Chapter 07: Plans and Prelude.
-Castle of Ruu Ruu, (Dining Room, Dinner Time) -
Since the attack of the mercenaries that had again ended in a defeat for them, a few hours had already passed so it was already afternoon what could be seen by the orange color in the sky.
The time spent with Alicia and Prim making sure that everything was there since although she was not Feoh they were still Warrior Princesses who could exercise authority in another city if the Warrior Princess of that city was indisposed.
Ruu Ruu for her part had taken a nap to recover and after a few hours of sleep she felt like new although in part that could be because she knew that Luffy and his allies were in the city that she could sleep peacefully.
Chloe and Olga decided to stay inside Ruu Ruu's castle as a precaution, although apparently it would not be necessary this time ... but for them it did not hurt to be cautious in human territory.
Luffy for his part went to investigate the city of Rad to see if he found something interesting, which at lunchtime became true with another restaurant owner who wanted to give him free food to thank him, ending with Luffy eating it all for later continue touring Rad.
And so time passed until Luffy returned to Ruu Ruu's castle where a maid told him that the others were waiting for him in the dining room for dinner.
Alicia, Prim, Ruu Ruu, Olga and Chloe were at a large table with various plates of food around them and Luffy happily sat on his seat which had a large amount of meat on a plate.
Alicia said that before going to sleep she would send Celestine a letter so that all the Warrior Princesses could meet in one place… as well as reminding Olga and Chloe that they could sleep in their assigned rooms without any worries.
While there was great resentment and contempt for Olga throughout Eostia for now on Rad that didn't seem to be a problem.
However, as Olga had been vital that no one got hurt with that spell that transformed all the inhabitants of Rad into steel this time she didn't have to worry about someone trying to kill her while she slept.
Ironically now in Rad at least Olga was seen as a hero. While her actions against humans were still difficult to forgive, the wounds from the attack were so fresh that with Olga's heroic action she had for now gained the appreciation of the inhabitants of Rad.
So Alicia made it very clear that since no one would attack her, she could stay in her room and not go to Luffy's.
Apparently the blonde Warrior Princess wanted to avoid an incident like the one she witnessed, she didn't want to see Luffy sharing a bed with Olga and Chloe again.
Olga admitted that it was unlikely that she would be attacked so with some resistance she agreed not to go to Luffy's bed.
But before that it was time for dinner.
Luckily since Vault assumed that his grand plan would work for him and that Rad would become his new base, Ruu Ruu's castle did not suffer great damage so dinner could be prepared without problems.
The fact that Ruu Ruu agreed to eat at the same table as Olga and Chloe without apparent hostility showed that she was grateful to them as it was Olga's spell that allowed them to arrive at the right time to protect her virginity.
Or maybe it was because they were allies that Luffy could tell he trusted.
Anyway, Ruu Ruu showed no minor problem with the idea that now her former enemies were allies in the fight against Kuroinu.
That said, now was when Alicia, Prim, and Ruu Ruu were able to see Monkey D. Luffy's eating habits in terms of the amount of food consumed.
"No, I can believe it..." Alicia managed to say when she saw the way Luffy took and poured the food into his mouth.
She believed that after having seen her abilities she already knew what to expect from Luffy, but in the end that was wrong since Alicia did not expect at all to see him eat in such a way.
"I think that goes well with Mr. Luffy's personality." Prim smiled when she saw how Luffy ate, it could be strange but she found it calm to see how Luffy ate food without any kind of concern in the world like If there was nothing to make him tense.
After all the eating like this added to his great powers and heroic actions plus his good personality made Luffy look like a hero out of a book for Prim.
"Is it possible that her stomach is also made of rubber to allow me to eat so much?" He theorized an Olga that she watched with some interest as Luffy ate.
Since Olga was someone who was an expert in magic, naturally she was curious about mysterious things and Luffy's rubber body aroused that interest, although more than anything it was that fruit that supposedly caused one's body to change in such a way.
Although what she did not know was that even if her body (and consequently stomach) were not made of rubber, Luffy would still be someone who consumed a lot of food.
"Whoever cooks for him has all my respect." Chloe commented, imagining that in Luffy's crew there must be someone who had the role of cook, and whoever it was must be someone extraordinary to bear having to feed someone like that.
And without her knowing it, in another world other than this certain cook trapped in 'hell' she suddenly felt quite happy to feel that a girl somewhere must be thinking about him.
On the part of her, Ruu Ruu, although surprised by how Luffy ate, she did not react like hers to other allies of the Seven Shields Alliance since she was busy with her own business.
"Haa, there is nothing better than the taste of beer." Commented a cheerful Ruu Ruu who was drinking from a large beer mug and did not give much importance to Luffy's eating habits due to the cheerful attitude he had when eating.
After having slept with the assurance that Luffy was in the same city, Ruu Ruu was able to wake up and more recovered after having almost been raped.
She was a very strong girl in spirit, it only took a few hours for her to fully regain her composure.
Here one should not mistakenly think that it was because of the beer that Ruu Ruu was so cheerful.
To get her drunk it would take a lot more alcohol in fact Ruu Ruu's drinking ability was such that she could go head-to-head against Zoro in a contest about who could drink the most and she would probably come out winning, which she was already talking about. the orange-haired alcohol tolerance.
She was rather happy to be able to enjoy her beer with her friends (Alicia and Prim), new allies (Olga and Chloe) and finally the best boy she had ever met (Luffy).
"This Minotaur meat is delicious!" A cheerful Luffy commented who almost fell into tears of happiness as he filled his mouth with juicy meat.
