The Great Voyage Begins with the Celestial Dragons

Feeling bored, Luther crouched down and met Robin's gaze, who was still uneasy. Suddenly, he made a face at Robin.

"Wow!"

Robin was so frightened that he took two steps back and fell to the ground with a thud.

But when she saw the mischievous grin on Luther's face, she quickly got up and gave Luther a funny face in return.

"Haha, come over here, I have some candy."

Luther flipped his hand, and a bright red candy appeared in his palm.

Hearing this, Robin, slightly pleased, looked into Luther's palm, but upon seeing the fiery red candy, she let out a soft snort:

"You're lying! This is clearly Jue Wei chili candy! It'll make your mouth breathe fire!"

"Oh my, that's scary! You actually know him! Is he Tang?"

Speaking in a smug Borsalino accent, Luther grinned as he looked at Robin.

If you don't tease her when she's a little girl, you won't have the chance when she grows up.

“No way, Mom told me not to accept anything from strangers.” Robin glanced at Luther.

“Hahaha, I know your mother very well, we’re not strangers,” Luther laughed.

"Hmph, you're a bad guy anyway!"

Robin covered his ears with both hands, giving her a look that said, "I'm not listening to your nonsense."

She adapted much faster than Olvia; compared to her own tragic childhood, life on these genius warships seemed like a fairytale.

You don't have to wash dishes or clean up after meals, you don't have to do laundry for others, and you don't have to work hard wiping places...

Most importantly, I can stay with my mom all the time.

All of these factors combined actually made Robin feel much more favorably toward Luther and the others.

Seeing this, Luther smiled and ruffled Robin's hair.

Seeing that Olvia had thought it through, Luther stopped teasing Robin and slowly stood up.

"Have you made up your mind, Ms. Olvia?"

Olvia looked at Luther with a complicated expression; she still couldn't figure out what Luther was going to do.

She had seen Luther and Robin playing around.

This was her first time personally encountering a Celestial Dragon, and the person was truly vastly different from the rumored image of someone who was utterly wicked.

At least based on what we've just seen, Luther doesn't seem likely to do anything to Robin.

This is undoubtedly a good thing for her.

Whatever Luther's intentions were towards her, she could satisfy them.

This can be seen as her compensation to Robin, the incompetent mother she was.

"I've thought it through. I want Robin to live a happy life," Olvia replied with a smile.

After speaking her mind, she felt much more at ease.

"Living happily, what about that kind of requirement..."

Faced with this request, Luther looked rather troubled.

Seeing Luther's behavior, Gion, who had been standing by the door holding Kinpira, couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Her agreement with Luther's ideas did not mean she approved of his behavior.

Every time Luther makes that face, it means he's about to start deceiving people.

The same thing has happened to me countless times.

Although Gion always warned herself not to trust Luther, she would always unconsciously fall into his trap whenever she saw his genuine performance.

It now seems that Olvia will soon follow in her footsteps.

Gion glanced at Olivia's CP0 outfit and pouted in dissatisfaction.

Now that he's all dressed up, how far is it from officially becoming a CP0?

O man!

Seeing Luther's apparent difficulty, Olvia became somewhat anxious:

"Your Highness, such a request shouldn't be too much to ask..."

“Ms. Olvia, it is extremely difficult to live well in this terrible world…” Luther said with a melancholy expression.

"Uh..."

Olvia opened her mouth, but remembering what she had seen and heard while adrift at sea, she lowered her head with a sense of guilt:

"sorry."

"Ah, there's nothing to apologize for."

When Luther saw Olvia in this state, his tone carried a hint of nervousness:

"That's not what you think. I was just reflecting that even I'm not as carefree as you think."

"You're a Celestial Dragon!" Olvia exclaimed in disbelief.

Celestial Dragons are born at the pinnacle of this world, so how could they possibly have any worries?

"Celestial Dragons are human too, Olvia. Would you like to hear a story?"

Luther sighed softly, picked up the wine bottle on the table, and filled his glass with wine.

“I’d love to hear it.”

