Somewhere Between the Sea and the Sky.

Episode 0: Chapter 18

"Did you try to tell him how you feel?"

"Why is a guy in jail telling me how to seduce a soldier?" Mingi asked.

The young stranger shrugged a little.

"We don't have much more to do." Then he pointed to the one with the red locks. "And this dude doesn't give me conversation."

"Right, they're going to kill him."

"How can you be so calm?!" Suddenly he spoke, surprise. His voice was more childish than the other two expected. "We are going to die! They are killing innocents!"

At first they were going to try to reassure him, his sudden laments managed to surprise them. However both Mingi and the other guy laughed when they heard that last thing.

Innocents.

"We're pirates." Mingi spoke. "Probably all the prisoners are."

"I am not!" Exclaimed the other. "Am I the only one who isn't?!"

"I am not a pirate either."

That last voice came from the cell next to theirs, in which there was only one guy. He seemed quite relaxed, but the most shocking thing was that he was wearing a uniform. The White Army uniform, although the colors were completely different. It was a black uniform with red accents.

"Although I am not going to die."

"Why the fuck are you here?"

"Stabbed a teammate, but he's okay. They'll let me out."

"... Okay I'm gonna ignore you." Mingi decided, looking back at the guys by his side. "You know what? We are not dying here."

Then he stood up, lifting the skirts of the dress. At first the other two looked away, but then they noticed that Mingi was wearing pants.

Oh, he wasn't just wearing pants, he was carrying a bag hidden there.

He did what he had been waiting for all night, took out a dagger and tore the dress to rip it off quickly. That left him in discreet pants, a white shirt and corset.

He also wanted to remove it, but doubted he would be able to do it alone.

"Are you with me?"

Then he held out his hand to the poor innocent boy. But seeing that he did not react, it was the other young man who took it.

"Hell yeah! Let's get out of here!"

"Yeah!" Mingi shouted. "But first... Who are you?"

"Mark! I'm Mark!" He shouted too, happy to have some motivation.

"Nice, I'm Mingi!"

"We are not gonna die!" Suddenly the mood of the boy with the red locks changed, as if the attitude of others had infected him. He stood up excited. "San!"

"Joshua!" The dude on the other side said, the one with the White Army uniform.

"No, not you. You're not a part of this." Mingi said while he took out his wig. "You can't join the emotional name shouting, soldier."

"Yeah, we're not taking a soldier with us. We may be stupid but not that much." Mark said.

"Why did you assume we are stupid too?" Mingi added.

"Yeah! I'm not stupid!" San joined too.

"Okay, okay. We are not stupid." Mark corrected himself. "Now, how do we get out of here?"

Silence, San and Mingi looked at each other. It was true the pirate escaped from the Army numerous times, but he usually had some help.

Seeing that none of them had any idea, Mark laughed a little and then talked.