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Chapter 68: Embrace

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Princess...

...
Pete...

Pete Lordman!?

Princess Roseanna.

Clench
...Is dead...

Huh?

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Pete Lordman... That man...
Is no longer of this world...!

Princess, wait...

Princess...

Hmhmhm... You're too late, Lordman.
The princess' heart doesn't belong to you anymore.

Come, princess! Come to my arms!

Huh?
Skid

Princess...
!?

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Whoa!

Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!

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Owowow...
...Pete...

...Pete... Pete... Pete...

Princess Roseanna...

I'm sorry, princess.

I left for years without saying a thing...
I can't ask you to forgive me... But know that I always thought of...
Not another word...

I don't need to hear a thing...

Just never leave again.

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Did you come from the secret underground passage?
Yes.
Weren't you afraid by yourself?
...Just a little.

I ran into someone unexpected down there.
Huh?

Princess, the castle isn't safe.

Roll roll
I wonder if the princess went to bed already.
!?

Chancellor Lancott, what're you doing here?

Get the king.

You're not peeping on the princess, are you...!?

I said to bring the king here.

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Pete Lordman... He should've caused a ruckus if he arrived at the castle doors... How did he get in here?
What's going on?

Dolphan's locked in the underground dungeon!?

That's impossible... Dolphan is in the western prison.
Lancott made it all up! He framed Dolphan!

But we found undeniable evidence of his crimes...
And I'm not terrible fond of pirates, either.

Ah, about that...
If she knew you left to be a pirate...
It would break the princess' heart....
Uh... Uh...

Anyways...! Lancott is trouble!

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He has his claws in the military! A man like him shouldn't have that kind of power!
You've been away for so long, how do you know all this!?

...

Lancott has concocted a national policy that gives him complete control of the military.

A plan to eliminate all the pirates that plague this nation...
A pirate hunt.
...A pirate hunt...!?

...

That's impossible. Even if he lead the entire armed forces in a war against the pirates...
Pirates aren't that weak.

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I agree. But that man has acquired a secret weapon that he's quite proud of...
Secret weapon?

A group of Oldblood that are known as the "White Void"...

The White Void!?

As we speak, they're on their way to the Red Skulls' homeport, Inogasweeda, to wipe them out.
Clench

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What is it, Pete?
Pete, wait!

The power of changelings is unfathomable! They're in danger!
I have to warn the Red Skulls!!

What are you saying!? It might be a little overkill, but who cares? They're pirates!
What's gotten into you, Pete!?

...

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The Red Skulls are our enemies...
But my captain wouldn't want this.
...Captain?

...Princess...
I'm...

No... It can't be.
Stop... You're lying!!

A pirate.
Of the Sweet Madonna.

...
Did you hear it with your own ears, your majesty...?

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How deplorable...
The noble man who once would have been king now proudly calls himself a pirate...

Lancott!

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And while the whole kingdom has been searching for him all these years, he's been secretly keeping in touch with the princess... Unforgivable! Surely he must be executed...
Executed!?
Are you supporting piracy?

...Lordman... Why would you do something so foolish...?

On my mark!

Sights on Pete Lordman!

Fire!!

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...Roseanna...

Kacha
Cha
Princess...

Princess...
Why...?

Why did you... Why did you become a pirate...?

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Princess Roseanna...
Run...

Let us never... meet again...

...

After him! He's getting away!!
My lord...
Close off all the exits!!

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The princess is siding with the pirates... This is quite a problem.

Roseanna...

...
Pant
Pant
Pant
Munch munch

Gulp
That was fast. What happened, pirate scum?
Pant
Pant
Pant
Lord Dolphan...

...Lancott.
So he was waiting for you.

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I'm a pirate! That's why I must go!
But I'll be back! I promise!!

...

I had heard pirates were playboys and rogues, but...
Scrape scrape

Pete Lordman.
You've really grown.

Creak

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Like I said, Pete Lordman.

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You are to be executed...