"To the Death, Never to Betray!"

But now, before this man named Ronan, even someone as powerful as her brother Katakuri...

Could only rein in every trace of his edge. He could not even summon the courage to strike. All he could do was lower his proud head.

And this monstrous man, whom even Katakuri had to look up to, was looking at her as an equal—almost with admiration.

He had not called her "disgusting" because of her third eye, the way her mother had.

He even spoke highly of the power within the eye that had brought her so much pain!

At that thought, the uncertainty and timidity in Pudding's eyes gave way to a resolve she had never felt before.

"Lord Ronan!"

Pudding's voice no longer trembled. Clear and resolute, it rang across the empty shore:

"I want to awaken this power! And... I want to follow you, Lord Ronan!"

Ignoring the strange looks from her family, she dropped to one knee before Ronan without hesitation. She raised her head and fixed all three eyes on him, fervor and loyalty burning within them.

"To the death, I will never betray you!"

Beside her, Perospero drew a sharp breath at her unwavering oath of loyalty.

He jabbed his candy cane against the rock. The muscles in his heavily painted face twitched, and his narrow eyes brimmed with undisguised envy and fervor.

"Lick lick... That Pudding has struck gold! She's landed the chance of a lifetime!"

Perospero was screaming inwardly, so jealous he could have ground his back teeth to dust.

He knew all too well what this meant.

A whole new world of possibilities had opened up for her!

With Lord Ronan personally giving her an elixir and placing her under his protection, Pudding's future was boundless!

Ronan had just said that the Three-Eye Tribe's