princess of don quixote

M-5

Dressrosa, Don Quixote family.

"Miss Delo, the young master wants you to change your clothes and go to a ball."

"Prom? Why did you let me go?"

"It's not just you, you go with the young master as a female companion."

"Eh?"

Dolo, who was in a daze in the room, was a little surprised, after all, Doflamingo hadn't taken her out for a long time.

……

After dressing up, Doflamingo boarded his pirate ship with his arms around his waist.

Taking Doflamingo's boat for the first time, Dolo had a strange feeling in her heart.

Over the past month, Doflamingo has subconsciously fulfilled many of her childhood wishes, such as taking her out to play alone, strolling the streets of Dressrosa, and being alone like ordinary couples.

He was no longer obsessed with letting her have dinner with all the family members, knowing that she would not get along with the family members, he did not force her, but summoned her to eat alone in the study during lunch time.

These are all things she wanted to have before, but now she is a little indifferent, even a little bit unmotivated.

Doflamingo also found out that since she returned to the castle, she has been looking far away by herself, and it seems that she doesn't want to stay in the castle and become a princess, so he decided to take her out to sea today on a whim.

……

Balls are hosted by dignitaries.

De Luo was wearing a set of generous and decent pure white elegant dance dress, which complemented her fair and beautiful skin, and her pretty face quickly attracted the attention of many people.

She followed Doflamingo, she looked very petite, her small face was slightly sad, making her even more charming.

When Doflamingo was talking to other people, she would be alone.

Occasionally, someone would strike up a conversation with her, and since it wasn't her first time at a prom, she knew how to respond gracefully, with her faint, polite smile.

During a few dazed moments, Delo suddenly noticed a leftover sandwich on the snack table.

She thus recalled inexplicably the incident that had made him angry for forcing him to eat slices of bread, the day they had fought on the boat—and it was he who had finally offered to apologize.

In order to show her sincerity, Luo took a bite of bread that day, but she vomited all over the deck, so she didn't ask him any more.

Thinking of this past, Dolo burst out laughing.

And this frank smile made Doflamingo's heart skip a beat when he accidentally turned back to check where she was.

It was a smile he hadn't seen for nearly ten years, an innocent and extremely beautiful smile.

And the reason why he likes her is nothing more than that.

However, she is definitely not thinking about him now, nor is she laughing because of him.

...13 years ago, everything about her still belonged to him.

Only 13 years later, because of his own choice, everything changed.

She who was once close at hand, was once within reach——

But at that time, he was afraid and fearful, so he withdrew his hand and deliberately kept a distance from her.

His decision and attitude hurt her as well as himself.

Now that he insisted on tying her by his side, her heart no longer belonged to him... This must be God's will, right?Or did he deserve it?

……

Thinking about what was there and what was not, the smile on the corner of Doflamingo's mouth had already disappeared.

He planned to calm down first, but when he saw someone else approaching Delo, he frowned and approached her.

However, just as he was approaching her, a killing intent rose in the ballroom!

Doflamingo's sensitive nerves stood up all of a sudden, he raised his eyebrows, and at the same time the lights were safe!

boom--

There are also fierce gunshots sounding in the venue!

He frowned, and even felt the killing intent coming from all directions and the sound of the ability user starting to use his ability.

The atmosphere suddenly became chaotic, and it became too dark all of a sudden. He could easily identify the direction of all the enemies, but he couldn't feel the harmless Dolo's position.

What he fears most is that she gets hurt - he can't let her have the slightest mistake.

……

At the moment when the accident happened, Dolo panicked. It was the first time for her to come to this kind of dance party with so many strong people. Now it seems that she can be poked into a honeycomb with just one finger.

The people around seemed to be waiting for an opportunity... In the past, if she was by Luo's side, at least she wouldn't be so afraid.

It's just that her state has been too wrong recently, and now she has completely lost confidence in her ability.

Faced with this situation, she only dared to quietly change the feathers from her hands, trying to sense the surrounding environment——

brother... where?Does brother know about this?

"Little girl...!"

In the confusion, she heard his hoarse voice coming from one direction.

But she was stunned, recognized the direction of his voice in the crowd, and didn't want to limit his location—at least, she felt that she should stay with him in this strange environment.

And when Doflamingo met her, he also felt relieved—at least he had confirmed her safety, and he could leave here at any time.

"Brother, what's going on now?"

"I don't know, maybe some little mouse got in here..."

He looked left and right, since De Luo was here, he didn't want to get involved in this troubled water, and the liquidation could be done later, that is...

- bang bang!

Two piercing gunshots sounded from a blind spot, and in the darkness he felt Delo's body tremble at the same time as the sound appeared, and Ben's hand that was gripping his clothes loosened, almost slipping off him.

His heart skipped a beat, and Doflamingo had a bad feeling, and immediately held her back: "...Delo! Are you injured?"

"... Woo." She rested her forehead on his chest without making a sound.

And Doflamingo swept up her waist, and then felt a warm hand——

"Hmm." He heard her grunt, his expression changed, and he knew that the shot should have hit her vitals - near the internal organs!

Doflamingo felt that her breath was getting weaker, and at the same time - he realized that the person who attacked her should have aimed at him.

Because in order to find her just now, he didn't hide his aura - and he was easily targeted by the enemy.

