Captain of the Pirates: My Fleet's Limitless Upgrading-Chapter 45: Pool Passion, the Cheat Pub

The river slowly flowed.

Leo and Lilia were lost in the moment, passionately kissing.

Their clothes were thin, and after getting wet, they stuck tightly to their skin, making it easy to feel each other’s warmth.

Lilia hugged Leo and dived underwater.

He only paused for a second, then knew what this girl was up to, and followed her down, holding her even tighter.

Leo’s tongue gently pushed open her lips, and he kissed her hungrily.

Lilia’s eyes sparkled, and she matched his passion.

They finally came up for air when the strong feeling of suffocation hit them, their chests rising and falling, lips still pressed together.

Lilia’s face was red, her eyes had a faint shine of tears, she was lost in the moment, and under the dark night, she looked even more beautiful. Her thin clothes stuck to her skin, showing off her chest.

Leo swallowed hard, feeling dry in his mouth. He gently lifted her butt and leaned down, burying his face in Lilia’s chest.

"Please!" She moaned, her body shaking. She suddenly felt the hard, hot thing under her and realized what was happening.

"Leo, don’t do this." She sounded like she was drowning again, scared and helpless, begging for mercy.

Leo didn’t listen. He gently took off her loose robe, revealing her white shoulders and chest.

"No!" Lilia finally understood, and pushed him away with all her strength, her back hitting the edge of the pool.

"Fuck." Leo shouted, surprised and confused, not knowing what was wrong with this woman.

"Sorry." Lilia felt embarrassed, and quickly moved closer, full of concern.

Leo pulled her into his arms, touching her soft body.

"No, Leo, not here. Someone might see us. Let’s go back to the room..." Her voice was so quiet, almost inaudible.

"OK." Leo smiled lightly, watching her shy face, and held her tiny waist, lifting her up.

Splash!

Suddenly, a water sound echoed, followed by Marina’s voice.

"Mister Leo, Lilia, what are you two doing here?"

Lilia jumped, quickly pulled away from Leo’s arms, and glared at him.

"I was teaching Lilia to swim." Leo also felt embarrassed, and quickly said.

"What?" Marina paused, then said, "Sir, you should give up. Lilia wants to learn to swim, maybe she’ll have to wait till her next life."

"What, Girlie, you dare to laugh at me? Wait till I get you!" Lilia was angry, turned around, and quickly jumped at Marina.

"Miss Lilia, this is in the water, I don’t mind..."

Marina’s voice stopped. She saw Lilia coming at her fast and finally realized, and cried out, "Lilia, you learned to swim! I was wrong..."

She cried out, quickly begged for mercy.

The two women played around.

Leo sighed, he had a chance to get Lilia tonight, but that annoying Marina ruined everything.

Next time, he would teach that Girlie a lesson.

He knew he couldn’t continue, so he didn’t stop the two women fighting, and got up to leave.

"Well!"

Lilia saw Leo leave, and sighed gently, feeling a strange emptiness in her heart.

"Girlie, you ruined my chance. I’ll teach you a lesson!" She turned and jumped at Marina again.

"I’m sorry."

Marina begged again and again. After Lilia learned how to swim, she was no longer a match for her in the water.

...

The waves were smooth, and the group had been floating on the sea for six days.

All around was just water, and everyone had started to lose interest.

Even Anna rarely flew the hot air balloon anymore, and sometimes she muttered about why there were no enemies appearing.

"Leo, dinner is ready." Ava called out, interrupting Leo who was working.

"Okay, I’m coming." Leo put down his feather pen. He had been整理 some useful invention notes lately.

Like the spinning machine, glass, cement...

These things weren’t very helpful for sailing, and he wasn’t in a hurry to study them. Maybe one day he got tired of sea life, he could settle on a small island with simple people, and these inventions would be very important.

"Ava, you’re cooking better now. Better than Leo’s food!" Anna said, mouth full of food, speaking unclearly at the table.

Ava smiled and quickly said, "No way. I learned from Mister Leo."

This time, Leo actually thought Anna was right.

"Ava, you really have a talent for cooking. I’ll teach you more delicious foods later." He thought of a lot of recipes, but most needed special seasonings, even things he hadn’t found in this world.

"Okay." Ava nodded happily. She liked cooking a lot, and taking care of Leo’s daily life had already made her feel like a wife.

"Leo, how much longer until we reach Flame Island?"

After dinner, Anna stuck to Leo.

In the past few days, she had lost interest in the hot air balloon, and was very bored. Also, the weather at sea was changeable, and it wasn’t safe to fly in the air.

