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OP93: Alone I
🕑 Added 2023-09-17 22:01:38 +0000 UTCThe boy departed the great assembly, his rush and enthusiasm didn't allow him to see Primrose's shivering hand. Gloriosa walked by with her snake staff and patted her back.
"If you want to go, just go..."
"But I'm weak... I can't defeat Mihawk".
"Didn't he already tell you that he doesn't care about that?".
"Even if he doesn't care... the world cares".
"Boa Primrose!".
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"Since when were you such a weak-willed woman!? If the man you love is going to get taken and you don't want that! Fight for it!".
"Gloriosa!?"
The old woman started throwing things at the ex-empress, it would be a capital crime if Primrose was still the Hebihime.
With a cup of glass still in her hands, ready to throw a whipping Gloriosa glared at the ex-empress, making her soul shrink, she'd never seen Gloriosa this sad as she had been for the last week.
"Don't you see that boy loves you, fool!? Go and chase after him! Don't commit the same mistake me and your mother committed!".
In the end, she still got a cup thrown to her face but it made Primrose recall her mother on her dying bed. Their stories had been different. Gloriosa fell in love with a man and their union gave birth to Shawty's mother. In order to survive the lovesickness, she departed the island for a while before coming back... at the end of the day, she abandoned that man for her responsibilities.
In her mother's case, it had been different, she fell in love with a man, and this union gave birth to her but after experiencing a severe lovesickness, Boa Paletulip refused to leave Amazon Lily, and it ended up becoming her deathbed.
And now there was herself, 'Although the sickness has lowered significantly after spending a year with him, I know it is still there like a subtle threat... there is something that keeps bugging me and making me uncomfortable, deep in my mind'.
Primrose bit her lips and rushed out of the palace. She jumped from building to building, swiftly landing at the shore of the island within a few steps.
But what she saw far away was the silhouette of her lover leaving towards Rusukaina. She panted and stretched her hand forward, there seemed to be an ever-expanse of sea between them.
"I won't give up!".
...
In the middle of the banquet where the Kuja Tribe was pledging their loyalty to Hancock, Primrose rushed past them, confusing everyone and boarding the Kuja Pirate Ship.
"Mother?".
"I'm borrowing the ship, darling!".
"Ah?!"
They all saw Primrose sail by herself as the ship departed the main gates, the ex-empress of Amazon Lily was going to use her ship to sail a last time. The Yuda serpents attended her call and rushed towards Rusukaina.
Hancock, Marigold and Sandersonia watched the ship go together with the rest of the tribe members and couldn't help but laugh out loud, confusing the rest.
"Sometimes I think mom loves him more than I do~" (Hancock).
"Or maybe she is just a bit more prideful about it~" (Sandersonia).
"I think she just doesn't want to lose against mother-in-law" (Marigold).
The three sisters shrugged and went back to their banquet, they knew their beloved was either going to have the time of his life or a miserable death for shamelessly making multiple women fall in love with him and it didn't matter what happened: 'He deserves it~'.
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Unaware of the chaos that was to unfold this evening, Veyron led his mom enthusiastically towards Rusukaina, it was their time alone after countless hurdles, and he wanted to show her many things. In the distance, Mihawk saw first-hand a massive structure. It seemed to tower out of the trees in Rusukaina predominantly.
A white mansion that seemed to reach the skies. The insignia of this mansion was a cross.
"You did-".
"I made that for you, mom!".
He was hugging her as they landed on the beach where the humandrills were cleaning everything, the Kuja Tribe was all assembled in Amazon Lily due to the funerals so there were just animals on the island now.
The first humandrill emitted a triggered signal that made all of the assembled at the beach, recognise Mihawk's face and shiver.
"Larry!".
"Ouuuu!".
Larry reported together with Kong, Nemea and Gator, the last one looked like he got drunk in wine from the last night.
"I hope you guys behaved well!".
Curiously, not a single one of his pets looked at him, they all hiccuped.
Veyron gasped in disbelief and was about to punish them, but his attention was attracted by Mihawk who was rubbing the mansion with newfound feelings.
The mansion looked even better than the one in Kuraigana, and the difference was, that this was HER mansion that her son had made for her exclusively, it wasn't a stolen one.
"Let's go inside, I want to see it~".
"S-Sure..."
Now that they had reached this hurdle, the perfectionist Veyron felt nervous, he didn't know if she was going to point out any mistakes... or she'd be dissatisfied.
What they found inside was a marvellous architecture that resembled a modern villa in Veyron's world, glass panels, polished wood and a mix of white, purple and yellow colours that left Mihawk breathless.
"So, there are a hundred bedrooms, two master bedrooms, twelve massive halls, ten balconies, fifty toilets".
The more he explained the more a smile curled up in her lips.
