The young prince

This present king was Sanji's father, Lennr, who mostly ignore his existence. When Sanji was young, he had tried to reach to his father but immediately got rejected.

He only stands by his side on the throne when they celebrated something or in ceremonies. He never touched his hand or looked at him, only at the crowd of laughing people, those strange people who don't know anything about what is going on and will never know. To put it simply, Sanji felt deep in his heart that this man was a complete stranger to him, and his mother didn't help his mood either: She only flirted with other men in front of him and his father. She always told him that if he wanted something, he only needed to flirt with the said someone, and then this said someone will be all his. Sanji knew that she also like to take strange men to her and his dad's bedroom: he wasn't sure why, but he never wanted to find out either.

Even if Sanji was a little curious about what she was doing in there, the voices always freaked him out. So he just ran around in their huge garden until it was over, whatever it was. It grossed him out.

Of course, Sanji learned to never pay attention to her, since she never gave him anything except for difficult and strict lessons about manners. But she never treated anyone else with the manners she taught to Sanji, so Sanji decided to just ignore her.

He did have manners, and he knew how to behave, but he just didn't feel like it after seeing his mom with other men flirting without a shame in the world. Sanji still loved his mom even despite everything she was doing, more than his dad who only gave him the cold shoulder or ignored him completely.

Even though Sanji was surrounded by maids who took care of him, he never once felt loved. The maids did ask how he was doing, how he was feeling - but it was only to show him they were nice and polite. Sanji knew that, and despite it, he smiled back at them and decided to be polite to them back. After taking care of him, they immediately returned to their task they had to do and left him alone.

At first, Sanji was so angry at the maids, himself, and his parents. He wanted to scream at all the world how much he hated them. But as time went by, Sanji got used to being alone and to his feelings of loneliness and hurt. He learned to accept the reality that he was a prince and that no one really cared about him or took the time to give him a little affection, which he desperately craved.

He became restless and tried with all his might to get any attention even if it was in a bad way, but no one stayed with him enough time to satisfy his need for attention.

Sanji started to play pranks on anyone since Sanji was a very smart kid. His private tutors were his favorite victims since their reactions were always funny and fun to watch. Of course, he got in trouble and got punished for it, but for Sanji, it was worth it. It pasted his boredom, but it became boring too fast, so sanji searched for a new methods to his pranks.

It's not that Sanji didn't like to learn new things from his tutors on his kingdom or other kingdoms, he just needed something else. Something that no one was willing to give him. at night he liked to stay with his little light under the covers, and read about his favorite subject – the sea and fishes. Sanji liked the sea in a way he can't never explain, and he stared at the pictures of the sea in all his books and smiled.

He really wanted to go see it with his own eyes, but he was stuck in this boring palace, with no one else to listen to his wants or desires. He decided to never say them out loud either, since he didn't wanted to be judged by his mother or father since he had to play his role, and his future was already planned out.

It was planned for him to take the throne, rule the people, get married to someone he didn't know, and have a heir. That was his whole life right there, which he didn't like at all! Why should he do something he doesn't even want to do! He didn't want to control the people, and to be honest, he wasn't even good at it. He was smart but not a leader, and he wanted to be free to learn about the sea and his fantasy fishes that he dreamed about. He didn't appreciate anything else, not even food.

But still, no one took him seriously, saying he was "only a kid", that he would " understand" when he grew up, but Sanji knew better. He will never change or want to, and he will never forget about his dream to see the sea and explore its depths.

And maybe…just maybe to find someday his legendary sea, the sea he sew in his fantasies - All Blue. The sea that say connected all the kingdoms together and gathered all the unique fishes in the world. Sanji sighed, a hopeless smile on his face. He really wanted to see this sea, even only for one moment.

TBC