Chapter 13: Repentance.
Eostia's fate keeps on moving.
That man who started the threat to the nation had finally been neutralized by a boy summoned from another world.
However, Eostia was still far from a safe place.
Those who sought the vision of Vault still existed, even if that vision was limited to a single person who desired another in particular and would stop at nothing to achieve it.
A Pirate who belonged to the seas along with his crew, that man still had a long way to go to go to his world.
The women members of the Alliance would be a key point to fulfill their mission to return and it was still necessary to meet three of them directly.
More specifically, the time when Luffy met the Alliance Leader was still far away.
However, due to the use of her powers, the moment when Celestine meets Luffy will not be that far away.
-Dream of Celestine Lucross-
"Eh? W-where am I?" Celestine wondered who with difficulty had 'awakened'.
The place where we are is one identical to a certain section of Celestine's castle, more specifically speaking the door to her room.
"A vision of the future?" Immediately she was able to understand the nature of the situation as it was not the first time she had experienced this.
Typically when the power to see the future manifested, it was through a dream. The fact that a dream looked this clear was a sign that this was one of those premonition dreams that she hadn't had in some time.
The last thing the blonde remembered was having collapsed after a horrible sensation had suddenly enveloped her.
Unfortunately, that meant that Celestine had missed Luffy's historic victory and at the same time what was the tremendous rain of blows that ended up defeating Vault forever.
"I fainted and now... I have a premonitory dream again." Since these visions stopped for a while, having these kinds of dreams again certainly felt special after a while.
Luckily being so experienced, Celestine knew what to do.
In those dreams, she should always see an event with her own eyes, that event was the reason for her dream and always seeing said event, Celestine could take an appropriate course of action.
For example, if she was outside a door then it was logical that she should open it and see what was inside it, in each of those premonitions like these there was a detail that told Celestine the direction to take.
Opening the door to her room in that premonitory dream… Celestine saw something unexpected.
And the worst thing was that she herself was part of what was happening. In that sense, Celestine Lucross was part of what she did not expect to see!
The room looked normal, identical even to how Celestine looked in reality.
However, a different change was the bed, which although it was still very large right now it was messy and occupied by two people.
And one of them was Celestine Lucross, or rather the Celestine of the Dream who could be the future of the true Celestine.
She herself was totally naked and next to another person a sleeping man to be more specific, said the man had a muscular physique, an 'X' shaped scar in the middle of the chest, and finally a straw hat that covered his face.
The physique of that man was remarkable even when it could only be seen from the torso upwards, from the torso downwards his body was covered by the blankets of the bed in the bedroom of the Celestine of Sleep.
And even in disbelief, a Celestine with her beautiful and sensual body in full display to the man next to her, she did not seem shy or afraid to show her body to the man next to her, in fact, she seemed to want to do it with total pleasure, she was proud of that the eyes of that man were only on her.
Her beautiful face had an expression that Celestine had never imagined she could do, eyes clouded with desire, a sensual and suggestive smile, Every few seconds a gasp or moan came out of her mouth, to finish Celestine watched as her future self traveled slowly and sensually her lips with her tongue, a sign that she wanted more.
Her porcelain skin without any imperfections, even at first glance seemed soft and smooth to the touch, Her breasts which could be considered the largest in all of Eostia bounced slightly because of her breathing in a mesmerizing movement. Her nipples were slightly erect, perhaps due to the cold, but her slightly sweaty body and her gasping breath belied that fact, a simple drop of sweat ran through her breasts until it rested on her pink nipples and then fell into an attractive drip.
Her waist with a sensual curve that only asked to be covered by the hands of her lover, and her firm and large hips that formed a simply desirable butt, more beads of sweat ran down her body to the rhythm of her gasping breath, some running down her butt and passing through her long and sensual legs, others passed through her firm abdomen and fell into the valley of her femininity.
Her vagina was totally soaked due to her arousal and activities with her partner in bed, her soft, beautiful pink vaginal lips seemed to quiver and contract, yearning for something to please them, for Celestine that thought only seemed to make her wetter causing her fluids to love will rise and furrow her soft thighs.
"My beloved. I will give you everything." Said the Celestine of the Dream using a voice full of love before that man who was asleep and whom she lightly caressed the face of that sleeping young man with the straw hat.
"H-Huh?" It was those words that brought Celestine out of her initial stupor.
"My material fortune... my position of power... all of Eostia..." Happily said the Celestine of the Dream who caressed the chest of the sleeping man. "My power... I would even follow you to the end of the world if you asked me." In the voice There was no doubt about that beautiful woman, she was honestly willing to abandon everything for a single man.
"H-How can she say that?" On the other hand, the Celestine of Reality was incredulous at what she was hearing, as much as she wanted to believe that the Celestine of the Dream was being mentally controlled, in her attitude there was no sign of that.
Those words of love just sounded too honest to be influenced by anything other than pure love.
"But what gives me the most happiness is what we achieve together." Said with total joy the Celestine of the Dream who told the sleeping man what made her so happy, what gave her more happiness than anything else that was said in a low whisper.
When the words left the goose of the Celestine of the Dream, the Celestine of the present could only cover her mouth with her hands as a sign of pure surprise at those words.
"No… it can't be…" Celestine wanted to believe that she heard badly however, as in the case of Olga Discordia even though they were of a different race, they were both 'elves' so the ears were not adorned.
And the revelation of that Celestine of the Dream was without a doubt surprising.
"That… That is practically impossible for it to happen." Celestine wanted to believe that what she heard was a mistake but no, from her ears she was able to clearly hear what the Dream Celestine said.
And that statement simply raised more doubts than anything.
"I… What should I do?" Celestine asked herself who felt like her existence in the dream was fading a sign that she was waking up.
This that she saw only left her with more doubts and nothing more, honestly the blonde did not know what to do.
Right now Celestine had mixed feelings about that 'me' image of hers of a possible future.
On the one hand, the part of her that was a High Elf the idea of becoming a human woman was difficult to digest since that was taboo between them. Naturally, she should avoid becoming emotionally involved with that boy in the straw hat, perhaps even avoiding meeting him so that the future would not come true.
Celestine, having seen that, had been mentalized not to be seduced in case of meeting that man but honestly, she believed that never meeting him in the first place would be the best thing.
High Elves were different from Normal Elves and Dark Elves.
What differentiated them was their really long lives, bodies that remained young and beautiful even at the time of death, a much greater understanding of nature, and ultimately more affinity for Miracles than Magic.
In essence, the High Elves who lived isolated from the rest of the world saw themselves as the superior and supreme race of this world. These kept them isolated and from time to time they sent an emissary for something important, Celestine was one of those cases, although she was chosen because of her situation with the Goddess Laurentia instead of her other abilities.
In general, there could be friendship between a High Elf and other species (Less Dark Elves) in a natural way, perhaps even said High Elf stops seeing himself as a superior being by spending time and building honest ties with others.
However, when it came to getting married things changed friendships with other species were allowed, but marriages were not.
