Chapter 1 – 1: Fateful Encounter

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Chapter-1

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In an unknown dark place…

This place looks like some dark warehouse with multiple cages and chains inside, and at last people… which seems to be slaves

“Get inside brat!” A man said this as he opened one of the cage gates the child wearing a red simple cheap kimono gets inside without any complaints

The child has fair skin, maroon eyes, and long spiky hair with red tips that he kept in a ponytail and a weird mark on his face which didn’t make him look ugly at all

*locked*

Man seeing the child get inside without any complaints or cries looks at the child with a surprised face as he didn’t expect a child to be so calm in such a situation which actually gives man a creepy feeling

“Wh-who are you?” A sweet honey-like voice enters the child’s ear as he looks towards the source and sees 3 girls shivering in the corner of the cage

All of these girls’ conditions were not good because they were covered in bruises and their skin also got very dirty as well these girls were in chains and looked very wary of him, but the child looked at them for a moment as he sat down too

The black-haired girl saw the man go away, and she started to relax since she thought of the boy as no threat after seeing him sit down calmly without doing anything

She hesitated a little but after a while, she opened her mouth and asked “Who are you?” Meanwhile both of the other girls also at him curiosity since they felt zero hostility from him

Facing their question boy only looks at them without any expression and continues to examine them without any word, after he closes his eyes

three sisters were horrified at what was going to happen to them now while the black-haired girl who seemed to be the eldest sister to other small girls

Even though the black-haired girl was scared herself, she still tried to calm herself as she hugged them and tried to comfort her two little sisters

After making them stop crying, the Black-haired girl turned towards the boy who looked younger than herself still, he didn’t show any sign of being scared or crying

She couldn’t help but admire the courage of this kid who could remain calm even in this situation

After her sisters fell asleep after crying due to exhaustion, meanwhile the black-haired girl looked at the boy without any sign of falling asleep due to worries about the future

“Hey” Girl tries to call out to him since she wants to ask him how can be he so calm about this or if he just clueless about his situation like an idiot

The boy who closed his eyes the whole time while sitting, opened his eyes as he stared at the girl without speaking

“My name is Boa Hancock, what’s your name?” She tries to communicate with the child who seems difficult to communicate with, that’s why she tries to start the conversation by introducing herself

“Yoriichi” Boy replied in a soft tone to the girl, as he continued to stare at her without saying anything

“How did you get in here?” Hancock finally asked her question which had been in her mind for while she stared at him

“My father sold me” Yoriichi replied to Hancock without expressing any emotions, not even hatred

Hearing this Hancock got stunned and couldn’t help but look at the boy with pity because at least she had a home to return but on the other hand he had nowhere to go

“Then do you want me to be your friend?” Hancock asked this as she looked towards the boy with warm eyes

Even though Hancock is very much scared herself because she has never seen any man on the island and after leaving the island, she didn’t meet even a single good man

Seeing Yoriichi, she couldn’t help but pity him because he didn’t give her a feeling like those other bad men she met rather he gave her a gentle feeling maybe because of his maroon eyes

After hearing about his experience, her defences against him were very much gone which was also because he is smaller than herself too

“ok” Yoriichi replied to the girl since he didn’t have any goal not know where he would go next, so he decided to agree to Hancock at least until he found his purpose in life

Hearing his reply, Hancock couldn’t help but have a big smile as she stretched out her hand in front of him

Seeing this yoriichi couldn’t help but be puzzled because he didn’t know why she stretched out her hand in front of him

After understanding he doesn’t understand what she is trying, she forcibly takes his hand and shakes it

“With this, we are friends now,” Hancock said proudly as she looked at his place and sat near him

On the other hand, Yoriichi doesn’t know much about what she talking but she doesn’t hate this, from his birth the only person who gave him warmth is his mother

Remembering his mother’s last warmth, he couldn’t help but feel a little sad in his heart, after all his mother was no longer alive in this world

“what’s with that face? Hmph! you should be proud to be Friends with me after all I am the next empress of my homeland” she said this narcissistic way as soon she saw his face a little down than earlier, so she thought he was sad because of her friendship

But its long time since Hancock was able to speak her mind instead of pretending to be brave for her sisters or Being an obedient slave to some Disgusting humans

Remembering her previous owners, Hancock couldn’t help but shiver even though her previous owner lost her and her sisters in a bet, that didn’t make her at ease at all

After all her second owner is also the same disgusting celestial dragon, she couldn’t help but clench her teeth remembering all the beating and humiliation she had to endure meanwhile comforting her sisters just in the hope that someday she might able to return her home with her sisters

*Shoot*

Suddenly gunshot voice comes to their ears waking everyone up they see the dead body of a man on the ground while the shooter is that disgusting celestial dragon

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