England Saga: The Golden Age of Piracy (2)

There is said to be romance at sea.

Honestly, I'm not sure. Maybe I was born too modern to feel the fear of the unknown, or maybe it's because a fucking loser baseball team that hasn't won a championship in decades has made me sick at the mere mention of seagulls.

But even I can affirm one thing.

There is romance in piracy.

Laughing yo-ho-ho like pirates as you cut through the vast sea, sometimes poking chopsticks into your nostrils, sometimes getting drunk and seasick.

That romance born from exploring unknown waters alongside slightly unreliable idiots……!

…….

Sadly.

There was no such romance in Sir Francis Drake's piracy.

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