The Lunarian (Slow updates)(AU)

Chapter 24: The Spy & Benefactor (reworked)

Ark One, Part Four

(Two Weeks Before Uta Gives Birth)

Third Person POV

Two days have passed since the Black Citadel had been raided and secured. During that time, Crow had gotten to know his dark elf captives.

Olga wasn't what he imagined, as the Lunarian thought she'd be a lot more sinister, cold-hearted, and hostile, but much to his delight, she was quite the opposite. The Dark Queen was nothing but polite and compliant. The mature dark elf was a great conversationist, knowledgable, surprisingly charming, and had a dark sense of humor, which he found refreshing as he was able to tell her a few of his fucked up jokes he usually would never tell anyone but King. Her overall behavior was odd, and if it weren't for his Advanced Haki Observation, the Lunarian wouldn't know if she was attempting to get his guard down so that she could kill him and escape. Thankfully, her behavior toward him was genuine.

However, the most surprising thing to Crow was that she made suggestive remarks toward him, and he caught her looking at him like a piece of meat. The Lunarian inwardly smirked at that and shouldn't be surprised he caught the eye of the Dark Queen. Crow is well aware that he's a walking chick magnet and knows that he can virtually have any woman he wants. However, every once in a while, the Lunarian underestimates or forgets just how attractive he is to the opposite sex, as he doesn't really care for his appearance. Nonetheless, Crow doesn't mind being eye candy or even more if he gets lucky enough. However, the Lunarian could really do without the dirty looks Olga's handmaiden was giving him. 

Speaking of her handmaiden, the Lunarian attempted to converse with Chole, but she refused to talk to him. All she did was glare at him and throw the occasional insult at him, which didn't bother him since he'd heard worse from his fellow pirates. Olga scolded her handmaiden for her behavior toward him. However, the Lunarian waved it off and said he didn't mind her attitude since it was reasonable but warned the elves he wouldn't always be so lenient and has a limit to how much bullshit he'll take.

"Hey Olga, what was it like when my people were still around?" he asked out of curiosity. 

Olga smiled fondly and had a look of nostalgia in her eyes. "They were a kind, humble and fair race. Whether you were an elf, beast folk, demi-human, or monster, everyone was treated equally...they were the reason why war, poverty, prejudice, and corruption hardly ever plagued Eostia. I couldn't recall when the Lunarians did something wrong during their reign, and if they did do something improper, I have no doubt it was most likely inconsequential and was quickly rectified. It's a shame you and your mentor are the only ones left..."

Crow took a moment to absorb all the information before asking. "...do you have any theories on why they suddenly vanished? I know the main story is that humans hunted them down, but if I'm being frank, I don't believe that."

Call it a gut feeling, but Crow knew there was more to his race's near eradication. While not to be underestimated in any shape or form, a large group of humans were no match for a single Lunarian, much less an entire population of said race.

She frowned, which the Lunarian found cute. "Many possibilities came to mind... unfortunately, I can't prove any of them."

"I see...that's unfortunate," Crow sighed. "Perhaps Kaido or King know something."

The young Lunarian didn't doubt they had at least some theories on what had happened to his people, but he doubted they'd be willing to share it with him anytime soon.

Olga frowned at the mention of the Oni. "I can't believe your leader forced you to join his forces and become a whore," she growled.

To say that the dark elf queen was furious when Crow told her about his situation would be the understatement of the century. While she did agree that the Lunarian should repopulate his species, she didn't agree with how it was executed...Olga knew she sounded incredibly hypocritical, considering she forced thousands upon thousands of unfortunate women to be breeding stock for her force before the dark queen obtained her Devil Fruit, but she didn't care. All races, even her own kind, were nothing compared to the Lunarians, and harming them in any way or forcing them to do something against their will should be punishable by death, in the dark queen's opinion. The Lunarians were the only ones who treated her people kindly and fairly and were given the same opportunities as any other race, so because of that, anyone who had ill intent toward Crow should die an agonizingly slow death and have everything they loved ripped away from them.