About twenty minutes later, on the beach far away from the Nine Snakes Palace, Gawain held a small broken sword in his hand and looked solemnly towards the sea.
Behind him, Hancock tangled his hands together. She lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Gawain's back, but she couldn't help but take a glance occasionally.
Further away, Big Bear was holding a notebook and pen in his hand, as if he was ready to take shorthand at any time.
Somehow, he always felt that Lord Gawain was about to say something shocking.
And in this silence, Gawain turned his back to Hancock and said.
"Boya Hancock."
Hearing this, Hancock was slightly stunned, because after three months of contact, Gawain rarely called her by her full name.
"I am right behind you, Lord Gawain..."
Hancock responded nervously but happily.
Listening to Hancock's voice, Gawain pursed his lips and asked.
"Do you... like your attitude towards me now?"
"Um?"
Hancock was stunned. What did the adult ask? He asked me if I liked him?
This, this, this...is this a confession?!!
In an instant, Hancock lowered his head slightly, and Princess Che blocked her eyes, but it was visible to the naked eye that the pink aura was gathering on Hancock.
At this moment, Gawain continued to speak, and he suddenly said.
"Maybe you really like your attitude towards me, because I know that you can't find any unhappiness or sadness from me now.
But, have you ever thought about what caused you to look like this?"
Hearing this, Hancock's eyes changed slightly. She raised her head again and looked at Gawain with a blushing face.
"Lord Gawain is caring about me, wuwuwu, you are actually caring about me~~~!"
"Ha... I'm really very sick!"
Gawain frowned and shook his head, then he finally turned around, and after seeing Hancock's helpless look with his own eyes, Gawain held the sword in both hands and said coldly.
"Let me communicate with you in another way, let me speak more clearly!
I don’t like the way you look now!”
"You...concubine...me...?!!"
Hancock's eyes suddenly widened, she looked at Gawain in disbelief, and shouted.
"How can there be a man like Lord Gawain in the world? He has fallen, he has really fallen.
Even if you say something disgusting about me, your aloof look is so attractive!"
"stop!"
Gawain almost choked on his own breath. He pulled out the sword fiercely and nailed it to the ground.
"Your problem is much more serious than I thought. I have never seen Stockholm Syndrome, but your symptoms are really a bit too comprehensive!
Even if I want to persuade you, I originally didn't want to say anything to hurt you. After all, no matter what, being liked by others is always a happy thing.
How happy it would be to be resolutely chosen by someone in your lifetime!
But I'm not happy with the way you chose me."
At this point, Gawain frowned, his pupils tightened, and then he suddenly cursed.
"Kneel down!"
The moment this word reached Hancock's ears, Hancock finally stiffened.
At this moment, countless memories flashed through her mind.
Her knees bent involuntarily, and Hancock no longer had the pink breath. She plopped and knelt on the ground in despair.
Looking at the lifeless Hancock, Gawain took a deep breath. As a time traveler with normal views, what he was going to say next would make even him feel sick.
But he still said it seriously.
"After all, I don't want to talk to this point, but for you, I really don't want you to stay like a yes-man and be stupid!
So, Boya Hancock, look up and see who I really am!
Am I the Gao Wen in your eyes who inspires your emotions at all times, or am I the most untouchable shadow in your heart, the Celestial Dragon!
If you still can’t see clearly, then I will let you completely recall your identity, slave!”
…
Click, click….
Hancock knelt on the beach, her eyes slightly opened helplessly, tears started from the corners of her eyes, ran down her beautiful cheeks, crossed her unconsciously slightly opened lips, and fell on the back of her own hands.
She was seen holding the sea sand with both hands, her shoulders completely slumped, and her breathing became more and more rapid. Until the last moment, she finally seemed to remember something and said to Gawain intermittently.
"Great... great Lord Tianlong, I will work hard...
I can wash my clothes, I can push the sidewalk carefully, and even if it is a devil fruit, I will not find it unpleasant.
I won't do anything wrong, and I won't cry.
I will never cry again..."
Hancock's hands completely lost the power to support her, and she threw herself on the sand, rubbing her face into the sand.
After all, as long as the tears are stained and leave our cheeks, we will always think that we have not cried.
On the side, looking at Hancock who was sobbing quietly, Gawain took a deep breath.
He didn't know how to describe his mood at this moment.
I'm sorry for his misfortune, and I'm angry that he doesn't fight!
Then, Gawain, who was feeling heavy, sighed.
"I thought that if I reminded you of my identity, maybe your... morbid attachment to me could be alleviated a little.
