Harem Pirates 2: Chapter 1 - Maiden Voyage

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"This is my ship."

Ricardo stood at the naval port looking up at the brand new vessel moored there. A tremor of emotion ran through him.

The Etruria Kingdom's navy consisted of more than 100 ships of varying size, but only 7 seafaring ships with 3 or more large masts. This one was the result of all the latest shipbuilding techniques.

"It's so big, but also so elegant and graceful."

When Ricardo had stopped by the Ministry of the Navy that morning, his guardian, Admiral Sigrain, had let him know he was now captain of this ship.

It had only been two years since he first set sail on a ship, so there was of course a reason other than merit for his selection as captain. He was a child of Etruria King Sigismund and Queen Eterna, making him a Prince of Etruria.

He was, however, the fourth and youngest prince, so he would never become king. Knowing that, he had chosen to dedicate himself to the navy even if it meant stepping down as a royal.

King Sigismund was an elderly man, so the crown prince, the eldest prince, would likely take the throne before long. The man must have wanted to do something fatherly for his poor youngest son before the end, so he had given Ricardo this ship out of parental love. People apparently came to adore their children more in their old age.

Etruria was currently locked in a land war against the Orsini-Sabrina Double Kingdom, so naval battles had become a secondary concern. Still, the shipwrights needed work or they would starve. That was the main purpose behind this ship, but that had motivated them to prove what they were capable of.

"What a ship! These beautiful curves! What woman could compare!?"

Ricardo was as excited as he would have been in front of a stunningly beautiful woman in the nude.

But his attendant did not find this unusual.

A sailor's love for their ship rivaled a knight's love for their horse. In fact, not many knights would consider dying with their horse, but a captain loved their ship enough to choose to share its fate if it were to sink.

"Wow! I can't believe it! This beauty is mine!"

He looked ready to rub his cheek against and kiss the ship as he started boarding it with his attendant, but he heard some cheerful voices from the deck on his way up.

"Oh! Prince Ricardo is here. Prepare to greet him!"

The voices were as bright as the summer sun and he knew who they belonged to.

"W-wait, Marion. Are we really doing this? He'll be weirded out, I just know it."

"Oh, shut up, octo-girl."

"Don't call me that!"

The ship's crew numbered nearly 200 with female sailors making up nearly a third of that.

Sigrain had apparently gathered the crew from the ships she toyed with, but that apparently included the South Sea Falcon he had previously sailed with.

"You'll do it, right, Jimmy?"

"Yup."

"H-hey. Not you too, Jimmy! I swear to you he'll think we're weirdos!"

The girls sounded as cheerful as ever, which cheered Ricardo up, putting a smile on his lips.

"Are you going to do it or not?"

"Ugh, fine, I'll do it. That's what you want, isn't it? But don't blame me when it goes wrong!"

What were they plotting? He looked forward to finding out as he arrived up on the bridge.

"Yahoo!"

When that cheer drew his eye to the scene on the deck, his legs just about gave out beneath him.

He found the exact three girls he had been expecting, but what they were doing was not at all what he had been expecting.

The girl with the green bandanna around her head had her legs spread to shoulder width while she leaned over to peek her mischievous face between her legs, but the real surprise was how her pants were pulled halfway down her thighs.

To her left was the intellectual girl in a purple robe and with her strawberry hair worn in pigtails. She was down on her knees with her back turned and with her light pink shorts lowered. She was sticking out her plump butt and spreading the cheeks with her hands.

On the right was the well-behaved girl with her brown hair tied up with a white ribbon. She had very large breasts for someone with such a baby face. She too had bared her lower body and she was seated on the deck with her legs spread and with her pussy spread by her hands.

All three of them were exposed down there with their labia spread.

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"…!"

Ricardo stared in shock as intellectual Martha shouted at her friends while still sticking out and spreading her butt.

"See, I told you the prince would be weirded out!"

"I'm not so sure he is. He looks delighted to me. I mean, he's got that usual dirty look on his face♪"

Ricardo covered his face with a hand.

Then he took a quick look around to confirm those three were the only ones on the deck. That explained why they had thought up this unbelievable greeting.

