"The Allen Family's... son-in-law?"
Earl Recar pushed the Queen off his lap, stood up, and stared straight at Kallen below him.
When he looked at you, it was as though you stood by the sea, marveling at its boundlessness, while the sea silently mocked your insignificance.
"The sea tells me you aren't lying."
Kallen tried to look calm and nodded.
He indeed had not lied, but facts had proven that selectively telling the truth could produce entirely different results.
This was someone domineering to his very bones. His personality seemed to consist of a trunk named arrogance, with a few other things hung on it merely for decoration.
He had deliberately avoided the Primordial Ancestor and his gravestone earlier, only for the man to drag him in of his own accord.
Even his corpse in its tomb retained an instinct for arrogance after death!
"This year is..."
Reikar suddenly faltered mid-sentence. His brow furrowed slightly, as though he had begun to think.
"Hss..."
At the same time, Kallen's forehead began to hurt, as though someone were tugging at his brain.
"I recently annihilated the pirate alliance of the Pulos Sea and drowned three Faith Level Eight members of the Merovingian Family in the sea as sacrifices. I should have just returned to port;
"The Queen received my letter three days ago. She washed herself, put on her most precious gown, and donned the crown symbolizing Vien's sovereignty, waiting at the harbor well in advance for me to bed her!
"I also gave her the Merovingian Family's Purple Soul Crystal as a gift, to set into her crown when she returned.
"This is our tradition as pirates. We never leave prostitutes unpaid.
"Because they are our greatest reason to keep our courage and return alive when we face storms and enemies.