He looked at the giant elephant and saw many scars on him. His ears were cut from various places. Who knew what kind of atrocities he faced in the past thousand years.
Alexander used his magic to treat all the wounds on him and then went to his head.
*Pat* *pat*
"You're a really big boy, ha... I've seen huge Dragons but an elephant is first." He talked to himself.
Alexander then heard a loud trumpet. He guessed the Elephant wanted to talk so he used his strange ability with which he could talk to anything.
"Haha, he can understand us" Dobby exclaimed.
"Thank you, good human. It was getting very itchy behind my ears." A majestic yet kind voice reached Alexander.
He smiled, "It's alright, I like helping others. What's your name?"
"Ah... It has been so long since I heard that question. Last time it was that boy with Strawhat. I am called Zunesha, kind human."
"Zunesha, that is a nice name. I am called Alexander Maxim D Universe. You can call me Alex or old man." Alexander kindly greeted him.
"Oh, another one with D in the name."
"Zunesha, do you know anything about the void century? Or anything major that happened 800 years ago?" Alexander asked him.
"I do and I do not. I do not know what this void century is that you speak of. But I only remember one thing from that long ago. On that day, the sky turned dark, the world suddenly fell into the darkness like something had taken a hold of it in their evil palm. It was a dreadful feeling even for me. That is all I remember." Zunesha informed him.
"It's alright, Zunesha. Why are you still walking by the way?"
"For the little people living on my back. The day I stop, the world will start noticing them and nothing good comes out of that. I love my little people." He proudly said.
"Haha, you are a very good Elephant. I will go and meet the people. I can make their lives better." Alexander suggested.
"They will surely welcome you. There is also something that might interest you in the Whale Forest. Go and see it."
"Okay, I will return again soon. Till then," he flew up to the gates of the island. He was pleasantly surprised to see the place was flourishing. Though the only difference was that there were no humans. All the people looked like humanoid offshoots of various animal species. But he couldn't complain as most of them looked cute.
He walked up to the huge door and knocked on it. He guessed that no one must visit them, which would explain the lack of guards on watchtowers and closed gates.
Soon a Gorilla-man peeked out of the gates, the moment he saw Alexander his eyes widened in shock.
"Hello, Zunesha told me to come here. Who is your king?" Alexander asked.
The gorilla-man quickly came out of shock, "Lesser Mink? H-how did you get here? Wait I have seen you somewhere."
Gorilla-man took out a newspaper from his bag and compared an image side by side with Alexander's face.
Alexander didn't wait for him to speak, "I flew up here. I am Admiral Alexander and this is Vice Admiral Dobby. We would like to meet your leader or king."
Now, the Mink tribe lived an isolated life but they were knowledgeable about the world with the newspaper and they had a general understanding that an Admiral was as strong as their king if not more.
"P-Please wait here. I need to report to Duke Hitsugisukan. Only he permits visitors."
"Okay, I will be waiting. Wait, take this." Alexander threw a bag at him.
"Hahaha... What a strange lesser Mink you are. I have traveled the seas in my days but I've never met one like you with so many abilities." Duke Hitsugisukan exclaimed.
"I had a talk with Zunesha. He told me about the people living on his back."
Alexander's words shocked them. "D-Did you really talk to him?"
Alexander connected back to Zunesha, "My big friend, show them that I'm not lying."
In return, Zunesha made a loud noise. Seemingly replying to Alexander.
"Zunesha is not a brain dead elephant. He is very smart, old, and kind. He can understand you all too." Alexander informed him.
Duke Hitsugisukan was pleasantly surprised and had tearful eyes, "That is such good news. We finally know he can understand us."
"Please come with me. I have prepared a feast for you."
"Haha... I never say no to food. Let's go." Alexander muttered.
For a while, Alexander talked about all the here and there stuff with Duke Hitsugisukan while eating. After that, he finally came to the point and told him about his shop plan.
"Duke Hitsugisukan, I plan on opening a big shop here. You can buy all kinds of food, books, clothes and other items. Not just that, you can also sell any specialty of yours." He proposed.
Duke Hitsugisukan may seem kind and happy go lucky type but he was also smart and very knowledgeable. " What's in it for you? I mean, we people don't have a very high buying power. It won't be very profitable for you."
"Hahaha... You are right my friend, it won't be profitable at the beginning. But I don't really need money. I have more than I can even spend. What I truly desire is friendship. Also, the shop will be a means for you to become rich too. You can sell anything that you make there. I will sell that stuff further around the world. 10% of the profit I will take, while you take 90%."
"Hmmm..." Duke Hitsugisukan went into deep thinking.
"We do make very good wine. Everyone likes it. Maybe we can sell that?"
"My friend, liquor business is the most profitable business. If your stuff is good, it will sell." Alexander encouraged him.
"Rahahaha... Then it is decided. You can open a shop in Zou. Here to this new friendship."
They clanked their glasses and gulped the wine. Then Alexander asked him the most important question, "Zunesha told me I should go and visit the whale forest and that there is something of importance for me. He also said that someone with initial D came here in the past too."
"Yes, not just once, our royal historical records are filled with people with initial D coming here for that thing. Ah, I remember now. You also have a D in your name." Duke Hitsugisukan exclaimed.
From what Duke Hitsugisukan said, it was clear that whatever this thing is, multiple people were after it.
"Come, I will take you there. We were trusted to keep it safe with us until the right man comes. We can never deny a man with initial D from seeing it. That is what our ancestors taught us."
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