The mysterious journey begins with becoming a pirate

"Ir. Are you going or not?" Alok shouted, ignoring his father's gaze.

Wearing a black cloak with feathers of several unknown birds on it, Ir just walked out of the room. Hearing this, she straightened the big hat on her head and said, "Don't worry, we will go later. This is the basic respect for the host of the party. It is also etiquette."

The two people frowned at each other tacitly when they saw each other's dress.

Ir walked downstairs and tiptoed to pat Alok's tricorn hat, splashing a cloud of dust: "What kind of dress are you wearing, ahem. Why don't you play a vampire or something."

Alok also patted Ir's big hat and replied: "You are still talking about me, what kind of dress are you wearing? The sun has set and you are still wearing such a big hat. Is it to cover the moon?"

"What do you care? I am a witch." Ir said with eyes wide open and a little angry.

She walked to the windowsill and let a raven land on her arm.

Seeing Ir started to tease her raven again, feeding it with biscuit crumbs. It was a little hard for Alok to accept psychologically.

He frowned slightly and asked, "Why do you keep a raven as a pet? It's weird."

"It will be unhappy if you say that. It can understand." Ir glanced at Alok. "Also, its name is Claw."

Claw responded with a "wow".

Alok forced an ugly smile at it.

After a long time, it was a little dark. Alok was almost asleep waiting. There were no mobile phones or computers in this world, which was really boring.

He picked up a red teapot with tulip patterns. In fact, it was the one just now, but it changed color by adding hot water. According to Ir, this was the work of her alchemist friend.

He picked up today's newspaper on the table. Because he was too lazy to get up and light the whale oil lamp beside him, he put it on his face with the help of the dim light to see it.

New Year, May 1, 984, Monday.

In the early morning of May 1, the Hutt Empire issued the first batch of paper currency to replace the original metal currency. Deben paper money replaced Deben gold coins, Kate paper money replaced Kate silver coins, and penny paper money replaced penny copper coins. The original metal currency continued to retain its monetary value.

The exchange rate is still 1 deben for 100 Kates and 1 Kate for 100 pence.

No longer need to carry heavy gold coins for transactions, this is the progress of civilization.

Jointly guaranteed by the Temple of Order and the Imperial Government, there is no security problem.

Alok nodded. It is indeed progress, but I always feel that it is not as safe as real gold and silver.

This world is so feudal, will anyone really use it?

Besides, it has such a large face value. According to my observations for so long, one gold coin is equivalent to at least one thousand yuan.

Alok curled his lips. Continuing to look down, another piece of news caught Alok's attention.

The "White Seagull" raided the port of Shimian Town again yesterday evening. The loss of personnel is unknown. Three ships docked at the port were hit and sunk. The asbestos on the ships was looted, and at least 300 deben were lost.

He muttered to himself in an intoxicated way: "Tsk~ free pirates."

······

After feeding the claws, Il said loudly to Alok, who seemed to be asleep on the sofa, "We should go. I'm going with you."

Hurrying to take down the newspaper, Alok hurriedly replied: "Let's go, let's go."

He was afraid that his sister would regret it, so he had to wait for her for a long time every time he went out. This is a woman's nature.

Drol City is located in the south of the Hutt Empire. The climate is hot all year round, but the people here have adapted to it. On the other hand, it is also a holy place for vacation. There are many tourists from other places in almost all seasons of the year.

The coastline is arc-shaped.

The city is divided into five parts. The Black District is located in the northwest, where Alok's home is. This is the administrative district of Drol City, where the City Lord's Mansion and the Temple of Order are located. It is also the residential area for the government and the upper and middle classes.

Located on the southwest coast is the Hamilton District, which is the villa area for the rich and nobles. When they are preparing to hold a seaside dance, they will choose here.

Northeast is the Wilk District where the workers live.

The coastal areas south of the Wilk District are the port area and the port city area.

Further east is the industrial area, Asbestos Town.

Today Alok is going to Hamilton to attend the dance.

There are really a lot of strange costumes here. For example, Alok and Il walking on the road. And the young people around the bonfire in front. People nearby all smiled at them mysteriously,

I don't know whether they are laughing at their strange costumes or showing a blessing smile to the young people, wishing them a pleasant night. Or thinking back to when I was young, I was also so energetic.

Ir saw a girl wearing a gray cloak and diving goggles standing in front of the bonfire. He handed the half-eaten cake in his hand to Alok and ran over to say hello: "Hi, Rona."

Rona turned her head and saw that it was Ir and smiled happily: "Hi, Ivel. You really look like a witch today."

"You look more like an alchemist today." Ir smiled slightly and agreed. Touching his pointed hat.