After a sigh of relief, he greeted them.

"Marion, Martha, Jimmy, I see you three haven't changed."

The girl in the center peeking out from between her legs was Marion, an apprentice sailor. The one sticking her butt out on the left was Martha, an apprentice magician. The one spreading her legs on the right was Jimmy, an apprentice cook.

Ricardo had gotten to know them when he was training aboard the South Sea Falcon while hiding his identity. They were a little older than him, but not enough to really matter. He had made friends with them and entered a physical relationship with them mostly just for the fun of it.

He had taken their virginities and enjoyed the carnal delights they shared afterwards as well.

"Heh heh. You're into this kind of greeting, aren't you?"

"…Yeah."

He blushed and honestly answered Marion's innocent question, causing the girl to smile like a mischievous child after a successful prank.

"Ah!"

Once she noticed he was not alone, she quickly covered her pussy with a hand, but Martha recognized the girl and bowed.

"Good to see you again, Rose."

The attendant by Ricardo's side was a girl in a white blouse and an old-fashioned navy blue dress.

She wore her black hair in a bob cut, she wore a white headdress, and she was much shorter than the average girl.

The way she stood there with an unreadable expression made it impossible to judge her age. Ricardo guessed she was older than Marion's group, but he doubted she was 20 yet.

Instead of breathtaking beauty, she was more the cute type.

"Scarlet lent her to me since she knows so much about navigating the Jade Sea. She will be sailing with us as a guest adviser."

Rose really worked for Scarlet, a former member of the Etrurian navy and Sigrain's former confidant. She had stooped to piracy for a time and made a name for herself as the Red-Haired Pirate, but she now captained a privateer ship with the official authorization of Etruria. That meant she would no longer be considered a criminal by Etruria.

She was not quite part of the navy and not quite a civilian.

"Thank you for having me aboard."

"Thanks for coming!"

Rose bowed politely and Marion (having recovered from her surprise) cheerfully responded.

"Ahh…"

They were all cut off by a moan of pleasure.

They looked over in surprise to see Jimmy still spreading her legs on the deck. Worse, her white fingers were stickily moving in and out of her honeypot.

"W-wait, Jimmy." Martha quickly got after her. "You're taking this too far! Rose is here!"

Ricardo restrained himself from pointing out that greeting someone by pulling down your pants and underwear and spreading your bare pussy would already be considered "taking this too far" by most people.

"I-I can't help it. When I know Prince Ricardo is watching, I can't stop my fingers."

A seductively heated look covered the busty girl's face.

"I-I know what you mean…" Influenced by her colleague's sexual display, Marion started teasing her clit. "Prince, let's have sex. The ship won't really feel like home until I've been railed on its deck…ahn♪"

Just above where Marion's face was visible between her legs, love juices were dripping from her labia and soaking her thin and tight inner thighs.

"God, how did I end up with such horny friends?"

Martha complained, but she remained on her knees with her butt sticking out and her exposed anus twitching with anticipation.

Ricardo gulped and glanced over at the girl by his side.

"Don't mind me." Rose's face was as blank as ever. "Go have your fun."

He knew Rose was a lesbian. She was madly in love with her captain, Scarlet, and may have had no interest in heterosexual sex.

She had initially resented him because Scarlet was one of his regular partners, but she had given up on that since.

Although he had a feeling that was the result of Scarlet intentionally fucking him in front of the girl to enjoy her jealous reactions.

She had seen him having sex countless times before, so what was one more?

"Let's get to it then♪"

Marion's group gathered around him and hurriedly undid his naval uniform's belt and lowered his pants and underwear.

"W-wait!"

He was caught off guard by their speed, but when his dick sprang out, it was fully erect.

"Ha ha♪ Just as impressive as last time I saw it."

"Oh, how I missed it♪"

Martha and Jimmy expressed their thoughts before joining Marion in sucking it.

"Sigh, fine, but just one round since the other sailors will be here before long."

When the girls' rough, cat-like tongues licked at his dick from three different directions, his lust took over even though Rose's presence bothered him.

"Yay♪" cheered the three girls.