That is, the other party accidentally injured Dolo without knowing that Dolo was in his arms.

A bloodthirsty smile bloomed on his face, he hugged De Luo tightly with one hand, jumped up again, and the killing intent spread throughout the space: "Originally... I planned to leave without doing anything."

"But since you all want to challenge my bottom line...don't blame me."

Doflamingo had a grim expression on his face, and he covered Delo's head, preventing her from seeing the bloody scene, and waved violently with one hand——

In an instant, the entire dance venue was smashed into pieces by him in an instant, and a forcibly created "exit" appeared from above their heads. He hugged her horizontally with one hand, jumped up again, and returned to Germany at the fastest speed. Reis Rosa.

Originally, it was expected that the dance would be held for three days in a row, and he would stay on that small island for a while, so he let his boat go back first... Now that I think about it, the other party might have distributed this kind of news just for this reason.

There was a devouring chill in his deep eyes, and he left the sea area as fast as he could.

……

After finally returning to the castle, Doflamingo hurriedly called someone to treat her wound.

As a result, fortunately, the wound did not hurt important internal organs, and the bullet got stuck in a very shallow place, so the operation was successfully completed.

After confirming that there were no more bullet fragments left in her body, Doflamingo dripped some magical liquid on her body, and the wound miraculously healed.

So, the day after she returned to the castle, she also became able to get out of bed.

During the days of suffering, she kept dreaming, and also remembered the reassurance she felt when she hugged Doflamingo in the dark that day at the banquet—terrified.

The feelings that she deliberately ignored grew wantonly at that moment, and when Doflamingo put his hands on her body, she was really calmed down instantly.

She realized that the desire in her heart and Doflamingo's heart might be the same.

She got off the bed, changed into clean clothes, and carefully left the room, then walked to the castle's library, picked up a few books casually, and returned to her room.

Just this recently, she was set free.

Life is just like when she was a child, she can stay quietly in the castle.

People here don't bully her, they just turn a blind eye to her.Occasionally, some cadres would be dissatisfied with her, such as Gladius—it's just that she has been protected by Doflamingo, and no one dares to touch her.

Today's her... Although she doesn't know where her heart wants to swing, she really wants to run to see him.

talk to him...

"My lord? He went out and told me that he was going to deal with the accident at the dance." Under De Luo's question, a maid who had been taking care of her personally in recent days answered her respectfully: "...May I ask if Miss De Luo needs to contact the young master?"

"Ah, no, no need." She shook her head, inexplicably relieved, but also a little disappointed.

That person is out...

She had nowhere to rest her mind, so she could only look at the sea outside the room absent-mindedly.

……

a few days later.

"..." She opened the only window in the room, staring at the end of the horizon, and saw his pirate ship gradually appearing there.

He is back!Right, the maid said that he should be back today.

... She also thought a lot these days, how much she was grateful for his protection of her at the banquet that day, and for his protection, she jumped out of the window, spread her wings, and flew directly to the pier.

After a while, she landed near the pier, folded her wings, and carefully watched him get off the boat.

……

After the steps of the boat were lowered, Doflamingo slowly got down from the boat while looking up at a room in the castle.

He saw that her window seemed to be open, and he didn't know what she was doing.

Are the wounds healed?In the past few days, he went out to investigate the cause of the attack, and thinking that she was injured because of that incident, he was really in a bad mood.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Dolo, who was hiding in the corner, gave up all her plans to go out to meet him, so she backed away tremblingly, trying to shrink into the depths of the alley.

It's just, or maybe it's her hasty escape that leaked a strange aura, and it's impossible for Doflamingo, who has awakened the domineering color, not to notice this aura—he, who has been deeply involved in that matter for the past few days, has become abnormal Sensitive, he raised his hand and directly used the fruit ability to cut off the hidden object.

"Who is there?"

The wooden box shattered, and the person who appeared in it was the culprit who caused his mood disorder, Dolo.

She stood there, just glanced at Doflamingo, then quickly looked away, and lowered her head carefully.

He hesitated for a while, he didn't expect to see her here, so he approached straight in her direction.

"What are you doing at the pier? Want to escape?"

After hearing this, she hurriedly shook her head.

"..." Doflamingo guessed the reason for a while, but still couldn't understand: "Then why?"

De Luo pursed her lips, twisted her fingers, and then said cautiously: "I originally... wanted to welcome you back."

Her voice was as soft as a gnat, but Doflamingo, who listened carefully to her words, still heard her word for word. A burst of indescribable joy emerged from his heart, and his eyebrows raised——

Obviously her answer was enough to make all the cells in his body boil and make him ecstatic, but he just controlled the expression on his face and asked a question that didn't matter: "Then how did you get out?"

"From, from the window..."

...Will he be angry if he answers like this?Dolo was a little worried.

However, beyond her expectations, he quickly softened his voice, and he didn't know what he was thinking of. The corner of his mouth curled up, and he put his arms around her: "... Let's go back to the castle."

Droll paused for a moment, then immediately showed a relaxed smile and let out a sigh of relief.

It was the first time seeing her smile beside him after two months of reunion. Doflamingo looked at her and began to feel that the relationship between him and Delo seemed to be because of the attack at the ball, and suddenly they left again. A little closer to each other's hearts——

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The author has something to say:

So just had to use a little drawbridge to get the emotion going (shut up