Chapter 40: The Truth
Inside the hut, it was simply furnished, with only a table and a few chairs, and a small single bed, and even the slightest crack in the wall.
"Please sit down, I'm sorry, the humble house is shabby, please just take a moment." The masked man apologized, poured a glass of water for the three Meliodas, and found a place to sit down.
"It's okay, let's get down to business, I'm curious, who are you~ King Liku himself, or someone else from the Liku royal family?"
The masked man was shocked, and then took off the mask with relief, revealing an old face, with white hair, wrinkles on his face, and a haggard face, which made people unbearable.
"That's right, I'm King Liku himself, can you tell me how you guessed it? I think it's a good disguise. ”
"Your eyes tell everything about you~ Everyone can see it. Sadness, self-blame, remorse, the three emotions are contained in your eyes, and just like that, after hearing about the deeds of King Liku, I can't think of anyone other than King Liku and the royal family of Liku. Meliodas looked at King Riku disapprehantly, he was still more concerned about what was going on than interested in anything else.
"Really...... I'm still not qualified. King Liku shook his head helplessly, then looked at his hands, remembered the original picture again, and involuntarily clenched his fists, his nails even poked into the flesh, and the slightest blood was left drop by drop along the wound, but he didn't notice it, and the hatred in his eyes was difficult to hide.
"Everything was fine, the people lived and worked in peace, full of laughter, calm and harmonious, but since that day, that man, Don Quixote Dor Flamengo, has arrived!" As soon as King Riku mentioned Doflamingo, he couldn't help but cry out, his eyes bloodshot and his fists clenched even tighter.
Meliodas looked at King Riku with a sudden sadness in his eyes, and even he didn't notice it.
"That bastard of Doflamingo came to the palace and told me that he wanted to take back Don Quixote's land, and that if he wanted to remain king, he would prepare ten hundred thousand Baileys to buy the country, but although all the money in the whole country was not enough, I had no choice, and Doflamingo told me that I was not allowed to call other countries for help. In this case, there was absolutely no way but to raise money, so I immediately asked the soldiers to collect money from the citizens on the grounds of expropriation preparations, but time did not want to give me this opportunity, that bastard, Doflamingo him! ”
As King Liku spoke, a tear flowed down silently, as if a signal had been sounded, and the tears in his eyes began to pour down uncontrollably, and he burst into tears, gritted his teeth, and continued to speak.
"Doflamingo, he has been playing with me from the beginning, he has no intention of sparing this country, and when the time comes, he will start to control me with the power of the Devil Fruit, and make me fully armed towards my cherished people, swinging his sword, tightening the bowstring, killing and destroying everywhere, although I have tried my best to get rid of it, but what is the use, it is just a struggle. Then he began to control my soldiers, slaughtered with me, and created the illusion that we were mad to the people, and finally the bastard appeared as a hero, defeated me, and rightfully won the support of the people and became the new king. ”
"Huh~" King Liku took a deep breath and calmed down his mood: "That's the way it is, I don't know if you will believe it, but that's all I can say." ”
"I see, sure enough, is there something wrong with that Doflamingo...... Well~ I believe in you, after all, Reilly won't lie to me, he said that you are a very good king, and you don't have any anger in you, if you are not an absolutely kind person, you will not be so pure. ”
Meliodas has a trace of admiration for King Liku, although a kind person is good, but sooner or later he will be eaten by kindness and will harm himself, although Meliodas sometimes seems gentle, but when it comes to killing, he will never be soft, and it is always better to hurt others than others to hurt themselves.
"That Doflamingo is so hateful, I thought he was a good guy at first."
"How can it be so excessive to seize the country by such means, is this a pirate?"
Roald was very angry, and Leah began to have a new understanding of the pirates, and her heart was also a little shaken, thinking that the Blue Wolf Pirates on Holger Island were cruel enough, but compared to Doflamingo, they were already a small thing.
"Brother, if this is a pirate, let's not be a thief, I don't want to be like that." Leah is a little disappointed in the pirates.
"No, we're definitely not going to be like that, I'm not a pirate to do this kind of thing, I'm here to take risks, to find the legendary Great Secret Treasure ONE PIECE, that's my goal."
"Yes, you are you, not others, why should you press other people's thoughts on yourself, just be yourself, follow your heart is the way you should go." Meliodas said to the two.
When Liya heard this, a trace of clarity appeared in her eyes, and the fog in her heart gradually dissipated, and she saw the road ahead, and now she is no longer confused.
When King Liku heard what Meliodas said, he was extremely surprised, he couldn't imagine that a child would see life so thoroughly, where could a child say this, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would definitely think that he was a hundred-year-old guy, and then thought about it carefully: why shouldn't he be, since it has happened, then why not look at it a little, Doflamingo's revenge will be avenged sooner or later, but not now, so what's the point of torturing yourself now, hehe, It turns out that I'm not as good as a child, King Liku, but I'm still not mature enough.
Thinking of this, King Liku's eyes were full of gratitude when he looked at Meliodas, and even his title changed, and in the surprised eyes of the three Meliodas, he knelt down directly: "My lord, thank you for what you said just now, I have already seen it, and I, Likudord III, will definitely repay you." ”
"Haha, get up, Your Majesty King Liku, you don't need to thank me, I just said what I had to say, I don't want my fancy partner to lose himself, since you have figured it out, then come on." Meliodas smiled and left with Roald and Leah.