Chapter 194: Cattelya: You Are Not Allowed to Slander the Queen
Luo En endured the discomfort, leaned against the wall, and slowly stood up.
He looked at the panicked Danitz and the bristling Lachi, and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Be careful, a Calamity is coming."
"Calamity?! What Calamity?!" Danitz was startled and immediately pressed.
He pointed at Cattelya, who was still curled up in pain on the ground, a hint of fear in his voice: "Is it her? Is she about to lose control?!"
Luo En shook his head. He walked to the small porthole of the cabin, looked out at the boundless, vast sea, and showed a self-mocking bitter smile.
"I must have been dizzy with urgency. To actually run to a place like this—where you can't even run away."
He glanced at the panicked Danitz, then at the Orange Cat making a low whimpering sound in its throat.
He put the black "Silence" ring on his finger, forcing his mind, which was somewhat chaotic from the severe pain and fear, to calm down again.
He turned around and looked at Cattelya struggling in pain on the ground.
He had intended to use his Spirit Vision again to check what exactly was affecting her, but this time, his spiritual intuition frantically warned him, stopping his dangerous action.
Helpless, he could only directly shout at Cattelya, "Madam! You are Admiral of the Stars, Cattelya, right? You should have a way, shouldn't you? Where are your subordinates? Where is your flagship?! We—are about to be in big trouble!"
Hearing his shout, Cattelya's pained body trembled slightly. She slowly raised her head and glanced at him, but still couldn't stand up.
Pirates are really unreliable!
Luo En cursed inwardly. Then, he gave up on the fantasy, pulled out "Phantom" from his Pregnant, cocked the hammer, and adopted a vigilant stance ready for battle at any moment.
"Brando, what kind of Calamity is it? Is it coming for us?" Danitz also rubbed a fireball, moved closer to Luo En, and asked nervously.
"I don't know." Luo En shook his head, glancing warily at Cattelya, who was still struggling on the ground.
"It might also be coming for her."
"After all, a Pirate General's bounty is much, much more than both of ours combined."
"And the threat she poses to the Official is also greater than us two."
"Moreover," he added, "she is still so weak right now."
Hearing Luo En's guess, Danitz's expression changed. He seemed to suddenly remember something, lowered his voice, and said, "Speaking of which... there was a rumor on the sea that Admiral of the Stars, Cattelya, seemed to have broken off with Queen Mystic."
"Queen Mystic? The legendary Pirate King?" Luo En immediately asked.
Danitz nodded heavily.
Haha, how interesting.
Luo En let out a bitter laugh in his heart.
This time he went to sea, first encountering Iceberg Admiral and Vice Admiral of Disease, and now Admiral of the Stars. If another Pirate King were to appear, it wouldn't seem impossible.
After deliberating for a few seconds, Danitz made a bold guess: "Do you think it could be Queen Mystic wanting to purge her ranks? She's alone now, with no subordinates by her side, which is the best time to deal with her!"
This—it doesn't seem impossible.
Luo En pondered the possibilities in Danitz's words.
If that's really the case, then what should we do? If we hand Cattelya over, will we be safe? Or will the other party silence us too for secrecy? Although Queen Mystic's reputation in rumors is quite good, she is a pirate after all.
"No—no!"
Just as Luo En was rapidly thinking about countermeasures, Cattelya, who had been lying on the ground groaning in pain, suddenly spoke in an extremely weak yet exceptionally firm voice.
"The Queen—she wouldn't do that to me!"
"You—you are not allowed to slander her!"
Cattelya's voice was filled with uncontrollable anger.
She—got angry? And she seems to have sobered up a bit unexpectedly?
Seeing this, a hint of curiosity arose in Luo En's heart.
Hmm...
He observed Cattelya for a few moments and decided to probe further.
"But," he said in a matter-of-fact tone, "haven't you already broken off with Queen Mystic? It's not impossible for her to purge her ranks, is it?"
"No! That's impossible!" Cattelya's voice came again, "The bond between the Queen and I is not something you—"
"—can understand!"
Feeling the spirituality around them becoming more agitated due to her emotional fluctuations, Luo En made a new judgment in his heart.
Could it be—that the rumored "breakup" was just a deception?
Their relationship has actually always been very good.
Thinking of this, he looked at Cattelya and eagerly said, "If that's the case, then she will definitely come to save you, right? Look, you've become like this now. She will definitely rush over immediately, right?"
With the help of a Pirate King, they might be able to safely get through this Calamity.
"I—"
Hearing this, Cattelya's voice suddenly stiffened. She stopped speaking.
It was unclear whether the pain of forcibly infused knowledge had gained the upper hand again, or if Luo En's words were like a knife, sharply piercing the most painful part of her heart.
"I don't know," she said softly after a long while, in a tone that was almost like a dream, filled with loss.
"She might—not come."
Listening to her tone, which was so lost it bordered on despair, Luo En did not continue to ask.
He was afraid that if he provoked her further, this Pirate General, who was already on the verge of losing control, would truly turn into a Monster.
He retreated a few steps, took out a "Blazing Sun" charm from his Pregnant, and handed it to Danitz.
"You and Lachi, go up to the deck first," he instructed. "Just in case she really loses control, it's good to be prepared."
"And if anything approaches us from the sea, you can tell me immediately."
"And I will stay here and watch her."
"Understood."
Danitz nodded upon hearing this. He took the charm, picked up Lachi, and quickly went up to the deck.
Luo En turned to look at Cattelya.
If she really lost control, then he could only...
"Sigh, I clearly invited you to protect us, but how did it suddenly turn the other way around?"