"As I killed it myself, of course it will be delicious!" Ruu Ruu celebrated from her seat as she raised her mug of beer.
She was celebrating because that Minotaur who was now food for Luffy was one of the monsters who planned to rape her ... that's why she herself felt good to have killed him personally.
That happened shortly after Luffy asked the question if he could eat the meat of the Minotaur, upon hearing that Ruu Ruu saw that those creatures were still alive and quickly called someone to bring him his ax which had been left in his castle since Vault surely planned to take it as a symbol of his victory, even when Alicia offered to do so Ruu Ruu wanted the pleasure of being the one to destroy those monsters.
So when her subordinates brought her ax to him, Ruu Ruu wasted no second beheading the monsters using her trusty ax. The bodies of the Ogre and the Cyclops were burned but by order of Ruu Ruu the Minotaur would be made flesh so that Luffy could eat it. After that she ended up falling asleep and being carried by her servants to her room.
But at least Luffy managed to obtain the meat of the Minotaur since Ruu Ruu was not going to deny something like that to whoever had saved her.
For their part, the other girls were not so delighted with the idea of eating Minotaur meat so they opted for more conventional food.
Ruu Ruu for the part of her would have eaten that meat without problems (being more for a desire for revenge against the Minotaur) but as a form of gratitude to Luffy she was going to let him eat all that meat.
So while Luffy ate her meat and Ruu Ruu drank her beer, the other guests were also showing up.
"I never thought that I could eat at the same table as Olga Discordia and that the atmosphere would be pleasant." Said an Alicia who was surprised by that while at the same time she was with a glass of wine in her left hand.
"Kufufufu." Even Olga's laugh was heard, who elegantly covered her mouth with one of her hands. "It is certainly funny to think that not long ago this situation would have been impossible but that it is still happening." If the situation had not happened. The Black Dogs in these moments of being together Olga and Chloe would be trying to kill each other against Alicia and Ruu Ruu.
Although if not for Luffy the idea of an alliance would not even have been possible. It was incredible how one person could change everything.
Yes, she was still a virgin and Chloe had not been forced to have sex against her will again thanks to Luffy.
And the more Olga thought about it, the more she wanted to do something for Luffy and while she had a good idea what to do with him… it was still too early (Olga's heart just wasn't ready yet).
But thinking about what to do for the boy in the straw hat was that an idea appeared in the mind of the Queen of the Dark Elves.
"They say the best way to reach a man's heart is through the stomach." Olga thought as she watched Luffy eat. "And from what I see with Luffy that can be much simpler." Seenthe boy in the straw hat he would be happy with simple food.
It might be unusual since she had never done something like that but it couldn't be that difficult if she had mastered complex magic then why not something like cooking?
Olga had never cooked before, but at least she did know a recipe and how the rules on who to serve that food had been imposed by the High Elves Olga was more than happy to ignore those rules as she was a Dark Elf and had certain personal problem with the High Elves.
Olga had risen from her seat, gaining the attention of the others.
"I'm done eating." Olga Discordia said. "I'll be retiring temporarily but I'm going back, so wait for me."
Seeing her Queen standing up, Chloe immediately did so too even though she hadn't finished eating.
"If you finish I will accompany you, Olga-sama." She said naturally since as her assistant Chloe had to follow her mistress almost everywhere.
"Chloe, you can stay here." But surprisingly that was Olga's response.
"But…" Chloe tried to protest, after all letting her Queen move only in territories that were not known to her was something that usually Chloe would never allow. Olga should know perfectly well.
"The castle servants were friendly enough not to have anything to fear." Olga mentioned this when remembering that in Ruu Ruu's castle the servants did not view her with hostility or fear like those in Alicia and Prim's castle.
Olga supposed it was a form of thanks for saving Ruu Ruu seconds before something irreversible had happened to the Halfling.
"And where do you go if you have to go back?" Alice asked with some suspicion, in the end it was still too early for her to fully trust Olga.
"It's a secret." The Dark Elf Queen replied calmly. "But I'm not running away or anything like that and I already told you to return."
Although Alicia wanted to protest a little more, the voice of a certain boy prevented her from doing so.
"I say she can go." He said with Luffy without much concern as he chewed his meat regardless of the lack of manners of such action. "Chloe is his subordinate and I don't think Olga would be able to abandon her." Since if Olga ran away that left Chloe alone against two Warrior Princesses.
Hearing that, Alicia had no way to respond.
Olga only smiled seeing how Luffy trusted her to believe that she would not leave Chloe abandoned.
"Just wait for me here for a while." Said the Dark Elf Queen who left without saying where she was going.
So what the others did was continue with the dinner in peace.
-Twenty Minutes Later-
Already twenty minutes had passed since Olga had gone inside to do something that she did not reveal what it was.
By this point Luffy had finished his food. All Minotaur meat.
The others had finished with theirs as well, including Ruu Ruu who drank all of his beer without seeming to be affected by that level of alcohol that would have left most humans sleeping.
Still we had to wait for Olga to come back.
So in order not to pass in silence, Ruu Ruu began to tell a story about how she alone had earned the right to be one of the Warrior Princesses over the other members of her village which was located on the edges of Eostia.
"And then me and Merone were the only two left on the battlefield." Said the orange haired while the others continued to listen to the story with interest, even Luffy as this was an exciting story.
The story was that when Celestine had called the formation of the Seven Shields Alliance to fight Olga Discordia's forces, the Halfling from Ruu Ruu's village had a tournament to decide who would be chosen to represent their race and be the ruler of Rad.
