[One Piece] She comes from a private server

At dinner, Alicia had her favorite chocolate pudding, so she was not dissatisfied even if she listened to Katakuri's nagging.

"There are a lot of things tomorrow, and we will leave for Cake Island in the evening. According to the arrangement, the wedding will be at 12 noon the day after tomorrow. We will arrive there at around 4 a.m., but I need to see my mother first. I will let the guards take me there You go to the guest room to rest. So don’t make trouble for me anymore and stay calm."

"I got it, don't worry." Alicia glanced at the scattered blue dots on the mini-map. Her friends had successfully sneaked into Cake Island. She stared at Katakuri without blinking, trying to make her expression look sincere, "I will never cause trouble for you."

So on the next day, Alicia put a note on the dining table that said "I'm so bored, I went out to play, I'll come back before leaving in the evening~". While Katakuri was still enjoying afternoon tea at the rice cake house, she After installing the heart, he swaggered out of his house and was even in the mood to respond to the warm greetings of passers-by.

Cake Island, when Alicia arrived it was still too late. The sky has begun to darken, and Luffy and Nami are nowhere to be seen on the outskirts of the Forest of Temptation. There are only traces of the battle. Looking at the map, there are only five small blue dots. With Nami and Luffy, there should have been seven. It seems that the two of them have been captured by the Cracker Revenge Legion and imprisoned in the books of the Prisoner's Library.

Alicia stared at the blue dot that represented Sanji's slow movement on the mini-map, unable to look away.

On the other side, in the Cake Castle, Sanji was carrying the newly prepared dinner and the delicately packaged pink roses in his arms, heading from his guest room to his fiancée Brynn's room. Unfortunately, he was refused by the Homitz door on the grounds that the other party was busy. outside the door. He braved the falling rain and walked through the side door to the balcony outside Brynn's room. In the room, Brynn was face to face with his sister Reiju, showing a face that was completely different from what he expected.

"Hahaha! Stop dreaming! I married that gangster? How is that possible?!" Bryn's bangs covering her forehead were lifted to one side, revealing the third eye underneath, and the malice on her face was clearly visible. "I'm my mother's favorite daughter, especially my acting skills. It's easy to listen to my mother and deceive men, even the Straw Hats. The only ones who know my true nature are my family."

Sanji's eyes widened unconsciously in shock. What he saw before his eyes and what he heard with his ears was beyond his expectation.

"From the very beginning, mother's goal has been the clone army and your technological power. Everything in the Kingdom of Germa has stopped on our territory, and everything is within mother's plan..." Brynn faced the injury she had made. Reiju, who was stuck on the sofa with a bad expression, kept chattering, "We will kill all the Vinsmoke family at tomorrow's wedding."

"Hahahaha! The six members of the Vinsmoke family will be beaten into a hornet's nest tomorrow! The venue will be dyed blood red. Don't spill blood on the wedding cake when you die. Mom will be furious." Brynn fired a shot at the wall and showed off to Reiju without leaving any room, "Tomorrow is really worth looking forward to. Sanji has faith in me. I really want to see what he will do when I point a gun at him." The expression, will it be like this? Or should it be like this?"

Bryn imitated Sanji's nympho face, and imitated his bruised nose and face after taking off his mask, laughing to herself.

"Do you know how he proposed to me? It was so awesome, especially the ridiculous face after taking off the mask. I just had to cry a few times, pretend to say a few nice words, and it was done easily. He just hugged me Live with me, say I am his salvation, and want to marry me——"

The bouquet in Sanji's hand and the basket full of food fell onto the grass. He clung to the wall, motionless like a petrified statue, and the warmth from his body was gradually expelled from his body as Brynn's words spoke. There was no one around him, and he didn't leave any escape route for himself. He couldn't go anywhere, and he couldn't look back...

"Who would propose with such an ugly face? That's ridiculous! Who wants to marry him! He's just a loser!"

Sanji held a cigarette in his mouth and flicked the lighter shakily, but the flame still couldn't light up. Finally, the fire was lit, but it was extinguished by falling raindrops.

