Clearly, Drake's threat was quite effective.
Even though Asterios was itching to run over and knock Drake flying, he had to stay put, baring his teeth and glaring at her with a fierce but non-lethal gaze.
"Despicable! Unreasonable! Rude! You overgrown, ugly woman!"
Euryale's pretty little face flushed red as she used her lifetime of knowledge to insult Drake, who had kidnapped her to threaten the little bull.
"Uh, has anyone ever told you that when you curse, it sounds like you're acting spoiled?"
Drake scratched her head.
"Besides, we are pirates. Saying these things is more like praising us than insulting us—except for the last sentence, which I mind a little."
"Ugh..."
Euryale was fuming again, but with her limited vocabulary of insults, she could only puff up her cheeks and glare at Drake.
"Hiss, don't look at me like that. At least use a fiercer look, right? Being like this makes me feel like I'm bullying a child."
Drake looked at Euryale like this and also had a headache.
"...I really don't think we need to be at each other's throats like this."
Takumi, who had caught his breath, placed his right hand in front of him, showing the Command Spells on the back of his hand to Euryale.
...
After listening to Takumi's explanation, the atmosphere between the two sides finally became harmonious.
"...So after all this, you guys aren't with that disgusting guy?"
Hearing this, Euryale suddenly realized.
"Disgusting guy?"
Drake was a bit confused.
"It's Blackbeard. Compared to a woman like you, Sis, he prefers loli Goddesses like Euryale. After meeting Euryale, he behaves rather pervertedly."
Takumi explained simply.
"Not rather perverted, but extremely perverted! I have never seen a guy who makes people feel uncomfortable just by breathing the same air!"
Euryale recalled Blackbeard's appearance before and couldn't help hugging her shoulders and shivering.
A look of disgust appeared on her face.
To this, Takumi could only say that Euryale hadn't seen some of the outrageous comments online; otherwise, she would at least have some resistance.
—But then again, people generally aren't as uninhibited as Blackbeard in reality.
And Blackbeard was quite good at using his appearance advantage, liking to make various coy poses with his height of over two meters. Just looking at it would make one's scalp tingle. (Indeed over two meters tall, if the profile data is correct.)
"Forget it, let's not mention that disgusting thing. What do you plan to do next?"
Euryale shook her head, throwing Blackbeard out of her mind, then changed the subject.
"I remember you said you were attacked by Blackbeard and barely escaped here. What are your plans after this?"
"Of course, we are going to fight back! Damn it, being beaten so miserably by that bastard, if I don't fight back, I might as well stop messing around on the sea!"
Drake waved her fist forcefully, gritting her teeth.
"Also, have to help Mimi. He is busy saving the world, and the Holy Grail on Blackbeard is necessary."
Drake pointed her thumb at Takumi behind her, laughing heartily at the same time:
"Besides, Mimi was very dazzling in the battle just now. If not for him, my crew would probably have suffered heavy losses, right?"
"Furthermore, since he calls me Boss, can I not help him?"
Hearing Drake's words, Takumi scratched his head awkwardly, a blush appearing on his fair face.
"So, want to board my ship? Just us few people really aren't a match for that bastard Blackbeard."
"But if we add you guys, it's different. I heard from Mimi that you seem to be a high-ranking deity or something."
Drake finally revealed true intention, extending an invitation to Euryale with a smile that showed no awkwardness at all.
Even though she had just been pointing a gun at this Goddess's head.
"You really are both insatiable and bold, actually thinking of inviting a Goddess onto your ship."
Looking at the composed Drake, Euryale sighed faintly.
"So, Goddess-sama's answer is?"
"Oh my, although I don't reject boarding your ship—after all, Asterios's labyrinth was also destroyed by you accidentally—as a Goddess, I might not be as powerful as you imagine. I might not even be able to beat ordinary Servants."
Euryale feigned distress.
"But I remember your Noble Phantasm seems to have a special attack against males, right? If used well, that should also have some good effects."
Takumi suddenly interrupted.
"Hmm? You know about my Noble Phantasm too? Could it be we are actually very familiar?"
Euryale blinked, looking suspiciously at Takumi.
She shouldn't have exposed her Noble Phantasm.
"No, meeting face-to-face is definitely the first time. I just saw it with my eyes. You can tentatively assume I have high-ranking [Clairvoyance]."
Takumi explained casually.
"Clairvoyance? If it's high-ranking Clairvoyance, it's indeed not impossible..."
Euryale nodded in understanding, not delving deeper into this aspect, but changed the subject:
"Then what about Asterios? Are you inviting him aboard too?"
"Woo...?"
Hearing himself being discussed, Asterios looked up blankly.
"Of course! Right now, we are short of capable strong combat power in every sense. For a big guy like him, even if you didn't mention it, I would have dragged him onto the ship!"
Drake said as a matter of course.
The battle just now had proven that their combat power was completely insufficient. They relied entirely on Takumi struggling desperately to escape unscathed.
If she could absorb two suitable combatants now, Drake would wake up laughing from her dreams.
"Quite the smooth talker... Well, you heard it too. So, want to board the ship with me? They seem pretty nice."
Euryale turned to look at Asterios.
"Where you go, I go."
Asterios said in a muffled voice.
His brain didn't have that many twists and turns. Whoever treated him well, he listened to. And Euryale happened to be the one treating him best right now.
"Then I'll leave him in your care, Captain?"
Understanding Asterios's thoughts, Euryale nodded with satisfaction, then winked at Drake.
"No problem, leave it to me!"
Drake patted her chest, saying without hesitation.
The little bull's labyrinth wasn't like the Noble Phantasm in the game that could debuff even Goetia's attack power to almost nothing. It was simply a labyrinth that could make people lose their way.
Leaving aside whether pulling a long enough thread could solve the labyrinth, just taking an A-rank or so Anti-Army Noble Phantasm could destroy his labyrinth mostly.
The falling Golden Wild Hunt had pretty much confirmed this point.
So for Euryale and Asterios, this labyrinth couldn't be called safe either. Cooperation was the most suitable choice for both parties.
'Phew, seems I don't need to say more...'
Seeing things getting back on track, Takumi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then what do we do next? Continue to go out to sea?"
Euryale looked around.
"Hehe, of course—Hold a Banquet!"
Drake glanced at the darkening sky, deliberately dragging out her tone, then suddenly raising her volume.
"Hah?"
Euryale obviously hadn't figured out Drake's logic yet, looking blank.
"Great! It's a banquet!"
But the other pirates had already cheered skillfully.
"Wait, didn't we just hold a banquet yesterday and only set sail this morning?"
A pirate discovered a blind spot.
"Idiot! Hold a banquet after victory, hold a banquet when a rookie joins, hold a banquet after successfully escaping. Anyway, hold a banquet as long as we are happy; only then can we be called wholesome!"
"Understand?"
"Oh~! I get it. Anyway, just hold a banquet, right!"
This pirate put on a look of great wisdom.
"..."
"Are they always like this?"
Euryale pointed to the pirates who had already fallen into a carnival, asking the only normal person, Takumi.
"Uh, probably. Anyway, it's quite interesting."
Takumi shrugged.