Werther, who had been listening from above the cabin, was surprised.
If he was right, the people inside were Lopez's subordinates.
They seemed intent on rescuing Lopez, but the Marine Admiral on the Island made them wary. For the moment, they were at an impasse.
Werther saw an opportunity. Doffy had said Lopez's subordinates were unlikely to know about the leverage he held over him, but it was possible.
In that case, everyone aboard this merchant ship could go keep their boss, Lopez, company.
A heated argument was underway in the cabin. Several people led by the One-Eyed old man wanted to rescue Lopez.
Across from them, a group led by the young nobleman Axon had no intention of saving Lopez. They wanted to strike out on their own.
The tension between the two sides kept rising, and some of the more hotheaded pirates had already drawn their blades.
That frightened Axon. He owed his position entirely to his father, a nobleman who had passed his title to Axon's older brother instead of him.
Axon had resented his father for it. In the end, he spoke so disrespectfully to him that he was thrown out of the family home.
Spoiled since childhood, Axon had no idea how to survive on his own. Before long, the Slave-Trading Crew caught him, and he had the honor of becoming a slave.
Later, Lopez happened to learn who he was and spent a fortune to buy him a noble title.
It wasn't that Lopez didn't want to become a nobleman himself and would rather give someone else a title for nothing.
Becoming a noble required the right bloodline. In the Pirate World, commoners would always be commoners.
Though Axon had been cast out by his family and even enslaved, he could still obtain a