Chapter 42 - Crystal Palace

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The next day....

Today Lepus and the others went to here and there to buy and prepare the things needed for Amber and them too later.

When it was dusk, they decided to returned to the inn.

Just as they were walking towards the inn, Kuina suddenly spoke curiously.

"I didn't really think about this before, but now I'm wondering."

"Wondering what?"

"I know Lepus-san is recruiting crews to form pirates. But why until now, as far as I know the other members besides Lepus-san are women?"

Kuina was the youngest among them, so she was still quite innocent.

Hearing Kuina's question, Lepus slightly turned his head.

Seeing this, Brisa who knew the answer to Kuina's question just sighed.

"Hah~.... Onii-sama."

Meanwhile, Muret, who also knew the reason, chuckled.

"Fufu...."

And Amber who just joined was a bit confused by their attitude.

"Hm?"

Lepus then with a slightly wry smile spoke.

".... Kuina, are you really asking about that?"

Kuina frowned.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Lepus sighed.

"Hah~.... Not really."

Seeing their attitude, Muret then spoke.

"The reason is... because he's a man."

"What does it mean?"

"Since he's a man, his dream is to have a Crystal Palace!"

"Crystal Palace? What is that mean?"

"He wants to have a Harem!"

".... What?"

Kuina still didn't understand, Muret simplified his answer even more.

"The point is, he wants to have many wives and lovers who are loyal to him!"

Hearing Muret's simple answer, Kuina was now flabbergasted.

".... Hah?"

While Amber actually laughed.

"Ahahahaha!!"

Kuina asked again.

".... Seriously?"

"Yes."

".... Me too?"

Kuina asked while pointing to herself.

"One of the reasons he saved you."

Kuina was silent for a moment.

".... Now I feel like it might be better to just die."

Kuina said gloomily.

Muret smiled seeing this.

"Don't worry. He'll only 'pick' you when you're old enough. Not even Brisa have done it. And he's a responsible man. He won't let us go, but he won't abandon us either."

"Hah~.... I hope so."

Kuina gave up on her fate.

Meanwhile, Amber was secretly grinning.

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Night....

Just as Lepus and Muret were about to start their night 'activity', they suddenly heard a knock on the bedroom door.

*toktoktok

They both had to postpone their activities.

Lepus then went to the door and opened it.

After opening the door, Lepus confusedly saw the person at the door, namely Amber.

Lepus also asked.

"Amber? Why are you here?"

Amber answered briefly.

"I want to sleep."

Hearing Amber's answer, Lepus sighed and said to her.

"Hah~.... Just sleep then. Why are you here instead...."

Amber then said.

"Sleep here."

Lepus was flabbergasted to hear that.

".... Hah?"

Amber smirked seeing Lepus flabbergasted.

"You like women, right? I like strong man too!"

Lepus was still just stunned to hear Amber's statement.

Amber then entered the room.

But after looking at the bed, Amber was quite surprised to see someone else there.

"Oh? Someone's already here...."

Muret who was on the bed was blushing.

And Amber smirked again.

"Well, that's okay. I like women too!"

Then Amber turned around to close and locked the door, then dragged the still stunned Lepus to the bed!

Lepus then woke up from his stupefaction.

"O-Oi! Let me go! Don't drag me!"

"Ahahahaha!"

Amber just laughed and kept dragging Lepus to the bed.

And not long after, the 'activity' of the three of them began.

Amber 'preys' Lepus and Muret wildly.

But in the midst, of Lepus managed to strike back and subdue Amber's wildness.

And the three of them finally fell asleep after being satisfied with their wild 'activity'.

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The next morning....

Lepus opened his eyes waking up from his sleep.

He then remembered that he was not alone in bed.

Lying on his right side was a pink-haired young woman.

While on his left side, lay a honeyblonde-haired woman.

Looking at the two women who were still sleeping, Lepus sighed.

Then he called and tapped softly to the two women's shoulders.

"Honey, it's morning. Time to wake up."

The two women gave different responses to Lepus's call.

Muret slowly opened her eyes and got up to greet Lepus.

"Morning...."

Meanwhile, Amber still closed her eyes hugging Lepus.

Lepus again tried to wake Amber by patting her lightly on the shoulder.

"Honey, Amber, come on up.... We have to leave today."

"Mmm...."

Seeing that Amber still didn't want to wake up, Lepus sighed again.

"Hah~.... Fine."

Then he said to Muret.

"Muret, you take a shower first. After that, go to the next room to see were Brisa and Kuima already woke up. If they are, you guys go to breakfast first. Me and Amber will follow later."

"Okay."

Muret nodded then kissed Lepus briefly. After that, she got off the bed and headed to the bathroom.

Meanwhile, Lepus still accompanies Amber, who is still sleeping.

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About an hour later, Amber finally woke up.

After they showered and got dressed, they headed to the restaurant for breakfast following Muret and the others.

After they had breakfast, Lepus discussed their next plan.

"We will go to Torino Kingdom after this."

"Torino Kingdom? What is that?"

The girls asked.

Lepus also explained.

"Even though it's called Torino Kingdom, I personally think of it more as a primitive tribe. But don't get them wrong, they're not as primitive as they look. They have a surprising amount of mechanical technology. They also have pretty good knowledge of traditional medicine. So, I want Muret to learn about traditional medicine there. Meanwhile, me and the others will train Haki."

"Haki? What is that?"

Amber who doesn't know asks about Haki.

"... I'll explain when we practice later."

"Hm~.... Alright."

Lepus then ended the discussion.

"We will spend at least 2 years there.... Now, let's prepare to leave."

After that, they made preparations and then departed after noon and had lunch.

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