That tournament consisted of all the Halflings that could fight would face each other in a tournament of all against all and that the last one standing would win. It was truly tremendous as every young girl in the village wanted to show her power by being declared the winner.
In the end there were only Ruu Ruu and a Halfling named Merone Merone who was the daughter of the village leader and who therefore had received training from a young age.
"She and her huge hammer were tough, but with sheer determination I was able to win the fight even with a broken arm." Ruu Ruu finished telling her story.
"Wow, you really are strong." Said an excited Luffy after hearing that story, despite looking small that girl named Ruu Ruu had great power and she kept the story interesting.
"Thank you..." Ruu Ruu replied a little embarrassed and with a blush on her face.
"Even if you could beat the daughter of your village leader by being an ordinary villager is surprising." Chloe nodded who felt more comfortable showing her respect to a Halfling than she would by showing it to a human it wasn't Luffy.
"Ruu Ruu was considered a prodigy among her race." Said a smiling Prim thanks to the friendly atmosphere that had developed, especially with the fact that Alicia showed no discomfort from eating at the same table as Olga and Chloe. "She she managed to make herself so strong instead of being trained by someone else."
Ruu Ruu looked visibly proud upon hearing those words, after all she was proud that she had come so far by herself having trained herself and that her effort paid off by turning her into a Warrior Princess.
Although that pleasant moment had to be interrupted by who she had left and was now returning.
"I'm back." Then Olga Discordia's familiar voice could be heard.
With that everyone turned their attention to the entrance to the dining room and instantly noticed that the Queen of the Dark Elves was carrying a silver tray in her hands.
On that silver tray was some food.
That was bread. Fresh bread from the light steam that came out of it.
"Oh, you made bread." Said a happy Luffy since he always had room for more food and that bread that Olga carried looked delicious.
"Olga-sama did you cook?" Asked a Chloe who wanted to pinch herself to check if she was asleep.
It wasn't like Olga wasn't able to cook, but the fact that she did was what impressed Chloe as Olga had the pride and dignity of a Queen so something like 'cooking' was left in charge of she.
So it goes without saying that Chloe was witnessing something she never expected to see from her Queen.
On the other hand, the Alliance of the Seven Shields, were impressed for a different reason.
"I can't believe it." muttered a Prim who was wide-eyed in surprise, clearly not expecting to see such bread anywhere other than Thorn City.
"That's..." A surprised Alicia muttered who couldn't believe what Olga was carrying with her on that plate. After all, that was a food that she recognized perfectly and only someone she knew knew how to prepare.
"Oh, so you know how to make it too?" A Ruu Ruu said that she was also surprised to see that food since she could only consume it in one place and that was because whoever prepared that food in that place was the only one to know the recipe as far as the orange haired girl knew it.
"Hmm?" Said a confused Luffy seeing the surprise of Alicia, Ruu Ruu and Prim. "But isn't it just bread?" After all it looked like normal bread.
"This is Lembas." Olga replied.
"Lembas?" A curious Luffy asked who happily saw how that bread that he looked delicious was on that tray in Olga's hands.
"Lord Luffy, Lambas is a special food that only elves know how to prepare." Explained Prim.
"I'm surprised you guys know about Lembas." Chloe said, personally she knew the recipe and she was the one who made it every time her Queen wanted to eat it.
"When the Alliance of the Seven Shields meets in Thorn is when Celestine-sama serves us Lembas prepared by herself." Alicia explained.
"I'm not surprised that woman knows the recipe as a High Elf who is rumored to be the reincarnation of a goddess." Chloe muttered to herself.
"Normally only the High Elves and Elves are allowed to know the recipe to eat it unless said Elf sees that the occasion is special to share it with other races and yet only very few know the recipe." Olga explained.
And the reason why a Dark Elf like her knew the recipe was somewhat personal but surely Olga would wish to see the face of the High Elves when she saw that this precious recipe was in the hands of a Dark Elf.
"I only knew how to prepare the recipe and I only told it to Chloe but I never tried to prepare it myself." Olga continued explaining who then directly saw a Luffy who was listening carefully, probably because this had to do with food. "But after seeing how Luffy enjoys eating I decided to try cooking myself." She admitted with a small blush on her dark skin, that blush was hardly noticeable and managed to go unnoticed.
This was the first time Olga had cooked anything but she wanted Luffy to taste the food that she had made herself.
"Do you want me to try it?" Asked an excited Luffy since the simple smell of that bread made him want to eat it despite having eaten all the Minotaur meat.
In response Olga nodded which was the only signal that Luffy needed to stretch his arm (It was necessary to note that the others were already used to seeing his body stretch) to take one of the loaves and quickly put it in his mouth .
"It's delicious!" Luffy said with a big smile and said bread still in his mouth.
When those words came out of Luffy's mouth, Olga's beautiful face had an expression of pure happiness as it was the first time that someone had given her a compliment for something that she had cooked besides that it was clear that Luffy was being honest, Olga she doubted he was even capable of lying.
"We can try?" Ruu Ruu asked after seeing Luffy's reaction. Besides that part of her was curious if that Lembas was as good as Celestine's.
Olga's first impulse had been to coldly deny since she had prepared that bread for Luffy, but then she remembered that this was a request from the owner of the castle and also how Luffy clearly saw those of the Seven Shields Alliance as friends it was possible that he did not take well that she gave an answer like that.
"I guess it wouldn't be fair for only Luffy to have that privilege." Olga managed to say without sounding too forced even though internally that was a great effort.
So to avoid thinking too much about it, Olga fixed her attention on the still surprised Chloe.
