I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

But at least for her daughter, Beelzebub fulfilled all his responsibilities as a father.

Should we hate Flavo? Should we hate the Celestial Dragons?

Or should we hate Figo for killing his father?

No, the father was more relieved than anything else.

She seemed somewhat disheartened.

Nobody wants to hate anymore.

She looked at Figo and said, "Thank you for patiently telling me everything, King of the Blue Sea, and thank you for killing Blue Flavor for my father."

Figo said, "Just doing it on the spur of the moment."

"Can I... ask you one more question?"

"Ask away."

“You are Ifu, aren’t you? Teach has been cooperating with you all along,” Yana said hoarsely. “You were pretending in front of me before, offering a lot of advice on how the demon race should behave.”

“Yes,” Figo said.

"Do you have...sincere advice? Do the demon race...have a future?" Yana asked.

“It’s difficult. The living environment of the demon race must be restricted.” Figo shook his head: “The demon race conversion experiment is too unconventional. Anyone can be converted into a demon race. This means that if the demon race gets out of control and dominates the starry sky, one day, only the demon race will remain in the starry sky.”

I don't have any inherent prejudice against demons. Let's discuss the matter objectively. For example, if I had the strength I have now back then, we would probably be good friends with demons like Ato. But demons still need to be kept in check.

Yana paused for a moment, then closed her eyes.

“I am now more inclined to believe that Father really did prophesy something, that you would become the one to change our people. Let’s do it.”

Figo asked, "Don't you want to settle Beelzebub's body first?"

"No," Yana said. "Father would probably prefer to be buried as a human, and he would prefer to be buried by her. I don't have anything else I want to do."

She fulfilled her duties as a daughter and her responsibilities as a member of her race.

She made a gesture of giving up resistance.

Ana tilted her head slightly to look.

Along with it came a chain.

Chains bound Yana's body tightly, and soon, images from the prison files flashed through Figo's mind, imprinting Yana's image on them.

[Criminal: Yana]

[Rank: r1]

[Status: Detained]

Crime Index: 852

【…】

Figo took back the chains.

Yana opened her eyes in confusion.

“Go ahead and find a place to live in seclusion, or go back to the demon race to protect and educate those children. It’s up to you. As long as I don’t hear about you slaughtering innocent humans, I won’t interfere,” Figo said. “Or, if you’d like, go to my Impel Down. I can give you a limited, semi-free environment.”

Yana looked at Figo with surprise and astonishment.

"You heard me right, I don't want to kill you."

"...Thank you. I will never appear in your sight or in anyone else's sight again."

She stood up, her gaze lingering on Beelzebub's face for a moment, and as two tears fell, she spread her wings and prepared to take flight.

Ana suddenly said, "Wait a minute."

Yana paused, and the two women looked at each other.

“Let’s take him with us,” Ana said.

This "he" clearly refers to Beelzebub.

“He is Beelzebub, the progenitor of demons, and my father is Penri Allen.” Ana said in a low but resolute voice, “I will use my abilities to forget what Figo told me; he is my enemy!”

The silence spread.

Yana glanced at Figo, who had not yet spoken, then looked deeply at her sister Ana, bent down, picked up Beelzebub's body, and soared into the sky.

Ana added, "Once forgotten, everything vanishes!"

Her expression faltered for a moment, she looked around, and murmured, "Where's Beelzebub? I remember seeing his body, Figo..."

Figo watched her quietly.

Ana looked at Figo questioningly.

After a few seconds of eye contact, Ana's eyes gradually reddened, and she choked out, "Beelzebub... Beelzebub is really dead, isn't he? Thank you, thank you, for taking care of me these past ten years. You really did it, Figo, thank you..."

“You’re not putting on a convincing act,” Figo said. “Your acting skills are far from adequate. Are you trying to reassure me that you don’t need to worry about me, or are you afraid that your desire for revenge against the Celestial Dragons will cause me trouble?”

Ana froze, only able to shed empty tears.

Figo walked over: "Cry out."

"Waaah..." Ana grabbed Figo's arm, buried her face in Figo's thick forearm, and finally burst into tears.

