Sea Circle Calendar 1500.
In the first half of the Grand Line, within the remote waters of the Helios Kingdom.
Queen Elisa gave birth to a son. Seeing that both mother and child were safe, King Ilo excitedly announced a national celebration.
The entire Helios Kingdom was immersed in joy. The royal family had a successor, and the citizens of the entire kingdom were exceptionally delighted.
...
Sea Circle Calendar 1505.
Helios Kingdom, Crown Highlands, inside the Uranus Palace.
At this moment, five-year-old Helios Aurelius was standing beside the floor-to-ceiling window in his room, quietly bathing in the sunlight.
The bright sunshine fell upon Aurelius, seemingly draping the five-year-old in a layer of golden gauze.
Standing before the window, Aurelius looked down from his high vantage point at the garden below, where a hundred flowers bloomed, and found himself lost in memories.
Aurelius was a transmigrator.
In his previous life, he was a person from Earth. He had been playing a nautical character brawl game and used cheats.
After being sanctioned and banned by the system, he smashed his phone in a fit of rage, but accidentally got electrocuted and ended up in this world.
Wrapped in a streak of golden data, Aurelius's soul traveled through time and space, entering his mother's womb in this life.
Eventually, his mother in this life, Queen Elisa of the Helios Kingdom, carried him for ten months and gave birth to him.
Meanwhile, his father in this life, His Majesty King Helios Ilo, designated Aurelius as the kingdom's only prince and the heir to the throne the moment he was born.
Thus, Aurelius was born into a life of luxury, with endless wealth and glory.
At first, Aurelius thought this was all there was to it. However, after five years of growth and learning, Aurelius finally understood that he had transmigrated into the world of One Piece.
A world where pirates ran rampant, and the corrupt World Nobles, the Celestial Dragons, ruled.
Here, endless waves of evil pirates burned, killed, looted, and committed every crime imaginable.
Here, the ugly and twisted Celestial Dragons dominated the world.
Here, the Marines were not true justice, but merely a violent tool for the World Government to maintain its rule.
This was the One Piece world from the anime Aurelius had watched in his previous life.
A world where decay, chaos, and sin were intertwined.
When Aurelius fully realized the nature of the world he was in, he couldn't help but fall into anxiety.
In this world, the strong could split mountains and sever seas, doing whatever they pleased.
In this world, the weak could only struggle to survive, drifting with the tide.
Even though Aurelius was a prince of a kingdom in this life, understanding the essence of this world kept him in a state of constant worry.
Although Aurelius was a transmigrator, and because of that, his understanding of the world's nature was clearer than anyone else's.
In this sinful world, without strength, one was like duckweed without roots, unsure of when they might be swallowed by the turbulent waves.
He did not possess the monster-like constitution of those freaks, nor was he born a monster with innate talents.
Aurelius's bloodline was just that of a pure, ordinary human in the One Piece world.
Aside from his status being slightly more noble, everything else about him was no different from an ordinary person.
Although the Helios Kingdom was located in a remote sea area, without the guarantee of strength, Aurelius inevitably fell into anxiety.
He was afraid that his kingdom might accidentally provoke a powerful pirate and be destroyed.
He was also afraid because his kingdom was not a franchise nation of the World Government. He didn't know when the World Government might make a move on his kingdom.
Now, at the tender age of five, if something really happened, he truly couldn't do anything.
Fortunately, the heavens had eyes. On the night after the New Year this year, Aurelius silently awakened the cheat from the game in his previous life—King's Treasure.
It was only at that moment that Aurelius felt slightly more at ease.
Having a means to quickly become stronger gave Aurelius the courage to face this world.
King's Treasure was the cheat Aurelius had used in the nautical character brawl game in his previous life.
Although the name was exactly the same as a certain Golden King's treasury, it did not contain the Noble Phantasms found inside that treasury.
To adapt to the game's situation back then, the King's Treasure cheat was designed based on the mechanics within the game.
[King's Treasure Ability 1]: The owner of the King's Treasure can enter and exit the golden chaotic space inside the treasury at will.
[King's Treasure Ability 2]: Use any item to fuse with a Noble Phantasm embryo within the King's Treasure to form a golden Noble Phantasm.
[King's Treasure Ability 3]: Noble Phantasms can be controlled at will. Damaged Noble Phantasms are automatically repaired within the King's Treasure. Noble Phantasms can be granted to others and recalled.
[King's Treasure Ability 4]: Noble Phantasms are categorized into Consumable Noble Phantasms and Fixed Noble Phantasms. Their types are Active Effect Noble Phantasms and Passive Effect Noble Phantasms.
Therefore, inside Aurelius's King's Treasure, there were initially no Noble Phantasms. Aurelius had to find treasures to generate all of them.
However, it was precisely this condition that gave Aurelius's King's Treasure ultra-high malleability.
...
Retracting his wandering thoughts, Aurelius turned around and slowly sat back on the luxurious large bed.
With a slight thought, a property screen visible only to Aurelius appeared before him.
