One Piece: Copy Talents Starting from Elbaf

Rather than letting Toki suffer alongside that bastard Oden, it would be better to have him come and rescue this beautiful older sister!

In Oden's files, it clearly states that he entered the brothels at the age of 6, lived in temples at 15, and abducted women to create a harem in the temple.

A scoundrel like him, whose actions are inconsistent, later became a better person, even allowing Toki to suffer with him—he eventually even died because of it.

Kozuki Oden, go play with your eggs!

In order to save this poor Toki, Roy must intercept!

"Hmm, there's a place I need to go, but it's difficult for me to get there alone," Toki said with a bitter smile, her eyebrows drooping slightly, looking a bit down.

"Hurry, hurry, it's right there!"

At the end of the street, soldiers dressed in the kingdom's guard uniform, wielding standard guard weapons, ran toward them under the command of a noble.

Roy and Toki both looked over—these guys were heading straight for them.

"Are you two warriors from Elbaf?" The duke adjusted his slightly crooked hat, holding a ceremonial staff, squinting at Roy before looking up at the giant.

"Who are you?" the giant asked in return.

"I am Elvin, Duke of Rommel Kingdom, the owner of the auction house, and a great giant warrior!" The duke saluted the giant and then stared at the stunningly beautiful Toki, his greed flaring up. "I can offer a great sum of money to the great giant warrior. Please return this slave to me."

"Is she yours?" The giant frowned, clenched his fist, and looked back and forth between Roy and Toki, scoffing.

How dare you steal a girl that a young Elbaf warrior has set his sights on?

"Yes, great giant warrior." The duke smiled back, thinking himself very polite and wealthy, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Wait? This is a huge problem!

As big as the giant's fist!

"Get lost, trash!" The giant swung a punch, causing the ground to tremble with a loud rumble. Rocks from the stone road flew, and the guard team was sent flying in all directions.

The duke, on the other hand, was so frightened his face drained of color, his hat blown off by the gust of wind created by the giant's punch. His legs buckled, and he collapsed to the ground.

"I am not anyone's slave!" Toki shouted angrily, clenching her fist and glaring at the duke before looking at Roy and the giant, her expression softening a little. "Thank you. If it weren't for you, I might really have been sold to them."

"No need to thank me~" Roy waved his hand and then pointed toward the Rommel guards, who were trembling in fear from the giant's display. "We're currently traveling the world on an adventure. Why don't you come with us, big sister? I can protect you and keep people like him from harming you."

"Is that... alright?" Toki hesitated, looking at Roy. This kid seemed pretty good.

Although he claimed to be a pirate, he was doing such kind things~

Toki thought to herself.

"Of course it's fine! You wouldn't mind traveling with Roy, right?" Roy said, pretending to be wronged as he looked at her.

Sigh, Toki was much older than him, but he had read plenty of stories about how to win over older sisters, so he needed to take advantage of his position!

Establish a good relationship first, then proceed slowly~

"That's not it. If you don't mind, I'd be happy to," Toki quickly waved her hand and smiled lightly.

Her cyan hair fluttered in the wind as the girl stood opposite the boy, engaging in conversation with him.

Roy was shorter than Toki and younger, which was normal. He'd grow taller than her in the future.

However, with his current height, he could see her ample chest at eye level. Ahem, Roy quickly looked up politely.

As they were talking, in the distance, the duke had passed away, and the guards were being chased by the giant like dogs.

"We should leave quickly; otherwise, the navy will arrive, and it'll be a real hassle," Roy said to Toki and the giant.

"Alright!" The giant nodded, glanced at Roy and Toki, then extended his hand.

Roy climbed onto the giant's palm, then reached his hand out to Toki. "Come up, this way we can leave faster."

"Okay." Toki reached out, grabbed Roy's hand, and he pulled her onto the giant's wide palm.

Feeling the softness and smoothness of the giant's palm, Roy let go of her hand.

Toki felt her hand slip out of the small, delicate boy's hand as he let go. She smiled and looked at him. How cute~

As a child, the uncertainty of trying to win over an older sister was always there. Roy felt that he needed to measure things properly.

So far, he was doing alright. He could gauge the closeness based on their relationship level.

[Toki:

Relationship: New Friend

Closeness: 42!

Closeness Points: 700!]

Because Roy had repeatedly saved Toki and invited her to join him, offering to protect her on their journey, their relationship had rapidly improved, reaching a closeness of 42 points.

Indeed, although the "saving someone's life and being repaid with their body" trope in martial arts dramas was clichéd, the way saving a life skyrocketed the affection was undeniably effective.

As for the closeness points, 650 points were already there, and only 50 points were gained from Toki's closeness reaching 40.

Toki was the only survivor of the Toki family from 800 years ago, and she possessed the ability to travel through time—how amazing is that ability?

Roy felt she was worth this level of reward.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The giant was running towards the port. Roy sat in his palm, occasionally glancing at Toki and chatting with her.

"What is that?" Toki asked, curious, as she looked at the floating Pandora beside Roy.

"Stupid woman, tsk," Pandora shot Toki a glare, turning its head away.

The little sun's head was spewing fire!

It felt like ever since this woman appeared, Roy was spending less time playing with it. When Lingling was around, this never happened!

"It's just a talking flame ball. Very obedient," Roy grabbed Pandora and began to squeeze its face, shaping it into various forms, making it squeal.

Pandora had two forms. When it was with Roy, it appeared as a harmless little sun, a cute, cartoonish shape, with no noticeable heat.

That's because Pandora only acted fierce and fiery around other people.

Roy himself had extremely strong defense, so he couldn't tell the difference between Pandora being fiery or not. It was all the same to him, haha.

The second form was the fiery one—when Pandora transformed into a blazing inferno to attack.

"Really?" Toki said, still feeling like this little sun creature was dangerous.

"Really. I usually use it to start the fire for cooking, as a pillow when I sleep, and for warmth when it's cold. It's so obedient," Roy casually played with Pandora, which was giving a funny expression as it reluctantly complied.

Toki looked at Roy and gently smiled. She felt that this kid and his little sun-like creature seemed to be a cheerful pair.

Traveling with someone like this might not be such a bad thing.

"The navy's here!" The giant ran to the port, quickly boarding the pirate ship, while in the distance, two navy ships were sailing toward them.

"Boom~"

A cannonball whistled through the air, exploding on the water near the pirate ship, sending up a spray of seawater.

The navy ships finished their test shots and began adjusting the angle of their cannons, preparing to fire again.

"We should leave! Let's get out of here!" Roy said.

"Why not sink them?" Reding gripped his sword. It would be easy for him to destroy the enemy ships.

"It's too much trouble~ If we defeat them, we'll get a bounty. With a bounty, it'll just keep increasing, and stronger navy forces will come after us. The trouble will just snowball," Roy said, waving his hand dismissively.

Reding realized Roy was right and immediately ordered the pirate ship to leave, shaking off the troublesome pursuers.

"I really want to burn them all!" Pandora instantly transformed from a little sun into a blazing flame, flying through the air, flames rising as it locked eyes with the navy ships.

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𝙥𝗮𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙣(.)𝙘𝙤𝙢/𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙊𝙛𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧

✨ • 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀: 𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝟲𝟬+ 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚.