[Journey Log: Selene's ship]

"Traveling with the legendary pirate is fun Puru~ She told me many adventures she had when she was alive, and the jigglies still pale in comparison! Lime will need to work harder to make her legend comparable, this jiggly girl promises to honor her ghost friend!" Captain Lime.

"Avoiding the topic of Selene with Alice was like walking on eggshells, it's funny that she demeaned Luka for not noticing she is the monster lord, but still didn't find out Selene is a ghost, and it's not like the pirate milf or her crew are trying hard on keeping it a secret, as we noticed the little pranks they played on the monster lord as if they knew Alice's weakness, much to Luka's suffering, being the stress relief shota for the Monster Lord." First Mate Roman.

Closing the book, the man looked once again at a reoccurring interaction between the most unexpected of parties ever since this shared quest began, as Cervantes and Alice were discussing Luka, who was passed out on the floor after being milked dry once again.

"Girlie, I don't think it's healthy for the boy to be treated like that just because you're angry," Cervantes spoke with a disapproving and concerned tone after the latest training session the couple had.

"And who are you to talk to me what's good or not for Luka, human?" Alice disliked how the man treated her with this level of familiarity, even if he had this nostalgic scent.

"I'm just concerned about the boy, he doesn't look like he can take what you give, Look how scrawny he is, has no meat on his bones." If one paid attention, one could feel disapproval in the older man's tone, as if their daughter brought a boyfriend over and they had gone into overprotective mode disliking everything about it.

"I assure you that he doesn't need meat on his bones to defeat you as he is now, and he'll only grow stronger with time fufufu~" Alice smugly answered trying to get under the older man's skin.

"sighs... I still disapprove of her being with a scrawny boy like him..." Cervantes mumbled almost inaudible as he walked away to give Horn some attention. Seeing him walking away made Alice puff her chest proudly from getting under the skin of the older man berating her Idiot Hero.

"What kind of family skit did I just watch?" Roman commented to himself not believing what just happened.


"Luka you need to put your core into this, c'mon Show me how manly you are!" Cervantes was training Luka on the way of the swashbuckler, as the man promised himself to have his daughter's boyfriend look more presentable.

"Sir yes sir!" Luka was more than motivated to learn fighting techniques and training skills from a manly-looking warrior. After so many monster skills with nasty stories he learned from Alice, it was a breath of fresh air learning something made by human heroes.

(Even if he's an unlawful pirate).

"Good moves, You have something going for you, but you depend on the spirits too much! what if someone finds a way to dispel them? You need to learn how to fight without using them as a crutch!" The drill sergeant Cervantes's bombastic voice caught the attention of everyone on the ship, especially Alice's.

(Did he say the truth guys? You can be dispelled just like that?) Luka never stopped to think the spirits could be dispelled by force.

(It's the truth, Luka, Heinrich suffered much during the final battle against the Black Alice due to her constant dispelling of our blessings) Undine spoke with a tinge of shame.

(Black Alice was a meanie!) Sylph also disliked being forcefully disconnected from Heinrich like that.

(...) Gnome frowned.

"So let us learn how to battle without their help, for the worst-case scenario!" Unknowing Luka's discussion with the spirits inside his mind, Cervantes threw his coat away and revealed to the world muscles that could rival King Sabasa's.

"Alright! Sylph, Gnome, Undine, dismissed!" Reaching a conclusion Luka willingly dismissed the spirit's help and began training his body in earnest against the taller man.

"That's what I'm talking about, be ready hero, this old dog of the sea promises he'll make a man out of you! DOSHAAA!"

"Come at me then! DORYAAA!"

"Tch, what good is a body like that old man, I like my Luka small and cute." Alice was more than annoyed at Cervantes meddling with Luka, but couldn't do anything about it as it was just training, She mentally slapped her forehead for never stopping to think that some queen-class monsters could dispel the spirits.

The little boy was thrown like a ragdoll by the older man.

"Again!" Luka meditated and was back in the fray.

"The training program of the jiggly pirates has been proven successful once again," Roman commented looking at the strangely enthusiastic Cervantes giving the boy the beating of his life, and how Luka little by little was turning the tables on him.


"You're a genius... What kind of monster are you?!" Cervantes dropped to his knee as Luka pointed his training sword at his neck.

"I just had good teachers?" Luka scratched his chin, sparring with a human made the boy understand why Alice was so shocked about him learning the cursed sword skills in the blink of an eye.

Cervantes tried to bat the sword to the side and go for a self-destructing move, but Luka was faster avoiding it while keeping his sword pointed at his neck.

"Surrender, Cervantes." Luka left no room for dialogue or other underhanded moves by the pirate, already knowing every trick in the man's repertoire.

"It's your win, Good job Luka." The crew cheered at seeing the rising hero's meteoric rise.

(Who's the scrawny boy now old man) Alice smiled smugly at Cervantes, her smugness only increased as the pirate locked eyes with her and made the dumbest expression she could imagine.

(That damn brat... sighs) Cervantes avoided her gaze to not be even more humiliated, he could bet that it was only because of her pride as the Monster Lord that she didn't start laughing.

"Help this old man will you?" Cervantes gave his hand to Luka as the boy pulled him up, then...

"Ooof-"

"Waa!"

Cervantes conveniently fell on top of the boy, bringing both down to the floor as the crew laughed at how clumsy the older man was being.

"Do your best to protect Alice, my son, even from herself, please," Cervantes muttered to the surprised boy's ear so only he could listen to the older man.

"I would do it even if you didn't ask me to" Luka spoke with fire behind his voice.

"Well, forgive this old man, the age is coming up you see, I tend to lose my balance easily these times aha- Woa!" The older pirate was swept up by a very concerned Horn bombarding him with questions.

"I'm fine Horn, no I didn't break anything on the fall girlie, Yes Luka is a nice cushion, No you don't need to suckle on him as thanks for it!" The man rapid-fired answers as the sea titan kept bringing up more reasons for concern.

The back and forth between the couple with the largest size difference went on and on before they achieved a compromise of Horn suckling him for healing purposes.

"They look like an old married couple" Luka commented before being swept up by a certain red tail, "Woa!"

"My delicious hero did great by defeating that annoying gramps, It falls on the monster lord to reward you~"

"Ilias save me..." Luka was once again kidnaped to the captain's cabin

"Hooora~"


"Spill the beans, Human, you're acting too familiar with us these days, Not even Roman and Lime were like that when we met them" Alice cornered Cervantes as he went below the deck of the ship to do his chores.

"Should we, announce our presence?"

"No, I want to hear it too."

The random puddles of water below the deck spoke to one another, unheard by the Echidna and man as they used means of communication exclusive to slime girls.

"Sighs girlie I dislike having my job interrupted like this..." Cervantes rubbed his neck knowing he messed up, he was too into their faces about it and now he would pay the price either by Alice, or Tamamo once that fox found out.

"I think you have to worry more about yourself than this sorting job of yours now," Alice frowned at the man standing firmly on his way.

"Suppose a certain man once reached Hellgondo before Marcellus' party and with the Devil's luck had an audience with the late monster lord 20 or so years ago..." The pirate got the undivided attention of Alice and the hidden slimes.

"So this is why you have her scent, but why, it's so strong in you?"

"Well..." The man blushed not knowing how to bring this to the woman in front of him, "You saw how that girlie Horn acts with me didn't you? I suppose the bigger ladies are weak to this old mutt's charms haha." Cervantes avoided her unamused gaze after his little joke.

(Telling her face I banged her mother is so awkward)

"Nice Cervantes, your captain is proud of you~" A cute puddle of water trembled almost reforming into Lime and congratulating the gramps before Erubetie stopped her.

"Wait, captain! Don't." Puddlebetie trembled back holding Lime down.

"Mother had sex with you... YOU?!" This random man out of all people, whom Alice did not even deem to learn their name at first and called him Citizen A, reached her mother 20 years ago before Marcellus began his journey?!

"I feel offended with how you said that but yes, she was a lovely lady, and the gap between her big size and actions made her cute as a button, I miss our little time together..." Cervantes looked at Alice with a longing expression seeing the late XV image overlapped on her.

