'Artoioned Khadore's name?!'

  'Khadore even killed Merry?'

  'How does Arton know I nning to give a brand-new pair of gsses to Khadore?!'

  'No, how could it be like this.'

  'How could it be like this!?'

  Kaya's pupils trembled, her face filled with disbelief.

  "Miss Kaya, may I ask if you have any instrus?"

  Khadore asked with a slight frown, puzzled.

  "It's nothing, just rest well for today, Khadore."

  "I'm feeling a bit unwell, please close the door for me."

  Kaya shook her head, speaking quickly.

  Kuro looked at Kaya strangely, but didn't say much else, and turo close the door for Kaya.

  Kaya took several deep breaths, looked at the closed door, and then at the three pieces of information on the diary copy.

  [Photo: Captain Kuro crushing the gsses gift.]

  [Photo: The refle of Kuro sshing Merry.]

  [Photo: Kaya sleeping soundly and Kuro with blood-stained fingers holding a on.]

  Kaya tremulously clicked to view the photos.

  A sed ter, Kaya suddenly covered her mouth with both hands, her body beginning to tremble violently.

  Although Arton used images from the anime, and the characters in them differed from the real-world Kaya, Kuro, and others, yet, Kaya still reized herself, Kuro, and Merry from the figures, attire, and appearan the photos.

  "How could this be, Khadore is Captain Kuro."

  "He's going to kill Merry iure, and he's going to kill me too?"

  "But I, I respected him so much."

  "Is wealth really that important?"

  At that moment, Kaya couldn't help but start sobbing quietly.

  Knock, knock, knock.

  Just then, a knog sound suddenly arose.

  Kaya's body jolted, looking towards the door with a bit of fear.

  "Miss Kaya, I heard from Khadore earlier that you're feeling unwell."

  "I've just made some giea; perhaps you'd like to have some."

  Outside, a very gentle voice came through.

  "Merry."

  "e in, please."

  Kaya breathed a sigh of relief and immediately spoke up.

  With the sound of the door opening, Merry, dressed in a bck suit and wearing a gentle smile, walked in.

  Seeing Merry, Kaya couldn't help but recall the "Photo: Kuro's Refle Sshing Merry" previously uploaded by Arton.

  Her body trembled once again.

  "Are you cold, Miss Merry?"

  "Here, drink this giea quickly."

  Merry, having just closed the door and notig Kaya seemed to be in disfort, hurried over.

  Kaya did not lift her head immediately but instinctively opehe diary copy.

  Arton had revealed Khadore's true identity to her, making Kaya subsciously seek a solution from Arton for the current situation.

  [Kaya is also one of the heroines in the portraits and doujinshis I draw.]

  [I 't just watch Captain Kuro's as and do nothing.]

  [Now that I've entered the Bck Cat Pirates, I should visit Kaya.]

  [If there's any trouble at Kaya's pce by then, I could offer some help.]

  [This could also be sidered payment for her being my model, hehe.]

  [No, wait, I only used the image of Kaya from manga and ao draw her portraits and doujinshis.]

  [It probably doesn't t as her having been my model.]

  [Maybe after helping her, I could ask her to be my model in person?]

  "Who wants to be your model?!"

  Kaya's eyes widened, and she involuntarily excimed.

  In the drawings, there are quite a few naughty ses.

  Kaya felt that if she really became Arton's model, perhaps those lewd ses in the drawings might bee reality.

  However, even though Arton's diary made Kaya blush, it also helped calm her somewhat chaotid teions.

  "Model? What model?"

  Merry tilted her head, asking with a bit of fusion.

  "It's nothing, nothing, you heard wrong, Merry."

  "But, I clearly heard Miss Kaya mention something about a model earlier."

  "That, well, actually, I was just thinking it might be iing to be a model."

  "I see, Miss Kaya wants to experiehe life of a model. With your beauty, you'd definitely bee the most beautiful model, Miss Kaya."

  "Tha-thank you for your pliment, Merry."

  "Do you need me te it, Miss Kaya?"

  "No, not for now, maybe some other time."

  Kaya shook her head repeatedly, looking at Merry who was very ed about her, Kaya finally calmed down pletely.

  'I o stay calm, 't panic.'

  'Maybe, maybe Arton got it wrong.'

  'Khadore isn't Captain Kuro.'

  'I still o do some iigation.'

  'If, if Khadore really is Captain Kuro, I shouldn't lose my cool even more.'

  'Even if it's just to prevent Merry from getting hurt by Captain Kuro, I o stay calm.'

  'Besides, even if Khadore really is Captain Kuro, Arton will surely e to help as he mentioned in his diary.'

  Kaya thought to herself.

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