Red haired pirate (edited)

The veil between worlds

"So Tristan when's Airi gonna get the bottle to open, I wanna go to Anna world and see Luffy so bad" Lars said watching his brother swing the sword "we're not going there to meet some criminal pirate, we're going to get Lydia back not to meet the person you look up to" Tristan said annoyed before hearing Airi voice "Tristan," Airi whispered, rushing towards the training grounds, her hands trembling around the wrapped box. "I got the barbarian prince to agree. He opened the bottle." Airi said happy "You serious?" Tristan asked turning to her "yes all that's left is to open the last step, the fool didn't even know what he was opening all I did was bat my eyelash and he gave in" Airi said "let's move this to my room, last go play with your friends if things work out I'll tell you" Tristan said walking away placing the wooden sword in its place.

"Now finish the last step" Tristan said as Airi nodded, peeling back the cloth. The bottle inside glowed an eerie red now, no longer sealed shut with the ancient eastern runes "men are so gullible. The fool had no idea what he was letting out." Airi said opening the bottle as nothing left "you'd make a great mistress, now where's the demon?" Tristan asked eagerly 'bastard wants to throw me away when he gets to Lydia, I would never let that happen if anything I'll kill her first' Airi thought as if on cue, the bottle shook and cracked with a whispering hiss. A red mist escaped the opening and quickly solidified into a floating, humanoid figure. Its face was hidden by a bone mask, and smoke trailed from its fingertips like dying incense.

"You who call me from chains," the demon said, its voice like cracked bells and whispers in a tomb, "we seek passage to the realm of the Strawhat" Airi demanded "Yes. Take me to her world. To Lydia. To Anna." Tristan stepped forward, his heart racing as the demon's laughed "I can send you to her world, and return you as many times as your mortal hearts desire..." Airi's eyes widened. "You can?" "But," the demon said, raising a finger cloaked in smoke, "there is cost. My power must be renewed. I require time—two years—to collect the souls necessary to tear the veil between worlds repeatedly. The gate will remain sealed until then." Tristan clenched his jaw. "What kind of souls?" He asked "...Innocent. Corrupted. Lost. I care not. I merely harvest the essence left behind. But fear not, for I shall not take from your kingdom—only from the shadows of war, disease, and ruin that already exist across this world. Even now... the process begins." The demon said studying Tristan reaction.

Later That Night – The Royal Hall

"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!" Austin yelled slapping his hand on the table, voice booming through the council chamber "Tristan did you really make a deal with a demon? What is wrong with you?" Josephine asked as they ate "He said he wouldn't take from our kingdom! He only needs time and souls from places already suffering." Tristan argued "And what if he lies? What if this demon consumes our world for power? You want peace like their world—Anna's world—but you'd risk our realm's destruction for it?!" Josephine said "he doesn't want peace, he just wants to go and see 'Lydia' foolish child did you not see that the God erased her memory, even if you managed to get go her she wouldn't remember you, so out that foolish thought to rest" his father said irritated.

"Then I'll have the demon restore her memory and bring her back" Tristan said "then when strawhat and his crew come to get her? Do you think you can beat them in their world let alone this one? You are weaker than a lot of their opponents and now they're planning to get stronger you can't possible think you'll be a match for them, and you think Anna will want to stay here? Even if she regains her memories you think she'll stay after killing her?" Austin said "I have everything covered" Tristan said determined "I'll go too" Lara said happy "no!" His mother retorted "...if you want to do this then feel free but keep in mind if you fail you will be disowned, you will no longer be king and apart of this family" Austin said eating his food.

"I understand father, we must not delay our preparations. If this demon will indeed need two years, then we have time to reinforce our kingdom... and monitor him." Austin instructed "Monitor?" Airi asked as he nodded grimly. "We will assign agents to follow his trail. If his 'soul collection' crosses any line—if even a single innocent from our territories dies by his hand—we reseal him. Understood?" He said as his assistant nodded "and what of you two?" Queen Josephine asked, eyeing Airi and Tristan. "You've started something we cannot undo." Tristan looked into his plate, voice calm. "Then we finish it. I will get Lydia back" Tristan said determined gritting his teeth.

Meanwhile – The Demon's Work Begins

"Damn it that stupid prince! Mistress? He plans to abandon me once he gets to her" Airi said facing around in her room as the demon absorbed souls using a map "I need to kill her when I see her...demon give me the same powers as her" Airi demanded "I can't do that, that world has specific rules that should be followed not even the god of this world can bypass that rule" the demon said "then that Haki thing too give it to me when we cross" she demanded "I can't do that either, you're not equipped for it since you're not from that world" he said "then her plant power give it to me" she said "that's ability of hers is a genetic blood trait, you obviously don't carry that trait so you can't use it, if you want to kill her you are at a great disadvantage" the demon laughed "t-then roronoa, give me his heart i want him to love me men are the same anyway if they see a beautiful girl crying then they'll obviously want to help her, in fact I don't even need your help for that" she laughed as the demon left the castle.

The demon drifted above a plague-ridden battlefield far beyond the royal borders. Bodies lay unburied. Spirits rose like mist from broken forms. "War feeds the veil. Sorrow feeds the path. For every drop of anguish... a step closer to the girl touched by gods." "This isn't what I wanted, do that demon to be summoned selfish children" the God neveria said frustrated as he watched the demon absorbed souls.

Days passed, while Tristan trained harder than ever to fight strawhat and capture Anna, and Airi planned for ways to kill her most hated person, the kingdom quietly expanded its World Government Project—inspired by Anna's world. Scholars documented Devil Fruits, drew parallels to their magic, and debated global military balances. Behind the scenes, kings plotted, generals recruited, and princes whispered about whether their thrones were still worth anything in the shadow of Lydia's influence.