Chapter 7: Seventh Day of Survival Give me teeth and bone fragments.
Chapter 7: Seventh Day of Survival
Doflamingo's tolerance for Wendy comes from his own past.
The aristocracy of this world holds the vast majority of wealth and power. For example, in the Kingdom of Goa, where Wendy was born, the royal palace is inhabited by the nobility. The highest echelon of this aristocracy is the World Nobility, also known as the Celestial Dragons. Although human, the Celestial Dragons are born into a privileged class, residing in special sacred places.
In this environment, 99% of the nobles are arrogant and selfish, not to mention the Celestial Dragons.
Doflamingo was originally a Celestial Dragon who enjoyed this privilege, but when he was 8 years old, his father insisted that Celestial Dragons be the same as ordinary humans, so he gave up his Celestial Dragon identity and tasted the feeling of falling from heaven to hell overnight.
After his mother's death, he, only ten years old, could not bear the life he was living and killed his father. He tried to surrender and return to Marijoa, but was rejected. Enraged and filled with hatred, he embarked on a dark path.
So he founded the Don Quixote family and gathered around him a group of people who were loyal to him and worked for him. However, his only blood relative, his younger brother, left because he could not accept these things.
Therefore, when he looked at Wendy, he couldn't help but feel a sense of empathy. Honestly, compared to his subordinates, Wendy made him, who hadn't gotten over his past, feel more like one of their own. Especially since Wendy had a ghost sister.
Wendy had no idea what he was thinking. She just thought her new friend was quite wealthy. As for the fact that he was a pirate with a large family, and that she seemed to have been accepted into that family, Wendy adapted well. This world was categorized as "pirate," so wasn't it normal for her to have pirate companions?
After getting on the boat, Wendy just walked around and explored the entire map. Then, she was satisfied and officially listed Doflamingo as her second companion. It seemed that this little friend was the one who opened maps frequently. Fine, she would rely on him to open new maps.
With this in mind, Wendy ran to find Doflamingo, scored a second goal, and right in front of him, she rubbed a Telltale Heart and put it in his hand. Her tone was sincere, and her lines didn't change much: "This is the Telltale Heart, which is like my heart. I can only give it to my friends who I recognize for safekeeping. If I die one day, you can only rely on this to resurrect me."
Doflamingo is an evil person by nature and has seen a lot, but this is the first time he has seen someone take out their heart and give it to him on the spot. He was really stunned.
However, due to his personality, he was quicker to accept this than Long. He looked at the warm, still-beating heart in his hand, then at Wendy, who was looking at him with trust, and raised his lips, "Is this also one of your abilities?"
Wendy, whose face was pale due to excessive blood loss, took out a fish fillet and stuffed it into her mouth to replenish blood, and nodded.
"...I understand." Doflamingo looked at Wendy, whose complexion had recovered a little but still looked pale, and began to run around the room curiously observing everything around her. The balance in his heart, which was already tilted, tilted even more.
In his opinion, Wendy was as simple as a blank sheet of paper and was worthy of cultivation.
Because of his speculation about Wendy's identity and experience, in addition to projecting his own experience onto her, he also had another layer - at that time, his younger brother Rosinante left because he could not accept his act of patricide. At this time, Wendy, who had a similar identity to him, came over, as if it was a compensation for recognition.
Wendy, on the other hand, listened to the system prompt [You requested to add Donquixote Doflamingo as a companion, and the other party agreed to your request], and a smile appeared on her face - as expected... it seems that the snitch is the sharing code for adding friends!
Doflamingo put aside his urge to tell on the secret and sighed, "If it weren't for the fact that the position of Heart is already taken, you would be quite suitable for the position of Heart."
"Heart?" Wendy, who had touched all the items, put them into her backpack and then taken them out, checking what the system would classify them into and whether they were useful, finally stopped her busy work when she heard this word and turned to look at the blond young man sitting there.
"Our family has four leaders: Clubs, Spades, Diamonds, and Hearts... You'll be able to see them when the time comes," Doflamingo said, raising his hand and gesturing towards them. "Come here."
Upon hearing this, Wendy put down the vase in her hand that couldn't fit into the package, ran over and sat down below the person.
Doflamingo reached out and stroked her soft, fluffy blond hair, then asked, "What do you want to do?"
Is this... starting to assign tasks? — Wendy understood, then fell into deep thought.
In the Don't Starve game, you can indeed divide the work and cooperate with a partner... Just like when she and Long were building a home together, she was the one collecting the goods, and Long was responsible for planning and laying out the house.
It's a pity that Long has ambitions to liberate all of humanity and doesn't seem to want to stay home... But now her new partner, Dover, doesn't look like the type to settle down and build a home, so it seems she'll have to take responsibility for that part, right? Then maybe she can do some housework.