The possibility of a Half High Elf the mere possibility that one existed was considered a heretical act that had to die in order not to contaminate the purity of that superior race.
That is why the laws of the High Elves strictly prohibited marriages with other species, whoever broke them was declared a traitor and could even be executed.
And even knowing that what the future told Celestine she herself would break the rules of her own people.
"She... She looks so happy..." She couldn't help saying the blonde before Celestine's attitude of a possible future, being the same person she could notice something special in the way her counterpart acts.
His counterpart's happiness was just too honest.
It's not like Celestine wasn't happy and appreciated what she had: A great castle, kind and dedicated maids, chefs who prepared delicious food for her. of), a prosperous nation, and finally close friends with the other members of the Alliance.
However, at the same time, Celestine felt a certain distance between her and the others, it was not as if they avoided her or left her out of the conversations, perhaps the others did not even realize it and those actions were unconscious, but the fact that Celestine was treated with more respect and not as someone like them was there.
There was a part of Celestine that wished to simply be just another girl living a simple life with the other High Elves, there was a part that wished simply not to have responsibilities and to be able to spend time freely with her loved ones.
Celestine secretly wished to be free of her responsibilities and to be able to live a happy life with a family, a husband, and children, so she had never left her village but she had a duty that would not allow life as quiet as that.
A part of the beautiful blonde had resigned herself to being alone on her pedestal.
But it seemed that that man whom she could not see her face which was covered with a straw hat was the one who did not care about that pedestal if the attitude of the Celestine of the Dream was any indication.
"How... what will that man's face be like?" Celestine wanted to know, she really wanted to see the face of the one who could cause such happiness in the Celestine of the Dream.
Sadly, Celestine herself could not know, she really could not actively interact with anything, if she tried to touch something of her, her hands would end up going through what she wanted to touch.
"Please, let me see his face…" In her mind, Celestine began to beg her Dream Self to take her hat off that man so he could see her face well.
But instead, the dream just started to blur.
The fact that everything was starting to look very blurry was a sign that this dream of the future was coming to an end and Celestine did not want that.
"W-Wait... I still... I-I want to see more..." The High Elf said with difficulty who was trying in vain to resist and stay in this world.
Now that everything was ending Celestine wished she could see for a little longer the happiness of that Celestine of the Dream, that honest happiness of having found a man whom she could love with all honesty.
The question that was forming within Celestine Lucross was only one:
Should she try to make that vision become her future?
This ability to see the future allowed Celestine to alter it by making a different choice, for example, here she could simply stay away from that man to never see that future, or on the other hand she could accept the future alongside that man that apparently had made her so happy.
There were many questions, and information was clearly needed to know how this point was reached, but none could be obtained.
However, the image of the possibility of Celestine who slept with Luffy was never going to leave Celestine's mind for which future was a possibility.
-Celestine's room-
In an elegant and spacious room, there was a huge bed that was beautifully made with the best quality wood along with the best quality sheets.
Celestine was asleep in her bed with the sheets covering her to her stomach, her right arm was above the sheet while her left was under it.
"Hmm… ahh…" Making a few sounds, Celestine Lucross opened her eyes.
After a few seconds she looked around her and when she realized that she was in her bed, she sat down but her left hand was still under the sheet.
Celestine was in her normal clothes, as she was a High Elf, she preferred to sleep naked to feel more connected to nature itself.
Of course, there was the option that her maids undressed her before leaving her lying down, but honestly considering Celestine's sexy body, it was entirely possible that one of her maids seeing her naked body would simply lose control and try to do something to the body Celestine nude.
"I became unconscious after feeling a horrible pain." The blonde began to speak, recalling the events that led her to that state. "And then in a vision of the future me and that man..." And when specifically remembering what she saw a very big blush formed on Celestine's face.
That memory was too much alive she could remember every detail except for that boy's face that she couldn't see but at least she could see the scar on his chest that could help her identify him.
And strangely the beautiful High Elf was feeling something else. A sensation of Dampness?
Said sensation of humidity was in Celestine's body more specifically in the area below her hips where her left hand was ...
"B-But w-what?" With some nervousness, Celestine withdrew her hand from where she was, A slight moan of pleasure escaped her lips, as she raised her index and heart fingers slowly, she saw with shame, surprise, and slight excitement her fingers were completely soaked from a transparent distance.
She was slimy and with a somewhat intoxicating smell, she curiously began to rub the dice and separate them to see how a bridge of that substance formed between both dice before putting them back together and repeating the process.
"Is... this is?" Celestine's mind soon made the connection, her hands had been under the sheet right between her legs, a place that was totally wet and had even stained an area she considered below her.
Although she was a virgin, Celestine had lived many years, and in all those years she had sometimes decided to self-indulge herself, she was not alien to sexual issues in any way. She even she so she would not say that she delighted in it, she would spend a long period of time before considering it again.
"I masturbated while I was in a trance..." She could only admit with shame, unconsciously, Celestine wanted to experience that pleasure that her future self was practicing, and in response to her wishes even in a trance, her hands began to do the work.
Sinking into her labia slowly in a slow but significant movement, running his fingertips over her labia minora and gently but somewhat firmly over her clitoris, just before sinking his fingers into her vagina, simply preparing for when it is man sinks his p-
Celestine shook her head, trying to erase that thought, the shame of her situation made her want to forget for the moment anything about that dream.
The High Elf did not know exactly what time it was or how long it had been since she was unconscious (nor had it been too long, in fact, she was still on the same day, and she was only sleeping a few hours), however, through the window of her room she could see the sunlight shining a warm sun that could easily dry clothes, such as sheets.
"I-I have to change that sheet." As a first action Celestine decided to take care of it herself, That sheet stained by herself was something that if her maids saw it, Celestine would feel too embarrassed.
For now, Celestine was going to wash her sheets and then take a rather cold bath.
-With Luffy-
Back in the abandoned city, we can see how Luffy coldly looked at the body of Vault who received a tremendous amount of blows.
His own instinct told her that the opponent in front of him was totally defeated and close to death from his injuries.
However, even so, Luffy never let down his guard because Vault had managed to escape for one reason or another the last few times so here the Pirate was determined not to relax until it was certain that Vault could not flee or be rescued.
Incredibly even after a tremendous rain of blows, Vault was still alive since Luffy instinctively stopped before killing him, but if that damage from the blows if he did not killed him would at least have left him disabled for life.
Vault could only glare at Luffy and, but also with resignation.
"You... you win... I... I give up..." Vault managed to say with the last of his strength to later lose consciousness.
Nodding, Luffy looked at the Black Dogs members present who perhaps for fear of being the next were not moving.
"GO AWAY AND NEVER COME BACK!" Luffy yelled at the mercenaries who now lost all desire to fight.
Those words were what it took to start a mass reaction.
"Gyaaaa!" A scream was heard in the city, a great scream made up of those mercenaries who saw in front of his eyes how Luffy's enormous power destroyed Vault.
Immediately the mercenaries rushed out in masses towards the exit of the city, many of them leaving their weapons lying on the ground.
