"What didn't he tell me?", Rouge pressed her lips together and asked. She did indeed have many questions she wanted to ask.
Since things had come to this point, might as well let her and her own child become a pair of understanding ghosts.
It was just a pity that she might not have the chance to know whether the child was a boy or a girl.
"The World Government was founded by the Twenty Kings, Jaygarcia Saturn was one of them. Roger deliberately turned himself in, not really to atone for his life as a pirate, but to use the opportunity of a public execution to kick off this feast belonging to pirates."
"The result caused by this feast, Madam must have heard something about it. On the island, because of those pirates, many people must have died, right?", Rosse replied with a smile.
Evil people need to be dealt with in evil ways. Rouge wasn't persecuted by the World Government, she was a regular civilian living a normal life, so normal communication would suffice.
Feelings between people are often difficult to understand, and some might even think those who claim oppression are just being dramatic.
Besides, Rouge's condition wasn't bad, she could afford some time for conversation.
Only if Rouge had a strong will to survive could Stella's Healing Fruit exert its best effect.
Stella was waiting outside the door, ready at any time, so he wasn't worried that Rouge would have any accidents.
The Healing Fruit had a bug-like ability. By consuming one's own lifespan, it could even pull someone back from the brink of death.
With Rouge's current condition, to survive she would need to use this ability.
Fortunately, using it once didn't consume an exaggerated amount of lifespan. The World Government had quite a few treasures that could slightly increase life force, which could make up for the loss.
In the future, once Gion obtained that fruit, and upon awakening if she could transfer life force to others, then perpetual motion could be achieved.
Stella healed illnesses and injuries, Gion supplied life force, the two combined were equivalent to eternal life.
"I've heard a bit, many people died because of pirates, and quite a few were implicated due to that manhunt," Rouge digested Rosse's words, and her gaze toward Rosse changed.
World Government, Twenty Kings, although she had always lived in the South Blue, she had still heard some things.
'Saint Rosse, isn't he a Celestial Dragon?'
'So it turns out, all Celestial Dragons are like Saint Rosse?'
Even someone like her, someone doomed to die, could still be spoken to gently, with clear explanations about everything.
'The World Government, doesn't seem so bad?'
Rouge had never experienced a better life. The World Government had ruled the world for 800 years. If it had been like this for so long, maybe it wasn't so bad.
Pirates appeared occasionally before, but they basically never came to Baterilla Island. Her life was relatively peaceful.
Instead, after Roger opened the Great Pirate Era, the whole sea boiled over, chaos appeared everywhere, and brought disaster to Baterilla Island.
As for the manhunt by the World Government, Rouge herself felt she was guilty. If not for the sake of protecting the child, she would've long lost the face to keep living.
After all, in that turmoil, countless people were implicated by her. Those people didn't deserve to die.
"Speaking of that manhunt, doesn't Madam feel anything is off about it?"
Rosse softly asked, his gaze landing on Rouge's face, observing her expression.
"What do you mean?"
Rouge showed confusion on her face. She really didn't know what was wrong with it.
"This matter wasn't something you were supposed to know," Rosse sighed softly, a trace of pity on his face, "But now that the World Government has handed this matter to me, I don't want innocent people to be harmed, nor do I want bad people to die with a smile."
"That's how it should be," Rouge nodded subconsciously, her palm tightly clenched.
She didn't know what Rosse was referring to, but Rosse's demeanor made her feel uneasy.
Even a normal person could sense that Rosse was hinting at something about her.
"I want to ask something. Before Roger's execution, how many people in Madam's knowledge knew that you were carrying Roger's child?", As Rosse spoke, he simultaneously made a hand gesture behind his back.
Stella, waiting at the door, immediately understood and walked into the room, closing the door behind her, and stood beside the bed like a maid, ready to treat Rouge at any time.
Rouge, in her current state, could not afford to be agitated. Rosse needed everything to go perfectly.
"Those who knew…"
Hearing Rosse finally open up about the matter, Rouge actually relaxed more.
If the matter remained unspoken, it would always make people nervous.
Now that it was spoken, it was just death. She had already prepared herself.
However, Rosse's question…
Rouge didn't refuse to answer. Instead, she carefully thought about it, then shook her head, "I've never left Baterilla Island, and no one knows Roger's identity. His identity was only known by me. As for your question, I can say for sure. No one I know knew about the identity of the child in my belly."
This point Rouge could confirm. The grandpa next door might've guessed, but he definitely couldn't count as someone who knew beforehand. Before Roger's death, he definitely didn't know this matter.
"Then a new question arises," Rosse looked at Rouge with even more pity, making Rouge feel uncomfortable even while lying down.
This kind of pitiful gaze, it was the first time she had encountered it. It was kind of strange.
"What question?"
Rouge asked subconsciously. This uncertain feeling was truly uncomfortable.
"Since there were no people around you who knew, then through what channel did the World Government learn that Roger had a child?", Rosse's curious question was like a bolt of lightning, leaving Rouge unable to recover for a long time.
That's right.
Since no one around her knew, there was no possibility of a leak.
Logically, in the whole world, only she and Roger knew about this matter.
Yet based on the conclusion, the World Government carried out a manhunt targeting Roger's bloodline, and the scope was just the South Blue.
So the World Government, how did they know about this matter?
Rouge suddenly raised her head, her gaze tightly fixed on Rosse, her voice trembling, "My lord, please tell me the answer."
Rosse was a Celestial Dragon, he must know the whole picture. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to find her.
"Madam already has the answer in your heart, don't you?"
Rosse asked in return, looking at Rouge with pity in his eyes.
This world's biological fathers, truly none of them were decent.
Roger's brain also had a hole in it. Instead of entrusting his offspring to Rayleigh or other companions, he chose to entrust his offspring to Garp.
If this matter hadn't been mentioned, no one would've imagined Roger had a child. Rouge and the child in her belly could have lived a normal life.
No matter the future, it would have been better than the present.
"Was it Roger who revealed it? Why would he do that…", Rouge had a self-deprecating look on her face.
Yes, since only two people knew, and she hadn't leaked it, then wasn't the leak definitely Roger?
Perhaps Roger just let it slip unintentionally. But just based on him saying that "everyone come look for his treasure," it was clear he was a man who spoke without a filter.
Turns out, her situation today, the South Blue's infants and pregnant women being slaughtered by the Navy and the World Government, it all originated from Roger himself.
[T/N: If you're liking this story, I just started a new one: "Pokémon: Gardevoir Harem with Tag System." As evident from the name, a Pokemon fanfic, OP MC and OP system, check and throw some Powerstones while you are at it. Have a great read 🥳]
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