Bright shrank down, transformed into a Dragon Human with a ferocious horned head, entered the bubble, and sat upon the shattered shore of the Sabaody Archipelago, which Flame Cloud had swept down into the deep sea.
"Now, let's have a proper talk."
Bright said with a smile.
Zephyr stood with his arms folded, his expression calm and unmoved.
But the faces of his disciples could not hide their anticipation.
What sort of past did this man, respectfully called an Emperor by the world, have?
They could hardly help being curious.
Besides, no matter what, this man had already saved them twice.
"My origins should no longer be any secret, right?"
Bright said with a smile. "I'm of mixed human and fish-man blood. I was abandoned in the Fish-Man District as a child, and only grew up safely thanks to the care of several older brothers."
"Fisher Tiger?"
Zephyr asked.
"That's right."
Bright smiled. "Brother Fisher Tiger was the idol of my entire life."
"So when he returned to Fish-Man Island and formed the Sun Pirates, I joined them at the first opportunity."
He turned to Zephyr. "Mr. Zephyr, you should know very well what happened after that."
Zephyr said nothing.
Of course he knew.
Back then, the Sun Pirates had been a pirate crew the World Government had ordered to be eliminated as quickly as possible.
After all, most of that crew's members had been slaves of the Celestial Dragons, freed by Fisher Tiger from Mary Geoise.
And Fisher Tiger himself had been the first great criminal in history to wreak havoc in Mary Geoise.
"I asked you before, Mr. Zephyr, whether we had done anything wrong."
Bright said, "Now I'll ask you again. Do you think we were wrong?"
"Brother Fisher Tiger never harmed anyone. On the contrary, he