"I'm going to start a new life!" Yelled another mercenary.
"I'm going to back down guys, unlike Vault!" Declared a mercenary who was so terrified of Luffy that he thought that if other people similar to Vault were defeated and handed over then the boy in the straw hat would have no reason to go after him.
"I will take a vow of chastity!" Another one of them went to that extreme and his fear of Luffy would make sure those words came true.
Several screams were heard with responses of that kind, apparently after seeing Luffy exerting such dominance over Vault no one wanted to challenge him anymore, or at least those were the feelings of those who saw firsthand and felt the enormous power that Luffy possesses.
In the end, Vault ended up being abandoned by those who were supposedly faithful to him.
However, as the crowd fled, Maia decided to do one more thing.
"Wait there!" Shouted Maia who pointed at one of the fleeing mercenaries. Said the man stopped instantly.
That man did not look very strong, but rather thin, his face was not attractive at all and his hygiene did not look strong either a perfect type for a group that had such a twisted goal.
"Y-Yes?" The mercenary asked with a trembling voice who, knowing that Luffy was there, did not dare to defy that order to run away.
However, the other mercenaries who feared what could happen to them if they were also summoned limited themselves to increasing their speed to run with even more intensity to the point that in a minute the ruined city was completely empty except for Luffy, Maia, and the remaining mercenary.
Fortunately for that poor guy, Maia didn't want to hurt him even when it was tempting, she had other plans for him.
"You will go to Geofu and hand the guards over to Vault." Maia ordered in a voice of authority, that voice at once was cold as it was directed at what she now considered to be scum.
Any feelings of appreciation for the past had been effectively destroyed because of that betrayal and attempted rape of her although perhaps deep within her not everything had been forgotten.
"G-Go to enemy territory?" Asked in disbelief the mercenary knew that upon reaching Geofu he would be captured by his association with Kuroinu.
"Do you have any problem?" Maia asked in a threatening tone of voice as she pointed a finger at Luffy who still looked serious.
The threat was very simple: You dare to disobey and Luffy will break your body with blows.
Knowing that Luffy was watching him almost daring him to challenge Maia, that minor mercenary had only one answer:
"O-Oof course not Miss Maia! We will do whatever wish!" The mercenary replied, who almost fainted from pure fear.
"If you mean it then get moving you piece of trash at once!" Maia ordered pointing one of her swords towards where Geofu was.
"SIIIIIII!" And with that scream, the mercenary went to Vault's body and completely forgetting that he was his former leader, and upon grabbing him proceeded to run with Vault on his back.
"That guy was always a weakling who only had numerical superiority, he would never have gone far at sea," Luffy said coldly seeing as Vault was being led to where he would be imprisoned for life.
If Vault had been born in the world of Luffy and chosen the life of a pirate then he would have been a pirate of the Blues since people like him and his subordinates would have been simple victims of the Grand Line or of some sailor like Smoker who had not even had them let it get to the Grand Line.
"It's all over now..." Sighed a tired Maia after all this ordeal.
Honestly, even with her mercenary days in consideration of her, this was the first time that something so terrible had happened to her and she was one hundred percent aware that she could be worse she could have been raped by former comrades of her and her former leader.
However, everything ended well and now the inhabitants of Eostia had seen that there was no longer any danger.
But what almost no one knew is that the damage done to the city had had a more serious consequence than damaging important and historically valuable ruins if the fact that Celestine had suffered a near heart attack was any indication.
For now, as many found the history of the Creatures of Destruction of the past as a simple legend and most of the details had been lost except for those few who could possess the books that spoke of them, and even so it was not certain that the information was legitimate.
"I was finally able to defeat him and he didn't end up running away," Luffy nodded happy that Vault hadn't escaped him again.
"Yes…" Maia said in a low voice realizing that now she and Luffy were alone.
It wasn't like Maia had any contempt for Luffy for what had happened, in fact, despising him after everything she had done was simply something that true scum would do.
In Maia's eyes, it was she who should be despised by Luffy due to his actions against him… she herself was scum for choosing to trust Vault.
In fact, the guilt for it was such that Maia was determined to get down on her knees and start begging Luffy for forgiveness.
… But that didn't happen because of Luffy himself.
BAM!
The sound of Luffy hitting the ground was heard.
Maia was surprised as Luffy who recently looked perfectly fine now he himself was lying on the ground with his arms and legs extended.
"Are you okay?" Asked a concerned Maia. While Luffy hadn't taken any damage after his battle with Vault, perhaps he had really been hurt and was simply hiding it.
"I'm hungry..." Luffy complained who looked exhausted too, "The battle raged and he hadn't eaten enough..."
The Gear Fourth... would certainly have finished the job faster, but such power would certainly have killed Vault, which Luffy wanted to avoid due to his promise to Olga.
Such a powerful technique had to be used with opponents who merited it... in short, those that other techniques of his could not defeat.
"I-In that case, I can help!" Said Maia who, seeing the opportunity to help Luffy and get away from him a bit, immediately accepted.
"Hmmm?" Said Luffy who, although he was tired, was never to the point of stopping him from going to get food.
"I know you can't trust me after what I did…" A sad Maia admitted as she looked at the ground, "But I swear I won't try to hurt you or anything," the redhead declared with all honesty.
Maia was aware that after what she did no one could trust her (Unless it was someone like Celestine or Prim, who had understood the reasons and accepted the desire for redemption) but honestly Maia was very sorry and wished she could do something for Luffy even if he had the right to never want to see her again.
In fact, if Luffy rejected her now... Maia she would be truly devastated, she might even she would cry.
"I want Meat," Luffy said without any hostility or suspicion.
"Hey?" Said a surprised Maia upon hearing a positive response so quickly, she still expected some hostility coming from Luffy for having tried to kill him... but apparently, there was nothing.
"Meat, I love meat... And make it a lot!" Luffy said raising his fists in the air.
No matter where with the meat as food (preferably red meat) the young man known as Monkey D. Luffy would be happy and energetic even after getting tired in battle.
"I promise I'll bring you as much food as I can…" one determined redhead swore to herself, "Please wait for me here and don't move,".
"Very good," Luffy nodded, though Luffy didn't feel like moving in the first place anyway.
"I'll try to be quick, find as much food as possible, and bring it as much as I can," Maia said with complete determination.
If at least this could make Luffy feel better, then Maia was going to try like never to fulfill that mission... even if it put her in danger depending on what she found to hunt.
"I'll stay here waiting," said Luffy who leaned back comfortably on the floor to rest, "I'm tired and hungry..." the black-haired man complained.
"I'm going back, please believe that," said the redhead with determination, "My words shouldn't be worth much to you now ... but please just believe in me,".
And with that, Maia ran at high speed towards the woods outside the abandoned city, she was willing to do anything to help satisfy Luffy's hunger.
With that, we were left here with a lonely Luffy looking up at the sky.
Maia said that this would return so Luffy would trust her and would not move from her place, so holding back her hunger Luffy simply stared at the beautiful blue sky.
