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Moreover, she is a young lady from a holy family... Now her physical injuries have been completely healed, but her spirit is riddled with holes.

It can only be said that sometimes it is inappropriate to impose one's own desires on others.

"Hello? Can you see me?"

Ye Xiao extended a finger and waved it in front of Agnes's empty eyes.

But the unfocused pupils did not follow Ye Xiao's finger at all, remaining fixed there blankly, as if they had lost all life.

Ye Xiao even pinched the girl's cheek, an action that would normally enrage her, but this time it elicited no reaction.

"Oh no, has he really gone idiot?"

Ye Xiao scratched his head, "How about we summon another tentacle ball to heal it?"

"Don't……"

Upon hearing the word "tentacles," Agnes on the ground seemed to be instantly electrocuted, and her whole body trembled again.

"Please... I was wrong, I'll be good... Waaaaah... Please stop torturing me..."

"No, you misunderstood. That wasn't part of the interrogation punishment... that was... um, a reward?"

When the word popped out, Ye Xiao almost lost his composure.

Theoretically speaking, healing injuries should indeed be considered a reward, right...? It's just that the performance might be a little unsatisfactory.

“Gu… Kill me…”

Agnes whispered in despair.

"No, no, don't think of it as something so terrible. Look, your injuries are all healed."

Ye Xiao scratched his head, "This is very precious, I wouldn't give it to anyone else who wanted it."

Of course, he was just talking nonsense. At least so far, he hadn't met anyone who liked this stuff, including himself... Well, not exactly. If you had to say, there seemed to be two people who did like it.

"Oh, we're getting off topic. You should rest once your injuries have healed."

As Ye Xiao spoke, she took out a simple set of women's clothing and a cloak from her spatial ring. "And here are some clothes. Of course, you may not be satisfied with the style, but you can change out of your wet clothes first."

He had this item not because he knew how to wear it, but because he had helped Ella wear it before. Later, Ella got a portal and no longer needed it, so he kept it in his ring and never took it out.

I never expected it would come in handy at this time.

Of course, Ye Xiao had no interest in watching Agnes change clothes. His three little ones were already exhausting enough, constantly clamoring to pursue him. No matter how beautiful a woman with such a terrible personality was, he couldn't muster much desire for her.

So after putting down the clothes and offering a few words of comfort, Ye Xiao left.

Only Agnes, wearing the collar, remained, sobbing softly as she reached out her small hand and tremblingly picked up the clothes from the ground.

Chapter Thirteen: Rumors of Pirates

The next day.

Ye Xiao and Decarli discussed their next move in the lobby on the first floor.

Having subdued the gang leader, Big Tooth, they were able to gain a better understanding of the recent situation in Freeport.

“The number of fleets coming to the island has increased significantly recently, and there are probably quite a few pirates among them.”

Big Tooth reported truthfully, "It's said that the new pirate gathering will be held soon."

"A pirate gathering?"

"What's so interesting about these guys having a gathering?" Dekari asked curiously.

"It is said that they exchanged the treasures they had collected, shared information... and most importantly, elected their next leader, the Pirate King."

"...Do pirates need leaders?"

Decali asked in surprise, "Do they need any other cooperative action?"

"I've only heard about this, sir. After all, I'm just an ordinary local bandit."

Big Tooth scratched his head.

"The Pirate King did exist. Although he hasn't appeared for decades, the previous so-called Pirate King ruled over most of the public waters of the Magala Sea and the Pasifi Sea, controlled many key shipping lanes, and even had many small coastal countries pay tribute to him."

Ye Xiao explained to Decali, "Powerful nations have tried to wipe them out, but dealing with a unified pirate force is far more difficult than imagined."

"They would disperse and hide on various unknown islands in the far sea to avoid being attacked, and then launch attacks when the army loosens its grip and retreats, even attacking and looting cities."

“A pirate group that can cover an entire sea area and is proficient in guerrilla tactics is a very troublesome thing. The ocean is too big, and it is already very difficult for the fleets of the major empires to maintain the peace of their own coastal waters. It is almost impossible to search for and kill pirates hiding in the sea.”

"In addition, with their leaders in command, they possessed a high degree of cohesion and execution, becoming a pirate empire without a physical map but encompassing the entire sea. That period was their most prosperous and rampant time."

