"What are you talking about?" Reiju still had that smile that concealed her heart, which made Eric feel distressed.
"I said, I won't let you cry secretly in your heart anymore." Eric said with a serious face: "So, you don't have to force a smile anymore, just cry if you want to."
"..." For a moment, Reijiu really wanted to throw herself into his arms and cry, but she tried her best to hold it back and restored her graceful and elegant face. "Could this be the 'Four Emperors' Eric?" An adult’s way of striking up a conversation?”
"..."
Reijiu raised her white and tender right hand, blocked it in front of those plump lips, and said in a cute tone: "This way of picking up a conversation is a bit old-fashioned~"
"..." Eric was actually criticized by a little girl for having an old-fashioned way of picking up conversations. He immediately lost face and said angrily: "I know you are kind-hearted, but you live with a group of family members who are 'not human'; I also I know that you hate the name of Germa, but you have to bear the name of the Vinsmoke family to live. So, there is no need to pretend to be a little adult in front of me."
"Isn't it painful? The three younger brothers don't have ordinary human emotions. Your father treats you as a tool. You can only hide your feelings in your heart. You clearly don't want to kill, but you are ordered by your father to do various killing trainings."
"...Woo!" When Eric said this, Reiju suddenly lost her guard. She covered her mouth tightly with her hands, her eyes filled with tears, and transparent tears rolled down her smooth cheeks.
"You are only a fifteen-year-old girl, and the burden on your shoulders is a bit too heavy..."
"Bang!" Reijiu threw herself into Eric's arms, and her tears soaked Eric's chest in the blink of an eye.
If she didn't have that exoskeleton, it would be really warm.
'Why did you suddenly give me a piggy advance? ! Eric's [Heart Network] also sensed Reijiu's movements, but he didn't expect her impact to be so great, which made him pause.
But seeing the pink color in front of him, Eric's eyes softened.
"Sorry, Sir Eric." Seeing the wet spot in front of her eyes, Reiju's face turned red and she turned away to wipe away the remaining tears.
"This is the first time I have been so rude in front of others." Reiju explained.
"Really?" Eric said nonchalantly: "You are not very old, but you insist on pretending to be a mature sister..."
"Sister Yu?" Leijiu repeated in a low voice.
"Ahem, anyway, you have to obey your father's orders, so I want to ask you-" Eric asked seriously: "Do you want to join the Dawn Pirates?"
"..." This was the first time someone asked Reijiu what she wanted to do.
She recalled how she could only follow the crowd when her three younger brothers ganged up to bully Sanji, who was uncertain about his life or death; she recalled her father's eyes without any affection when he ordered her. This is the first person who doesn't treat her like an object...
Reiju performed the etiquette that a medieval aristocratic girl should have. She lifted up the fluffy princess dress with her slender hands, bent her knees and said, "I am happy to serve you, Lord Eric."
"This kind of etiquette is only for outsiders to see. Why should real family members be so open to outsiders?"
"Family..." Reiju once felt ridiculous and sad about this word. There was no so-called affection between her and her real family.
Today, I was told this word by someone I had just met for a few days.
However, she did feel the long-lost family affection from Eric, and quietly said in her heart: 'Mother...'
"Ara, Eric-san." The shadow in the corner suddenly expanded, and a red and black figure emerged, "It's so quick~"
"Get started or something... don't talk nonsense, I'm not messing around."
Reijiu, who was dignified and generous, suddenly turned red.
"Really..." Kuang San smiled slightly and said, "You still have pink lipstick left on your chest."
"No way..." Eric looked down and realized, "You're playing tricks on me again!"
With a sweet smile on his face, Kurumi turned to look at Reiju aside, lifted up her skirt and said, "I am Kurumi Tokisaki. Please give me your advice in the future."
"You clearly only raised your skirts to your enemies before, Kuang San."
"Yes, Miss Reiju is my future enemy, right? Miss Love Rival~"
Reijiu is a well-spoken and sociable royal sister. She said with ease: "I really envy the relationship between you two."
"The enemy is difficult to deal with..." Kuang San raised his eyebrows, "You will realize it soon."
"yes."
Then, the two women smiled at each other.
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During the short but long ten days, Iji, Niji, and Yuji challenged everyone from the Dawn Pirates. The three people who didn't know what to fear were defeated by Scathach, Kurumi, Chiron, Deidara and others. Beating each other in turn.
Gaji also got this information from those scientists, said he knew it, and continued to develop new equipment with Leonardo da Vinci.