And so now in this abandoned city silence reigned again, that silence was such that he could feel uncomfortable.
Luffy was still tired and did not want to move at all so as not to tire more and thus be more hungry.
So in a rare event, Luffy just stood still… he looked up at the sky and let his mind wander.
"It really feels different to have an affair without my Nakama..." Luffy sighed at what he saw of his situation.
It was rare for Luffy to think, however, being unable to do anything but wait prompted him to do such an unusual action on his part.
And here in an unknown place after a trip and fighting someone else, Luffy couldn't help but think about his crewmates since visiting new places and fighting was something that practically always happened with them.
If he had had his Nakama in Eostia then Bulk would have fallen in the first meeting since they would not have let him escape and Sanji would have broken every bone in Bulk's body and any member of Kuroinu that he could find maybe... no There would surely be deaths from an irate cook.
Although unknowingly such a scenario would have very possibly interfered with the existence of Luffy's daughter who was growing inside Prim right now... daughter of which Luffy did not even know the existence of her at the moment.
"But I have friends to have my adventure with..." In the end, Luffy managed a smile when he remembered his ties in Eostia and that, although they would never be like those of his crew, this 'adventure' with the girls was not so bad. since Luffy could tell that they had a good relationship.
Prim, Alicia, Olga, Chloe, Luu-Luu, and finally Maia... all of them had become important friends to Luffy in a similar way to all of his friends created in his travels, perhaps even with a similar bond to Vivi who had traveled with him for a long time. long time.
And so…
"If anyone tries to harm you I swear I'll kick your ass," said a determined Luffy to himself. If another guy like Vault came up then Luffy would go straight to beat him to the ground before he could get his hands on them.
What Luffy did not know is that unlike those friends in his adventures... his desire to protect them had hidden a sample of his own male sexual instinct feeling the urge to protect women from him.
Unknowingly, a part of Luffy had already recognized her as her woman.
-With Maia, (Nearby Forests) -
A bit far from where Luffy was, we could see Maia who was walking through the forest with a serious expression, that was the expression of a woman on a mission.
"If I remember correctly in this area you can get several species with a lot of meat," said the redhead who was trying to remember the specificity of the species in this area of Eostia.
Even with her travels, Maia did not know one hundred percent of every corner and route of Eostia, however, she did know the species of animals that were found in the different regions in general.
"No, nothing is enough ..." Maia whispered to me who was totally focused on her mission to do something about Luffy's hunger.
She had encountered different types of animals, however, none of them was something that was enough for Luffy. Maia knew that her appetite was simply abnormal so she had to bring something special.
"This area of Eostia is quiet because there are no cities near the Ravolox..." The redhead whispered to herself, "That means that the animals must be in abundance due to the lack of humans to hunt them," That logic was quite correct since certainly Maia encountered various wild animals.
Now... if only he could be the one for Luffy.
Luckily for Maia, the answer to her prayers was quite close to her.
"Hoiin… hooiin…" An animal sound could be heard and then heard several more times.
Knowing that there was a possible prey nearby, Maia began to walk more stealthily until she reached the source of that sound, and what she found was a large group of beasts of the same species.
Those wild beasts were known as Man-Eating Boars, animals considered too dangerous but did not require extermination like creatures such as Manticores or Chimeras.
In itself, what made them not be considered so dangerous was that they did not actively attack human beings, but only attacked if they were attacked but since hunting them was too tempting to resist, there were many who ended up being eaten by them.
For those who dare to hunt these animals a large amount of juicy meat would be assured, however, due to the dangerousness of these species, they are hunted by practically no one except the bravest and most veteran hunters.
Perhaps that was why the meat of said creatures was expensive and only sold to those with enough money to be able to afford it.
Normally seeing them in such numbers Maia would discreetly surround them to avoid a confrontation as she would not be able to win as a mercenary, she had a more pragmatic view of how to battle rather than the chivalry and sense of honor of Alicia and Claudia or the wish for a challenge from Luu-Luu.
In general, if it had been only one, then Maia would have been ready for a direct confrontation.
However, due to special circumstances, the redhead walked open and directly to where the group of those beasts was.
Since she didn't even make an effort to hide her footsteps it was a matter of seconds before one of the Man-Eater Boars realized the human presence.
"Grrrr…" one of the boars growled threateningly.
With that the rest of the pack became aware of the presence of the human, Right now those grunts were a final warning: Either one went or got closer and prepared to become a corpse and then food from the pack.
If ever you were detected by those animals this was the last chance to turn around and slowly retreat, if not then one had to prepare to face these fearsome creatures.
"Luffy is hungry… So not a pack of you are going to intimidate me!" Shouted with absolute determination Maia who unsheathed her swords prepared for the conflict.
Here was Maia doing something that under normal circumstances she would never do because she was too dangerous but for someone else's sake Maia was willing to do it.
"Ahhhh!" And screaming with utter determination, the red-haired ex-mercenary launched into a very dangerous battle for the sake of someone else.
Even if she died from her injuries, Maia was determined to bring her food to Luffy before she succumbed it was the least she could do for that boy who showed no hatred even though she tried to kill him by believing in Vault.
She was right now a girl who most of all wanted… redemption for her actions toward a boy like Luffy who even after the betrayal seemed not to hate her.
-City of Ravolox, (Four hours later)-
It had already been four boring hours since Maia left for the forest to bring Luffy food. The words 'Luffy' and 'Calm' just didn't go together unless it was Luffy being quietly unconscious after some brutal battle.
Her biggest problem of course was.
"Hungry... hungry... I'm very hungry..." She heard our hero say that he was looking up at the blue sky with impatient eyes as he was waiting for his food. His stomach was growling at regular intervals to show how hungry Luffy was feeling.
If the situation had been different, Luffy would have gotten up a long time ago and would have started looking for meat to eat since he is the type of boy who when feeling hungry simply acts.
But if someone Luffy trusted promised to bring him food then even though he was hungry, Luffy would wait.
Of course that had its limits since if a lot of time passed Luffy would begin to suspect that the person who promised to bring him food would be in danger, which would prompt him to go find that person and Maia was already approaching the category of 'person in danger' considering that she still had not returned.
But…
It was there that Luffy was able to feel how the sound of something crawling on the ground was heard along with a scent of raw meat. Raw meat was ready to be cooked over a fire, which was the only food Luffy could make.
"Maia! You finally arrived!" Exclaimed Luffy who got up from the ground and directed his gaze towards the origin of that delicious aroma ... however his expression of happiness immediately changed to one of concern.
The only thing that could make Luffy wince while there was meat nearby was if a friend was injured.
That was the case in this situation.
Maia definitely looked like she was just coming back from a deadly battle and that was certainly the case.
On her arms and legs, there were quite a few scrapes, with blood running slightly from her knees and elbows, her right eye had swollen as blood came out of her mouth thanks to a split lip.
Her clothes had several missing parts leaving her stomach exposed.
Fortunately, her nipples were covered by what her clothes could accomplish but even that was barely.
