The reason Bach had asked to borrow the pirate flag was, naturally, to seek protection.
But this was Starting Island. Every so often, pirates were bound to visit.
That alone was enough to turn Bach's hopes into wishful thinking.
Under these circumstances, if Maud lent the flag to the young man before him, it would not only fail to provide any protection but might even bring harm to the residents of Spring Child Island.
Still, this was the first time Maud had ever been asked to plant his flag for protection, and he found it rather novel.
Unfortunately, his newly established pirate crew simply did not possess the ability to protect the residents of Spring Child Island.
Otherwise, he would not have minded planting his pirate flag here and establishing a mutually beneficial relationship with the island's residents.
Meeting Bach's hopeful gaze, Maud shook his head.
He said nothing, but his refusal was unmistakable.
Bach immediately struggled to hide his disappointment.
With his limited understanding, he believed that as long as the flag of a powerful pirate crew fluttered here in the wind, it would be enough to deter those vicious pirates and restore Spring Child Island to its former peaceful life.
Even if they could not keep every pirate out, they would no longer have to struggle for survival on Winter Child Island.
It was precisely because he knew so little that Bach had made such an unrealistic request.
Seeing Maud refuse, Bach was disappointed, but he suddenly realized that he had been far too presumptuous.
If all the corpses covering the ground and the raging fire in the town had been caused by these two people before him,
then the two of them had to be extremely brutal pirates. Otherwise, why would they have done such a thing?