Murphy was a blond boy blessed by luck. Whenever he was aboard the Anna, the ship always managed to evade pirates, even in the Caribbean.
“Lucky” was the affectionate nickname the crew had given him. The captain ruffled Murphy's short hair and promoted him to first mate, making an exception for him.
Thrilled about his promotion, Murphy was swept into the sea by a sudden storm.
“Looks like the goddess of luck doesn't favor me that much after all.”
When he woke again, the unfamiliar streets and the carriages streaming past made Murphy stick out like a sore thumb.
“Hey, kid! Get out of the way!”
Driving a car he'd borrowed from his older brother, Tom Shelby, John Shelby shouted at Murphy, who was standing in the middle of the road.
“Hey, sir. Need a hired hand?”
“Huh?”
John didn't look like a good person, but he took the homeless Murphy to a pub in Birmingham.
“A kid? Finn is enough for us.”
“Beautiful lady, I'm blessed by the goddess of luck. She led me to you.”
“What a smooth talker!”
Aunt Polly complained, but still reached out to smooth down Murphy's messy blond hair.
“Are you going to take that kid in? You've already got more than enough children at home.”
Tom couldn't understand why his younger brother John had suddenly brought a kid home. The family was already short-handed, and he had his hands full.
They weren't some charitable orphanage. They were the Shelby family, the feared Peaky Blinders.
“A kid? That freak lifted your car, with you still in it, all by himself!”
“Homeless?”
“Homeless!”
“Then let him stay. The pub could use another potboy.”
With the Peaky Blinders' leader Tom giving his approval, Murphy began his new life in seventeenth-century England!
His eldest brother, Arthur Shelby, wasn't interested in the newcomer, not until they shared a drink.
When Arthur woke up with a splitting hangover, Murphy, who was perfectly fine, asked him with concern,
“Are you all right, sir? I didn't know you were such a lightweight.”
Arthur, the lightweight, never forgot Murphy's taunt after that.
Murphy had no idea that he was getting under Arthur's skin. England, hundreds of years more advanced than the world he came from, fascinated him. And the family that called itself the Peaky Blinders became his new home.
“Winter is coming.”
“We come by order of the Peaky Blinders.”
Theme: Strive onward and never give up.
That is to say, is there any possibility of updating this novel? I really want to read it (T ^ T)
Damn it, can it be updated in my lifetime? (O_O;) Except for Mengnu, this circle seems to have no food to eat (??ω`?) Mommy, save me