𝓕𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓞𝓾𝓻 𝓣𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓮; (ateez)

𝓣𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓮

The treasure trade happened and we all worked together to haul our barrels off of our ship and haul treasure chests onto our ship. Now I understand what these pirate's goals are behind treasure trading. These pirates trade gold which could be from treasure islands or from bad pirate crews and was stolen back and it gets traded with other good pirate crews at their kingdoms to give to those who need it most. It's pretty sweet and really changes the stereotype of a pirate (as if this trip wasn't doing that already).

So, while Hongjoong talked to the captain of the other ship on his ship, San did the inventory of our order to make sure we have everything before we could go walk around the kingdom. Seonghwa counted up the doubloons and put them in small brown pouches, I'm guessing this was how much money all of us would be getting.

"It's so hot here." I frowned as I sat on the deck floor next to Yeosang as we all waited for our approval to go explore.

Yeosang nodded in agreement and took out his handkerchief, gently dabbing my perspiration off of my face. I smiled at his kindness and thanked him.

"Alright! We have everything!" San announces putting his small log book back in his dark blue coat pocket.

Seonghwa got up from the table and gathered the small pouches of doubloons, "Nice work mateys! Here's your booty for whatever you seek!"

Everyone cheered as they collected their individual pouches from him. Seonghwa finally hands Yeosang his pouch and I look at Seonghwa in confusion wondering where was mine.

He smiles cheerfully at me, "I'll be your escort today and I'll treat you to anything you want!"

"O-oh that's so sweet of you, Seonghwa! Thanks!"

Seonghwa then gathers all of us up, "Alright everyone listen up! You can wander around and buy whatever you want but don't get into any trouble! Everyone comes back to the ATEEZ ship at midnight! Do I make myself clear?!"

"Aye! Aye! Seonghwa!!" Everyone salutes and then scurries off the ship cheering.

Seonghwa and I follow behind the crew down the plank and onto the dock.

"I hope you don't mind, but the captain told us to not use honorifics around you to make it less obvious," Seonghwa says.

I grin and put my arm around him, "Aye! Who said I wasn't yer equal anyways!"

He chuckles, "Aye! That's right, Dessa!"

We make our way out of the ship port and I couldn't help but notice all the big ships at the docks. One, in particular, caught my eye as I saw a red pirate flag with black stripes that looked similar to the white flag and black stripes that we had on our ship. On the side of the ship was the words, "ATINY" on it.

"That ship looks a little like ours," I tell him pointing to it.

Seonghwa looks over to where I was pointing and he quickly gestures for me to walk faster, "Ahah that's a coincidence! Pirates go for similar styles you know so it could be anyone's ship! Look, we don't have much time so maybe we should head into town! Haha yeah!"

I walk fast with him but I still was confused over why he sounded like he was bluffing. Regardless, we left the ship port and we entered the town. It was very different than KQ Kingdom's town square. These streets looked messier and it was more crowded, making it difficult to move around. It was also very loud as merchants were everywhere yelling out prices to get buyers, musicians playing music for money, and overall just the crowd of people talking amongst themselves.

I almost lose Seonghwa until he grabs my hand and pulls me out of the crowd of people.

"It's very crowded how about we stick together, yeah?" He asks me and I nod in agreement.