Daring to face a bleak life,

Daring to face a furious Akainu.

On the day I left Windmill Village,

The weather was clear and the sun was shining brightly.

There was a slight breeze on the sea, refreshing but not violent.

It was a good day to set sail.

I stood next to Kapp with my small backpack. The dry food had long been eaten, and most of my tattered clothes had been thrown away.

My books were left in the hut.

There were only two or three pieces of clothes left, and one or two books to read on the way. A small backpack was enough to fill.

Returning to Marivan Doe was, of course, on Kapp's warship.

I could dress casually, but it was fine.

I changed into a light dress, combed my hair carefully, and put on the red hair clip I bought in town.

I looked like a little lady again.

"You like to flatter yourself, that's your bad habit," the AI complained. "There's no little lady who can kill a bear with her bare hands."

I stepped on its back and smiled fiercely.

"Shut up.

If you talk nonsense again, I'll kill you. "

"You're getting more and more violent." The AI's watery red eyes turned to the crowd.

"Were they the ones who brought you here?"

I looked in the direction of its gaze.

Ace and Luffy were standing there.

Ace crossed his arms and turned his head away.

It was still that familiar awkward look.

Luffy pursed his lips.

He looked like he was trying his best not to cry.

After finally understanding that I had made up my mind to leave (I must say,

I have to go back, I don't want to go back at all!),

Luffy finally stopped yelling "Leah, don't go", but when it was time to leave, tears still welled up in his eyes.

The sight of a small person clenching his fists and holding his breath, not letting his tears and snot fall, really made one's heart ache.

"Annoying …" I blinked hard, trying to hold back the tears that were about to come. "He's making me want to cry too."

The AI looked up and glanced at me, its tone indifferent. "You seem to be easily brought into this kind of atmosphere in the past?

Actually, every time you leave home to go to school and work, you have to lean against the bus and wipe your tears for a while, right? "

"I told you to shut up."

I gave the bad guy another kick.

He took a few deep breaths to suppress the sourness in his chest.

No, I can't let this sad atmosphere continue.

This is not the king of the sea.

"It's fine. It's not like we won't see each other in the future."

I rubbed my face and tried my best to smile at Luffy. "It's just a short separation. We'll meet again soon."

Luffy smiled through his tears. "Really?

Would he be able to see her soon?

How long? "

I thought for a while and carefully showed him three fingers. After hesitating for a while, I put one finger away and turned it into 2.

"Two years?

We'll see each other again in two years! "Luffy became extremely excited and pounced on him." Ace, Ace, did you hear that?

Leah said she'll be back in two years! "

Ace didn't look very happy.

Rather, he was glaring at me.

"Back in two years?" He clenched his teeth. "Then why did you act like we were never going to see each other again?!"

I thought for a while and decided to follow my heart.

So, I quickly lowered my eyelids and stuck my tongue out at him.

"Silly Ace, I lied to you."

Hey!

You didn't expect that, did you?

"… Don't come back!"

Ace's exasperated roar resounded through the sky.

"Don't be so heartless."

I chuckled and opened my arms, hugging both of them tightly. In order to prevent Ace from running away, I even changed my card to Matilda, the Iron Fist Saintess.

Ace struggled to no avail. He could only let me hug him with a red face.

"B * stard, just you wait." He said fiercely, "I'll beat you into the sea sooner or later."

"Wah … Ace is so fierce."

I tilted my head and rubbed against Luffy. Then, I pretended to cry. "Ace bullies people. He's so bad, isn't he?"

"Why are you acting coquettishly?!" Ace looked like he wanted to kill me with a hammer.

"Ace is fierce, but Leah is the one bullying Ace now, right?"

Luffy tilted his head and rubbed against me. He didn't understand what was going on.

"Wah!

Luffy, you've learned bad things too! "

"This is called a child's babble."

The AI finally covered its eyes with its tail as if it couldn't take it anymore. Its tone was pained.

"You're already in your twenties. There's a limit to acting cute … Okay, I'll shut up."

I snorted and retracted my foot that was stepping on the cat and rabbit. I let go of Ace and Luffy.

Stupid AI. It doesn't understand a girl's heart at all!

When a woman acts coquettishly, no matter how old she is, she's still a baby!

We can do anything to act coquettishly!

It was Kapp who ended the childish entanglement. He grabbed me by the back of my collar like he was holding a cat and lifted me away from Ace and the others.

I quickly reached out to cover my skirt and glared at Kapp in dissatisfaction.

"Mr. Kapp!"

"Okay, okay. I forgot you're a girl." Kapp shook me mischievously before putting me down. Then, he turned to glare at his two grandsons. "Hey!

Brats, the next time we meet, you have to be outstanding Navy members!

