15 Chapter 14 (1/2)
Once I got back to my crew, all of them were already eating. Nami had ordered food for me as well but didn't stop teasing me how I got jealous earlier.
While having my share, I told them how we would be staying here for a few days, in order to be trained by Zeff. All of them were surprised how it ended up with him training us after I attacked one of the chefs.
Sanji walked in shortly with an order and I told my crew, how my deal with Zeff involved me recruiting him into our crew. Most of them were perplexed, judging by their looks,but didn't manage to question me, as Johnny came running toward our table.
Johnny told us how the girl has woken and didn't seem very stable, as she attacked them immediately. Yosaku was still on the ship and trying to keep her calm.
I quickly got back to the ship and found Yosaku outside of the Captains room. He looked scared and told me: ”Big bro, girls are really scary and she is the scariest I have ever seen. Please be careful going in.”
After entering the room a wooden chair was thrown at me. I was easily able to catch it and place it on the ground. The other chair was already broken and its parts were on the floor.
The girl looked terrified and her blue eyes were already wet. She screamed at me: ”What do you want from me. If you know who I am, you should know you won't get anything from my family for me.”
I tried to be as nice as possible, to not scare her any further and said to her: ”My crew and I saved you after the marines had already attacked your ship. You were the only one we found alive and I brought you to our ship, in order to help you. We mean you no harm and you are free to leave whenever you wish.”
She fell on her knees and broke down crying. She was muttering: ”They died because of me.”
The girl looked like she lost everything. I walked up to her, she looked up to me and amid her sobbing, she was barely able to ask me: ”Why? Why did you save me? Why didn't you let me die.”
I valued life a lot. at the age of five when I was at the underground facility, I overheard a few researchers talk how I most likely wouldn't live past eighteen years. After that point, my view on life completely changed. Knowing that my life span is four times shorter than a normal human, I wanted to do something special. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to achieve anything great, but at least, I was able to help a little boy in the end.
I sat on the ground next to her and I let out a sigh that I didn't know I was holding. Looking up at her up close, she is remarkably beautiful and for a second I got stunned gazing at her. I got out of it and told her: ”If I have the chance to save someone's life and I don't, to me that would feel as I killed him. I couldn't just leave you to die there.”
She interrupted me, while still crying:”You should have, I don't deserve to live. I have been cursed. After my hair turned white and I gained my demonic form, my family disowned me and put a bounty on me. After that, everyone turned on me. The few servants that still cared about me and helped me escape from my family are now dead.”
The girl was trembling and stuttering the whole time while she was speaking. Trying to give her something to latch on and not to lose hope, I told her: ”That doesn't mean you don't deserve to live, those servants that helped you, wouldn't want you to give up your life. They would want you to live and find happiness somewhere else, to live and accomplish, to live and achieve your dream.”
She was looking at the ground and still crying and I'm not even sure if she was listening to me when I was taking, but I continued. ”For now, please get some rest, as you are still hurt. I will go and get you some food. I will be back shortly.”
Everyone else was waiting outside the room and they were able to hear our conversation. We quickly agreed to let her recover while we stay here and let her decide what she wants to do.