## One Piece Chapter 721, pages 13-15: Rebecca and Soldier-san - Chapter: 721 - Pages: 13-15 - Characters: Rebecca, Soldier, Dressrosa Citizens, Donquixote Doflamingo ### Summary 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. Page 14: The daily rhythm continues. Soldier greets Rebecca with "Good morning, Soldier-san!" and "Ah, good morning." He brings food, fixes things, chases threats away, and returns to her even when battered. The panels show him kicking, dodging, working, and being knocked through alleys as Rebecca grows from a frightened child into a girl who watches every sacrifice. There are few long speeches here because the repetition is the speech: Soldier has no organic body, no legal place beside her, and no permission to live with her openly, yet he keeps showing up. Rebecca's bond with him is made from breakfasts, repairs, rescue, silence at windows, and the repeated sound of him running back to her. Page 15: The town's cruelty grows louder. People look at Rebecca and say, "She's an orphan. Ain't got nobody to look after her." Others decide, "Let's catch her and sell her off." When the door bursts open, Rebecca screams "Ahh!!" Soldier charges in and shouts "Rebecca!" as he smashes the attackers away. They yell "Gyahhh!!" and someone cries, "Let's smash that toy!!!" Rebecca calls, "Soldier-san!!" while Soldier takes the blows meant for her. Afterward, away from the violence, Rebecca apologizes and says, "Forgive me... I'm now a wanted man..." Soldier answers with unexpected tenderness: "Fufufu! But we're together! Now let's find a new place to live!" The page shows why Rebecca sees him as family: he turns exile into survival.