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"I was very young back then..."

Before Hilly could recall, Luffy interrupted her.

"Then it's not you!"

"It really is me!"

As she spoke, Hilly took off one of the hats she was wearing.

"Look, don't I look a lot like the person in the photo?"

"Forehead……"

Luffy's gaze lingered between Hilly's face and the portrait.

Indeed, there are some similarities between the eyebrows and the features in the oil painting.

"Xiaoying, what do you think?"

Luffy immediately turned to Silver and asked him this.

"Master, there seem to be words on the back of the portrait!"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoying kindly offered a reminder.

Upon turning it over, sure enough, there was a line of small characters written on the back corner of the portrait.

The eighth High Protector of Belloberg – Hillyl Rand.

Now there's no need to guess, this is a portrait of Hilly.

"See, I told you it was me!"

Hilly was very happy to confirm that the portrait in front of her was indeed hers.

"Alright, since it's yours, let's search the place Xiaoying just found. Maybe we can find some of your things!"

"Oh!"

Upon hearing this, Hillier went to the pile of miscellaneous items where Xiaoying had just found the portrait and started searching through it again.

As for Xiaoying, Luffy simply didn't let her continue working.

Instead, he waved his finger, and Xiaoying immediately lay down in Luffy's arms without hesitation.

Luffy's hands also started groping Xiaoying's body.

Soon, a blush appeared on Xiaoying's pale face, and an alluring voice slowly floated from her mouth.

Upon hearing the voice behind her, a blush appeared on Hilly's face.

Especially in places where almost no one comes, it creates a unique kind of excitement.

And Hilly's hands, which had been rummaging through things, slowed down.

At that moment, a hand patted Hilly's buttocks, causing her to tremble involuntarily.

But faced with those mischievous hands, Hilly acquiesced to his actions...

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Volume 1: Chapter 303 Hillier's Past

"Finally, we...we found it!"

With a trembling voice, Hilly looked at the letter in her hand, then breathed a sigh of relief.

If she can't find it again, she doesn't know if she can hold on.

"let me see!"

Taking advantage of Cyril's weakness, Luffy snatched the letter from her hand and took it for himself.

Looking at the letter, which was basically intact except for being slightly yellowed, Luffy couldn't help but speculate.

The cover clearly stated that it was a letter from Hilly to someone.

"This...could it be a love letter you wrote?"

Upon hearing this, Hilly shook her head.

"I don't think so, since I don't recall ever being married!"

Strictly speaking, historically very few Great Guardians have married.

"Isn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Luffy felt quite regretful.

I originally thought I'd get to experience what it's like to have someone else's wife.

"What was written in the letter?"

At this moment, Hilly also landed, and asked Luffy somewhat urgently.

After searching for so long, this letter was the only thing she found that was related to herself.

This letter may be the only one left in the entire basement.

"Don't rush, let me see!"

As he spoke, Luffy carefully opened the letter and took out the yellowed letter paper inside.

"Dear Mr. Stepan, with your help, I have successfully become the Grand Guardian of Belloberg..."

"Wow, can you please not read it out loud!"

The thought of someone reading her letter aloud filled Hilly with shyness.

He's going to be publicly executed!

I read the letter in one go. It was basically a letter from Hilly, who had just ascended to the position of High Guardian, thanking a man named Stepan.

Judging from the letter, Hillary still trusted him quite a bit.

"Who is this Stepan?"

Luffy asked Hilly.

"I can't remember clearly, but I think he was a good person?"

"you sure?"

After all, Hilly's reputation wasn't very good before her death. Luffy thought that someone who could get close to Stepan like that couldn't be a good person.

So Luffy simply took out his phone and asked Bronya about Stepan.

Bronya quickly sent Luffy some documents.

The inscription reads that Stepan was the Minister of the Interior during Cyril's tenure as High Protector, and also Cyril's teacher.

His appointment of Hillier as High Guardian was also his doing.

The document also states that after Hillary took office, Stepan's forces essentially gained absolute control over Kripperburg.

They also promulgated many laws that imposed exorbitant taxes and levies.

As for his final fate, after people threw Cyril into the freezing cold and let her freeze to death, they originally wanted him to share the same ending as Cyril.

However, people searched for three days and three nights but could not find any trace of him.

He had obviously already slipped away.

However, considering that at that time, apart from Belleburg, the rest of the country was already covered in ice and snow.

Even if he escapes the judgment of human life, once he arrives in the icy wilderness, there may still be rift creatures wandering around.

It could be said that Stepan's chances of survival were as high as the chances of the people of Belloberg forgiving his actions.

"666, you're quite the oddball to be the Great Guardian like this!"

Looking at the documents Bronya sent, and combining them with the letter in Luffy's hand.

Ruff roughly understood that Stepan was using Hilly to achieve his goal of seizing power.

Even so, Hillary still foolishly believed him.

"That's impossible. Perhaps Mr. Stepan has some hidden reason?"

It's no wonder he was deceived by Stepan his whole life; he's still foolishly believing him to this day.

Looking at the hopeless Hilly, Luffy asked Xiaoying.

"Xiaoying, you tell her, what do we usually call someone like Stepan?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoying replied without hesitation.

“CS!”

"Look, even Xiaoying, who has a poor memory, knows what kind of person Stepan is. How can you trust him?"

Despite being scolded by Luffy, Hilly didn't droop her head.

There's nothing she can do; Luffy is her master now.

Looking at Cyril, Luffy sighed helplessly.

Hillary wasn't stupid; she was just too ordinary and naive.

This made her believe Stepan's words, and she eventually became Stepan's puppet in his power.

Moreover, Hillyl reigned for more than a decade.

It can only be said that Stepan was quite impressive to have trusted the other party for so long.

Perhaps it was because Hillary had not recalled all her memories, although she believed Stepan in her heart.

But now, seeing the evidence in Luffy's hands, Cyril's trust in him is crumbling little by little.

As the saying goes, the authorities are confused, but those who watch are clear.

From an outsider's perspective, Hillary increasingly felt that Stepan was indeed using her.

Am I really that stupid?

At this moment, Cyril looked at Luffy with a wronged expression, hoping to get his comfort.

But Luffy just nodded after hearing that.

"Indeed, I suspect there might be something wrong with your head?"

After all, back in Hilly's time, people described her as a 'fool'.

In retrospect, Hilly really does live up to the praise others have given her.

Feeling devastated, Hilly immediately found a corner and squatted down.

"Alright, I've found all the memories I could for you. Remember to work hard for me from now on!"

After all, Luffy exerted so much effort just to get Sylvie to call him that obediently.

After all, Hilly and Xiaoying are different.

Xiaoying has basically no memory of it, so she has no doubt about what Luffy said.

But Cyril is different; I'm afraid she might betray me like Zeus did.

That's why Luffy went to such great lengths to help Cyril find her past memories, so that she would be grateful to Luffy after knowing who she was.

Considering that he might need Cyril's help in battles, running errands, or warming his bed in the future, he thought...

So Luffy went up to comfort him.

"Alright, don't be sad. Although you did do a lot of things that wronged the people of Belloberg, and Belloberg was in dire straits during your tenure."

But weren't you also locked in a military crate and then thrown off a cliff in the far north?

"?"

Hilly looked at Luffy with disbelief.

Is this really meant to comfort her?

"What I mean is that you're already dead, and now you're just a Shadow of the Devourer. You should let go of everything from your past life and just be my Honkome in peace!"

Is that really considered comforting someone?