My Elegant Lady

Long before his duels with red-haired emperors became legend, before the world would come to fear the black blade Yoru, Dracule Mihawk sailed alone-testing his strength against pirates, mercenaries, and anyone foolish enough to challenge him, all in pursuit of a title only one swordsman could ever hold.

His path leads him to a quiet island town-and to Lorna Frieze, a young aristocratic lady who finds beauty in tradition, pride in poise, and power in the word 'elegant'. Proper, perceptive, and utterly unashamed of her refined life, Lorna sponsors Mihawk in her homeland's renowned swordsman competition, intrigued by the sharpness of both his blade and his resolve. What begins as a polite arrangement soon deepens into something neither steel nor etiquette can easily contain.

When Mihawk departs once more-drawn back toward the Grand Line, toward rivals whose names would one day echo across the seas-he asks Lorna to wait for him and she agrees.

The sea, however, offers no mercy. Mihawk is betrayed by a trusted companion, while devastating news reaches him: Lorna has been promised to the tyrannical king of her home-an arrogant ruler whose previous queens met their ends by his own hand. At the same time, rumors ripple across the waves of a mysterious new pirate whose presence unsettles governments and pirates alike. She moves with calculated precision, speaks of elegance as law, and leaves ruin in her wake.

They call her The Elegant Lady.

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