Chapter 26

In front of you, a 'great villain' like me feels utterly ashamed.

Looking at Makino’s smile, Lin Yu, this 'great villain,' felt somewhat annoyed and slapped her behind, successfully causing her to blush.

That’s more like it.

Seeing Makino’s flushed face and her somewhat uncomfortable expression, Lin Yu chuckled and carried her as he ran toward the Goa Kingdom.

By now, Reiju should have already infiltrated the Goa Kingdom’s palace with Anna and Charlos, so he needed to go and provide support as soon as possible.

On the other side.

In the Goa Kingdom palace, Reiju sat on the throne, bored, filing her nails.

Before her, Anna and Charlos were forcing Sabo’s brother to hand over the key to the kingdom’s treasury.

The newly appointed King of Goa, Sterry, bruised and covered in whip marks, knelt on the ground, begging Anna and Charlos incessantly:

"Please, don't hit me anymore."

"I'll give you everything, I'll give you everything." ===== CHAPTER 52 =====

Slap!

Having obtained the key to the kingdom’s treasury from Sterry.

Charlos flicked her right hand, directly sending Sterry flying, crashing into the floor, life or death unknown.

"Now we wait for Lin Yu to come; if he doesn't come, we won't be able to take much away."

On the throne, Reiju glanced at the unconscious Sterry and reached out to look at her freshly filed nails.

They had used their Raid Suits to quietly fly into the Goa Kingdom palace, without alerting the guards in the capital.

So they had easily knocked out all the guards and servants in the palace and successfully taken control.

"Alright."

Anna and Charlos nodded upon hearing this, came to Reiju’s side, and discussed how to file their nails to look best.

Not long after, Lin Yu, wearing his Raid Suit, flew into the palace on the wind, carrying a bewildered Makino.

Only when her feet touched the ground did Makino, face flushed, get down from Lin Yu.

It was her first time experiencing flight; she was both amazed and terrified, so she had held onto Lin Yu tightly the whole time.

Of course, since she wouldn't let go of Lin Yu, Lin Yu naturally wouldn't let go of her either, which made her very embarrassed.

"Lin Yu."

"Young Master."

Seeing Lin Yu arrive, Reiju stood up from the throne, and Anna and Charlos hurriedly stood at attention; Lin Yu sat down naturally.

"Go gather the items in the treasury; I'll be there in a moment."

After understanding the basic situation, Lin Yu instructed Reiju.

"Understood."

Reiju glanced at Makino and walked out of the palace gates toward the kingdom’s treasury, followed by Anna and Charlos, who were also sizing Makino up.

Lin Yu took out a Devil Fruit and looked at Makino with a smile:

"Come, Miss Makino."

"Although you've already eaten, you need to eat this now."

After speaking, Lin Yu used a small pocket knife to cut off a piece of the Devil Fruit and held it in his hand.

Hearing Lin Yu’s words, Makino’s pretty face flushed red again, and she came before Lin Yu.

Because Lin Yu was sitting, Makino knelt down, obediently lifted her chin, and ate the Devil Fruit from his hand.

"Ugh... it tastes so bad."

Makino furrowed her beautiful brows, looking miserable, as if she wanted to vomit.

"This is a Devil Fruit; it’s normal for it to taste bad."

"But it will grant you a special ability, so you must finish it."

Lin Yu chuckled and cut off another piece, handing it to Makino, who had finally managed to swallow the first.

"A Devil Fruit?" Makino was startled; having been in contact with Shanks and the others for a long time, she naturally knew what a Devil Fruit was and understood its preciousness.

She really hadn't expected Lin Yu to give her such a precious thing.

"Makino, although the means I used to invite you onto the ship were somewhat dishonorable, I am very serious about you."

"So you must work hard to improve your strength and not let down my expectations."

Stuffing the Devil Fruit into Makino’s mouth, Lin Yu reached out and patted her head, saying with a chuckle.

"I... I understand."

Makino pursed her lips, forced herself to swallow the Devil Fruit in her mouth again, and then covered her mouth, feeling nauseous.

Seeing Makino like this, Lin Yu smiled and cut off another small piece.

According to the authoritative knowledge on training obtained from Charlos.

This method of feeding Devil Fruits increased the obedience of Makino and the others toward him, so Lin Yu had grown fond of this feeding method.

Makino endured the nausea, stretched her neck again, and ate the Devil Fruit from Lin Yu’s hand.

After feeling nauseous several times, a pale-faced Makino finally finished the Devil Fruit in Lin Yu’s hand.

Eating the Devil Fruit bit by bit was truly torture.

Reaching out to take the scarf from Makino’s head and wrapping it around her neck, Lin Yu exclaimed, "That looks much better."

Hearing Lin Yu’s praise, Makino couldn't help but blush.

Perhaps because of the Devil Fruit, Makino felt that Lin Yu was actually quite nice to her...

"How do you feel now?"

Lin Yu looked at Makino and asked curiously.

"I feel like there are some indescribable things in my mind."

Makino said in confusion, then pulled her right hand into the empty air beside her, and a jade-green, translucent safe, two meters in length, width, and height, appeared beside her.

Then, she pressed her left hand onto a vase nearby; the vase disappeared and appeared inside the safe, which left Makino feeling incredibly amazed.

"It really is a storage function."

Lin Yu smiled; this was a very practical ability.

"Let's go, let's check the treasury first; you can continue researching later."

"Mm."

Makino hummed, made the safe disappear, and followed behind Lin Yu toward the Goa Kingdom’s treasury.

Inside the kingdom’s treasury, Reiju and the others had already gathered all the treasures, waiting for Lin Yu’s arrival.

"Young Master, look what I found!"

Charlos held a Devil Fruit and ran excitedly to Lin Yu to present her treasure.

"Very good!"

Lin Yu pinched Charlos’s pretty face and offered a word of encouragement.

[Ding! Charlos’s friendliness has reached 100; she will be forever loyal to you, and experience feedback is doubled.]

Charlos grinned, took the opportunity to pull Lin Yu’s arm, and then looked smugly at the disgruntled-looking Anna.

This Devil Fruit had actually been discovered by Anna first, but Charlos had snatched it away.

"This should be a gift that the new King of Goa prepared to offer to the Celestial Dragons."

Reiju, standing nearby, said this and then glanced at Charlos.

Anna, also nearby, did the same.

Only Makino stared at the special necklace around Charlos’s neck for a long time before remembering that she seemed to be the Celestial Dragon that Lin Yu had abducted.

Thinking of how she had just presented the treasure to Lin Yu and begged for praise, Makino couldn't help but look sideways.

She didn't understand what kind of charm Lin Yu had to make her so submissive.

Charlos ignored the gazes of Reiju and the others.

For her now, Lin Yu was the only Celestial Dragon in her heart.

Hearing the system prompt, Lin Yu chuckled, cupped Charlos’s pretty face, and kissed her, which made her incredibly excited.

"Makino, use your ability to store all these things away."

Lin Yu turned his head and instructed Makino behind him.

"Okay." ===== CHAPTER 53 =====