He considered giving into his animal desire and fucking the three of them right there, but he wanted his first sex on his new ship to be more special. He brought them to the bow of the ship and had them line up with their hands on the edge and their butts sticking out toward him.

Their cute butts were lined up with Martha on the left, Marion in the middle, and Jimmy on the right.

"Care to join us, Rose?" asked Jimmy.

"I'll pass," said Rose with an expressionless shake of her head.

"Really? But the more's the merrier when having sex."

The three girls were obviously very accustomed to having group sex.

Even their very first time had been a foursome.

Rose's black eyes were like glass beads as they stabbed into Ricardo. She did not have to say a word, yet he was still certain she was calling him a pervert prince. But the three girls wiggled their butts to say they could not wait a moment longer.

"Ahn, hurry."

A clear liquid was dripping from all three slits, wetting the inner thighs below. It all sparkled in the tropical sunlight, making for a breathtakingly beautiful scene.

"Okay, I'll put it in."

Ricardo was as horny as they came, so he could not wait a moment longer and pushed his erect penis into Marion.

"Ahhh♪ Ahn, ahhn♪"

The female flesh surrounding his cock was as lively as her healthy appearance.

(She's as tight as ever. And squeezing so much too. Not to mention hot.)

Her honeypot was so hot it felt like she was hiding a scorching sun in there and he made around 10 quick thrusts to get her started before he pulled out.

"M-more!?" she shouted, arching her back, but Ricardo moved on to Martha's honeypot on her left.

"Ahn♪ Ahhn, hyahn…"

"You'll have to take turns."

After thrusting inside her as many times, he entered Jimmy's honeypot.

After thrusting in her for a bit, he was finally back to Marion.

"Hurry, hurry back to me."

"Ahn, I want you to fuck me more."

"Ahhhhn, so deep! I can feel you so deep inside!"

Before long, his penis was glistening in three different flavors of syrup.

He was familiar with their bodies, so he knew exactly how they liked it. Marion was a clit girl, Martha was an anal girl, and Jimmy was a vaginal girl. If he focused his attacks there, he could easily bring them to climax.

But there was more to sex than just bringing the woman to climax as quickly as possible. He liked to take his time and enjoy the process of reaching that point. And if he teased them for longer, they would experience an even deeper orgasm.

He had slept with a great many women, including Sigrain the White Lady, Isis the Dark Falcon of Etruria, and Scarlet the Red-Haired Pirate, each of whom was as intelligent as she was beautiful. But they were all adults and sex with them was like enjoying the female body in its completed form. That was plenty satisfying, but with growing girls like Marion, Martha, and Jimmy, he felt like he was helping them grow as he slept with them.

He had helped them discover what they liked, which made him feel like he had a special place in their hearts.

"Th-this is so good. All three of you are amazing."

He enjoyed how rough their deep folds felt and he raised his head to feel the sea breeze on his cheek. The calm green ocean shined beautifully around them.

It was such a majestic scene.

He had grown up alongside the Jade Sea and he loved it.

And he loved girls who smelled of the sea.

He did not dislike ladies who wore fancy perfumes, but he preferred ones who wore the natural perfume of the sea.

"I came inside Marion last time, right? And Martha the time before that. So it's Jimmy's turn today."

"Ehh!?"

"It's only fair to take turns."

Marion and Martha expressed their displeasure, so he stuck his fingers in them to pleasure them while he sped up his hips.

As far as tightness went, Marion was #1, Martha #2, and Jimmy #3, but there was more to a pussy than simple tightness. Jimmy's soft flesh surrounded his dick like cotton candy, providing a sensation the others could not.

"Ahn! Ahn! Ahn!"

Jimmy moaned and writhed in pleasure as he pounded her with his dick throbbing as it approached climax.

The two girls on either side of her looked jealous, but they still kissed their friend's neck, ears, and cheeks.

More than stir those two up inside with his fingers, he pinched Marion's clit and stuck a finger inside Martha's ass to stimulate them where they were most sensitive. Nevertheless, they would clearly have preferred to have a cock inside them too.

"I-I'm cumming."

Ricardo announced his approaching orgasm to the blue sky above, providing a signal to the girls on the left and right.

When the middle girl felt the penis trembling like crazy in her vagina, she too began to tremble.

