Ace was a child starved for love. Bright was certain of that.
Though they were both orphans, Bright's own experiences had been even worse. After all, Ace had been taken in by Vice Admiral Garp and had met brothers-in-arms like Sabo and Luffy.
Even Dadan, his foster mother, was a sharp-tongued but soft-hearted woman who cared for him deeply.
And yet, he still lacked love.
Who knew what the hero Garp had been thinking? When Ace was still very young, he had told him about his origins.
Thus, having grown up hearing people curse the Pirate King, Ace had naturally shouldered immense guilt.
Though he constantly said he wanted to become the Pirate King, Ace had actually always wondered whether he, the Pirate King's son, truly deserved to live in this world.
Should this sinful bloodline really be allowed to continue?
The boy who looked so carefree and boisterous actually had a very delicate heart.
"Sounds like you really hate Roger?" Bright felt that he needed to play the role of a counselor and save this wayward youth.
"Who cares about that guy!"
Ace said disdainfully, "Would you even have an opinion about someone you've never met?"
"I see."
Bright nodded. "Then let me tell you what I think of Roger."
"Roger ushered in the Great Pirate Era. To be honest, it once brought enormous disaster to Fish-Man Island. Countless pirates flooded onto this island, and that period was a history written in blood and tears for all of Fish-Man Island. I think I have more right than anyone to condemn that man."
It was a period of history that no one on Fish-Man Island wished to recall.
Bright could tell that Ace's feelings had become complicated. Surely he had heard words like these repeated before him countless times.
Bright