If you want to be a pirate, don't even mention it in the future! "

"No way!" Luffy was the first to jump up. "I'm definitely going to be One Piece!"

Ace didn't back down either. "The one who will be One Piece first will definitely be me!"

"It should be me!"

Luffy glared at Ace angrily, but the other party grabbed his face.

"We'll talk about it when you can beat me!

Idiot Luffy! "

"I'll be able to beat you soon!

Just wait until I'm ten years old! "

"Idiot.

I'll be thirteen by then! "Ace was so angry that he laughed.

Luffy stomped his feet in anger. He pointed at Ace and shouted, "Wow, you cheated!

You're too cunning, Ace! "

Ace was so angry that the veins on his forehead popped. "You're the one who's too stupid!"

Kapp gave each of them a punch and ended the fight between the two boys.

He rubbed the heads of the two idiots and ignored their cries of pain. He grabbed their ears and roared.

"Both of you, go back to the Navy!"

Then, he let go and came over to pick me up. "Let's go, Gloria. You're not allowed to learn from those two brats, do you hear me?"

I reached out in advance and grabbed Kapp's hand to prevent him from picking me up. I raised my head and smiled at Kapp.

"Hehehe …"

I know why Kapp is so obsessed with letting Luffy and Ace go to the Navy.

It's not for the sake of inheriting the father's business (?).

Or the so-called Navy's sense of honor.

He just wants these two children to live.

Portcas D. Ace is the son of One Piece's Gol D. Roger, and Monkey D. Luffy is the son of the revolutionary army's leader, Dorag (Dragon).

The two children who carry this bloodline will definitely be killed by the world government once their identities are exposed.

Only by becoming a Navy, and an excellent Navy, will the world government let them go.

It was a pity …

I know that Kapp's painstaking efforts are destined to be wasted.

Luffy and Ace are born pirates.

It has nothing to do with their bloodline, but their freedom loving and lawless nature. It's destined that they can't become anyone other than pirates.

I smiled at Kapp again and fooled him. I turned back and gave the two boys a big hug again.

This time, neither of them pushed me away.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely come back." I said with a smile, "Let's play together when I come back."

No matter what, the days in Gorpo Mountain were the happiest days I've had since I transmigrated to this world.

"Thank you." I let go of my hands and waved at them with a smile, "Then I'll be going, bye!"

"Un!

You have to bring me meat when you come back! "

Luffy smiled and showed his white teeth. Ace snorted and turned his head away.

"So cheesy." Although he said that, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, "Let's go, Luffy, back to training.

Next time when she comes back, don't lose to a girl again. "

"Oh!!!"

Looking at the back of the two boys leaving, I couldn't help but shake my head.

"Seriously."

I laughed, "They came to send them off, but in the end, it became me, the one who's leaving, who has to watch them leave. What's going on?"

Kapp smiled and rubbed my head, "Men just want to save face. Even if they want to cry, they won't cry in front of you. Alright, let's set sail!"

I shook my legs and hugged Kapp's strong arm tightly. I looked at Windmill Village and Gorpo Mountain under the sunlight in silence.

When I came here, I didn't expect that I'd be so sad when I left.

"You originally wanted to say three years. Why did you suddenly change it?"

The AI shook his big tail that was the same as the QB's and asked curiously.

"Akainu will watch me more closely after I go back this time."

I sighed, "I have to train hard if I want to run out again … Conservatively speaking, it will take me three years to train hard enough."

But looking at Luffy's expression, I felt that … I had to come back as soon as possible.

"Since I said two years …" I sighed again, "I can only do it with all my might."

"… Are you a primary school student who finishes his summer homework in one day just to go out with his friends?"

"You're an AI with a lot of data. Give me an analogy from 'Morning Blossoms Plucked at Dusk'."

I was talking about the chapter of 'Five Savage Assembly' in 'Morning Blossoms Plucked at Dusk'. The story was about Mr. Lu Xun who wanted to join the Five Savage Assembly when he was a child, but his father made him memorize ancient books before he left.

"You're a good analogy," the AI tilted his head, "I think you've thought about how to explain it to Akainu when you go back, right?"

"No, don't let me remember!!!!!"

… … …

There's a saying that goes, "Running away is shameful, but it's useful."

Most of the time, this saying is correct, but there are times when people can't run away.

On the first day I returned to Marivan Doe, I knew that there were some things that I couldn't run away from no matter how hard I tried.

Looking at Akainu, who was exuding a hellish aura, I could even see the air around him distorting due to the high temperature.

I don't know if it's my illusion, but his background seems to have changed color?!

Turned into the dark golden-red magma?!!!!

I shuddered out of reflex.

A true warrior who dares to face a bleak life, who dares to face a furious Akainu …