Abducted a pirate hunter

After Beckman called Shanks out, the two went to the back of the tavern to talk.

He saw the captain of the group of pirates who came to cause trouble last night with a strange look on his face. He had obviously been beaten up, but he looked like he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.

He didn't think the other party had any masochistic tendencies, so he went to investigate.

Beckman quietly boarded their ship, folded his arms and leaned quietly behind the mast of their pirate ship, listening to the big man's captain cursing while applying medicine.

"A pirate actually protects a bounty hunter. It's really laughable! I don't know what the silver-haired witch is planning." The captain, a big man with a swollen face like a pig's head, grinned and wanted to smile but couldn't. He spat. He gloated: "It's best to think of tying up those guys and sending them to the navy!"

‘Silver-haired witch? ’ Beckman lowered his eyes slightly. There was only one person among them who could be called that at that time, but he was not familiar with this name.

"But Captain, is that little girl really capable of defeating a group of them?"

The burly captain was also a little unsure. Although he had seen the scene where Sylphis beat up a bunch of people, the group of guys they encountered today were obviously not on the same level as those people back then.

"I don't care about him!" He shouted: "It's best to win!"

Beckman glanced at it, no, she probably couldn't even beat Shanks.

He believed that Sylphis was capable of defeating most of the crew, but it was too far-fetched to think of killing all the crew members, including Shanks and a few other cadres, in one go.

And even if she was really a bounty hunter, she probably wouldn't be as blind as them to take advantage of them.

Besides... it wasn't Sylphis who took the initiative to approach them, it was their captain who pestered them and wanted to hit them.

Beckman analyzed the situation with a blind eye, and after hearing no more useful information, he was ready to leave.

After leaving quietly, he turned around to collect information about the silver-haired witch, and finally confirmed that he and Sylphis were the same person. Although the name was not the full name, at least it was not false.

But the more he investigated, the weirder Beckman felt.

She seemed to appear out of thin air. The information could only be found about a year ago. Before that, there was no information at all. We only knew that she first appeared in Dongfanglan, and we didn't even know if that was her hometown.

Putting down the information in his hand, Beckman sighed. If Shanks didn't seem to have some terrible idea, he really didn't want to secretly investigate the child behind his back.

Beckman told him the results of the investigation: "Boss, that kid is a bounty hunter, at least not a profession that is against the government."

"Are you sure you want to recruit her?"

When talking about Sylphis's desire to find a powerful and powerful backer last night, Shanks' words that were interrupted before he even opened his mouth made Beckman guess what he was thinking, and it was only now that he formally proposed it to him again. .

Shanks nodded and said nonchalantly: "The pirates don't care who she is, as long as they meet her."

"Don't forget that people don't like you." Beckman said with a cold sweat on his forehead.

They looked at each other...Sylphis wanted to roll her eyes at him.

"It's okay. The little girl is very kind and won't really care." Shanks said with a smile, "If you really hate seeing me, you won't even give me a look."

He is quite self-aware...

Beckman helplessly raised his forehead, okay, he has no objection, it just depends on whether the little girl agrees or not.

While they were talking, the two of them saw Sylphis jumping down from the second floor and looking furtively towards the front of the tavern, then blended into the crowd, not noticing the two people at the corner behind them.

Shanks: ...

Beckman:…

The two looked at each other wordlessly and followed quietly in tacit understanding.

"It seems that the chance of agreeing is very low." Beckman stood behind Shanks and said coolly.

Shanks, who was hiding around the corner and peeking, ignored him and asked doubtfully: "Did she sneak away because she knew we guessed her identity? How did she know?"

"Are you sure it's not just because you are annoying?" Beckman continued to complain.

It wasn't the first time that she felt that he had run away in annoyance, so there was nothing to be confused about.

"Ah! She went to the port!" Shanks quickly followed him out.

Beckman followed him slowly, and then he saw the two men facing off at the port with swords drawn, which was very eye-catching.

Beckman:…

"I am the potion witch!"

Beckman tilted her head and thought, her name is different, but is this her true identity, right?

The silver-haired witch was given her identity as a bounty hunter by outsiders. The potion witch is probably related to her ability, is it the potion made with magic?

No wonder it's so special and magical.

"So you agreed?" Shanks asked happily.

"If you bother me again, I will take your head in exchange for money." Sylphis glared at him and put away the soft sword.

Shanks touched his neck and looked back at Beckman, with confused eyes asking: Did you agree or not?

