Reborn As a Pirate

"Miss Katerina Dibo, let me introduce myself formally."

In the captain's cabin of the Golden Deer, Lorraine summoned Katerina for the first time in a top-to-bottom gesture. As soon as Pu opened his mouth, people felt the solemnity of the conversation.

"My name is Lorraine, Lorraine Anason Drake, the abandoned son of the Drake family, the hereditary baron of England, the president of the Plymouth Drake Chamber of Commerce, and the holder of the privateer license. We The Chamber of Commerce was established last year, and its Northwest Chamber of Commerce is a permanent member of the England Offshore Association, with a total of more than a dozen ships and mature trade channels throughout the coast of Northwest Europe."

"As I said, I am a legitimate pirate and a wealthy businessman. My right to do business is granted by the British pound, and the right to plunder is granted by Her Majesty Elizabeth I. It is sacred and inviolable."

Katerina listened quietly. This formal self-introduction not only allowed her to complete her understanding of Lorraine, but also allowed her to successfully extract the core of the whole passage, "legal pirate" and "established last year".

She heard Lorraine's overtones.

The development of a chamber of commerce is like the growth of a person. No matter how strong the capital behind it is, it will take time to nourish it if it wants to grow.

Reputation, connections, business routes, etc., etc...

A mere year is clearly not enough for a nascent Chamber of Commerce to quickly grow into a leader in the industry, but the Drake Chamber of Commerce has done it.

Its growth rate is far beyond the effect of the words "pull the seedlings and encourage them to grow".

To achieve this, the main business of the Drake Chamber of Commerce can only be robbery.

Lorraine must have a powerful and combat-friendly fleet. Katerina experienced this not long ago, and Amy Ferrard, who was waiting to die on the reef, also experienced it personally.

But he is completely different from the pirates in the Caribbean.

Robbery is the only means for the pirates. The reason why they indulge in singing and singing is largely because of the precariousness. The so-called life of violence, success of violence, and death of violence is the reason.

For Lorraine, robbery is just one of the means.

His foundation is still in the chamber of commerce, and all the robberies and atrocities are in the final analysis to feed back the chamber of commerce and ripen the chamber of commerce.

The Drake Chamber of Commerce is not a pirate, and the "Pirate Code" cited by the pirates as the bible does not apply here in Lorraine, and the inevitable and tragic future that the pirates face does not apply to him either.

This is what Lorraine wanted to say to Katerina, act like a pirate, not think like a pirate.

Katerina took a deep breath.

"So, Mr. Captain? Whether to go or stay, I have left the decision to you. If you think a woman with a pirate past is not suitable to be a member of your ship, you can drop me at the next port. , or... hand me over to the local colonial governor."

"You misunderstood, Miss Dibo." Lorraine looked at her with a smile, "I have a plan, but I haven't decided whether to implement it. You are the core of this plan, so I need you to fully understand what the Drake Chamber of Commerce is. What kind of group would rationally decide whether to dedicate everything to the chamber of commerce, rather than just to avenge the crew."

"Decided rationally?"

"The battle of emotions is very beautiful, but it cannot give people the motivation to persevere. If you regret it later, it will not be good for you, me, or this chamber of commerce." Lorraine crossed his fingers, "This conversation is about you boarding the ship I hope to hear your comprehensive and formal self-introduction. If it involves privacy, you don’t have to say it, but I absolutely don’t want to hear lies.”

"What if I don't want to say anything?"

"I'll take you to New Orleans, and you'll be nothing but a stranger from now on."

"Is that so..."

Perhaps it was really tired of the life of pirates. After a long silence, Katerina told a story to Lorraine.

She is the daughter of Count Estanbar, the baronial magnate of Barcelona,

Born in Spain, there is an older brother in the family.

Under the love and care of her elder brother, she acted recklessly in her childhood. Following her elder brother, she learned horsemanship, swordsmanship, shooting, and boating like a Spanish knight heir. thing.

