princess of don quixote

M-4

When Luo knew that Doflamingo had taken away Dolo, it was already a few days later.

He who has been on Punk Hazard has no way to maintain close contact with the crew, and it is only natural that he will delay knowing the news.

And he found out about it because... he saw De Luo's life stuck in burning and changing direction of movement.

This made him furious, and even used an anonymous line to call Doflamingo, who is the king Shichibukai——

What surprised Luo was that Doflamingo quickly connected the phone. He was not surprised that Luo would call him, but he didn't expect Luo to start with this sentence— —

"Bastard Doflamingo! What have you done? If you don't want to cherish her, don't take her away!"

"what?"

"De Luo's life card has been burning! You bastard, what did you do?!"

"……What did you say?!"

Dolo's life card... burning?

He doesn't know anything!

……

Hearing this on the phone, Doflamingo immediately hung up the teleportation bug in his hand, put down all the work he was doing, and went to the room where Delo lived as fast as he could.

He opened her door roughly, and saw her lying on the window sill alone, her face was pale, her heart was pounding, and she approached her anxiously.

...Even though her breathing is very light, you can still see that her breathing is regular.

Appears to be just asleep.

He put his hand in front of the window of her room and gave it a little push - firmly.

Doflamingo's heart calmed down a little.

After all, he ordered the servants to lock everything in her room - just a few days ago, he personally brought Delo back to the castle to start, and he locked everything she could use to prevent her from escaping up.

After that, because something happened, he immediately ran to deal with the deal between SMILE Factory and Kaido, and he kept forgetting to arrange for Delo during this period.

So for the past four days, she has been handcuffed by Shanghai Loushi. This is an irresistible shackle for a capable person, and anyone who touches Hailoushi will feel uncomfortable.

Maybe it's the burden on her body.

Doflamingo looked at her uncomfortable sleeping face, and the sea floor stone handcuffs on her hands and feet - with these things, she probably couldn't move an inch.

Why on earth would he do this to this little girl?

He looked at her peaceful sleeping face in silence, and couldn't answer why he was so attached to her.

All I know is that, seeing her unwell face, his body still moved before his brain—bent down and picked her up, just like when he was a child, put her gently on the bed, tucked her in the quilt, and summoned her to the castle's most good doctor.

He wants to know whether Luo is scaremongering or what, he doesn't believe that just a set of Hailoushi handcuffs can burn De Luo's life card.

……

...

At his orders, the best doctor in the family hurried.

After a whole set of serious examinations, standing in front of the lonely king, the doctor spoke carefully in every word.

"My lord, this lady's physical condition is not optimistic, and the cells in her body have been dying." The doctor lowered his eyes, looked at her pale face, and paused: "...If this continues, the rest of this lady's time should Not much more, the old troubles on her body are the reason for the burden on her body, I think she is a capable person, it is best not to use Hailou Stone to go further..."

"Old injury?" He had already thought about Hailoushi's matter, and when he caught a curious word, Doflamingo raised his eyebrows and interrupted the doctor: "Where is it?"

"It's the wounds on the waist, which seem to have been pierced by something. This is the first time I have seen a person with such serious wounds still alive." The doctor lowered his eyes and replied: "These wounds just happened to go through the internal organs, and they are not easy. Where the stitches were done, the recovery time is inherently longer."

Doflamingo paused for a moment when he heard that, with a smile on his lips, suddenly he became in a bad mood: "Then what should we do now?"

He didn't expect that he would have to face this topic after De Luo "resurrected from the dead". He really naively thought that she was fine if she was fine.

So even if he insisted on bringing her, it doesn't mean things will get better?

Her obituary wasn't just Luo's ruse, how much authenticity had infiltrated it?

Doflamingo didn't expect this, and now looking at the girl who was sleeping in pain on the bed, his heart was pierced.

"Uh, take medicine, and adjust her body... let her move around more. Anyway, I can't use Hailou Stone like this anymore. Her recovery from injuries requires physical strength, but Hailou Stone is fatal to the recovery of abilities."

"I already know this. Don't mention Hailoushi anymore. After you go out, find me a few more doctors to take care of her. If there is anything wrong with her...you will die."

"Know, know!"

……

...

Doro slept very deeply.

Because of Hailoushi, she felt as if she had been submerged in sea water for the past few days, and she was extremely uncomfortable.

When I woke up again, it was in the evening.

Delo found that she miraculously returned to the bed from the window sill, and the handcuffs on her hands and feet were gone.

She seemed to have regained some strength, and was able to prop herself up when she found a note on the bedside table telling her to eat in the dining room.

She stared blankly, glanced at the clock, and finally spread her wings as if resigned to her fate, and walked to the dining room under the leadership of the servant.

……

Doflamingo was already waiting in the dining room, and when he saw her coming, a smile appeared on his lips unconsciously.

It was the second time Doflamingo had seen Doflamingo since she came to this strange country, and seeing him smiling made her feel a little uneasy.

Being in the same space with him like this is as unreal as a dream.

And every time she saw him, she felt her heart hurt very painfully—as if it was convulsing.

Obviously, since she left Mignon Island, she had spent a long time forgetting about him.

Why can he still appear in front of her as if nothing had happened?

"Fufurfur, Delo."

"...Brother." She was a little listless. Seeing that there was no one around the dining table, she asked timidly, "Aren't other family members coming?"

"No, just the two of us." Doflamingo didn't pay much attention to her tired face, and just asked the servant to serve.

"It's a nostalgia. It's been more than ten years since we had dinner together like this."

"...Well, I was only ten years old at that time."

De Luo stared blankly at the food on the plate, which seemed to be all high-quality ingredients and top-notch cooking techniques, but she had no appetite: "...Brother, why do you insist on asking me to come back?"

Doflamingo, who was cutting steak, paused for a moment.

"Obviously I am not an important person, and I will be worthless when I come back..." She lowered her head, not daring to look at Doflamingo's face: "It has always been like this."

No matter in Doflamingo's heart or in the heart of anyone in this family, she is probably only inferior.

She even speculated that she was an eyesore in front of senior officials like Torrebol and Diamanti.

Why did she have to come back to this cage?

"Fufurfur." ​​Seeing that Delo couldn't smile anymore, Doflamingo's hand holding the tableware slowly tightened, and even the smile on the corner of his mouth became ferocious: "...Delo, do you like it?" Rona kid?"

"Eh?" Not understanding why the topic turned to this matter, Delo finally looked up at him.

What is the problem?

To say what I like...

She should have always liked him.

To her, Luo was just like a family member.

Only Doflamingo... was always in her heart, and she didn't dare to mention it or even look at it.

It is the moonlight she longed for the most forever.

She raised her eyes to look at Doflamingo, watching the conversations he had never been on the same channel as hers, and she couldn't express the feelings that existed in her heart like a habit, she just looked at him sadly.

——She can even face this feeling like this.

Coexist with the ever-present wounds and pains, and be able to confess to myself that I like him as if nothing had happened.

It's just that, no matter what, she will not be honest with anyone other than herself.

Whether it's to Luo, to Corazon, or to Doflamingo...

She won't say it again, she actually hides these thoughts.

Delo didn't answer, but just lowered her head, cut a piece of steak and stuffed it into her mouth.

And Doflamingo, because he couldn't see through her reaction, had no choice but to say boringly: "That's right, let's not talk about that kid, let's start eating."

She nodded slightly——

……

The author has something to say:

These two people are just dawdling, it gives me a headache