I Am the White Wolf!

Mongge admitted that he had completely forgotten about it.

When he had first come to the Land of Giants ten years ago, he'd spun all kinds of tall tales and gained a whole crowd of little Giant Tribe admirers.

The wild-looking Giant Tribe girl standing before him now had been one of them.

Lipri.

Back then, Lipri had insisted that she wanted to join his ship. She hadn't just given the foreign pirates a huge headache—she'd also infuriated the local pirates of Elbaf.

In their eyes, even if their Giant Tribe children grew up to become pirates, they ought to join a pirate crew of their own people: the Giant Soldier Pirates.

What was the point of joining some foreign crew?

To avoid getting into a fight with the Giant Soldier Pirates, Mongge had made a promise to Lipri: when she grew up, he'd take her aboard.

Of course, that had been a lie.

After all, Mongge had already been sixty at the time. Who knew how many more years he could sail the seas, or whether he'd ever make it back to Elbaf in his lifetime?

So he'd forgotten all about that promise to a child as soon as he'd turned away.

He'd only remembered it now.

"Come on, look, I'm here now, aren't I?"

The Giant Tribe girl's fists swung with a fierce whoosh, and Mongge could only keep dodging. Before long, everything in the tavern had been smashed to pieces.

"Ten years shouldn't be that long for the Giant Tribe, right? You can still join my crew if you want."

"Who wants to join your crew now?"

Lipri slammed her fist into the ground, smashing a deep crater into the tavern floor.

Glaring at Mongge, Lipri gritted her teeth. "You're so old now you can barely stand! How are you supposed to take me on adventures like this?"

Lipri wasn't a child anymore. She knew all too well the difference between humans and giants. To a giant, a seventy-year-old was still young, but to a human, seventy was old.

In a few more years, Mongge would probably be as old as the two old captains in their village, throwing his back out with the slightest exertion and spending months in bed after a minor injury.

How could Mongge take her on adventures then?

And how could she let him risk his life taking her along?

"All right, all right. Stop being so childish."

Mongge waved a hand, looking a little troubled by Lipri's words.

"Can't you see Mado's about to cry?"

The tavern had been clean and orderly, but Lipri had turned it into a complete mess. Even the floorboards had been smashed into several holes.

Just cleaning it all up would probably take ages.

"Then let me punch you once."

"Hey, look how old I am! If I take one of your punches head-on, I could really get hurt!"

Even when he'd been young, Mongge hadn't dared casually take a giant's punch. Now he was seventy. One punch could really kill him!

"Hmph. I'm kidding."

You certainly don't look like you're kidding.

Only after seeing that Lipri wasn't going to keep pestering him did Mongge finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Honestly, if Lipri really wanted to join his current pirate crew, Mongge would've been all for it.

After all, she was a giant!

Once she matured, she'd have at least the combat strength of a Marine Vice Admiral.

That was far stronger than Rocks, who was only at Marine Lieutenant Commander level right now.

But how should he put it?

He'd tricked Lipri once ten years ago. Mongge couldn't bring himself to invite her again so shamelessly.

After all, the crew Lipri had wanted to join was the White Wolf Pirates of the past.

Now, the entire White Wolf Pirates consisted of only him and Rocks.

He'd let things take their course.

Lipri's earlier antics had been like a little spat between friends.

Once she'd let it all out, she'd realized he was still the same person she knew.

And she'd felt relieved.

"Hmph. I really don't get it. You're so old, so why are you still going out to sea? Why not find a nice place to settle down and enjoy your retirement?"

Lipri had heard the same news about the White Wolf Pirates from Mongge. With a bandanna tied around her head and gloves on her hands, she helped Mado clean the tavern while grumbling.

"Haha! Because I'm not ready to admit I'm old!"

Sitting at the only part of the bar untouched by the fight, Mongge directed Rocks to help clear away the broken chairs and tables, laughing as he spoke.

At his words, Rocks rolled his eyes.

Honestly, he didn't understand why Mongge was still making trouble at his age. He'd planned to retire in the first place, then suddenly changed his mind and made Rocks his crew member.

Still, if Mongge had retired, Rocks wouldn't have been able to learn so many combat techniques from him.

"Hey, Rocks. And you over there."

"Why do I have to help you clean up? You two are the ones who trashed the tavern!"

Rocks shouted in protest.

"Because I'm the captain. It's only natural for a crew member to follow the captain's orders, isn't it?"

"Tch."

Rocks pursed his lips in annoyance, but obediently started moving things.

If he could beat Mongge, he'd make him understand what a real pirate captain was!

"So this is the new crew member you recruited?"

"What do you think? He's got a lot of potential, right?"

Mongge laughed. Mado had already told him that Sister Carmelo was still around. And if Sister Carmelo was still here, then Charlotte Linlin must still be on the island too.

If possible, he wanted to bring Charlotte Linlin into his crew, just like Rocks.

Charlotte Linlin was still young at this point, but as the possessor of one of the greatest physical talents in the pirate world, all Mongge could say was:

Garumoro, you can't handle this child!

Let me do it!

If he recruited Charlotte Linlin and raised her alongside Rocks, the White Wolf Pirates would have two Four Emperors in one crew.

The world was vast. Where couldn't they go?

"Him?"

At Mongge's praise, Lipri glanced at Rocks.

"Seriously, are you really planning to set sail again, or are you planning to train a successor?"

Avoiding Rocks, Lipri asked in a low voice.

"Is there a difference?"

"Of course there is!"

Lipri thought, The crew I wanted to join was the White Wolf Pirates led by White Wolf Moger. As for Rocks, who is he?

The closest distance to an idol was growing into one.

Lipri was certain she was now qualified to join the White Wolf Pirates.

But what about White Wolf Moger?

"Heh."

Mongge glanced at Rocks from afar and smiled.

"Even if that day really comes, I'll only send that brat off to start his own crew. There only needs to be one captain of the White Wolf Pirates."

"And that's me—"

"White Wolf Moger!"

Mongge made no effort to hide his ambition.

He might be old, but he wasn't dead yet!

His achievements so far might not measure up to Rocks's future achievements.

But that was the future of another world.

Not his!

Who said that he, a man from another world, couldn't use the chosen ones of this world as stepping-stones?

For a moment, Lipri was dazed.

It was as if she could see the spirited White Wolf Pirates of old again.

The White Wolf Pirates only had two people now.

But still.

Mongge was the White Wolf!

"Let me join!"

Lipri suddenly leaned down, her face breaking into a radiant smile.

"Old man, your crew's short on people right now, isn't it?"

"Then count me in!"