"Let's keep going. These people will be handled by the Marines. As for those few of your kind, you can personally rescue them."
Rosse spoke as he walked toward the deepest part of the dungeon.
Inside the whole dungeon, there were about dozens of imprisoned humans, most of them female.
However, almost all were missing arms or legs, and bore the marks of having been tortured by Damon.
Many already had hollow gazes and had beco completely numb.
Rosse had no intention of releasing this group of people himself. Each profession has its specialty, and the Marines would take care of these people properly.
After walking in about ten ters, Rosse and Otohi arrived in front of the innermost cage.
Inside this cage, there was a pool of water, where three fish-n lay weakly in the water, all in an unconscious state.
"Nia, Iya, Sanya?", Seeing the three female rmaids imprisoned, Otohi's pupils contracted sharply, and she instinctively cried out.
Because her Observation Haki was innate and had never been trained later on, it was actually weaker than those awakened later in life.
She could only roughly sense the number of people in the dungeon and the emotions hidden in their hearts.
That overwhelming sense of despair and numbness had already given her a huge shock.
Now seeing that the three rmaids imprisoned were people she knew, Otohi was completely shaken.
"You know them?"
Rosse looked up curiously and examined the three rmaids in the dungeon.
Their appearance and figure were at an average level. Not as good as Moa, but the advantage was that they were likely sisters. Aside from hair and tail color, the three rmaids looked nearly identical.
"I know them...", Otohi gritted her teeth, her gaze full of sorrow, "They are my handmaidens. They were with when I went to Fish-Man Street."
'Why?'
'Back then, only I should have been attacked.'
The three handmaidens weren't with her but with her royal guards. How could they possibly appear here now?
"Your handmaidens?", Rosse raised his brows, showing a surprised expression.
This ti, he was truly surprised.
He had only learned through CP's channel that the Fish-Man Gang had recently captured three rmaids. He had no idea these rmaids were related to Otohi, and were even her handmaidens.
To accompany Otohi to Fish-Man Street, they must have been close personal attendants, a very intimate relationship.
This wasn't sothing he had arranged, he could only say, it was a pleasant surprise.
"Mr. Rosse, can you wake them up?", Otohi's face looked a bit unpleasant, but she still looked at Rosse with a pleading gaze.
She had already asked Rosse for so much help, and she feared she'd have to trouble him many more tis, which made her feel a bit guilty.
Clearly, she had just refused Rosse's invitation monts ago.
"No problem. But let's talk in a quieter place,".Rosse extended a finger and swiped it across the iron bars.
The bars as thick as a wrist were easily cut open by Rosse, leaving a large gap.
With his Devil Fruit power activated, the three rmaids were lifted by seawater and, under Rosse's control, floated one by one out of the cage.
Without pausing, Rosse led Otohi and the three unconscious rmaids quickly out of the dungeon.
Otohi did indeed need to find a quiet place, she had to properly sort out everything that had just happened.
They hadn't gone far when a Marine officer wearing the cloak of justice led a group of marines and quickly charged into the manor.
The humans in the cells were soon rescued, carried away on stretchers.
As they left, neither Rear Admiral Catacombo nor the marines looked very pleased.
It was only when they saw the Fish-Man manor engulfed in raging flas that they finally felt a bit better.
No matter what, in their hearts, they were grateful to Rosse.
Back then, even though they knew about it, they didn't dare to rescue these people. Who knew if there were powerful figures behind these gray forces?
Rosse might also be a Celestial Dragon, a noble in their eyes, but at least this ti, Rosse did what they had always wanted to do but didn't dare.
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On the other side, Rosse led Otohi and the three rmaids to a place where there were no people.
Rosse manipulated seawater to gently warm the bodies of the three rmaids.
The three had fallen unconscious due to the effects of drugs.
Although Rosse wasn't much of a doctor, purifying toxins from the body using seawater was a technique he had especially trained in.
It's easy to guard against overt attacks, but hidden dangers are hard to defend against.
In case of ergencies, he could provide tily aid.
The drugs inside the rmaids' bodies were quickly cleansed, and signs of awakening began to appear.
Under Otohi's anxious gaze, Nia was the first to open her eyes.
"Nia!", Otohi cried out with concern.
"Who's calling ?", Nia blinked confusedly, and soon noticed the environnt had changed, it was no longer that pitch-black dungeon.
And the rmaid before her looked incredibly familiar.
After staring carefully, Nia said with so uncertainty, "Otohi-nee?"
Otohi's current appearance was completely different from before.
In the past, she would tie her golden hair atop her head and exude the dignified aura of a rmaid princess.
But now, Otohi let her golden hair fall all the way down to her waist and wore modified human-style clothing.
If it weren't for the fish tail, people would simply think she was a gentle human woman.
It was only because Nia had been with Otohi for nearly 15 years, having t her even earlier than Neptune by 10 years, that she could recognize her so quickly.
"Nia, it's . How are you feeling now? Are you still in pain anywhere?", Otohi held Nia's hand with concern and looked her up and down as she asked.
Before becoming the queen, Otohi had been best friends with the three sisters, and they called each other sisters.
After she beca queen, the three sisters followed her into the Ryugu Kingdom and beca her personal maids. Their relationship was extrely close.
However, there was sothing she found odd.
Since entering Ryugu Kingdom, Nia had always addressed her as Princess Otohi, it had been a long ti since she called her "nee(sister)."
But Otohi figured it might be because Nia had been frightened, and was just feeling emotional.
She didn't mind the form of address much anyway.
"Otohi-nee, I finally get to see you again! I'm fine now, my body feels good!", Nia hugged Otohi tightly in excitent, tears streaming down uncontrollably.
Since Otohi left, what they went through was like hell.
But they never blad Otohi. On the contrary, now that they could see her again, they felt genuine joy from the bottom of their hearts.
"How did you get caught by Damon and the others?", Rosse looked at Nia and asked aloud.
Nia's physical condition was better than the other two rmaids. The other two probably needed more ti before waking.
"And you are?", Nia looked at Rosse, hesitating for a mont. But soon, as if realizing sothing, her face lit up with pleasant surprise, "You're Otohi-nee's true love, the Celestial Dragon among humans, Lord Rosse, right?"
Otohi: "???"
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