One could hear how unbelievable this matter was from Grandma Mo's voice.
Everyone looked at the young man in front of them in surprise. He didn't seem to care much. What no one expected was that he actually went to challenge the World Government's highest combat power and even gained the upper hand. This wasn't just a freak. It was simply heaven-defying. Why had he never heard of such a person before?
" How can there be such a big idiot in this world? How can he challenge the heavens without a care for his life?"
The empress covered her beautiful face with both hands as tears flowed uncontrollably from her beautiful contact lenses.
"I'll tell you everything, including the meaning of the mark on your merman friend's forehead!”
The empress gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. She then slowly relaxed them and finally made up her mind.
"Little Myna's mark?"
The empress turned around once again and showed the mark on her back to everyone. It was a blood-red mark.
"This is the Soaring Dragon's Hoof…It's the Heavenly Dragon's badge!”
"It is branded on the people raised by the world's nobles…It is proof that they will never be able to erase it!”
Everyone held their breath and listened quietly.
"Heavenly Dragon Man…"
"Us three sisters…were slaves of the world's nobles in the past!!”
"You are…slaves!？”
This time, it was Luffy who shouted in surprise. This was only natural. Although it was only for a short period of time, even Luffy could see the arrogant personality of the empress. Even a fool would not believe that she was a slave!
" When I was 12 years old…the three of us were on the Nine Snakes pirate ship…we were kidnapped and sold by human traffickers…that painful experience that I couldn't bear to recall…the first man I saw in my life was so ferocious!”
" Wuuu
When she heard this, she recalled all the painful experiences in the past. Finally, Mary could not take it anymore and burst into tears. Anyone could see how miserable and helpless she was crying. This also reflected how unbearable and painful her past was. Everything was silently endured, unable to resist, unable to forget…
Yi Fangtong listened quietly. Perhaps he could understand his painful past. The dark side of the school city had also tortured him to death. There were all kinds of experiments there, all kinds of fear in his eyes as if he had seen a monster, and the loneliness of not having anyone close to him. He had a deep understanding of it. Thinking of this, Yi Fangtong's eyes were a little blurry and empty. The petite figure of the last work seemed to appear in front of him again.
However, he was not alone now. He had been saved by a girl called The Last Creation. Therefore, he would do his best to protect that girl, even if he had to become an enemy of the world and be crushed into pieces!
"Sister Mary! Calm down!"
Sonia wiped away her tears and comforted Mary who was wailing.
"Hey, hey, hey! Alright! Don't force yourself! It doesn't matter if you don't say it!"
Luffy also felt that he had done something wrong when he saw this situation, so he quickly stopped them from continuing.
However, the empress ignored him and continued to speak.
" I will never forget... that tragic and hopeless past... I only wish to die..."
After saying this, the empress hugged her arms tightly. Her entire body was trembling with fear that came from the depths of her heart.
" But one night four years later, something big happened in the world that caused the World Government to lose face!‘No one is allowed to contradict the Heavenly Dragon People. In a world where this was the iron rule, there was a man who climbed onto the Red Earth Continent with his bare hands and barged into the Holy Land of Maryjar, where the Heavenly Dragon People lived. He was the adventurer, Fishertiger, who later led the Murloc Pirates. In order to carry out the slave liberation movement in the city that abused the murlocs, he did his best to destroy them. Although he hated humans from a racial perspective, he still liberated thousands of slaves of different races without discrimination! We also desperately escaped from the island…We can no longer repay his kindness in this life…Although Tiger had liberated many murlocs, the mark of them being slaves could never be erased…Tiger, who was completely at odds with the World Government, gathered the victims and established the 'Sun Pirates' to roam overseas. As if to remove the curse that they had once suffered, everyone changed the Celestial Dragon Insignia on their bodies to the symbol of the sun. The reason why you misjudged my symbol was probably because you thought it was the symbol of the sun of the Murloc Pirates!”
Luffy listened to the empress's story in shock. Even he was deeply shocked.
"Ah, that's right. The shape of the sun is carved on Little Myna's forehead! Did that mean that he was a slave in the past?”
"Not necessarily!"
Mary lay on the ground and slowly wiped her tears.
"Because in order to make it impossible for people to distinguish who was once a slave, everyone carved this mark. However, we can be sure that he used to belong to the Sun Pirates!”
Granny Zha stood out with a regretful expression and said,
" In addition, Fishertiger has passed away. The Murloc Pirates are said to have split into several groups…"
The empress hugged her knees with both hands and curled up. Her jet-black hair was messy, and she looked as beautiful as a blooming black water lily.
" When we were slaves... as a side show, we were forced to eat the Fruit of Infatuation and the Fruit of Snakes. I didn't expect that with these abilities, we deceived the country... and kept it a secret. If you hadn't protected Mary's back, we…would have no place on this island…We don't want anyone to know what happened in the past…Even if it means deceiving the whole country, we don't want anyone to have any evidence against us!! No one can control us anymore! We're afraid of repeating the same mistake... very, very afraid, extremely afraid..."
At this point, even someone as powerful as the empress couldn't help but burst into tears. Her tears kept dripping down, and her miserable cries echoed throughout the room for a long time.
"It's really been a long time! You're revealing your true feelings like this…I thought Lady Sheji had become as cold as ice in recent years…"
Granny Wha said excitedly.
"Shut up! You traitor who abandoned your country!”
"You should shut up! Although you escaped from the demonic clutches of the Heavenly Dragon people, how did you return to this island? The three little girls who were at a loss by the roadside! Who brought you here? Fortunately, I'm living overseas. Otherwise, you wouldn't be where you are today!”
"Humph! He couldn't forget a small favor!”
The empress also turned her head away unnaturally and no longer looked at Grandma Zha. (Could it be that the empress also has a tsundere attribute?!？）
" What did you say!????"
It looked like Granny Zhao was about to go berserk…The walking stick in her hand kept hitting the ground.
At this moment! Fang Tong also gradually opened his tightly shut eyes. He shook his head and sighed with a deep meaning. He put down his hands and slowly walked over.
When the empress saw him, she also stared at him. She didn't know whether it was intentional or not, but she felt as if she saw her own figure in this thin and weak figure. Her beautiful contact lenses were also stunned.
"Uh..." Fang Tongxing scratched his head and sat down beside the empress.
"Perhaps I shouldn't say this. Everyone has a bad past, and so do I. Perhaps your past is more painful than mine, but I fully understand the hardships. But even so, no one can live in the past. Humans were creatures that looked forward to the future. As long as they survived, what could they not survive? Fate was something that was born to be stepped on. If you didn't have the strength to resist, you just had to wait with courage.”
Yi Fangtong did not know why he would say such things to this arrogant woman. Perhaps he saw his own shadow in her, the figure that struggled in the dark in the past, and unconsciously said what was in his heart. If it was him in the past, he would have disappeared long ago when he encountered such a thing. Ever since he met the last work, he had really changed a lot!
The empress looked at everyone's eyes. They didn't have Luffy's optimism and happiness. Instead, they were filled with caution and pain. It was as if she had understood something and knew that this young man in front of her also had a rather painful past.
"That…Thank you…!”
The empress's voice came from behind him. One Side Passer waved his hand indifferently and said,
"Do you…look down on me, who used to be a slave?”
When Fang Tongtong heard this, his body trembled slightly, but he immediately stopped.
(It really looks like me in the past…)
One of them didn't turn around and only shook his head slightly. However, his back was facing the empress, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
"Haha! You're really likeable! Who are you looking for? I'll help you find him!"
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