"Ahh, ahh, ahhhhhhhhn!"

Jimmy accepted the erupted semen inside her while moaning loudly and arching her back.

The other two girls also orgasmed, squeezing tightly at the fingers inside them.

"Pant, pant, pant, pant."

Ricardo had skillfully brought them all to climax, but the one who had been cummed inside appeared the most satisfied.

While she went limp after being pumped full of semen, the other two brought their faces to Ricardo and Jimmy's union to lick up the mixture of cum and love juices flowing out.

Those two forced them apart before sucking at the dripping honeypot and dick.

"Prince Ricardo, isn't it my turn now?" begged Martha while sucking the mixed fluids off of his cock.

Instead of cleaning up, she mostly appeared to be keeping him hard.

When they had sex, they made sure the fun never stopped.

A teenager like him had the endless libido to give them what they wanted, but they were interrupted by an emotionless voice.

"You should probably stop here. The rest of the crew has arrived."

"Eh!?"

Rose's warning brought Ricardo back to his senses, so he looked down from the deck to see the crew gathered in small groups.

"Yeah, we'll have to call it quits for today."

"Ehh!?"

Marion and Martha protested, as did Jimmy despite her recent cum injection.

He dressed himself again and made an excuse.

"Don't worry. We're about to leave on a voyage together, so we'll have plenty of time."

"But Captain Isis said we needed to show more restraint since this ship isn't like the South Sea Falcon."

This ship was not just crewed by woman; it had a lot of men as well. That made it harder for the women to openly have sex.

"I care deeply about the three of you, so I'm not going to let you suffer unfulfilled desires."

Rose watched this exchange with disinterest.

Before long, the sailors assigned by Sigrain were onboard.

First Mate Marshel asked Ricardo to greet the crew once they had all gathered on the deck.

He was a dark-tanned veteran naval officer of around 50. Record-wise, he was much more suited for the captain position than Ricardo. In fact, he had been captain of another naval ship until today.

"I am still inexperienced, so please help whip me into shape."

With Marion, Martha, Jimmy, and Rose behind him, Ricardo tactfully greeted the crew of 200.

He also introduced the cheerful trio and the expressionless girl.

"These three are Marion, Martha, and Jimmy. They were sailors aboard the South Sea Falcon I served on before. This is Rose. She serves under Scarlet, but she will be joining us on our mission as a guest advisor."

Bandanna girl Marion immediately raised her right hand and cheerfully introduced herself.

"Hi, everyone! I'm Marion, Prince Ricardo's mistress♪"

Ricardo felt a headache coming on, but he could not get after her when it was the truth. Instead, Martha tugged on her childhood friend's right ear.

"Try to think about Prince Ricardo's position before you speak."

"You're dumb. First impressions are crucial and we're dealing with a bunch of veteran sailors here. I've gotta set them straight now so they don't think I'm just some little girl."

"Kh, I can't believe you're calling me dumb. But I have to admit, I don't want them underestimating me. Fine, let's do this."

Ricardo could not hear what they were whispering about, but he had a very bad feeling about it. Martha then cleared her throat and spoke up with the best "genius girl" look she could muster.

"I am Martha. I have given Prince Ricardo my front and rear virginities."

"Bfff!"

Ricardo thought he was going to die, but then busty Jimmy supplied the finishing blow.

"We're his personal cock slaves♪"

They did not seem remotely embarrassed. He, on the other hand, wished he could sink down to the bottom of the ocean and never return.

The sailors watched in shocked silence. The awkwardness was finally broken by a dry laugh from First Mate Marshel.

"Well, the prince seems to have a…voracious appetite. He is young, after all."

"Um, well…"

Ricardo was unsure what expression to choose and ended up hiding his blushing face with a hand.

A love of sex was not a vice. People might comment on it with a wry smile, but it could also make him seem more relatable.

Simply being a royal put some distance between him and his crew, but he felt like he had bridged some of that by so boldly bringing these three mistresses with him.

The busy launching ceremony was next. His mother Eterna, her friend and his guardian Sigrain, and Captain Isis of the South Sea Falcon attended.