"You can eat too, Chloe." Olga said in a gentler tone of voice, it helped that Chloe was the other person she planned to share that Lembas with.
"Hey?" The Dark Elf Half said returning her attention to the present. "S-Sure yes, Olga-sama." Chloe said with some nervousness at the idea of trying the food made by her Queen really Chloe didn't know if she deserved something so big like that.
And so the other four girls each took a loaf and proceeded to eat it.
The reaction was instantaneous.
"This is nothing compared to Celestine-sama's." Alicia thought with a neutral expression.
It was not as if what Olga had cooked was inedible, in fact that Lembas had the taste of her, which Alicia had to admit. However, what Celestine was preparing was simply on another level.
If with Olga's Lembas she felt a little more energetic, with Celestine's one would feel ready for a battle and bursting with energy.
Normally Alicia would be ready to say that to Olga's face, but.
Seeing how happy Luffy was any desire to comment on the superiority of the Lembas that Celestine was preparing had come to nothing for Alicia.
Alicia just wouldn't feel good about herself if she ended up earning Luffy's anger just for wanting to verbally hurt Olga (whom Alicia was still far from accepting or forgiving).
"This Lembas has a good taste." The first to speak was Prim who said that with a kind tone of voice, she was not lying because that bread had a good taste, here only it was not to be compared with the wonder made by Celestine.
"Not bad at all." Ruu Ruu also seemed to understand that and avoided making comparisons.
"Olga-sama, your Lembas is delicious." Chloe said honestly, for her any food that her Queen prepared was one that was delicious even if for Chloe something like cooking should not be something that someone like her Queen should do.
Now there was only one more person left to comment on the food Olga had prepared.
"I guess it's not that bad." Finally and with a big blush Alicia said those words.
"If you had insulted Olga-sama's food then I would have taken it upon myself to make you suffer." Chloe said as a warning that she would not tolerate insults directed towards her Queen.
That earned a look from Alicia, but I just made no further progress.
"Also now I feel more energetic than normal." Luffy commented who, seeing himself, felt quite active, more than normal. It was not enough to make him run but it was enough for Luffy himself to notice.
"That bread is supposed to be a food ration for a trip." Olga explained. "It helps to replenish one's energy and health for long trips as well as other miraculous effects."
"Oh! They would really serve me for my travels with my crew." Luffy commented, looking at his Lembas with more interest, no doubt if Sanji knew how to make that bread it would be very useful for when they had to make long trips overland.
"Crew?" Ruu Ruu asked.
"Oh right, Ruu Ruu still didn't know." Said Prim who remembered that detail, "Lord Luffy is a Pirate."
"Eh? I hadn't heard any of that," Ruu Ruu commented in surprise as she still hadn't been informed of Luffy's 'work'.
"Well then, just so you know I am a Pirate." Luffy declared whose eyes then gained a special sparkle. "The man who will become the King of the Pirates." Luffy said with determination.
It was not the first time that he said that he was a Pirate.
But this was the first time that Luffy declared his dream of being the King of the Pirates in front of his allies in Eostia.
"Do the Pirates have a King?" Said a confused Alice. "This is the first time I have heard of that." After all the pirates were people who acted independently of each other and did not form large groups like the mercenaries.
"So Lord Luffy seeks to create a pirate kingdom with himself as King?" A curious Prim asked what she could understand with the limited information she was giving her.
Of course, assuming something like that was perfectly normal since without the information of Gold Roger and his great treasure One Piece one would not think of the title of the 'King of the Pirates' in the same way as someone who had been born in it. world than Luffy.
Here a normal person would have begun to question how it was that they did not know such general knowledge and come to the conclusion that perhaps Eostia was not in the same world where the title of 'King of the Pirates' meant something very special.
But being this Luffy.
"No, nothing like that, the King of the Pirates is the one with the most freedom in the world and that's why I want to be." I elaborate more Luffy. "I'm not interested in being anyone's boss or taking anyone's freedom, I just want to to be free to have adventures."
The girls there saw that Luffy was not someone who had ambitions for power, money or women like many in Eostia, but that Luffy was someone who valued adventure and being free more than the material which made him look even more attractive to men eyes of the girls around him.
"So if I were to offer you to be the King of an empire or kingdom, would you refuse?" Olga asked to confirm something.
"Yes." Luffy nodded. "Sitting on a throne having to tend to responsibilities and roles is not my thing." The mere image of that made Luffy almost fall asleep from boredom.
He preferred to be on adventures with his crew, staying permanently in one place just wasn't Luffy's style.
"Oh, there goes my great plan for the two of us to rule together one day…" Olga sighed clearly disappointed that Luffy did not seek to become a King.
"What was that?" Alicia asked with a somewhat dangerous tone of voice after listening to Olga.
"Nothing, it doesn't matter anymore." Olga answered simply even with the implication that she planned to make Luffy a King while she was the Queen by her side.
The mere mental image did not like Alicia at all.
"If Luffy were to be on someone's side he should be on my side." Alice thought before realizing what she had thought without realizing it. "B-But it's not like I really want him next to me I just find him to be a great help."
Apparently Alicia was not the type who could simply acknowledge her own feelings for someone else.
"Well Pirate or not that does not change that Luffy is an ally along with the Dark Elves." Ruu Ruu said who then decided to reveal something that she had planned. "And since we are now allies there is something I want to show you as thanks for helping me." Saying that, the orange haired gave Luffy a look of gratitude. Apparently Ruu Ruu wouldn't forget for a long time or possibly never that Luffy had saved her at the right time.
