One Piece: Under the Throne

While everyone was chatting, the owner of the restaurant suddenly came over and said, "You must be friends of Gloria and Enel, right? It's great that this pair of siblings have made new friends."

Leo replied respectfully, "Yes, Gloria is leading her slave... oh no, it's the brothers, preparing for a band performance. If the old lady is interested, would you like to come and listen?"

"Haha, is the band performing? That's great. After all these years, Gloria is finally going to perform again. It's a pity that I can't go. Boy, you guys haven't been in Beka for long."

"Yes, mother-in-law, why can't you watch Gloria's performance?"

"It seems that the siblings didn't tell you about their affairs. That's right, Gloria is a strong child. She endured many things silently, so how could she tell you?"

So everyone ate while listening to the old woman telling stories about Gloria and her brother's past.

Gloria was indeed born into a musical family. Her parents were originally top musicians in Becca and were once the leaders of the God's Orchestra.

Born into a wealthy family with parents of high social status, Gloria was as happy as a little princess from birth. She also showed amazing musical talent from an early age. When she was 5 years old, she even had the opportunity to play alone for the God of Bika. The God admired this gifted child very much and awarded Gloria the title of Son of Music, making this little girl the pride of Bika.

Two years later, Enelu was born. He also had a talent for music. If he had received a complete music education since childhood, he would at least be a qualified instrumentalist in the God's Orchestra when he grew up.

But even a genius like Eneel pales in comparison to Gloria, so Eneel has lived under the aura of Gloria since he was a child.

Everyone was a little confused after hearing this. It can be said that Gloria's childhood was much happier than everyone here. Everyone in the Mobile Life Team was either an orphan or an orphan. Ah Fu, who was a little better off, also had a childhood full of memories of hard training. As for the Prime Minister... that was too long ago, and it itself couldn't even remember it.

Sure enough, the story took a turn: "Seven years ago, an accident changed their family's life. I remember that it was the annual God's Celebration. Gloria's father was going to lead the God's Orchestra to play classics at the ceremony as usual. The 15-year-old Gloria participated in the performance as the youngest God's musician in history, but she got into trouble. When the girl went on stage holding a strange instrument, everyone was very surprised, but the performance had already started and there was no time to change."

"Although it was different from the rehearsal, Gloria's father chose to believe in his daughter's musical talent. When the performance started, there was nothing unusual during the ensemble stage. As the performance progressed, there was a solo for Gloria, and she used that strange instrument called guitar to play in front of the gods and all the people. However, the gods were furious, thinking that the girl was heretic and disregarded tradition, destroying the solemn celebration."

"After the performance, Gloria's family was arrested. Her father was also dismissed from his position as the orchestra's concertmaster and replaced by his deputy. But Gloria's parents are the best musicians in the country after all. As long as they admit their mistakes, they can still be forgiven by God. However, Gloria's music career was cut short because of her big mistake. What no one expected was that on the day of the public trial, Gloria's father said something that shocked everyone. I will never forget his words until I die."

"Great God, my daughter Gloria is innocent. She uses new instruments to play beautiful melodies and perfectly interprets classics in an unprecedented way. Music is inclusive and free. Only by constantly learning and accepting new things can we keep making progress. My daughter did it. She bravely took the first step and opened up a new musical path for Beka. She should be the pride of every one of us."

The speech of Gloria's father made the god Bika very angry, and he believed that this was a blasphemy against tradition. As the main culprit, Gloria was even more unforgivable. It was a serious crime to change the musical instruments privately and disrupt the sacrificial activities, so the god immediately ordered Gloria to be executed. In the end, her parents stepped forward and exchanged their own deaths for the god's forgiveness of Gloria.

From then on, the siblings were not allowed to enter the God's City, Bica, and Gloria never had the opportunity to perform again, so she could only live apart from the group with her brother."

After hearing the story, everyone sighed. Gloria also changed her opinion of Enel, while Victoria was feeling the rough fate of the musical genius.

Victoria: "Wow, what did Sister Gloria do wrong? Why did she have to endure this kind of suffering?"

Gloria: "How can God be so unreasonable and destroy Gloria's life so easily?"

Charles: "How can a god understand the thoughts of mortals? God must be a powerful being, so no one dares to disobey Him."

Leo was a little helpless: "Hey, God is just an ordinary person like everyone else. Don't think that there is really a God in the sky. In Sky Island, God is just a title, equivalent to the king of Bika."