His mother Eterna broke a bottle of red wine on the prow.

The red wine was meant to take the place of a live sacrifice's blood.

"Now, it's time we set sail, prince."

"Yes, raise the sails."

Ricardo raised his right arm and Marion scrambled up the mast like a monkey and undid the ropes holding up the sails, as if to say this was her responsibility.

The other sailors marveled at her skilled performance before quickly tying the sails in place at the bottom.

The wind soon filled the sails and the ship began to move.

"Go, King of Pirates!" shouted Marion while standing tall atop the mast.

Infected by her energy, the other sailors cheered.

He had no idea why she had chosen that name, but the next thing he knew, everyone was calling the ship the King of Pirates.

"By the way, prince, we were too busy with our departure to ask, but what is our first mission?"

It was a sunny day and Ricardo was viewing a map in the captain's cabin when Marion, who had decided on her own she would be his aide, asked him that question while passing him some documents.

They had a brand-new warship crewed by veteran sailors gathered from other ships. Their first destination was the Carlotta Kingdom's Ocean City of Brakia, but that was mostly meant as a test voyage and training for the crew.

Marion, Martha, and Jimmy had worked hard enough to prove they were a worthy part of the crew beyond their shocking introduction. They had been trained as sailors on Isis's ship, so it was not long before the other sailors had to admit they were not just some little girls.

Their relationships naturally formed from their skill at their work.

More than that, they did not abuse their position as his mistresses, they worked hard at every task given to them, and they had lovably innocent personalities.

The sea was usually a place for men. A third of the sailors were women, but those three were the youngest. And the presence of young girls naturally cheered everyone up.

The rest of the crew quickly split into a Team Marion, Team Martha, and Team Jimmy and they encouraged their chosen girl to work at getting the prince to select them as his wife.

Rose kept herself distanced from all of that.

The crew seemed to have picked up on the fact that she was not another of Ricardo's mistresses.

She was a girl of few words, so she rarely interacted with the sailors and instead silently monitored their course and the state of the ocean. She only ever spoke to inform Ricardo of information on the nearby ports and currents.

Even the veteran sailors were impressed by her knowledge.

"Eh? I never mentioned it?"

Ricardo was surprised and Marion shook her head.

"No, you didn't. Of course, I only have to follow orders, so you don't have to tell me."

She called herself his aide, but she was really a gofer who would run around to do whatever he asked. She seemed to understand if she was not privy to classified naval information.

He scratched his cheek, unsure what to do.

"W-well, it's not really worth hiding. So…um, our first mission is to hunt down a ghost ship."

"A-a ghost ship!?"

That one took even Marion by surprise.

He blushed and awkwardly explained the situation.

Etruria was busy battling the Double Kingdom on land, but lately their warships and merchant ships were being attacked in the Jade Sea.

The method was clever but extremely cruel. All witnesses were slaughtered and the ship set on fire to sink.

It was not uncommon for coastal dwellers to resort to piracy to survive, but not many would take things this far.

Not many ships had fallen victim to it yet, but the lack of witnesses, the mystery surrounding the culprit, and the unpredictability of the attacks had people blaming it on a ghost ship.

Having their supply line cut off was a serious problem, but the blow to their reputation was also worth considering.

Sailors tended to be superstitious.

They were influenced so much by natural phenomena such as waves, the wind, and the weather that they often wished to rely on the supernatural. It was not unusual for them to spend a fortune on a male calico cat and bring it onboard for luck.

"If it really is ghosts, I don't see why they would want to sink the ships and kill all the people."

"R-right?" said Marion. "But if warships have been sunk too, this is a serious issue."

"It is. But everything Etruria has is currently being used for the land war with the Double Kingdom. We don't have the personnel to spare for hunting down a ghost ship. That's why I was chosen."

He knew it could not have been that simple, but he had wanted to captain his own ship eventually and he was delighted that it had happened far sooner than he could have dreamed.

"Let's take care of these lawless pirates and bring peace back to the Jade Sea."

Just as Marion nodded in agreement, Martha ran in. She had been using magic to monitor the surrounding sea.

"Emergency! A pirate ship ambushed us!"

"A pirate ship!?"