Leo sighed, "We’ve only been sailing for a week. It will take at least twenty more days to reach Flame Island."

"that long?" Anna lowered her head, looking bored. She said, "Is there any pirates or other strong Beasts around here? I want to play with the Smoothbore cannon."

Leo tapped her forehead and warned, "Don’t be too much trouble."

Anna rubbed her forehead and looked hurt. "There’s nothing to do, though."

The other girls nodded in agreement. Biggy and Secondy, who were just steering the ship and correcting the course, were also watching Leo with interest.

Even Pyrothar was bored and lying on the table.

Leo smiled and said, "I thought of this long ago. Ava, clean up the table. Lilia, go get the wooden box from my room."

"Okay." Lilia grabbed it and ran off.

Soon, she came back holding a wooden box.

"Leo, what is this?" Anna opened the box. Inside were twenty wooden chips, carved with some pictures.

There were also four small guns that looked a little like flintlocks.

Leo explained, "These are playing cards. There are three types, Q, K, A. And two jokers. This is a revolver. It can fire gunpowder to create an explosion, but it doesn’t hurt people. It can hold six bullets at a time..."

He explained the rules in detail. It was actually a very popular game from his old world — the Cheat Pub.

"Leo, are you sure this thing won’t hurt anyone when it explodes?" Lilia looked at the revolver, which was similar to the flintlock, and asked again.

After all, if you lost, you had to shoot yourself in the head.

Leo nodded. "There’s only a little gunpowder inside. It makes a loud noise, but no harm. Everyone understand the rules?"

The group looked at each other, confused.

Leo said, "Let’s start with a round. We’ll learn the rules as we play. Four people per game. The first one eliminated is out and replaced."

"Okay, I’ll go first." Anna sat down at the table first.

The other girls followed closely.

Marina, Biggy, and Secondy were a step behind.

Leo sat at the table as well, facing Anna, with Lilia on his left and Ava on his right.

"I’ll deal the cards." Marina picked up the stack of wooden pieces and said.

"First, draw a main card." Leo reminded them.

"Okay." Marina pulled out one wooden card, which was an A — that was the main card.

Then, each person was dealt four cards. Leo looked at his hand — one joker, two A’s. It wasn’t bad.

"I’ll go first. An A." Anna impatiently threw down a wooden card on the table.

Lilia stared at her and said, "Princess, are you telling the truth?"

"If you don’t believe me, you can check." Anna smiled like a devil.

"Hmph, I’m not falling for that. An A." Lilia also threw down a card and looked at Leo.

Only the person sitting to the right could question the person on their left.

Leo hesitated for a moment, then played two cards.

"Mister Leo, if I don’t have an A, can I just skip?" Ava asked from the side.

Leo explained, "No, you have to play at least one, and at most three."

"Oh, then I’ll play one too." Ava held the wooden card in her hand, hesitated for a while, then threw it down.

"Question! You’re lying!" Anna slammed the table and flipped over Ava’s card.

It was an A.

"What?" Anna was stunned, and glared at Ava, angry. "Ava, you tricked me!"

"There’s no rule saying you can’t lie." Ava grinned. "Anna, you lost. Go ahead and shoot."

Anna pouted, looked at Leo, and said, "Leo, Ava tricked me."

"This is a trick. You can’t back out."

Leo said, but secretly admired Ava — even he had been tricked by her.

"Fine." Anna took a deep breath, picked up the wooden gun, aimed it at her head, and slowly pulled the trigger.

The other girls were even more nervous, watching her every move.

Click!

The gun didn’t fire — it was safe.

"Phew, I was scared to death." Anna patted her chest, which was still rising and falling, and sighed in relief.

"Let’s continue!" She urged Marina to deal the next round.

The game continued, and the girls quickly got the hang of the rules. Everyone had taken a few shots, but no one had been eliminated yet.

Biggy and the others watching were even more nervous and excited than Leo’s group.

"Anna, you have one last chance. If you fail again, it’ll be my turn." Marina calculated the number of shots each person had taken. Leo and Ava had each taken one, Lilia two, and Anna five.

The group could only admire the girl’s luck — five shots, and not a single one had fired.

"Don’t worry, I’ll make a final comeback and finish with a beautiful victory. Deal the cards quickly." Anna urged.

This time, the main card was a K.

Leo flipped over his cards and couldn’t help but smile. Four Ks, one joker, and one wild card.

With such a hand, it was almost impossible to lose.