-Next morning-

Yurei was happily enjoying his carefree trip with the knight pirates and bossing them around in any crooked manner he wished.

However, these prideful knights were slowly getting fed up with his attitude, but they couldn't do anything to him with his ghost abilities so they can only curse their luck...

Meanwhile, in the best-decorated room on all of the ship, two people were currently discussing in hushed voices…

"Your highness, do you really think that is possible, At the end of the day, he's a pirate you know?" Leon replied to Eden with a concerned look on his face but she calmly nodded at him and said "We don't have another choice, They don't seem evil otherwise we wouldn't be alive right now... So, I'm willing to throw away my pride if it means we could save our people... Not to mention we are also pirates aren't we?"

Leon stared at her determined eyes with a sad look before he nodded and said "We are indeed... I will support you to the end"

Hearing this brought a genuine smile to Eden's beautiful face, like a flower blooming in the dark that enchanted Leon with its beauty before she said "I know, that's the only reason I can keep going despite everything that's happening…"

"I…" Leon's face turned slightly red and he was about to say something but his vice-captain Marcus suddenly came rushing into the room and ruined their moment.

"Your highness, the warlord is ba-" Marcus was about to report but he noticed both Eden and Leon were staring at him with dark looks making him freeze slightly and reply with a perplexed look on his face "Did I interrupt something?"

Eden shot Leon a shy look secretly before she let out a sigh and said "I presume you are here to report the return of Warlord Yuki right?"

"Yes, that's right… but he's not alone, in fact… There are 7 people with him in total"

"Eh? Let's go check them out… Your Highness, please stay close to me just in case" Leon spoke calmly but Marcus suddenly said "I don't think that's necessary…"

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Leon asked, but Marcus simply beckoned for them to follow him and said "You will understand better when you see it with your own two eyes…"

'What's wrong with Marcus?' Leon couldn't help but exchange a confused look with Eden before they both started making their way out to the ship's deck...

The moment the two of them opened the door, they saw their soldiers gathering and staring at an unknown group of people that were staring back at them curiously, and the first thought that came to Leon's mind when he saw them was 'Weak! They are so weak… what's going on?'

His gaze only stayed for a split second on Mashiro, Maou, and Emilia to conclude that they were no different than normal humans, then it moved toward two other girls in the group…

They were Rize and Shizue, and he could tell that they were strong, but in comparison with the standards of the Grandline, they weren't that strong… At least physically.

'There's even an old man here? What's this Yuki thinking? He probably used to be a noble and decided to bring with him his butler and other retainers' Leon stared silently at the old man that had a gentle appearance with a perplexed look, and as if noticing his stare by chance, The old man nodded at him slightly before he turned his attention to the sea surrounding the ship...

'What a weird old man…' Was the thought on Leon's mind as he observed the old man that gave off the aura of a weakling… However, in the future he will come to realize that just now, Death had just smiled at him, covered only by Kayle's gentle mask…

"MASTER I MISSED YOU!" Yelled a teenager while clinging to Yuki's arm, he had pale green hair and eyes and Leon's felt his heart shaking slightly at the wild aura coming from that teenager… In fact, he felt like he was in the presence of a giant primordial beast that could devour him in an instant

'Who's this kid…' Wondered Leon feeling his heart shaking slightly, and he heard Yuki say with a smile "Dariun, I missed you as well, have you been slacking in your training when I wasn't around?"

"EH NO! I TRAINED VERY HARD!" Dariun replied with another yell that almost deafened Yuki so Kayle shot him a death glare and said "Mind your behavior, Dariun!"

A chill run through Dariun's back when he saw that stare and he immediately restrained his aura and calmed down slightly while hiding behind Yuki like a cute little kid, but the excitement on his face was still clear as day

"Yuki, can you introduce us to your friends?" Spoke Maou calmly, unlike Leon, his blood-red eyes remained fixed on the gentle-looking Kayle the whole time and immediately identified him as the biggest danger here, but he didn't say anything...

'Ah, I guess introductions are indeed needed considering I just summoned everyone to this world at the same time…'

Since Yuki was connected to the world of One Piece, he was only able to summon his friends once he himself got back to this world, so he smiled slightly before he said

"This old man is my butler Kayle, he will be the cook of our crew, his food is to die for so you guys better thank me for getting him here"

Kayle bowed slightly in a practiced manner causing a few strands of his long white hair to fall to the side of his face before he said "I will take care of this task to the best of my ability"

"Um" Yuki nodded slightly along with everyone before he said "The little cute and active guy is Dariun, he will be the Watchkeeper of the ship and with his sharp eyes that could see far into the horizon, no enemy can sneak attack us"

Dariun patted his chest and replied confidently "Yes Master!"

