Annika found it all perfectly convincing and thought Rocks and Alice were incredibly romantic.
Kaido tilted his head and looked at Silver Axe's utterly serious face. He kept feeling that the guy was making things up; the gestures and expressions did not match at all.
Ron tilted his head too. Silver Axe's outrageous lines gave him goosebumps. You don't need a reason to love someone? Where the fuck have you taken this?
"-You're my oxygen. Without you, I can't even find the rhythm of my breath."
"-You're the one tender thing in this world I most want to keep all to myself."
"-Really?"
"-Please marry me, Miss Alice."
"Wow~ That was so fast, so romantic!" Annika whispered excitedly.
Ron reached out and tapped her lightly on the head. "What's romantic about it? Silver Axe is making this shit up."
"Huh? You knew?" Silver Axe burst out laughing.
"Do I look like an idiot?" Ron rolled his eyes at him and turned his attention back to the tavern.
"Fuck off! Move over!" Kaido shoved Silver Axe aside. Damn it, he had wondered why none of it matched.
Annika's lips curled into a slight pout. So she was the only one who had acted like an idiot just now, believing every word and happily thinking it was romantic.
"Hey, hey, hey... Ron." Kaido lowered his voice again. "Rocks is giving her a present!"
"Really? Let me see." Silver Axe squeezed back in.
Kaido's face filled with disgust as he was crowded aside. "Have you got no shame, Silver Axe? Are we that close?"
"Move over, brat. Is that any way to talk to your senior?" Silver Axe said shamelessly.
"..."
Looking disgusted, Ron shifted a little to make a small space for Silver Axe.
"This is so exciting. What will the captain