OP69: Liftoff!

Eventually, Veyron arrived together with Nico Robin... Hancock's expression changed entirely to love and sympathy, only when she noticed there seemed to be nothing off between the two.

"Darling~".

"Hancock~".

A warm hug, a couple of kisses and Hancock effectively received him like they hadn't seen each other in a couple of years. A girl in love indeed, every day is an anniversary for her. To Veyron whose feelings were much the same, all he could do was play her game and entertain her.

"Let's get this over with, we have to save Shawty".

"Hai!".

He levitated everyone on the ship and they sailed. Momousagi and Tsuru looked rather irritated.

"I never thought that I'd ever sail on a pirate ship. Isn't it better to just use our warship? it has a seastone covering" Gion's sense of justice seemed to be flawless, but the boy just rolled his eyes at her attitude. Tsuru for her part was mostly silent with her arms closed.

"To where we're going we don't need sea stone just be quiet for a while, I'll take us there in a flash" He lifted his finger and they didn't notice any change at first, but the whole ship began levitating.

He prepared all of his forcefield coverings, g-force remover, friction cleanser and aerodynamics, everything which needed to be way stronger considering he was flying a whole ship at supersonic speeds instead of just his body.

In the meantime, Primrose approached Robin who felt a bit out of place and wanted to stick together with Veyron, but the boy was now levitating in the centre of the ship, far from her reach.

"I'd like to ask this girl some things too".

"Yes... ma'am?" Robin didn't even know how to address this empress whose age she knew was older than herself. But Primrose's countenance was so 'nourished' just like the rest of her body, that Robin thought those three might as well be her sisters.

...

"What's the name of your mother?".

The Archeologist was a bit struck by the sudden question but she answered nonetheless.

"My mother's name was Nico Olivia".

"Nico Olivia… and your father?" Primrose mumbled as if trying to recall her memories but she didn't find anything.

"I don't know... is there anything wrong?"

"Why the question, mom?" Hancock and the sisters joined with Tsuru and Gion listening with long ears.

"She has the features of a Boa. But I don't know any Nico Olivia in our registries".

"Your Boa Dynasty is one of the oldest in Amazon Lily, correct?"

"How do you know?"

"I have read old newspapers of your Kuja Pirates from about three dozen years ago. Your Boa Dynasty loses and wins the throne very often in Amazon Lily. If I remember correctly, before you..."

"The empress before me was not a Boa, and the one before neither. It has been two generations until now since the Boas have taken back the throne" Primrose remarked, finding herself interested in this girl whose knowledge was broad.

"There must be a reason why to this day, your Boa Family has reached so far down the genealogical ladder, still taking the throne even today".

"… It is usual for the descendants of our family to have Conqueror Haki".

"So that's why… don't you think this is something that may be related to your ancestors?".

"Oh?"

"I remember back in Ohara, the territory of Amazon Lily wasn't mentioned often, but when it was mentioned it was associated with a very influential lady from the void century".

"... girl, you should say no more" Tsuru threatened.

"Even if I wanted to say, there is no more to say. I don't know the name of this lady. I only know she belonged to the void century and was the first empress of Amazon Lily. That's why I must read them".

Standing her ground against the marines, aware that they couldn't do anything to her in this situation, Robin gained some backbone and her eyes looked towards Veyron who was waving his hands, doing his thing, but he was staring at her with a smile before nodding.

At the very least she felt protected, 'He doesn't have a reason to lie to me, right?'.

It was difficult for her to trust, but at least a young boy like him, she could try.

"Do you think this Nico Olivia once belonged to our island, Mother?" Sandersonia's curiosity was picked and she wanted to carry on the conversation much to Tsuru and Gion's chagrin.

"I know for certain she wasn't. But your father…"

"I thought you said women from Amazon Lily don't give birth to men" Veyron's voice rang, as he joined the conversation, adding the last touches to his forcefield.

"That's right, but you should know it is impossible for that odd to be a hundred per cent The regular procedure in that case is for the boy to be exiled the moment he becomes old enough to walk".

"That's quite cruel".

