In his room at the inn, Lorne lowered his head, looking rather uncomfortable.
My moral standards really are out of place in this world. Even just now, I was still clinging to hope-
I actually thought she did it because she had feelings for me-
So it was all about those materials after all. I saved her so many times, and yet...
Honestly, with a ship full of treasure and land not far away, being ambushed and knocked unconscious by a companion aboard the same ship... From any normal perspective, this was a textbook case of murder and robbery.
But as a normal man, even if Lorne himself had no improper intentions, he still couldn't help...
For instance, perhaps Tracy had simply flown into a rage and tied him up after he rejected her invitation. Or perhaps, when he had bandaged her wounds earlier,
he had seen her naked, and although she had appeared unconcerned, she had actually been holding it against him all along...
Or perhaps, after he saved her, she had fallen for him and invited him to become a pirate with her. When he refused, she went full yandere and... Well, even Lorne felt a little embarrassed at that thought.
After all, that idea was far too... well, that. But hadn't he been tied up? And his clothes had been stripped off, too. There was at least some basis in reality.
"Looks like she only took off my clothes to check whether I had any Mystical Items hidden on me, just in case." Lorne finally reached the most "reasonable" conclusion.
"Right. She's a famous pirate, after all. How could she be some fool who only thinks about romance-"
Even if some of her actions suggested otherwise, that was probably just an act.
After about two minutes of