[One Piece] Inferior Star

Chapter 571 The Dream of the Brave

Youxiang had a dream.When she was locked up in the palace, she seemed to dream very little.Miraculously, she doesn't quite remember how her nights at the palace were spent.All that remained in her heart was loneliness, loneliness and sadness.In any case, she had never had such a clear dream, so clear that it didn't seem like a dream.

"Meow..."

A small three-colored cat walks weakly towards Youxiang from a distance on the dry and cracked ground.It was neither hostile nor spirited, and was as emaciated as if it had been sick or starved for a long time.Youxiang squatted down, and carefully stretched out her hand to it. The kitten was not afraid at all, and immediately rubbed its little head against Youxiang's hand without any hesitation.

"Meow~~~"

The kitten barked again, and it grabbed You Xiang's hand to prevent her from taking it back.It was as if I had known Youxiang a long time ago.You Xiang also felt sorry for it, so she hugged it: "Why are you here? Are you hungry?"

"Meow..."

The kitten slipped into Youxiang's arms, purring and purring at the same time, as if aggrieved.You Xiang patted its head, she didn't bring anything to eat... By the way, this is a dream, there shouldn't be anything to eat in the dream, right?She looked around the dream world, the dry and cracked earth stretched to an unknown place in the distance, connecting with the dim sky.

Crystallized branches protrude from the ground, and blue-green crystal clusters grow scattered along the roadside.In the distance, a black city stands tall, and I always feel that it is very, very far away, and I can't reach it no matter what.

"Don't stare, Youxiang."

A pleasant voice came from behind You Xiang, which made her eyes move away from the black city.She turned around and saw a woman in a warm yellow dress with milk tea long curly hair standing there.Her appearance is dignified and demure, as if she is shining slightly, she is as beautiful as a goddess.

"That...you are...?" Youxiang thinks she is not a bad person.She is definitely not!This is clearly what a goddess should look like!

"I am Jizhi. Youxiang, it doesn't matter if you don't remember me." Jiji said calmly, "Someone summoned a great demon, and the human world has suffered a huge impact. Start from the darkest corner, first from the underground, Then came the forest, then the ocean, the sky... the disaster is spreading little by little."

"I don't understand... Miss Temperance is... What is this place? Is it a dream?"

"This is the world of dreams, Youxiang. Only you can stop all of this now. Only you have such power." There was a slight change between the restrained brows, she said, "If it is based on the current situation... You are the only brave man in this world. Tear away the stability and prosperity on the surface, Youxiang, expose its rotten interior, and destroy it."

"Me, me? But I... I don't have that kind of power, Miss Temperance!"

"No. You have. You just forgot." Ji Ji pointed to the kittens in Youxiang's arms, and she said, "Find them, Youxiang. Remember them, wake them up, they belong to your power. "

"Where should I begin? Miss Temperance? Wait a minute!"

Youxiang felt that the surrounding scenery began to blur, and she seemed to be about to wake up, but Ji Ji held her hand and said without any haste: "Don't worry, Youxiang. I'm always by your side, and I will always be there. Go to your planned destination, and you will be guided by fate."

Miss Temperance... Youxiang couldn't even speak, she suddenly woke up from the dream world as if being pulled away.Look around, this is the cabin of Little Seal, the room where I fell asleep.The white moonlight projected from the window, it was already night, I must have slept for a long time...

You Xiang lifted half of her body from the bed, and then saw a kitten lying under the quilt.Different from the one in the dream, this one has a bright coat, is chubby, and is very healthy: "Matthew?"

"You're awake, Miss Youxiang." Hearing Youxiang's voice, Matthew raised his head. He closed his eyes just now, but he didn't seem to be asleep. "Are you hungry? Is the seasickness better?" ?”

"Well... I'm fine Matthew." Much better than before falling asleep.Youxiang sat up, there was no one else in the room, she looked around, and then said, "Did Matthew not sleep so late?"

