"That's the way it is..."
Hancock sat there with his eyes lowered and biting his lip. The empress was no longer as domineering as before. The depth of her eyes showed pain, which was a past that could not be forgotten no matter what.
Nami fell silent.
Her past was painful. She lost her home since she was a child and became an orphan. After meeting her adoptive mother Berumel, she suffered misfortune caused by the fish-man Aaron.
If she hadn't met Ron, she couldn't imagine what her life would be like now. Maybe she would still be threatened by Aaron with the lives of villagers and work for Aaron in a daze.
But compared with her past, Hancock's past was even more painful.
Nami didn't know much about the cruelty of the Celestial Dragons, but she could also understand from Hancock's words what kind of life the slaves in the Holy Land lived.
"I thought my past was already very painful, but I didn't expect you to have a past that is even more difficult to look back on..."
Nami looked at Hancock and sighed.
Hancock raised his head and said: "So we must keep this secret at all costs, and we are never willing to go back to the past..."
"Will not."
Nami comforted Hancock and said, "Now you are the Shichibukai and the Pirate Empress. You are powerful enough and have already broken free from that past."
Hancock looked at Nami. She was a little hesitant and wanted to ask Nami if she would look down on them who were once slaves, but she didn't ask when Nami's eyes caught her.
This question should go without asking.
She told Nami about her past, and Nami also told Hancock about her past. Although she was much better than Hancock and was not a slave, she was actually dominated by the fish-man Aaron during that time. With.
He also had a past of being dominated by others, he also had great strength, he also had magnanimity and courage... At this moment, Hancock finally regarded Nami as a companion.
And Nami, too, understood that Hancock was not as domineering and indifferent as he appeared. In fact, those were just disguises to hide the pain deep in his heart, and the barrier between him and Hancock disappeared. .
"correct."
Nami and Hancock were immersed in each other's past. After a while, she suddenly thought of something. She raised her head and looked at Hancock and said, "Can you show me that brand again?"
"Um… "
Hancock nodded, took off his shirt, and turned his back to Nami.
Nami looked at the hoof of the Sky Soaring Dragon on Hancock's back with a thoughtful expression. She slowly stretched out her hand and touched it lightly.
This mark was obviously Hancock's most vulnerable point. The moment he was touched by Nami's fingers, his body trembled and he involuntarily moved forward.
Nami did not continue to touch, but withdrew her finger and fell into deep thought. After a few seconds, she said: "Hancock, there may be a way to eliminate this mark..."
"Huh? Really?!"
Hancock turned around and looked at Nami in shock, a little unbelievable.
This is a mark created by the Tianlong people using unknown abilities. Even if this piece of skin is cut off, the skin that grows back will still have this mark, and it cannot be removed no matter what method is used.
She searched for many ways and tried many methods, but all failed, unable to do anything about this shameful mark.
"Well, I'm a little sure."
Nami nodded and said: "In our guild, the director of the medical department, Manxili, is a healing fruit user and also masters healing magic. Although she can't make a broken arm grow back, she can. Ordinary wounds can still heal faster."
Hearing Nami's words, Hancock's eyes lit up.
Although she was not sure whether it could be removed, the healing fruit user, which she had never encountered before, might be able to remove the mark on her back.
Although eliminating this mark does not mean that the painful past can be erased, at least the secret of being a slave can be concealed forever, and no one will know it anymore.
"It's okay to have a little bit of hope..."
Hancock and Sandasonia all looked at Nami. She pursed her lips and said, "I never think about getting rid of this shameful mark..."
Seeing Hancock's appearance, Nami hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Even if Manxulli can't do it, the president should be able to do it."
She knew that Ron had the flesh magic to control flesh and blood, and Ron was in her spiritual world now, but she was hesitant to ask Ron for help.
Forget it Manxili, the princess of the little human race.
Ron was a man, and Hancock would probably not be able to accept Ron's treatment. Nami knew very well the extent to which Hancock's dislike of men had reached.
"President?"
Hancock was slightly startled, Ron's figure appeared in his mind, and said: "That man?"
Nami nodded and said: "The president is a very good person and will never discriminate against anyone because of the past... But if you can't accept it, forget it."
Hancock hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "If this mark can really be eliminated, I can accept anything..."
Nami let out a sigh of relief.
In order to eliminate the stigma on his back, he was able to suppress even his extreme hatred of men. This shows how much Hancock wanted to eliminate that painful past and history.
In fact, the truth is slightly different from what Nami thought. Hancock had already met Ron, more than once, and he also knew about Ron's magnanimity and courage. He was one of the few people who could make her not hesitate. One of the men I find disgusting.
Although she is not particularly disgusted by him, if the mark on her back can be removed, then her grudge will naturally not be that great.
Just when Nami was hesitating to call Ron, or wait until Ron recovered from deep meditation to discuss the matter with Ron, Ron's voice appeared in her mind.
"How many days have passed?"
Nami was stunned for a moment, and quickly responded with her mind: "Fourteen days."
"oh."
Ron's thoughts seemed to be still raw, but as time passed, it was as if the gears began to turn, the condensed mass shrank, and the soul like the pale golden sun began to stretch.
After fourteen days of deep meditation practice, Ron could feel that his mental attributes had improved by at least 6 points, and the total mental attributes should have reached about 408 points.
"Are you still on Nine Snake Island?"
Ron asked Nami, while looking out mentally.
"Um... Oh, wait!"
Nami responded subconsciously, but then she reacted and couldn't help shouting to stop it, not only in her mind, but also directly shouted out to the outside world.
But her stop was still a little slow.
Ron's mental perspective has been explored, passing through the entire palace, taking in all the conditions in the palace, and paused for a moment.
(End of chapter)