One Piece: Fire Emperor Arrives

"I was thinking that it would have been better if I had just killed that scumbag." Ace said with a look of regret.

"Kill...kill the Celestial Dragons!" Boya Hancock looked at Ace in shock and said, "Don't you understand what the consequences will be if you attack the Celestial Dragons?"

Originally, the empress thought that anyone who dared to attack the Celestial Dragons was already a fool who did not want his life. Unexpectedly, Ace actually said that he regretted not killing the Celestial Dragons.

"The consequences? It's nothing more than being an enemy of the World Government." Ace smiled and said, "Even if there wasn't the Celestial Dragon incident, wouldn't the war on top have happened?"

Ace's bloodline is destined to make it impossible for him to live in peace with the World Government, and the World Government cannot allow him to grow into the next Pirate King.

"It's different..." The Empress shook her head and said: "Being an enemy of the World Government and being hated by the Celestial Dragons are two completely different things. If you really kill the Celestial Dragons, not only will those who take part in the war attack you, The Navy Headquarters… No, you won’t even have a chance to start a war!”

"To me, it's all the same." Ace smiled, then looked at the empress and asked, "You seem to care about the Celestial Dragons? Can you tell me why?"

Of course Ace knew about the Empress's past, but the fact that she was once a Celestial Dragon slave was the biggest secret to the three sisters.

Therefore, the Empress must speak out about this matter herself. If Ace speaks out, it may have the opposite effect.

The empress looked at Ace, her eyes flashing constantly. The man standing in front of him was so powerful, but he could bend down and thank her without hesitation for his brother.

He could still start a war with the [Four Emperors] over three unrelated women, just because his brother called them 'saviors'.

What's more important is that he can say such things as killing the Celestial Dragons without changing his face.

Isn't this kind of person what she has been waiting for, someone who dares to challenge [God]?

The empress was hesitating whether to tell this man her biggest secret.

After much thought, she decided to come clean.

The empress stood up, turned her back to Ace, and then took off her clothes. Although her back was turned, her perfect figure still made Ace blush a little.

He is not an idiot like Wang Lufei with a necrotic temperament. He can be indifferent to the perfect body of the empress known as the "most beautiful woman in the world".

The empress pulled up her hair, revealed a coat of arms on her back in front of Ace, and said in a trembling voice: "This is the [Nine Sky Soaring Dragon's Hoofprints], which is the coat of arms of the Celestial Dragons... It is branded on every creature. The people raised by the [Celestial Dragons] have the mark of an 'inferior race' that cannot be erased throughout their lives."

"The Ai family... we three sisters were once slaves of the Celestial Dragons!"

"That was when we were twelve years old..."

While the empress held on to the clothes Salome had put on her, she slowly told Ace the experiences of the three sisters...

From the time when the three sisters were captured by human traffickers, to being sold to the Draco as slaves, to when [Mlocculent Hero] Fisher Tiger broke into [Holy Land Mariejoa] to free a large number of slaves, the three sisters took advantage of the chaos to escape. , and finally returned to Nine Snakes Island with the help of Grandma Ze.

While covering up the [Nine Heavenly Flying Dragon's hoofprints] on his body, he grew up to become the emperor of [Amazon Lily] and the captain of the [Nine Snakes Pirates].

During this period, the only person the three sisters were truly grateful to was Fisher Tiger, the man who founded the [Sun Pirates].

Ace believed that how difficult the empress' growth was after returning to Nine Snakes Island was directly proportional to how 'bad' her character became after she climbed to the top.

After telling her own experience, the empress looked at Ace pitifully and asked: "Do you... look down on us who were once slaves?"

"Alas~" Ace looked at the helpless empress, stepped forward, gently held her in his arms, and said softly: "That's why I said, I regret not killing that scumbag at that time."

Although the Empress is 190 centimeters tall, Ace is now 185 centimeters tall, so the scene of him holding the Empress doesn't look too inconsistent.

Ace patted the empress's shoulder, then let go of his embrace, looked at her, and said seriously: "One day, I will personally pull those scum who claim to be the [descendants of the Creator] from [the sky]. Come down."

Hearing this, the empress looked at Ace with a shocked expression, and asked in a trembling voice: "Really... will such a day really happen?"

"There will be!" Ace looked at her and smiled to himself: "And this day won't be too far away, I promise!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Upon hearing Ace's words, the empress directly covered her face, squatted down and sobbed.

"[Your Excellency Yandi]!" After crying softly for a while, the empress raised her head, looked at Ace, and said seriously: "If such a day comes, please be sure to call me."

"Even...even if I have to face that kind of darkness again, I still want to witness with my own eyes the fate of those...scum after they fall from [the sky]."

From "Aijia" to "I" and then to "Concubine", the change of the empress' title to herself also represents the change in his recognition of Ace from doubt to affirmation.

As for whether this affirmation will turn into love like in the original plot, it is unknown.

Anyway, no matter what, it is impossible for the empress to fall in love with Wang Luffy like an idiot like in the original plot.

"Of course, if you can contribute, that would be great. After all, as the Empress of the [His Majesty's Seven Warriors Sea], your power is world-famous." Ace smiled.

"Of course!" The empress raised her head proudly. She was as confident in her own strength as she was in her own beauty.

"Also, my name is Boya Hancock. You don't have to call me 'Empress' all the time." Boya Hancock said to Ace shyly.

"Okay, I understand, Hancock. You can just call me Ace." Ace smiled and said, "In this case, we are considered allies?"

"Of course!" Boya Hancock smiled brightly and said: "No matter what kind of powerful enemies you will face in the future, my [Nine Snakes Pirates] will always be your most loyal ally."

"Great!" After receiving the empress' affirmative reply, Ace couldn't help but reveal an excited smile, and there was another powerful ally behind him.

The reason why Ace agreed to have this conversation with the Empress was to draw her into his side. After all, if he and the World Government went to war in the future, the Empress' side would be a powerful fighting force that could not be ignored.

Well, that's it, he is definitely not coveting the beauty of the empress.