Wendy thought for a moment, then raised her head and said sincerely, "I want to farm."
Doflamingo: “…”
Doflamingo couldn't help but fall into deep thought - could it be that Wendy was expelled by the other nobles because she had such a shameful hobby?
"Negative," Doflamingo refused coldly. "Do something else. Think it over and tell me."
Wendy felt very sorry - it seemed that her friends didn't like the farming style.
But it’s okay, she can still use many other tricks.
Just like that, after arriving at the North Sea, Wendy was still struggling with what to do, but Doflamingo had already called other family members to come and see her.
"They are Torrepol, Pica, Diamanti, and Vergo. They are four leaders of our family. Please recognize them first."
As he called out their names, those people responded one after another, as if they were introducing themselves.
Wendy looked at them one by one and felt that everyone had their own abstract appearance.
Torrepol is a slovenly old man wearing a quilt-like coat and holding a scepter;
Pica is a strange man with long wavy hair wearing golden armor and a helmet with a cross visor on his head, but nothing else.
Diamanti has two red vertical lines on his face that look like tattoos, and he wears a red cape and looks like an old man from an indigenous tribe.
Vergo is the most normal, a tough guy with a bob haircut and sunglasses. His only unique feature is his lightning-fast sideburns. His position is "Heart", the highest and most important position among the cadres.
Wendy looked at everyone, nodded, and sighed in her heart: So the NPC appearance is randomly generated without any care?
Thinking of this, she glanced at Doflamingo again, feeling somewhat relieved - fortunately, her friend looked normal.
Of course, as Wendy was observing everyone, others were also observing her. Although Doflamingo held absolute authority within the family, they couldn't question his decisions and would only follow his lead... However, this didn't stop them from speculating about Wendy's identity.
First, like everyone else, they suspected Wendy was a fallen noble from the moment they met her. Then, looking at her blond hair, they couldn't help but wonder if she was related to their leader.
Of course, I just think about it in my mind and won’t say it out loud.
"Is this our new companion, Dover?" Vergo, the highest ranking member of the Don Quixote family, spoke first.
Doflamingo nodded. "Yes, that's right. Wendy is also a fruit user, but she doesn't have to fight. She has other things to do."
When Wendy heard the word "also", her eyes widened a little, and she was a little surprised: "Are they also fruit ability users?"
Doflamingo didn't hide this from Wendy, whom he had already considered a companion, and nodded in response, "That's right."
Wendy's expression was indescribable for a moment: Randomly generated! These must have been randomly generated to make up the numbers!
Wendy didn't have that problem, having previously been a lone ranger like Monkey D. Dragon. But she didn't want so many companions... So, she turned to Doflamingo with an embarrassed look on her face, "But I only want you, Dover, as a companion. I don't want more."
It was enough for her to place a tell-tale heart in one place.
As soon as she said this, everyone turned their gazes to her. Regardless of their inner thoughts, the four officers present remained silent, once again looking at Doflamingo in unison, awaiting his next instructions.
Doflamingo, after hearing Wendy's words, didn't get angry. Instead, he laughed uncontrollably, his attitude seeming quite indulgent. "In that case, it's fine if you don't want to acknowledge them as your companions. Have you decided what you want to do?"
Wendy nodded, straightened her pink dress, and sat down next to him, her hands resting on her chin. She looked at him with a cute expression, but her words didn't match her appearance. "I went to the storage room to take a look. I want to try the manufacturing method first and activate all my technologies... Can I use the gold and gems? And I'm still short of some teeth and bone fragments. Can I get them?"
"Teeth and bone fragments of what?"
"Hmm... beast teeth and bone fragments. If there are no beast skeletons, human bones will do. Human bones would be easier to obtain, right?" Wendy said as a matter of course, not realizing how terrifying her words would sound to normal humans.
There's no other way. In the Don't Starve system, bone fragments, the raw material for many items, can be obtained from human corpses. You should know that when you are short of bone fragments, some players will die first, then revive and smash their previous corpses to quickly obtain fragments.
It's hell, but convenient.
When Doflamingo heard this, a hint of surprise crossed his face. Then, he looked at the other party and slowly grinned. His smile made his tone seem a bit sinister. "Alright, you can use all the gems. As for the ones you're missing... don't worry, you can easily get them."
The author has something to say:
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When I was playing on Steam before, I had a resurrection mod installed. If I was short on bone fragments, I'd just die and resurrect, smashing myself... It was quick and efficient! So easy! In WeGame, you'd have a little grave when you died, and smashing it would give you bone fragments, which I loved too, hahaha. The only problem was that resurrection required commands, which wasn't as convenient as on Steam.
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