Codex Pirates

Chapter 15 The Son of the Pirate

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"Are you pirates?"

As soon as the red-haired boy named Edmond uttered these words, the atmosphere became a little strange.

Aramis, who was originally absent-minded, suddenly became serious, straightened involuntarily, subconsciously put his right hand on the handle of the scimitar, and stared at Edmund with flickering eyes.

Ajin and Wallon didn't hesitate to give in, and their complexions and expressions changed after Edmund said these words.

For the four of them, the identity of the pirate was originally a secret, but they did not expect to be revealed casually by a stranger. William's inspiring speech by the bonfire that night was still in his ears. That is a grand blueprint, and anyone who tries to obstruct it is their enemy.

The first step of William's plan was well formulated, that is to take advantage of the opportunity that has not yet revealed his identity, to accumulate himself, improve his ability, and prepare for going to sea in the future. The plan has added many twists and turns.

But none of the three moved rashly, they were all waiting for William's instigation.

In fact, after Edmund's question came out, William also had a sudden shock in his heart, but he was more calm than Ajin and others, smiled slightly, and asked instead: "Of course not, otherwise, how could Mr. Koshiro agree to let us Enter the dojo to study?"

"I see..." Edmund sighed with disappointment, "I heard that you are from other places, and I hope you are some pirates or something."

William walked into the dojo with Edmund with a smile, and asked, "Do you have to ask everyone who comes to study from other places?"

Edmond nodded generously, and then said: "However, there are not many people from other places, and many of them can't bear the hardship of learning swords. They may leave after ten days and a half months."

It was a false alarm, behind the two of them, Aramis rolled his eyes, and Ajin, who has always been steady, curled his lips involuntarily.

Yixin Dojo occupies quite a large area, and Edmund walked slowly with the four of them, chatting while introducing the environment.

After chatting for a while, Edmond forcibly picked up the topic at the gate of the dojo just now, and asked the four of them with a little encouragement and expectation: "Why don't you ask, why do I expect you to be pirates so much?"

Aramis and Ajin didn't bother to talk to him, but Valon was more simple and honest. Hearing this, he asked honestly, "Yes, why do you want us to be pirates?"

Hearing this, Edmund cleared his throat pretentiously, puffed out his chest and protruded his belly, clearly showing an unconcealable complacency on his face, but deliberately lowered his voice, as if confessing a secret, and said, "Actually, I'm also a pirate."

He had just finished speaking, but saw that the expressions of William and the others did not change at all, of course he didn't know that the four in front of him were real pirates, so he gave a strange "huh" and asked curiously: "Why aren't you surprised? "

"Surprised," Aramis grinned and mocked, "We were too surprised, so we didn't respond. What's even more surprising is that this dojo still houses pirates? Did Koshiro-sensei drive you away?"

Edmund was choked for a moment, and said with some hesitation: "Well..., actually, I haven't gone to sea yet."

"You're considered a pirate if you haven't gone to sea? You're just a bandit if you're as good as the sky, okay?"

Edmund turned his head away from Aramis, but his face was a little embarrassed, and his ears were slightly red.

William waved to Aramis to stop him from bickering with Edmund.

Aramis shrugged disapprovingly, turned his back on Edmund and William, stretched out his index finger and gestured at his temple, and quietly made a face at Ajin and Wallon, and said nothing in his mouth.

Judging from the movement, it should say "fool", but Aramis said "Walloon" with his mouth.

Valon was so angry that he glared at Aramis viciously, but the latter didn't care.

On the other side, William eased the atmosphere and said: "There are also many adventure stories about pirates in our hometown, and many people of the same age are clamoring to become pirates."

When Edmund heard William mentioning the pirate's adventure story, he trembled again for some reason, and instantly put the unhappiness behind him, leaving William at a loss for how to describe him.

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"Many of the stories you hear are probably made up," Edmond said with some pride, "My father is a real pirate. He told me many adventure stories, and even published a story about his own experience. Where are the books!"

After finishing speaking, Edmund's expression became extremely heavy, and he continued in a very dramatic and solemn tone like a chant: "I am the son of pirates!"

William's expression was a little stiff. He turned his head and asked politely, "Is your father still a pirate? What's his name? I don't know if we've heard his name before."

"...You probably haven't heard of it," Edmond said after a moment of silence, "There has been no news about him for several years."

The smile on the corner of Aramis's mouth restrained a bit, and the atmosphere became a little dull.

"Maybe it's going to the great route. The pirates in many adventure stories want to go there." William said, but for some reason, he thought of Denton who was begging for mercy.

"Perhaps." Edmund forced a smile.

A few people came to the training ground. They brought Koshiro's beard with them yesterday. A middle-aged man named Pattinson was organizing students to practice swordsmanship. When he saw William and the others, he frowned and said, "Why are you so slow!"

He turned his head to look at Edmund, reprimanded bluntly: "Are you telling the newcomer about your identity as a pirate that is almost well-known?"

There was a burst of giggling around, Edmund raised his chin, and seemed to dismiss Pattinson's attitude, but William noticed from behind that his ears were red again.

Aramis had been sneering at Edmund before, but this time he became upset. Of course he didn't dare to make fun of Pattinson, so he grimaced and glanced unkindly at the students who were watching the show.

Fortunately, Pattinson didn't say anything more. He explained and demonstrated the basic skills of swordsmanship to the students. This process is a process for new students to learn and old students to review.

After repeated practice for a period of time, Koshiro also came to the training ground. After a period of supervision, he divided the crowd into groups, and the seniors who had studied for a long time learned and guided in detail. He and Pattinson were training together. One is to supervise this group of young people who love to play, and the other is to prevent the disciples in charge of teaching from teaching wrong movements and essentials.

William, Aramis, Arkin, and Wallon are naturally in a group, and it is Edmond who is in charge of instructing them on the basics of swordsmanship.

Although his previous performance was very unreliable, he was very serious and serious when instructing swordsmanship, and his speech logic was relatively clear. First, he demonstrated one by one the method of holding the knife, body posture, footwork in battle, and judgment of distance After waiting for the technique, he also talked about the essentials of breathing. After Akin, Aramis and Wallon had a general idea, they patiently explained the movements to him in detail. Although William had a certain foundation, he didn't mind Then interact with the knowledge in your mind to verify it.