Before Beckman could answer, Sylphis walked towards the town and said without looking back: "I'm going back first. Call me if you want to leave."

Beckman didn't need to answer now, he already knew the answer.

Sylphis didn't show up again for several days. The boss's wife brought her meals to the door of her room. She was alone in the room fussing about something.

She wanted Shanks to think clearly about whether he really wanted to invite her to be his partner. If he didn't regret it in a few days, he would call her. If he regretted it, then they shouldn't meet again.

At the same time, it was also to give her some time to think about whether she really wanted to form a bond with them.

Sylphis is actually a bit wavering. She doesn't hate the red-haired pirates, nor does she hate Shanks. It would be better to say that she likes the atmosphere on their ship, but on the one hand, she is hesitant to do so due to the teacher's warning. promise.

She didn't want to let the teacher's expectations fall short again. She originally decided not to have in-depth interactions with anyone before the end of the experience, because she couldn't guarantee that she could watch someone familiar die in front of her without doing anything.

The first three newborn witches who died during the training period obviously had extremely powerful natural magic, but they still died in the hands of humans. Human beings are obviously such weak existences, but they can kill the powerful immortal witch.

Sylphis didn't know the state of their relationship at that time, and just wanted to avoid following in their footsteps, but she found that it was impossible to completely avoid contact with humans unless she lived in seclusion.

The Crimson Flame Witch said that among the four people, Sylphis had the softest and kindest heart and the weakest strength.

The first three people could die because they could not let go of their feelings for humans, let alone Sylphis, so she was particularly worried that Sylphis would still die at the hands of humans.

Sylphis knew it herself, so she made up her mind before setting off not to have too close contact with humans to develop feelings.

But this idea changed the last time he was teased by Shanks.

She found that human beings were too complicated. Even if she did not interact with them in depth, she might be deceived by them or even die because of it. This was very different from them.

They will trade with humans at a price of exchange, each getting what they need. After the two parties enter into a contract, everything will be executed in accordance with the contract. There will be no forced buying or selling, and there will be no possibility of deception.

Sylphis especially respects this and even thinks too much about the contractor.

So much so that she reacted so badly when Shanks reminded her, because she discovered that the content of the training was not entirely intended to hone the witch's ability to protect herself.

If her idea is correct, then even if she lives in seclusion until the end of the training time, she will not be able to pass the training.

The ability of language and emotion is too beyond their understanding. They rely too much on the power of the contract. The content of the contract is whatever it is, but humans have no such concerns. They cannot accurately see through the lies that come out of their mouths.

Because in their world, this kind of thing is not allowed.

But honestly, it's just stupid, to put it bluntly.

Sylphis pressed her head with a headache. Although she had heard stories about witches deceiving humans, that was what fallen witches would do, and they would not do such things. It would violate the rules of magic.

They didn't do it, but they didn't expect that they would be deceived by humans in turn.

In fact, the teacher also said this kind of thing, but she couldn't understand it at the time and didn't feel involved. In addition, the teacher had the kind of fiery temper that would burn people to death once they found out that they had been cheated. Hill Faith simply couldn't fathom what would actually happen.

She didn't understand until she met him.

Fortunately, he met Shanks, if others had really shed a layer of skin.

Like the red-nosed Bucky...

Sylphis was a little speechless thinking about him. To be honest, that guy was terrible at hiding his expression. If he could really be deceived by him, he would have been stupid to death.

It's just that the newborn witches before her didn't all fail because they were deceived by humans.

Mostly because I can't stand the people I was once close to leaving my side one after another. When I think that this situation may be repeated for hundreds or even thousands of years, I almost lose the courage to live with this kind of torture, and I am emotionally invested. Because it's so profound.

Sylphis still couldn't understand this feeling for the time being, but she didn't want to take the same path after understanding it.

She buried her face on the pillow and sighed, "Human beings are so complicated."

After spending four days alone in the room, with his head buried in front of the table, Sylphis finally heard the knock on the door to leave.

Looking down at the finished product on the table slightly, Sylphis packed it up and opened the door.

"Let's go!" Outside the door, Shanks smiled.

She thought that at least Shanks would not maliciously deceive her.

She can follow them to understand human thoughts. It is not good to have too much contact with people, and it is not good to have too little contact. Then it is best to choose people you can trust and learn from them, right?

She didn't know if it was the right choice, but she could try, she still had a lot of time anyway.

As for my own heart...

Sylvester clutched the clothes on her chest tightly, and she would choose to leave before it could no longer control her.