Roger Pirates? That Wasn't My Life...

"You're awake..."

"Mmh..."

Still groggy, Austin gradually regained consciousness. The instant he did, his Observation Haki spread out, taking in the surroundings and everything around him.

"This is..."

"The Roger Pirates?"

The moment Austin realized it, his pupils instantly turned into crimson vertical slits, gleaming sharply.

But they calmed down again in the next instant.

If they had wanted to do anything to him, he would have died ten thousand times over during the days he had been unconscious.

So...

"What do you two want?"

Austin yawned and asked the two brats in front of him.

"What kind of attitude is that?!"

"Don't forget that you stuffed your underwear into..."

Buggy instantly became irritated, and Shanks beside him was the same, but Rayleigh quickly stopped them.

"That's enough, Shanks and Buggy. Austin has only just woken up."

The two teenage brats were ushered out. Austin did not pay much attention to them, instead looking at Rayleigh, who had sat back down beside the bed.

"'Dark King' Rayleigh?"

In Austin's impression, this was a legendary pirate of tremendous strength, a master swordsman who had no Devil Fruit and relied purely on Haki.

If they fought, he did not know whether his currently grievously injured self could escape...

"Relax. We aren't your enemies, Austin."

Perhaps sensing Austin's emotions, Rayleigh spread his hands as he replied.

"Is that so? I'm a Marine, you know~"

"That was just an accident..."

Just then, a guy with figure-eight nose hairs walked in from outside the cabin, several bottles of liquor dangling from his hand.

"How about it? Want some?"

"No, thanks."

Watching the two men—two of the greatest pirates in the world—sit at his bedside drinking, Austin could not put into words how awkward he felt.

What kind of situation was this?

After taking a swig,