Previously on Dragon ba-*cough*:-
Lucius yaps about what has happened in his life so far, so the author has a valid way to elaborate his story setting, author still does something controversial (no scandals hopefully), Lucius again yaps more about his unique cheat. Which is a stand ability for some reason.
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"No! You can't go!" Amara said sternly to her beloved son's request of going to the city with Kuma tomorrow. Yet seeing Lucius not even daring to retaliate to her. She softened her voice as she tenderly said "Lucius, you should know, the nobles are not like your kind grandpas and grandmas who you visit every so often."
"We love and won't judge you for your appearance but.. they certainly will be unfair and unkind to you, Lucius. So listen to me and don't think of going there." Amara patiently explained while she caressed Lucius's head in a caring manner.
Lucius still kept quiet and merely stared at his mother's beautiful face hidden beneath glasses and other such precautions she had taken to protect his hidden identity.
Amara under his gaze felt a sense of dilemma wash over her. She had never been harsh to Lucius before as he had always been obedient and diligent to her every word. Treating them with the utmost respect.
'No.. I mustn't let him go there!'. Amara thought with more clarity when her eyes glanced at Lucius's pair of black wings. A trait he inherited from his father. Which was both a blessing and a curse to him.
Her thoughts unconsciously drifted to when they had arrived in Sorbet Kingdom with Kuma, Ginny and Ivankov. In order to protect her precious son she had quickly changed her identity. Changing her name to 'Amy', dyeing her hair pink while wearing red contact lenses under a pair of thick glasses.
Amy had managed to convince the locals that she had accidentally fed her son Lucius a mysterious devil fruit, which is what gave him these wings and it worked well due to Lucius inheriting her purple hair instead of the iconic white hair of lunarians.
She had hoped to dilute the traces of her existence as much as possible while trying to elaborate who's trait Lucius took over more.
Amy even forced herself to say his father was a drunkard that left them without a care. Hoping to paint her past as something tragic so most would hesitate to reopen those wounds by asking unnecessary yet personal questions.
Amy's thoughts gradually drifted to Lucius's father 'I wonder if he is alive…' She thought with worry but it immediately went away 'No.. they would probably keep him alive for more tests.' Although she thought that was a cruel fate, she knew he would rather bide his time suffering than give up hope for the future of them being together again.
Abruptly Amy felt a pair of tender hands wiping away tears she didn't know had started dripping from her eyes as she heard her son's childish and cute voice masked with concern "Mum, why are you sad? Did my request upset you?"
Her heart melted with love and happiness upon hearing his words, so she quickly flashed a smile and embraced him in a motherly hug as she said with a smile "No.. It's nothing. I was just emotional seeing you grow up so fast.."
'I.. shouldn't dampen his freedom because of my unnecessary worries.' Amy thought after calming down. She let out a sigh and said with a smile to Lucius "Fine, you can go to the city with Kuma but.. you must promise to run away with Kuma if you think they will harm you."
Lucius had initially made this request from his mother because he vaguely felt a misfortune would befall Kuma. So he was quite delighted when his mom accepted it and he reassured her by saying "I will. don't worry, mum."
Early next morning. After ensuring the deiger was cleaned properly, they set out towards the city using Kuma's devil fruit ability to arrive at a specific spot before entering the city. A caution taken in order to protect Kuma's power from being exposed.
Although Lucius suspected they already knew Kuma was here but didn't make any moves because in most affairs, The five elders were quite passive and focused more on a long term strategy unless it involved a 'D.' causing too much of a storm.
'Such nostalgia.' Lucius thought internally when he felt the curious and startled gazes of people passing by. He truly experienced what it meant to be an exotic animal in a popular zoo because of his peculiar set of black wings.
Their gazes also revealed something that Lucius has been pondering about the city. 'It seems, the citizens were also victims of that king… It will be easier this way for my plans though.' Lucius thought with conspiracy in mind while they walked towards the portion of this city dedicated to the nobles.
Although people called them nobles and the ones depicted in the original story felt either too naive or a budget celestial dragon but Lucius knew too well, this was reality for him and they were but politicians with permanent and guaranteed political seats.