"So that explains, it... You fell for Mom and now is seeing her on me," Snapping her fingers and bringing the pirate out of his reverie she spoke softly to not hurt his feelings, "Sorry but you're too old and not my type."

"Gahahaha! Oh thank goodness for that, I would feel awkward if I was your type," Cervantes bawled out having to wipe a tear from how strongly he laughed, Alice looked at him confused before feeling a tint of anger for the man dismissing her like this.

"I assure you I'm as good and beautiful as Mother!"

"Haha, yes you're as gorgeous as her if not more, but it's not because of that girlie." Cervantes raised his hands in apologies to avoid the pouting Monster Lord exploding the ship.

"Then what!?"

"Well, what's the age-old tradition of Monster Lords about finding a mate?" Cervantes asked the purple girl deciding she would be the one to find the answer, Tamamo wouldn't be able to do anything to him if Alice found it out herself after all.

"They must fall only for someone who can defeat them, and if they don't find one in time they kidnap a man and..." Alice didn't want to think about it, she couldn't accept it so she began looking for excuses.

"But how? A random human wouldn't ever survive the love of a Monster Lord!"

"I'm offended now little girl, A man of the sea is the furthest you can get from a random human, and I was quite the charmer back then I have you know that-" Cervantes began describing with far too many details what happened back then, that even the hidden slime girls whistled at his escapades.

(I'm so proud of you Cervantes~)

(It seems I need to evaluate the human higher, the jiggly pirate's crew is something else.)

"I was close to conquering her heart, if it wasn't for your damned traditions we would be living happily together..." Cervantes snapped out of his happy reminiscing and muttered with a curse that this time Alice was sure to hear "Damn Tamamo..."

"Stop, just stop..." Alice disliked the audacity of the human thinking he ever had a chance of defeating her mother even if by means other than battle, She praised his endurance though, with his survival being proof of his claims.

(Still, what does Tamamo even have to do with this?)

"Please, don't follow her steps girlie" Alice was snapped out of her musings about Tamamo when Cervantes closed the distance and held her firmly by the shoulders staring deep into her eyes.

"How do you know that?" The deep gaze of the older man made Alice uncomfortable with the implications.

"My beloved was a martyr, I tried to convince her that it was the worst way to solve the problem but it seems I did a poor job at it... Considering how things ended."

Alice trembled, Here was the man who had all but confirmed being her father, speaking even that secret about Mother, once again reminding her of her horrible mistake as if the things that happened the other day with Lazarus weren't enough.

"And what did you propose to her back them to deal with this problem?"

"Honestly? I don't know anymore, I just know that having yourself killed would only widen the rift as monsters demanding revenge would turn more vicious because of it, Humanity surpasses monsterkind in quantity but sheer power is still your advantage..."

"So you don't have an answer..."

"Puru~ I have!" Lime was tired of hiding and popped up together with Erubetie who had an apologetic expression to the Monster Lord

"It seems I have to wipe the witnesses." Being caught in such a fragile position Alice smiled darkly at them, and began releasing her pressure, Erubetie shivered before the unexpected happened.

bonk

"What gives, You old coot!?" All the pressure disperses as if it was never here, to begin with.

"Do not threaten to hurt your friends like that girlie." Cervantes looked at her as if disappointed at a child who just did a bad prank.

"Just because you donated your semen to create me, doesn't mean you can start ordering me around like this, human!"

Alice hissed but Cervantes was having none of it, he stood firm with a challenging gaze looking down at the monster lord and soon Alice lost the battle of wills, not that she would ever admit it.

"It's not like I would kill them, just a little punishment..." If Luka was here to see Alice's cute pout he would demand her to bring out his Alice or face the consequences for kidnapping his friend.

"Puru~ Well I have the answer!"

"And what would it be dear captain" Cervantes was curious about the wisdom this adorable fool would spit out, but he had a guess already.

"We just befriend everyone that turns out into a meanie." Lime held her boomerang proudly as if that was the simple truth of everything.

"Ahh violence it is then, I dislike that path as the Monster Lord I won't become a second Black Alice by hurting my cute subordinates." It was simple enough but that line she wouldn't ever cross with how much Tamamo hammered on the evils of Black Alice back then.