I thought that at this time, you might forget your so-called love for me, but regain the domineering lust in your heart, and let me see the true style of the Pirate Empress.
but you……."
Speaking of this, Gawain scolded dissatisfiedly.
"You are just a slave after all, Hancock. From the first time I saw you, you have remained abnormal!
I really can't understand why the domineering color blooms in you. I thought that hatred would be enough to overwhelm your shadow and let you know how to be a normal person, but you can't!
Although even if you are abnormal, I can take advantage of your dependence on me, make you my strength, and even let you sleep in my bed.
But I am me after all, I am Gawain after all!
so……."
Gawain suddenly squatted down, stretched out his hand, and grabbed Hancock's hair.
Holding her long hair and suddenly pulling her head out of the soil, Gawain approached Hancock's stiff face. Facing the face covered with gravel and tears, Gawain said coldly.
"Listen, slave, inferior, untouchable, trash, these are all adjectives that have been burdened on you.
They are just adjectives!
But if you can't take the initiative to lift your head, straighten your knees!
Then no outsider can help you, and you can only kneel down forever, and the adjectives will be everything to you!
Now, listen carefully, I will bring you another possibility.
From the moment I leave Nine Snakes Island tonight, the demon-slaying order will come to your country. I will let you kneel on the bow of my ship to witness it all. I will even let you fire the cannon yourself!
Blood will eventually stain every inch of the beach you see, but you can't resist because you are always kneeling there and refuse to get up. You just want to escape, but you won't resist!"
After the words fell, Gawain stared at Hancock's eyes, but who would have thought that Hancock's dead eyes still didn't change at all...
This makes Gawain find it puzzling. What she cares about most is not her country?
"Don't forget, you have two younger sisters, how do you think your master will treat them?
You are slaves, especially slaves who bear the hoofprints of the Celestial Dragons. Even among countless slaves, you are the lowest existence!
Even if you want to improve your life by climbing into the bed of a Draco, as long as you still carry that hoofprint, no Draco will touch you who are so humble to the core!
Your role is to be a real plaything, to please the Celestial Dragons at the cost of your life, a toy that is worse than even a dead thing!
If you kill your two sisters yourself, your expression will be very interesting, slave!"
While continuing to intensify the stimulation, Gawain frowned more and more. Hancock remained the same as before, without any change, so his sister and his humble status in the past were not the things she cared about most!
Suddenly, Gawain finally remembered something.
So Gawain grabbed Hancock's hair and continued to curse at those extremely dark eyes.
"The most important thing is that you actually dared to escape while the fishmen were causing trouble, and you actually got the stupid title of the so-called Pirate Empress!
I will hang you on the bow of my boat, and I will let everyone in the world see the Tianlong hoof prints on your back!
On that day, everyone in the world will know that the so-called pirate empress they talk about was just a goddess from the beginning..."
boom!!!!!
At this moment, a fierce overlord color suddenly burst out from Hancock's shrinking pupils, and the sand dust raised by the overlord color instantly covered Gawain's eyes!
Before he learned how to see and hear, it was difficult for Gawain to see clearly. So the next moment, a hand grabbed his neck and pulled him violently towards the beach!
On the side, Big Bear, who was already extremely shocked, suddenly showed an expression that could be even more shocked!
Then he quickly raised his hand and struck Hancock with a palm, all his hair flying into the air.
But just before the big bear was about to hit Hancock, Gawain suddenly laughed.
"Stop it, Big Bear!
Haha, Hancock, that's it, I found the key to your heart!
I should have thought that you are one of the most ruthless people in the pirate world. Whether it is your sisters or your people, maybe they do have a place in your heart, but they have always been just a part of you. , and it’s still a small part!
Yes, haha, you are the owner of the domineering and domineering spirit, and you are the type of person who has been identified by this sea and is qualified to become a king!
Except for the so-called hot-blooded idiots, which king in this world would define the status of anyone else above himself!
What you fear most is not everything else, what you fear most is just being looked down upon by the world!!!"
While roaring, Gawain raised the corners of his mouth excitedly.
In his eyes, there was endless anger and unwillingness burning behind Hancock at this time, and all those thoughts were mixed in her overbearing look, and even more entangled in the black and pink lightning that was constantly forming and quickly disintegrating!
Seeing Hancock like this, Gawain no longer looked as ferocious as before. While trying to breathe, he gently stretched out his hands and gently held Hancock's cheek with his palms.
"Now, have you found yourself again?"
"Shut up and take your hands away from Yijia!"
