Bird-Bird Fruit? Mythical Zoan

Amira and Amina quickly finished the food on their plates, then obediently raised their heads and quietly looked at Charlos.

Shalria blinked. "Weren't you full?"

Amira gently shook her head. "I-I'm full."

Amina beside her nodded vigorously as well.

Charlos remained calm as he slowly spoke. "Tell me, how did you become slaves?"

Amina's little hands tightened slightly. Her soft voice was hoarse as she slowly began, "Saint Charlos... My sister and I were sold."

Shalria clicked her tongue dismissively. "Isn't that obvious? Aren't all slaves sold?"

Amira lowered her eyes and took over, her voice carrying a faint sob. "We... we were sold by our parents."

Charlos's gaze darkened slightly. "Why?"

Amira sniffed and slowly recounted the past. "At the time, a group of pirates came to our village and demanded that our family pay one hundred million Beli in protection money. Otherwise, they would massacre the village. Our family simply couldn't afford that much. The pirates took our mother away, and when we saw her again, she was already dead."

Her body trembled slightly as she bit her lip and continued, "Father had nowhere left to turn, so in the end, he could only sell my sister and me, hoping the money from selling the two of us would be enough to pay those pirates."

As soon as she finished speaking, the grievances she had suppressed for so long finally broke loose. Amina's eyes reddened on the spot, and she began to cry softly.

Shalria frowned tightly and scolded in a shrill voice, "What are you crying for? No crying!"

Seeing this, Charlos directly reached out and pulled the tearful Amina into his arms, gently comforting her. "It's all right, it's all right. Cry if you need to. It's okay."

Shalria watched from the side, her eyes rolling as she secretly muttered to herself, So Brother hugs people when they cry. Hehe, I learned another trick.

Amira hurriedly tugged lightly at her sister's clothes.

Amina instantly came to her senses, immediately stopped crying, and hurriedly lowered her head to apologize. "S-Sorry, Saint Charlos."

Charlos gently patted her back. "It's fine."

Then he turned to Akali and casually ordered, "Bring me my pajamas. I'm changing clothes."

"Understood." Akali bowed in response.

At that moment, Amira raised her eyes to look cautiously at Charlos and softly asked, "Saint Charlos... Y-you don't blame us?"

Seeing the sisters' timid appearance, Charlos spoke gently. "You don't need to keep calling me Saint Charlos from now on. It's too formal. Like her, you can call me Brother."

The moment he said that, Shalria puffed out her cheeks and immediately protested, "No! Brother is mine! You're not allowed to call him that!"

After hesitating for a moment, Amira tried softly, "C-Char... Charlos..."

Amina followed with a quiet call. "Charlos..."

Hearing that, Shalria nodded as though it were only right and muttered softly, "Even though they dropped the honorific, it's still a little improvement."

Shalria held the two strangely shaped Devil Fruits and extended them toward Amira and Amina.

Charlos looked at the sisters and slowly said, "You may stay by my side, but from today onward, you belong to me. Understand?"

Amira looked at Charlos and gently nodded. "Yes, I understand."

Amina leaned against her sister and softly echoed, "Yes, I understand."

Holding out the two Devil Fruits, Shalria huffed, "These two Devil Fruits are for you to eat! If you want to stay by Brother's side, you need to have some strengths!"

Amira and Amina cautiously reached out and accepted the two Devil Fruits with their strange patterns.

Charlos looked at them and slowly explained, "These are Devil Fruits. A person can only eat one in their lifetime. As for what abilities you'll awaken, even I don't know yet."

Amira lowered her head to look at the fruit glowing with white light in her hand. Without hesitation, she opened her mouth and took a large bite.

In an instant, an intensely disgusting, dry taste filled her mouth. Her little face scrunched up, her features twisted together, yet she still clenched her teeth and forcibly swallowed the pulp.

Just as she was about to open her mouth for a second bite, Charlos raised his hand to stop her. "No need. One bite of a Devil Fruit is enough to awaken its power."

Watching her sister suffer, Amina also gathered her courage. She bit into the pulp of her dark-colored fruit and endured the nausea as she swallowed it all.

Charlos stared at the two of them and asked, "How do you feel? Does anything in your body feel different?"

Shalria widened her eyes in curiosity, staring unblinkingly at the sisters.

The next second, two faint glows suddenly lit up from within them.

Behind Amira, a pair of immaculate, pure white holy wings slowly unfurled. Soft radiance drifted around her, and her aura instantly became clear and ethereal. Her figure quietly grew taller, her face became increasingly beautiful and delicate, and her entire body carried an untainted holiness.

Behind Amina, a pair of deep black shadowy wings slowly spread open, while faint black mist curled around her body. Her figure became more graceful and voluptuous, her brows and eyes gained a seductive charm, and her aura was bewitching and alluring, filled with deadly temptation.

Seeing their earth-shaking transformations, Shalria immediately grew anxious and stomped her foot as she shouted, "Don't transform any more! Stop right there!"

With her cheeks puffed out, she fumed inwardly, Damn it! These two became so pretty that they're stealing all of Brother's attention!

Charlos looked at their utterly different yet equally stunning forms, amusement in his eyes.

"So one is an angel, and the other is a fallen angel."

Shalria puffed out her cheeks and snorted indifferently. "Who cares what angels or fallen angels they are? What's so great about that?"

Charlos spread his arms and directly pulled both girls into his embrace, chuckling softly. "Mm, after awakening your powers, you smell even better."

This time, Shalria finally could not endure it any longer. She strode forward, grabbed the back of Charlos's clothes tightly, and shouted angrily, "Brother! You're not allowed to hug them!"

Amira and Amina stiffened and hurriedly spoke in low voices. "Saint Charlos... If this continues, Shalria will get jealous. Things will be difficult for us afterward."

Only after hearing their reminder did Charlos release his arms. He turned around, reached out, and pulled the sulking Shalria into his embrace.

"Are you jealous?"

Shalria lowered her head and sniffled softly. After a moment, she finally looked up at Charlos with wet eyes. "Brother, it's not that I won't let you hug them... I'm just afraid that someday, you'll like them best and won't like me anymore."

Charlos gently tapped her little nose and spoke tenderly. "That won't happen. From now on, you'll always be first in my heart, okay?"

"Okay." Shalria immediately stopped crying.

She turned to look at Amira and Amina beside her and haughtily declared, "Then I'll allow you two to stay by Brother's side from now on. Protect Brother properly!"

Amira and Amina froze for a moment before immediately responding respectfully, "Yes!"

At that moment, Akali stepped forward and spoke with a serious expression. "Saint Charlos, neither of them has any combat foundation. Even if they have awakened Mythical Zoan abilities, they cannot use them in actual combat. It is equivalent to wasting two top-tier Devil Fruits."

Charlos raised his hand and directly cut her off. "Stop. I know what you want to say. If they have no combat ability, then train them."

He looked at Akali and asked calmly, "You were an agent. You know the Navy Six Powers, right?"

Akali bowed. "I am proficient in them."

"Then you will be responsible for training the two of them."

"Understood." Akali answered solemnly.