The Duke Betrayed Me, My Pirate Brother Made Him Pay のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

Everyone on the ship agreed Bjorn LeBlanc was useless.His name meant bear, a reflection of our father's hopes for him.Too bad he grew up the exact opposite of his name.Once, just watching an execution scared him so badly he threw up.The sailors laughed themselves silly, crowding around him and pointing."The LeBlanc family's finished. After a century of piracy, a coward's going to throw it all away.""Says who? His sister's pretty tough.""What's a woman going to do? She should just get married and have a kid already."Without a word, I grabbed an iron hammer and showed them exactly what a woman could do.Afterward, Bjorn pulled me aside and said quietly, "Sis, I just don't want to kill people."I can support myself selling cloth and medicine too."Why do they have such a problem with me?"I patted his head to comfort him.Our parents died in a shipwreck in the frozen northern sea.Growing up, the two of us only had each other.I understood what he was going through. After I inheri

After that, Edgar laid down rules for me.I wasn't allowed to leave my room or see anyone except at certain times.Once, a seagull flew into my room. That was all it took.Edgar tied my hands and feet and hung me by the front gate all night.His face was livid."All I asked was for you to behave while Lydia's pregnant, and you sent a bird to tell your brother to avenge you?"That pirate blood really runs deep in you, doesn't it?"After that, he sealed up the only window in my room for good.I lost the last bit of freedom I had.Meanwhile, Lydia strutted around the castle, her belly sticking out, inspecting everything as if she were the lady of the house.She threw out all my old clothes and jewelry."Absolutely filthy."Trash belongs in the cesspit."Even so, she wasn't done with me.One day, Lydia came in and poured a cup of hot mead over my hand.It scalded a large patch of my arm, and the skin stung fiercely.Edgar heard the noise and rushed in.Without a word, he picked up the cup

The heavy iron door flew off its hinges and slammed into the stone wall, splitting in two.Edgar backed away without realizing it.Could anyone with strength like that be human?I was curled up in the corner. I forced my eyes open.Bjorn looked at me, his eyes red."Sis, don't talk."I'll beat them for what they did to you!"Edgar spun toward the door and screamed, "Guards! Stop him!"Footsteps pounded outside the dungeon.More than a dozen guards in iron armor with round shields charged in and surrounded Bjorn.Their shields locked into a wall, and every spear pointed at his chest."Now!"Bjorn was faster.He moved so fast I couldn't follow him. All I heard was one dull thud after another.He punched a heavily armored guard in the breastplate. It caved in, and the man flew backward.None of the others who came at him fared any better.Bones snapped left and right.Finally, someone realized what they'd gotten themselves into and started backing away."Wh-what... what kind of monster is

I let the curtain drop and looked at Bjorn."They're here."Bjorn stood up and set the medicine bowl on the wooden table."Sis, stay put."He pushed aside the curtain and went out.I followed him out and leaned against the door frame.Dozens of guards in iron armor stood outside.Their leader held up a sheet of parchment and read it aloud by torchlight. "By order of the Duke of Windham!"You stand accused of stealing from the duke's household, wounding the duke, and causing death and injury! By law, you are under arrest!"He looked us over with a nasty laugh."If you know what's good for you, you'll get down on your knees and hold out your hands."That set Bjorn off again."Stealing? Wounding?"I'll make them pay for every wrong they did my sister, bit by bit!"The leader's face stiffened."How dare you!"Seize them!"The armored guards rushed in all at once.Bjorn met them head-on.He punched the shield in front of him. It split down the middle, and the guard went flying, armor and al

Early on the third morning.Edgar and Lydia rode in a carriage to the fjord harbor.Lydia lifted the carriage curtain, smiling."Once we see my uncle, those two savage pirates are finished."Edgar nodded."Once I've got Helga back, I'm going to make her feel every bit of the humiliation she put me through, in front of everyone."The carriage stopped, and the two of them got out.The docks were empty except for a few porters loading cargo onto a longship."Why isn't Uncle Hrolf here yet?"Lydia looked around.Just then, I walked over from the shipyard with Bjorn.Edgar's face changed."Helga! You've got some nerve showing up here!"But Lydia only scoffed, "Perfect timing. Saves us the trouble of looking for you."My uncle, the admiral, is about to sail in with the entire navy fleet."The two of you are about to become fish food."I stopped, pulled a sheet of parchment from my coat, and unrolled it."Lydia, take a look at this."I read it aloud. "Contract."Effective immediately, the fjo