The Captain Who Uses Map Hacks - Chapter 137



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Episode 137 Within the past year (2)

Princess Lily approached with guard knights on both sides.

Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash.

The armed guards moved like robots.

A disciplined movement as if measured with a ruler.

Even the eyes that show no emotion whatsoever.

As they approached, the inspector became frightened and cowered.

“Captain Lee Man-seok. nice to meet you.”

The princess, accompanied by an escort knight, smiled at me.

Even though I knew it was a smile for everyday life, it was a beautiful smile that made even those who saw it happy.

“princess. “It’s nice to see you again too.”

“I want to talk for a moment, who is next to me?”

The princess’s expression, which had been as supple as a sunny flower field, suddenly became as cold as ice in the middle of winter.

“Oh, this person?”

I glanced at the trembling checker.

“This is the guy who blew and ate a piece of my silk while interrogating me.”

“really? “What happened?”

“I thoughtlessly said that my silk was fake and dropped the whole silk into salt water.”

The princess glared at the inspector with cold eyes.

“You said you would reduce cargo loss to a minimum, right?”

“Go, princess! Isn’t the whole kingdom in trouble these days because of fake frost silkworm silk? But there was no way the captain, who couldn’t even take off his school uniform, would have brought real silkworm silk… .”

The inspector gave gibberish excuses.

In the meantime, he left out anything that was unfavorable to him.

“First, he brought up the story of bribery to me.”

The inspector’s face turned as white as plaster.

The princess looked at him and sighed softly.

“Captain Lee Man-seok. “I will compensate you for the silk.”

The inspector sat down helplessly, as if he had gone crazy.

When the princess winked, the two guards quickly walked forward.

They arrested the inspectors on both sides and dragged them somewhere.

“I don’t know what to do with the princess’s generosity.”

“Don’t flatter me. “It doesn’t suit you.”

I smiled and shrugged my shoulders.

“Then shall we move to our seats first?”

The dockside comes to a complete standstill due to the princess’s visit.

I wasn’t able to do my job properly because I was always worried.

They even arrested the inspector in front of me, so why bother?

“Good idea. Follow me. “Because I caught the carriage.”

The princess walked lightly through the crowd like Moses’ wave.

I followed her and leisurely left the port.

* * *

Rattling rattling doo doo doo—

Horses pulling carriages galloped down the road.

When I opened the car window, light green waves passed by.

When I returned a year after leaving Carmena Continent, the same summer greeted me as a year ago.

“It’s a nice view, right?”

As I was looking out the window, the princess spoke to me.

I looked away and responded to her with a smile.

“It cost about a million gold just to take care of the garden.”

That was a sight worth a million gold.

A lawn neatly trimmed as if measured with a ruler.

A green maze that is much taller than me.

Garden trees pruned and shaped like statues.

In the white fountain, the water sparkled like jewels.

I engraved this precious scenery on my retina.

“You spent a lot of money.”

“No problem. “It’s a royal garden, so we have to do at least this much.”

“yes? “Romance?”

I looked back at the princess with surprised eyes.

She answered without blinking.

“yes. “This is Carmena Castle.”

I glanced out the car window again.

A white palace whiter and cleaner than the white sand beach.

High towers rising sharply here and there.

The royal castle that I had only seen from afar was right here.

“I didn’t even know I was passing through the gates.”

“Because there are no inspections? Who would stop the princess’s carriage?”

When I think about it, that’s true.

Who can stop the landlord from going home?

“More than that, Captain Lee Man-seok. “How was Gawiana Continent?”

I told Princess Lily about the past year.

Departure for the eastern continent and the first mutiny on board.

A short vacation on a deserted island and people cursed by God.

Adventure in a cursed mansion, clearing out a pirate outpost.

“After arriving on Gawiana Continent, I was even busier.”

Starting with saving Mulgol Port, which was on the verge of being occupied.

Find the runaway king and unite the scattered forces.

While climbing Baeksan Mountain to prevent blue birds from being used as weapons.

I also got trapped in a white fog maze.

I also found treasure in the maze.

“This is the sword I got back then.”

I took the blue sword from my belt and showed it to the princess.

A plain scabbard with a slight hint of blue.

When I pulled out the sword, a cool, damp energy flickered from the blade.

“You found quite an interesting treasure.”

“There’s something more interesting than this.”

The remnants of the Redbeard Pirates, who were trying to turn the tables by turning the Bluebird into a weapon, and the last Bluebird who resisted until the end and died.

The princess sighed heavily here.

“Then the bluebird must have become extinct.”

“That’s not it. “Take a look.”

I gently put my hands in my pockets.

The warm body of Blue Bird Phineas touched me.

Let’s carefully take it out and spread out our palms.

