Still, although Tashigi felt Kaya might lose her nerve at the last moment—and that even Nami and Carina, who normally seemed so outgoing, might do the same—if possible, she still hoped all three of them would truly end up together with Arton.
After all, if that happened, she would no longer have to sneak around behind Carina and Nami's backs whenever she wanted to meet Arton privately. Once they were all Arton's women, there would hardly be any reason for them to keep guarding against one another.
Of course, if Nami, Carina, and Kaya became Arton's women too, the amount of time Tashigi could spend alone with him would inevitably decrease. Even so, she thought that was perfectly fine. In fact, Tashigi hoped everyone aboard the ship would eventually end up together with Arton.
Doing so would undoubtedly divide Arton's time even further, leaving him with less time to spend with her, but Tashigi knew this was what Arton himself wanted.
She had already fallen completely in love with Arton, so naturally, anything he sincerely wished for was something she wanted as well.
Since Arton hoped to get along intimately with every one of his companions aboard the ship, Tashigi naturally wanted that wish to become reality too.
Even if his time became extremely limited afterward, surely they could still squeeze out a little time here and there. And if that still wasn't enough, she could always take advantage of the times Arton was dreaming and have Uta bring her into his dream so the two of them could meet privately.
That should make the time problem a little easier to manage.
"If possible, I hope Nami, Carina, and Kaya won't lose their nerve when they face Arton later."
Uta folded her arms across her chest, speaking with a serious expression.
Just as Tashigi had completely fallen for Arton, Uta had already fallen for him long ago as well. If Tashigi wanted Arton's dream to come true, then how could Uta possibly not want the same thing?
By now, Uta felt that she had already occupied Arton for quite a long time. It was about time she shared him with more of their companions aboard the ship.
Having experienced Arton firsthand, Uta knew all too well that he was like a fine wine—the more one tasted, the more intoxicating he became.
Uta genuinely liked every one of their companions aboard the ship.
Since that was the case, she naturally hoped they would all get the chance to experience Captain's unique charm for themselves. If some of them went their entire lives without ever getting a taste of Arton, that would simply be far too regrettable.
Uta was skilled at singing, and at times she could even perceive people's hearts through voices and music.
She knew very clearly that everyone aboard the ship liked Arton.
More than a few of them had already entertained the thought of giving themselves to him.
It was simply that, for all sorts of reasons, they had never managed to find the right opportunity to truly get together with Arton.
Now even Nami and Carina had decided to team up against him, so naturally Uta hoped they would succeed.
If they did, perhaps the atmosphere aboard the ship would finally begin to change.
Once everyone realized that Nami and Carina had developed an extremely intimate relationship with Arton, the others would no longer have so many reservations.
And when that time came, the rest of the Flame Blade Pirates would naturally begin taking action as well.
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Chapter 915: Uta Has Reason to Believe
Others might not know, but Uta understood the situation perfectly well.
It was no exaggeration to say that there was not a single person in the Flame Blade Pirates Arton had founded who disliked him.
Even if someone had not felt much affection for Arton at first, sooner or later, they always ended up liking him.
Because of the Sea Diary, everyone who had joined the Flame Blade Pirates knew perfectly well that Arton was a man whose mind was filled with lewd fantasies.
Ordinarily, if a woman learned that a man constantly entertained such fantasies about her, there was a good chance she would find him disgusting.
But Arton was different.
Arton might harbor all sorts of lewd fantasies about the women he had created derivative works of, but in the real world, he would never simply violate their boundaries without reason—unless that person was trying to harm him.
And even when someone did directly oppose him, Arton still did not necessarily do anything resembling the outrageous scenarios in his derivative manga.
Gion was the perfect example. When Arton encountered her back then, he had not done anything improper to her.
Although Uta had not yet been Arton's companion at the time, the Sea Diary had allowed her to understand what happened quite clearly.
If Arton had actually chosen to make a move on Gion back then, Uta believed Gion might very well have accepted it.
Had Gion already fallen in love with Arton at that point?
Uta's answer was unequivocally no.
Gion certainly had not liked Arton that way yet.
But Uta knew that Gion was an extremely rational woman. Even if she had no romantic feelings for Arton, she might still have agreed to something if she believed it would benefit both herself and the Marines.
Anyone who possessed a copy of the Sea Diary could understand just how much help recruiting Arton would bring to themselves and to the organization behind them.
There was no helping it. Arton's Sea Diary System was simply far too outrageous.
Even if Arton never shared the power of his templates with the other Sea Diary holders, the points his system distributed to them were already tremendously attractive.
By spending those points, a Sea Diary holder could greatly accelerate their own training.
That alone was enough to make them substantially stronger.
Even now, Uta could still remember the excitement she had felt when she first used the Sea Diary points Arton provided to train herself.
In the past, if Uta wanted to become stronger, she had needed to go through grueling training.
After she began using points, however, it felt as though she only needed to put in the slightest bit of effort to grow stronger.
Uta believed every other Sea Diary holder had experienced the exact same feeling.
That feature of Arton's system alone was enough that Gion might have been willing to give herself to him even before she fell in love with him.
And if Arton's template powers were added on top of that, Uta believed that even if Arton had ordered Gion right then and there to kneel and lick him, she might have been more than willing.
Uta even thought that if Arton had asked Gion back then to bring along some of the other female Marines and join him in one wildly satisfying game, Gion might genuinely have considered accepting.
Wasn't the current situation within the Marines practically heading in that very direction already?
Uta had every reason to believe that the female Marines who possessed copies of the Sea Diary were currently considering using their collective strength to entice Arton into joining their side.
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