears almost came out, but Richi's eyes made her stop.

"We're negotiating, miss. You are incredible traders. And you're so beautiful, would you like to introduce yourself?"

Sofia is a little awkward, but she can only say her name, as Richi repeatedly looks at her sharply.

"Itsme."

"What a beautiful name, I don't know if a woman as beautiful as you is on this ship." The Marine releases Sofia's hand and walks back towards Richi.

Sofia was confused by the Marines' attitude. He looked around and was very surprised by what he saw.

The black flag has been changed to the flag of Roseland. The pirate emblem is gone. All the crew change their clothes with shirts, even Ben. Ben was wearing a white shirt and pants without holes and not the boots he was wearing.

Jeez. .

Sofia shut her mouth.

"What's going on?" Sofia murmured.

Ben who noticed it pulled Sofia into a nearby cabin.

"Be quiet. Or I'll throw you into the nearest Trench." Ben's threat leaves Sofia speechless.

Sofia didn't speak anymore, she knew there was no point in yelling at all. No one will believe it. Though the main ship of the Navy Marines is next to this Pirate Ship. But no one can help him.

Ben escorts Sofia back into Richi's cabin, this time Ben doesn't forget to lock her up before leaving.

Sofia was desperate. What should he do in this place. Why should he be here. He could no longer hold back his tears that had almost come out earlier, now his tears were flowing like overflowing river water.

Ben who was waiting at the door could clearly hear the sound of Sofia crying. I don't know why his heart hurts. But Ben did not understand, he remained silent and listened behind the door.

Sofia's eyes look huge from crying for too long, Ben says nothing and only leaves after delivering food.

Sofia reluctantly sees the food Ben brought. Bread and a warm tea. Seeing her make Sofia's stomach sound, she didn't want to waste any time and devour it quickly.

Not feeling the time continues to turn, Sofia knows the clock from the sound of the bell. Every few moments the bell sounds, and the sounds grow more and more with time.

The sunlight is no longer visible, Sofia guessed it may now be 8 p.m. Because the bells ring 8 times. He was so bored, it felt like a bird locked in a cage.

He wants to be free, free, fly wherever he likes. But it can't. His legs felt chained so he could not go anywhere.

When bored, Sofia explores Richi's entire cabin. He found a map, paper, ink, a letter, and a sword that was very large and of course very heavy.

The sword was silver in color, probably weighing about 3 kg. Sofia did not understand why they made it that heavy. His arms felt extremely sore as he tried to lift and swing them into the air.

The sound of footsteps grew closer as Sofia was swinging the sword. The door opens and Richi is shocked a second time. He saw Sofia swinging a sword that looked even bigger than her arm.

"Itsme..." Richie walked closer.

"Rich?" Sofia points the sword at Richi's face.

"Esme, you better keep that sword on the floor." Richie said carefully.

"This sword? Why?"

"Because you're gonna break your arm.."

"Breaks? no. gabe. I'm fine." Sofia tried to swing it again faster.

"Esme, that sword is very dangerous. Put it down, or you'll hurt yourself."

Sofia is increasingly feeling underrated hearing Richi's statement to her. He was reluctant to give the sword away. I don't know why a crazy thought started to cross his head again.

"I will give you this sword. But you have to promise!"

"Is this some kind of negotiation?"

"You can think that."

"But negotiations will benefit both sides. What makes you so sure I'm gonna stick to your offer?"

"I promise I won't hurt you!" Sofia said with confidence.

Richi laughed out loud at Sofia's statement.

"You never bore me Esme, you always surprised me. What makes you so sure you're gonna hurt me?" Richi raised both eyebrows.

"Because I hold this sword." Sofia brandished the heavy sword.

A few drops of sweat flowed down Sofia's forehead. She can't lift it anymore, but Sofia doesn't want Richi to know. He pretended to be strong and did not feel burdened.

"Alright, alright. I surrendered. What do you want?" Richie raised both his hands.

"Take me back to Roseland right now. And I'm not gonna hurt you."

Richi laughed again at Sofia's statement.

"Jeez, Esme. Hear Me. I'm not a Captain, you know that Hades is the Captain of this ship. So you're making an impossible request of me." Richi pretends to be sad.

"So, you can't grant my request?" Esme looks upset. He has reached the limit of his patience.

Richi shook his head slowly. She felt so alive that when she was with Esme, her heart was warm and full of emotions.

"I have no other choice! Don't be sorry and angry."

Sofia quickly runs towards him and stabs the sword into his stomach, lucky Richi has good reflexes so that only the tip of the sword hits his clothes.

The sword is stuck into the wall of the ship, Richi is very surprised as well as Sofia, she fell when the sword penetrated the wall.

"It looks like I missed." Mumbled.

"It seems, I'm lucky." Richi Gumam.

Sofia's entire body shook in surprise. It was the first time Sofia had done such a dangerous thing, other than holding a kitchen knife.

Richi whips out the sword easily and throws it to the end of the cabin.

She knelt down and held Sofia onto the bed.

"Are you hurt?" Richi checks Sofia's whole body. He looked at Sofia's fingers and wrists which were red and looked a little chafed.

"I've warned you, you're gonna get hurt." Richi rubbed and blew Sofia's hand gently. Sofia did not say anything she was still very surprised.

"You okay?" Sofia said slowly.

"Are you worried about me now?"

Sofia did not answer and just kept quiet.

"I'm fine, my shirt's out of luck, look, they're completely torn apart." Richi showed me some of his shirt that was torn apart. There was a long scratch beside his stomach due to the tip of the sword.

"You're bleeding..." Sofia shut her mouth.

"Everything needs sacrifice, right?" Richi smiled revealing a row of white teeth.