… Damn?

The slightly grown blue bird looked at the princess and tilted its head.

“This… “You’re a baby bluebird?!”

Princess Lily was surprised to see the baby bluebird.

Without realizing it, she reached out and touched the bird.

Every time the princess touched him, Finny cried.

“It’s possible to hatch a baby without a mother! “What on earth did you do?”

Maru the cat hatched a blue bird egg.

But I don’t know if the princess will believe that.

“I was lucky.”

“You are truly amazing. Ah, here.”

I took the spinning piny and put it in my pocket.

But the guy seemed to have lost sleep, sticking his head out of his pocket and looking around.

“Anyway, this is the end of the report.”

The story of Malcolm’s unrequited love and the soju business of Baekmyeonghoe.

I decided to ask about such trivial things in moderation.

Soju hasn’t even been prototyped yet, so there’s no need for the princess of the kingdom to know about Malcolm’s private life.

“Oh. And princess. Please take it.”

I delivered King Miheon’s letter to the princess.

She opened the rolled up scroll and said.

I quickly frowned and folded the scroll.

“The ‘White Captain’ is brainwashing people?”

“It may not amount to brainwashing, but it seems to have some kind of influence.”

“If it’s true, it’s terrible. “Almost all sailors believe in the ‘White Captain.’”

The princess opened the letter once again.

Her eyes moved from side to side.

Suddenly he looked straight into my eyes.

“Captain Lee Man-seok, do you also believe in ‘Captain White’?”

This is a question I’ve never thought about.

If you ask me if I know “The White Captain,” I know very well.

But if you ask me if I believe in “The White Captain.”

“hmm. maybe… “I won’t believe it.”

“okay. Then you won’t be brainwashed.”

“Princess Lily, do you believe in ‘Captain White’?”

“I trust no one but my side.”

The princess answered immediately and shifted her gaze to the letter.

Are you looking for some hidden password?

She read the short letter dozens of times.

Only then did he roll up the scroll and put it away.

“great. “I will quietly investigate this on my own.”

“Without informing the kingdom?”

“The ‘White Captain’ is the god and idol of sailors, but making this known will only add to the confusion.”

Princess Lily’s opinion was also plausible.

“White Captain” is the god of sailors.

That God causes sailors to have dangerous impulses?

Most people won’t believe it, and it will only cause complaints from sailors.

The world is almost entirely comprised of the sea.

In a place like this, losing the public opinion of sailors is fatal.

“great. Well then, princess. Now let’s get to the point.”

I closed the car window and sat down face to face with the princess.

“Why did you come to the port to pick me up?”

The princess of a kingdom came out to meet a captain.

Even the dockside soaked in the blood and sweat of sailors.

There’s no way he came here because he wanted to see my face.

There’s no way he came to collect the debt he owed.

There is only one possibility left.

“princess. “Is there something you would like me to do?”

“Captain Lee Man-seok is very quick-witted, which is nice. that’s right. “I’m in a bit of trouble, and the only person I can trust and ask for is Captain Lee Man-seok.”

“Please tell me more details.”

“I’ll let you know when I get there. “You don’t want to keep your precious guests waiting too long.”

Distinguished guest?

Suddenly, I felt like the blood in my veins was freezing.

If you are a precious guest to the princess, then who are you?

Could it be that he is the king of Carmena Kingdom?

Whoa—uh!

The coachman’s voice was faintly heard, and the carriage stopped.

“ah. You’ve arrived. Now, get off.”

The coachman clicked open the carriage door.

I made eye contact with the person standing beyond the door.

He wore precious clothes dyed with purple dye.

Gold jewelry sparkles on his neck and fingers.

A man with a shadow on his face, like a scared child.

I know him, and he knows me.

Because we fought with the intention of killing each other.

“Ethan… Walter… Peacock… !”

* * *

Carmena Continent Capital, Resian Port.

As soon as we docked, Princess Lily came out to meet me.

I took a carriage and arrived at the royal garden.

What is this? The customer who was waiting for me… .

“Duke Ethan Walter! Why are you here?!”

I raised my finger and pointed at the peacock.

The man who convened a noble meeting to bury me more than a year ago.

Now, in front of my eyes, he naturally pretended to be a guest.

“Duke Walter surrendered to me and came under me.”

Princess Lily blocked my point with her body.

“So, we’re on our side now. Is that right, Duke?”

She squinted at the duke with an expressionless face.

Duke Walter, feeling the gaze, smiled awkwardly.

“princess. What does that mean?”

“That’s literally it. Duke Walter was expelled from the Council of Nobles. “He approached me to survive.”

Duke Walter smiled generously.

But I saw that his lips kept twitching.

It was clear that he was struggling on the inside.

