[One Piece] Inferior Star

Chapter 259

Three or four days have passed since the day of escape, and the wedding day is getting closer and closer.But nothing special has happened in the last few days.Everything is so normal that people have the illusion that they can resume their daily life.

If only it could last until the wedding day.Katakuri thought so.In the past few days, Youxiang's condition has improved a bit, and Xiaoxiong is really useful.She sometimes hugged the bear all the time, very tight.The little bear was very big, even taller than her, but she still hugged it even if she couldn't walk, just like now.

"It smells good, are you uncomfortable?"

It was almost noon when Katakuri knocked on the door before seeing her leave the room.It turned out that she was sitting on the bed hugging the bear tightly: "Let me see..."

"Mr. Katakuri...I..." Youxiang made a small voice, and she said, "I dreamed."

"Dream?" Katakuri came to the bed, sat down, then raised his hand to touch Youxiang's forehead, "It's so hot. Youxiang, you have a fever." Just looking at his face is quite bad, There was still cold sweat on his forehead, "Is there a fragrance? You should lie down."

"It's a nightmare." I shouldn't have a nightmare, I shouldn't...Rosie...is gone.Youxiang hugged the little bear tightly, her tears swirling, "I can't find Rosie, Mr. Katakuri. Rosie isn't here, neither is Frey. I called their names, but no one responded. There are also dreams... so scary, the voice is back again!"

"Youxiang, I don't understand what you said, but don't be afraid." What's going on?I saw that ghost last night... Katakuri got closer to Youxiang, he saw Youxiang stuck his head into the little bear while covering his ears: "What to do, it's so scary...why? ...Who is it? The voice is so loud...so scary...Ace..."

"..." What the hell is going on... Katakuri raised his hands, and then covered Youxiang's hand covering her ears, which made Youxiang come back to her senses: "Mr. Katakuri... ...I, I..."

"Yuka, look at me. Don't panic. Calm down. I'll help you." Katakuri's voice was calm but reliable, he said, "I'll help you find out what's going on. But you're sick now, and very sick, and you've got to lie down and rest for a while, understand?"

"Hmm..." Youxiang nodded aggrievedly.Katakuri told her to lie down, put the bear beside her, and said, "I'll get you medicine and water. Wait a minute."

"Don't! Don't go... Mr. Katakuri..." It's scary, it's scary, it's scary... the voice will get louder when you leave, so don't go, please...

"I'll be right back, okay? Right now." Katakuri gently held her hand, and then put the little hand on the bear. "You only need to count five seconds, and I will be back."

"Hmm..." There was no other way, Youxiang had no choice but to hug the little bear tightly again.Katakuri stood up, he quickly went to get water and medicine, in short let her fever go down first.Something must have happened, it couldn't have happened all of a sudden.If it is related to Yuxiang's ability, could it be that the shrine did something?

Those chattering guys... Katakuri was suddenly a little angry, but he remained calm and returned to the bed. As soon as he sat down, Yuxiang immediately came over and hugged his arm.

shaking.His forehead was hot, but his body was cold.And he started covering his ears again... Although Katakuri didn't hear anything special, he still helped Youxiang cover his ears again: "Can you take the medicine? It will bring down the fever. It will feel comfortable." a little."

"Won't Mr. Katakuri leave?"

"Ah, I won't leave you. Don't worry." At least not now.Katakuri brought the water glass over as he spoke, watched Youxiang take the medicine, and then asked her to lie down again: "Try to sleep for a while, although I don't know how to protect your dreams, but I I'll be here with you. You don't have to be afraid."

"Mr. Katakuri..."

"Ok?"

"Although... Frey and the others are demons, but... they are also very important to me..."

"Ah, I see." Why the sudden emphasis on this...is it disturbing not to see them?And what's that sound you hear...

Do you know what she was suffering for a long time ago?

Rossi's words appeared in Katakuri's mind, is this what Yuxiang has been experiencing before?Before meeting those demons?Now they're all gone, so it's back to the way it was before...

After roughly understanding the situation, Katakuri speculated about the possible situation in his heart.He has been sitting beside Youxiang's bed, holding her hand until she finally fell asleep peacefully under the influence of the medicine.

After a while, Katakuri touched her forehead again.The fever seemed to have subsided...he breathed a sigh of relief.Just as I was tidying up the fragrant hair stuck to my head with sweat, I heard a knock on the door.Who the hell came here at this time... That's right!If it was Mansfield, he might know more things he didn't know!

Thinking of this, Katakuri covered Youxiang with a quilt, and then went out to open the door.However, it wasn't Kagawa outside the door, but a few Homiz soldiers: "Master Katakuri." One of them held up a letter as he spoke, "This is the task letter from your mother."

"Mom?" Why so suddenly... Katakuri took the letter, opened it and read it.Presumably to allow myself to gather the necessities for a wedding cake or something.It seems that there were some problems in the collection process before.But why is it at this time...

"Master Katakuri, my mother is very anxious. And I really want to eat the special products of that island. Mundor-sama is also afraid that if I delay for too long, my mother will suffer from food cravings..."

"..." Damn... I'm also in a hurry, okay!Katakuri is very unstable now... Katakuri hesitated, and he said, "Is Mansfield on the island?"

"He was called to Cake Island earlier today by his mum."

"Where's Germa's?"

"The two of Germa also went together. That's what mother meant."

Are you all gone?What a coincidence! !Why is everyone gone all of a sudden?Forget about myself and Mansfield, even the demons and ghosts are gone.It was as if he deliberately wanted to isolate You Xiang by himself.Is this really just a coincidence?

"Lord Katakuri?"

"To shut up."

