The Iron Ship Island of the Great Voyage

Anna sneaked back to the college apartment in the middle of the night.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw that the room was filled with heat. There were some men's clothes scattered on the sofa. It was obvious that a man was taking a shower in the room.

She didn't panic at all, and blocked the naked Raymond in the bathroom without hesitation.

"I heard that the Duke is going to marry Irene to you?"

"Where did you hear that? Why didn't I know..."

Raymond was a little dumbfounded. He had heard Anna's footsteps from the moment he opened the door, so he didn't panic. But she had been out for so long, and when she came back, she cared about these gossips?

At this moment,

"I have good news..."

"The news you asked me to investigate has results..."

The two of them thought of something and spoke almost at the same time, words stuck in their mouths.

Raymond was still wiping his body with a towel, not in a hurry, and said, "You go ahead."

"Oh... didn't you ask me to help you find out who controls the Blood Skull Pirates last time?"

Anna didn't wait for Raymond to answer, and continued: "Later, I sent someone to investigate, and sure enough, I found some clues. Over the years, the Blood Skull Pirates have secretly received a large amount of equipment and potions, and at the same time, they also asked that person

The sponsor returned a huge amount of funds...Although those huge financial flows are very hidden, I got definite clues and confirmed that the people behind the scenes are the Territorial Defense Minister 'Gustav Family'!"

"Minister of Defense? No wonder the Blood Skull Pirates' equipment is so sophisticated and they were able to avoid encirclement and suppression so many times this time..."

Raymond showed a sudden apology, but vaguely felt that something was not quite right.

It stands to reason that the Minister of Defense is Philip's most important minister, a proper "hardliner". He has no reason to betray Archduke Philip and secretly do such a thing where the risks are out of proportion to the benefits.

Unless, he has a disobedient heart!

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Is your source reliable?"

“Absolutely reliable!”

Anna said with certainty: "This is the news from Jinya. And...I still have an account of their transactions in my hand! As long as I check it, I will definitely find the evidence."

After a pause, she raised her voice and asked: "And... do you know who the eldest son of the Defense Minister's family is?"

"who?"

"Dunn!"

"That one of your ardent suitors?"

"Are you worthy of a lecherous bastard who kills his master?"

"..."

Raymond suddenly felt that these things were too coincidental.

This son is a scum who killed his master and seduced his master's wife, and his father actually still had a disobedient heart. Fortunately, he only knew it early, otherwise he might have caused big trouble.

"That's not right... I remember in the game, didn't the Gustav family stand by Archduke Philip until the last moment..."

He wanted to ask something else, but at this moment Anna interrupted: "By the way, what good news did you just say you wanted to give me?"

Raymond said dumbfounded: "Um...can you let me put on my clothes first?"

When Anna heard this, she complained like a qualified housewife: "You have the nerve to say that? I am already very kind by allowing you to live in the house, but you actually dare to run around without clothes? And you still dirty it?"

Are your clothes just lying around on the sofa?"

Raymond's tone was quite innocent and he said: "How did I know you would come back in the middle of the night?"

"It's more suspicious if you take a bath in the middle of the night, right?"

Ana hooked up a towel and threw it into the bathroom. She smiled evilly and said, "Did you do something unspeakable while I was away?"

She didn't give Raymond a chance to refute, and said to herself: "Tsk tsk... But it's normal to think about it. At this age, other aristocratic young people would have been regular customers of major taverns. In this regard, you are still pretty good.

of..."

Raymond also gradually adapted to the bold and unrestrained ideas of this world. It is completely normal for young aristocrats to go to the brothels, just like those literati and flirts in the past life.

I am embarrassed to say that I am a talented person even though I have no words.

"Where are you thinking? I have been meditating just now and lost track of time..."

He came out wrapped in a bath towel.

"By the way, you haven't said what good news you want to give me?"

Anna put his dirty clothes in the basket with a look of disgust on her face without turning her head.

She joked casually: "Could it be that you want to give me a surprise and tell me that you got the Silent Crown?"

"Um."

Raymond blinked and said in surprise: "This...how did you guess it?"

"Haha... Your surprise is not insincere at all."

Anna didn't look up at all, she didn't believe it at all.

How is this possible?

How long has it been since you got something that you haven't gotten in Philip Academy for so many years? You just casually got it? Even if Irene really married you, she wouldn't take you to that secret room so easily, right?

But at this moment, she noticed that the room suddenly flashed with colorful brilliance, like the dazzling brilliance of the best gemstones reflected under the light.

