Chapter 214: Revolutionary Army’s Dragon
Alucard wasn’t concerned about his identity being exposed. Not only did Hancock and her sisters try their best to hide their own identities, but who would believe something told by a slave?
The great pirate Alucard didn’t actually escape after the battle in Mariejois but instead disguised himself as the Celestial Dragon "Saint Aptheim" and was enjoying life in the Mariejois palace?
No one would believe such a thing.
If Hancock and her sisters were to say it, they would only be putting themselves in danger.
After learning Alucard’s true identity, the atmosphere between the four of them changed slightly. Although Alucard was not soft on the three Hancock sisters, he still used them like dogs and sometimes played with them like last time. In a word, Alucard treated them as "toys."
But it had to be said that compared to the other Celestial Dragons, Alucard’s methods seemed much more "merciful."
The one who changed the most was Hancock. After being bitten by Alucard and becoming a Draculina, she would almost always do whatever he asked. This was not the same as a normal slave’s flattery to please their master in order to survive. It was a different kind of relationship that Marigold and Sandersonia couldn’t quite put their finger on.
Four months passed like this, and then, all of a sudden, Alucard discovered something. He found a treasure trove in Saint Aptheim’s palace warehouse. Besides all kinds of expensive jewels and antiques, there was one thing that caught Alucard’s attention. Inside a box were three Devil Fruits. The one in the middle, a heart-shaped, pink, cherry-like Devil Fruit, was especially eye-catching.
"Oh... is this...?" Although Alucard wasn’t that knowledgeable about Devil Fruits, this pink, heart-shaped Devil Fruit was exceptionally beautiful and didn’t have the strange appearance of other mutated fruits. In terms of beauty, it was definitely the best among the Devil Fruits.
"So what would happen if I made her eat this?" Alucard looked at the two banana-shaped Devil Fruits next to it, which were clearly Zoan types, and said to himself with a mischievous smile.
What would happen if he made Hancock eat a Zoan-type Devil Fruit? He was looking forward to it. But after thinking about it, Alucard decided to abandon the idea. It was a rare moment of mercy. Even though Hancock had not yet fully matured, wasn’t it better to keep beautiful things as they were for a while longer?
"Hancock." Alucard walked out of the warehouse. As soon as Hancock heard Alucard call her name, she quickly came forward and respectfully said, "M-Master, do you have any orders?"
Alucard handed the pink, heart-shaped Devil Fruit to Hancock. "Eat it."
At this time, Sandersonia and Marigold also came up. Alucard threw the other two Zoan-type Devil Fruits to them.
"Is this... a Devil Fruit?" Sandersonia said, staring blankly at the banana-shaped Devil Fruit in her hand.
Crunch!
Suddenly, Sandersonia and Marigold heard a crunching sound. They looked up and saw that Hancock had already taken a bite of the one in her hand. When the juice of the fruit flowed into her mouth, Hancock’s small face was contorted in disgust. This thing was too disgusting to eat!
"That’s enough." Seeing Hancock take a bite, Alucard stopped her. With Hancock taking the lead, Sandersonia and Marigold didn’t hesitate and swallowed a bite of the fruits in their hands.
Pere pere pere...
At that moment, the platinum Den Den Mushi on the mahogany table rang. It was an item that only Celestial Dragons could use. When it rang, there were only two possibilities. One was for communication between Celestial Dragons, and the other was when the higher-ups wanted to gather the Celestial Dragons to discuss a matter, and it was definitely a major one.
"Aptheim-sei, please come to the meeting hall on the top floor immediately. Something big has happened." As soon as Alucard picked up the receiver of the platinum Den Den Mushi, he heard an anxious voice from the other side.
"M-Master?" Hancock had slightly recovered from the terrible taste of the Devil Fruit and asked softly.
"Stay here. But feel free to run away if you want to." Alucard turned and walked out the door. The second before he opened the door, the Blacklight Virus, under Alucard’s conscious control, changed his body back into the appearance of "Saint Aptheim."
"Onee-sama, what... what does Alucard-sama want to do?" Sandersonia thought for a moment before finally saying the word "sama."
"I don’t know," Hancock said softly, biting her lower lip. "But I know that only by following him can we survive."
"Even without seeing him fight, I can still feel how terrifying he is," Marigold said with lingering fear. "To play the World Government and the Celestial Dragons like this..."
Alucard was definitely the pirate the Government and the Celestial Dragons wanted to eliminate the most, but no one could have ever imagined that he had been staying in Mariejois all this time. This kind of intelligence, even without great strength, was enough to command respect.
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In the meeting room, Alucard, in the form of "Saint Aptheim," sat in a large high-backed chair at the round table. Saint Rosward and Saint Hadilly, whom he knew, were both there, but the other person, Saint Mjosgard, whom Alucard was more familiar with, was not. Besides them, there were more than a dozen other heads of Celestial Dragon families.
An old Celestial Dragon with a long, silvery-white beard, who was sitting directly across from Alucard at the round table, stood up. He held a photo in his right hand and said, "I called all of you here for this person in the photo."
Alucard’s eyes narrowed. He looked at the photo. It was a man, about twenty-five to thirty-five years old, with an extremely fierce look in his eyes.
"His name is Dragon. He took over the position of Supreme Commander of the Revolutionary Army a while ago, and now he is opposing us."
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