"And what are you going to show us?" Asked a curious Luffy.
"Something quite special." assured Ruu Ruu who then looked towards Alicia and Prim. "Of course you can come too, after all we are already allies."
And so after what was a surprisingly nice dinner with his new friends, Luffy went in the direction of where Ruu Ruu was leading them.
-Ruu Ruu Castle Training Area-
For Alicia and Prim this place was nothing new since they had seen the castles of their other companions in the Alliance of the Seven Shields. In fact, they all knew each other's castles since Celestine wanted it that way to increase the ties between the group.
This room was inside the castle on the walls were several weapons such as swords, axes and spears and on the floor a battle ring was painted in white and on the edges there were some seats. Ruu Ruu explained that this was where his soldiers trained.
Olga and Prim stayed in spectator seats as they weren't planning to take part in this.
Olga because now she could only use her weakest spells before getting tired and Prim because she didn't know how to fight since if Ruu Ruu had led them to a place like this then she probably had to do with fighting.
While they were looking at the place Ruu Ruu told them to wait since she was going to look for something important at the cellar.
And after a few minutes the Halfling came back carrying something on hers with her arms, a trunk that although it looked heavy, she carried it with great ease.
Of course, when Ruu Ruu had brought a trunk with her, Alicia and Prim were visibly surprised, which made Luffy, Chloe and Olga curious.
Did that trunk have something amazing in it?
When Ruu Ruu opened that trunk she could see what was inside.
Weapons, that was what was inside that trunk. From hammers to axes, from whips to shields and each of those weapons looked of enormous quality.
"They can take out whatever they want." Ruu Ruu offered.
Alicia and Chloe took advantage of that offer and pulled weapons from that special trunk.
Alicia had drawn a new sword. Although she already had one, the idea of being able to use one from that trunk was too much to resist.
After all, despite being allies, Ruu Ruu made it clear that she would only open that trunk in circumstances that she considered appropriate. That is why none of the other Warrior Princesses could simply ask her for a weapon from that trunk.
Chloe was now carrying two daggers that looked slightly larger than the ones she carried before.
"Incredible," she commented while inspecting those daggers, clearly the Dark Elf Half was impressed by what she saw, "I am not an expert in this but I can say that the quality of these daggers is far superior to the one I take from the mercenaries, ".
Hearing those words, Ruu Ruu inflated her chest a little as a sign of pride after hearing Chloe's words.
"My kind specialize in forging weapons of high quality compared to humans," Ruu Ruu said proudly, "The weapons in my trunk are all weapons made by the Halflings of my people who send them to me as gifts, ".
"Normally to get your hands on one of these weapons you would have to spend a lot of money," Alicia commented as she looked closely at her new sword, "However, it is said that Halfling weapons never break as they are made of a metal that only they know more about the forging techniques that have been passed from generation to generation, "As she said that, Alicia looked at Ruu Ruu as if waiting for the orange haired to elaborate a little more.
However Ruu Ruu only smiled knowing perfectly what her friend wanted.
"I'm sorry Alicia, but you already know that my lips are sealed on the materials and techniques that my people and I use to create weapons," Ruu Ruu said with a playful smile.
Alicia just sighed and gave a small smile knowing that that would be the answer… but that it didn't hurt to try.
Having already said that, the castle owner's attention was focused on Luffy who was looking at the weapons in the trunk with interest.
"Do you want a Luffy?" Ruu Ruu asked in advance who expected that to be the case.
What Luffy did not know was how rare this opportunity was that he was being given was one that many men would have fought for since the weapons made by the Halflings were the best but at the same time very difficult to obtain.
"Don't worry, I don't need a weapon," Luffy shook his head, "I prefer to use my fists and feet, using weapons is not my thing," So he kindly denied Ruu Ruu's offer.
While Ruu Ruu was discouraged by that, she did not let it show itself.
"I see ..." She answered trying not to show how discouraged that answer had left her.
"And you're not going to draw a Ruu Ruu weapon?" Asked a curious Luffy.
Fortunately that kind of question was one of Ruu Ruu's favorites.
"For me the ax that I made from scratch is the only weapon I want to use," she said referring to the ax that she used in battle but was now in her room, "I spent a lot of time and effort creating it, that's why it's my most special weapon, "And from Ruu Ruu's tone one could see that those feelings regarding her weapon were genuine.
"Wow," said a genuinely impressed Luffy.
Even so, that friendly atmosphere that had arisen in this place had to be interrupted since one should not forget that those present were still in conflict against certain enemies.
"While it is relaxing to watch moments like this," Olga's voice rang out, "I think we should focus on what to do now in our battle against Kuroinu,".
"Y-sure," Alicia said trying to regain her composure, "For now we should wait for Celestine-sama to answer the letter I sent her so we can see what our next move will be,".
"Since we don't know where the Kuroinu are staying, we can't go attack them," Chloe added, "I don't like it but I think it would be best to keep waiting here," If it was for her Chloe would have preferred an attack to eliminate it if she could know where they were located.
"But instead of waiting I think we should go to Ken," Prim said making everyone's attention focus on her.
"The city in charge of Kaguya? Why?" Alicia asked since right now it seemed a bit arbitrary to decide to go to that city when the mercenaries were not going to attack it.
"Is that girl an ally of you?" Luffy asked to which the Seven Shields Alliance nodded.
"Kaguya is a girl who came from an eastern country when she was a very young girl," explained Prim, "She came to Eostia escaping from the civil war in her country with a group of refugees who settled in Ken, little little by little the culture of the Kaguya nation assimilated in such a way that Ken seems to be another nation within a city. "
"From what I've heard she exceeds her using magic from the nation east of hers which involves casting talismans that have various effects." Chloe added.
