General Lanlin of One Piece

Chapter 48 What dominates the world
In the king's palace, which was luxurious and full of history, the firelight dancing in the fireplace illuminated the two brothers' profiles in flickering light.

"Answer?"

Gruss was stunned when he heard the answer from his brother's mouth.

"Yes, an answer."

Ilya leaned on the sofa, holding the goblet in his right hand, staring at the amber liquid rising in the glass.

"When we were very young, I discovered that my father preferred you."

"No matter how hard I try or how I perform, I never get a compliment with a smile from my father. And even if you do something wrong, your father will pat your head and say it's okay with a smile."

"Brother, I."

Gruss opened his mouth to speak, but was stopped by Elijah's raised gesture.

Ilya continued.

"Once upon a time, I thought I was not good enough. As long as I am good enough and good enough to help my father, I can get the praise I want."

"So, I used my sleep time late at night to study the history of the kingdom and delve into etiquette and language. I endured physical injuries and practiced swordsmanship with the guards to strengthen my body."

"Finally, at the age of 15, I used my outstanding eloquence to win a business cooperation order from the Lubnilu Kingdom for the kingdom, from which the Prince family gained huge wealth."

Ilya's eyes shifted from the mural on the dome and fell on Grus' face.

"During that time, I saw a bright smile on the face of everyone in the royal family. I was praised by everyone for this. Those royal nobles called me the star of the Prince Kingdom."

"I walked into this palace with great ambition and asked to see my father. I thought I would get a compliment from him. But what I didn't expect was that what greeted me would be a loud slap in the face."

With a half-smile on his face, Ilya drank the red wine in his hand and poured himself another half glass.

A deep apology appeared on Grus' face, "Brother, I'm sorry, father."

"My father called me a scheming scoundrel, saying that I did so much just to gain the support of the people and nobles across the country so that you, the legitimate heir to the royal family, could be dethroned from the throne."

"He said that my conspiracy would never succeed because the throne of the Prince Kingdom would not be handed over to a scoundrel born from a humble maid."

Ilya chuckled, "It's funny, I never thought about grabbing the throne from you. My wish is very simple, just a word of praise from my father, a smiling expression, and a look of relief."

"Until the day when my mother, who was still working as a maid after giving birth to the noble prince, died of illness, I was still striving for the approval of my father."

"Until my father was about to die, and I heard him say on the sickbed that he would pass the throne to you, I didn't feel the slightest bit of anger."

Ilya stood up and walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window with his hands behind his back. From here, he overlooked the entire Prince City. At the end of his sight, he saw several rising smoke and dust.

"Ignoring the guards' obstruction, I rushed to the bed and told all my efforts and struggles over the years, and then I humbly longed for his words of approval."

"My father didn't speak, but I got the answer from his eyes."

Ilya put his hands behind his back and turned around, "His answer is blood."

He spread his arms and said, "In the eyes of my father, the most important thing in the world is the blood of the royal family. Only those with orthodox royal blood can inherit the throne. It is not what the outside world says, you and he look alike. How similar."

"It's just because your mother is a recognized princess, and my mother is a humble maid."

"But what he doesn't know is that as early as five or ten years ago, I could easily overthrow his so-called bloodline rule and hold this country in the palm of my hand!"

"But I didn't do that. I want to know, what is driving this world?"

"It is the blood inheritance that my father insists on." "It is the wisdom that can easily convince others."

"It is a force that can suppress all dissent."

"It's still the fate that was determined at birth!"

"Gruss!"

An unknown smile finally appeared on Elijah's feminine face. He strode up to his brother, squatted down, and stretched out his arms to hug Grus.

"Soon, I will get the answer I want, let us witness it together."

Snapped!
The black whip appeared instantly and whipped Ilya on the face.

A slight smile appeared on Elijah's lips, "Justice will surely defeat evil. Haha, the navy representing [Destiny] has arrived."

His body rolled, and he left Gruss's side. He reached out and slapped the ground, and he jumped to the window sill of the palace like an arrow.

The figure of the peacock appeared next to Grus, staring warily at Elijah with a smile on his face, while taking out a key from the black leather bag tied to his leg.

"Why do you have the key to the handcuffs?" Gruss was a little surprised.

"Except for the specially made sea-floor stone handcuffs, most of the other handcuffs use the same key."

Peacock quickly explained, and when Elijah had no intention of taking action, he bent down and unlocked the handcuffs on Grus's hands.

Sea floor stone is a special substance in this world.

It has the same effect as sea water, it can restrain the ability user, making the ability user feel weak after coming into contact with the sea tower stone.

The higher the purity of the Sea Tower Stone, the more severely the ability user will be restrained.

Because of its role, it is regarded as an extremely important strategic material by the whole world.

But the hardness of sea floor stone is very exaggerated, comparable to diamond.

Therefore, it is very difficult to polish and make things.

Most of the sea-floor stone handcuffs on the market are not of high purity, are standard, and use the same key.

The sea tower stone chain in Grus' hand fell to the ground. He breathed a sigh of relief and quickly reminded: "Be careful, there are some powerful ability users of unknown origin hidden in this hall, who are my brother's helpers."

After reminding Peacock, he looked towards Ilya eagerly.

However, Elijah on the windowsill had long since disappeared.

It was so silent that even the peacock didn't notice how he left.

This discovery made Peacock feel shocked.

"It seems that this Prince Ilya is not a weakling. Regardless, the mission target has been rescued. As long as he is taken away from the royal city first, he can contact the branch and come directly to encircle and suppress the pirates in this country."

Just when I thought of this, the whole hall suddenly rumbled and trembled.

Boom!

The burning fireplace exploded, and a ball of sticky white substance shot out, like a tongue from a chameleon's mouth, towards Peacock and Grus.

(End of this chapter)