In order to make her more like a qualified noble lady, at the age of 13, her elder brother was sent by the earl to join the army in the New World, and she was also thrown into a monastery to serve God and cultivate her character.

She hated the arrangement from the bottom of her heart.

After staying in the monastery for less than a week, she made a life-changing decision. She escaped, cut off her long hair, disguised herself as a man, and went to join her brother in the New World.

However, although she managed to escape to the New World in the cargo hold of her family, she didn't know where to find her brother, so she could only start her long wandering career in this strange land.

In order to survive, when she was young, she worked as a waiter in a bar, as a postman at a post office, as a member of the thieves group at the pier, and as a part-time sailor.

At the age of 15, she joined the Spanish Colonial Army in Peru. With her superb martial arts and marksmanship, she soon became a non-commissioned officer.

Her boss is a jerk, corrupt, cruel, and has no mercy for the soldiers. He often beats and scolds the soldiers for no reason when he is drunk, and there is even a tragedy where the soldiers were beaten to death by his riding whip.

One night, the same thing happened again, and the one who was whipped was a 13-year-old boy, a young man who adored and trusted Katerina.

Katerina launched a mutiny, stabbed the boss with her sword in the dark, but was stopped by his adjutant.

The two sides fought fiercely in the dark night, evenly matched, Katerina was seriously injured, and at the moment the sun rose, she successfully stabbed him to death on the spot by taking advantage of the adjutant's sudden absence.

Lorraine found a trace of sadness under Katerina's calm expression.

"That adjutant... is your lost brother, isn't it?"

Katerina smiled bitterly: "Yes. The sun rose from behind him, he saw me clearly first, but I couldn't see him clearly."

"My condolences..."

"This is my crime." Katerina's voice was low and unwavering, "Brothers and sisters fought against each other, but my really damned boss escaped in the chaos. I became a wanted criminal and escaped on a pirate ship. And so began my pirate career."

She became a unique pirate, brave, fearless, self-defeating, and not asking for anything. With these, she snatched the lives of many companions from the hands of death, and her prestige became higher and higher.

A year later, her captain was killed in a robbery, and she was elected as the new captain. Since then, she has recovered her daughter's body and gained a great reputation in the Caribbean Sea.

The red rose of the Caribbean, the red-haired Catalina, the saint of infamy, the pirate queen...

The ridiculous thing is that she has never forgotten the spirit of chivalry, her ship never attacked Spanish ships, and even fought wars with almost all the famous pirates in the Caribbean in order to rescue the Spanish ships in distress.

So until six months ago, one of the seven pirate kings in the Caribbean died unexpectedly. She, Amy Ferrard and another new pirate force with great reputation were selected by Turtle Island as candidates for the pirate crown and received tokens , began to fight, and then so many things happened, let her meet Lorraine in Bashiba Town, and now...

After the story was finished, Katerina looked at Lorraine and said nothing.

Lorraine frowned and thought for a long time: "Miss Dibo, I can tell that the accident of Brother Hand Blade has been tormenting you. I want to know, how long will it take you to get out of guilt?"

"Forever." Katerina replied without hesitation, "Until I go to hell, this sin cannot be washed away."

"It seems that we need to change the term, are you still begging to die?"

"I have to live." Katerina closed her eyes, "When I first boarded the pirate ship, I really wanted to die, but I didn't die. Countless times I came close to letting me know that my brother wanted me to live. He was a noble knight who only wanted to protect the people of Spain when he was alive. Now that he is dead, this thing needs me to do it, I need strength."

Lorraine nodded lightly: "Last question, if our ship collides with Spanish warships, which side will you be on?"

"Brother swore to protect the king and protect the people, will you take action against the Spanish merchant ships?"

"If she doesn't take the initiative to provoke, I can give up the right to rob them."

Katerina laughed: "If that's the case, I will always be your loyal crew member."

"It seems that we have reached a consensus." Lorraine stood up and reached out to Katerina, "First Ms. Katerina Dibo, congratulations, you have been admitted."