[One Piece] Inferior Star

Chapter 709 True Love

The sound, Kaoru heard the sound, the sound was so loud that it reminded her of the sound she heard when she was a child in the bandits' hut.If it weren't for Ace and the others at that time, I'm afraid I would have ruined my life long ago.It's just that what's even weirder now is that even though Rossi opened the noise reduction cover, she can still hear the sound.

"It's not a voice from outside, but a voice from fear and your inner connection...I'm afraid no one can make the voice go away except yourselves."

Frey said so.So this is... Fabias' voice?His voice was sharp.Youxiang couldn't quite hear what he was talking about, but she could feel his pain.Me too, Phoebe.If you really need me to do something, just come to me.If you don't tell me to my face, I don't know what to do—

"!"

Suddenly, screaming sounds came from the darkness in all directions!Everyone around immediately became vigilant, but the voice kept approaching to the nearest moment!It even sprang out from under everyone's feet!It was a dark green, slender monster with skin like bark!Its trunk is like a tree trunk, and its limbs are like dead branches. If you have to use any metaphor, it looks like a huge stick insect.

The monster was almost as tall as the roof of the building, and it screamed so loudly that people had to cover their ears!Although very scared, Youxiang knew that this... this monster, this person, he was...

"Feibias!!"

Youxiang yelled loudly, for some reason her voice could pass through the monster's shriek and reach everyone's ears!The monster turned its head suddenly, and all the sounds disappeared for a moment. At this moment, Youxiang seemed to understand something. She patted Rossi's arm holding her and said, "We need to find Matthew and the others! Rossi !"

"What? Cabbage?!"

There is no time to ask more questions!The monster rushed towards Rossi like crazy, but to his surprise, Youxiang didn't dodge, but opened his arms!It was only a split second, and no one had time to react, the moment the monster collided with You Xiang, they disappeared together in this dark space!

Youxiang only felt dizzy for a while, and when she felt nausea rushing up, she took a breath and felt much better.It's just that this is not the dark building just now, but a... room.The lighting wasn't great, but at least there was a small candle light, and there weren't that many dirty smudges.

This should be a bedroom.Room type.There is only a bed and some small cupboards in the room.The monster put You Xiang on the bed, while he huddled in a corner of the room.Different from howling just now, it is now squatting in the corner with its knees hugged like a wronged puppy, not daring to look at Youxiang's side, and even hugging its head with its branch-like arms.

"F... Phoebe?"

Youxiang got off the bed cautiously, and looked around a bit awkwardly, even though she knew that the monster in the room was Phoebe, she still felt that this place was creepy.She quickly ran to Fei Bi and knelt down to look at him and said, "You are Fei Bi, right? Fei Bias?"

"..." The other party didn't answer, but made some crying voices, and avoided You Xiang's gaze, and burrowed into the corner of the wall.

"Phoebe! I knew it was you...I told you to come here, so you came here. Right?" I thought I wanted you to come and tell me what happened...you must feel it.Youxiang said, "It's okay. I know it's not your fault. So tell me, tell me what's going on... Matthew and Ace are here too, right? Phoebe?"

"...... Mmm..." He seemed to want to say something, but after looking at You Xiang, he quickly hid his face, as if he was in an awkward situation.Youxiang really had no choice but to raise her voice and said, "Feibias! You are always afraid, right? Why are you still afraid! I should be the one who should be afraid now!"

That's right! !But why am I afraid!Why not be afraid?Why are you not afraid of me!Owner!Why isn't my... my master... afraid of me?I am so ugly, I am fear itself, I am not pretending at all, why...

"Feibias! Are you listening to me?"

"Wooah!?" Listening!But!Don't go near the master any more! !I don't want you to... let you see me ugly and dirty, I—

"Phoebe, can you understand what you're talking about? Although I don't know what you're talking about now...but just listen to me." Youxiang squatted beside Feibi, and she said, "I I kept thinking, what kind of relationship do I have with Phoebe, Frey, and other demons? Frey was by my side at the beginning, although he only emphasized that he was not my relatives, but I still Treat him like someone important to me."

"Because I don't have ordinary relatives? Dad, mom, brothers and sisters, I have no blood relatives, not a single one. I only have Dadan, Ace, Luffy, Sabo, Frey, and Matthew... I only have These random strangers. Well, Frey and the demons don't quite 'meet each other,' do they?"

What a chance meeting...you were sacrificed to us.Because of other people's wishes, he was sacrificed to the devil again and again.First one, then more, then more.And we are the same, for the sole desire of coming to this world, we accept this sacrifice without considering anything.

The one who sacrifices you is a wicked person.And we who have accepted the sacrifice are by no means innocent.From the beginning to the end, only you are the victim, only you are innocent, but why in the end, we demons who only think about ourselves need to be saved by you?Why?My master?Why save us?

"I know Phoebe and you guys are demons, you should be...evil? Or... at least, I was sacrificed to you. I shouldn't have a good relationship with you, right? But... think about it carefully, from beginning to end, Frey, Phoebe, and everybody . . . never did anything bad to me."

Youxiang looked at Fei Bi and laughed, and she said, "Sounds and figures, Xiaoxi explained to me, and Fino apologized. Everyone doesn't know what's going on outside the dream, at least not to me." There is no malice, I already understand. So I want to rethink the relationship between me and everyone. Although Phoebe you all call me 'Master'~ but I think..."