'So, these two are like Shizue huh? from that Tensura world…' Maou and the others had this thought cross their minds as they stared at these two terrifying individuals…

"Everyone here knows Shizue so I will just announce her position as the ship's swordsman As for Yurei who's hiding over there, he's going to be the ship's scout and assassin if needed"

Shizue nodded with a smile while the other turned in shock to realize that Yurei was actually standing beside them this whole time and they couldn't help but feel creeped out...

"Next is Rize, She's going to be the ship's main fighter until you grow strong enough to fight as well"

Rize nodded slightly after hearing this but she didn't say anything as she was still traumatized by what happened recently and Mashiro noticing this, held her hand without saying anything warming the ghoul's heart slightly...

"For the rest of you Maou, Emilia, and Mashiro, I haven't decided on your positions yet… Although I have plans for you in the future, that sums up the introductions…"

Seeing that he was done, everyone started chatting together, but the girls were especially interested in the cute Dariun that was clinging to Yuki while Maou struck up a conversation with Kayle and asked "So you too can't use magic here huh?"

Kayle stared with a flickering light in his wise old eyes at Maou's blood-red eyes and thought 'This guy… It seems Yuki-sama's warning wasn't wrong… He's too perceptive…' However, Kayle didn't let his thoughts show and simply started conversing with Maou as if everything was normal…

Meanwhile, Yuki was suddenly approached by Leon and Eden and he was surprised when the latter bowed slightly causing the chitchatting beside him to pause as she said "Please save our kingdom and its people from the corrupt king ruling it, we are willing to offer you anything in exchange…"

"Hmm? Yuki, who are these people?" Emilia asked before Yuki could tell Eden to fuck off along with her problems, but now he had to explain their existence…

"Ah, we are borrowing their ship until we get to our next destination where we can create our own ship"

The knight pirates froze in shock at Yuki's shamelessness while Yurei started kowtowing in admiration and thought 'I need to become like boss… Only he can say such a thing with a straight face…'

"We should help them then if their kingdom is in need since they are already helping us" Emilia spoke with a heroic aura surrounding her that made the knight pirates stare at her in admiration but it only made Yuki retch in disgust 'Ah, I should have brought someone else… I can feel it, Emilia's going to be a pain in the ass'

"Please, we will never forget this favor" Eden quickly tried to strike the iron while it was hot after seeing Emilia's kind reaction but Yuki simply shrugged and said "I will have to think abo-"

However, a notification appeared in front of him just as he was contemplating this

[Quest: Lumina's savior]

[Quest Description: A kingdom that was once prosperous under the rule of its kind king suddenly drowned into darkness after his greedy brother betrayed him in desire of the throne, but he wasn't as kind of a ruler as the previous king and the people were the ones to pay the price for his greed and ill judgment. So, the princess of the kingdom decided to set off with the knights that were still loyal to her and the previous king in search of a way to free their kingdom.

[Quest Task: Find the true reason for why Garan decided to betray and kill his brother Gavan for the sake of the throne and return the kingdom to how it once was.]

[Quest Reward: Skill: Sun bolt + additional rewards if the host overperforms]

[Quest Punishment: Failure to complete this task will result in the host losing on random skill]

'Hmm, it seems like having Emilia around isn't that bad after all, did I really get the quest because she spoke? It seems like there are many things I still haven't discovered about the system…'

"Tsk fine, but it will have to wait until we get a ship, and you guys will follow my orders to the letter, understood?" Spoke Yuki calmly shocking the knight pirates…

"A warlord is actually willing to help us…"

"T-the kingdom is saved! We will finally avenge king Gavan!"

The knight pirates started cheering but Leon and Eden suddenly bowed to Yuki and said "You have our eternal gratitude" and the rest of their people followed suit…

"You should have said so from the start Yuki!" Said Emilia while patting him on the back with a wide smile on her face and Shizue too joined in and said "I will help out as well…"

'Tsk, damn heroes and their way of thinking' thought Yuki before he shot Kayle a look and the old man responded with a look that said 'At least you are dealing with those two angels, I'm dealing with a devil over here…'

"Hehehehe, saving a kingdom huh? that will be fun…" Said Dariun before he jumped directly to the top of the ship's mast and sat there to watch for any enemies…

'What a strange crew…' Thought Eden, but they were their only hope so she simply accepted them…