"I don't need to sleep, Miss Youxiang." Matthew replied, and he said, "Zed is outside the door, can you call him over?"

"Hey?? Zed doesn't need to sleep either?"

"No, he just likes to sleep in front of the master's door." Let him stay in the room, but he also stayed outside the door after Niji went out, saying that he was thinking of the director or something.Is a polite puppy.Matthew said, "Sometimes it's easier to do what they want, Miss Youxiang. Those guys are so stubborn."

"Hey..." But sleeping at the door is too... Youxiang thought to herself, she stood up holding Matthew, and opened the door.Sure enough, he saw Zed falling asleep leaning against the corridor door.She sighed, then went inside to get a blanket and cover him up.

Let's take a look on the deck for a while.At night, there should be no one... that's right.I originally thought so, but I didn't expect that there were quite a lot of people on the deck.Some are Mr. Luo's subordinates, and some are Germa's mercenaries.Some of them were clearing the cargo on the deck, and some were on guard.Really professional...

"Is it fragrant?"

"Ace!"

Youxiang heard someone calling her, she looked over, and then smiled: "Good evening~~ You haven't slept yet!"

"I can't sleep." I always think it's better to wait for you on the deck.As soon as I got back to the room, I had strange thoughts about what to do if you couldn't wake up, and I didn't know why.Ace smiled wryly, and he said, "I heard Luo said you were seasick, are you feeling better now?"

"It's all right~" Youxiang replied with a deliberately elongated voice.

"Really~~~Then I'll take you to the kitchen for dinner, okay?" Ace followed suit and deliberately elongated his voice.

"Yeah!" It feels like the relationship with Ace has improved since the day of the celebration!Youxiang nodded, and she said, "Is there any food in the kitchen?"

"That guy Luo left a lot of delicious food for you." He is most toward you.Ace said, "I'll warm it up for you, and you sit there." As soon as he entered the kitchen door, Ace pointed to the seat next to the dining table, "What do you want to drink?"

“I want to drink iced Coke~”

"Haha! Drink this just after waking up?" But it seems to be pretty good.Ace smiled, always feeling that this scene was very familiar.Matthew the kitty jumped on the kitchen counter and put its little paw on the iced Coke that Ace took out, as if testing something, and took it off after a while.

But he didn't say anything, just jumped back to Youxiang.Although he can't say it in front of Matthew, Ace thinks that this little cat likes to act like a baby with Youxiang.

"Ace, Matthew... I had a strange dream." Youxiang thought it would be better to tell them about it, "I dreamed of a weak three-colored cat... and a beautiful big sister. "

"Huh?" Ace said while the meal was still heating up, "And then?"

"Big sister called her temperance, and said I was a brave man..." Youxiang recalled the content of the dream, and she said, "It's so strange, it's like a dream, but it's not like a dream... It's too much. Clear!"

"Temperance?" Matthew was still pawing the sofa with his little paws, but he immediately raised his head when he heard the name, "I've heard this name before, Miss Youxiang. Could it be that she's always by your side?"

"Does Matthew know her? She did say she'd always be there for me or something..."

I see!Because of restraint, Miss Youxiang did not suffer from the negative impact of the dream world because she lost the protection of those demons.Thank you!Miss Temperance!But... Matthew said: "Did she say you are a brave man? Miss Youxiang?"

"Well. She said..."

Only you can stop this now.Only you have such power.

You are the only brave man in this world.

Tear up the stability and prosperity of this surface!Uncover its rotten interior, then destroy it.

Youxiang recounted Temperance's words, and she said, "Who the hell is Miss Temperance? She shines like a goddess."

"Maybe she really is a goddess." It is the incarnation of all human beings' fantasies about goddesses.Miss Temperance... Do you think so too? Under the surface of stability and prosperity, there is a corrupt interior.

Matthew seemed to be more sure of his thoughts. He said, "Did she say anything else about this world? Miss Youxiang?"

"Let's think about it..." Youxiang recalled carefully, "I seem to say..."