I'm very annoyed now.Katakuri tells the soldiers to stop calling him.He is considering the best solution.If you hesitate any longer, it will only make things more troublesome.You can only act now.If you leave immediately, you can come back within the day.But during this period, Youxiang cannot be left here alone...

"Lord Katakuri?"

"Told you to shut up—huh?"

Wait, the voice just now was... Katakuri came back to his senses, and he looked in the direction of the voice.It was not Homiz who spoke but Chris!He was dressed in white mage robes and held a tin staff in his hand, which, it must be said, did not match his appearance at all.

"You came just in time, Chris." Katakuri said immediately, "Do you have anything else to do now?"

"Hey? Well... I'm here to help my mother buy some desserts as a tribute." Chris said in surprise, "Do you need me for anything?"

"Yes. I need you. So don't do anything else yet."

"No, don't you want to do it?!"

"That's right. Gods and the like can wait, but I can't." Katakuri said firmly, "You stay here and take care of Yuka. She is sick and is resting in her room now. I need to carry out my mother's order now." task, but she cannot be left alone."

"I see!" Sick?Fragrant...?Chris's heart tightened, and he said, "I can take care of her for you, Master Katakuri."

"Ah. That's great." In this way, I can feel a little relieved.Katakuri said that he was about to leave, "Then I will leave. I will try my best to come back tonight. If not... I will trouble you to continue to take care of her. You can use the things in the room as you like, and the medicine is also available. It's all in the closet."

"Don't worry, Katakuri-sama. I'm very experienced in taking care of people." Chris smiled, and said, "You can go and carry out the mission with confidence."

"..." It's strange that I can feel relieved.But yes.Now I can only do the work first... If my mother suffers from eating cravings, things will be even more out of hand.Katakuri paused for a moment, then immediately moved his legs, "Please."

I'm really in a hurry.Chris looked at the back of Katakuri leaving quickly, and could feel that he was really worried but in a dilemma.At first... I thought he and Youxiang were forced to marry.Like all of BigMom's political marriages.Didn't you expect the relationship to be so good?

With a bit of mixed feelings, Chris went into the house to check the situation of Youxiang.Recently, my mother and uncle didn't know what ceremony was going on at the shrine, and they hadn't gone out for several days.They didn't tell Chris the details, so Chris only knew that it was BigMom's request again.

As a hired person, now the mother also has to obey BigMom's orders.When BigMom approached her, my mother wanted to refuse, because she heard that once she joined BigMom, she would never be able to quit.The Tianhuacheng family should not belong to anyone, but...

But no one can refuse an invitation from BigMom.Everyone is afraid of her terror.No one can escape.

Youxiang fell ill suddenly, so it couldn't be a coincidence that it had something to do with what mother and the others were doing, right?After all, Youxiang's physique should be very sensitive to related rituals.

Chris touched Youxiang's forehead, as if the fever had subsided.Sleeping well now too.Katakuri-sama must have been too worried, and he should be fine.

Wow, there is such a big little bear here... I will be here with you with this little bear, Youxiang.Although...you probably don't want it to be me, but now you have no other better choice.

- nightmare.

This must be a nightmare.Youxiang looked at the man who appeared from the mist, and kept backing away, but no matter how she retreated or escaped, the distance between herself and this man did not increase at all.

"Don't be so scared. Youxiang."

The man has long black hair, and there is almost no color in his gray-white eyes except for the orange silk thread that can't be seen if you don't look carefully.He was wearing a black overcoat, thin and pale.It's just that he seems to be in a good mood now. He looked at the terrified Youxiang and said, "Everything you rely on can't come to you now, so you can only rely on yourself."

"You, what are you..."

"It doesn't matter who I am, Xiao Youxiang. The connection between us is deeper than you can imagine. But none of that matters now. What matters is that this time you have to make a choice again. You see, I'm a good person..."

While talking, the man took out a pure white spike. It couldn't see the material, but the pure white color seemed to have been painted: "Do you know what this is? The craftsmen of Wano country can make The blade of exorcism——Actually, it can create a device for exorcism. Few people in this world can make such a thing. This is a rare treasure.”

"What do you want to say?" Youxiang tried hard to calm herself down, she said, "You let Rosie and the others...are you the one who separated them from me?"

"You're so lazy and innocent to give demons those ridiculous names." The smile faded from the man's face, and he played with the spike in his hand. "Devils are demons. They don't need names. Don't You're wasting time on them, You Xiang. You obviously have great power, but you've been playing around with it so far, it's really annoying."

"Well……"

"People with talent don't work hard, but it's more annoying than people without talent. Do you understand? So I'm here to help you, Xiao Youxiang." As he spoke, the man held up the spike, " Just stab this into your heart, everything that disturbs you will disappear, there is incense, you will have the peace you expect, and the 'talent' you don't want will also disappear, don't you want to live an ordinary life ?”

"My...heart?" Youxiang clutched her chest subconsciously, she said, "But, but I don't have a heart now..."

"Ah, that's right. Your heart is not with you now." The man smiled, "But it's not gone, it's on another person... right? There is incense, this spike belongs to a saint Remains, the bones of some god's bride. It's a veritable exorcist. Just stick it into the key of your bond—

"That's your heart. Then the contract will be invalid. After all, it's the magic of the devil. How can it beat the bride of God? Do you understand what I mean? Just use this and all your nightmares will end."

"don't want……"

"what?"

"Don't!!" Ace... If you use it, Ace will die, so absolutely don't! !Youxiang's eyes became firmer, she didn't back away this time, but moved closer, "I will never let you use this thing!!"

"Oh~~~ When you mention that person, won't you be afraid?" The man seemed a little dissatisfied, and he said, "Well, forget it. Anyway, I don't think I can really convince you. Youxiang... almost It's time to wake up. The person who really wants to 'convince' you, is in the real world?"