## One Piece Chapter 721, pages 11-13: Rebecca and Soldier-san - Chapter: 721 - Pages: 11-13 - Characters: Rebecca, Soldier, Donquixote Doflamingo, Riku Royal Family, Dressrosa Citizens ### Summary Page 11: Doflamingo presents himself to Dressrosa as a savior. From a balcony, he tells the crowd, "For hundreds of years now, this destitute country has been ruled over by the Riku Royal Family! Ultimately, that despicable family greedily stole away money and resources from you, the people!!" He promises, "I will bring... prosperity to this land!!" The crowd cheers beneath him. Meanwhile, Rebecca's survival is reduced to scraps and danger. Soldier works despite being a toy, telling a man, "Have to make a living," while the man asks whether he can really work. In winter, wild dogs chase Rebecca with "Grrr!" and "Kyahh!!" Soldier charges through the snow to save her, turning his small toy body into her shield again and again. Page 12: The years with Soldier are shown in small bruising fragments. Soldier is knocked around, crushed, and sometimes exhausted, but every scene circles back to the same fact: "Soldier-san is always by my side!" Rebecca remembers him bringing warmth, saying "Ahh so warm!" and comforting her when she is cold or crying. She also remembers trying to endure by herself, saying, "Wahh... no... I'm just fine," while Soldier insists she is not alone. The page stacks moments of poverty, hunger, and protection until the repetition becomes the point. Soldier cannot restore what was stolen from Rebecca, but he keeps answering each immediate wound: hunger, cold, loneliness, and fear. Page 13: Soldier and Rebecca live as quietly as they can, but hardship reaches even through windows. Soldier asks her to close the window, and Rebecca says no because it is warm. He scolds that the town has turned so cold and that the empty houses and empty streets are still the fault of the new king. Yet he also turns that hardship into care: when Rebecca is hungry, he says he will go to the next town to find a job and bring food from the window sill. He warns her not to open the window or talk to anyone, because the people of the town see what he buys for her and call her selfish for eating while others go hungry. Rebecca listens, trapped between needing help and being blamed for receiving it.