It could even be seen that she carried only one of her two swords which implied that the other was either lost or broken in combat.
Behind Maia you could see several pieces of meat belonging to the wild boars, Those pieces were on a canvas and tied by a rope that was being pulled by Maia, those materials were taken from what the mercenaries had left when they fled.
Naturally seeing her friend in such a state.
"Hey! Are you okay!?" Immediately standing up, Luffy ran to where Maia was.
Quickly reaching towards her our hero put her left arm around Maia's back to act as her support.
That's when Luffy was able to see Maia's state in detail.
In addition to her body bruised from her, both of his swords had very possibly gone being lost in the midst of battle against whatever she faced to get said flesh.
However, as she could not bring everything to the end Maia had to cut the parts of her with the juiciest and fattest meat to bring her to Luffy. As one can imagine carrying so much weight with those injuries was undoubtedly agonizing, yet Maia was determined to do this for Luffy.
"Don't worry. I've had worse injuries than these in several battles," replied the redhead so as not to make Luffy worry, "With a little rest everything will be fine,".
She was not lying as she had been hurt worse than that before in battle… but individually as this was the first time that so much damage had been accumulated in a single occasion.
Frankly, Maia felt like her body was barely holding onto her and one more hit would make her fall to the ground… but she couldn't collapse until she finished with what she promised Luffy.
"Now rest while I collect the firewood and make the fire," Even with her poor physical condition Maia was still determined to continue with her mission so Luffy did nothing ... in the end, he was still a hero who saved Eostia while she was an unfortunate traitor who tried to kill him.
But seeing how she tried to force herself to act ... that made Luffy decide to act so he stood in front of Maia with a serious expression on her face.
"I'll make the fire," Luffy said sternly, that voice implying that Luffy wouldn't take no for an answer.
Any desire to answer Luffy stayed in Maia's throat as she saw her eyes and heard her voice as if she couldn't defy those words.
Here he was showing the Captain aspect of Luffy, one that when he wanted to make it clear that an order of his was absolute he would let it be known with that tone of voice and those eyes.
Even not being his subordinate and wanting to refuse, Maia couldn't do much more than simply nod at the black-haired command.
Even though she didn't like her body, she was happy to rest after being pushed to the limit of her in order to get Luffy's food.
Standing still and in silence, Maia watched as Luffy quickly ran to the nearest forest, and from there she brought a pile of wood that you could tell had been beaten up instead of using a tool.
Then, rubbing two branches at an incredible speed, she ignited the wood to make way for a huge bonfire.
Finally, skewering all the meat onto the thinner pieces of wood, Luffy began to roast it over the fire.
"Shishishi, soon everything will be ready." Said Luffy happily whose saliva escaped when he saw how little by little his favorite food was being cooked before the wonderful fire and that he had several more pieces to choose from when he was the five huge chunks on the fire.
Ah, just the smell was already causing him to spit a bit.
Maia didn't say anything, to begin with, she didn't have the energy to even speak after her battle against the boar-eating men, her body felt as if she had come out of a battle that had lasted several days.
Luffy could have said something, but in addition to Maia clearly not wanting to speak, having experienced what it was like after a battle that pushed you to the limit he understood being 'so tired not to speak'.
After letting time pass in silence, the meat was ready.
"To eat!" He said happily and encouraged Luffy who reached out his hands to grab the bigger pieces of juicy meat.
Immediately using his powers, Luffy stretched his mouth to an inhuman level to take a huge bite out of the piece of meat. With that simple movement, a piece of meat the size necessary to have a person eating for more than an hour was reduced to a third in a matter of seconds.
"Y-DELICIOUS!" Luffy yelled in joy as he felt a particularly delicious and soft meat in his mouth.
It might seem that Luffy was one with an extremely simple sense of taste who couldn't distinguish between low-quality meat and premium-quality meat and that would be true.
Luffy could be fed meat that had been rotten for a while and he would not realize that something was wrong since his stomach was practically made of iron and rubber, Also his grandfather's training to abandon him in the wild made Luffy not go picky about food.
"T-this is some of the best meat I've ever had!" And while Luffy's standards regarding meat were practically nil, they still existed.
He would eat meat from any animal and however it was cooked even raw meat was a real option for Luffy and he would eat it with pleasure.
So a single meat with nothing added that can be recognized as one of the best by Luffy?
Maia had managed to find something fantastic, she had managed to find meat that even a palate as simple as Luffy's was forced to admit was one of the best in its pure state ... to the point that almost this generates something impossible for Luffy considering that it was meat without nothing added to increase flavor: A food orgasm.
And when this term of feeling that ecstasy.
"I LOVE YOU MAIA!" Shouted in all honesty Luffy who lost all reservations about eating in moderation and in a single instant swallowed the piece of meat completely and then gave the sexy redhead a big hug.
Maia's mind just went blank at those unexpected words, the sudden hug added to those words was just too much.
The situation was not romantic and neither was Luffy's words born out of romance, but still, Maia became the first girl in history to Luffy address the words 'I love you'.
Although curiously in other parts of Eostia for some reason certain girls felt a feeling difficult to explain.
-With Prim Fiorire-
Our focus shifts from an abandoned city to an inhabited one. A city that felt rejuvenated after witnessing Vault's tremendous defeat hours ago.
Prim was in her room sitting at a desk with a cup of hot tea next to her, right now she was concentrating on doing an important activity.
Prim was weaving.
She was knitting little pink socks to be exact. Seeing the victory of her daughter's father gave Prim the will to do something immediately and she decided to make something for Ruaha with her own hands.
With a girl as sweet and kind as Prim… truly seeing her knit something seemed natural.
Of all of them, Prim was perhaps the most feminine of the Warrior Princesses and the one who knew how to do this type of activity, although that was because she was not a fighter and it was already a bit late to follow that path, that's why she focused his time on other activities.
It was in the middle of stopping knitting for some tea that Prim felt it, she squeezed the ear of her cup a little harder enough to leave a tiny crack before putting the cup on the table.
The red-haired girl proceeded to caress her stomach where she and Luffy's daughter were growing.
"I felt your father say words that I really wanted to hear," Prim said, Frankly it was weird to feel something as specific as that, but for some mysterious reason Prim did. And that awakened a new feeling within the hairy girl: wanting to hear those words directed at her person.
"When we have sex again I'll make sure Luffy says those words." Agreed a certain Prim who put a hand on her belly. "I know that Olga's spell protects you, but just in case I'll ask your father to be careful." For Prim who knew firsthand how intense Luffy could be, there was never such a thing as being' too careful '.
"Don't worry, of course, you're going to grow up in a castle with two parents who love you, Ruaha." Prim said to her future daughter, "And who knows, maybe you'll become a big sister eventually." Although it wasn't a 'maybe 'but rather a certainty in Prim's mind that more children would come eventually.
Ruaha was the crystallization of love between Prim and Luffy however, although for Eostia that was the truth, that she would be special for being the daughter of a hero (who honestly would rather not be seen as one) and a Warrior Princess like Prim. Ruaha would be viewed with much appreciation for who her father and mother were.
