Pirate Free Bastard

Chapter 127 Sweet Potatoes
Five hours later, on a huge reef.

Rez was lying on it, looking at the sky with his mouth open. Although his panting sound was steady, his eyes were slightly squinted, as if he might fall asleep at any moment.

Too tired, the moment the fighting stopped, all the fatigue and pain broke out.

His arms and thighs began to feel sore and weak, and his shoulders began to ache.The sun is shining brightly, and the scorching air has a different kind of heat, which makes people feel dizzy.

He had been lying sprawled there for a full hour, as quiet as death.

On the side, the tortoise still had the face of a golden lion, and said to Rez with a smile, "I never thought you would save me. It's a friend in adversity!"

"..."

Rez didn't speak, and still basked in the sun expressionlessly, without blinking his eyes.

"Well, even if you don't speak, I will treat you as my best friend! No, it's a brother!"

The tortoise laughed and nodded, winking at Rez, with that look, as if Rez had taken advantage of it.

"Hey, it's either the prince or the brother. Do you have to make me your [relative]?"

Rez frowned, sighed helplessly, yawned lazily, and sat up slowly.As he spoke, all the fatigue on his body dissipated, and even his injuries almost completely recovered, and even faintly, his aura rose a bit.

Turtle saw Rez's rejuvenated look, his eyes showed a look of astonishment, but he suddenly pursed his lips, and said firmly and seriously: "I don't know your name, but please allow me to be your companion."

"Companion? Based on your ability to copy, you should be very popular no matter where you are? In addition, you should also know that I didn't save you before, right?"

Rez shook his head lightly, not agreeing to the tortoise's plea.He is no longer a rookie who just went to sea, and it is not the first time he has faced requests from others to be his "companion".Even the request to save his tortoise is not what he wants to say yes to.

Because, no matter how pious the request is, it also has a purpose.

It's fine if you can help out with such small things casually, but things like partners are not something you can just agree to casually.

Like, Ebner.

Although they sailed together for a while and fought together several times, however, he finally chose to leave and join the Revolutionary Army.He didn't tell Rez's secret like a betrayal, nor did he pretend not to know him like a stranger.

However, Rez always had a feeling of depression and stagnation in his heart.

"I knew you would say that! You are a free man, and I was never free."

The tortoise and Rez stared at each other for a long time, then suddenly lowered their heads in a lonely way, sighed softly, and said quietly, "I have been a... pet performing with the magician for the past ten years."

"Pets? Magicians?"

Rez was full of surprise. He couldn't imagine what it would be like to have a talking turtle as a pet to accompany the magic show. However, he realized his helplessness and sadness from the tortoise's low tone.

The tortoise grinned silently and said with a sad smile: "Ah, yes, it was like that before I escaped. Even though I know that I can talk like a human and have thoughts, I am still like a slave. It is completely a tool for magicians to make money .Whether eating or sleeping, they were packed in boxes, and were even monitored by at least three people at the same time."

"Oh, that's it." Rez nodded dully, with the words "absent-minded" written all over his face.

Seeing Lei Ze's indifferent attitude, the tortoise frowned, suddenly looked into Lei Ze's eyes firmly, and said loudly: "I'm tired of being looked down upon by others, and being robbed by others as a [treasure] Coming and snatching makes me even more tired. I see equality in your eyes, so I want to be your companion. Whether it's traveling around the world or fighting as a pirate, I won't regret it."

"It's good to be friends, why do you have to be companions?"

Rez blinked, and lay lazily on the ground.He sympathizes with the tortoise in the past, but he thinks that the tortoise is doing well now.

Not only was it free, but it also copied the abilities of the Golden Lion.If you want to sail freely or do other things, it is easy, and there is no need to beg to be your companion.

What's more, the current him doesn't have to accept this companion at all.Even if he knew that he was someone with the ability to copy fruits, it had nothing to do with him. He never wanted to dominate the sea, but he just liked free sailing and hearty battles.Moreover, he is getting stronger and stronger, and he also has the strength to protect his friends and relatives.

For a person like him who has no ambitions, even if he is now joined by someone with the ability to copy fruit, it is just icing on the cake, and he doesn't need it.

"Then if we are friends, can we stay on your boat all the time?"

The tortoise froze for a moment, then began to laugh triumphantly, dancing around Reis from time to time, as if Reis had become his best friend.

Rez felt the vibration from the reef, closed his eyes helplessly, and said weakly: "It should be possible, but if you stay on my boat as a friend, what is the difference from a partner!"

"I don't care, anyway, it would be nice to have a friend who treats each other equally. This is my dream all along!" The tortoise still laughed excitedly.

Seeing the smirk of the tortoise, Rez couldn't help thinking of himself.During the ten years he lived in the Navy Headquarters, because he was entrusted to the Navy by Roger, there were always people watching him and isolating him, either explicitly or secretly.The kind of indifference and banter that can almost be described as terrible, he has experienced no less than the tortoise, but he does not live in the box.

Is it fate that such a person and a tortoise meet together?

"Hey, what's your name?" the turtle asked suddenly.

"My name is Rez, how about you, Your Highness the Turtle Prince?"

Rez looked at the tortoise suspiciously. The guy shouted [bastard], [prince], [turtle emperor], etc. at that time, and he must have deliberately disgusted people.The guy who has been locked in a box is still brazenly calling himself a prince.

"Hey, my name is sweet potato, because I like sweet potato."

The tortoise scratched his head and smirked, his face was full of simplicity and honesty, and he didn't show any blush when someone exposed the lie.

Rez blinked, as if he remembered the name, he pointed to the reef, and signaled the turtle to use the copied Floating Fruit ability to float it in mid-air and fly as a "ship".

The tortoise nodded happily, and the two of them were lying on the huge reef and flying in the air, still chatting non-stop.

"By the way, what is a century-old tortoise? Is there really such a creature?"

"Of course I have, I am. A hundred-year-old tortoise means a tortoise that takes 100 years to grow up!"

"Then why are you talking?"

"Always listen to human beings, of course I will learn it quickly. I'm not a fool."

"As a tortoise, if you bask in the sun like this, will you die!"

"I'm a dry tortoise! ​​Say it again, I'm a dry tortoise! ​​More importantly, how can a creature with a brain die in the sun!"

(End of this chapter)