Olvia said softly, and she could see a sense of an ordinary person in Luther now.

Not only Olvia, but even Gion was intrigued when she saw Luther's appearance, eager to hear about Luther's personal experiences.

At this moment, she seemed to have forgotten that she had just sworn never to believe Luther again.

"That's a story that happened more than ten years ago."

Luther took a sip of his drink and slowly began to recount his personal experiences.

"Fifteen years ago, a boy was born into this world. His birth was extremely noble because his family was one of the 19 most powerful families in the world. He was born to be the most supreme person in the world, or at least most people thought so."

"As the boy grew older, he began to act strangely. He discovered that his family seemed different from ordinary people, as if they were somewhat mentally unstable..."

"My eldest uncle clamored to leave the family and abandon his nobility to live the life of an ordinary person, while my parents just laughed foolishly every day, and my third uncle kept shouting that he wanted to capture people and make them slaves."

"Although my family found it strange, the days went by like this until a major event happened."

"About ten years ago, my uncle's family left the clan and became ordinary people they had always longed to be. From the moment they left the clan, they became a laughing stock, and everyone attacked them with the most vicious words."

"As it turns out, the other family members were right. My uncle's family had a miserable life outside and was bullied by everyone."

"My uncle had considered coming back, but the boy's third uncle refused and ridiculed my uncle's family."

"After the boy's uncle's family left in despair, his aunt soon fell ill and died, leaving only his uncle and two sons behind."

"But just then, another tragedy struck the boy's family: his mentally challenged parents passed away. The boy was only six years old at the time."

"Two years later, another shocking thing happened. My uncle's eldest son shot his father and returned to the family with his head, asking the family to take it in."

"Such behavior was naturally not accepted, and their family had long been expelled from the clan. Both the third uncle's family and the boy firmly opposed the eldest son's return to the clan."

"The eldest son left the family with hatred in his heart. Not long after, the boy received news that his third uncle and aunt had died in a storm. At that time, he did not understand."

"The boy grew up like this, until he was 15 years old, when another major event occurred: the butler who had been by his side since childhood was killed for some unusual reason."

"This time, the boy completely erupted, and he began to show his fangs."

"It was then that he realized the butler's death seemed to be deliberately orchestrated, and the culprits were 18 other families of the same level as the boy's..."

Chapter 18: Recognition from Olvia

Luther took another sip of red wine, his eyes narrowing slightly, and continued the story from the previous paragraph:

"Because the boy's enemy was incredibly powerful, in order to no longer be bullied, the boy chose to stand up and shoulder the burden of his family."

"His first step was to make his name known throughout the world. Only in this way could he gather more people and stop being bullied."

Luther's voice abruptly stopped at this point in the story.

But Gion and Olvia, as listeners, knew that the story had already ended there.

That man used a Buster Call to make his name resound throughout the seas, plunging the world once again into fear of the Celestial Dragons' dominance.

After hearing the story, Gion and Olvia had very mixed feelings.

They never imagined that Luther's past was like this.

Even Luther, a Celestial Dragon, grew up in such a harsh environment. Is there any pure land left in this world...?

Unconsciously, the same question arose in their minds at the same time.

"What a strong boy. Anyone else would have given up long ago," Olvia said with a forced smile, though her heart was heavy.

"Who knows? But as things stand, that boy seems to be doing well."

Luther smiled, as if the boy was not him at all.

In fact, if he hadn't time-traveled, the boy would have died at 15, and the Don Quixote family would have been inherited by his lucky cousin.

It was because of his arrival that a series of changes occurred.

This was also the first time he publicly revealed the original owner's story, the experience of a pitiful person.

It wasn't to gain sympathy, but to express his attitude.

In front of those he truly values, he will drop his pretense and treat them with sincerity.

Aside from time travel, there's nothing that can't be said.

Meeting the different gazes of Gion and Olvia, Luther smiled and opened his arms, his eyes lingering on Gion for a moment:

"And what's more, that boy has also found someone he likes."

Meeting Luther's ambiguous gaze, Gion rolled her eyes in annoyance.