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"Axia, this isn't your fault," the Red-Haired Youth said softly.

Axia shook her head. "No, it's all my fault. If I hadn't eaten that Devil Fruit... my parents wouldn't have died, my aunt and uncle wouldn't have died, and those little animals that liked me wouldn't hate me..." By the end, tears welled up in the girl's eyes. For a thirteen-year-old girl, what she had gone through was too heavy.

Rono had also heard about her situation and felt great sympathy for her. (Absolutely not because she's a loli!) Rono released the News Bird, which had just returned from the Edge of Hell, and walked towards the girl.

"Please don't come over, Mr. Rono. I, I will bring you bad luck." Seeing Rono approach, Axia retreated in panic, waving her hands non-stop, hoping to stop Rono from coming closer.

She retreated until she hit the wall next to the room, and Axia cried out nervously, "Don't come over, please."

Rono ignored Axia's words, stood in front of her, and pulled her into his embrace. "It's fine, I won't die."

"B-but even so, Mr. Rono will encounter bad luck." Axia's tense body softened as she felt Rono's warm embrace. Her small hands pressed against Rono's chest, still trying to push him away. How long had it been? Besides that old man, no one had dared to get close to her. Axia savored this feeling of being cared for.

"Are you willing to tell me about yourself?" Rono released Axia and pulled her down to sit.

Axia subtly shifted her position, still wanting to keep her distance from Rono.

"Mr. Rono, do you really want to hear?" The Blue-Haired Girl lowered her head, her long hair completely obscuring her face, making her expression unreadable.

"Mhm." Rono didn't stop Axia's movement. He supported himself with his left hand on the ground and sat cross-legged. Suddenly, Rono's expression changed, but he quickly recovered. Damn it, my shoulder's dislocated! Can you believe it?

"I won't say it then, Mr. Rono, your hand is..." Axia started crying again and stood up, moving away from Rono.

As a girl who had brought misfortune to those around her for nearly ten years, Axia observed these details very carefully.

"Oh, look, it's already better, no problem!" Rono extended his recovered arm and waved it at Axia. "Don't worry, I'm resilient as a cockroach."

"R-really?" The girl examined Rono's raised arm, and after confirming it was indeed fine, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tell me your story, Axia." Rono retracted his hand, grinning.

"O-okay then." Axia hesitated for a moment before recounting her story:

That year, Axia was 5 years old. While playing by the seaside, she found a Devil Fruit.

"Nom nom." Axia took a bite. "Blech!" It was disgusting. How could it be so awful? Angrily, Axia threw the Devil Fruit back into the Great Sea.

Axia didn't know what she had eaten. She happily ran home and told her parents about it. The remote town didn't understand what a Devil Fruit was. After checking Axia's body and finding no problems, they simply warned Axia not to casually eat unfamiliar fruits.

"I won't eat it again, that fruit tasted too gross!"

Then, the misfortune began.

That night, the moon was full, and its light shone beautifully on the ground.

"Boom—" Axia's home exploded. For some unknown reason, or perhaps no reason at all, the Wooden Cabin was blown to pieces. Her parents died instantly. Strangely, Axia wasn't injured at all; not even a single flying Wood Block touched her.

By the time the nearby people rushed over and put out the fire, only two charred corpses were found.

Axia cried herself unconscious. His uncle handled the funeral for his parents. Axia also moved into his uncle's house.

However, good times don't last. His uncle and aunt also died. While eating, his uncle choked on his food and collapsed at the dining table in front of Axia.

Despite their best efforts, Axia and his aunt could not save his uncle's life.

Another funeral. The aunt knelt before the uncle's grave, crying her heart out, and then she also died...

Yes, she suddenly stopped breathing while crying and her body fell to the ground with a thud.

The guests were instantly silent. The only doctor in the town stepped forward. After a series of examinations, he shook his head in helplessness.

Axia moved into his aunt's house. His aunt was a sharp-tongued woman who ordered the then 5-year-old Axia to clean the rooms, wash dishes, and mop the floor. Axia was so tired on the first day that he fell asleep without even eating.

Perhaps because his aunt and uncle disliked him, they never interacted with him (even eating separately). They lived longer.

A month later, disaster struck again.

While his aunt was working in the fields, a rare poisonous snake slithered over and bit her...

His uncle fell on his way to work, face-first, and a rusty steel nail pierced his eyeball. He died from infection before he could be rescued.

Funerals, all funerals. Axia's life at the age of 5 was shrouded in ill omen and sorrow.

Some people in the town began to call her a witch. Relatives dared not take her in.

Axia lived alone in his aunt's former residence.

Before the age of 5, Axia was always surrounded by animals: butterflies, little rabbits, doggies, even bears and tigers.

They felt an innate sense of closeness to Axia. They never harmed him and even shared their prey with the blue-haired girl.

But after Axia ate the Devil Fruit, everything changed. Whenever Axia approached, animals instinctively felt fear, fled, and screamed. Even mice dared not go near that house.

Loneliness, solitude. These two words permeated Axia's childhood. If not for the kind residents who brought him food and daily necessities, Axia would not have survived at all.

Axia stopped speaking and secretly glanced at Rono. He didn't see the look of fear and disgust he had imagined. Instead of moving away, Rono moved a little closer. Three years at most is nothing, cough cough. No, how could anyone bear to dislike such a cute little loli? However, this Devil Fruit Ability is quite horrifying.

During this time, Rono had already been attacked by two bird droppings and had a light bulb above his room attacked once.

If Rono hadn't kept signaling that he was fine, the little loli would have stopped talking long ago.

"Until last year, I still remember it was a snowy winter. It was really cold. Axia was cold even with two cotton-padded jackets." Axia gestured with his hands to increase his persuasiveness. "I met Uncle Mo. He was lying in the snow, the ice beneath him stained red with blood. If I hadn't gone to look for wild vegetables, I might not have met him! Axia is so lucky!" Axia's eyes narrowed into a smile.

Axia hurried to the doctor's, knocking on the door with a bang.

"Who is it?" The Doctor, though impatient, still got out of bed. If someone was sick, it couldn't be delayed.

Axia took a few steps back, about 4-5 meters. "Doctor, someone's lying in the snow over there, bleeding a lot!" he said, pointing in the direction.

As soon as the Doctor opened the door and saw it was Axia, he quickly retreated. After carefully assessing the distance between himself and Axia, he stepped out of the clinic. "Where is the person you were talking about?" The Doctor's calling was to save lives and heal the injured.

After seven years of exploration, the people in the Town had roughly figured out Axia's influence range. Beyond 1 meter, there was no major harm. Of course, this came at the cost of blood. If not for the Mayor's strenuous efforts to stop them, coupled with Axia's parents having a good relationship with the townsfolk, Axia would have at least been banished from the Town, left homeless.

Axia pointed the way for the Doctor and, maintaining his distance, ran towards Mo.