Soon after a polite checkup from the noble guards and the servant sent by their client verified their identity. They were easily allowed into that vicinity and almost immediately Lucius noticed the difference. He knew he was closer to where the misfortune would strike for Kuma.
Yet Lucius felt quite surprised they didn't encounter any trouble even after verifying and selling the hides to their client. 'No… Kuma is still exuding that misfortune' Lucius thought after glancing subtly at Kuma next to him. Who was feeling happy about earning so many berries for the church.
"Shut it down,you useless vermin! Your voice is quite infuriating to listen to." Kuma frowned when he heard a nobleman say with a scowl towards an innocent little girl when they arrived near the gates.
'This is definitely the misfortune Kuma would have encountered' Lucius thought accurately as he noticed the change in Kuma's demeanor when he saw the situation unfold. 'But.. he also seems hesitant to act.. Is it because I am here? Most likely. He is indeed considerate of others.' Lucius mused internally as his eyes scrutinized the nobleman.
The little girl froze upon hearing such cruel words before hiding behind her brother, hoping to find some semblance of safety.
The brother, recognizing the noble as someone their parents had warned them about scowled inside yet outwardly bowed and apologized for the inconveniences. Knowing he should prioritize his sister's safety from such an unreasonable noble.
Yet the nobleman seemed beyond immature as he irritatedly replied "How dare you speak without my permission! The future king of this kingdom!"
Lucius's eyes flashed in recognition when he heard those words as he internally mussed 'So it's bekori.. the future tyrannical king. He does seem childish if he is behaving in such a way without taking care of his public image.'
The brother froze as if still processing this irrational situation he had found himself in. He was in a dilemma on how he should proceed right now. Unexpectedly before he could even consider taking any rational course of action, he saw the nobleman taking out a revolver and directly firing at him without any considerations.
Luckily the nobleman seemed to have bad aim as the bullet merely glazed the brother's left arm. Only causing a mild bleeding to start. "Onii-chan..?" The little girl asked in concern towards her brother but the brother simply showed her a weak, reassuring smile despite his arm bleeding as he said "Don't worry, Mari-chan, Brother is okay, This is just a scratch.."
Kuma who had been watching this scene unfold so far, finally couldn't stop himself as he said "I am sorry, Luci-kun, could you please leave without m-" Kuma hurriedly said, right as he was about to rush to the pair of sibling's rescue he saw a scene that almost made his eyes pop out because of the sheer shock and disbelief.
A random thief wearing a black scarf around their face was trying to escape from some soldiers and upon noticing a free nobleman just standing there with the guards quite a distance away, he took the opportunity and immediately held bekori hostage.
"Stand back! Else this bastard will get- huh??" The thief was baffled while he was trying to speak his demands, this irrational childish bekori had made an unnecessary panicked movement causing his knife to penetrate deep into bekori's left eye.
Everyone watching this situation unfold had their scalp go cold from what just happened. Some even pitied bekori for being so 'unlucky'.
'Just as planned…' Lucius thought as his lips curled upwards in amusement. From the moment he knew this was the misfortunate event for Kuma he had been constantly supplying A boost of 'luck' into Kuma while slowly inching towards bekori.
Just now Lucius had managed to apply bad 'luck' into bekari for long enough for the misfortune situation to have a complete reversal. Now Bekori had the misfortune on him instead of Kuma and thus this bizarre situation happened.
Lucius gently tugged at Kuma and motioned towards the injured fellow. Kuma almost immediately understood the hint. Then Lucius stealthily went near them and whispered "Follow me before that noble notices you both…"
The brother was startled at first. But quickly realized that this stranger was right. Thus cautiously he and his sister followed this stranger to another place where Kuma was waiting for them. Feeling alarmed, the brother cautiously said "Thank you for your reminder… and I don't mean to be rude but could you please let us go..? We don't have much on was ro rob…"
Lucius looked at that boy with amusement as Kuma panickingly explained "Uhm! No, we aren't trying to rob you, you see we are from a church and I know how to do some basic first aid, so I wanted to ensure that at least your bleeding had stopped."
The brother, recognizing his haste, quickly bowed slightly and said "Sorry for misunderstanding then, unm, My name is Omori and this is my sister, Mari-chan" briefly giving an introduction.