Ricardo hurried out onto the deck.

The ship cruising out ahead of them was a midsized warship two sizes smaller than his own.

It had a ram on the bow, making it a ramming vessel.

"You, vessel! Stop where you are or prepare to be sunk!"

The girl standing tall on the prow raised her voice for a warning.

She held the long handle of double-headed battle axe in both hands and placed it on the prow in front of her like a staff.

Her green dress and wavy golden hair fluttered in the sea breeze.

She was too far away to make out her face, but the force of her voice and her silhouette suggested she was a powerful woman.

Also, the female sailors around her had their bows at the ready.

The King of Pirates frantically prepared for battle on a command from First Mate Marshel. But Ricardo actually slumped down weakly and stopped them with an oddly exhausted tone to his voice.

"That's the Sea Dragon Princess, a Laurance warship. That overly aggressive girl on the bow is Evaline, Princess of Laurance…and, well, um…my fiancée."

"Huh?"

Confusion spread across the deck and Marion, Martha, and Jimmy's surprise echoed into the ocean sky.

"Ehhhhh!? She's the one!?"

It was not well known that the 4th prince was engaged, but word of it must have reached his mistresses.

The Laurance Kingdom was one of the Jade Sea's coastal kingdoms and not a very powerful one, but it had long been friendly with Etruria.

Ricardo and Laurance Princess Evaline's engagement was a recent thing, but they were royals of similar ages from neighboring kingdoms. They had known each other for a long time.

He could even call her a childhood friend. He did not see her as frequently as ordinary childhood friends would, but as royals, they had values in common that they did not share with their aides.

She was an unruly girl who captained her own warship, commanded an all-female crew made up of her aides, and sailed the sea year-round.

Since Ricardo also loved the ocean, everyone assumed they were a good match and so they had been engaged, but Ricardo had never liked being around her.

Unfortunately, everyone else thought very highly of her.

His parents both said he was lucky to have a fiancée like her. According to Sigrain, "That girl reminds me of me when I was younger. I was never so dedicated to a single man, though." According to Isis, "She is well trained. She has gone well beyond what is expected of a royal. She would make an excellent sailor." According to Scarlet, "I could make a pirate out of her so fast."

His three most powerful supporters had nothing but praise for the girl.

Those three were also in a physical relationship with him and he had thought they would oppose the engagement out of jealousy, but adults like them saw political marriages as the norm for royals and they were happy to see he was ending up with the perfect partner for him.

(She's tricking them all. Mom, dad, Sigrain, Isis, and Scarlet have all been fooled by her appearance.)

He knew firsthand who his childhood friend really was and he wanted to shout it at the top of his lungs, but whenever he did, they assumed he was "being shy" and it accomplished nothing.

"Dammit, Eva. I know you purposefully hid your flag to provoke us just for kicks."

He sighed with a look far too exhausted for someone seeing his fiancée for the first time in a while.

But he could not ignore her after she ambushed him, so the two warships soon came alongside and placed a makeshift bridge between them.

With a storm of footsteps, 10 female warriors in bikini armor boarded the King of Pirates.

"Wh-what, you wanna fight!?"

Marion came out to greet them and stuck her hand in the back pocket of her shorts.

She kept a knife hidden in there for combat, but she usually used it to slice up fish. But for that, she made sure it was always sharp.

Martha pulled out her staff and Jimmy prepared some flour to sprinkle around.

Those girls had all been raised on warships, so they were anything but timid.

The rest of the crew prepared to fight to make sure those three were not in any danger.

The especially tall woman at the head of the bikini armor warriors glared down at Marion. Tension covered the deck until a dignified voice rang out.

"Stop that, Milet."

A girl walked across the makeshift bridge with a long-handled double-headed battle axe resting on her shoulder. She was the one who had been on the other ship's prow earlier.

Up close, she was revealed to be very young. Which made sense, since she was the same age as Ricardo.

But her great presence felt too powerful for a small girl and that was all anyone had to go on at a distance.

She had pearly white skin, a long bridge of the nose, and facial features both delicate and lovely, but her eyes tended to angle upwards and her malachite green eyes carried a strength that created the illusion of a corona dancing within them. She was beautiful, but hers was the beauty of a warrior woman. There was no weakness to be found there.

