Three days later-
Madow's tavern still smelled of familiar ale and roast meat, its thick log beams gleaming in the warm lamplight.
The tavern was usually not very crowded.
It was in the Underworld, after all, though the seaside climate was relatively normal and there was green vegetation.
Its customers were usually Giants who spent much of their lives at sea, along with a very small number of visitors from other races.
Only twenty or thirty percent of the nations in the diplomatic network Harald had established still maintained those ties.
Today's only customers were the five members of the New Giant Warrior Pirates.
Madow wiped glasses behind the counter, watching her five friends, each lost in different thoughts. She couldn't help letting out a soft sigh.
The flames dancing in the fireplace drove away the lingering chill they had brought back from the Underworld, but complicated feelings still weighed on each of their hearts.
"Aaaah-why did Safi-chan leave so soon-"
Gerd pounded the counter in frustration like a little girl, making several glasses bounce slightly.
The table was covered with enormous mugs and huge slabs of meat on the bone.
After seeing off the Red Tears, the New Giant Warrior Pirates had gathered at Madow's tavern. Some of them needed to drown their sorrows.
"...Boohoo-Hancock darling, Yamato darling, and Ulti darling all went home too-"
Road had his entire upper body sprawled across the table like a giant shrimp, tears and snot streaming down his face.
"Now, now...they have things to do too. Besides, Babylon will come to build the 'Embassy' in two months. They'll be back."
Goldberg, another member of the New Giant Warrior Pirates, rubbed his plump double chin. He didn't know how to comfort his companions either.
"And haven't you spent these past three days showing