Chapter 4
[Ding== Doflamingo detected nearby. Special condition triggered]
[Hidden Achievement unlocked: Collect the full set of five to obtain a permanent skill]
[Ding== Monet's favorability toward Host has increased.]
[...]
"Huh?!"
Hearing the system notifications, Kam looked utterly shocked.
"I remember Monet was extremely devoted to Doflamingo, but he never really reciprocated. Yet according to the system…"
"There really is a tiny bit of favorability?"
"Then why did Doflamingo still send Monet to monitor Caesar?"
Kam was deeply confused!
He clearly remembered that in One Piece, Monet was one of the few characters given a detailed death scene, and the root cause was Doflamingo's arrangement: sending her as a spy to become Caesar's secretary!
"Whatever, whatever!"
"Doflamingo, since you don't cherish such a fine woman, hand her over to me…"
"I'm just saving her."
Kam felt this reasoning was perfectly sound, so he intensified his efforts.
…
…
"Kam Saint-sama…"
"Stop right there."
Kam quickly waved his hand: "Monet, you're basically my woman now. No need to be so formal."
"Mm!"
Monet clearly paused. This Celestial Dragon seemed… different from the rumors.
She probed carefully: "Kam-sama, about the Young Master…"
"I keep my word. I won't take Doflamingo's life."
Kam replied casually, as if it were nothing.
In truth, he never planned to kill Doflamingo anyway.
Right after he spoke, [Ding== Monet's favorability toward Host increased. Current: 30]
"Still failing grade?" Kam muttered inwardly.
"According to the system, favorability needs to reach 60 for non-EXP rewards, but whatever. Feelings take time to cultivate."
After a short rest, Kam shouted outside: "Gion! Bring her in."
Soon after,
Sugar was tossed into the room, crying and sobbing.
"Waaah~"
"Sister!"
"Sister!"
"What the heck is going on? Why are the Marines capturing us…?"
"Just now the Young Master went crazy trying to save you?"
"What happened to you?!"
The moment Sugar was thrown in, she saw her sister. She instinctively asked, but upon getting a good look at Monet's current state, she froze!
"Sister!"
"Hiss…!"
"Sister, your hands, your feet… what happened…?"
Her sister had always been a beauty.
But now she looked neither human nor bird—completely deformed!
"Was it you?"
"Aaaah!"
"It was you! You did this to my sister!"
Sugar screamed like a vengeful ghost, glaring at Kam with murderous intent.
If she weren't tied up like a dumpling, she would've charged at him desperately.
"Sugar,"
"You've misunderstood. It was like this, and then like that…"
Seeing the misunderstanding, Monet quickly explained the full story of how her body ended up this way.
She had come back to Dressrosa today specifically to tell Sugar in person about the modifications Caesar had done to her.
"Oh… I see."
Sugar nodded, looking enlightened.
"By the way, Sugar."
Monet asked curiously: "You just said the Young Master went mad trying to save me? Is that true?"
"Yes! Really!"
Sugar nodded rapidly like a pecking chick: "The Young Master even cried, but he wasn't a match for that sleazy old man outside."
"Is that so…"
Monet murmured, a relieved smile appearing on her face: "So in the end, the Young Master still cares about me."
"Ahem!!"
Kam coughed deliberately. Monet's subtle expression didn't escape his notice. Thinking about another man in front of him? Kam was a little jealous.
But he wasn't naive enough to believe that a woman as devoted as Monet would switch allegiances after one round of coercion and intimidation.
That was impossible.
Of course, Kam was also confident that one day, the snow-cold heart of Monet would melt.
As the saying goes: Time breeds affection.
"Oh no!"
Monet heard the cough and inwardly panicked.
Even if she didn't have much affection for Kam yet, they had already… done that. It was inappropriate to think about the Young Master in this situation.
Not knowing how to change the subject, she asked directly: "Kam-sama, why did you bring Sugar in here?"
"Well…"
Kam eyed Sugar's body with great interest, letting out a sinister "kekeke" laugh.
The meaning was crystal clear!
Thud!
Seeing Kam's perverted look, Monet immediately dropped to her knees and begged: "Kam-sama! You can't—you can't touch Sugar! She's still just a child!"
Kam smiled and countered: "A 21-year-old child?"
"Ah, well…"
Monet froze.
Her little sister really was 21… definitely not a child.
Kam spoke seriously: "To be honest, the only reason I came today was to marry Miss Sugar. But Doflamingo didn't appreciate the honor and refused to arrange the marriage, so things turned out this way."
After saying that, Kam slowly approached the trussed-up Sugar.
"Kam, you just said I'm your woman,"
Monet suddenly hardened her tone, questioning sharply: "Are you really going to spare even your own woman's little sister?!"
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She was indeed deeply in love with Doflamingo, but her love for Sugar was just as strong.
In Monet's heart, both Sugar and Doflamingo were equally important.
She absolutely could not let her little sister be defiled by Kam!
Absolutely not!
Monet started crying again: "You are a noble Celestial Dragon. I don't ask you to let me live longer, nor do I ask you to treat me well. I only beg you to spare my sister. She's innocent."
"No!"
Kam refused outright and continued approaching the cornered Sugar.
His original target from the beginning was Sugar!
"Damn it!"
"You monster!"
Seeing Kam unmoved, Monet suddenly flew into a rage.
"Blizzard!"
With a furious shout, she activated her Devil Fruit power.
The entire room instantly turned into a frozen blizzard, howling icy winds surging toward Kam.
"Gion!!"
Seeing the situation, Kam immediately called out.
The moment he shouted, Gion flashed into the room.
Boom boom!!
One side was a secretary; the other was an Admiral candidate.
The outcome was obvious.
"Don't blame me. If I don't secure the system, not only will I be erased—you'll just go back to monitoring Caesar and die like in the original story."
Kam glanced sideways at Monet's face full of despair, feeling no ripple in his heart—only resolute eyes.
He stepped forward toward Sugar step by step, his resolute gaze turning into excitement!
But just as Kam was about to touch Sugar's body—
He suddenly froze and jerked backward!
"Back! Back! Back!"
Kam retreated several steps as if he had seen a monster!
"Hobby-Hobby Fruit!!"
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