Pirates: Start with an island

South China Sea——

Somewhere in a remote island——

The sky was covered with dark clouds, mixed with crimson lightning. With a tearing sound, the originally dim world suddenly became as bright as day, but it was gone in a blink of an eye.

And just below the dark clouds, an island shaped like a tortoise shell stood on the sea.

And the Kingdom of Outlander was built in the central area of ​​this island!

The whole city was divided into two.

The west is the prosperous rich area!

It is extremely prosperous here, with bright lights. Taverns can be seen everywhere in the city streets. Most of the pedestrians have smiles on their faces, but when you look closely, the smiles on those people's faces are a little bit against their will.

And the east is the slums, which are very different from the rich area.

The dilapidated houses are in a mess, the streets are like a huge spider web, dense as a beehive, garbage and sewage can be seen everywhere, and the air is filled with a disgusting smell.

And it is in such an area that the people living there account for three-quarters of the number of people in the Kingdom of Outland.

The sky was dim, and a boy was running quickly in the street.

He had a piece of black bread in his arms and a glass bottle filled with clean water in his hand.

From time to time, the boy would look up at the sky!

"Hurry up, otherwise it will rain and my sister will be anxious again!"

The boy murmured in his mouth, and his pace quickened a bit.

These streets, which were as dense as spider webs in the eyes of outsiders, were familiar to the boy. He ran on the streets with ease, and soon, the boy appeared in front of a dilapidated wooden house.

This is the boy's home. Although one wall has been eaten by ants and a hole has been opened, the boy did not dislike it. After all, this wooden house sheltered him and his sister from wind and rain.

Knock knock——"Sister, I'm back, open the door!"

The boy reached out and knocked on the door twice, then whispered into the house.

After a while, a crisp voice came from the house.

"I'm here, brother!"

Squeak——

As the door was opened, a pretty girl wearing patched clothes came into view!

"Brother, you've worked hard today!"

The girl took the bottle from the boy, her eyes full of heartache.

"It doesn't matter if brother is a little tired, as long as you can become a navigator as soon as possible, brother will be satisfied!"

For his sister's concern, the boy showed an indifferent expression on his face.

"Yeah, don't worry, brother, I will definitely become a navigator!"

"Do you know? Brother, there are many things about weather changes in the books I read recently. It's really amazing. I'll tell you when I have time!"

When talking about navigation knowledge again, the girl's face was full of joy.

The boy naturally noticed this change. He nodded with a gentle look in his eyes: "Of course, I'm looking forward to it!"

"Yeah!"

The girl nodded. When her eyes met the boy, she hesitated for a moment and said cautiously: "Brother, do you think our father has any reasons for abandoning us?"

"Wenna!!!"

When the boy heard the word "father", he stood up instantly. His eyes were full of anger, his fists were clenched, and his fingers gradually turned white because of too much force.

"Don't mention that man to me, he doesn't deserve to be our father!"

"But - but I always feel that there is a reason why my father did this, brother -"

Wenna said unwillingly.

"Reason? What reason can make a father be so cruel as to abandon his own child?"

"Winna, it has been six years since we were abandoned. He has not come to see us once in these six years. If he really has difficulties as you said, how could he not come to see us once in these six years? Even if it is only once, I will not lose hope in him!"

"Give up, Winna, he is no longer the father we had when we were young!"

The boy's tone was very excited, and his chest rose and fell rapidly.

"I... I know, brother! Don't cry, it's all my fault! I will never say it again in the future!"

"Huh-Okay, this matter ends here, you are not allowed to think about it again in the future. Now the most important thing for you is to study navigation knowledge!"

Henry took a deep breath and swallowed his tears.

"Well, I know, brother!"

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In the sea area less than one mile away from the Kingdom of Outlander.

A ship with a pirate flag is slowly sailing on the sea.

"William, look over there and see if there is aIsland!"

On the deck, Lina pointed to the island not far away and shouted with excitement.

William followed the direction Lina pointed and saw an island as expected.

"Really, now we have a place to replenish food!"

"Hehe, isn't Lina amazing? Lina found such a faraway island!"

"Yes, yes, Lina is amazing!"

William nodded lovingly.

After sailing on the sea for so long, I finally saw an island!

And it happened to be the day before the food ran out. To be honest, William felt that his luck was really good!

"Okay, then let's get ready. After we dock the ship, we'll go buy food! By the way, I'll buy you some clothes to change into!"

"Great!"

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The next morning!

"Brother, today is our birthday. Don't work too late and remember to go home early! "

In the cabin, Winna told Henry.

"Don't worry, I remember it!"

Henry, who had dressed, responded without looking back and went out!

He was going to start today's work!

As a person living in the slums of Outland, Henry's daily work was very simple, which was to clean up the swill for the nobles living in the rich area.

Although this job was tiring and dirty, the income was not bad!

You can earn 500 Baileys (equivalent to 50 yuan) every day, which is already very good in their slums!

A piece of bread is less than 50 Baileys.

Five hundred Baileys can buy ten pieces of bread. !

Of course, Henry and his sister eat ten berries of black bread every day. Although it doesn't taste good, it is very filling.

And he and his sister don't eat much every day, basically they don't spend more than one hundred berries a day.

As for the remaining four hundred berries, Henry will let his sister save it!

Use it to buy those books about sailing.

It's like this day after day!

But Henry doesn't plan to do this today. He plans to use all his income to buy a cake to celebrate his sister's birthday.

"I think my sister will be very happy!"

Thinking of this, Henry is looking forward to his sister's expression when he takes the cake home!