One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 732: Two Children of Dressrosa
"Are these the two children?"

King Riku looked at the two pitiful little girls in front of him and turned to ask the guards beside him.

"Yes, they seemed to have escaped from a merchant ship a while ago. They couldn't find their parents, so they were caught after stealing bread from a bakery. The bakery owner felt sorry for them and sent them to us."

The guard nodded and explained the situation of the two girls.

"Is that so? Children, what are your names? Where are your parents?"

King Riku looked at the two shivering children and asked with a glimmer of sympathy in his eyes.

"I, my name is Monet, and this is my sister Sugar. We don't know where our parents are. They disappeared a few years ago and we can't find them."

Monet, who is older, said timidly that no matter from her actions, expressions, or eyes, she was obviously a little girl who was abandoned and struggling to survive with her sister. Anyone who came here, unless they could read her mind, would not be able to see any flaws.

"Alas, it's another poor child, Will! Take them to the palace. It's not a good idea to let them run around on the street. They are so young, don't let someone with ulterior motives take them away."

King Riku shook his head helplessly. He had already determined in his heart that these were a pair of children who were abandoned by their parents or whose parents died and caused them to wander around. It was not like he had not seen such children before. In fact, there were many such children in Dressrosa in the past, especially in the years when Dressrosa was in economic depression. There were many cases where the children were abandoned and went out to explore the world, and then never returned. After the situation in Dressrosa improved, the previous generation of King Riku even asked people to look for those who had gone out to sea before. Unfortunately, only a few could be found. The New World was too dangerous. If they could not come back within a few years, the probability of coming back would be very small. After that, the previous generation of King Riku specially approved a batch of funds to build an orphanage and hired special people to take care of them. Will beside King Riku was once a member of the orphanage.

However, since the situation in Dressrosa improved, this kind of situation of abandoning wives and children has almost disappeared. The orphanage without orphans naturally has no need to exist. It has now become a tourist attraction to commemorate the painful years that Dressrosa once experienced.

The Monet sisters were not native to Dressrosa, so it would be somewhat inappropriate to leave them to anyone to take care of them. After much thought, King Riku decided to take them back home. Although he couldn't raise them as his own children, it would be nice to find a playmate for his two daughters or have them as maids. At least they wouldn't starve, right?
"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Will nodded, knowing that King Liku was moved with compassion and wanted to take care of the poor sisters. In fact, if King Liku hadn't said anything, Will and the others would have thought of pooling some money to find an elderly widower to help take care of them. However, it would naturally be better if King Liku asked, so they didn't say anything more.

"You two, come with me."

Will walked up to Monet who was protecting Sugar behind him and said.

"Who are you? I don't want to go with you! What do you want to do to Sugar?"

Monet looked at Will very vigilantly, and his movements were full of caution.

"This is the King of Dressrosa, His Royal Highness King Riku. We feel sorry for you two, so we'll allow you to find a place in the palace to live first. Don't worry, we're not bad people."

Will was not angry. The other party must have suffered a lot. If the other party followed him happily, then Will would be wary of whether the other party had ulterior motives.

"Someone said before that they weren't bad people and that they wanted to take care of us, but they almost sold the sugar! I won't go with you!"

Monet tried to run backwards while holding Sugar, but how could a ten-year-old child holding a five or six-year-old child possibly outrun the young and strong king's guards? Will caught up with the two of them in just one step, and directly reached out to hold Monet and picked him up.

"Let me go! Let me go! You bastard! Damn it! Let me go!" Monet struggled desperately, holding Sugar in one hand and punching and kicking Will with the other hand. However, Will, who was wearing armor, didn't care about it at all. Although he was only a few years older than Monet, he was an adult after all. Monet was not a fruit ability user at the moment, so he naturally couldn't hurt him. However, it was really hard to feel at ease when such a person kept struggling. Will had no choice but to ask for help from those around him.

"Don't just stand there and watch! You guys, come and help! Hurry up, at least don't let that little girl fall to the ground! Don't make a fuss, we're really not bad people, really not, hey! We're pretty energetic!"

"Hahahahaha! Will, you still have such an embarrassing day. Aren't you known as the best recruit? Why does a little girl make you so flustered?"

The other few people who were also the king's guards said this with a smile, but they did not really stand by and watch. Two people came over and took Sugar from Will. Compared to the noisy Monet, Sugar was very obedient. She didn't say a word and lowered her head to gnaw on the bread. That was the one that Monet had snatched before. Sugar was really hungry, and she was young, so she didn't care about anything else. Like a hamster, she lowered her head and gnawed on the bread frantically.

"Give me back the sugar! Give it back to me!"

Seeing Sugar leave his arms, Monet was really panicked. He started scratching and clawing at Will. He didn't care even when his nails were broken. He was almost crazy.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a knife hit Monet's right neck from the side. Monet fainted immediately and the scream just now disappeared instantly.

"Captain Cyrus!"

Will tilted his head and looked, only to find that their guard team's captain Cyrus had appeared here at some point. Wasn't the captain on vacation today?
"I came out to buy something and heard some noise over here. What happened? Who are these kids?"

Cyrus asked in casual clothes, holding a basket of vegetables in his hand. The Cyrus in this world still became the captain of the kingdom's guard, but he no longer won the title through consecutive victories in the arena, and he didn't have much contact with Scarlett, so for the time being, the possibility of the two of them falling in love is not high.

"Hey, there are two orphans who stowed here. They lost their parents. His Royal Highness King Liku felt sorry for them and wanted to take them to the palace to take care of them. However, it seems that the children were deceived before, so they are very vigilant. They just wanted to escape, but I brought them back. As a result, they kept making trouble. By the way, Captain, how did you practice that move just now? Teach me?"

Will told everything, and at the same time envied Cyrus's method of silencing people.

"It's a little trick, but it's not easy to practice. If you use it lightly, it won't work. If you use it too hard, it can easily kill people. It's better not to learn it. I'll teach you something else next time. Okay, you guys take the people back first. But you said that His Royal Highness King Riku has spoken, but where are the people? I didn't see His Royal Highness King Riku when I came here."

After Cyrus dealt with it casually, he began to look for King Liku, but found nothing.

"King Riku is not there... His Highness King Riku!!!"

Will and the other guards looked back at the same time, but all they saw was an empty street, and King Riku had disappeared.

"Forget it. I can roughly guess where the prince went. You guys go back first. I'll go find His Royal Highness King Liku. By the way, when we get back to the palace, don't tell the queen and the princesses anything. Just tell them that I followed His Royal Highness King Liku. Don't let them worry. Do you understand?"

Cyrus shook his head helplessly. King Liku was obviously the king of a country, but his personality was sometimes like that of a child. He often escaped from the palace. However, his royal highness only went to two places each time, and with his strong strength, there was no need to worry about his safety. Cyrus was the captain after all, and the guards still listened to what he said. Just when Will and others took Monet ahead, Monet, who seemed to be unconscious, moved his eyelids and revealed a very small smile.

(End of this chapter)