Dragon Palace Kingdom, outside the hard-shell tower.

"This is where the little female Shirahoshi lives." Neptune pointed to the door of the Hardshell Tower and said to Ace, "For some reason, the little girl was cursed by a villain and had to hide in this 'Hardshell Tower' to save her life. ”

"Cursed?" Ace, of course, knew that Shirahoshi was hiding inside the Hardshell Tower to hide from the ability of the man called Vander Dyken IX.

However, Ace still pretended not to know, and looked very interested.

"It was a curse left on the little girl by a thug named Vander Dyken IX, who claimed to have been cursed by the target, but in fact he had eaten some kind of devil fruit and gained the ability to target anyone anytime, anywhere."

"Because the little girl once rejected his marriage proposal, he launched this ability on the little girl, and took the little girl as his 'target', and over the years, he would often use various weapons as 'targets' to attack the little girl."

"Because he is uncertain about any time and place for each 'target', the little girl can only hide in this hard-shell tower for a long time, guarding against the attack of the villain who may come at any time."

"Since the day she was cursed, the little girl hasn't left this hard-shell tower for eight years." Neptune said, a look of sadness and remorse on his face.

It wasn't that Neptune didn't try to find Vander Dyken IX to come into contact with the curse, he even thought that if he found Vander Dyken IX, he would even kill the villain if he didn't lift the curse.

But Vander Dyken IX is also a cunning guy, not only has he not been caught by the Dragon Palace Kingdom for so many years, but he will also launch the ability to 'target' Princess Shirahoshi from time to time, so that Shirahoshi will not dare to step out of the hard shell tower in these eight years.

What's even more annoying is that when this bastard proposed to Princess Shirahoshi, Princess Shirahoshi was only six years old!

"Vander Dyken IX?" Hearing this name, Ace's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of murderous intent.

Although Ace knew that the reason why Neptune brought him to meet Princess Shirahoshi so happily was probably with the intention of asking him to help solve the 'curse' on Shirahoshi, Ace still decided to find the bastard of Vander Dyken IX after meeting Shirahoshi and kill him.

actually proposed to a six-year-old child, if this kind of scum is not killed as soon as possible, will it still be kept for the New Year?

"Father, are you outside?"

At this time, a very nice sound came from inside the hard-shell tower.

"It's me." Hearing the sound coming from inside the Hardshell Tower, Neptune immediately responded, and then pushed open the door of the Hardshell Tower.

As the door of the hard-shell tower was pushed open, a white and tender palm several times larger than normal people stretched out from the gate, and then a huge and beautiful face slowly poked out of the gate.

She has long flowing pink curly hair, a taiyaki hair ornament on her head, a pair of shell-shaped earrings, bright blue eyes, a beautiful face, a plump upper circumference, and a beautiful face that looks pitiful but is not inferior to the world's first beauty, Boya Hancock.

Although he is only fourteen years old, his body size is already more than ten meters, and his young but beautiful appearance coupled with his unique charm gives people a shocking visual impact.

This is the mermaid princess of the Dragon Palace Kingdom, Shirahoshi.

Princess Shirahoshi was happy to know that Neptune had come to see her, but she poked her head out and saw that there was a person outside the door besides Neptune, so she immediately retracted her head.

After a while, Shirahoshi 'secretly' stuck his head out of the crack in the door, and a pair of big aqua blue eyes timidly looked at Ace standing beside Neptune, and asked in a low voice, "Father, who is this person......

"He's ......" Neptune looked at Ace, suddenly not knowing how to introduce him.

If you talk about it from Whitebeard's side, Ace should be his junior, and it doesn't matter if Shirahoshi calls him brother.

But from his own side, he just swore an alliance with Ace, so that Ace and him belong to the alliance and belong to the same generation, if you talk about it from this side, then Shirahoshi will call Ace uncle.

"I'm the nephew of Uncle Neptune's friend, and you're the famous Princess White Star of Mermaid Island, right?" Ace came to Shirahoshi and stretched out his hand to him, smiling kindly, "My name is Potkas. D. Ace, you can call me Big Brother Ace. ”

Shirahoshi looked at Neptune, who nodded at her and gave her an encouraging look.

"Well, I'm Shirahoshi." Bai Xing stretched out his hand, touched Ace's palm, and immediately took it back, and then said crisply: "That...... Hello, Big Brother Ace. ”

Ace was stunned for a moment, then looked at his hand, and suddenly laughed: "Hahahaha, Shirahoshi, you obviously have such a huge body, but are you so timid?" ”

"Please...... Please don't say that about me. Hearing Ace's words, Shirahoshi immediately raised his mouth aggrievedly, and then sobbed and said, "Although I am indeed a little timid...... Boom~. ”

"Lord Ace......" Seeing his daughter crying, Neptune also leaned over to Ace's side and said with a smile: "Shirahoshi is indeed a little timid because he hides in the hard-shell tower all year round and rarely has contact with outsiders...... No, it's afraid of life, please don't say it so bluntly, she will be sad. ”

"Okay." Hearing this, Ace nodded, then looked at Bai Xing, and said solemnly: "I'm sorry, Bai Xing, I shouldn't have laughed at you in person, please forgive me." ”

"Well, I forgive you." Shirahoshi wiped away his tears and accepted Ace's apology.

Sou!

At this moment, a long sword suddenly flew from a distance, like an arrow, and shot towards the white star at a rapid speed.

"Huh?" Ace's gaze froze, and an instant appeared in front of Shirahoshi, then raised his arm and easily grabbed the flying long sword.

Call! ~

White flames rose in Ace's palm, and the scorching temperature instantly melted the long sword in his hand, and then completely evaporated into a vapor and disappeared.

"Good...... It's so powerful, there is a fire in the palm of your hand! Seeing the white flame in Ace's hand, Bai Xing's face suddenly showed a surprised expression, and at the same time, the gaze that looked at Ace also became adoring.

"Hehe, this is my ability, I am a flame man who has eaten the burning fruit, and I can control the flame freely." Ace raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and a flame immediately flew out of his fingertips, turning into a small fish that swam lifelike around Shirahoshi.