"But I'm not the Monster Lord? Puru~ Lime will conquer the world and soon everyone will join the jiggly pirates muahahaha~"

"Little sister Lime will show everyone the might of the slime species Puru~" Erubetie began laughing together with Lime and Alice once again was reminded that her heavenly knight wasn't the same woman.

"Fools and idiots all of you" Alice sighed.

"You can't deny the most complex problems sometimes need the simplest solutions..." Cervantes nodded at his captain "Maybe what my dear XV lacked was a cute girl like Lime around..."

"You really loved her huh..."

"In that one week we spent together she was my very own sun."

"Romance!" Lime raised her arms in their signature pose looking at the two excitedly.

"Now about Luka, I approve him" Cervantes changed the subject as he went back to his original work down here.

"And why would I even need your approval, you think you can just appear and start acting like a father?"

"Of course, it's a father's right to be annoying even if his daughter is the Monster Lord herself," Cervantes smugly gave a side glance to Alice, "I don't care if your culture doesn't give the parent any more value than being food, family is something to treasure."

"Cervantes's booty is the monster lord how nice~"

"It seems I became a better pirate than dear captain overnight, didn't I? Hahaha"

"Hmph, I'll loot the Monster Lord castle then!"

"You're welcome to try silly girl" A comical anger vein popped over Alice's head as she smiled at Lime.

(I'll help you, my little sister.) Erubetie began making plans on how to best invade and loot the castle under Alice's nose.


Above deck, a Pirate and a shota hero were searching for their respective girls but had no luck with it, deciding they would be raped sooner or later they decided to have a chat.

"So Luka, weren't you supposed to deal with Grangold Ant girl's problem? Why did you come to Gold Port?" Roman was curious, this was reality but even then he couldn't see Luka just avoiding Grangold's ant-girl slavery problem.

"I had personal things to solve, it's not important" Luka was still digesting what Lazarus said, and now that he had time to himself his mood soured because of it.

"Hmm, Ilias Kreuz is it?"

"How did you know?"

"Well, you're a hero that preaches coexistence and goes around sealing monsters instead of killing them, You're the antithesis to Ilias Kreuz and a bunch of other people's beliefs."

"Do you think it can be achieved, Roman? Coexistence?"

"Looking at my achievements together with Lime you would think that right? Sorry Luka but I'm not like you who sees the world in such a positive way, Bad apples will always exist on both sides."

Luka didn't seem to understand or he was avoiding thinking about it so Roman continued.

"What I mean is, think about it, you finally achieve your dream of humans and monsters living in peace, but you forget there are some irredeemable ones who would never stop killing their victims even though they know they can live off the bounties of nature, and with coexistence, I foresee many humans who always avoided those types out of fear suddenly becoming courageous and delivering themselves right into a stomach."

"What would be your answer to those scenarios?" Roman asked.

"If I sealed them they would see their mistakes" Luka answered with conviction.

"They would either do that or get angrier at you for denying them their favorite hobby and learn to be stealthier and more vicious during their hunts, not everyone has the same look about life as you do Luka."

"But didn't you recruit the spider species?" Luka poked at the man for doing exactly what Luka dreamed of and with one of the most dangerous kinds of monsters.

"That's right, we recruited them out of a gut feeling that paid off," Roman still couldn't believe his gamble with Hime based on paradox worked in the original story.

"It was the same with Horn, considering the entire crew almost died on that day and I wouldn't be here if Lime didn't make Horn vomit me and Erubetie out" Luka was shocked by that.

"I don't ever think I would be able to escape if a monster ate me..." flashes of subconscious memories appeared and went from Luka's eyes in a blink.

"You're a little masochistic bitch aren't you Luka boy~" Roman smirked at the shota who made a funny expression, "You want a strong onee-san to lickety lick your body like candy before sluuurp you right inside her welcoming fleshy tummy to be kneaded into Luka flavored nutrients for her don't you?" Roman smirk went from ear to ear as Luka fidgeted around trying to hide his boner imagining the scenario.