"That's quite big. Is this where you intend to have all your harem?".
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"N-No! I didn't build it with that intention!".
His flusteredness didn't go unnoticed.
"I wouldn't mind... all of your family and your children here... it is not like the two of us can use all those rooms, can we?" she touched the polished wood that was as smooth as a baby bum.
"..." He gulped and beaconed her to move to the next room. Every room was made out of handmade marble tiles of different times on walls and floors. Everything was gracefully built for a member of royalty and only possible to be done this fast due to his psychokinesis. There was a natural spring with water that came from the bottom of the island by a bamboo channel, it took a long time to build it but he was proud. It connected to every toilet in the mansion.
Mihawk touched the water inside one of the biggest toilets. It was a wide space big enough for a hundred people to fit. It was warm and continued to periodically flow through an artificial cascade and back into the sea. Every bit of work was done with extreme care and consideration.
The more she looked at everything, the more her heart fluttered... he could have spent that time doing anything else. Training, ransacking treasures, hunting marines... anything he wanted, but he spent that time and invaluable resources on a gracious over-the-top gift.
"How long it took to build all this?"
"Ah, a year and a half... I could have made it faster though but we were getting used to the building method for the first two months" He spoke humbly without regard for how he had technically slaved the Kuja tribe girls, his pets and every single animal on this island to work in this project for a whole year nonstop... of course, he was also included in this list.
"I see..."
They ended up in one of the master bedrooms, a gigantic room with a bed made out of soft bird feathers big enough for at least twenty bodies to fit in, the ceiling far above, giving the room a feeling of might. There was also a massive window pointing right at the ocean, in the centre of it one could see Amazon Lily in the distance.
"So what do you think?".
Veyron fidgeted, that was it, she had seen everything and hadn't emitted a single comment. Her gaze was neutral at all times but that was not a giveaway as Mihawk from the start was not a very expressive woman.
If she liked something she'd not say it, if she didn't like it... she'd not say it either.
"What do I think, Veyron?" She walked up to him sternly, his heart dropped imagining the worst but it was then that she leaned down to kiss his lips softly... passionately, tenderly.
Her arms hugged him against her body, deepening the kiss to the point he felt suffocated, her hands picked up his and put them on her chest.
"What do I think? How about we get under the bedsheets and you find out?~"
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Veyron felt all the blood was going to rush to his crotch with those words, it didn't help that her hand was already rubbing him on top of his trousers. She was ready for it and it wasn't even close to the evening!
It was a very positive reaction that filled him with pride, but he had more at stake for this evening than just fun under the bedsheets, it had to be special.
He pushed her away a bit, but the woman was not about to release her treasure... she didn't let go!
"Not, yet... we could have lunch first, right? Aren't you hungry?".
He wanted this to be a real date or at least what he believed a date to be. It was also what he planned to do with Primrose, Hancock, Sandersonia and Marigold... he wanted them to know how lovers should be treated.
Mihawk sighed and started playing with his hair, receding some of her wicked desires and trying to understand where he was coming from.
"Why are you nervous?".
"I didn't know if you'd like it since there are some imperfections here and there and the painting is mediocre..."
She laughed out loud like she had never done before, calling for his attention.
"Let alone this is a marvel of engineering, son... even if you had made me a small bamboo shack... I'd still proudly call that my home, I love you..."
His heart thumped out of his chest and he hugged her back, it was this warmth that he longed for years. Mihawk took a whiff out of his hair and hugged him harder... her eyes opened to look at the mansion again. The work, the feeling and all implications.
Before long she was panting again and her hands were wandering, it was an uncontrollable desire... that only fueled what was already there. A desire she had ever since they had that duel.
Her hand lurked down to rub his crotch but she couldn't hold herself, she invaded the inside of his trousers to grasp it directly.
Veyron bit his lips and exhaled a deep breath, his hand also found itself inside her trousers and he resisted the urge to gasp at how moist and wet it was down there, it was soaking!
"We can have all the lunch, dinner, breakfast you want... we can drink as much wine as you want... we can play as many games as you want before the evening... but I'll tell you how this tale ends, son. Nothing will stop me from kissing you, pinning you down and making love to you tonight, do you understand?~".
He nodded, it was a deep and understanding nod that was only accentuated by two of his fingers going inside there, slanting a moan.
"Did you think you could just win my heart over with this gift, and I'd do nothing to you?".
He shook his head.
"Do you any idea... how much I have been resisting myself... since we woke up in that infirmary".
"You and me both..."
After touching each other for a bit they decided to hype up the desire just a tad bit more for the evening; she released him and he released her, the beauty tapped his crotch and took his wrist, walking outside.
It was then that she did something he'd never expected her to do. She left Yoru leaning against the door in this bedroom and cheerfully pulled him away.
"We're having lunch first, aren't we?~".
