Chapter 203: Pirate Empress (Part 3)
"...!" Hancock's expression turned cold, "Impudent fool, who dares to interrupt my meeting with Eric ?!"
Grandma New muttered, "Didn't we already say? It's 'Ice Queen' Esdeath!"
Hancock struck her famous condescending pose, arching her back until her chest was almost parallel to the ground, extending her white index finger to point at Esdeath, "Get out of my way!"
The hollow clothing in front, along with her towering, pale breasts, formed a graceful white valley, exposed directly in front of Eric .
Eric shifted slightly.
Little Eric was desperately shouting, "Are you calling me?"
Eric thought, 'I wasn't calling you!'
Esdeath squinted her eyes, taunting, "If you defeat me, I'll let you speak to Eric ."
The battle intent soared, and the temperature of the air suddenly dropped.
Sandersonia and Marigold, worried about their sister Hancock, took on fighting stances.
"Wait, Snake Empress."
"Hold on, both of you, this is not a place for fighting."
Grandma New and Eric quickly intervened.
"Since Eric asked me to stop..."
"Since Eric told me to stop..."
One empress, one queen, both raised their right eyebrows and locked eyes.
"Ah, aren't you supposed to be healing?" Kurumi interrupted them, stepping forward, "Finish up quickly so we can leave here."
"Eric , are you leaving so soon?" Hancock looked at Eric with a pitiful expression, then, in a rather rude tone, addressed Kurumi, "Little dwarf, who are you?"
"Clink," Kurumi's veins popped, her twin-tails swaying without wind, "Hehe, looks like this young lady needs some holes poked in her, maybe a little bloodletting to help with the treatment."
Hancock's personality really did irritate people.
"Hold on, Snake Empress."
"Hold on, Kurumi, Hancock."
"Hi~" Hancock cupped her flushed face with both hands, hopping on one foot, "Eric called my name~"
Hancock's mind went wild with fantasies, the sound of bells ringing in the air, imaginary flowers raining down. Everyone around her screamed, "Snake Empress!"
Her two younger sisters were nearby, "Sister, congratulations!"
A large number of white doves flew through the sky, their feathers falling gently.
Everyone was loudly congratulating her on her "wedding."
Dressed in a pure white wedding gown, with a transparent veil and beautiful flowers in her hands, she walked down the red carpet. What awaited her ahead was—
'Eric ~'
She lifted her veil, 'Hancock, you look beautiful today.'
Hancock could not handle such praise and collapsed weakly into Eric 's arms.
'I will make you happy forever, sweetheart…'
Their silhouettes grew closer, their lips about to meet—
In the present reality, Hancock, holding her cheeks, shook her head repeatedly, shyly saying, "It's too fast, but I'm so happy, too fast, so happy..."
Everyone silently watched Hancock's one-person performance.
"Clink," Kurumi, with a bit of a delusional trait, dropped her firearm onto the carpet in the room, unable to match Hancock's imagination.
Perona whispered, "Is this the Pirate Empress? What is she doing?"
Porche leaned closer to Akame, "Ugh~ How scary..."
Eric , who understood what Hancock was doing, was also dumbfounded. It was funny in the anime, but in reality, her imagination was just too wild.
"Sister, what's wrong?" Sandersonia , who had never seen Hancock like this, asked worriedly.
The sudden question interrupted Hancock's fantasy world.
Hancock opened her sapphire eyes and realized that everyone was staring at her, speechless.
Even Eric had an expression that was hard to describe, looking at her...
"Ah-ha..." Hancock moaned once more, her body going limp as her two younger sisters rushed to support her.
...
A chaotic scene followed. Now, in Hancock's bedroom, only Hancock's three sisters, Grandma New, Eric , and the two sisters, Carla and Kana, remained.
The rest of the group was sent elsewhere to rest.
Before leaving, Scáthach briefly glanced with gleaming eyes, saying nothing more, and together with the displeased Esdeath and Kurumi, she was advised to leave.
"Who are you?" Hancock, sitting up straight, asked Carla and Kana.
"Yes!" Carla quickly stood up to introduce herself, "I'm Carla, and this is my sister Kana."
"I asked where you're from and why Eric left the two of you behind alone?"
"..." Carla fell silent, her body trembling slightly. No one wanted to reopen old wounds.
Seeing this, Eric didn't want to hurt Carla and Kana further, so he said, "Why don't you two go rest? I'll be fine here alone."
Carla and Kana shook their heads, exchanging a determined look. "We're no longer afraid of the Celestial Dragons. As long as Captain Eric is here, we're no longer afraid of our past!"
When the words "Celestial Dragons" were mentioned, Hancock and her sisters immediately stiffened. A few short years couldn't erase the painful memories they carried.
Carla lifted her shirt, revealing a mark on her back.
"!"
Hancock and her two sisters widened their eyes as they looked at the mark on Carla's back—the mark of the Celestial Dragons' hoof, branded on her snow-white skin.
"You are...!"
"My sister and I were saved by Captain Eric on Sabaody Archipelago—from the Celestial Dragons!"
"..." Hancock and her sisters were too shocked to speak.
"So, don't dwell on your past. See, some people have moved on!" Eric said with a reassuring smile, looking at Carla and Kana. Both were very strong.
"Um, Captain Eric , could you please stop looking over here?" Carla shyly covered her chest with her arm, "I can't get dressed."
"Sorry..." Eric awkwardly looked away.
Hancock lowered her head, her bangs covering her face. Her beautiful, pale fingers tightened around her arm.
Sandersonia , recalling past events, held her head and cried out in distress.
"If you want to erase the painful memories of the Celestial Dragons, there is a way..." Eric said.
The three sisters' faces lit up with hope, and Hancock stretched her neck, "Can we really erase those memories?!"
"There's a Devil Fruit called the Memory-Memory Fruit, which can alter and erase memories..."
The three Hancock sisters, like people who had lived in darkness for a long time, revealed an expression of finally seeing a glimmer of light.
"But is it really a good idea? Those memories and experiences might be the very strength to overthrow the World Government."
Hancock paused, confused. "Eric , what do you mean by that?"
"Don't you want to overthrow the current World Government? To return the pain they've caused you, a thousand times over, to those Celestial Dragons?"
"Can such a thing really happen?" The 20-year-old Boa Hancock, who held some fear of the central government and the World Government, wouldn't have immediately taken the position of Warlord of the Sea otherwise.
Eric clenched his fist, his expression serious as he said, "Of course, trust me, I will make it happen!"
"Yes!" Hancock's eyes filled with tears as she joyfully said, "I believe in you, Eric !"
Gloriosa, however, had some doubts, "But Eric , how did you know about the Hancock sisters' past?"
Eric glanced sideways, "If you take things too seriously, you might never get married."
Grandma New jumped up, "I don't need to get married! Wait, I'm already past that age! Actually... damn you, little brat!"
(END CHAPTER)
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