Pirates: Start the vampire fruit, rescue the empress

Palace of Dressrosa.

Sephiroth, led by Scallet, came to an ordinary dining room, where the Chen Shu was simple, a round table, a few chairs, and a wine cabinet.

On the round table, there are six dishes, braised sea cucumber, grilled fish, stir-fried carrots with cauliflower, steamed shrimp, roast beef, and steamed crab.

At the edge of the round table, three people were already seated, Violet, King Riku, and Princess Elis.

The princess has burgundy waist-length hair, and the years have left a few wrinkles on her face, making her a, but she is still a beauty, elegant and dignified, very temperamental.

Scarleta took Sephiroth’s wrist and came to the princess, and she introduced:

“Queen Mother, this is Sephiroth I told you about.”

“Oops! What a nice young man!

I have listened to my daughter and husband about your things, and I really appreciate your help. Princess

Elise was very enthusiastic, and she pulled Sephiroth to the seat beside her and sat down.

Elise smiled and asked as she poured dishes into his plate,

“I don’t know… When are you going to marry my daughter?”

Hearing this, Sephiroth scratched his head a little embarrassed, and he pushed away and said:

“Cough! …… This one…… I don’t think there is a need to worry too much about this matter, I want to develop my career first!

“Good! Not bad! Young people put their careers first…” Hearing

this, Princess Elise was not angry, she still had a very happy smile on her face.

Since Sephiros had saved her husband, daughter, and the kingdom of Dressrosa, with gratitude, the princess looked at him, basically how to see and how satisfied…

King Riku sandwiched a sea cucumber into his dinner plate, and he remembered something in his mind, and he subconsciously asked:

“Sephiroth, count the time, shouldn’t you be in the military academy now?”

“Ugh! Yes, but after the last mission, Instructor Zefa gave us a holiday.

So, I used the Devil Fruit ability to rush to Dressrosa…”

King Riku looked at the silver-haired boy, and then at his daughter, but he did not doubt it.

As if remembering something, Violet tilted his head and said with a curious look:

“Brother Sephiroth, the words …

When you rescued us in the square in front of the palace, why did I suddenly faint…?”

“Ugh! What about this? …… It’s a secret!

Sephiroth smiled and casually perfunctory, without explaining.

“Oh~!”

The black-haired girl pouted, and although she was a little dissatisfied, she did not continue to ask.

King Liku watched his eldest daughter give the silver-haired boy dishes, and he couldn’t help but sigh with a little embarrassment and emotion:

“In the future, my daughter will be entrusted to you, you must not live up to her wishes!”

Before Sephiroth could reply, Scarlet preemptively said

, “Father, don’t worry!”

Sephiroth was very nice to me, and he just gave me a devil fruit to eat, giving me the ability to manipulate rocks…”

It’s really a big girl……. Hahaha!

King Riku laughed and shook his head, but did not continue to instruct Sephiroth.

In his opinion, something as valuable as the Devil Fruit, the silver-haired boy is willing to give it to his eldest daughter, which proves that the other party’s intention will definitely not be fake…

After this dinner, the five of them got along very well, and no one deliberately embarrassed the teenager.

……

Sephiroth saw King Riku put down his chopsticks, and picked up a napkin to wipe the corners of his mouth, obviously he had eaten and drunk enough.

So, he tentatively asked,

“Can I discuss something with you alone?”

Hearing this, King Riku glanced at Sephiroth with some surprise:

“Do you have to talk alone?”

“Sort of!”

“Okay, then you come with me to the main hall!”

King Riku nodded, got up from his chair very crisply, and walked out of the dining room with Sephiroth.

…………

The Royal Palace of Dressrosa, inside the spacious council hall.

After King Riku transferred the guards stationed in the main hall, he did not sit on the throne, which symbolized power, but very casually found a step under the throne and sat down.

King Riku looked at Sephiroth standing in front of him, and he said with a slight doubt:

“What do you want to talk to me about?”

“Well, I built a company.

I want it to build a factory in Dressrosa. And expand other businesses…”

“Oh!? What is your company doing…?” King Liku said with interest.

“The umbrella company I founded is now mainly engaged in the arms business, and is also involved in part of the entertainment industry, and I am preparing to open a medical industry in the future…”

Arms!?”

Hearing these two words, King Liku’s brows suddenly frowned slightly, and resistance subconsciously appeared in his heart.

