After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King
Chapter 175 - 44 Johnny boy

Chapter 175: Chapter 44 Johnny boy

In the captain’s room, which should have been quiet at this moment, the boy’s singing echoed... However, his ballad and voice, filled with emotions, were not immature at all. Instead, they resembled a captain who had endured much hardship—

"Deine zeit ist da mach dich auf mein jung Denn die segel sind gehisst♪~"

(The time to set sail has come, set out, boy, the sails are already hoisted)

"Seit ich denken kann willst du mit uns fahren Weit hinaus auf unsrem schiff♪~"

(Come along and sail with us, brave the winds and waves together)

...

*How to describe this? No matter how one thinks about it, it was quite a peculiar scene. A human sat in front of a table, looking out the window while singing a bold and passionate song, and the Sea Demons, who were supposed to be the singers of the Deep Sea Songstress, were quietly listening as the audience.*

*As Sea Demons, they didn’t have enough experience to understand the meaning of these lyrics... but they could somewhat grasp that the lyrics were singing about the sea.*

If the Nagas and Merfolk were still somewhat confused, the Mermaids who could "hear the voice of the sea" could truly feel the emotions brought by the ballad.

"Mr. Yila, did you use to be a pirate?"

The murmuring Mermaid’s voice did not affect Yila’s singing, and at this moment, Yila’s singing reached its climax—

"Johnny boy johnny boy♪~"

"...♪~"

"John my boy goodbye♪~"

"John my boy goodbye♪~"

"..."

"Ahem..."

After finishing an entire song, Yila smiled at the three still-dazed Sea Demons and asked them, "So, is it a new song you haven’t heard before?"

Since the Sea Demon Clan enjoyed quite a reputation in the art of singing, Yila instinctively thought there might be something wrong with his singing. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Maybe there were some flaws in my singing skills."

It might be similar to having "twenty-one grammatical errors" or something like that. After all, Yila had never received professional singing training; he was purely an unskilled singing enthusiast.

If he had to reminisce about the past, Yila preferred the "infinite playlist" tailored for him by AI to the songs sung by humans. That was original music composed by AI after analyzing each person’s preferences using big data.

Each song was unique, and perhaps some songs would inevitably resemble others due to the large base, but they were still special... And these infinite-numbered songs, each one precisely suited to the listener’s taste.

*It was very resource-consuming, but at that time... it was no longer an era where ’resources’ needed to be considered, which is why Yila missed the past so much.*

However, regarding Yila’s self-doubt, the Mermaid Leader shook her head first. She was still immersed in Yila’s recent singing, denying Yila’s self-critique: "No, Yila, your singing was very pleasant."

Yila took the Mermaid Leader’s praise as a compliment, smiled, and looked at the swordfish in the pool, watching as it deftly equipped and unequipped the Magic Armor, verifying that the Magic Armor’s design indeed had no issues.

"In that case, Wolf can proceed with mass engraving the Demon Marks with ease."

"By the way, I remember someone asking... when the formal trading and voyage would begin?"

In response to Yila’s question, the Naga Leader, who had said this earlier, shrank back and laughed dryly, "Just saying, just saying. We’re not in a hurry."

Yila nodded, smiling as he placed a hand on the Naga Leader’s head, ignoring the immediate look of annoyance that crept across her face, and said while rubbing her head, "Don’t worry, we’ll set off once we get the signal from the Silver Moon Tree Court."

After all, the trade afterward would be long-term, not the simple, casual handover as before, where Cassiopeia responded easily.

For now, a little more negotiation time was needed.

"However, the first trial voyage should be around the corner."

Yila promised.

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"What language is that?"

The human woman asked hesitantly, looking far in the direction of the Demon King Territory, saying, "The previous song sounded a bit like the Ancient Celtic Kingdom Language."

"That song..."

The human woman said, demonstrating to Wenresa Iluvita next to her: "There~once was a ship that put to sea~And the name of the ship was the Billy of Tea... That one."

"..."

Although she remembered the lyrics, from just the melody, it was hard to imagine this song as the recent popular [Yila’s Composition (Part 1)] among pirates, given that the human woman was completely off-key.

And the off-key singing was so severe that it sounded more like a screech.

"I don’t know, maybe it was a small language that was born and disappeared while I slept."

Wenresa Iluvita said, with the calmness and confidence of an Immortal Species, looking up at others who, in fact, were not "above" but around. "Others should know since they were always peeking while I slept."

"That’s true."

The human woman nodded in agreement, pretending to hum the song Yila had just sung: "Deine#zeit@ist^da mach~Wa!"

For some reason, there was indeed a strange screech added to the lyrics...

A somewhat tormented Wenresa patted her shoulder, her face twisted, and forcefully stopped her singing by pinching her: "Stop singing."

*Creak, creak*

Accompanied by the sound of the bones in the human woman’s shoulder screaming, her song turned into a wail: "Ah, pain, pain, pain, I was wrong, I was wrong! Ahhh~~! I’m going to break!"

Afterward, the human woman held her shoulder, looked woefully at Wenresa Iluvita, who had just committed an act of violence, but had no hint of guilt on her face, and complained: "But, Yila’s singing was really good..."

But that has nothing to do with your singing being awful.

Thinking this, Wenresa did not voice the cruel truth. To avoid hurting the other’s self-esteem, she instead kindly said, "But your singing... it’s like a ghost’s wail, so awful I want to vomit blood and strangle you directly.

"..."

"..."

"Woooo~~~"

After Wenresa finished speaking, the human woman turned grey, holding her head in the corner as if life no longer had any meaning... This may have resulted from Wenresa’s insufficient tact.

Probably "insufficient"... right?