Seeing Alok dressed as a pirate following Ir, Rona asked curiously: "Who is this." Suddenly raised an eyebrow and said: "Your brother?"

After smiling at each other, Ir said: "Yes, Alok."

With a slight nod, Alok finally met the hostess. This made Lorna smile extra brightly.

"A witch and a pirate? Two notorious brothers and sisters? You two have surprisingly similar aesthetics." Lorna looked at their costumes and laughed.

This made El a little embarrassed. After saying a few more useless words, he led Alok to the bonfire on the beach over there and said in a low voice: "I told you not to do this, are you okay now?"

Shrugging, Alok didn't refute.

The dance had actually started, but according to tradition, guests were expected to arrive a little late as a courtesy.

The bonfire in front was already very strong, and Alok casually went to grab some food from the table next to him. I found a corner with few people, put the plate on the small table, and enjoyed the food. In Elok's eyes, food is far more attractive than boring social interactions. Not to mention the Chelansi-style barbecue that Alok likes.

Surrounded by coconut trees full of southern atmosphere, there were several huge coconuts hanging on them, which made Alok drool a little.

But he did not get up and continued to stay in the corner, quietly watching the group of young people dancing and laughing around the bonfire. I kept thinking: Huh, vulgar.

If I hadn't taken any ceremonial dance classes, I would have danced much better than them.

The scale of the dance was not large, it was probably just a circle of nearby neighbors. A few young people who had just reached adulthood held a bonfire party together to declare that they had reached adulthood.

There may be a few tourists from other cities, mostly young people. Such bonfire dances are the best channel for blind dates, especially here in Naviste.

In order to take care of every guest, the hostess must communicate with each guest. Lorna saw Alok staying in the corner and slowly walked forward.

"Mr. Phasma?" Lorna said with a smile.

"Miss Lorna." Alok looked up at Lorna and said with a forced smile.

"It seems that Mr. Phasma doesn't like this occasion very much?" Lorna took a glass of champagne from the waiter's tray.

"I saw your sister having a lot of fun over there." She pointed to the bonfire over there.

Looking in the direction that Lorna pointed, Alok saw Ello talking and laughing with a group of young girls, watching others dancing next to the campfire. He smiled and said, "It's too noisy. I like something quieter."

Lorna is a little older than El. I heard from El that Lorna has just come of age this year, 16 years old.

She sat across from Alok, "But it's fun? Isn't it?"

Alok watched quietly, and after a long time he suddenly said: "It's nice to see others happy."

"I heard that you are a professional." Lorna did not continue the topic and asked while tilting her head.

After thinking for a while, he did not answer, but said: "Are you the alchemist that El said? Did you make that teapot? It's really magical, it can change color."

"Yes, my proud work." Lorna said proudly. She looked at Alok's clothing and said, "What's your profession? Let me guess. Or a meteorologist? An oceanographer?"

"Secret." Alok smiled mysteriously.

He was not a professional, and she didn't know if El had boasted in front of her. Why don't you expose anything yourself? What if you get beaten by your sister again? She has extraordinary abilities.

With a slightly annoyed expression, Lorna said:

"You are not like your sister said. You are not willing to give up."

"I'm going over there, you can play by yourself. You can wander around as you like. There is always one place where it is easy to herniate the disc."

"Thank you for the reminder." Alok raised his glass to bid farewell to Lorna.

Sure enough, it’s better to be alone. After finishing the dinner in front of him, Alok got up and prepared to stroll around the beach. It had been a long time since he visited the beach at night. Looking at the sea in front of me, people call it the mysterious sea, but they don’t know where the mystery lies? Is it often foggy?

Some warm sea breeze caressed Airok's face, the tide lapped at the rocks on the seaside, and the bright moon had just risen from the sea level. It makes Elok want to recite a poem:

Ah, so beautiful!

Alok kept walking along the beach, his mind empty, not thinking about Laozi's dance, and quietly enjoying the time alone. Proms and stuff are the most annoying.

Unconsciously, we walked to the port. Not to mention the bonfire here was bigger, the whole house was on fire. Alok sighed with emotion, people in this world are so unrestrained. As he walked past the burning house, the shouts from the side made Alok react.

No, this bonfire is burning the house. Alok looked around, shouts and wild laughter filled Alok's ears. There was a man dressed as a pirate next to him and shouted: "That one over there, why don't you move your things quickly?"

Are you calling me? Something's not right. Why are there so many shouts and shouts all around and so many people dressed as pirates? I heard that pirates are quite rampant here.

He was suddenly startled.

Damn it, no way! ! !