"Wow... I never thought I'd actually set foot aboard the legendary Death Vanguard's flagship..."
After boarding the Crossbone Vanguard, Peter Quill looked around like a country bumpkin, with a pink-skinned alien girl following behind him.
"Peter, are these Space Pirates really not going to hurt us?"
The pink-skinned girl, Barit, had the misfortune of getting involved with Star-Lord, an interstellar womanizer. Not only had he forgotten she was still on his ship, he couldn't even remember her name.
If Barit had any other way to leave this place, she would never have followed Peter Quill aboard the Space Pirates' flagship!
"Relax. They're all from the same planet as me. They'll cut me some slack."
Star-Lord wasn't good at much, but bluffing his way through things was one of his specialties. Even though he had no idea how these Space Pirates felt about him, he still acted as though he had plenty of pull with them.
While the two were talking quietly, a cheerful string of "Hahahahaha!" rapidly approached from the distance. Soon, a little girl of seven or eight wearing glasses appeared before them.
"How are you?!"
Arale raised a hand and greeted Star-Lord and Barit with a beaming smile.
"Uh... h-hello."
To be honest, Star-Lord had imagined all sorts of ways his meeting with the Space Pirates might go, but a little girl showing up had definitely not been one of them.
Some crew member's kid? No, she must at least be the first mate's or the boatswain's daughter.
Seeing Arale running wild through the ship without a care in the world, Peter Quill guessed she must be the daughter of someone important in the Death Vanguard, drawing on his limited knowledge of pirates to figure out her identity.
"Hello there, little miss." Star-Lord took the little figurine he