Kapitel 54: Chapter 54 : Terminal Illness

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Eric woke up from his deep sleep. "Where am I?"

What appeared before my eyes was the light that had been unfamiliar for a long time, the milky white ceiling, and the warm atmosphere like home. "Am I dreaming?"

He shook his head weakly and looked around. He saw a group of men in white coats and masks working on something on the bed beside a white bed on his right. They were holding syringes and scalpels. "What is that?

At that moment, he saw his familiar and beloved sister, her forehead was covered with cold sweat, and her lips uttered a weak murmur. "!!!"

"Ayala"

In an instant, he woke up, shouted his sister's name, and tried to get up, but was pressed down on the bed by a huge force. Just as he was about to struggle, he heard a strange voice in his ear.

"Be quiet, those doctors are trying to save your sister now, if you want her to live, don't make a fuss."

He turned his head sharply, looking in the direction of the sound and the force that pressed him to the bed, and then on the left side of his bed, he saw a strange yet familiar figure standing and leaning against the windowsill.

He didn't know this person, but this red-haired man. It seemed that at this moment before he fainted, Eric finally woke up completely, with his eyes wide open in disbelief.

Although the pain in his body still made him suffer, he still endured it and sat up from the bed. He looked around and found that it was a completely unfamiliar place, but it was quite magnificent, like a palace.

The entire room was filled with various equipment, some of which he recognized and some of which he didn't, but at a glance he could tell that they were definitely the most advanced medical equipment.

He and his sister were each lying on a luxurious hospital bed.

Eric called out his sister's name again, but this time he was not impulsive, because he had already reacted. He looked at the boy next to him who was about the same age as him and asked gratefully.

"You saved me and my sister. Is this the place?"

"What? Have you forgotten your savior so quickly? You begged me to save your sister. As for here, this is the palace of the Magnetic Drum Kingdom. Those doctors are the best royal doctors in the Magnetic Drum Kingdom. They are really checking your sister's body."

"!!!"

Eric's eyes were instantly filled with tears. He didn't care about the pain and illness in his body at all. He knelt on the bed and kowtowed to Xiao Yan to express his gratitude.

"Thank you, thank you for saving my sister. I will definitely repay you."

Xiao Yan did not seem to be in a hurry to accept the offer. He looked at the doctor who was still busy in the distance and spoke.

"Don't be in a hurry. Before you thank me, please introduce yourself first. Also, why are you here and what is the illness of your sister?"

The boy named Eric was startled, and he looked at his sister in pain in the distance with concern, and said with his head bowed deeply. "You are the benefactor of me and my sister. Logically, I should not hide it from you, but I am really sorry, I can't tell you. I can only tell you that my name is Eric Killmonger, I am eighteen years old, and that is my sister Ayala Killmonger, twelve years old. We are from the West Sea. She has a very terrible disease, but please rest assured that the disease will never be transmitted to other people. My sister and I have lived together for so long, and there is no sign of infection."

"Is that so? I see."

Xiao Yan did not ask any more questions, but instead asked.

"But, does this mean that you and your sister came from the West Sea to the Grand Line?" "Yes."

"Sure enough, I was not mistaken. You are indeed extraordinary. You should be a swordsman. The aura you have is only possessed by a swordsman. An eighteen-year-old swordsman with such talent, it's worth it that I came here specially for you." At this moment, Eric was suddenly stunned.

Xiao Yan didn't keep the secret and directly made the invitation.

"Well, let me introduce myself. My name is Xiao Yan , and I'm the captain of the Sky Pirates. I'm in need of some reliable partners right now. I've set my sights on you and want you to be my partner. How about that? Do you want to agree to it?"

Eric's face showed an obvious complex struggle, but in the end he shook his head.

"sorry"

"Hmm!? What, you don't want to be a pirate?"

"No, that's not the case. You are willing to pay 100 million Baileys to save my sister. I can never repay this favor, let alone become a member of your ship. However, I just want to save my sister now. I have lost everything and I can't lose her again."

"I see"

At this moment, a weak voice came from the other bed. "Brother, I'm sorry for being a burden to you."

Eric looked towards the bed in surprise, only to see that his sister had opened her eyes. He looked at her weakly. "My dear, Ayala, are you awake?"

"Hey, calm down. Your sister is in such a state that she can't be excited." Xiao Yan held down the agitated Eric and looked at the doctors. "How is she? Is there a cure for this disease?"

The doctors looked at each other with an embarrassment on their faces.

"I'm sorry, we just checked and found that the child is severely poisoned. We have no medical means to remove the poison from her body. I'm afraid she won't live for a few days." "!!!"

Even though Eric had guessed the result before coming here, he was still completely devastated when he got the answer.

"Why, why not? If it's poison, there must be an antidote. Please, doctor, save my sister. I'll pay any price."

The doctor was also in a difficult situation.

"I'm sorry, there's really nothing we can do. We just checked. If the special poison in her body had only seeped into the blood, it might be possible to treat it through a blood transfusion. But now, it has seeped into the tissues and organs, and it's impossible with current medical methods." "What!!!"

A loud scream resounded throughout the room, drawing everyone's attention to the door. Valpo walked over angrily and yelled at the doctors in front of him.

"What can't be cured? You useless doctors, can't you even cure this minor illness?"

Eric looked at the child who walked in with surprise. He knew him. It was this child and his brother who stopped him in the direction of the port and made an unreasonable demand of 100 million Baileys.

But why now, this child looks more anxious than him?

One hundred million berries is a lot, but for a prince of a member country of the World Government, it should not be a lot of money. Then, he heard words that shocked and moved him deeply.

"I received 2 billion berries of gold, you useless guys, do you want me to return the gold?"