A State-Sponsored Privateer Fleet (4)

There is a saying that a traitor is more trustworthy than a loyal subject while betraying someone.

I agree with that saying.

When Yi Wan-yong, the very embodiment of a traitor to his country, was selling out Joseon, he displayed such loyalty to Japan that even the Government-General of Korea would have been astonished.

‘Please use Changdeokgung Palace as His Imperial Majesty the Emperor’s villa!’

‘The March 1st Movement? Why on earth did they do that? Japan and Joseon are one people sprung from the same root, so why seek independence? Are their heads filled with nothing but udon noodles?’

‘Since changing one’s name is the proper way to show loyalty, I shall become a pioneer of the name-changing campaign!’

The Lord of Tsushima was also, when one looked closely, a man who had stabbed the shogun in the back, so there was no telling what might happen in the future...

‘For now, I can play the role of Joseon’s loyal subject very well.’

“Lord of Tsushima.”

The Lord of Tsushima swallowed hard as he looked at me, his face rigid with tension...