Inescapable Fate: The Celestial Dragon Hoofprint.
In Kuro's memory, there actually was not much to recall.
When this mark became widely known, it had been more than a decade ago.
In that dark era ruled by the Celestial Dragons, the Celestial Dragon Hoofprint had been branded specifically onto slaves, a symbol of shame.
Ever since Ross, the supreme ruler of the world, took power and the old world collapsed, the mark's original meaning had long since been abolished along with the near-extinction of the Celestial Dragons.
By now, the Celestial Dragons had long since lost the noble status they once possessed.
In the present day, there was only one noble surname in the world.
Jaygarcia!
Aside from some old people who had lived through the upheavals of the old era, the young people on the sea had never even seen this design.
And in Ross's new era, this mark had been given a new meaning.
A mark of punishment for the most wicked criminals who refused to submit to the god and continued resisting even after defeat.
And also, a mark bestowed by Ross's favor.
As far as Kuro knew, Marco, the Captain of the First Division of the Whitebeard Pirates in the New World, had once had this shameful brand struck onto his face.
But... why?
Why, given Robin's status, would it have been branded on her chest?
One had to know that she had personally admitted just now that her mother was Nicole Olvia, the current head of the history department at Mary Geoise University and the world's foremost authority on history.
And that dignified, noble Ms. Olvia had another identity on this sea—one that, even if no one dared discuss it openly, almost everyone who knew of her understood tacitly.
She was Ross's mistress.
The daughter of