No rest for the wicked 2

“When I was one I sucked my thumb the day I went to sea …!~~

~The day I went to sea I climbed aboard a pirate ship...The captain said to me we’re going North, South, East, West and up the Giants Sea…!~

~A bottle of rum to warm my tum and that’s the life for me!” An eccentric blonde hummed in the jungle a classic that every good pirate knew. It was one of those songs Luffy lived for and if he was present they would probably sing a duo; just good enough to attract the attention from the beasts hidden in the woods.

"............"

A woman close to the young man did not seem to have a musical ear. Even if she had it she was not in a mood to listen and appreciate.

She appeared particularly irritated and very close to the abyss of frustration. Any other person on the scene would be able to feel that the beautiful specimen was close to hysteria. She shot a look at the man singing and he instantly stopped doing so, apologizing with a grim smile, that demonstrated his helplessness.

The man took a gulp of his bottle and a small amount of the liquid spilled on its chin before reaching its chest. It happened a few times along the way and he was now totally reeking of alcohol. He appeared to have taken a bath in the substance and its strong smell had invaded the air.

“...God! Lewis you stink, go over there a bit.” Lena shoved the guy aside as she was taking whiffs of the fragrance.

“Haha!...Sorry, sis in law. Real men only live for adventure, alcohol, and women.”Lewis responded with a masculine pose as if trying to impress the lady. However, you could see that he was a bit wary of pushing one of her buttons.

*I’m going that murder that screwball one day; hubby don’t try and stop me!*. She thought before regaining a bit of her calm. “Fuu…” She was taking long breaths to calm herself.

“Argos, so how far are we now?” The blondie asked the middle-aged man guiding them at the front.

“The tracks have become more apparent ever since we reached that clearing a few kilometers away. It seems as if most of them were scaling trees and jumping to cross the area. Now they’ve become united and I think they must have taken refuge somewhere close...” He answered scrupulously; holding himself from pouncing on the young man and taking a bite at his neck. Argos hated this guy’s guts even more than Lena for some reason.

“...” Lena looked at Argos’s gestures from the corner of one eye and his body language wasn’t lying. One of the reasons she did not like social interaction was because she was able to pick up on people’s true natures...Another victim, she deplored interiorly.

“What are we waiting for then?” Lewis took the lead. The two behind had taken a halt to look at his back frame. Unbothered as always he was sipping and walking at the same time. He looked behind and called for them to follow before he turned back.

“About your d-....” Lena faltered on her last word before the old man stopped her. He looked older than he should have been and had half a white head by now.

“Mistress, please don’t mention it. It’s their good fortune to have been taken as brides to mister Lewis.” He smiled sheepishly and continued. “Let’s go before it becomes dark. I won’t be able to help at that time.”

“...Sigh…” Lena shook her head in awkwardness.

The group continued to walk before they heard noise coming from the bushes. A gigantic trunk fell on them.

“Swish!” They all jumped to evade the enormous column.

“Bfooo!**” The tree fell and the noise made a few birds fly away chirping. Wolves began to howl and the setting of the place became a lot more ominous all of a sudden.

“Who’s there?!!” Lewis looked at the unnaturalness of the circumstance and asked in the void. His voice echoed through the trees for ten seconds, but no answer came.

“Stop playing jokes. Come out, Hao I know it’s you!” Lena took a fighting stance and shouted.

“I was looking for some exercise. You guys come to the perfect moment. Hehe!” Raoh got out from the bushes and said.

“??” The group of three looked curiously at him. But after Argos took a good look at him he said: “Miss, that’s the kid from before!”

“He’s that monster? This runt is?!!” Lewis took this as a joke. But Argos’s expression did not vacillate.

“Isn’t he even smaller than those twins?” The annoying blonde said again. “Hiia!! Kids these days become more and more outrageous…”

“Shut up!!” Lena barked. She instantly felt the uncommonness of the brat looking at her. If he was for real…

“Where’s Hao?” The woman asked.

“Dunno. Say...Are we doing this or not?” Raoh smiled naughtily as he asked impatiently. He was exuding an exhilarating charm and Lena felt chills running through her arms as he proposed. She blanked out for a moment as if totally overtaken by the wild little man’s imposing air. This kid is cute!! I would totally adopt him, kyaa!...why am I stuck with that vermin as in-law? *Mental sigh*.Somehow she blushed when looking at the boy.

She turned and took a glance at Lewis before she cursed for a second and regained her spirits.

“Doing what?” She replied totally confused. She had unconsciously started to play in the palm of the kid’s hand.

Raoh looked at this and thought. “Is this lady?...” *Nah that’s bollocks* he thought.

"Ding!"

“Congratulations! Host has successfully used his sexiness and manly disposition to cause a bodily reaction inside the opposite sex.”

“New skills acquired! Ladies Man, Smooth Operator and Dank Expert”

“Dank Expert will remain locked due to host’s youth and will automatically be added to the skill list in eight years.”

“Accept, Yes/NO?”

“The heck?!”