By morning, Taemin had already changed into comfortable work clothes. His chores began as if he had never left the deck. While doing their chores, Baekhyun and Taemin talked, Tae told his friend about his journey and his encounter with the prince. Not once Kibum has complained that they talk too much.

According to Jonghyun, they will sail to southern Japan, to the city of Kyushu, Nagasaki, where they have already been, another place where there is a dubious pirate inn where they can get information about their next mission.

"Taemin," Key called Taeminת who was just sitting on the deck by the mast and playing with a small piece of wood. "Yes, Captain?" "Come with me." Taemin got up and went to the captain's room. Jonghyun sat inside in front of the map with a miniature ship and a number of coins resting in places on the map. "Bling," Key said taking the other out of the concentration he was in. "Oh, Taemin." "What's going on?" "In Nagasaki we will withdraw the information we need about what is happening in the Kansal so we can take you to Osaka." Bling-Bling explained, "It will take us a week to get there," he showed Taemin the location on the map.

"My sword is the key to entry, if we need to talk to the Queen and maybe we can get supplies," Taemin said. The two looked at him. "That's something good." "Hopefully Osaka will receive us as we hope, even if we have an entry key, we will not know what the reception will be until we get there. But yes we can get information about it in Nagasaki." After more talk about the cruise and arrival, Taemin returned to the deck to do new chores.

"What were you talking about?" Jongain asked him when he saw him. "The way, where we’ll sail, where we’ll stop," Tae replied. The two went together to pick up ropes that were not attached to anything they had used recently. They rolled them, as they talked about what the ship went through while it was in northern Japan. Around sunset time, Key gathered all the pirates to tell them about the plan. "We are sailing to the Chancellor, on the way we will stop in Kyushu, Nagasaki to get as much information as possible about the situation in the city and to make sure we are ready. If we are lucky we will get supply and go north or south depending on the weather," Key paused to check if they understood and then went on to say, "We should stay in the Korea area, according to sayings a war is approaching." There were protests in the background about being pirates and participating in the war, because why should they participate in it? But Bling-Bling silenced them.

"Although we are pirates, Korea is the place where we have allies. If we don’t help our allies, and leave them behind, we will have no one to rely on anymore, we must at least help in battle at sea alongside the people we do trust, who are on our side. Is that clear?" Jonghyun looked at them sullenly. Defeated nods were seen by those who were not happy about the fact. "Fine, the crew on board now, get ready to sail south, everyone else go get some rest." So they did, pirates walked over around on board and to the belly of the ship, returning to their work.

Taemin went down to the belly of the ship going to his bag. The pirate sat on his mattress and leaned on the bag. He played with the bracelet on his wrist. He thought about Minho and what happened to him after they split up on their way to the palace.

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Minho was brought to his father's conference room, when he was brought into the room everything looked like a mess, well, messier than usual, the two guards holding him did not let go of the grip even after the doors closed behind him. His father looked at him, his gaze conveying no emotion. The general did not wait for the king's words and asked, "What happened here?" "Not something that should worry you, I have already sent guards to catch the girl," the king said. At the sound of the word girl, Minho tensed and tried to free himself from the grip of the guards. "I see you have something to do with the girl," his father did not look away from his son. Minho just tried to keep free from the grip.

"Do you know who Lee Taeyeon is?" When the king said her name his voice sounded disgusted, which made the prince shiver. "More than twenty years ago the princess of Kansen ran away with a wretched pirate. She was supposed to marry my brother but she ran away with a filthy pirate who on the whole saved her kingdom from drought as if he were some kind of hero." Minho's eyes widened in surprise. "This girl who was here looked just like her, yet how it could be? it's been so long since then and she only has a son," his father said knocking his hands on the table, annoyed. All that passed in the crown prince’s mind was Taemin, his lover, the same one who he now discovered had royal blood.

"Did you check her shoulder?" the king then asked the guards who were holding the girl before she escaped. The guards shook their heads. It made the king take a deep breath to calm himself, for he was not at all calm. "Take the prince to his room, and do not let him leave unless I said so. I want guards to be with him at all times," in these words Choi Siwon left the room.

Minho was taken to his room, as ordered. The guards let him into his room and then locked the door so he could not get out. The guards even stood outside his room starting guard shifts. Minho sat down in his chair in front of the desk with the scattered pages, he played with his bracelet and mumbled to himself aloud, "Minnie, please be fine." And "Jinki, I have to talk to Jinki Hyung."