When Sirius and the others arrived, this was the scene that greeted them.
The two siblings—one lay on the ground, covered in blood, while the other was unconscious and being held hostage by another pirate.
The moment Yamato saw this, she flew into a rage and stepped forward. "What are you doing?!"
"L-L-Lady Oni-Hime!!"
At the sight of Yamato, the pirates' legs gave out beneath them. They collapsed to the ground, faces deathly pale and drenched in cold sweat, trembling so badly they could barely speak.
Ulti struggled to raise her head slightly. Seeing Yamato walking over, she finally let out a breath of relief.
No matter what, it looked like they had been saved.
"You bastards!"
Yamato looked at Ulti, who was nearly unrecognizable from the beating, her little face flushing red with fury. "You did something like this to two children! And you call yourselves pirates?"
Then again, this was exactly what pirates were like.
Sirius sighed inwardly. Weren't normal pirates like this? What was the point of talking about morals with them?
Seeing Yamato's fury, the leading pirate shook like a leaf, but he still said in terror, "L-Lady Oni-Hime! W-We were standing up for you!"
"Standing up for me?"
It had to be said that his words genuinely caught Yamato off guard.
Seeing Yamato's reaction, the pirate thought there might be hope and hurriedly said, "Didn't this little brat reject your friendship? She even dared to insult you, so we thought we'd vent your anger for you!"
"If that's still not enough to satisfy you, you can do it yourself!"
"..."
Yamato fell silent.
After several seconds of silence, she turned blankly toward Sirius. "Sirius, are all of Father's subordinates people like this?"
Good question.
Sirius thought for a moment. "Not all of them, but pick