Someone summoned a great demon, and the human world suffered a huge impact.

First from the darkest corners, first from the underground, then the forest, then the ocean, the sky...

The disaster is spreading little by little.

"Start from the underground first..." Hearing this, Matthew suddenly remembered the giant mouse they encountered in the underground of the palace.There were also incidents of animal rampages in the forest, as the soldiers said.Is this what it means that the disaster is spreading little by little?Sure enough, creating this new world is definitely not without cost, and maintaining it is definitely not that easy.

Changing the rules of the world also comes at a huge price.And this is doomed that this false prosperity cannot last forever.People are just living in an illusory dreamland.

So what was the man who created this world, the man who summoned the great demon, thinking?Doesn't he know the price?Or, did he think that as long as this was the case?

No, perhaps his real intentions were the least of the matter right now.Stop it anyway, no worries now.

"It seems that we really have the script of the brave, Ms. Youxiang. Do you want to be a brave?" False mask, and then meet the challenge called reality that may be more difficult. Or continue to be a runaway princess here, living in a dream of nothing?"

"Matthew..." Your purpose is too clear when you say this!Youxiang said, "I don't want to live in a lie. If it's all fake...then I have something to ask you too. In that real reality, Miss Nami...Mr. Ace, Mr. Luo , everyone... Have you achieved happiness? At least, is it better than now?"

Yeah, are they better than they are now?

The village where Ms. Nami grew up was once occupied by pirates, and her mother was also killed by pirates. She was burdened with great hatred and humiliation throughout her childhood, and struggled to survive under the oppression of pirates.

Mr. Ace has been burdened with the curse of One Piece since he was born. He was spurned, expelled, envied, and hunted down... After barely surviving his childhood, he could not escape this curse and was pushed to the execution platform by panicked people.

Mr. Luo's parents were well-known doctors, but they were killed for no reason due to the raging disease. He was also seriously ill, and struggled hard in pain and hatred in his childhood.And the only person who tried his best to save him was killed again.He is bound by this chain of tragedies and cannot be set free no matter what.

And Germa, they don't even feel their pain, they don't even notice their abnormality.The same is true for Zed. As a brand new species, he has been clearly priced since before his birth, and he is treated as an 'object' rather than a 'person'.

So what now?Are they happier in the new world?

"I can't answer this question, Miss Youxiang."

Because this is unanswered.Because time is still advancing, if this continues... I think they will also be happy.

You will gain a partner worthy of everything, you will reunite with your long-lost brother, you will get rid of bondage and regain your freedom, and you will break through the barriers of human beings because of love.

And among them, or most of them are because they met a person.Then it starts to change.

"If this goes on, they must be happy too. Because you will never leave them alone. In this way, they will also be happy." Matthew said truthfully, "so it all depends on Your decision. The same happiness, is it based on real suffering, or based on illusory lies, is it not the same thing?"

That's right.Youxiang was thinking about what Matthew said, she looked up at Ace, Ace was looking over with a little confused eyes, feeling that he didn't quite understand what Matthew said.

"Although... I don't think all the forgotten memories are so happy, but..." Youxiang said, "But I don't want those good things I have experienced to disappear. The fabricated lies are even more No matter how happy you are, it must not be able to replace those good memories.”

The joy of victory, the joy of liberation, or the happiness of being with someone.

These things that have been really experienced must be irreplaceable by the fabricated background.

"Matthew." Youxiang made a decision, "I want to be a brave man."

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The author has something to say:

Miss Temperance said to Youxiang when she first appeared on stage: Temperance will always be by your side.

She is neither a god nor a demon, but a 'mechanism' for human beings to resist gods and demons.When people start to believe blindly, when people start to fantasize, temperance will appear in our hearts and let us return to the right track.

So when Xiaoxi Frey and the others were away, it was Sister Temperance who was protecting Xiangxiang!

And, the three-flowered cat that first appeared was Pupu.The children are starved and thin.