[King's Treasure]
[King]: Helios Aurelius (5 Years Old)
[Combat Power]: Toddler Class
[Physique]: Ordinary Human
[Abilities]: None
[Haki]: None
[Devil Fruit]: None
[Noble Phantasms]: Deep Sea Night Pearl, Natural Diamond, Crystal Cup, Premium Tea Set, Top-tier Kitchenware, Steamed King Crab, Vintage Wine...
"Tsk, aside from some lifestyle-related Noble Phantasms, everything else is blank. Looks like I need to have a talk with Father."
Looking at the screen before him, Aurelius frowned slightly and muttered in a low voice.
"If I want to rely on the King's Treasure to gain power quickly, the kingdom's treasury should have some good things."
After obtaining the King's Treasure, Aurelius had conducted experiments. As long as an item was fused with a Noble Phantasm embryo, a brand-new Noble Phantasm could be formed.
Every Noble Phantasm had a corresponding function. Even lifestyle items possessed magical effects.
For example...
[Noble Phantasm]: Deep Sea Night Pearl
[Type]: Passive Effect Noble Phantasm
[Category]: Inherent Noble Phantasm
[Release]: Enhances night vision slightly.
[Noble Phantasm]: Natural Diamond
[Type]: Passive Effect Noble Phantasm
[Category]: Inherent Noble Phantasm
[Release]: Enhances physical defense slightly.
[Noble Phantasm]: Premium Tea Set
[Type]: Active Effect Noble Phantasm
[Category]: Inherent Noble Phantasm
[Release]: Top-tier Tea Brewing Skill.
[Noble Phantasm]: Crystal Cup
[Type]: Active Effect Noble Phantasm
[Category]: Inherent Noble Phantasm
[Release]: Wine poured into it becomes more fragrant and mellow.
[Noble Phantasm]: Vintage Wine
[Type]: Active Effect Noble Phantasm
[Category]: Consumable Noble Phantasm
[Release]: After consumption, one will not get drunk even after a thousand cups.
There were two types of Noble Phantasms: Active Effect and Passive Effect.
Active Effect Noble Phantasms required the holder to manually release them to obtain the inherent ability.
For example, if Aurelius wanted to use the Noble Phantasm · Premium Tea Set to make tea.
If he did not release the Noble Phantasm, Aurelius's tea-making level would be his own meager skill.
But if he actively released the Noble Phantasm, the Premium Tea Set's inherent "Top-tier Tea Brewing Skill" would temporarily appear on Aurelius.
At that point, if Aurelius made tea again, he could brew tea with a top-tier fragrance.
As for Passive Effect Noble Phantasms, they were easier to understand.
For example, the Deep Sea Night Pearl. As long as Aurelius kept it inside the King's Treasure, the Deep Sea Night Pearl's inherent night vision ability would be continuously effective.
This was the difference between Active and Passive Noble Phantasms.
Finally, there were the Noble Phantasm categories.
In Aurelius's King's Treasure, there were only two categories: Consumable Noble Phantasms and Fixed Noble Phantasms.
Simply put: Consumables and Fixed items.
Consumable Noble Phantasms, as the name suggested, were Noble Phantasms that would disappear after a single use.
For instance, Noble Phantasm · Vintage Wine. Once a bottle was finished, it was gone from the King's Treasure and would not regenerate. This was a Consumable Noble Phantasm.
On the other hand, for Noble Phantasm · Crystal Cup, regardless of whether wine or beverages were poured into it, finishing the drink would not affect the Crystal Cup.
Furthermore, even if the Crystal Cup was accidentally dropped and shattered, it would automatically return to the King's Treasure and repair itself completely. This was a Fixed Noble Phantasm.
After spending some time familiarizing himself with his exclusive King's Treasure, Aurelius set his sights on the kingdom's treasury.
As a kingdom with several hundred years of history, even if it was located in a remote sea area, the accumulation in the kingdom's treasury was considerable.
...
Tap tap...
Tap tap tap...
Just then, outside Aurelius's room, the sound of light footsteps could be heard.
Accompanied by the soft sound of the door opening, a middle-aged woman dressed as a head maid slowly walked in.
"Greetings, Your Highness."
Seeing that Aurelius was awake, the head maid immediately bowed respectfully.
"Linda, you're here."
Looking at the head maid before him, Aurelius nodded, signaling for her to rise.
"Thank you, Your Highness," Linda said as she stood up, then spoke again, "Your Highness, His Majesty the King and the Queen are having breakfast. Please proceed to the dining hall."
Hearing this, Aurelius retracted the screen before his eyes, stood up, and walked towards the door.
Seeing this, Linda quickly followed behind Aurelius.
As Aurelius walked out of the room, the maids lining both sides of the wide corridor bowed to him one after another.
"Greetings, Your Highness. Good morning, Your Highness."
Aurelius simply nodded in response without saying much and left the palace directly.
After Aurelius left, the maids successively entered his room to begin cleaning and tidying up.