"Anyways the first step is always proving you are stronger than them" Roman snapped his fingers and went back to serious mode after having his dose of Luka teasing, "They still have the right to refuse to work under us though, and nothing can be done if they decide to just go another way and resume what they used to do, it was good most of the girls we recruited shared our dream of adventure."

(Being feared by other means than being killers doesn't need to be said, ahh the infamy that comes with piracy even if we are good guys.)

"Even still, lots of punishment was dolled out as some of the girlies used to relapse or think that they could disappear with someone of the crew without being found out." Luka disliked how Roman nonchalantly used power to abuse their monster friends.

"We already give them a taste of adventure, treasures from finding the booty and the booty of our handsome crewmates, I say it's more than deserved beating them up if they go and try to kill someone even after getting everything they ever wanted" Not caring about Luka's dislike of how they did things Roman said it with pride.

"Lime's first rule after we made our little group of idiots was to make sure no one ever got killed by their friends even if they wanted it because of critical ecstasy and were too dumb to make the right judgment about their own lives, and we enforce it with a jiggly fist!"

(I like the jigglies, Luka they are right about the wrongness of hurting your friends,) Sylph flew around happily inside his mind.

(Hmm, of course, my adorable Lime would be the one coming up with this idea, slimes of her type can do no evil after all, It was one of the reasons even Black Alice back then would keep Slime Girls around as playmates,) Undine words surprised Luka, so even the most evil of monster lords had a nice side?

(...) Gnome nodded with a thumbs up, then frowned as she never played with the slime girls since her desert was too hot for them.

"Once your adventure is over, you'll need to use your upper head more than ever, I only hope your girlfriend is as good for you as Lime was for me, Did she ever stop being a tsundere by the way?" Roman knew Luka was talking to the spirits and waited until his eyes regained focus

"Ahh, no, seriously Roman, calling her things like that will end up bad for both of us..."

"I reserve my suicidal right to tease the Monster Lord about being a tsuntsun~"

Bellow the deck, Alice felt a need to go up and snap Roman's back, she was held back by the sudden pressure Lime gave feeling her hubby in danger.

As the pirate and hero talked away the fog of Selene's actual ship began rolling onto the deck as the shadow of the larger vessel loomed in the distance.

"Our treasure is here, Ring the bells, Everyone to the deck!"

Doon don don don donnn~

As everyone came to the deck Roman and Luka were surprised to see the group of Lime, Erubetie, an annoyed Alice, and a very happy Cervantes (?) pestering her coming from below.

(Could it be? Nah it's impossible.)

Hime jumped out of her perch at the crow's nest to Roman's side, mumbling about finally getting their ship and how she would reinforce it personally to avoid sinking risks.

"Jigglies, it's finally time to claim one of the greatest treasures of the sea!"

roars

"After we help the granddaughter of Captain Selene to deal with some pests, she promises that the legendary ship and whatever else is in there will be ours to take!"

"Woohoo milf lady!" Someone in the crew fumbled with this and was laughed at.

"I'll show you the milf lady later you little tease~" Selene smiled at the crewmate, he would be having an unforgettable night before she passed to the other side.

"Could you do the honors, Ms. Selene?"

Selene had no magical item of any kind, she just walked to the horn of the ship and touched the barrier, As soon as the Ghost touched it the air shifted as the pressure dispersed, and the heebie-jeebies the crew felt gone with it.

"The second barrier is at the captain's cabin, let's go before they break out" Selene spoke with urgency as those in the know nodded.

"The leaders of the jigglies, Selene, Hero Luka, and the Monster Lord will be the ones dealing with the pest, the rest of the crew go and secure the ship before any curious monster tries to do anything to it, but make sure to try and recruit them to our ever-increasing group." Alice disliked being left as the last on the list but wouldn't let this annoyance be shown either the pestering old man to her side would keep joking at her expense for being petty.

"Leave it to us!" the crew roared once again.

"Now let's go partake in some nutritious egg salad!" Roman chuckled at his inner joke while dreading suffering the egg salad himself.

(Luka is with me, he would be the favored target)

"What?!" Everyone looked at him like a crazy man but he would say nothing more as he was the first to jump aboard the other ship.

(Can't they be befriended or killing is the only way, I wonder).