His voice was low and slow, as if he were recounting sothing both tragic and world-changing.
[...What was it?]
The Chest swallowed nervously.
"My birth."
[...]
Allen ignored the Chest's silence and grabbed his chest dramatically.
"I don't rember if I was eight or nine years old, but one day I realized that I was the most perfect human being alive. Soone like could only be destined to beco the ruler of the world—an absolute being!"
[You're a freak.]
"Shut up! I don't want to hear that from a cursed chest!" Allen pointed accusingly at it. "Besides, why the hell are you empty? Alvida had treasure worth several million, or so my good friend Coby told !"
Allen shed a tear from his right eye.
"He even gave his life so my body wouldn't be defiled by that walrus Alvida! How dare you make his loyalty and sacrifice for his lord aningless?!"
[Coby? You an the boy you tricked into letting you out and then used as a distraction to escape the ship?]
Allen stopped crying and stared at the Chest in silence.
"That's a lie. That's not how it happened. That's not how I rember it."
The Chest was speechless.
Allen was the most shaless human it had ever known.
Well... not that it had known anyone else before.
It had spent two decades existing as a chest, and it was only after Allen gave it blood that it had been able to form a connection with him.
[Forget that! Let's get back on topic!]
"So even you don't care about Coby..." Allen said indignantly, offended that he had to justify himself to a chest.
[Anyway, as I was saying, your luck has changed because now you have . Hehe, aren't you happy~?]
"Depends. What can you give ?" Allen grabbed his chin while giving the chest a suspicious look.
[Hehe, not so fast, speedster. Like everything in life, there's a price. If you want sothing, you have to give sothing. But don't worry, you won't regret it. Aren't I amazing?!]
"You just want praise."
Allen rolled his eyes, but after thinking for a mont, he sighed.
"Let guess—I have to give you part of my lifespan or human hearts, right?"
[Huh?! No! Of course not! Gross!]
"I hope you're talking about the hearts, because my life should be the most valuable treasure in the world—even more than the One Piece."
[Wow... your ego is enormous -_-]
[But you're wrong. It's nothing like human heads or your life. It's sothing simpler, and therefore much easier to obtain... money~]
"..."
[Money. That's all. If you give gold, jewels, treasure, or Berries, I'll give you things in return.]
"Are you sure you don't want human hearts?"
[What is wrong with you?!]
"It's my money!" Allen grabbed his head dramatically. "Chest, you have no idea what my life has been like in this shitty world! Just when I thought I was finally about to get my first million, it turns out it was empty!... Hm??? Wait."
Allen slowly turned toward the Chest.
This Chest looked elegant.
It had golden reinforcents and a golden lock.
No matter how one looked at it, on Alvida's ship, it should have been the most extravagant treasure there.
Which was exactly why Allen took it.
"You ate my money!"
Allen grabbed the Chest, lifted it, and was just about to throw it overboard.
[Ahhh! Wait! Don't act rashly!]
"Shut up, you lying scamr! How dare you steal my money?! My mother always told never to trust won with pleasant voices—they're harpies!"
[Wait! It's not like that! I didn't steal it—I used it as fuel! It was already your welco gift!]
Allen froze.
Then he warmly hugged the Chest.
His face shifted from uncontrollable manic fury to the serene and seductive look of a charming prince.
"Haha, I was just joking, darling. I knew you were a good girl."
[>///
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