"Right, in that sense Kaguya is our best mage." The Halfling nodded.
"Hmm, oriental magic…" Olga muttered. "Even if her knowledge of hers magic was superior it would certainly be problematic to face magic with which she was unfamiliar.
"That's why Prim, why go to her instead of Maia or Claudia?" Alice asked.
"Well, during the last meeting with Vault." Prim began to explain to which everyone frowned upon hearing that name while also Ruu Ruu clenched her knuckles. "I heard that he mentioned Siamhaza as an ally." Said the hairy girl. with a worried expression.
The reaction of her companions of the Alliance of the Seven Shields was immediate since they knew who Prim was talking about.
"What did you say?!" Exclaimed Alice.
"Would that guy really betray Kaguya?!" Exclaimed a surprised and angry Ruu Ruu.
"I really don't want to believe it, but Vault sounded so convinced and someone we trusted like Beasley also turned out to be a traitor." It was clear that Prim didn't want to believe it but with everything that had happened lately it was very likely to be true.
"Who is this Siamhaza?" Asked a serious Luffy feeling that this situation needed that attitude due to the reaction of those three.
"Siamhaza is a subordinate of Kaguya." Alicia explained although clearly she was still affected by that revelation. "He is a sorcerer specialized in experimenting with creatures, Kaguya found him one day almost starving and feeling sorry for him she gave him a place to live."
"And yet he is betraying her." Commented a Luffy who already had a very negative impression of that certain 'Siamhaza', so at least he already knew who he had to hit as soon as he got to Ken and met that certain Kaguya.
"As a form of gratitude, he managed to capture some Ogres and with his abilities he transformed them into Oni which were stronger and a little more intelligent," Alicia continued explaining, "Those Oni were in charge of getting him more Ogres so that he could create more Oni. which were released into the woods and Ken's surroundings to serve as guards, "Alicia said remembering when Kaguya had commented to her about how thanks to the Oni of Siamhaza the monsters in the surroundings were exterminated.
"If that Siamhaza guy were to make a rebellion then with his Oni added to the mercenaries the City of Ken would have fallen easily," Olga agreed understanding all the circumstances.
"Although now with the mercenaries temporarily out of the question he would have a hard time making a rebellion on his own," Chloe commented.
"But ... even so the last time I heard Kaguya talk about it she mentioned that the Oni of Siamhaza reached up to 1,000 in number ..." Prim said with clear concern about what could happen to Kaguya in a situation of rebellion.
"Sounds complicated ..." Ruu Ruu added, even if she had confidence in her own strength the idea of fighting against that number of Oni made even her doubt if there was a chance of victory.
"In other words since Kaguya is close to a traitor the priority would be to go to Ken and warn him immediately before the mercenaries recover and send a massive attack on Ken," Alicia said seriously.
"As the mercenaries are with their leader very wounded I can say that for the next few days they will not make any move," Olga said, "In the end without a leader to give them orders they are not the type to take initiative," And because of how hurt they Vault looked even with potions it would take several days before he could get up.
"We can use Olga Discordia to get to Ken in a matter of moments," Alicia said however she was frowning, "But I think that with Kuroinu's latest defeat their allies will be more cautious and Siamhaza could cause a lot of losses if she frees her Oni when she sees us as well as trying to escape instantly, "She worried about the loss of life that Ken could receive and in general Alicia preferred to avoid as many losses as possible.
"How about I go alone on foot?" Luffy suggested after listening to what the others were saying.
"Eh? You just?" Said a surprised Ruu Ruu.
"I see, if you go alone and on foot it will take you a few days to get there," Olga said, "With that time Siamhaza should be able to relax thinking that no one knows about his alliance with Kuroinu,".
"Then let me write a letter for you to show Kaguya," Alicia said, "With that she should trust you," The blonde was confident that if anyone could get Kaguya out of a difficult situation it was Luffy. That's why she accepted that idea so quickly out of concern for her friend.
"We will then stay in Rad waiting for Celestine's response to the letter Alicia sent her," Ruu Ruu said, as that was something quite important even though the idea of Luffy not being there was not a pleasant idea.
"It seems like we came to a unanimous decision on what to do," Olga nodded seeing that everyone was agreeing with Luffy's plan… even though she also found the idea of being away from the boy in the straw hat unpleasant for a few days.
"But will you be okay Mr. Luffy?" A worried Prim asked, "The journey on foot from Rad to Ken can be dangerous," Even if she knew how strong Luffy was, Prim as the sweet girl she was couldn't help but show concern.
"Surviving outside is nothing new to me," said Luffy who tried to stay strong… as the childhood traumas with his grandfather's training to survive outside threatened to make him tremble.
Not to mention that he was able to survive a place like Rusukaina.
On whether Luffy was confident that he could get to Ken's city by himself.
"If Luffy takes a few days to arrive then that Siamhaza should lower his guard believing that no one would suspect him." Alicia said. "Then Kaguya could think of a good way to defeat him while avoiding damaging his city too much."
Thus a plan had already been formed.
"Tomorrow after breakfast I'll give you something to make your trip easier for Ken." Olga said to Luffy. "I need a little time to prepare it so I can't give it to you right away."
Luffy nodded and leaving right after breakfast sounded like the best.
"Then I'm going to sleep." Luffy said. "Tomorrow after breakfast I'm going so I need a good rest, good night." And with that Luffy started running to go to his room.