The name of the umbrella company, he has also heard a little recently, that is a well-known arms dealer in the underground world….

Unexpectedly, that company was actually established by the young man in front of him, and King Liku couldn’t help but be a little surprised in his heart.

It is difficult for him to combine the identity of the opposing military cadet with the identity of the arms merchant in the underground world….

King Riku considered Sephiroth’s kindness to him, and he was not good at turning his face directly and not recognizing people.

So, he could only ponder and say:

“Other industries are negotiable, but…

I don’t want you to expand your arms business in the Kingdom of Dressrosa!

“Why?”

“Sephiroth, I have always advocated against war.

Therefore, I don’t want the Kingdom of Dressrosa to be involved in the arms business…”

“King Riku, opposing war is not contradictory to doing arms business.”

Hearing

this, King Liku suddenly had an expression of “you are teasing me” and stared at him with dead eyes.

“Maintaining peace also requires the support of armed forces, just like the last pirate invasion.

If it weren’t for the timely appearance of the navy to help the Kingdom of Dressrosa resist the pirates, relying solely on the Kingdom Army, what would King Riku think would have happened to this country? ”

Now

is the era of pirates, the situation will only become more and more chaotic, and the invasion of pirates will gradually become the norm.”

The navy was able to save the Kingdom of Dressrosa in time once, twice… But they can never all be that timely!

Do you have to wait until the country is destroyed to wake up? The

silver-haired boy’s words, like a sharp arrow, pierced directly into the heart of King Riku, making him clearly recall the scene when he was threatened by pirates that night…

“But… After all, arms will only bring war…”

“Then why does your kingdom army still use swords and firearms?”

Hearing this, King Riku subconsciously spoke:

“Of course, it is to protect the people and protect this country…”

His voice became quieter and quieter, and he seemed to realize something…

“There is no right or wrong in the weapons themselves, and they do not cause war ….

Wrong, just those who use them to provoke wars !

In these turbulent times, weapons can be used both to wage war and to protect one’s own life, as well as the lives of others, depending on how the user uses them.

“Moreover, I can assure you that after my company settles in the Kingdom of Dressrosa, it will also boost the economy of the entire country, so that your citizens will gradually lift themselves out of poverty and reach a better standard of living, without having to struggle back and forth on the food and clothing line….

At that time, the Kingdom of Dressrosa will have great military power, a rich standard of living … Isn’t that bad? ”

At this moment, in the face of the silver-haired boy’s sophistry, King Riku’s heart has been shaken…

Sephiroth’s rhetorical question reminded him of the last time when he was abducted by pirates, his daughter and country were put on the scale of choice, and the pirates let him choose one of the two.

At that time, his heart could be described as tormented and painful!

Therefore, he also regretted that if his national army was stronger, it might not be that situation….

Sephiroth’s words, like the whispers of the devil, lured him into the dark abyss, he knew that this was wrong, but there was still a mood in his heart.

And yet….

The beliefs that a person has held on to for a long time are not so easily defeated.

Now that he was close to King Liku on the edge of the cliff, he still had a wave of resistance in his heart, and subconsciously wanted to retreat…

After being silent for a long time, he didn’t know how to choose, so he could only shirk and say:

“But the arms business is very involved, and it is easy to attract the attention of other forces!”

If you are a little careless, the Kingdom of Dressrosa will also be destroyed

…” “If King Liku is willing to agree to my company to settle in and develop in the Kingdom of Dressrosa, then I have my own way to solve this problem…”

“…”

Silence, still silence, King Riku raised his head and stared deeply at Sephiros, his heart was hesitating.

Boom!

Scarlet’s body, from the rocky ground, slowly floated up, as if the rock was holding her up.

Looking at her father’s hesitant expression, the pink-haired girl said with a firm face:

“Father! Just promise Sephiroth!

I trust his decision!”

Driven by curiosity, and by the way, also in order to try the ability of the stone fruit, the girl had long been secretly hiding under the rocky floor of the main hall to eavesdrop on the conversation between the two.

“But… This…?”

“Does Father want your daughter to happen to that again?”

Hearing his daughter’s questioning, King Riku suddenly felt a sense of guilt in his heart, which instantly shattered the hesitation in his heart and made him lift his foot and step into the dark abyss.

“Alas! …… All right! I agreed. King Riku said with a sigh.