Captain – Chapter 619 – I Forgive None of Them

“Yes, I agreed, but why?”

Facing the girl’s question, that person first acknowledged it lightly, then asked himself.

Brushing away time, dispelling the mist, the scenes that occurred in that rainy night eighteen years ago, every word that lingered here, once again surfaced in his mind.

In that confrontation of indifferent wills, that absolutely rational clash, all emotions, reasoning, and bonds gave way to cold interests.

Interests vast enough to be recorded in the annals of the old calendar.

“Because he gave me a promise—a promise guaranteed with his life and soul.”

“A future sufficient to move me.”

Hearing the person in the throne’s somewhat drifting sigh, Roy’s pupils slightly contracted, because from these words and his previous statements about the collision between old and new worlds, she finally grasped something, approaching the sorrowful truth.

“That promise… what was it?”

But despite having a guess, the girl still stared unblinkingly at that shadow, questioning that person in an emotionless tone, wanting confirmation from his mouth.

“It was the destruction of that old world, the collapse of the former dynasty, the complete annihilation of the forces Edward controlled and rebuilt in the Cursed Sea.”

The Great Captain’s words filled with reminiscence reached her ears, and Roy’s guess settled in her heart at this moment, so many previously unsolved mysteries now had answers.

So that dead ghost had never stood on the ancestor’s side, had never planned to reconcile or negotiate with him—from the beginning, he was a sword thrust from the present world toward the old world.

As one of the greatest beings of this era, as a father.

Declaring war against that Pirate King with blade drawn.

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So it was the Great Captain who sent you to the Cursed Sea. So you not only lacked confidence, but even the purpose and vision you sought in going to die were already carved in your heart early on.

But was it worth it, just for me? And why did you all never…

Consider how I would feel about it?

The truth was finally revealed. Now, all the exploration in darkness, the footprints left by brave advancement, the clues found, were all connected.

Her not-long life was finally given color by that meaningless affair.

Learning everything, the girl lowered her eyelids slightly, no longer pursuing further questions.

But the Great Captain’s voice still hadn’t ceased.

“He promised me that as long as I opened the door for him, he would try to kill Edward, end all his curses and evils, and even if he failed…”

“He would definitely bring irreversible trauma to the ‘world’ that person had rebuilt with his own hands.”

“Making all the devil’s schemes abort.”

The emotion in his eyes receded, and the person in the throne returned to indifference, looking at Roy who seemed somewhat dejected, speaking softly: “In the end, he failed, but he also succeeded.”

Roy knew that this seemingly contradictory context didn’t refer to the same thing.

Failure referred to the expedition across unknown distances to assassinate the devil.

And success, naturally, was his completion of the promise to the Great Captain and the present world.

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Nearly completely annihilating Edward’s followers, minions, and even empire and dynasty in the Cursed Sea, cutting off that hand before the other party could make any moves.

This might explain why in that battle for the Mermaid, when she was summoned by the devil and first gained great power, although her vision clearly crossed the entire Cursed Sea, she only saw the ghost fleet outside Devil’s Island.

That should be the last bit of power Edward retained after experiencing the brutal war with his strongest descendant to date.

Oh, and add the ship of the dead shrouded in “forgetfulness” and the slumbering giant serpent.

Those three strange existences were naturally powerful and terrifying, but thinking about it now, if that was all the Pirate King’s preparations over a thousand years, it seemed unrealistic.

So the truth could only be that one.

“But despite this, you still reached a secret agreement with Captain Edward.”

“Why is that? Was it another accident?”

After thinking through everything, Roy, who had been silent for a long time, finally raised her eyelids, looking at that person with unconcealed disappointment, coldly questioning.

If for the person before her, that dead ghost seeking him out and being willing to defy his will to expedition to the Cursed Sea for her sake was an accident.

Then how to explain the agreement with the devil? What about Talin Dempsey?

Why was this?

“Accident? No, child, to be precise, you should be called that accident.”

Hearing the cold questioning, the Great Captain still didn’t seem to care much, even taking back his wine glass, sipping it, and only after satisfiedly exhaling did he leisurely say.

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“Because you not only shattered your father’s hopes by becoming a pirate, but went further and deeper on this path, sinking ever deeper, until finally, beyond everyone’s expectations, you stepped onto Devil’s Island and personally untied…”

“Edward’s death trap.”

Gently swirling the crystal cup, looking at the amber liquid flowing within, that person seemed to see tangled threads within—the disrupted fate.

And the instigator of it all was the little one brought before him years ago due to the battle for captaincy of the Mermaid caused by Red Beard’s death.

That youth whose clothes were torn and hair disheveled from fighting, yet stubborn as a small beast.

From that moment, the stagnant wheel of fate of the devil’s lineage began moving again, and no one could stop it, ultimately even driving this world.

Leading to the current situation.

After hearing the Great Captain’s first response, Roy actually understood immediately, but she wouldn’t accept this explanation, because at that time, not only was her life controlled by the devil’s manipulation, but she knew nothing about those past events.

No one was willing to tell her, no one would correct her, there wasn’t even any attempt to stop her.

They only watched, watched her walk into that sea of confusion, doing those things she was never asked about, those self-righteous acts “for her own good,” just like quietly departing.

Either trapped in the Cursed Sea with no further news, or leaping toward the abyss, leaving only the words…

“As long as you live, there’s hope, Elizabeth.”

That “farewell” Alfie brought back from that night seemed to still echo in her ears. Roy’s fingers gripping the crystal cup involuntarily tightened, causing cracks to appear on its surface.

The person on the other side of the long table was the same.

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No, compared to that dead ghost, that madman, perhaps he had no emotions whatsoever in what he did to her, and even if there were any, they were negligible.

Completely meaningless, just as he himself said.

“I think I understand, Great Captain.”

Accompanied by the crisp “crack” sound, the cracks on the crystal cup became increasingly dense, until later, cold wine even flowed down the girl’s hand.

But she remained expressionless, as if she felt nothing: “Your meaning is that compared to that agreement, I was the latecomer, the one who disrupted the situation.”

“Without me, that devil might not have had the opportunity to activate the means hidden in the ice sea, and naturally couldn’t have seized the Lady’s divine power.”

“And thus, regardless of the agreement’s content, he would only have had a dead end.”

“But I want to ask, since that’s the case, why didn’t you tell me these things, why didn’t you stop me… why didn’t you simply strangle me in the cradle?”

“Because of guilt, or as the master of the present world, dignity that couldn’t be challenged? Thinking that even letting me live and cause trouble couldn’t change the general situation.”

“Or perhaps, thinking it was compensation for me?”

Finally, accompanied by a “ping” of shattering, the wine glass in the girl’s hand completely broke, wine splashing, staining the tabletop, collar, and her profile.

But Roy didn’t even blink: “If it really is that last ridiculous reason, then I tell you—whether it’s you, Edward, or even Enzo and that dead ghost, all you people who never considered my feelings…”

“I forgive none of them.”