"However, this situation only lasted for about eight years. Led by the Aslan Empire, an elite assassination squad was assembled and took the head of the Pirate King. The Pirate Empire collapsed from then on."

"The remaining pirates split into four major fleets, which are the big pirates we often see on wanted lists today. The pirates are happy to elect a pirate king, probably because they want to return to the golden age when they could do whatever they wanted. However, none of these big pirates are willing to submit to each other, let alone cooperate. Therefore, no new pirate king has emerged since then."

Ye Xiao briefly explained the ins and outs of the story to Dekari, which he had already learned in his previous life, and the latter immediately understood.

"But you're so knowledgeable about pirate history, quite erudite. I've never heard of these things in the Holy City."

Dekari nodded.

"Sigh, it's all just hearsay."

Ye Xiao waved his hand, "However, since the pirate gathering is being held soon, I heard that there's something else going on: a pirate named Edward plans to execute Prince Aslan in six days?"

Ye Xiao asked this question because Ella had learned about this rumor from Li Cheng the day before.

"Ugh, that damned Sabe."

Big Tooth Brother got angry when he talked about this. "Oh, I didn't mean to offend you, sir. I was cursing that Edward."

"By issuing this announcement, he is essentially putting the entire Seven Seas City on the hot seat. Pirates were glorious during the Pirate King's era, but that was partly due to the fact that during times of war, major powers were mutually restraining each other and couldn't spare the resources to deal with them."

"But this is a time of peace now. The four major pirate groups have to keep a low profile. If they anger them, they can send their fleets to flatten our little island without us having any complaints."

"Didn't you say you weren't a pirate? Why are you so indignant?"

Ye Xiao sensed something subtle.

"Ah...that's true, but I'm also a resident of the Seven Seas Capital. If the Aslan Empire's fleet arrives, those pirates might be able to escape, but I'll have nowhere to run!"

Big Tooth said angrily.

Ye Xiao stroked his chin, agreeing.

Ye Xiao didn't really believe it was a coincidence that the pirate gathering and the prince's execution happened at the same time.

In theory, his main goal was to find the Dark Shepherd, and Prince Aslan had nothing to do with him, so he didn't need to get involved in that mess.

But Ye Xiao always felt uneasy about completely letting go of this matter.

However, this was the day Ella was attacked the previous night and was going to the Fog City prison that morning to participate in the interrogation of the vampire family attackers.

With Ella unable to spare the time, Ye Xiao had no choice but to temporarily put the pirate matter aside and focus on his main mission of finding the Dark Shepherd.

His plan was to come over after he finished dealing with Ella and had more manpower, and then they would investigate the pirate gathering together.

After clearing his mind, Ye Xiao instructed Decari to stay behind, and this place would be their temporary base for now. Then he took Big Tooth, who was quite familiar with the local area and suitable as a guide, and Agnes, who was in charge of acting as radar, and went out to continue to track down the Dark Shepherds.

Agnes, who had just emerged from the dark room, was now incredibly quiet. She wore a large cloak that concealed her figure and face, but her eyes were somewhat vacant, like a puppet.

Ye Xiao scratched his head at the situation, thinking, "To be honest, the mental blow shouldn't be that severe."

He remembered Hyde, the ordinary man he first met in Liangqiu Village. After eating the tentacles, he was only nauseous and couldn't eat for a few days, but it wasn't to the point that his entire soul collapsed.

But quiet is a good thing. Just as Ye Xiao thought so, Agnes suddenly raised her hand and handed him something.

"What's this?"

Ye Xiao took it with a puzzled look and found it was a piece of rope loop.

His gaze followed the rope as he examined it, and he discovered that the other end was connected directly to the collar around Agnes's neck through the gap in the cloak's knot.

Ye Xiao, holding the rope, paused for a moment, then almost lost her composure. "No, wait, you've misunderstood. I don't have that kind of fetish..."

As he spoke, Ye Xiao hurriedly stuffed the rope loop back into the girl's hand, but to his surprise, she immediately resisted, suddenly squatting on the ground with her head in her hands and trembling, refusing to take the rope back no matter what.

"..."

Ye Xiao gripped the rope loop, somewhat speechless. What exactly had he become in this guy's mind?