"Lord Luffy, please wait!" Prim raised her voice for a Luffy who was already at the door of the training area to hear it.
Just in time Luffy stopped to look at Prim curiously, as he believed that everything he had to discuss had been discussed.
"Before he leaves I think he needs his clothes washed," Unexpectedly that was what Prim said.
Luffy looked at Prim confused by that question and started looking at his clothes.
What was wrong with his clothes? He had washed them a short time ago from his point of view.
"Mr. Luffy since we met you have always used the same clothes but I haven't seen you wash them, when was the last time you washed your clothes?" Prim asked.
"Hmm... not for a few weeks." Luffy said smoothly, a fact that other men would not have been able to admit in front of several women.
And on that subject, even though Luffy had 'washed his clothes' in Rusukaina in his case it was just throwing them in the water when she got really stinky and then drying them off.
Hearing is all the girls regardless of the race difference took a step back.
"So the essence in those clothes, it must be very strong." Prim thought who was struggling to avoid a blush.
"If that's the case then please allow me to wash your clothes Mr. Luffy." Surprisingly Prim made that offer.
"Prim?" A surprised Alicia asked after hearing that offer from her younger sister.
"Eh? But if I can order a servant to wash them?" A confused Ruu Ruu said at Prim's offer to personally wash those clothes instead of someone else doing it considering that Prim was a girl in a high position.
The redhead simply shook her head at Ruu Ruu's offer.
"As Lord Luffy has really helped a lot I feel that it is the least I can do for him." Prim replied. "I want to do it because I want to help him as much as I can, even if it is something so simple."
However what no one, not even Alicia suspected, was that the sweet Prim had an ulterior motive for that action that at first glance was seen as a simple action to help Luffy.
Because this was a golden opportunity, Prim was hiding her true motives, yet her words about wanting to help Luffy were honest.
And she was going to wash Luffy's clothes, but first Prim needed to do something important and somewhat personal.
And so the pink haired girl left the training area for what the others assumed would be washing Luffy's clothes once he got to his room to change.
Olga only silently watched as Prim retired, Olga had a look a bit different from the others in her beautiful amber eyes.
It was as if the Queen of the Dark Elves could see something that the others could not see in what appeared to be a well-intentioned action to help Luffy.
"Olga-sama? Is something wrong?" Chloe asked noticing the look in the Queen's eyes towards Prim's retreating figure.
"Let's just say I feel like I will have direct competition shortly." She said mysteriously.
Chloe was confused as to what the Queen was referring to about her, but out of respect the Half Dark Elf decided not to inquire if Olga did not wish to reveal it.
"Prim really is a girl with a very pure and kind heart." Alicia commented with a smile as she watched her younger sister leave.
She had no idea that perhaps Prim had a side that she did not know.
"Although after this post-meal training I got a little sleepy." Ruu Ruu yawned. "I'm going to sleep, feel free to use whatever you want in my castle." And with that the Halfling withdrew.
"I'm going to sleep too." Olga announced and Chloe just followed the Queen from her.
"I'll stay a bit longer to train." Said Alicia who prepared her new sword for a training session.
Little by little between old enemies that feud was being settled little by little while they spent time together thanks to Luffy making them have to work together.
-Ruu Ruu Castle, (Luffy's room, night) -
About two hours had passed since the end of dinner and it was already dark. Luffy was wearing simple villager clothes which were a white shirt and long brown pants.
As soon as he got to his room he had found those clothes prepared for him by the castle servants and it was only a matter of changing and then giving Prim those clothes for her to wash.
Luffy knew that he should go to sleep because tomorrow (After a great breakfast, yes) he would be heading to a city called Ken to go find that Kaguya who was friends with Alicia and Prim.
In addition to potentially having to fight against those Oni that were more powerful than normal Ogres. Even if there were 1,000 of them, the prospect didn't intimidate Luffy at all.
If he wanted to be the King of the Pirates then he couldn't run away from anything, even if it was Shichibukai, Yonkou or the Admirals. If Luffy wanted to fulfill his dreams then he would have to defeat them all.
Of course that included Bulk and his mercenaries and monsters.
And thinking about that matter.
"Hmm… I wonder if Prim already has my clothes ready?" Said Luffy who got up from his bed and got ready to go ask Prim about his clothes.
In the end Luffy preferred to use those clothes of his instead of the ones he had been given for now, also Prim said in the afternoon that he was going to wash them so they should be dry for now.
If he was going to go to Ken then Luffy preferred to do it with his clothes if they were ready.
Also as he would walk towards Ken Luffy he could see more of what Eostia was like… It all looked like an adventure in an unknown land!
Luffy could honestly say that Eostia was a place that he liked since he had made good friends here and when he found out where he was located he would tell Nami to come back together with his entire crew.
"And to meet my crew I must go back to Rusukaina." Luffy reminded himself that despite how much fun he was having with his new friends and how well he was eating in the end he had to go back to that. Island.
Luffy was already someone stronger thanks to having trained there, for that reason he could better protect the crew from him for when the time to meet in Sabaody has come.
He still had time to stay here, but still he sought to return with his crew no matter how many friends he had made in Eostia.
Although that is said.
"I won't let them hurt my new friends." Luffy promised himself who knew that before he left he had to defeat Vault to make sure they were safe.
So our protagonist left his room to go in search of the girl who had his clothes.
-Hallways-
The corridors in this section of the castle were empty since everyone was in their respective rooms.
Luffy remembered that the rooms were in this area of the castle in one of the towers so Prim must be behind one of the several doors in the corridor.