"At least there needs to be a decent prince!"

There was a soft sound in the grass, and a pair of feet stopped in front of Sanji. He raised his head and saw a man in a black feather coat standing in front of him. The familiar smiling mask revealed the identity of the man.

Sanji bit his lower lip, trying to hide the tears gathering in his eyes. Alicia's face was hidden under the mask, and he couldn't see her expression. He knew it wouldn't look good, so he could only turn his face sideways to avoid looking at her.

Just as Sanji had guessed, under the mask, the corners of Alicia's mouth dropped, her eyebrows were furrowed, and her breathing became heavy due to suppressed anger. Her chest rose and fell violently several times, and she approached Sanji without saying a word.

Alicia bent down to pick up the bouquets of flowers and food baskets on the ground and held them in her hands, then tightly held Sanji's cold hand with her empty hand. She must take him away from here, this was the only thought in Alicia's mind after she barely managed to maintain her sanity.

Alicia didn't look back and silently pulled Sanji away from the balcony.

With the mental hell behind him and Alicia in front of him, Sanji stared at the hands held by the two of them and tried to raise the corners of his mouth but failed.

"Am I worthless?" Sanji blinked, looking like he would cry the next moment. In the aisle of the Cake Castle, the footsteps of the two overlapped until Alicia spoke.

"Ah."

Sanji's pace slowed down, and it became increasingly unbearable to feel the grievance and despair in his chest. He took out his hand and stopped following Alicia's footsteps. He walked to the side and leaned against the wall. Sanji lowered his head and took out a cigarette, holding it in his mouth, trying to light it.

"...You should go too and leave from here. I don't want to have anything to do with you pirates anymore."

[I, Tama, am so sleepy that I didn’t come here just to see you telling me these nonsense with a cold face on purpose! 】

Alicia wanted to shout this to Sanji, but she just took a deep breath, took off her mask, walked towards him, and raised her hand.

Just when Sanji thought Alicia would slap him like Nami did, she took the cigarette from his mouth and threw it away, pressing the mask in her hand on his face. The next moment, Alicia stood up on her tiptoes and hugged him hard.

"If you really hope that we leave you, don't look like you're so heartbroken that you're about to die, Sanji."

"..." Sanji's face hidden under the mask instantly wrinkled in pain.

"You don't have no one by your side. We will all work together to help you beat away the monsters that scare you."

"That's enough... don't say any more..." Sanji's voice was dry and hoarse, and his fists were clenched tightly. "I don't need you to do that. Don't come here...to hinder me!"

"The Demon Knight is here as promised, so you can hide if you want." Alicia seemed unable to hear Sanji's hurtful words, wrapping her arms around him and patting his back gently, "Look, I don't know the mask. I lent it to you, even if you indulge your emotions, I won’t be able to see it.”

"Stop talking..."

"So don't be so useless that you feel sad alone. Just like you showed up to me in time when I was sad, let me accompany you now." Alicia buried her head in Sanji's shoulder in frustration, " Seeing you like that is enough to make me sad, but if you insist on driving me away now, what do you want me to do?"

The anger after seeing my family again, the frustration of being trapped in an invisible prison, the dissatisfaction with my naive self, the sadness and grievance after my trust was trampled on and deceived, knowing the true nature of this wedding. The despair after the goal, the cruel words to his friends, and the self-blame for attacking Luffy, all the negative emotions surged up at this moment.

Sanji hugged Alicia back and locked his hands tightly on her lower back. The face under his mask had long been covered with tears and was ugly and twisted, and even when he cried, it was silent.

Alicia's hand was still caressing Sanji's back, which was shaking from crying. With the smell of seafood and cigarettes in her nose, her eyelids couldn't help but start to fight.

If I had known better, I wouldn't have had to worry so much. I'm so sleepy.

If I had known better, I would not have worn this coat. If I got caught in the rain, I would definitely look like a drowned rat.

At least she came to Sanji when he was crying, and the deal didn't seem like a bad deal...

Alicia thought drowsily.