I look around the first thing I realize was my hight.
It would also seem like I have regressed in age as well to that of a young child around four or five years old.
I start making my way to the sounds of the children crying and I see to girls one around my age with bright blue hair and an infant in their hands a sibling?
No they have nothing in common the baby has nothing in common with her.
Her face structure was different and her hair was a bright orange.
I walked forward grouping up with them as it's safer in groups even if they are young children they most likely know this area much better than I do.
I looked around seeing a couple people running at us I hear the girl behind me call them pirates instantly I reach for my Petal Whip yet it wasn't there yet soon it appeared out thin air I didn't question it I just swung it it's reach was short do to my stubby arms yet it still reached using it I whip them several times as fast and accurate as my small unfamiliar body would allow me.
The sharp barbed petals of the whip shredded all flesh it cut into rendering the pirates immobile and I soon dispatched the small group of pirates leaving them to bleed out in the rubble of the village in the back of my mind I hear a voice say.
***82x3=246 runes acquired***
But I push it to the back of my mind.
Me and the girls run off away from the village and then we see a boat coming to our location and I see a woman with dark pink hair fashioned in a undercut wearing blue pants, white shirt and a coat of the same color she leaped nearly a hundred feet to the shore and began to dispatch the pirates.
The pirates called her a marine dog and ran away in fear yet she caught up to them and used her sword to cut them down she possessed a strong body quickly leaving none left soon it became apparent that me and the other girls were the only remaining survivors of this island.
She walked forward so I held out my whip ready to attack if needed the blood of the pirates from earlier still caked on my whip I had just seen her defeat five times the amount I could at half the speed I could have done that just as easily if I wasn't in this body but that was not important right now.
I watched her sheathed her sword and a thought came to mind.
'She doesn't even consider me a threat.'
She held up her hands to approach us yet I stayed on guard I seen her draw her sword in a instant I know how fast she is I need to stay vigilant yet as soon as I though that I saw her appear behind me I saw it happen but my body was to slow so she managed to overpower me knocking me out.
This girl she was ready to kill me that's some impressive willpower for someone so young not only that but that whip I tried to grab it but it dissolved into rose petals some petals with blood still on them a devil fruit maybe?
She killed someone and with how the whip looked it was a slow death they most likely died of blood loss the other to girls weren't in the best shape ether dirty and scared.
"Hello girls my name is Bellamere a marine commander may I know your names?"
"My name is Nojiko and the baby is Nami I don't know her name"
The girl now known as Nojiko gestured to the girl in my arms.
"Thank you for answering may I know what happened here?"
Nojiko mustered up her words saying that pirates attacked looking for some treasure and when they found out there was no treasure they started killing all the villagers around half an hour before my crew appeared.
"Commander Bellamere are you safe?" My second in command asked.
"I'm fine yet there is something I need to do." My expression serious as I thought of the possibilities.
"May I know what that is commander?" My second in command asked.
I look at him knowing what I must do.
"I'm leaving the marines to take care of these girls."
"What do you mean commander you're so close to a promotion? Think about it"
"You know I've never cared about position just helping people yet I failed here not arriving in time now these three are orphaned."
I have been in this world for a week now I determined that I am nowhere near where I was in my past once the strongest Hoslow set to merge two noble houses to a martyr who's death started a war.
If I would estimate I'm only a fraction of my past self's strength yet it seems that I possess a vast potential and I just have to creep to my past strength and surpass it the people of this world are much stronger than my old world any self competent pirate crew would be able to take down a Demi god like Godrick the Grafted and while he is pitifully weak he is still a Demi god who has slaughtered countless tarnished for grafting.
I need strength and fast luckily I have a talent for combat so I'm around one third of my skill I can't get any closer do to my physical strength being so low.
My new "mother" has taken an interest in my training often observing not saying anything only helping me up when I exhaust all my energy.
It seems seeing me constantly growing stronger encouraged her not to slack off ether as I sometimes see her practice some hand to hand technique or swordsmanship even teaching me and my "sisters" Nami not quite being able to fully join in.
It's an odd feeling having sisters as in the past I only had two brothers it feels nice I guess I just haven't got used to it yet but then again the only thing that was going to happen was me becoming the next head of the family.
My routine stayed the same for the next couple years only increasing in intensity.
Soon it was Nami's birthday she had turned eight Nojiko turned elven a few months ago and i turned thirteen are routine stayed the same for a few months until a loud commotion spread through the small village pirates had invaded Bellamere called them fishmen I asked her about them and she said that they were around ten times physically stronger than most humans and possessed the ability to breathe under water they spread across the island bullying people out there money in order for them to live eventually they came to our house Bellamere only had enough money to pay for to people so to of us had to die seeing this as absolute bullshit I summoned my staff and cast gravity well hitting the main pirate fishman pulling him to me I than pull out a dagger and stab it into his chest I missed his heart but I did stab a lung.
So i quickly pulled the dagger out and slashed across one of his sets of gills lowering his ability to breathe under water.
"Bellamere go grab your sword, these pirates need to die today."
The pirate I learned name is Arlong as his crew ask if he is ok.
When you see a fish you think water.
Are they weak to lightning to test it out I swapped the staff for the seal and I throw a lightning spear at him he herd it but couldn't react to it as lightning was to fast. The lightning spear struck his chest zapping his heart placing him in cardiac arrest if he doesn't get help soon there's a high chance of death and with no doctor around that's what's going to happen.
These people call me family so that's who they are.
My Family.