"Huh..."

Anna couldn't help but be curious. When she looked back, she found that Raymond, who was wiping his hair, took out a crown and put it on the bookshelf next to him.

Raymond didn't feel any sense of accomplishment at all. He thought she would be very surprised, so Nunu said, "Here, I put the things here."

At this moment, Anna was stunned.

It is this gorgeous crown that shines with colorful luster under the light.

When she overlapped the scene in her memory with the crown in front of her, the expression on her face was frozen in place. As if someone had cast a restraining spell, the clothes in her hands slowly fell to the ground without her noticing.

The light in her crystal eyes trembled, her mouth opened slightly, and she gradually revealed a shocked expression.

Raymond looked at her motionless and thought something had happened. He frowned and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

At this time, he actually watched the waves in Anna's eyes flashing more and more violently, and when he looked closely, he actually saw two lines of crystal tears slowly flowing out.

"Where did you find it?"

Anna's voice trembled slightly, and she was obviously very uneasy inside.

Raymond was a little confused and said with doubts in his eyes: "Didn't you tell me about the secret room on the third floor of the library?"

Anna walked over slowly and picked up the crown.

She rubbed the gems on the crown, as if seeing an old friend she hadn't seen for many years, and murmured to herself: "It's really the 'Crown of Silence'. I never thought I would have the chance to see it again in this life..."

Raymond looked at Anna with tears streaming down her face and her mood was extremely unstable.

Looking again, she actually started sobbing softly.

Never before had a girl cried so sadly in front of him. He was stunned for a moment, somewhat confused.

What's going on here?

I don’t think I provoked her, right?

Could it be that I just said the wrong thing?

How could he, a straight man like him, understand Anna's complicated mood at the moment? After more than ten years of searching to no avail, today he suddenly got what he wanted.

Bitterness, excitement, gratitude, pain, hope...these emotions surged out all at once, defeating the strength she had pretended to have for so many years.

This is really a big surprise for her!

A surprise that was enough to make Anna, a subjugated princess who had never shed a tear since she was twelve years old, cry so uncontrollably.

At this moment, she seemed to be letting out all the grievances she had accumulated for more than ten years with tears...

[Ding! Anna’s favorability for you is 40...the current relationship is ‘close’.]

Ha? Has your favorability level increased?

Raymond didn't know what happened, but when he saw Anna Taotao crying, he was at a loss for what to do.

But at this moment,

When Raymond was completely unprepared, Anna suddenly threw herself into his arms, buried her head on his shoulder and kept sobbing.

"that..."

Raymond thought he should say something, but he swallowed it in embarrassment. He obviously felt warm tears wet his shoulders, and he had no intention of stopping.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally put his hand on Anna's back and stroked it gently. The fiery red hair felt shiny and smooth, and a light fragrance spread in the nose, making people feel bubbly.

The feeling of relaxation in the hot spring.

Neither of the two people in the room spoke, but the atmosphere gradually became gentle and rich.

At this time, Anna almost bit his ear and said: "Raymond, thank you..."

"It's okay. I promised you."

As he said this, Raymond felt that his words seemed a bit weak, so he added a superfluous sentence, "Besides, this is our fair deal."

Anna whined: "Aren't you afraid that I will lie to you, there are no devil fruits in the 'Nightmare Ghost'?"

Hearing this,

Raymond was startled and immediately took it seriously, with an ugly expression on his face: "Huh? Are you really lying to me?"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere suddenly changed.

"Pfft..."

Anna was amused by Raymond's serious tone, and said faintly: "How could I lie to you? Of course it is true!"

"oh!"

Raymond breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I was shocked, I thought..."

Suddenly she laughed, and Anna didn't know why the sadness and excitement in her heart were completely gone.

She wiped away her tears, looked at Raymond with red eyes, and said again: "You really gave me a surprise!"

She hugged Raymond's neck like a koala, making him feel very uncomfortable. Her beautiful eyes stared straight at him, giving people an electric shock that they dared not look into.

"Um...can you let me put on clothes before we talk?"

After saying this, Anna realized that her actions were a little too ambiguous.

At this moment, her whole body was almost pressed against Raymond... She was originally wearing sexy and thin clothes, a cotton suspender belt and a small vest paired with a pair of leather hot pants that exposed her buttocks... And Raymond was only wearing a bath towel.

.The skin touches each other, and the two of them can clearly feel each other's temperature and heartbeat.