In Luffy's world, it was certain that Ruaha would be considered a mistake, a monster that had no right to be born for the simple fact of being a descendant of a carrier of the Blood of the 'D' ... many would still seek to end his life if she only had a few seconds to live because according to them she had the potential to become dangerous.
Right now Luffy's world kept seeing one's bloodline as justifiable to kill a baby ... the belief that evil lived in the blood and that any child born to a criminal would inevitably become his father.
A belief like that was the one that condemned hundreds of unborn children to die when the possibility that Gol D. Roger had a descendant reached the ears of the World Government.
"Even if your father is a Pirate and not of noble origin, I still love him," Normally in Eostia society, a marriage between people of such different social backgrounds would have been frowned upon and criticized by traditionalists.
Prim couldn't care less what others thought, she was in love, and with a baby on the way ... ending up with Luffy was going to happen.
Even though there are those who see Ruaha's existence as a mistake due to the difference in position between her father and her mother ... that is nothing compared to how the World Government of Luffy's world would view Ruaha.
"There is no way that being born is a sin," Prim said with conviction seeing that the origin of Pirate and therefore Luffy's humble origin was not an impediment for the two to marry, at most it would be frowned upon, but hence nothing more.
Ironically that made a place like Eostia the safest for a descendant of Luffy ... this place had a group that formed an army to turn the nation into an Empire of Sex and where in the less protected areas monsters that killed men and women were free. they kidnapped women to use them as sex toys.
This shitty place… it was a safe environment that will allow Ruaha to exist.
Prim was just beginning the pregnancy experience, but still, she was delighted and would definitely want to repeat it in the future.
"I think three more would be enough." Prim nodded to herself who smiled thinking of a bright future alongside four beautiful sons and daughters alongside a powerful and admirable father in a peaceful Eostia.
That could be seen as the ideal future.
However, a man like Luffy never had a 'predictable future' and what Prim was wishing for would not necessarily become the future.
-With Alicia Arcturus, (Training Ground Outside Rad)-
In the forest outside Rad, there was a special training ground, that training ground was there for those who wanted a calmer experience when training as nature could help with that.
A single person was training with her sword, and a beautiful blonde-haired human girl was using a quality sword to attack a doll tied to a pole.
Alicia did not waste time and was dedicated to training, although Vault had been defeated that did not remove the fact that there were still those who supported them. The blonde knew and this time she would be ready.
Alicia did not forget what happened when she met Luffy, if it hadn't been for him then she and Prim would have.
"Ahhhh!" Using her frustration at remembering that Alicia attacked the training dummy again this time using all of her strength.
SLASH!
With a heavy slash, the training dummy was rotated halfway.
Alicia only looked with a cold gaze at the doll lying on the ground, her mind really was elsewhere than in improving her technique.
"Luffy... Prim and his child is growing inside Prim..." Alicia whispered who had her eyes closed to concentrate when thinking about those important people to them.
Of course, the other companions of her Alliance were important, the same with her subordinates in her city, however, those three that she named were simply too special.
Prim was her beloved cousin who for Alicia was her younger sister, even though they weren't really sisters for Alicia that didn't matter: Prim was her precious sister and that's her.
The baby inside Prim was something obvious, he was not yet born and Alicia already felt a love for that baby (And although she would never want it, if something happened to Prim then Alicia would take care of that baby with all her soul).
And Luffy was the man Alicia had fallen in love with.
"I am a warrior but at that time I was a maiden who had to be rescued..." In another situation that would have broken Alice's pride, but Luffy being a special man in many ways, Alice did not feel such a damaged pride.
And even though she wouldn't admit it, it felt good to be in the role of a maiden being rescued by a powerful and kind man.
Before starting to be a warrior, Alicia was a girl with dreams like that of one day finding her prince ... when she started training to be strong those dreams were simply forgotten since she had to be a warrior, not a girl.
"I ... I am a warrior ... but also a woman," Alicia said softly opening her eyes and giving a look of determination, "And I will be with you as a warrior ... I will love you as a woman," Alicia made that decision of how to proceed with feelings.
Alicia imagined it ... a battlefield with defeated enemies where only she and Luffy were standing, at that moment she would fall to the ground from exhaustion ... only for Luffy to grab her with her strong arms.
"And ... and then ..." Now the blonde gained a blush on her beautiful face while the image of a 'fight next to Luffy' was moving away to give way to something new.
Then Luffy would take her to a room where the two would have a very special moment together and after that in the future ... Alicia imagined a little blonde girl next to her, a girl who would be the result of the union between her and Luffy.
"… Ah! T-th-it's too early to think that!" Alicia shook her head at the mental image.
However, for that proud warrior, it was too late to change her mind, her feelings for Luffy were the kind of pure feelings that they would hardly change for someone else.
Luffy wasn't trying, but… for some reason, the beauties of this world were being drawn to him.
Was that an example of the… Most dangerous power in the entire ocean? The power to make others your allies?
Or it was just the fact that Luffy was an honest and simple boy who protected his friends, which was rare in this world.
-With Olga Discordia-
Olga was confined to her room only with the possibility of going out to use the bathroom and to bathe. This punishment remained active until further notice.
In Olga's eyes, this was… kind of soft.
If the situation had been the opposite and we were in Olga's territory being she is offering her castle so that the others could stay, then a punishment for breaking her trust would have been to be thrown into a dungeon and quite possibly receive whipping ... and if it was a woman being raped by some monster.
Although that was her Olga before she met Luffy, if she were the Olga who met Luffy then the punishment would have been gentler… but perhaps humiliating.
Olga now was writing something in a notebook, She was concentrated at a high level since her amber eyes only looked at the notebook and what she was writing ... until unexpectedly she broke with her own hands the pen with which she had been writing, splashing ink on the bed and even his body ... and yet she did not mind that.
"... But what an unpleasant feeling," she said as she calmly recited in a low voice a spell to repair the pen, the broken pieces and the spilled ink joined with the broken pen in Olga's hand, so in a matter of seconds everything was like new with the pen completely repaired.
The feeling could be described as… losing the opportunity to be the first at something. It was that hard to describe.
In these moments Olga Discordia takes advantage of the fact of being limited to one place to perfect something that will be important when Luffy returns because for Olga the fact that her lover would return was as clear as that the sun would rise the next morning.
There was no logic behind it, but Luffy's will and power made one believe that he would get back on his feet even suffering injuries that would have killed others regardless of the opponent's superiority.
'Plan To Have a Magical Night with my Beloved Luffy,' That was what the Queen of the Dark Elves was writing in that notebook.
In that notebook it was that Olga was writing different scenarios, each scenario was of a possibility of how to achieve sex with Luffy once he arrived.
Those scenarios varied from the places where the two of them would do it, to the moments leading up to said event Basically Olga wanted a perfect magical night.