"My lord, I've prepared the carriage..."

At the entrance, Big Tooth Brother led the carriage over, and then paused when he saw Ye Xiao leading Agnes.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, sir. It was my oversight. Please wait a moment while I go and find another carriage with more space..."

"No, this one will do."

Ye Xiao's lips twitched, and she inexplicably felt that her innocence had been tainted.

Chapter Fourteen Free Port West

The streets of Freeport are bustling in the morning.

Big Tooth Brother drove the carriage and horse, and at each intersection he looked back, waiting for the order.

Agnes, inside the carriage, remained silent, staring blankly ahead. Whenever this happened, she would raise her finger to point in the direction, and Ye Xiao would then inform Big Tooth in front of her.

The three of them worked together very well and efficiently, perhaps because they had all been pointing west so far, so there was no need to change the direction of the carriage.

"Sir, if we continue in this direction, we'll soon be out of the city."

Big Tooth Bro gave a heads-up.

Their carriage traveled all morning, managing to walk from the south of the city to the west.

"Did they really hide in the middle of nowhere?"

Ye Xiao was also quite frustrated, but compared to going into the city and running under the noses of the large group of people in the Holy Temple, hiding outside the city was indeed a better chance of success.

"The roads outside the city are not so good for carriages."

Big Tooth added, "The Freeport city area is only built up to this point, not because the city lord's mansion only wanted to be built up to this point, but because the area behind it is a mess of waterways and islands and caves. In name, that area is also under the jurisdiction of Freeport, but it is too dangerous and is actually a natural hiding place for all kinds of exiled pirates."

"If we want to go, we'll need to get a boat?"

"Are you really going, sir... the security there isn't as good as in the city."

Big Tooth Bro looked bitter.

For a robber to say that the area was unsafe, Ye Xiao probably had a pretty good idea of ​​what kind of place it was.

Through the crow's perspective, he saw that after leaving the city walls and traveling a few miles into the open fields, the landscape was dominated by steep and rugged mountains, like a ring of fangs stacked together, and the Freeport city was the tongue surrounded by these fangs.

Some of the particularly high peaks resemble the tips of knives piercing the clouds, their treacherousness enough to send shivers down one's spine at a single glance.

Beyond the strangely shaped mountain range, scattered reef islands are fragmented by a spiderweb of waterways. Dense forests grow, thick with moisture, as if covered by a milky white quilt, obscuring most of the scenery, but traces of large monsters can still be faintly seen.

This rugged, natural maze-like landscape would make even the bravest green-skinned creature hesitate, for stepping inside might be a one-way trip.

However, for Ye Xiao, he still had to go eventually, but he needed to find a way.

It's unrealistic to just take a small boat and three people into that intricate waterway; they might wander around for ages without even finding their way.

But perhaps we can look for a way in the west of the city. According to Big Tooth, pirate groups that have hideouts there often come into the city to buy and replenish supplies. If we can catch a few to lead the way, then there shouldn't be any problem.

As I was pondering this, a soft "gurgling" sound suddenly came from the side.

Ye Xiao turned his head in surprise and saw Agnes clutching her stomach, her face hidden by her cloak with a sad expression.

"...Are you hungry?"

Ye Xiao asked.

Agnes nodded shakily, looking completely obedient.

Ye Xiao then suddenly realized that this guy hadn't eaten anything since yesterday.

Of course, this wasn't because Ye Xiao, being a sadist, wouldn't give them food. They had actually launched their operation late last night, and this guy had spent the day arguing with Theresa on the Templar ship, throwing food trays at the Templar knights who were delivering meals, resulting in them having nothing to eat.

However, Ye Xiao had indeed forgotten to eat breakfast. He hadn't eaten either, as he was too busy traveling and asking questions. He might as well take this opportunity to rest.

On the west side of the city, there happened to be a large market with a large number of people. As mentioned earlier, the pirates hiding in the west often came to the west of the city to buy supplies, and Ye Xiao thought that this market was probably deliberately built here by the city lord's mansion to facilitate trade.

They often exchanged information, and Ye Xiao absolutely refused to believe that the city lord's mansion had nothing to do with pirates.

After getting off the carriage, Agnes stuffed the rope loop into Ye Xiao's hand again.