"What? x6"

"Okay, eat quickly. We'll go see Gloria later."

……

After a hearty meal, Leo and his friends came to Gloria's home. They walked around Yunshan and saw from afar that there seemed to be a lot of people gathered there.

A group of soldiers surrounded the house, and the leader raised his head and looked at Gloria and the others arrogantly.

Two soldiers were still holding Enel, whose face was covered in blood, and it looked like he had just been beaten.

Gloria fell to the ground and looked up at the leader angrily: "Uncle Robert, what did Enel do wrong to deserve being beaten like this by you? Why don't you let us go?"

The leader was named Robert. He was the one who succeeded Gloria's father as the leader of the God's Orchestra. "Gloria, you are wrong to say that. God's will is to forbid you to set foot in Bica. I gave you a break for your father's sake and allowed you to quietly go to the city to buy daily necessities. But your brother is so rude. He didn't know how to behave when he saw his elders, and he even dared to speak wildly to me. It seems that you and your sister have forgotten who allowed you to live to this day."

Hearing this, Gloria was furious and electric arcs began to appear on her body. Seeing this, Robert quickly put a knife to Enel's neck and said, "Don't be impulsive, niece, otherwise Enel will leave you."

Gloria gritted her teeth, then deflated again: "I'm sorry, Uncle Robert. I apologize for my behavior just now and for Enel's disrespectful behavior towards you. Please forgive us, and please be magnanimous and let us go."

Robert smiled arrogantly and broke the electric guitar that fell to the ground with his foot. "Hahahaha, this is the right attitude. Gloria, you have to recognize the situation. Isn't the lesson from seven years ago enough? Give up those unrealistic fantasies."

Robert looked down at Gloria, and suddenly lifted her chin with one hand, showing Gloria's delicate face. "What a perfect creation, with outstanding musical talent and exquisite face. It's not without reason that you have become the pride of Bika. I will give you a chance. As long as you agree to serve the Son of God, you and your sister will become his slaves together, and you won't have to live such a hard life."

Just when Gloria was most helpless, screams were heard from the guard team. Before Robert and Gloria could react, a shadow enveloped them.

Gloria looked up and her eyes suddenly widened. Leo was floating in the air wearing armor, staring at Robert with extremely cold eyes.

Robert was also intimidated by Leo's momentum. He called for the guards in panic, but when he looked back, all the guards he brought were knocked down. Enel was lying on the ground. A beautiful little girl was treating him, and the closest to him was a girl holding a sledgehammer. The anger in her eyes seemed to ignite Robert.

"Outsiders, don't meddle in other people's business. I am the leader of the God's Orchestra and a big shot in this country. If you dare to hurt me, God will punish you."

Leo looked at Robert but spoke to Gloria: "There has never been a savior, nor do we rely on gods or emperors. To create happiness, we can only rely on our own hands. Gloria mustered up the courage to fight back fiercely."

Hearing this, Gloria's hands made a beeping sound, and several electric currents danced at her fingertips. [500 volt electric shock]

With the girl's cry, the electric snake on her fingertips hit Robert, and the opponent was electrocuted and turned into a flashing skeleton.

A few seconds later, Robert fell to the ground unconscious with black smoke coming out of his eyes.

Leo was about to end the lives of these people, but was stopped by Gloria: "Forget it, let them go. Leo, you guys should also leave Bica quickly. God's punishment is coming."

"God? I hate it most when someone claims to be God."

Before he finished speaking, a blue light fell from the sky. Only at this moment did Leo realize that there was someone else who had the ability of the Thunder Fruit. But he did not panic. He raised his hand and a water curtain appeared [Water Mirror Reflecting the World]. This was a move Leo developed in two years to specifically defend against large-scale attacks from Devil Fruits. The water mirror formed a world of its own and could absorb all elemental attacks formed by the ability of Devil Fruits. It could be said that the magic resistance was maxed out.

After the thick divine punishment lightning was absorbed by the water mirror, the mirror surface glowed blue, then flew high into the sky and exploded into countless lightning bolts in the air like fireworks.

Gloria and the others stared at the scene in front of them in a daze. Leo's miraculous operation stunned everyone.

Under the reflection of the blue arc in the sky, Leo said to Gloria: "Gloria, I have decided to hold a grand performance for you, and I will invite everyone to come and watch."