"I'm sure that when our special moment comes, you will be screaming my name while I scream yours." A blush could be seen on Olga's dark cheeks as she thought of the night when she would lose her virginity to the man of her dreams
Her being honest thinking about exactly what would happen when the moment arrived she would cause certain butterflies in the stomach to the dark-skinned beauty… After all, what girl would not be nervous at the idea of losing her virginity?
This was a girl in love who in her bed was imagining a romantic scenario with the boy she loved ... that is, a Dark Elf of several years acted like a human adolescent worried about her first love.
It didn't matter the status or race… in the end, a girl was a girl.
-With Luu-Luu, (Tavern)-
Now we change the scene and find ourselves in a tavern.
This tavern had nothing that made it stand out from others, the alcohol tasted good, but, the same could be said of the others.
What made this special was her closeness to Luu-Luu's castle, which meant that she usually visited this place if she wanted to drink something other than her beer.
"Uhhh… what was that?" Asked a Luu-Luu that formed a grimace on her face at the same time that she asked to fill her jug with whiskey.
The fact that the alcohol was beginning to affect her could not be ... she was barely in the fifth jug.
Her instincts told him this had to do with Luffy and… Danger.
More than anything that was Luu-Luu's instinct which was screaming that her man was walking away towards another woman.
An unpleasant sensation… so much so that Luu-Luu took a single large gulp from her whiskey jug to try to leave that sensation behind.
"I'm sure that Luffy will not be able to resist this body that is the ideal for his lover," smiled the Halfling if there was anything she had confidence was that she was the only one who could satisfy Luffy if he went with everything, she used that one to assure herself that the rubber boy wouldn't leave her for another woman once the two of them had sex.
Her body was physically speaking the most resistant of all the women here, so Luu-Luu believed she could deal with a Luffy who came towards her using all his energy ... although this was Luu-Luu underestimating how Luffy could be in bed.
Some would dare to say that her body simply could not arouse a man… heh stupid.
Those kinds of comments really annoyed Luu-Luu to the point of wanting to break the bones of whoever said it… She could also be a sexy woman!
Halfling bodies could be sexy for a certain type of man! In her village, many of the older women had said that it was men who proposed to them!
Although… still saying that to herself, Luu-Luu couldn't help but feel a little… insecure comparing herself to the bodies of people like Olga and Prim.
So with so many beauties in the same place (Luu-Luu personally also considered herself a beauty at their level ... a beauty that humans could not easily recognize)
"While it's not my style, I'll make a plan to have sex with Luffy!" Luu-Luu exclaimed with determination in her eyes.
Luu-Luu in general was more direct in her methods, thinking of complex plans was frankly not her style ... but if it was necessary to make plans then Luu-Luu would make a plan.
"Now ... how do I do it?" Immediately the orange-haired girl sat on the ground in a lotus position to start thinking ... this could take time.
However, as Luu-Luu was determined to achieve it, she would not let the simple act of forcing herself to come up with a complex plan overwhelm her… She was going to achieve it!
But… the bad thing for her was that Luu-Luu forgot where she was… a place with several people present. People whose ranks ranged from ordinary to knights and merchants.
And there something very peculiar began to form.
"We have to help Luu-Luu-sama!" Said a young farmer excitedly.
"If the two of them marry the Rad he will be safer than ever!" A merchant fully agreed to help if it meant the marriage between Luu-Luu and Luffy ... with a guy like Luffy anchored in Rad the trade would certainly grow as neither bandits nor other scum would be in charge of making trouble.
And for many other reasons, each different one present decided to support Luu-Luu's feelings.
This was the city of Rad where Luu-Luu had been shown to be a good leader, so seeing that she needed help, the inhabitants present in the tavern decided to help their leader ... and eventually the news of Luu-Luu's feelings spread. all over the city with murmurs.
As you can see, Luu-Luu was loved by the citizens so she… would revive Rad's support when trying to conquer Luffy.
-With Chloe-
And this time we're going to a place that wasn't Rad.
This place was one without cities or towns, without human life around ... this was the world dominated by nature.
More specifically this was a river in the middle of a forest.
Taking advantage of the privacy of the forest, the Dark Elf Half was bathing in a river, letting nature see her beautiful body.
The fact that Chloe was not a virgin girl and that her body was already used did not matter here, she was still beautiful and would make many men drool over her.
She would inflict a mortal wound on the neck to whoever dared to spy on her ... But of course, Olga could see her naked if she wished it that way (But secretly Chloe did not wish it that way ... her Queen did not deserve to see naked a body that had been soiled).
Chloe was now in the process of washing her hair when she felt it, she felt something with her developed senses from working for Olga for years now.
"My instinct tells me that Olga-sama is upset!" Chloe looked in Rad's direction with a worried look.
In normal circumstances, she would have immediately gone to her Queen to see that she was bothering her and deal with it immediately.
However, Chloe's instincts told her that her Queen was simply irritated, not in danger or sad, just irritated.
... for example that time Olga was waiting in advance for a very special sweet made with rare ingredients, however, in the middle of the road the Orcs in charge of obtaining said ingredients met a group of humans who proceeded to kill them in the combat that that encounter resulted.
Upon learning that her coveted cake would not be made… Olga tried not to show it, but she was affected to the point of unconsciously pouting.
This time… the Queen really did look adorable.
Of course, Chloe left it to herself, with the pride of the Queen of hers, without a doubt a comment like that would have been deserving of a punishment, Olga-sama would not apply a cruel punishment, but rather a somewhat humiliating one for Chloe.
Chloe was tempted to immediately go to where her Queen was… however.
"My mission, I have to remember my mission," Chloe whispered to herself, so she could fight the urge to turn back and go back to her Queen to make sure she was safe along being well cared for, "Those women… Even if they were your enemies… they wouldn't do something stupid, "Telling herself that was that Chloe could calm her heart.
Luffy was the key to this whole situation, it was thanks to him that the fact that she and Olga were in a state of temporary peace with the Seven Shields Alliance, in that sense-making him angry would be the last thing they wanted to do ... even more so having witnessed its enormous power.
Basically, if Olga was treated badly, then the possibility of angering Luffy was a reality and Chloe had been there long enough to know that this was something that not one of them wanted to risk.
That was something that calmed the Half-Dark Elf, as long as she continued to think that (And there were many arguments in favor of that theory) Chloe could believe that Olga would not suffer any abuse.
Abandoning such an order would have its consequences, no doubt Olga would be angry when she emphasized the importance of the order and trusted that Chloe would complete her mission ... a betrayal of her trust would not be taken lightly nor forgiven so easily.
"Luffy ... when I see you I will give you a blow," the Dark Elf decided, in the end even with all the help that he had given, Chloe still felt that it was her fault that she was in this situation: Away from Olga and worrying about her.
… However, Chloe secretly told herself that the blow she was going to give Luffy would be a very light one.
-Back with Luffy-
"YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLE WOMAN!" A Luffy said to all of you who had wrapped her arms around Maia's torso, if she had been standing it was possible that our hero would also have wrapped her legs around her redhead's torso.
"L-Luffy… c-can you s-stop hugging me?" Said a sorry Maia being hugged was really something new for her.