On the day of departure, Gaji led his three children to see him off.
Gaji, who was nearly three meters tall, looked at Reiju in front of him. The look of Reiju in his eyes slowly changed into that of his deceased wife Sora, and the daughter he had lived with for 15 years was about to leave him...
'My father's eyes actually flashed with tears...! 'Reijiu looked at this scene in disbelief.
Gaji, who had never shown affection in front of her, suddenly apologized: "I'm sorry, Reiju."
"...!" Reijiu's eyes were filled with tears, and her vision gradually blurred.
At this time, sudden and inappropriate laughter came.
"Hahahaha..." The cold-blooded red-haired Iji, the arrogant blue-haired Nichi, and the reckless and childish green-haired Yongji, the three murderous teenagers were covering their bellies and laughing.
"Hahaha, my sister can actually cry." Niji mocked, "Even more childish than Yongji!"
"Hey, you said I'm too childish!" Yongji retorted angrily: "I've never cried before!"
"It's just a separation, Reiju, you are exaggerating." Iji spread his hands, and there was no trace of family affection in his words.
The three of them couldn't see their father, who had his back turned to them, and laughed crazily at their sister.
"..." Everyone in the Dawn Pirates on the opposite side was surprised by this.
"Oh, is this a monster that has lost human emotions..." Esdeath shook his head.
"Fools who have lost their respect for life and don't know what is important." Scathach said calmly: "No matter how low their strength is, they can't reach the top of the world."
"These are all unqualified warriors." Scathach told the facts to Gaji coldly, "The 'perfect works' you recognized are all 'defective' in our eyes."
"Hey!" Yongji raised his fist and yelled angrily: "It's just that he's older, so he's not ashamed of his words. Let's fight again!"
"I am waiting for your challenge at any time." Scathach turned around and walked away without looking back, "You will never reach the realm of God."
"Damn it...!" Even if Yongji crushes his fist, he can't disobey his father's order, let alone defeat Scathach.
The originally somewhat sad farewell ended unhappily due to the disturbance of the three young men who killed Matt.
When Reiju left, she bowed heavily to Gaji.
Even though she resented her father and hated the name Germa, the fifteen years of nurturing her made it impossible for Reiju, who still had feelings, to say harsh words to Gaji.
"Father, I - am leaving."
"Let's go." Gaji, holding a spear, waved his hand impatiently.
The huge hull of the Fearless, under the control of Wendy, flew away from the huge floating island of the Kingdom of Germa.
Gaji looked at the disappearing ship and was speechless for a long time. Finally, he turned around and said, "Let's go to the training room with me - test the new battle suit that Da Vinci and I jointly developed."
"Yes, Father." The three sons agreed in unison.
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"Is this the battle suit that you and Gaji worked hard on for ten days?" Almost everyone gathered around Da Vinci and asked, looking at the pink can in her hand.
"That's right, but it's a pity that it can only be used by members of the Vinsmoke family." Da Vinci shrugged, "Gaji had already completed a large part of it before and set up the startup program. I just assisted him in completing the remaining parts. In addition, the main material here is [Da Vinci Memory Alloy]."
'Ah, my Kamen Rider...' Eric cried bitterly in his heart, "It can only be used by people from the Vinsmoke family...I want to sue him for racial discrimination!"
"He actually prostituted you for ten days for nothing? Did he pay you?!" Eric suddenly remembered the most serious problem.
"Captain, what are you talking nonsense..." Da Vinci rolled his eyes and handed the pink canned object to Reijiu, "Try it, put it horizontally in front of your lower abdomen and it will start. "
Reiju took the pink jar and carefully moved it to her belly.
"puff!"
Dazzling sparks shot out from both ends of the tank and began to rotate at high speed. Reijiu's casual clothes instantly faded away, and yellow light wrapped around her waist. Pink bold clothes wrapped her seductive body, and behind her was a pair of purple cloaks that looked like butterfly wings. , and short skirts that are as short as the thigh...
Wendy covered her eyes with her hands, revealing a gap between her fingers, and peeked out from there.
"It's a pity that there is no BGM..." Eric muttered quietly.
Reiju carefully moved her palms, the pink gloves sticking tightly to her skin.
Leonardo da Vinci introduced at the side: "This combat suit has floating devices on the soles of its feet, allowing it to walk and hover in the air at will."
As soon as Da Vinci finished speaking, Reiju activated the flotation device under her feet and slowly floated up.
"oh!"
Everyone was amazed.
