"Permission? I'm the First Officer of this ship, and you're the Second. When the Captain's away, we're the ones in charge. Besides, we're just going over there to catch a fish. We can have it for dinner, can't we?"
"But... that's off course..."
Clelia crossed her arms, shot him a glance, and said coolly, "Then you can just watch them hang there..."
Wei'en clenched his fists. 'Clelia...'
He had already noticed the pirates hanging upside down by their feet below the crow's nest.
"First Officer Clelia, if the Captain finds out and blames us for this..." Ronan said with a mournful look.
"I'll take responsibility!"
"You'll take responsibility? And how will you do that?"
"By..."
Hearing the voice, Clelia turned to look. Her first instinct was to run, but after a few steps, she stopped and retreated. Puffing out her chest and lifting her chin, she declared, "By going to the Captain and offering a sincere apology, of course~"
"Is that so?"