"This curse, this power, Frey, Phoebe, and other demons... I think it's all part of 'me'."

"?"What's the meaning?Phoebe was a little confused, and he looked at Youxiang in surprise.

"I also figured it out recently. Through these recent events... I have already understood. What is the difference between Youxiang and 'Olivia' and 'His Royal Highness'? Why am I Youxiang instead of Ao What about Livia or Her Royal Highness Princess of the Empire? Beyond my memory...there are demons, right?"

Youxiang said: "Because of Phoebe and you, I am Youxiang. Otherwise, I will become Olivia and live another life. Although I can't be sure whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, but at least I will share with everyone There are more happy memories when we are together than sad memories, right?"

What are you talking about... I don't understand, I don't understand the complex emotions of human beings, and I only recently acquired such things as emotions.So I don't understand that much.I just know that besides the original desire to come to this world, I also have the idea of ​​wanting to see you.You are starting to have the same original attraction to me as the world and things beyond dreams.

"I..." That's why I...

Fabias made a little noise, but for some unknown reason, he couldn't speak a complete sentence, he was a little impatient, just when he was about to shrink back to the corner again, You Xiang stretched out his hand to him: "Okay, Phoebe. It's just us here. Or, I've got you now! Help me, will you?"

do you need meDoes the master need me?

"I need you. Phoebe."

need me.Master needs me.

Even this me... also need to be this ugly, dirty, monster-like... no.It was me who was always a monster.Even if I look at her with my true face, she won't flinch, won't be afraid, won't be afraid.Then I also... I have nothing to hide from her.She has accepted all of me, so I can only...

I can only accept all of her.After all, demons are such 'simple' things.

Fabias raised his dead branch-like hand, but the moment the dead branch touched the fragrant hand, its white light began to slowly change.Fabias turned back into a human form, still wearing fashionable clothes and trendy hairstyles as before, but now he is crying a little bit——

"Wooah, master!!!" He rushed over and hugged Youxiang's neck, "Wow... wow... woooooo..."

"Okay~ I see~ I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Are you sad? Did some bad guys bully you?"

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

"I see~ Because there are also bad guys who bullied Lance, Pupu and Frey. Everyone is waiting for me, so I'm here, Phoebe." Youxiang said while stroking Phoebe's head, " By the way, did you just cry all the time so you couldn't speak?"

"…………Well……"

How wronged I am!OK!You are a devil!Still very powerful... No, it should be considered the most powerful category!Do you know how wary we were of you before?Frey is very nervous!You scared Dover just now!Why are you crying like a puppy now!

Although Youxiang was complaining in her heart, she still hugged and patted him for a while, Fei Bi seemed to be much better.You Xiang said, "Phoebe, what exactly is this place? Is it because of you that it's so scary?"

"Part of me is me." Although Fabias sounded like he was fine, he still held on to Youxiang, "I'm probably just a tool to collect the emotion of 'fear'. They also caught A human being... In short, the emotion of fear gathered in this castle cannot be dispelled by dispelling it. It is the fear of human beings, and it will disappear only after the human beings calm down."

"This is a castle..." Youxiang extracted important information from it, and she said, "Does Phoebe know what the fear is for?"

"In order for the illusion of this world to continue... the old gods need a huge amount of energy to maintain this magic. There are not many mages left, and it and its followers can only use extreme means to squeeze human beings to get enough Energy. Demons are made of human emotions... so human emotions have enormous energy."

So that's why Frey was summoned for that purpose, right?On the one hand, it is to cover up the fact that there is a "heterogeneous" among the Draconians in the underground "Earth Archives-Eve", and on the other hand, it has the purpose of squeezing out the anger of human beings.

And the purpose of this eerie castle is to gain people's fear.

You Xiang already understood, and she said, "Did Phoebe see Matthew and the others? Matthew activated his rail gun, so I think he might be in trouble and had to notify us this way."

"I'm sorry... I, actually... I was a little, delirious until the master called my name..."

"That's right...it doesn't matter. Frey and Lance were like this before. It's not Phoebe's fault." Youxiang patted his head again, "Anyway, now Phoebe will help me find Matthew and the others first. I'm a little worried. This is the territory of the Dragon Cult, right? It's also the place controlled by my elder brother...Isaac. I don't know what will happen, so we have to be more cautious?"

"Um……"

Because Youxiang stood up after finishing speaking, Phoebe also stood up.He looked at You Xiang carefully, and said, "Take my hand, Master."

"Yeah." Youxiang didn't mind, "I thought this place would be better after Feibi woke up... It turns out that it doesn't matter what happens to Feibi, this place is still so scary!"

"Because the fear has already gathered... It's hard to dissipate for a while." Feibi said while holding Youxiang's hand, "Don't lose me again, master."

"I know. Phoebe has to hold on to me too."

"...I love you, master."

"Phoebe, are you going to say something weird next?"

"Sure enough, only the master knows me best!!"

"You should try to justify——no. Stop saying weird things!!"

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The author has something to say:

Phoebe: Master, don't lose me in the future, and let me stick in~~~~

You Xiang: Don't say anything that would be misleading here! ! !