"There is an acceleration device behind the heel, which can increase speed, jet take off, or increase the power of kicks."
"The cloak behind you is a shield, which can block close physical attacks, gunfire and fire."
"It's amazing!" Listening to Da Vinci's introduction and watching Reijiu's demonstration, many people had only two words in their eyes: "I want it!"
"The battle suit is just a foreign object. It only needs to increase your own strength." Scathach said to Kuina, who was close by and her eyes were shining: "Hold on to your heart."
"Hi, Master!" Guina quickly discarded her previous thoughts and answered loudly.
"Very good." Scathach grabbed Eric's collar and said, "You are actually interested in foreign objects. It seems that you need a fierce battle to make you understand the importance of improving your own strength."
"Wait...!" Eric defended: "I just want to be a Kamen Rider..."
"You lose your mind by playing with things!" Scathach couldn't help but drag Eric away. "You were getting shorter just now. Did you want to peek under Reiju's skirt? I will make you so tired that you don't even think about anything!"
"No!"
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"Dong dong" the knock on the door sounded.
"Please come in." A soft female voice came from the door.
"How did you feel after staying on the ship for three days?" Eric pushed open the door and entered.
"The people on the ship are all friendly, but there are a few...well, they are not easy to get along with."
"Oh, they are not targeting you, they just don't care about things other than what they are interested in." Eric asked, "On your side, have you thought carefully about what you want to do in the past few days?"
Reijiu brought a chair for Eric to sit down, and she sat on the edge of the bed. She smiled bitterly and said, "I used to hate the name Germa and all the training my father asked me to do. But suddenly no one took care of me. I'm a little confused... In addition to this superhuman physique, what else do I have?"
"Don't you have a dream of your own?"
"Dreams are something out of reach for me."
"Where's your hobby?"
"Hobby?" Reiju shrugged, "'hobby' is such a rare word..." She suddenly thought of her third brother, whose life or death was uncertain, Sanji, who had been reading cooking books and loved cooking.
"I just want to find one person now - I don't know if he is dead or alive." Reijiu said suddenly depressed.
That was the only family member who looked like her, but he was never recognized by other family members until he ran away from home and there has been no news to this day.
"..." Eric thought of this, "What? You also have something you want to do, Reiju."
"I've seen him."
"Eh?" Reijiu's eyes widened, her left eye was blue and beautiful, and the curly eyebrow on her left eye trembled.
"The person you want to see is Sanji, right?" Eric gestured, "He has yellow hair and the same curly eyebrows as you."
"He, where is he?" Reijiu grabbed Eric's shoulders with her excited hands and asked anxiously: "Is he okay?!"
"Don't be excited." Eric patted her hands. Of course, they didn't feel soft and silky. They were as hard as steel. Eric shouted angrily in his heart: "Children Gaji, please give me back my softness." Tender and fragrant Reiju! ! '
"He is now in the East China Sea, learning cooking skills from a chef. Although he has suffered some hardships, there should be no more..."
"Misery? Is he hurt?!" Reijiu became nervous again.
'This is the expression and bond that a family should have! You have a good sister, brother Sanji...hehe'
'I really look forward to seeing what kind of expression Sanji will show when he sees me abducting his dear sister——'
"That? Master Eric?"
"Ahem" Eric's consciousness was brought back from his distant thoughts, "I saved Sanji two years ago, in the year 1511 of the Hainan calendar..."
"S-Rescued Sanji? What happened to him?!"
"He encountered a shipwreck and was trapped on an island rock with a pirate for 70 days."
"...!"
"I rescued him in the end. Although he was hungry and skinny, he was fine. Now he is opening a restaurant with that pirate somewhere in the East China Sea."
"Actually opening a restaurant with pirates?"
"If he hears this, he will be angry. That pirate is Sanji's savior and master."
"Really?" Reijiu felt relieved, "Then I will have no regrets in my life."
"Your life is really cheap."
Reiju smiled, noncommittal.
"Don't you question what I said?" Eric shouted: "What if what I said is false?"
"You won't lie, Lord Eric." Reijiu said confidently: "At least you won't lie about this kind of thing."
"Don't you want to see what he will look like in the future? Handsome? Justice? Or evil?"
"Is this concern for your adopted brother?" Reijiu crossed her legs and held her chin with one hand. She was obviously only fifteen years old, but the mature royal sister was blowing in her face.
"Really?" Eric, who had grown from a boy to a man, would not be made red-faced by such a small move.
"I……"
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