Hancock gasped heavily. She held Gawain's neck with her left hand, clenched her fist tightly with her right hand, and looked at Gawain indifferently.
As for Gawain, he held Hancock's cheek tenderly, smiling as he endured the increasingly difficult feeling of breathing.
While trying his best to breathe, Gawain said to Hancock with a difficult smile.
"Remember my words, you have to find your true self, rather than stepping out of the shadows into another abyss!
You should be angry and painful, because you, who should have been free, lost your freedom for four whole years because of my people.
But the past is a foregone conclusion, but everything now still determines your future, so you can’t get lost!”
As he finished speaking, Gawain's breathing became increasingly difficult, and he was out of breath.
So, facing Hancock's cold but extremely beautiful eyes, Gawain finally said.
"Big Bear, Hancock has a tattoo on the skin on his back.
Your flesh ball fruit can even fly away unrealistic things like pain and fatigue.
So, go ahead and shoot that damn pattern off Hancock’s back!”
"you……?!!"
Even though he was almost lost in hatred and shadow, Hancock was still stunned after hearing Gawain's sudden words.
While she was dazed, Gawain tried his best to break free from Hancock's hand, but when Hancock felt the approach of the big bear, she immediately wanted to run away.
She would rather not eliminate the Tianlong hoofprints, and her instinct is not to let others know the existence of the hoofprints. This is Hancock's pride!
She doesn't want to be underestimated by anyone!
But at the moment Hancock was about to dodge, Gawain suddenly opened his hands.
He knelt on one knee on the messy beach and hugged Hancock into his arms.
At the same time, Big Bear also came behind Hancock. He stretched out his right hand and slapped Hancock on the back through the cloak and silk clothes on his upper body.
Suddenly, a small meatball-shaped air ball flew out from Hancock's chest and landed on the beach between her and Gawain.
The cat's claw-shaped air mass hit the beach and then shattered. Then, the aged pigment in the air mass left a shallow Tianlong hoofprint on the sand.
Gawain suddenly felt that Hancock's body was shaking completely. She was shaking harder and harder, and tears quickly fell from the corners of her eyes.
So Gawain tightened the woman in his arms, and then he whispered into Hancock's ear.
"you're free."
"I am free……."
Hancock muttered tremblingly, and then she weakly raised her hands and hugged Gawain's shoulders and neck.
Hancock asked confusedly while crying softly.
"But you said that I was already free, but I just became free."
"Yes, you should have been free from the beginning, and delayed justice also becomes injustice.
But no matter what, we can't change your past, and I can only tell you to look forward.
I think if you look far enough, you should be able to see pursuits that are worth cheering up for. I believe you can be your true self, and that's exactly what I need from you."
While Gawain tried to persuade him, he gently let go of Hancock's body. He sat on the ground tiredly and rubbed his neck.
At this moment, Hancock, who was opposite him, tilted his head and let his hair fall to the side of his shoulders and neck, and she asked hesitantly.
"What pursuit? Do you mean pursuing you?"
"Haha, it's not impossible. If you completely return to normal, you still think I'm worthy...?!!"
thump!!!
Before Gawain could finish his teasing, Hancock had already pounced on him. Accompanied by the shy fleeing clouds in the sky, Hancock threw Gawain onto the beach.
Lying on Gawain's chest, Hancock's cheek pressed against Gawain's chest, feeling Gawain's increasingly rapid heartbeat, she said softly.
"I think you are worthy, and now, I no longer think you are unworthy!"
After the words fell, she lay quietly in Gawain's arms, saying nothing for a long time.
Gawain also didn't speak. He lay there hugging Hancock's delicate body, and at the same time looked at the clouds hiding in the sky.
Those clouds look a bit like deer jumping around, or more like wandering minds.
But the next second, when the surrounding environment became quieter and quieter, the rustling sound of writing broke into Gawain's ears.
Until this moment, Gawain finally thought of Big Bear, and he quickly sat up.
The moment he stood up, Hancock slipped into his arms. Hancock's pretty face was slightly red, looking in the direction of Gawain's eyes.
When they saw the big bear continuously recording something, they both stood up from the ground in an instant.
"Ahem, Big Bear, Hancock's matter is settled, let's go back.
Also, what have you been writing recently? Are you writing a novel?"
When Gawain asked, Big Bear was recording the words "Justice delayed is injustice."
While recording in a trance, Big Bear responded softly.
"Of course not, sir, I'm just recording something meaningful."
As he spoke, Big Bear was suddenly startled, and he suddenly thought of something.
It's all because a lot of what the Lord just said was too record-breaking, and he couldn't control it for a moment!