She sailed the sea and carried a battle axe, but she had the slender build of an ordinary girl.

At their age, girls tended to have grown more than boys, so she was taller than Ricardo. Still, she lacked the muscles needed to lift such a large axe so easily, so she had likely reduced the burden with a magic ore or magic jewel.

"We appreciate Laurance's assistance of late. And…it's, um…nice to see you again, Eva."

The Laurance princess proudly ignored Ricardo's greeting. Then she put on an exaggerated look of annoyance, looked up into the sky, and fanned her chest with a hand.

"It is much too hot."

She was wearing a light green dress that made her look ready to attend an evening party.

She had previously told him that green was her favorite color because it was the Jade Sea's color.

It was a terribly skimpy dress. It probably counted as a camisole dress. Only the shoulder straps rose above her chest, so her healthy shoulders and collarbones were visible. It was also tight at the chest and left her cleavage visible.

(Hm, I think her boobs have gotten even bigger since we last met.)

Her stomach was tight and fit, but her butt was plenty large.

The diagonal cut of the long skirt showed off the lower half of one healthy thigh.

Her legs were not just long; they had the perfect balance of muscle and fat to be not too skinny and not too fat.

Her appearance was irreproachable…well, except perhaps for the giant battle axe she was holding in one hand.

Ricardo had more experience with female bodies than most boys his age, so his imagination took over here.

(Girls like her are definitely good in bed. I bet her pussy squeezes so tight.)

Evaline had been enjoying the attention he was giving her, but then her expression changed.

"Hey, where do you think you're looking, you dirty boy!?"

She made a show of covering her cleavage with her right hand and holding down her skirt with her left.

(You were showing it off to me!)

He wanted to say that out loud, but he reflexively apologized instead.

"Sorry, but, u-um…where's your uniform?"

"Why would I be wearing that heavy thing when it's so damned hot out? Are you trying to kill me?"

"No, sorry…."

She gave him a sharp look and he awkwardly apologized again.

Some things never changed, so he had still not gotten over the bullying she had subjected him too as children.

He had also had no problem getting girls to sleep with him, so he was unsure how to handle one who responded like this.

"…"

An awkward silence fell between them until the tall and slender young woman standing back and to the left of Evaline smiled and greeted him.

"It is an honor to see you again, Prince Ricardo."

"Amanda, hello."

He was relieved to find a reasonable person.

Her chestnut hair was braided down her back and she wore a simple navy blue outfit that accentuated her figure and gave glimpses of it with deep slits. She had a gentle and unwrinkled face.

She had been Evaline's wet nurse and she continued to look after her. She was proper in every way her master was not.

"The princess is always talking about you. Wondering what you are doing, worrying over you, and so on."

"Amanda, stop making things up!" barked Evaline, her confidence fading fast.

"Oh, was that supposed to be a secret?" Amanda bowed meekly. "Please forgive me."

But Ricardo knew this was only an act.

Amanda took care of Evaline's food, washed her in the bath, and combed her hair every single day. Evaline could never have gotten by without that aide looking after everything for her.

They were closer than sisters and Amanda knew how short-tempered her master was. Evaline knew anything she might say was wasted effort, so she forcibly changed the subject.

"Forget it. Anyway, did you know there is a ritual to demonstrate your courage to the sea god when you pass through the strait up ahead?"

"U-um…now that you mention, I did hear about that tradition."

Ricardo dredged up the correct memory and nodded.

"Heh heh." Evaline laughed triumphantly and grinned mischievously. "Wanna try it?"

"Huh?"

"What, too scared? You always were gutless."

When he hesitated, she leaned her face in close and sneered at him.

"I'm not gutless."

"That settles it then♪"

Falling for her bait had been a mistake. The next thing he knew, he and Evaline were up on his ship's central mast with his legs tied together.

"C'mon, jump♪"

"Jump!? I can't!" he shouted, noticing how small the sailors looked down on the deck.

"Why not?"

"Because I'll die!"

"No, you won't. That's what the lifeline's for."

"Then you do it," he snapped back. "You're the daughter of the Divine Sea Dragon, aren't you?"

"How stupid are you? I'm wearing a skirt. Dangle me upside down and I'd be looking pretty pathetic. Are you trying to humiliate your fiancée?" She brushed her blonde hair back in the powerful wind and sighed. "Quit complaining and prove you're a man!"

"Eh!?"

She suddenly kicked him right in the ass, sending him over the edge and beginning his bungee jump from the mast.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

His pathetic scream echoed out.

When they interacted, it almost always ended much like that.

By the time their ships arrived at the Ocean City of Brakia, he was utterly exhausted.

"I am Vanessa, Governor-General of Carlotta's Ocean City of Brakia."

When Ricardo disembarked, he was greeted by a commander whose uniform's black coat was left open, revealing a black shirt.

She was extremely tall and had an excellent figure as well. To show that off, she had cut away the stomach of her shirt and her tight black pants were a low rise variety. Her tight stomach was left fully exposed.

Her glossy dark brown hair fell to her shoulders, her skin was tanned a faint amber, and her topaz eyes contained a sharp gaze. Her beautiful face was as tough as one would expect of a military woman, but she also had perfect makeup.

She wore a golden monocle in her right eye and held a baton like a whip, so no one was going to mistake her for average.

She looked like the clever but eccentric type of commander and she inspired a fear that made people half expect a snake's forked tongue to emerge from her thin red lips. Her subordinates probably feared her and adored her simultaneously.

The non-regulation way she wore her uniform gave her the look of a delinquent soldier, but she pulled it off nicely.

(Is she the somewhat naughty type?)

She looked to be in her late twenties, putting her around the same age as Isis and Scarlet.

To reach her position at her age, she had to be sharp, but she apparently did not have a great reputation.

Ricardo had never met her before, but he recalled what Isis and Scarlet had told him before he left.

"She's an awful woman," Scarlet had spat and Isis had agreed with her for once.

"Rumor has it she slept her way to the top."

They did not seem to like the idea of a fellow woman using sex to climb the ranks.

Ricardo was not so bothered by it, so he did not quite understand how they felt.

"I am Etruria Prince Ricardo. I appreciate your assistance in this matter."

Given the distribution of the ghost ship activity, this port would make for the best base. He really did appreciate the cooperation of the local Governor-General.

The two aides he respected and trusted thought poorly of her, but he liked a woman who looked capable of getting rough men of the sea to do as she said.

She was not as wild as Scarlet, but she was not as straitlaced as Isis. She felt like a nice middle ground.

"You look tired."

"A little, yes."

He was exhausted from his fiancée's antics and Vanessa smiled at his response.

"Your first voyage as a captain is a taxing affair. Feel free to take it easy at our port tonight."

"That sounds great."

He chose to take her up on the kind offer, but then he heard some wind instruments playing.

After the grand music, Evaline jumped gallantly down from the Sea Dragon Princess. She landed in front of Vanessa, straightened up, and performed a picture-perfect salute.

"I am Evaline, Princess of Laurance. I appreciate your letting us use this port as part of our alliance."

The girl's earnest expression and formal greeting carried the proper dignity for a royal captain.

That dignity led Vanessa to straighten her own back and return the salute.

"Your valiant reputation precedes you, Princess Evaline. I envy the strong sense of duty that led a royal like you to participate in the fight against piracy."

"A royal must set a good example for all the people." Evaline smiled in response. "And I love the sea, so I enjoy it."

"An excellent outlook. My kingdom's royals could learn something from you. Oh, excuse me. Forget I said anything."

Evaline must have looked all the more dignified after seeing Ricardo's exhausted face first.

The Governor-General was clearly impressed.

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(Damn her tricks. I notice she isn't carrying the axe right now.)

She apparently left her beloved battle axe on the ship during diplomatic meetings. Ricardo cursed silently while glancing over at her playing the role of the courteous princess.

It was often said that women could be deceptive, but he had never met one as deceptive as her.

She was wild as could be out at sea, but she played the dignified naval officer on land and the perfect princess at the evening parties.

And when he complained, people saw him as the bad guy. He honestly had no idea what to do about her.