New roommates

The three girls looked at him with a wairy expression which makes him a little embarrassed

'At least they stoped crying' he thought

"Hey! don't keep looking at me. Aren't you going to introduce yourself, newcomer"

The three girls finally reacted and they stopped looking at him with that expression. The one in the middle introduces first followed by the other two.

"My name is Boa Hancock"

"Boa Sandersonia"

"Boa Marigold"

'As I thought, it's them'

They seem to have not come out of their nightmare. The one in the middle has black hair with two braids on both sides of her face. Her cute face was somewhat ruined by the tear strains and her frightened expression. The one on the left has green hair and is bigger than the other two. The last one on the right side has orange hair. All of them wore fashionable clothes.

"Grrrrrrrrrr....."

"Grrrrrrrrrr..... "

The face of the girls turns bright red and their eyes shows signs of mist reforming. The past few days have been a nightmare for them. From being the one dotted by everyone to being captured by slave traders and then being sold to the world nobles. They have not eaten anything since morning and after crying for such a long time they felt even more hungry.

"I will bring you some food", saying Michael quickly went to his bed and took out some apples from the corner. This is also another lesson he learnt from his one year slave career 'always be ready to be starved'. The jailer can always find many reasons to starve you. He has been stealing some easy to steal food from the kitchen and he found out that apple is the best among those that are easily available.

"Thank you for the food, Michael. Does this place even provide snacks for slaves? " Hancock doesn't think this place treats slaves well. When she was on Amazon Lily her sisters used to scare them that if they sneak out of the island they will be caught and sold to Mary Geoise.

"Where can slaves be given snacks. This is my reserve food. This place is much worse than you can imagine. And why do you girls keep huddling in the corner? Are you going to sleep like that? ".The three of them trembled a little when he asked the question. Michael doesn't think that these girls can survive with their current mentality. They must have suffered a lot in the original before escaping from this place.

"Michael, do they give you some ugly scar before they send you to the room", Hancock asked with a trembling voice.

Now he gets why they have been staying in the corner since he came inside. In the original One Piece the 'hoof of the flying dragon' is Hancock and their sisters' weak point. Luffy even got her love mainly because he didn't care that she had it.

" Oh! Are you talking about the one they stamp you with red hot iron. Every slave who is brought here will be stamped with one. It is proof that you belong to the Celestial Dragon", Michael's face gradually got twisted as he replied. He is sure to make those stupid nobles pay a painful price.

His face gradually returns to normal as he stops remembering those painful memories. He finds that the eyes of Marigold started tearing up again. He quickly tries to find a topic to divert their attention.

" Do you want to see where I got the scar? ", with a sad face Michael swipe up the hair covering his forehead and revealed an ugly paw like scar.

" If I become bald one day everyone will see that I have a paw on my forehead. I don't even know if I can marry a girl", Michael made a crying face.

"Pffffffff..... "

"Pffffffff..... "

"Pffffffff..... "

Chuckle sounded among the girls. It is the nature of human beings to feel less miserable as long as there is someone more miserable than them.

" Phew....We got it on our backs. It can be easily covered up with clothes", Hancock whispered to herself. Michael felt as if an arrow has stabbed on his chest. He gave Hancock a miserable face which Hancock avoided with a somewhat guilty look.

After the atmosphere lightened up they chatted for some time. Hancock and his sister talk about their life at Amazon lily and how they got captured. Michael talked about how he lived here the past year and shared many of his survival experiences. He hoped that they will suffer less with him here and he will try his best to help them.

Michael has been here for a year but he does not have anyone to talk to. Everyone is either a vicious pirate or a numb zombie. The atmosphere has started to affect him and sometimes he began to doubt himself. Showing kindness to Hancock is not only because she is Pirate Empress Boa Hancock, the most beautiful woman, but also to give himself a reason to not give up.

As he lays on his bed he starts to think about his current situation. He doesn't know much about the year system of one piece but he knows that the official debut of luffy is in 1522 and Hancock's age was 29years. From chatting with Hancock he found out that she is 12 years old. So this year should be 1505, 17 years before luffy's debut. He also knows that Hancock was 16 years old when she escaped, so he still has to endure 4 more years of suffering.

"F**k... Dragons. From now on I will be the enemy of anyone associated with the word dragons; Momonosuke must die", he growls in annoyance.

'Am I making too many enemies before I even escape. Celestial dragons..... Kaido dragon.... Monkey D Dragon.... World government.... Revolutionary army..... Pirate emperor.. Momonosuke will die.' He feels a little better after laughing at his sudden thought. He fell asleep thinking about his future and on the other end of the room the boa sisters also fell asleep. The whole corridor is quiet at this time, nobody has the strength to complain after a day of both mental and physical hard work.

....

"No. 100 to 150 WAKE UP"

The familiar loud voice of the jailer woke him up. Michael slowly opened his eyes and was greeted with the familiar ceiling. From the side he also heard some familiar whispering. It looks like they have also woken up. He looked at them and found that they were also looking at him and signalled them to keep quiet. Early morning before dawn is only for the Travelator movers and the city cleaners. After they are gone familiar quietness returns again.

"Michael, what shall we do? " Hancock asked in a low voice. She is the eldest among them so she has to learn how to survive in this new place and how to protect her sisters.

"Hancock, after sometime someone in charge of newcomers will come take you. Remember what I said yesterday, you have to blend in among the slaves. Don't try to stand out. Change your dress to a more common one. If you can't find one just steal one from the common bath house. Make your appearance average with some ash or dirt and do your assigned job without mistake. Don't try to fight back even if you get whipped, just move on" Michael tells them with a serious face. Hancock and her sisters nodded seriously. They didn't doubt Michael's words.

After waiting for some time warm sunlight passes through the window falls in his bed and Michael feels his strength beginning to rise and that he might be able to escape from this please soon. He quickly got out of bed, took his robe from the hanger and covered himself.

'Pheww.... You almost got me' Michael breath out slowly. His arrogance will always create surprise moments for him. It doesn't affect much at normal times but here every moment is critical. From the side Hancock and her sisters were looking at him weirdly

"I have vampire disease. Sunlight burns me. " He gave a weak reply to their look.

While they were talking another jailer came and took away another batch of slaves and finally his turn also came.

"No.50 to 60 come up"

"Hancock,Sonia, Marigold, we will meet again at night. Remember what I said and take care of yourselves" Michael whispers to them before leaving.

""" We will, take care of yourself too Michael"""

Michael and 9 other slaves followed the jailer to a forest. Today's work is to feed the mounts raised by the Celestial Dragons or become the feed. These mounts are not ordinary animals, there are bears, tigers, lions, leopards and even dinosaurs but they are 4 or 5 times bigger than the ones from his previous life. These animals can swallow a person whole in one bite.

'Well!! It's another adventuring day' Michael thought as he walked into the jungle.