"B-But, Your Highness..... I..."
"If you decline to take me there, I'll escape from one of your boats and go there myself."
Ren Jidian: ... .... ... ....
"Can't you thank me first for breaking my back for you!?"
Prince Weiford frowned. "I intend to. After taking me back to my kingdom, I will pay you a hefty sum for saving my life. Perhaps even buy you a new, larger ship."
"I don't need any of that! All I ask is to be acquainted with you after this---"
"Absolutely not."
The prince left his bed. "I do not want to be acquainted with a pirate like you at all. Don't get any foolish thoughts in your head."
"I want sleeping quarters prepared for me. The better it is, the better I will pay you. Preferably with lots of books so I may pass the time inside this ship."
Ren Jidian tried to go after him, but his injuries still hurt. "B-But---"
"And I do not want to talk to any of you. If you want to give me food, just leave it in my doorstep and knock."