"And yet those are the rules. Although it is far-fetched, there is a possibility of that happening. But it is meaningless now".

"Yes, I don't care about my ancestry. My family died the moment my land was burned to the ground" Robin confessed, she only knew two individuals as 'family' and they were all dead, she couldn't care less about her surname.

"I'm ready now. With this much no one is going to die because of excessive G-Force".

"G-Force? speak something we can understand, brat... that's why I hate geniuses" Tsuru groaned in distaste, leaving the boy speechless about the level of a boomer she had reached.

"What is the plan, Veyron?" Marigold crossed her arms just like Sandersonia. Whatever the leader said, they'd follow.

"You make me sound like the captain".

"You are the provisional captain of this crew as of now. You're the one taking us there after all" Primrose remarked with a giggle, giving him full decision power.

"Then you all better hold yourselves together, we're going up fast".

*RUMBLE!!*

To levitate this massive ship, it wasn't difficult for him. But the sky islands were very far away and to reach there the fastest possible, he needed to put his power to the maximum. It was a trick manoeuvre that would test his limits.

'I must use Conqueror Haki to power up my Psychokinesis... without affecting Robin, Gion and Tsuru'.

He didn't know about Gion and Tsuru, but Robin definitely would not be able to take his Conqueror Haki, Not only could she pass out due to the ferocity of it, but since he needed to use a lot of output, it may be too much to the point even her life could be in danger.

Hancock seemed to understand this, she walked up to Robin and held the girl's shoulders, brushing her hair.

"You don't need to worry about her, Darling".

"Can you do it?"

"Don't ever doubt your fiance".

"That's why I love you~".

!!!

"Kya!".

"Big sis, don't faint now!".

With the assurance of success, Veyron's conqueror Haki went haywire to the point a small storm of red lightning engulfed the ship.

Primrose and Hancock both served as a mantle for Robin, lightening the pressure she was feeling. It wasn't like they were completely immune to it but since they had Conqueror Haki as well, it was easier to handle. They looked to their right where the marine group was and looked in disbelief at how Vice Admiral Tsuru was holding up just well, just like them... and she didn't have Conqueror Haki!

Tsuru and Gion frowned profusely, the former kept her ground but Gion knelt on the floor in disbelief. It was impossible to conceive someone's conqueror Haki had reached this degree of heaviness. It was not that he had a lot of control in it.

'His willpower is just at another level, no wonder Garp had to go all out!'.

As for Robin, all she could do was look at the lightning storm around them in awe and questions in her mind, She needed to know how someone could become that strong.

There was another individual in the ship, he just fainted... becoming a cluster of pitiful sand.

...

"I can take us to the sky now, but I don't know the exact position of this island".

"I know where it is… just go there for now" Tsuru took out something, her hands were shivering trying to resist the tyrannical it was compass.

"Very well! Liftoff of the Kuja Pirate Ship!".

Slowly but surely the ship started to fly away from the sea, The people aboard didn't feel anything but they all walked to the edges of the ship, looking how the ship got farther and farther away at an ever-increasing speed.

Veyron grunted, It wasn't easy to carry both Youbi and this gigantic ship at the same time while flying this fast, but he could manage it. His eyes were set on the skies as he laughed.

"Attention, course nominal. Vehicle is Supersonic!".

*RUMBLE!*

*BOOOOMMMM!*

With another barrage of conqueror Haki, even those aboard the ship felt a little push as the speed increased drastically and now they didn't even have time to see the clouds passing. All that was there to feel was complete awe as the altitude kept increasing.

1km.

2km.

3km.

Robin instinctively leaned on the ship's edge and saw how the sea became farther and farther to the point the clouds engulfed it and it disappeared, never in her life, she thought she experienced something like this.

"How much weight can you carry" Gion couldn't hold herself back, curiosity about this boy's limits was killing her, she needed to know.

Alas.

"Your fat ass and a bit more, Gion".

The rear admiral flinched and instinctively covered her back.

"Darling…" Hancock's ominous aura started to spread, she didn't like that.

"Dear, It was an insult! It was not a compliment I promise!"

"Damn brat! CARE TO REPEAT THAT!?"