Slight Movement! Hancock's Acceptance

Swain looked at the old woman, admiration in his eyes.

She really knew how to play along!

Although this whole thing had merely been a misunderstanding, with her stirring things up like this, there might actually be a chance of success.

Hancock lowered her head, so no one could see her expression.

Her face was so flushed that it looked as though blood might drip from it.

"Damn it, damn it! What a lecher!"

She kept cursing Swain inwardly.

No matter how powerful, spoiled, or domineering she was, even the Empress now wished she could find a crack in the ground to hide in!

If it had been anyone else, she would have simply killed everyone who knew about this.

But these people were her family and her subjects.

How could she bring herself to do that?

"Sonia, Marigold!"

"Capture this lecher!" Hancock shouted coquettishly.

She would never be able to vent her hatred unless she skinned Swain and tore his bones out.

After hearing Hancock's order, Sonia and Marigold attacked without hesitation.

The two women, one green and one yellow, transformed into enormous snakes and forced him out of the palace.

Swain remained calm as he dodged their attacks.

Seeing him evade, the two transformed into half-human, half-snake forms and threw a punch at the same time.

Bang!

Swain blocked both fists with his palms. When their Armament Haki collided, it resounded with a thunderous boom.

The two sisters were no match for Swain. After exchanging only one blow, they were defeated.

The people who knew nothing about Swain's strength cried out in shock at the result.

The two strongest female warriors in their kingdom had actually lost just like that?

Swain grinned.

Far away, Elder Nyon felt a vague sense of familiarity when she saw that smile.

It looked exactly like the smile of that pirate she had met in his youth!

"Sorry, Sister. We've embarrassed you!" Sonia and Marigold said.

The difference in strength was simply too great.

Hancock consoled them. "Don't blame yourselves."

She intended to teach Swain a lesson herself.

The giant snake beneath her carried her toward Swain.

"Don't you want to save that pirate?"

She spoke coldly and proudly. "I'll give you a chance. If you can defeat me, they can live."

Seeing the incomparably beautiful Empress even while angry, how could Swain bring himself to attack her?

Besides, she was his wife in every sense of the word.

But.

His opponent did not see things that way.

The Empress wore a purple cheongsam, her three thousand strands of beautiful hair falling behind her shoulders. Her slender legs looked especially alluring beneath the cheongsam.

She moved incredibly quickly, kicking at Swain with her right leg.

She even used Haki.

Outsiders were easily misled by her appearance and often forgot that she was a powerhouse who possessed all Three Colors of Haki.

Her bounty was as high as 1,659,000,000 Beli.

Swain's expression turned solemn. He had nearly forgotten that the Empress's strength was nothing to scoff at.

He spread his legs and raised his right arm to guard his chest.

He actually intended to receive the blow head-on!

Clang!

The two clashed, and the collision of their Armament Haki rang out.

Hancock snorted coldly, spun around, and kicked again!

This time, Swain was sent flying.

"Why aren't you fighting back?" Hancock asked coldly.

"How could I attack my own wife?"

Swain wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He had not even bothered to defend against that last attack.

He would let Hancock vent her anger first. It was not as though he would lose anything.

"Hmph! I won't hold back!"

"Perfume Femur!"

She strode forward, then turned sideways and raised her right leg, kicking Swain in the ribs.

Crack!

That Haki-coated kick directly dislocated one of his ribs.

That hurts!

Swain shouted inwardly.

This woman is way too ruthless!

Hancock had not expected Swain to truly leave himself completely undefended.

Swain fell to the ground, his throat turning sweet as he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"You!" Seeing Swain spit blood, Hancock grew frantic.

She had only wanted to teach him a lesson. She had not expected him to offer her no defense whatsoever!

Swain staggered to his feet again.

His blood-red lips curled upward, and he mouthed the word "wife."

This made Hancock furious and embarrassed!

Even after getting injured, he still refused to yield.

"Pistol Kiss!"

She lightly touched her lips, then fired a bullet that struck his arm, causing blood to flow freely.

Swain's physique was exceptionally strong. Even without any defense, it had only made him bleed.

If it had been an ordinary person, their arm would probably have been broken outright.

"Why aren't you fighting back!"

Hancock moved in close and struck him in the face again.

Punch after punch.

But the force was no longer as great as before.

"Why?"

Looking at the man before her, she gradually began to feel reluctant to continue.

The feelings she had buried for so many years were slowly beginning to loosen.

"I told you I would protect you and kill all the Celestial Dragons who bullied you," Swain said with difficulty as he lay on the ground.

Whether Swain had actually said those words before no longer mattered. To Hancock at that moment, they were devastatingly powerful.

After all.

The nightmares of her childhood often still woke her in terror after she escaped.

Remembering the helplessness she had felt back then, she realized how desperately she, a little girl, had longed for a man's protection.

But.

From then until now, she had faced everything alone.

Now, the man from that childhood dream stood before her, telling her that he would protect her.

At that moment, the defenses around her heart completely fell away.

She sat on the ground, wrapping her arms around her legs.

A mist began to gather in her eyes.

She looked so pitiful and touching that anyone would feel the urge to cherish her.

Sonia and Marigold, who had retreated into the distance, saw that Hancock was about to cry.

They marched over menacingly.

They did not care whether Swain had fought back. Since he had made Hancock cry, they were going to vent their anger on her behalf!

When Swain saw that Hancock had finally accepted him, he felt relieved.

He lay on the ground, breathing in the natural fragrance from her body.

His thoughts had already begun to run wild.

The two sisters came over without saying a word and immediately beat and kicked Swain.

He had already lost a great deal of blood and barely had time to catch his breath. After taking such a beating, he promptly turned his head and pretended to pass out.

Hancock did not even have a chance to stop them.

"What's wrong?" She shook Swain.

The two large pale things on her chest swayed along with her movements.

Swain opened his eyes to a narrow slit and peeked.

So big!

No, wait! So white!

"Hurry and take him to the doctor."

Hancock might have been a queen on the outside, but inside, she was still like a girl.

She had nowhere near as many tricks as Swain.

Seeing him unconscious, she grew anxious, wondering if she had actually beaten him to death.

"I'll do it!"

Seeing that her sister was worried, Marigold immediately took Swain from Hancock's hands.

She was a very fat woman to begin with, and having had no contact with men for years, she had never learned anything about being a lady.

She simply grabbed Swain and flung him onto her back.

Crack!

Another one of Swain's ribs was dislocated.

"Damn!! (A type of plant)"

Swain cursed the two of them endlessly in his heart.