Chapter 32

It had been a few days since Ragna and Ishilly had a date.

Ragna in these past few days, fought Fukaboshi, spending time getting closer to Shirahoshi, occasionally hanging out with Ishilly.

Ragna was currently in Ryuga Palace with Law. They had been called here, of course, by Fukaboshi.

"Law-san, I will definitely beat you today." Fukaboshi's seriousness could be seen in his eyes.

Fukaboshi had never won in his fights with two of them, which made him even more ambitious. He started training harder every day just to at least win against Law.

"Don't be so sure, Fukaboshi." Law said with a smile.

Law also found amusing the fights with him. Because Fukaboshi could almost be considered his equal. Therefore, he was gaining quite good experience in the fights with him.

Then they started to fight. While they were fighting, Ragna and Shirohoshi were some distance away from them.

Shirahoshi had gotten closer to Ragna these past days. Ragna played games and chat with her almost every day. This satisfied Shirahoshi because there was no one else playing with her, her family was always busy with something.

Ragna wasn't just interested in furthering his relationship with her. Seeing this cute creature's smile always filled him with peace. He felt as if he was rewriting his past while playing with her.

As Ragna and Shirahoshi watched their fight, Ragna suddenly felt something coming towards them.

Therefore, he quickly activated observation haki and took a look at the object that was coming towards them. It was a dagger and its target was Shirahoshi.

Ragna quickly stepped in front of Shirahoshi and then caught the oncoming dagger with both hands. It wasn't too difficult as he used armament haki while doing this.

Shirahoshi was stunned by the sudden event. At that time, Fukaboshi and Law also noticed the situation and quickly arrived there.

"What happened? Shirahoshi, are you okay?" Fukaboshi said worriedly.

Shirahoshi could only nod as she was scared. Because she had realized that if it weren't for Ragna, that dagger would almost have pierced her.

Ragna glanced at the dagger he was holding at the time. A piece of paper was stuck in the dagger.

Ragna pointed the dagger in her hand and then said, "It was thrown from afar and its target was directly Shirahoshi. The person who throw this is probably the same person who sent letters to Shirahoshi for several days."

Then Ragna took the piece of paper out of the dagger and handed it to Fukaboshi, "Also, there's a piece of paper with something written on it again."

Fukaboshi took the piece of paper and read it, then frowned in anger.

"Thank you Ragna-san for saving Shirahoshi. I need to discuss this matter with my father." Fukaboshi said.

"Let's come too, maybe we can help." Ragna said, and then they all entered the palace.

After Fukaboshi found his father, he quickly told him what had happened and handed him the dagger and the paper.

"Dear Shirahoshi-chan, you still haven't accepted my offer. I am sending you this dagger as a token of my love for you. Vander Decken." On the piece of paper was written.

"Damn! Vander Decken! I will kill you!" Neptune said angrily as he slammed his trident to the ground.

Then he said angrily looking at the guards, "You still haven't caught him!?"

"My king, we couldn't catch him! We think he probably escaped the island!" One of the guards said hastily.

"Send a search team outside! You will catch him no matter what!" Neptune said angrily.

"Yes, sir!" The guards said and then they quickly went out.

At that time, Otohime hurriedly came there and rushed directly to Shirahoshi.

"Shirahoshi! Are you okay? Nothing happened, right?" Otohime said worriedly.

"I'm fine mom. Ragna-sama protected me." Shirahoshi said while looking at Ragna with admiration.

"Oh? Ragna, thank you for protecting my daughter. You protected first me and then my daughter. We can't thank you enough. I'm so grateful." Otohime said and then Neptune likewise thanked him gratefully.

"It doesn't matter, after all, I couldn't let a cute little girl get hurt in front of my eyes." Ragna said.

"So what are we gonna do? How are we going to protect Shirahoshi?" Otohime said worriedly as she looked at her husband.

Neptune said after thinking for a while, "Shirahoshi can stay in the Hard-Shell Tower until we catch him. She will be safer there."

"How long? 1 day? 1 month? 1 year? 10 years? Will my daughter be locked in a room until that monster is caught? What about her freedom, her childhood? I want him caught immediately! Do you understand me, Neptune!" Otohime said angrily. It pissed her off that her daughter was in such a situation.

It was the first time Neptune had seen her like this, and for some reason, he was scared by her.

"I will definitely catch him!" Neptune said quickly. Because he wanted his daughter to live freely and safely.

Shirahoshi had tears in her eyes when she heard what her mother had said. She didn't want to be locked in a room for years! She was very happy in her current life! She was playing and having fun with Ragna-sama every day.

Ragna said directly when he saw her in this situation, "I want to help you too. I even have a plan. Do you want to hear?"