"Sorry... I'll be done soon..."

"I'm sorry... Waaah... I know I shouldn't have, but I..."

"Why... Waaah..."

"Why did this happen?!"

Figo looked up at the sky.

Beelzebub may have been a failure, but his two daughters are quite good in every way. Even if Vlavo successfully reveals everything as planned, he probably won't see the scene he wants to see!

In the sky, Teach, carrying a massive, near-cow-like creature weighing tens of tons, looked down at Figo and Ana, unsure whether he should go down.

……

One day later.

There is a flying boat hovering outside Tianlong Star.

"Wow, this is truly magnificent," Roger exclaimed, gazing at the enormous planet in the distance.

"Yes, Captain."

"This is Tianlong Star."

Tianlong Star was originally the largest life-bearing planet in the sky, with a diameter more than three times that of Qinghai. In addition, with nine layers of star rings, each layer increasing by a kilometer, its magnificent scale is breathtaking.

Limited by the spaceship's fuel, to normally reach this star center, one either has to go through the Celestial Dragons' territory for resupply and registration, or pass through the domains of the Four Emperors of Space Pirates, which easily invites trouble.

But now that the Plague Emperor has died and the Collection Emperor has become involved in the battle between the Celestial Dragons and the Demon Race, his territory has been attacked by the Celestial Dragons, making it much easier for him to come here.

So Roger didn't stand on ceremony and came to visit the center of the starry sky that he had longed to see for so long!

After gazing at Tianlong Star for a long time, Roger was not entirely satisfied: "Hmm... is it really realistic to land on Tianlong Star now?"

Rayleigh laughed and said, "Even in peacetime, Tianlong Star doesn't really welcome guests, let alone now. Let's just forget about it."

"Yes, Captain."

"Huh? What's that?!"

Just as they were feeling slightly disappointed about not being able to enter Tianlong Star, a three-eyed clan member who had joined them in recent years suddenly pointed to the Starry Sky Path.

"what?"

Everyone turned their heads, but saw nothing.

The three-eyed creature shook its head: "It seems... I saw a winged woman, heading in that direction..."

Three of them seem similar, can they be reliable?

Everyone looked at each other.

Roger pressed himself against the window and looked down.

"Hmm... Speaking of which, isn't the legendary land of immortality located directly beneath Tianlong Star? Has someone gone looking for that place?"

"Hey, Captain, you can't trust this stuff. Apart from that one from 3200 years ago, none of the other guys who went to the depths of space to find the land of eternal life have ever come back alive," someone warned.

Roger's eyes, however, were full of interest.

The crew members looked at each other helplessly.

Oh no, the captain's craving is kicking in.

Rayleigh advised, "Let's wait until we're about to die of old age before we go there. The starry sky is so vast, it's still too early now."

Roger nodded vaguely, then suddenly staggered, his face contorted in pain, and he shouted:

"Who?! Who's speaking?!"

Rayleigh quickly helped him up, and the crew members became wary. "Who? Enemies?!"

“No, no.” The old crewman Jabba stepped forward solemnly: “Roger, you are again…”

Roger rubbed his temple, staring intently at the darkness directly beneath Tianlong Star, and said, "There's something there, beckoning me to come over!"

Chapter 255 Infiltrating the Demon Suppression Prison

"what--"

The endless, shrill screams echoed like demons from hell, enough to terrify anyone who heard them.

In a cell, a demon man is suspended in mid-air by a grappling hook. Beside him, two mechanical beings are slowly cutting into his ankles with high-speed spinning chainsaws. Fragments of flesh and bone splatter along with blood, and a nauseating aroma of meat and stench fills the air.

Sweat poured down like rain.

Only after his legs were sawed off did he contort his face and let out a dying gasp, before quickly letting out another shrill scream.

"Ah—you bastard—"

The chainsaw was moved up and sawed off the lower leg.

Layer by layer, until his legs were sawed off, the demon man was barely breathing. Only then did the two machine men disassemble him and expertly toss him onto a conveyor belt, sending him away from the cell for treatment.