“Captain Lee Man-seok. “There have been many things between us, but how about forgetting the past and starting anew?”

“They convened a meeting of nobles and tried to kill me, so let’s just pretend it never happened?”

“Didn’t you bankrupt me too?”

He muttered in an instant with a gloomy look on his face.

“I lost 9 million gold overnight. So, let’s pretend that we exchanged information with each other once.”

I looked at the princess with eyes demanding an explanation.

She nodded faintly.

“The only thing left for Duke Walter is his title. “I no longer have the strength, money, or power to threaten Captain Lee Man-seok.”

A clear explanation that gets to the core of my curiosity.

As expected, the princess of a country is quick-witted.

“Thank you for your kind explanation.”

“So, why don’t we put the past behind us and cooperate with each other?”

I crossed my arms and looked Duke Walter up and down.

Certainly, upon closer inspection, I could sense his downfall.

The clothes were washed incorrectly, so hairs came out here and there.

Even the shiny accessories are just needlessly flashy.

It wasn’t harmonious, so it looked like a walking electric sign.

“Is it really of any use to a duke who only has a title?”

“Hey, look! Captain Lee Man-seok! Even though I lost my money and power! “The network is still alive and well!”

“Networking?”

Duke Walter smiled broadly when he saw my reaction.

As if he had somehow found an opportunity to persuade me.

“okay! Networking! I especially know skilled carpenters. Since you are the captain, you must be greedy for ships, right?”

Duke Walter slowly approached me and squeezed my hand.

“After this is over, I will introduce you. Since you have achieved such success, shouldn’t you be in a boat that suits you?”

Clearly, I need a new boat.

Because we can never reach the Badum Continent by boat now.

I needed a ship good enough to withstand the sea of ​​death, and if Duke Walter could introduce me to a carpenter… .

“great. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.”

I quickly shook Duke Walter’s hand away.

“What on earth brought you two to me?”

“That’s it… “I’m in trouble because of the counterfeit goods business.”

Duke Walter wiped the sweat from his forehead with his handkerchief.

“A counterfeit product?”

“okay! “I sent the princess silkworm silk as a gift, but it was all counterfeit.”

“No, wait a minute. “You mean the silkworm silk is counterfeit?”

Seori silkworm silk is a silk with many unique properties.

So, counterfeiting itself would be almost impossible?

What the inspector said was true?

“Is that possible?”

“Because it was possible, I guess I wouldn’t have gotten away with it!”

Duke Walter’s face turned red all the way to his neck.

It looks like he suffered a huge loss due to this incident.

“Whew. Anyway, thanks to you, I lost some money. Even the gifts turned into trash. “Princess Lily, who received a counterfeit gift, is also in trouble!”

Princess Lily, who had been quietly listening to the story, spoke.

“that’s right. This is also a matter of my prestige. How do you feel, Captain Lee Man-seok? “Can you help me?”

I thought as I smoothed my chin.

Actually, you don’t have to help.

A problem that can be solved even with the abilities of the princess and the duke.

There is no reason for me to help with this matter.

“Whew. In any case, the market price of Seori Silkworm will soon collapse due to counterfeit products.”

“yes? “What did you say just now?”

“huh? Didn’t you know? “This is the market trend now.”

Duke Walter handed me a detailed report.

When I read that, my eyes almost popped out.

The entire investment in Seori silkworm silk was recovered.

Nobles are also selling Seori Silkworm silk products.

The announcement of a scoop by the yellow press, which was full of gossip, was barely prevented thanks to the power of Princess Lily and Duke Walter.

At this point, it was obvious that the price of Seori silkworm would plummet.

“No, what is this…” !”

The events of a year ago passed before my eyes.

A fight to the death in the Wentus jungle under heavy rain.

A precious frost silkworm obtained after a hard struggle.

Even the Seori Silkworm Farm was built at Edok Port at a great cost.

All that hard work went to waste because of a counterfeiter?

‘How much money did I invest in Seori silkworm silk? !’

“It’s a shame I didn’t invest in Seori silkworm silk. “Everyone who invested here is jumping into the sea.”

Duke Walter faltered, not knowing how fast I was riding.

“… I’ll do it.”

Squeaky—

The notebook where I wrote the price list was crushed in my hands.

Duke Walter and Princess Lily flinched when they saw that.

“I’ll do it. “I will catch the person who counterfeited the silkworm silk.”

“Well, is that possible? Captain Lee Man-seok?”

Of course it is possible.

I pulled out the compass with rough hands.

Let’s just pop open the lid.

Paaaa—!

A treasure with a panoramic view of the entire sea.

The blue map core rotated slowly like a globe.

‘Because I am the captain who uses map hacks.’