Chapter 7

“What might those be?” Chloe inquired. “He proposed appointing me Commander-in-Chief of the Navy to eliminate their troublesome ‘Pirate King’,” Curtis explained. “And, moreover, to send thirty percent of all pirate loot recovered in the process to Ivanes.” Ah, the Pirate King. Chloe, a former naval officer, was vaguely familiar with the name. Rumor held that the accumulated plunder of Pirate King Bartholomew, who ravaged Solleria’s coasts, amounted to a sum equivalent to ten years of Ivanes’s national budget. Thus, the two Kings colluded: if Curtis were forcefully installed in Solleria, it would be a win-win for both. The King of Ivanes would be rid of the sight of Curtis, whom he despised, and the King of Glintland could utilize