The boy was in a warm place, wrapped in something soft. Although he felt as if he had had a happy dream, he had forgotten its content.

As consciousness slowly returns—

"Where is this?"

He sat up from the bed, looked around, and found that there were tables and chairs in the room, bookshelves with many books, a fish tank with goldfish swimming in it, and a magnificent fireplace with a burning flame.

(This is... I seem to have been taken to someone's bedroom...)

While the boy was still immersed in thinking, the door opened with a creaking sound.

"Oh, are you finally awake?"

A strange man walked in carrying a tray with a bowl of soup. He must be in his thirties, wearing a dark green cloak and a red square tattoo on the left side of his face. He looked extremely ferocious. His short black hair was combed on top of

From behind, the expression is ferocious.

But what surprised the young man the most was that this man had no eyebrows.

(How come he has no eyebrows! This person!)

Of course, for a young man, this kind of thing is fine no matter what. The question is who this guy is...

(Thanks to Colonel Malvern for finally holding back the robed masked man and fighting with him, I was able to escape. But...if it is true as he said, the World Government will do whatever it takes before the fruit of the operation is found.

Search the area...)

(I should have been offered a very high reward. After all, Colonel Malvern also said that the fruit of the operation is worth more than 10 billion Baileys...)

(So ​​the vicious man in front of me who looks like a bounty hunter has probably contacted the navy and is waiting for them to come here...)

When the vigilant young man was thinking this in his mind, the man suddenly said:

"You must be hungry, right?"

After saying that, before waiting for the boy to answer, the man walked closer to him and placed the soup beside the bed. The fragrant smell immediately stimulated the boy's nose, and he couldn't help but make a gurgling sound in his throat.

In the past few days, the boy had not eaten anything, and his crazy hunger made him want to wolf down this bowl of soup right now.

However, reason finally defeated appetite - the boy did not touch the bowl of soup, but took the knife in his hand and went around the man's back in an instant. He strangled the man's neck with his left arm and held the knife against it.

Hold the opponent's throat.

"Who are you? What's your purpose?!"

Although his physical strength has not recovered much, if he strikes first, even this man will not be able to resist.

With this idea in mind, the young man was ready to ask the other party's purpose. However, the man did not panic at all.

“Nice reaction!”

"ah!"

In the blink of an eye, the boy's body flew into the air, and he was suddenly picked up from the ground and thrown onto the bed.

(What's going on, what happened?!)

"Although you are very courageous, kid, when the strength gap between the two sides reaches a certain level, it is undoubtedly suicide to act rashly! Stupid!"

(...It seemed like I was thrown out in an instant by the man in front of me...Although I was indeed a weak kid, and he seemed very strong, when I got along with Colonel Malvern, he was clearly a professor.

I have so many powerful fighting skills...I must have been careless just now!)

The young man quickly stood up and confronted the man head-on. In order not to lose in terms of momentum, he tried his best to open his eyes wide and glare at the man fiercely.

"It's so violent, just like the eyes of a beast..."

The man said so.

He had no intention of attacking the young man, but picked up the soup bowl and spoon on his own, and then walked towards the young man calmly.

"If I were you, I would definitely seize any opportunity to restore my physical strength. In this way, if the enemy wants to attack, I can have the strength to resist... But then again, you should know very well that if I have any intention to you,

If you are hostile, you have no chance to talk to me soberly now."

"Eat it while it's hot, it won't be good if it's cold."

(It seems delicious...)

The boy's eyes were fixed on the bowl of hot brown soup. Whether it was the chicken or beef in the soup, or the various colorful vegetables, they were all stimulating his appetite.

But——the young man was still very scared.

(Although what this man said makes sense, he may have given me sleeping pills to make me fall asleep again. The time before the people from the World Government or the Navy arrive is unknown... After all, I have already eaten the fruit of the operation.

Yeah, the living me is more valuable than the dead me...)

(How could I still be careless? How could I let down my guard!)

"I will never take a sip of your soup!"