Lucius in order to avoid an awkward silence to permeate abruptly reminded them "Kuma-ne, Quickly help stop his bleeding else his sister might blame if he randomly drops dead due to blood loss"
Kuma nodded with a sweet smile at his joke before letting Omori sit nearby as he started applying some first aid kit from his herbal pouch.
Meanwhile Mari, feeling more comfortable, started asking uncomfortable questions to Lucius. "Uhm, onii-chan? Why do you look like a kid even though you are as tall as an adult?"
Lucius's mouth twitched in amusement before he replied "That's because I am a kid… at least physically." Mari upon hearing that felt surprised, but that didn't dampen her curiosity so she casually started asking more and more weird questions.
'This is troublesome… but I enjoy it.' Lucius thought inwardly as he patiently answered every question to Mari in a manner he thought was funny.
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Amy frowned slightly when her observation haki sensed a pirate ship with powerful pirates heading towards a shore quite near their church. She hastened to her room and quickly brought a big 'Violin case' from underneath the bed.
Amy's hands were swift as she assembled what vaguely resembled a WW1 rifle but modified for snipers instead. A versatile piece of equipment for a seemingly ordinary nun from a church.
'Strange… that Jolly Roger seems familiar' Amy mused internally as she positioned herself atop the church and aimed her sniper towards the North-East direction.
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"Bahahaha! This is definitely the island! Everything is speaking to me! He is here! He is a kid..? Huh????" Roger jumped around like a monkey in bafflement as his [Voice of All things] shared random yet inte information about this island as usual. "Hmm, Southwest direction.. I see!" Roger mused with a wide smile on his face as if amused then quickly he started running in that direction before Rayleigh could stop him.
But when Roger took a step forward a series of bullets landed where he was standing… rather it would be more accurate to say. He was dodging them in a clumsy and humorous manner.
"Oi Oi! Stop Stop! my skin isn't bullet proof!" The future pirate king lied as if breathing Air. He knew they were but merely warning shots and they were aimed at non lethal spots of his body.
When the bullets stopped firing, Roger breathed a sigh of relief before his face turned serious,Slowly tipping his captain hat forward to intensify the effect before he said out loud as if speaking to the air in front of him "Since, you have drawn your rifle at me… are you ready to put your life on the line?"
Amy's hand paused for a moment, inches away from the trigger as if processing that threat. before she could even harden her heart and make a decision to escape with her son. She saw a baffling yet amusing scene unfold using her observation haki.
Amy saw one of the more serious individuals of this group quickly slap that man from behind who spoke those words, her observation haki picking up the lips movement that said "Oi! Roger! Stop scaring that lady! You already have holes in your brain, don't let her add any more to it, it's already tiring to babysit you."
Amy paused. Processing that before releasing a sigh of relief 'It's just the Roger pirates.' Although she couldn't read any news regarding the new world now, she had read about this particular group of pirates when she was there. They were… probably the most unique yet bizarre group of 'Pirates' she had ever heard about.
Instead of plundering and looting each island like other pirates. They would rather just explore an island, have a party and sometimes a big fight nearby if someone was strong.
Although she knew people could change with time. But her honed intuition was telling her to back down before the matter escalated. 'They were there… on that island.' Amy musee internally while she puts away her sniper rifle.
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Word count: 2335
Author's note:-
Hmm, Yeah the rewrite of this chapter feels better. The previous one now feels unreasonable.. 🗣️ I cooked.
Either way, give me chapter ideas if you have any. Idk what to write about after the Roger pirates stuff. Should I give a small timeskip to when the tyrant stuff begins or do you want any extra chapters before that where he trains about haki or something.
Also I hope it makes sense on why Roger would be interested in Lucius with the repeated hints throughout this chapter.
Anyways could you either donate a power stone or comment to declare you are reading this? It gives me motivation to write more because I know real people are reading each of my chapters, if that makes sense.
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"The future has yet to come. I shall speak of the one known as Zaegar.
**The Chaotical One**
**The Master of all that is Chaos**
The one they called "**The Bringer of Hollows"**. The one who had the right to call themselves **"the strongest"**. yet did not
You won't comprehend the *meaning* behind these few words but in due time you will soon learn of his *existence*." - Zaegar.
(I did not write that… bro is spreading his presence from that Yhwach fanfic…)