Ironically, not even had sex with someone else she had hugged, all those guys that she was with a long time ago only focused on satisfying themselves and never showing affection towards Maia ... although even if they had done it on any of the occasions that she had sex with strangers there were feelings involved, it was all done out of necessity.
Mixed feelings or not towards Luffy, this hug was simply too much for Maia, especially combined with those sweet words.
Hearing Maia's request, Luffy stopped his hug and then Luffy proceeded to stretch his arms to remove from the fire the second of the five pieces of meat that Maia had brought and surprisingly he proceeded to remove a piece of that huge piece of meat ... in that case, one piece was enough to feed a normal person.
Luffy handed that piece of meat to Maia.
"Come on, eat too," said a smiling Luffy who was presenting Maia with a piece of meat.
With that, an almost historical event had occurred, one that if Luffy's crew and acquaintances saw it then they would be questioning reality in front of him.
Luffy… was sharing meat that according to him was very delicious.
To understand how big that was one had to remember that Luffy could be a selfish guy with certain things, especially food, after all, he was not a hero.
One way of looking at it was that while a hero would share his meat with others... a pirate could keep all the meat for himself even if the others did
-?, (House in the middle of nowhere) -
This house was a not very big one and a bit old, This house was entirely made of wood basically it was what the children would fearfully call the 'house of an old witch who eats children'.
That might be the fame of this place if whoever lived here were interested in living alongside civilization.
And of course, inside this wooden house what you could see was something not very pleasant.
On the walls were shelves full of jars with things like eyes, hearts, and dead animals in addition to certain objects that were difficult to describe, among them a dagger with an eye located on the blade, the hand of a human being with all the crooked fingers and a mouth in the middle.
In other words, things that were better not to look at to avoid having a mental scar.
In the middle of the living room of this house was a table, in front of that table was an elderly woman, and next to her was a man dressed in knight's armor that covered her entire body.
That elderly woman wore a black tunic with the symbol of a pentagram on the back, for that type of clothing you could only see her hands that were holding a suspicious book, and finally her face could also be seen.
That face showed her wrinkles, that woman's loose hair was gray in color showing old age, and her eyes were red like blood.
That old woman was sitting in a chair that was in front of a circular table. Next to the woman was a man in a knight's armor, that gray armor covered her entire body, the only notable thing was that that knight carried a sword with him.
Of course, on the table there was an object and only one object, fortunately, it was not something grotesque like what was in the jars on the shelves, but something much simpler.
A crystal ball an object so associated with magic is actually being used.
Although one would see the use of said object as something totally predictable, the simple truth was that this object served its purpose so that is why it was still used. This woman used that object at this time to see from a distance two people who would approach where this house was.
"I see someone very interesting approaching." A smile could be seen clearly on that old woman's face. "Just as I predicted my path would cross the One Who Defies the Gods."
The gentleman beside her gave no answer.
"Agni, I think this will be the time to give you your first complex order." Said the old woman who fixed her gaze on the knight who was standing next to her.
Said the gentleman only slowly nodded.
With that confirmation that Agni understood at least the basics, the old woman proceeded to look for a certain object in one of her pockets to which she took out a small doll made of clay, That doll was too basic in the sense of not showing fingers or facial features, just the basic shape of a body and it showed a human.
"Can you see this little doll made of clay?" The old woman asked.
That man in armor nodded silently, apart from that gesture he only grabbed the hilt of his sword to remove it if necessary.
"Well, this is you, this doll represents you." Said the old woman while the knight just stood still, as his face was covered, no one could tell what kind of expression Agni had on her face.
"When this doll is destroyed your existence will end, you will once again be a pile of bones and flesh being eaten by worms." She explained to the knight. "I don't know if you retain enough of your personality to do so, but I'll tell you that in case. The idea of killing me crosses your mind."
"…" Agni did not reply and simply nodded as proof that he understood the old woman's words.
"I must say that for my first attempt, you are very well done." Commented the old woman looking at the gentleman. "This book really came with clear instructions." With that, she raised her hands a little that were holding a book in which the cover only had one word written in blood instead of ink.
That book of spells she read: Necromancy.
Necromancy was the art of raising the dead from the grave, as one could imagine an art like that was considered too much, and in general, it was forbidden even among magic practitioners.
Not only was it a lack of morals (Let's agree, most magic users don't have much of it) but seeking knowledge like that usually ended up driving those who studied it mad.
The fact that this woman can use that art and still be sane shows that she is not a simple user of magic.
Maybe nostalgia for the boy who could be seen in the crystal ball?
That one called Agni was nothing more than a product of that old woman using the art of Necromancy, Her body was revived to function, but her mind was basically rotten after having already died, in Agni's brain only blurred memories would be found. residuals.
In that case, could it be that some of those residues in his memories managed to see something familiar?
AUTHOR'S NOTES:
First chapter of the year, well it's a bit late but honestly:
Happy 2020 friends!
We start this year with a chapter of my story that is well received: 3
I hope you liked this chapter, although not much happened I think that after the great battle of Vault something not so intense is necessary and I feel that this chapter fulfills that role.
This was shorter, but again without realizing it lengthened a little more go sometimes when I am looking to do something short I end up doing something longer.
Ah yes, I don't know if I said it before, but Olga's named spells are taken from Dragon Quest. I felt like I had to say it at some point, it just seemed like the idea of giving her that kind of spell, I already forgot that I was inspired by first place to give such named spells to them ... but well it's done.
About the cap, it is primarily to show a bit of Celestine who is technically the most important member of the group of warrior princesses, but the most important thing here was Luffy and Maia's relationship.
Here I decided that what Maia would feel most would be the guilt for her actions towards Luffy, a guilt that deepened when she saw the pure heart that Luffy possesses (And I say pure because Luffy canonically forgive guys like Bellamy whom he made really angry. Luffy, in general Luffy's actions do not deliberately seek to cause harm to those who do not deserve it) and as this I forgive her without much thought.
So Maia really believes she deserves a great punishment for her actions or at least Luffy's hatred and contempt but he just doesn't feel anything bad towards her.
That's a bad combination if we consider that Luffy's ability to be sensitive to other people's feelings is not the best well, it's pretty bad.
They will need help to get to a point where the relationship of trust is repaired and well.
Let's put it like this: who appeared at the end of this story, that woman will be important for Luffy and Maia to be repaired and that in the next chapter she will give vital information for the future of this story I assure you that what she will say is something that none of them it will be expected of you.
With that said there is nothing else to say except that:
The character of Agni as you can see is a mystery but if you realize in her name there is a big clue to her identity maybe too big, but well that's done.
Will that resurrected corpse with a rotten brain and memories do something important?
Maybe yes, maybe no, we will have to see how everything progresses.
I hope I can continue with this story sometimes my confidence falls when I remember that I have not played the Kuroinu games, but I immediately regain it when I see how many people have liked this story.
I try to do my best, sometimes it's hard, but I keep trying. Hopefully that year can continue much better, that this story I want to finish.