Chapter 2 (2/2)
That cripple was the owner of this Crippled Shop There were extremely few people who knew his real name Everyone just called hirandfather, his great-grandfather, as well as all his ancestors before him They were also called ‘Cripple’ and had been the previous owners of this Crippled Shop
On the wall behind the wine shelves, there was a square portrait about two thirds of aon a part of the wall that was in complete shambles, blackened by smoke and dust It was a portrait of a burlya red cloth, his left hand was cut off at the wrist, replaced by a sharp iron hook, his right hand holding a big chopper, and his left leg was chopped off at the knee, replaced by an artificial limb made of iron His face was vicious and on his head stood a multi-colored parrot
The man in the portrait was the Crippled Shop’s first owner It was not clear how enerations he was before the current Cripple Some people said that Crippled Shop’s first oas once the ringleader of the islands across the three seas, but Cripple always refused to tell anyone – his ancestors were descendants of an intellectual family who always observed the rules
Suddenly roars of laughter exploded inside the tavern At a long oaken table at the corner of the tavern, there sat a le hat On the brinia This black beardeda wine cup the size of a person’s head
“Let’s pray so Old Jack can rest in peace in hell!”
Sitting around the oaken table were more than twenty brawny, bare-chested e and every single one of thehed and cheered, as they lifted up their wine cups This was definitely a group of ruffians; every hair on their bodies was screa the term ‘ruffian’
Wine cups were colliding with one another, spilling the pungent, cheap wine all over the table Those burlytransaction’ They unrestrainedly showed off and bragged, le person in the tavern know that they just robbed a shi+p and killed everyone in it while all the goods in the shi+p became their spoils of war
In this enriching harvest, the only loss was their old partner, Old Jack Unfortunately, someone had stabbed his lower abdomen
Putting the heavy copper wine cup in his hand on the wine shelf behind hiorously cleaned it again His rough and fierce face showing a queer smile as he shouted in a loud voice, “Heroes, welcome, so you still remember my lovely Crippled Shop Drink to your heart’s content; eat to your heart’s content I have prepared a group of sexy ladies for you They can definitely satisfy all your requests!”
That group of pirates sitting at the corner excitedly whistled All the customers in the tavern went into an uproar The s it all the more foul
Cripple grinned excitedly and laughed heartily More than half of every profit that this group of bastards painstakingly made on the sea would end up in his hands He loved this kind of strong bodied, simple-minded people the et wealthier and wealthier precisely because of them
At this moment, a bell under the wine shelf next to Cripple’s feet ’ sound
Cripple stared blankly, and then murmured in low voice, “That little devil is here? I wonder what good stuff he brings me this time”
Putting down the wine cup and the white cloth, Cripple retreated into the shadow of the wine shelves