Moreover, she was also surprised to find that that guy Raymond seemed to be a little dishonest, and his body temperature was showing signs of rising...

"This brat, I don't know where he is!"

Anna quickly let go of her hand, and a blush flashed across her pretty face.

At this time, she actually heard Raymond say something again that frightened her face.

Raymond's expression was a little twitchy, and he said: "Well... now that you have obtained the map of Nightmare Ghostly, can you promise me something?"

"ah?"

An inadvertent panic flashed in Anna's eyes.

She knew that she actually had no defense against Raymond, otherwise she would not have allowed him to live in her apartment. Rather than trusting his character, she believed more in her own vision of people.

However, at this moment, she really didn't expect that guy would make a request to her... Taking advantage of someone's situation was not considered a robbery, but no matter how you looked at it, it looked a bit like a tactic used by a veteran in love to take advantage of the victory.

In this situation, any woman would probably not shake her head and reject him.

But...

Anna felt that she couldn't control herself, so she squinted her eyes and said faintly: "Hey, hey, hey... I haven't seen you for a few days, you are so good at it... Where did you learn these tricks?"

"What?"

Raymond looked at her and was stunned for a moment, did he agree or disagree?

After thinking about it, he decided to state his conditions first and said: "Well, Tutor Anna... I want you to take me with you when you trigger the nightmare. Do you think this is okay?"

In his opinion, now that Anna has obtained the crown, she may be ready to set out to find the treasure left by her ancestors next. If she ventures to that sea area like this, it will definitely be a disaster.

The room fell into silence, and the atmosphere was strangely awkward.

"Is this what you want?"

Anna's eyes twitched unconsciously, looking at his serious look, it was obvious that he was not joking.

She suddenly felt some strange fluctuations in her heart... If he really made some excessive demands, could she really refuse?

Sure enough, I was overthinking it! How could such a straight man know such advanced techniques to seduce girls when he hasn't even won over a simple girl like Irene?

"yes!"

Raymond nodded seriously.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that women are really complicated. She was crying so hard just a moment ago, why did she suddenly change back to her former shrewd self? And... the glint in her eyes now, she looked so complicated,

I have no idea what she is thinking.

He thought of what he had said before and asked belatedly: "What method did you just say I used?"

"never mind."

Anna rubbed her brows, and it was indeed hopeless.

She was really worried about Irene. For such a straight man, he might not realize what he was doing if meat was brought to his mouth.

Huh?

Some strange thoughts seemed to cross my mind... Now that I live with him, it seems that I am more like meat being served to my mouth?

Anna shook her head, and all the distracting thoughts in her mind disappeared.

She had thought that Raymond would make some embarrassing request, and she was worried for a while.

Now I am sure that I am overthinking it.

Looking at that silly look, Anna started to flirt, raised her eyebrows and said: "Oh~ I thought you wanted to make some excessive demands..."

As she spoke, the charm between her brows was revealed again, and she said teasingly: "Tsk tsk... I originally thought... seeing that you have done me a big favor, it doesn't matter if I agree to one condition. But I didn't expect that.

that's all?."

"Huh? You agreed?"

Before Raymond could react, he said happily: "Remember to take me with you when the time comes... I have read about that nightmare place in an ancient book, and I seem to know something about it."

"That's a small problem."

Anna felt like she was just talking to a piece of wood again.

She turned her crystal eyes and couldn't help but want to test how stupid this guy was, and then said: "How about I give you another chance to make a request?"

After saying that, she was afraid that Raymond still wouldn't understand, so she raised her eyebrows and said softly: "As long as it's not too much... maybe I won't reject you..."

Hearing this,

Raymond's eyes suddenly became faintly shining like a wolf at night.

He stared directly at Anna and confirmed: "Really?"

Haha, has the trick finally been revealed?

"Hey, hey, hey...don't push yourself too far, huh?"

Ana accepted it as soon as she was good, but she was also afraid that he would really make any embarrassing demands, so she quickly changed her words: "That girl Eileen is very nice to you, you can't have random thoughts..."

"Huh? Why are you mentioning Irene?"

The thoughts of the two chatting were not on the same channel at all.

Raymond didn't realize what Anna was implying at all, and then said with a look of expectation: "I think no one has set foot in the 'Nightmare Ghost' for thousands of years, and there must be many treasures in that ruins. In addition to devil fruits, just in case

Are there any other treasures in the ruins? I also want to get some suitable for myself..."

"..."

Hearing this, Anna raised her forehead and sighed.

Alas...it's completely hopeless.