"It's too easy to judge. The look in your eyes...you're wondering if I've put something strange in there, or if I have ill intentions towards you...how should I put it, I've seen too many things, and I can't do it again like you."

People who believe in others..."

The young man did not answer the man's words. He was weak and scared and tried his best not to look away from the man. As a result, the man was right in front of him, raising the bowl of soup to his mouth - one mouthful, two mouthfuls,

Sipping the soup with great enjoyment.

"Although I haven't cooked soup for many years, my cooking skills haven't seemed to have deteriorated yet. I can still cook navy curry... So, you know I didn't put poison in it... Don't think about it.

No matter what, I am not your enemy. Although I have betrayed justice, I have not degenerated into playing tricks with a kid who is about to die."

With that said, the man once again handed the bowl of soup to the young man, not caring whether the young man would suddenly become violent.

The young man subconsciously held the spoon with his left hand, while still holding the knife in his right hand and facing the man, he took a gentle sip of the soup.

Suddenly, his mouth was filled with the delicious flavor of the soup, and the young man felt that his whole body was nourished by nutrients.

When he came back to his senses, he had already started crying - the soup was delicious and warm, and he felt like he had been saved... So many emotions were mixed together, and the young man felt so sorry for himself that he burst into tears.

"Damn it...so...it smells so good!"

After the first sip, he couldn't stop. The boy put the knife next to him, wolfed down the meat and vegetables, and drank the soup in one gulp without leaving a drop.

I don't know whether it was because he was too hungry or because of psychological effects, but the boy always felt that it was something more precious than all the dishes he had tasted so far.

"It seems that the cartoon called "The Master Chef" published in the World Economic News is indeed right. Delicious food is something that can bring happiness to people..."

The man smiled and said, "Give me the bowl when you're done eating, and I'll give you another bowl of soup."

…

After drinking the broth and regaining some strength, the boy followed the man's instructions and walked into the bathroom. The boy couldn't remember how long ago it was the last time he had such a pleasant and comfortable bath. After all, he was

For a few days, he only had the memory of driving in the heavy snow to find the "next door town". For the first time, he realized how comfortable it was to soak in hot water after eating a full meal.

"ah……"

While washing his body, the young man noticed the huge changes in his body in the mirror.

"It's gone...the skin that turned white due to the aphrodisiac has returned to its original appearance..."

The young man's eyes widened and he patted his face in disbelief, finally convinced that his illness had been cured.

A sense of security that he had not felt for many, many years, that he no longer had to worry about getting sick, suddenly came to his heart and made his nose feel sore.

After calming down his excited and complicated mood, the boy relaxed his muscles and concentrated on enjoying the feeling of being warmed by the hot water. After walking out of the bathroom, he found that the man had prepared a change of clothes for him.

"The clothes I brought to this stronghold must be too big for you, but there is no other choice at the moment. Just go with the big ones. It's better than being naked or wearing torn clothes and getting cold."

After putting on enough clothes to hold two or three of themselves, the boy and the man sat on chairs respectively, facing each other. But at this time, the atmosphere of tense swords and crossbows was no longer in the air - to be precise

It is said that the young man did not know when he lifted his guard against men.

"I said..."

"What?"

"Did you save me? You don't look like an ordinary person..."

"It is true that I saved you, and I am indeed not an ordinary person."

The man replied calmly.

"..."

The young man didn't know how to answer the question for a moment. After hesitating for a moment, he still said with great embarrassment: "Since you saved me, I think I still want to thank you..."

"When thanking someone, it's best to introduce yourself, kid."

The man raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"Stop calling me a brat, Trafalgar D. Vatier Law, that's my name!"

After Luo said this, he immediately felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere - the ferocious-looking man was staring at him with an extremely serious and scary look. The aura exuded by him was even stronger than what Luo had ever seen dealing with pirates.

Colonel Malvern is even more terrifying.

"Trafalgar D. Vatiel Rowe, is this your name? Your parents gave it to you?"

"Um……"

Luo replied at a loss - the man's attitude and mood completely changed after his self-introduction.
To be continued...