Chapter 13 - Donquixote 'Family'

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After two days of sailing, the ship of Orville Trading Co. finally arrived at the port of Spider Miles at dusk.

Arriving at the pier, Lepus thanked the employees of Orville Trading Co. who brought them and asked them to send thanks to Mr. Orville, too when they back in the Hedgehog.

After getting off the ship, Lepus first asked the local people for directions to the junkyard.

"Excuse me, uncle. Could you please tell us where the junkyard is?"

Lepus asked a middle-aged man.

"Hm? You want to go to that slum?"

"Right."

"Why would you want to go there? .... Ah. Whatever. Just head towards that tall chimney in sight."

The man said, pointing to the tall chimney that seemed to be billowing in the distance.

"Thank you."

Lepus then took Brisa away following the path to the direction indicated.

After half an hour of walking, the two of them finally arrived at the Spider Miles junkyard, where the base of the Donquixote Pirates was located. Then, Lepus saw a building that looked like a large warehouse with the Donquixote Pirates emblem not far away.

"Hm~... There, huh? Alright, Brisa let's go. Oh, before that, as usual, don't tell or talk about my abilities to anyone unless I permit or I do it myself, got it?"

"Un."

"Good. Hold my hand."

This time, Lepus didn't go to the big warehouse on foot, but instead opened the gap to go directly in.

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Every dinner time, all the members of the Donquixote 'Family' gather in the dining room of their headquarters.

And tonight, as usual they headed to the dining room led by their Young Master, Donquixote Doflamingo.

But unlike the usual, this time when they arrived near the dining room door, Doflamingo did not go straight in, but instead stopped.

".... Hm?"

Seeing Doflamingo who suddenly stopped, those behind him also stopped.

"Nnn.... Doffy? Why did you stop? Why you stopped?"

Asked a member who looked big but was covered in disgusting slime, namely Trebol.

"Doffy, what's up?"

This time it was Diamante who was tall and thin who asked.

Hearing their questions, Doflamingo answered.

"There's someone inside."

"Someone? Who, Young Master?"

This time the one who asked was a middle-aged man with a rabbit ear hat on his head, Lao G.

"All of our members are in this corridor and no one enters the dining room first."

This time a silver-spiky-haired person, Gladius, explained.

"Intruder!?"

The middle-aged woman with curly orange hair, Giolla, asked with a surprised suspicion.

"Who knows."

Doflamingo answered curtly and hesitantly.

Then Diamante said.

"We'll know when we see it for ourselves. We're going in."

They then entered the dining room. And when they looked at the dining table, they were a little surprised.

"Kids?"

One of them, a large orangutan-like person, Machvise, said.

Then, one of the kid that the Donquixote members saw, Lepus, grinned seeing them coming.

"Heya! I've been waiting for you."

Lepus said with a greeting.

Seeing that there were two unknown kid sitting at their family dining table, they were quite angry.

"Who are you, brat!?"

Diamante asked snapping.

"Nnn... How did you get in here? How?"

Trebol wondered.

"Who are you!? How dare you come in here without permission!?"

This time Giolla asked in a haughty tone.

Hearing their questions, Lepus answered.

"Hello, my name is Lepus. And this, my little sweetheart, Brisa.... Don't ask me how did I get in here."

Gladius then asked sternly.

"Lepus? Brisa? Never heard! Why are you here!? What's your goal?"

"Hmm.... If you ask why I'm here. My answer is of course to dine. Because this is the dining room, right?"

Lepus casually replied with a grin.

"Nnn... Looks like this kid is good at talking. Behehehe!"

Trebol laughed at that.

Doflamingo who frowned, finally asked straight to the point.

"What do you want?"

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