In the dark basement, a candle in the corner provided a faint light.
After Yuni finished eating, she dragged her exhausted body and fell into a deep sleep on the straw mat. Igor's hatred could not be appeased for a long time as he looked at the two faint lines of tears on his mother's face.
Unable to fall asleep, Igor gently picked up the book by the wall and stared at it.
Most of these books recorded the history and geographical knowledge of the pirate world.
There were even a few books from Ohara's collection and the illustrated book of the Devil's Fruit.
In the ten years they lived in the basement, their father had only visited them three times!
Igor clearly remembered that this was the second time that Ton had come to visit the two of them since he was sensible. He had made a request to Ton.
He hoped to use the authority of the Heavenly Dragon people to find the books that had been buried by the flames of war and sealed by the navy.
It had been three years since he last saw Ton, who had brought him a book.
Igor felt that this sinful man only had cold-blooded and heartless feelings for the mother and son.
He knew very well that what he needed to survive in this world was strength and intelligence.
With his current situation, he could only expand his knowledge first.
He was waiting for the day when he could break free from this desperate situation and take revenge on the Heavenly Dragon Tribe and that man with his mother.
"Igor, Mommy went out."
When he woke up, he heard familiar footsteps. The stone tiles on the roof slowly closed, and the room fell into a dead silence.
Every time, Yuni would go out when she was sleepy and start a hard day in exchange for a little food that would prevent the mother and son from starving to death.
'When will this torture end?' Igor wondered.
After an unknown period of time, the stone slab opened again, and heavy and powerful footsteps sounded.
"Who is it?"
Igor immediately became alert. He got up and squinted at the stone steps.
What he saw was a somewhat unfamiliar yet familiar figure, the hateful figure that had appeared countless times in his nightmares.
"Ton! What are you doing here?"
At this moment, Igor watched his so-called father walk down the stone steps and stand with his hands behind his back.
He habitually looked at Igor with a condescending gaze.
"How are you guys doing?"
Ton tried his best to express the goodwill of the world's nobles in a caring tone.
"What do you think?"
Igor asked Ton angrily. His eyes were filled with unwillingness to accept the situation of the mother and son, and hatred for his useless father.
Through the light outside the house, Ton saw Igor's stubborn eyes clearly. They were exactly the same as Yuni's.
Her heart softened instantly. She was filled with memories of her short time with Youni and her guilt for this child.
"Do you know why I named you Igor?”
Without answering Igor directly, Ton wanted to make the short encounter more meaningful.
"Your name is Igor, which means 'Eagle'. As a Heavenly Dragon, he had lived in this beautiful Holy Land since he was young. Only the eagles on the sea could reach this height. I hope you can take my place and leave the shackles, and fly to the outside world like an eagle!”
Ton looked at Igor longingly, as if he had already seen an eagle fly out of Mary Joshua.
"I don't believe your nonsense anymore, Ton!”
Looking at Ton's expectant gaze, Igor's eyes were a little evasive and wavering.
However, he recalled the pain and suffering that the Heavenly Dragon Tribe had brought to his mother and himself over the past ten years.
Igor's eyes became firm again when he saw the man's cowardice and acquiescence.
"Igor, no matter what, I am your father.”
Looking at Igor's determined attitude, Ton hoped that Igor could accept this unchangeable fact.
"Shut up!
It's been ten years. You're timid and afraid of things for your own benefit.
Not only did he fail to fulfill his father's responsibilities, but he also locked my mother and I up here like animals.
Why should I admit our relationship?
Go back and be a noble in the world!"
Igor was getting angrier as he spoke. Even so, he was still far from being able to vent out the grievances of the past ten years.
"How can you forgive me?”
Every word pierced his heart. Ton was overwhelmed by guilt and could not explain at all. He could only lower his status and plead.
"I want you to give me and my mother an identity and live openly. Can you do that?？”
"Yes!"
It was completely unexpected. Igor had originally blurted out a sentence out of anger, but he did not expect Ton to agree without hesitation.
Igor looked at Ton in a daze. His anger began to turn into grievances and complaints.
"I can only trust you if my mother and I really leave this place!”
After all, he was still a ten-year-old child. How could he not have some hope for the future?
Even though the long life in the dungeon was about to dry up the mother and son's yearning for life, they heard Ton's answer.
Igor's heart was still burning with hope.
"Igor, can you call me father?”
Seeing the look of anticipation in Igor's eyes, Ton raised his extravagant hope for many years.
However, what he got in return was a long silence.
Ton sighed, consoling himself that he had at least opened some estrangement. He turned around and walked up the steps.
"Tell your mother to wait for my news.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the stone slab was moved back to its original position.
"A family living together again…"
Igor stared blankly at the ray of light disappearing into nothingness. His heart was filled with new vitality.
In the blink of an eye, it was noon. Just as Yuni walked down the steps, she saw her son running over excitedly.
"Mom, we can leave this place and start over!”
The food in Youni's hand fell to the ground from her son's shaking. She was surprised to see her son looking at her expectantly.
His eyes were filled with hope and light that he had not seen for many years.
Youni was infected by her son's emotions and pulled Igor into her arms. Her tears of excitement soaked her son's shoulders.
"Mom is so happy to see you like this!”
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