Chapter 06 A Grumpy Pink Slime, a Minimum Wage Worker and Pirates
"Captain, we are assigned to hangar 07, we can go in right away"
"Alright! Prepare the welcoming ceremony, and quickly grab that thing and bring it to the meeting location, don't you dare make any mistake!"
"YES SIR!" one of his officers ran out of the cockpit room while the others were busy with their work "Listen up all you bastards! If anyone dares to do something to our guests, your life, your family and more will be the price!"
Sitting on his seat that looked like a luxurious throne in red and gold, a tall, big man with Olive-tan skin sculpted with muscles like a bodybuilder stared out the window of his cockpit while smoking a high-quality cigar that was usually used by Nobles, with reddish brown hair that looked rough under his dark blue pirate hat decorated with embroidery made of gold thread, the man's name was Gordoban Calico, looking at the light of the space station in front of him, Gordoban touched his collar to make sure he looked neat, he was currently wearing a very expensive ceremonial dress with a luxurious blue and gold theme, he had been careful to make sure his clothes would not make his guests feel insulted or look tacky.
His spaceship FIRE CAGE, entered one of the hangars in the space station before passing through the atmosphere shield and landing inside the enormous hangar, he finally arrived, just a little more and his life would change, with this meeting, he would move to the capital and live the glamorous life that he was born to have as a Noble, smiled, Gordoban trying to cover his nervousness.
Since he was young he has been involved in the underground world from selling illegal drugs to organs trafficking, murders are usual affairs in his life, there have been many battles and unmentionable atrocities for him to get to his current position, but now he is more nervous than when he delivered thousands of tons of drugs to the middle tier systems, because if he makes a mistake here, he would lose everything he has worked so hard to have and sacrificed for this opportunity, such is the power of a Great Noble, this is once in 1000 lifetime change.
Getting up from his seat, Gordoban checked his clothes and appearance once more, put out his cigarette in the ashtray, a sense of eagerness and excitement filled his heart "Damn right! We'll move now! You Fools make sure everything goes well!"
""""YES SIR!!"""""
Followed by his trusted men from behind, Gordoban walked out towards the meeting place he had been waiting for.
In the end I will win, no one in the galaxy and beyond can stop me... This Gordoban will climb his destiny!
"Captain, our fleet is waiting at the coordinates we planned" one of his subordinates spoke.
"Good, let them hide" Gordoban said firmly, with more than 100 ships in his fleet, the famous Pirate in the empire, Gordoban the Cruel stepped forward with an invincible self-confidence.
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It spoke, Glob had just spoken, with a frozen smile, Jake lowered it to the floor, staring at the ceiling of the cell, in the end he had gone crazy, faster than he thought but not surprising.
Well, that's it I guess, if it's already happened, what else can you do right?
While thinking about his unfortunate loss of sanity, the pink slime walked in front of him "Young man! It's very rude to ignore someone's words you know! Don't you know who I am?! I'm Arlain Felfiantaria Duraim Herseim the Great!!" with a high-pitched voice that sounded like a little child, the pink slime protested shaking its body.
Staring at the pink slime in front of him, Jake looked at it skeptically "You talk?"
"Of course I do!"
"Ah, okay, not the worst of the month" It seems he is not crazy yet, patting his chest in relief, a question popped in Jake's mind "Wait a minute, then why haven't you talked all this time?"
He guessed this pink slime was quite intelligent, but he only thought in a dog or dolphin way, not full-swing sentient.
Hearing Jake's words, the slime snorted despite its lack of nose "As if I could, I don't have enough mana in this body" its voice sounded frustrated.
"Mana? Do you need it to talk?" Jake tilted his head at the unfamiliar phrase, the first thing that came to mind was mana in games which was often described as energy, but maybe mana here was something its species needed, Jake thought.
"That's right, even to talk I need mana to be able to make sounds through magic, it's truly sad for the great Arlain to fall so low" The slime named Arlain shook what should have been its head and spoke sadly.
Hearing Arlain's sad words, Jake's mind was stuck on one sentence it said "magic? You mean magic like spells and fireballs?!"
"Uh? Of course? What are you talking about and what's the correlation with fireball spells?" Arlain said in confusion, looking at Jake like a weirdo.
"no! no! no! you can cast magic?!" Jake grabbed Arlain with his hands, squirming in protest, Arlain spoke in annoyance "In the name of the Emperor!! What's your problem young man!? Put me down! Where is my dignity!?"
Seeing Arlain's glowing body, Jake asked excitedly "Does magic really exist in this world?!"
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"Hm? What a strange question" Arlain looked at the excited young man in front of him with great confusion, of course magic exists, it's like asking if air exists, looking at the young man carefully, he had never talked to him before but after being with him for a while, he realized that this young man did look unusual "Listen, young man! This is not the way you ask questions! Put me down with respect!!"
"...ah forgive me, I got carried away" The young man seemed to have calmed down and lowered him to the floor, this young man, for a month he had always treated him disrespectfully and touched him casually like a plushy, unacceptable!! If not for his current condition Arlain would have ordered his execution along with his entire family and everyone who had ever spoken to him, hiding his thoughts, Arain spoke "All alright dirty commoner, I guess politeness is not your people's strong point, so let me teach you, my name is Arlain Felfiantaria Duraim Herseim the Great! After that then you prostrate yourself on me feet and wait for me to ask your name, do you understand?"
"My name is Jake" the young man immediately answered.
"I haven't asked your name! and you haven't prostrated yourself at my feet!" Arlain protested in annoyance because of the rudeness of the person in front of him.
"What?! You don't even have feet!" The young man said with a frown.
"...N-No feet" the young man's words made Arlain almost speechless, this was the second biggest insult in his life making Arlain explode with anger.
"Insolent! You commoner! Guard! Guard! Seize him! Cut off the heads of his wife and childrens and feed them to him!" Arlain shouted angrily while hitting the young man's legs with all his might, in an effort to break his legs.
No one is allowed to insult the great Arlain! Never again!! NEVAHHH!!!
After a few minutes of hitting, Arlain felt very tired, this body is really weak beyond belief.
"it tickles, and I'm starting to wonder if it's better if you can't talk"
"...."
The young man started saying outrageous things again but Arlain decided to take a break for now.