The only problem was that Luffy didn't know which one so he was just going to arbitrarily try the doors until he found Prim.
So Luffy was going to open one but then he could hear a voice.
"Ahh… Mr. Luffy…" could be heard through that door.
"Hmm?" Luffy said when he felt that someone had said his name, however Luffy could recognize that voice.
"Prim?" And so Luffy moved closer to the door where he had heard his name.
"S-Sir L-Luffy, please continue like this..." Indeed Prim's voice was the one coming through that door.
Although Prim's voice sounded a bit strange neither tired nor sad, neither angry nor happy, it was a state of mind that Luffy couldn't recognize.
"She said my name." Luffy muttered who didn't know what Prim did to say her name with that strange tone of voice so it only remained to see what was inside to find out.
So, Luffy slowly opened the door to Prim's room so that she did not realize that the door was being opened and that now Luffy could see inside it.
-Prim's room-
Slowly opening the door Luffy could only see a little inside but even so that was enough since he could see the bed which was on the opposite side of the door and on top of that bed was Prim.
Although her normal clothes showed her panties (in general because Eostia seemed to have a different sense of modesty) it was the Angle that made this scene more striking.
She was lying on her stomach but with her butt lifted and protruding, her pink panties wet with a transparent liquid and the slight spasm in her butt was such a sexy sight that many could not imagine, Prim moved with fury and ecstasy her fingers over her vagina still covered by her soaked panties and ignored any sound as she lost her mind in pleasure.
"Mnn… haa… nnn…" Prim gasped and moaned with great intensity as he desperately sniffed at Luffy's clothes that she had said she was going to wash.
Prim Fiorire was masturbating while she smelled those clothes and thought of the boy in the straw hat.
Prim's cheeks were totally pink as she increased the movement of her fingers over her covered crotch, there was a bit of sweat on her body which had slight spasms from pleasure.
"Ahh... the smell... of Luffy..." Prim said with a smile as she kept smelling Luffy's clothes while his right hand kept touching his covered vagina with more and more intensity. "I... shouldn't... be ...doing this…"
Did Prim hate herself for doing an action like that thinking of the boy she had feelings for?
Those words negated his actions… and yet Prim's hand continued to move.
"I shouldn't… but… it feels so good…" Prim moaned with great intensity and pleasure as she continued to inhale the scent of Luffy's clothes.
If the pillow from yesterday night could cause relaxation in Prim then directly the aroma of Luffy on her clothes was activating Prim's senses to the maximum which ended with her touching herself thinking of the boy with the straw hat.
"But it's... still... not enough..." And with that the hand that she was in charge of giving him pleasure left the area where her panties were soaked in her juices to go to the area of her hips specifically towards the elastic of her panties. Prim planned to take them off to continue that pleasure more intensely as she fantasized about Luffy.
She wanted to come so badly!
But since Prim wasn't used to masturbating like that, taking her panties off while she was laying down wasn't easy for her. Prim was going to sit on the edge of the bed to remove them easily.
And when she sat on the edge of the bed, by chance she glanced in the direction of the door that had eventually been fully opened but that her Prim hadn't noticed because she had focused on something else.
"M-Mr. Luffy?!" She said in panic Prim when she saw that it was indeed Luffy who from the open door had watched her masturbate, doing something so indecent.
"Ah," Luffy said as he realized that Prim had noticed.
For some reason seeing that scene was confusing for Luffy since even though he didn't know what Prim was doing for some reason he was mesmerized by that scene.
And that Luffy couldn't explain since Prim wasn't doing anything surprisingly only she was touching her own body.
Perhaps although Luffy was not consciously someone interested in women. He was still a man and as such his body could be reacting on its own to something that Luffy's mind did not understand.
"Prim." Finally after what seemed like an eternity Luffy spoke with a neutral tone of voice, although upon hearing her voice the pink haired girl became very nervous about what might happen.
Would Luffy now feel disgusted with her and would not speak to her again?
Would he believe that she was a pervert?
"Y-Yes?" Despite everything, Prim managed to answer her, with a very fragile tone of nerves as she trembled.
"What are you doing?" It was Luffy's simple question which showed his lack of knowledge regarding issues like this.
But perhaps it is this event that allows both of you to mature in a certain way.
What seemed like a normal afternoon where the ties with the others could have been extended term to lead to a night that could be full of passions.
AUTHOR'S NOTES:
And well what did you think?
As you can see here we have more moments where Luffy and the girls interact and little by little a stronger bond is formed between the Dark Elves and the Warrior Princesses (Although it is mostly Alice).
As you can see, this chapter is about interaction after a battle although from what happened at the end everything could reach a certain route.
I bet nobody expected the ending, but considering what kind of work Kuroinu is, one could predict that things would end this way eventually XD
Originally I thought about giving that honor to Olga, but in the end I saw that with Prim it was better although with her it was more than due to suitable circumstances rather than a true initiative on her part.
And I think we all know how this final scene will play out even with a dense guy like Luffy I think I can pull it off.
That's why the next chapter will be entirely dedicated to the special moment between Luffy and Prim, which could make that chapter shorter since it would be my first time writing such a scene.
Although if I don't do it like that, to save time then I could make that scene between Luffy and Prim occupy only part of the next chapter so as not to waste a lot of time. What do you guys think?
After that we will return to action with Luffy going to Ken to help Kaguya and thus see how Kuroinu's fall becomes more and more clear.
Well, in short that would be it for now I hope the next chapter is appreciated.
I really appreciate the support of all of you my dear readers who have supported this story, so I hope you do not dislike what is to come.
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