Spirit

Navy warships are very big, especially the warship Zephyr is riding on is not small. In terms of size, it is already higher than Vlad's Platinum Draig. After all, he is a former admiral of the Navy. The former great instructor's ship was the highest-standard ship in the entire navy.

Although the battleship is large, the table used by Zephyr to eat is very small. In other words, this man with the highest status in the Navy has no extravagant atmosphere at all. He does not have a dining table specially prepared for himself. There is no chef who serves him!

He usually eats at his desk, which is the size of an ordinary writing desk. If he arranges the files and maps on it a little, it will be a place where he can have a full meal.

Now, Vlad is sitting across from such a desk, eating with Zephyr on the opposite side.

To be honest, the atmosphere is very awkward. As a pirate, even if you are a member of the Shichibukai, you will feel very uncomfortable eating with a former admiral or an old man who you defeated in a battle before!

The atmosphere was very solemn. In the not very spacious room, Vlad and Zephyr sat opposite each other. There were a few side dishes in front of him. There was nothing special and certainly nothing fancy. Fortunately, Zephyr's own food were the same dishes in front of him, otherwise Vlad would have thought that the old man was deliberately making things difficult for him.

The taste is mediocre, neither delicious nor unpalatable. The level of the chef on this warship is average. Compared with the chef on Vlad's ship, it is naturally very different. The standard of the amateur chef was not as good as that of the maid, which was really uncomfortable for Vlad, whose tongue had already been prepped by the chef.

But Vlad is not a picky person. In this sea, it is not easy to eat well. Vlad has never been picky about food.

Vlad ate very slowly, putting chopsticks into his mouth one by one, chewing them one by one, with a soothing and enjoying expression on his face. He didn't say a word, and he didn't even look up at Zephyr. Zephyr was the same. He ate in silence without any intention of speaking. His eyebrows were lowered and his expression was calm.

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"Damn it!! What is that bastard doing in there?"

Outside the door of Zephyr's office, a woman named Ain pressed her face against the door, trying hard to hear any sounds in the room. Her beautiful face was squeezed by the door and became deformed, making her look a little funny.

"Isn't this bad? Ain,"

The man named Binz stood behind Ain and asked, "Teacher Zefa doesn't like this behavior."

"I can't control that much anymore!"

Ain's tone was very cold, "That man is too dangerous! It is too dangerous to let him be alone with Teacher. I won't allow it, I will never allow it!!!"

"Binz, can you forget? Forget what happened that day?"

Ain said, "Can you forget the humiliation that man brought us?"

Binz was speechless. On that day two years ago, all his pride was shattered by that man who was always smiling. Although he looked approachable, he was actually extremely powerful. Binz was completely powerless, even with the strength of them two people, he easily defused their offensive, and defeated himself in a flash. This is a past event that Binz absolutely does not want to think of.

"I can't forget it!"

Ain said, "I will never forget the scene when that man came back with Teacher Zephyr, and the look of the defeated teacher, I will never forget it in my life! I -"

"I will never let that man go!"

Facing his angry companions, Binz was speechless. He understood that for Ain, no matter how much he hated Vlad, it was reasonable, not just for her, but also for himself. Zephyr is not an ordinary person, he is someone whom he and others respect like a father.

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"..."

It was quiet. There was almost no sound in the room, even if two people were eating. It was silent. Zephyr had always been a very self-disciplined person. There was no problem with such silence, it was very normal.

But Vlad was not a quiet person. It was normal for him to sing loudly every time there was a banquet on the ship. He also did strip when he got drunk.

But now Vlad is very quiet, completely different from his usual appearance.

Because the people eating with him now are not his cherished companions, not the people he can lower his guard in front of him.

"Want to drink?"

Zephyr suddenly said this, and the silent air was instantly broken.

"Huh?"

Vlad was stunned for a moment, then wiped his mouth and said with a smile, "Okay!"

"Sure!"

Zephyr nodded and took out a bottle of wine from under the table. Judging from his casual appearance, he seemed to have already prepared it!

"Ding!"

With a soft crunch, a cup was placed in front of Vlad.

Zephyr stood up and poured Vlad a glass of wine himself.

Then he got himself another glass, sealed the bottle and set it aside.

"Try it!"

Zephyr said, "My treasure!"

"My pleasure!"

Vlad smiled, picked up the wine glass and took a sip. He was not an elegant aristocrat and did not know how to taste wine. As a pirate, what he pays attention to when drinking is boldness.

"Hoh?"

Vlad's expression became a little enjoyable, and then his face turned red. A hint of admiration flashed in his eyes. Even though he didn't like drinking very much, he had to admit that the taste of this glass of wine was rare for him. Good wine.

Soft and deep, just like the calm sea, but hidden underneath is an appalling undercurrent!

"Delicious!"

Vlad praised, "As expected of Mr. Zephyr's collection, it is indeed a good wine!"

"Of course it's good wine!"

Zephyr looked at the wine bottle on the table, with a hint of memory in the corner of his mouth, "I have collected it for more than 20 years! It's quite old!"

"Yeah?"

Vlad swallowed the remaining liquid in the wine glass in one gulp, with a look of enjoyment on his face.

"very nice!"

"Really? Do you like it very much?"

Zephyr put the wine bottle in front of Vlad with a look of nostalgia in his eyes.

"It's yours!"

"Really?"

Vlad took the bottle and looked at it with satisfied eyes, "I'll take it, okay?"

"very good!"

Zephyr drank the rest of the wine glass in one gulp, "This is the best!"

"Thanks!"

Vlad was satisfied.