[ONE PIECE] The daily life of Shura field in four eyes

Chapter16

Surprise x Confession x Meteor Shower

——I read all the books

Trying to find the definition of my life from the words of past poets

But the ultimate meaning of all poems points to you

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After experiencing a dream like last night, Marco looked very haggard.

His eyes were full of red bloodshot eyes, and he didn't even have time to clean up the stubble on his chin. His whole person was filled with a chilling depression.

He and Ace stood on the edge of the deck, and when they looked up, they couldn't forget the sea beyond.

"Seliu loves to lie down here and watch the sea."

Marco touched the railing gently, and the look of Seleustin leaning on the railing and acting coquettishly towards him seemed to still be before his eyes.Playful curly eyebrows, a gentle and bright smile, a dress blown by the sea breeze, and the sky and sea behind her as the background

Everything seems to have never left him

Ace's eyes were slightly red and he clenched his fists

"it's all my fault"

As the captain of the second team, Teach is his team member no matter what, so he should take full responsibility for this matter.

"It has nothing to do with you, don't take everything upon yourself."

Marco blinked his dry eyes, and there was no emotion in his flat tone.

"Ace, there's less than half a year left."

As he said this, his tone remained calm, but there were emotions in his eyes that Ace couldn't understand.

Ace pursed his lips, he knew what Marco was talking about

There is less than half a year left before Sachi’s death and Teach’s defection.

"It's too late, I'm going to catch Tiqi now and ask what's going on."

Ace's chest felt so tight when he thought of Thatch's death, as if he couldn't breathe, and there was a sense of sourness on the tip of his nose.

When he woke up in the room in the morning, he even wanted to run directly to Saatchi's house to confirm with his own eyes whether he was still safe and sound, and whether he was happily getting up and preparing to make breakfast for them, just like countless ordinary but precious people. Same as early morning

Marco pressed his shoulders

"Do you find it useful?"

He looked at Ace seriously

"Nobody else knows anything but us"

"What's more, if you catch him, can you really find out his purpose? Teach has been on the ship for 20 years. Even I only found out last night that he is a man who would do such a thing. You are so What answer can you get if you rush over hastily?"

Marco felt Ace gradually stop trying to break free from him, and loosened the arm holding Ace's shoulders.

He closed his eyes tiredly, waiting for Ace to calm down.

After a long time, Ace's voice, which had calmed down considerably, came.

"Then we can't sit still and wait for death. It's easy for everyone to understand. Can't we just tell them all this?"

Marco rubbed his temples

It's not that he never thought of doing this, it's just that

"I'm afraid I can't do it"

"why?"

Marco did not directly answer Ace's question. He imitated Seleu's most common movements, lying on the railing, staring blankly at the sea, and then asked Ace an irrelevant question.

"Hey, Ace"

"Tell me, is it a boy or a girl?"

Ace was suddenly stunned when he heard this question, and then pressed the hat on his head to cover his somewhat helpless expression.

He seemed to understand a little bit why Marco couldn't tell others the story of himself and Seleustin.

For Marco, everything related to her is happiness, and recalling it is endless pain.

"I've been wondering whether it will be a boy or a girl, whether he will inherit Seryu's curly eyebrows, and whether he will be as well-behaved and beautiful as his mother."

Ace pursed his lips and gritted his teeth.

"Marco, Seleu will be fine."

He knew that it would be very unlucky for Seleustin to be taken away by Teach, but he still comforted Marco like this.

Because he is a hundred times more desperate than himself

Marco blinked. There seemed to be a sea breeze blowing in front of him, but he could only feel a numbness.

He stared at the scenery Seliu loved most and said nothing.

Ace also looked at the calm sea and thought of the familiar yet unfamiliar Moby Dick with Seleu in his dream.

"I remember that Seliu liked to tease Sachi the most. He felt uncomfortable if he didn't play pranks on him for a day... He also bickered with Halta every day, insisting on teasing him about the fact that Halta looked like a child... Ah, By the way, she always drags Namuir to swim in the sea. She can only be more serious when she studies her abilities with Bista..."

Ace carefully counted the habits of Seleucid and the brothers. As he counted, he felt that everyone doted on Seleucid so much, always protecting her, tolerating her mischief, and satisfying her whether it was reasonable or inappropriate. For a small request, take her to any place she wants to go in the world

The members of the Whitebeard Pirates family have always been silently protecting her in their own way.

"What's more, she likes daddy so much."

"They have the right to remember her"

Marco raised his head, hoping to force the warm liquid back into his eyes.

A low but gentle voice sounded beside him

"I think it's a girl"

Ace finally answered the question that Marco had murmured before and hadn't intended for him to answer.

"Because Seliu probably hopes that your child can be named by your father."

Marco wiped the tears running down his cheeks and smiled

"That's right. If Seliu knew that her beloved father didn't remember her, she would definitely cry."

"If they don't remember it, then it's up to the two of us to convey that memory to them."

Sitting in the hall, Sachi asked Bista next door in confusion.

"what's the situation?"

Bista shook his head and said he didn't know what was going on.

He looked around. The captains of the sixteen divisions walked into the hall one after another. Dad was also sitting at the front, waiting for something.

When the last person sat down, Ace stood up and closed the door.

He glanced at everyone present, and Sachi felt that his eyes stayed on him for an extra long time.

Then Marco's voice rang out

"I called everyone here today because I have something to say."

The voice was full of fatigue and vicissitudes of life. Sachi had never seen Marco look like this before.

"It's about a girl named Seleutine..."

Hearing this name, several people who had gathered together in the morning to discuss Marco and Ace's recent behavior looked at each other.

But what Marco said next made everyone open their eyes.

——"The incident with future Sachi...death"

Eyes from all directions were cast towards Sachi, and he himself was stunned by Marco's words.

"what is the problem"

Whitebeard didn't think Marco and Ace would joke about such a big thing. He stared at Marco and Ace, who had been feeling particularly strange in recent days, and waited for them to explain clearly.

It was Marco who spoke

"Seleucid...Seleustin was brought to the ship by me ten years ago."

Others were stunned, ten years ago?How come they've never heard of this guy?

"No, it should be said that it's me from another world."

"About three months ago, I gradually had memories of another world."

"I was a month ago"

Ace added, explaining the reason why he and Marco were acting abnormally.

"It's not a prank by someone with abilities. Those memories are exactly the same as my past. The only difference is Seleustin."

Everyone was silent, listening to this incredible fact, but no one showed any doubts.

"Seleustin grew up on the ship, and that room... used to be her room."

Everyone knows which room he is talking about. Three months ago, Marco converted a storage room on the ship into a guest room and bought a lot of things. Everyone was confused about this at the time. Finally, today, they understood the reason.

"We became lovers when we were in Seleucid"

All the captains present were a little surprised when they heard what he said.

He took out a photo with his body temperature from his arms and placed it on the table. One corner of the photo had been wrinkled by caressing. The beautiful blond girl in the photo was leaning on his arms, showing gentle love. As before

Halta picked up the photo and looked at the girl named Seleustin. Several captains around him also came over.

Namuir suddenly asked

“Since we are from another world, what’s going on with this photo?”

Marco shook his head at him. He was also confused about this, but the photo appeared suddenly for unknown reasons.

The photo was sent to Saatchi, and he looked at the exceptionally beautiful person in the photo.

"What a beauty, it's a pity to match you."

It seems like he didn’t take what Marco just said to heart.

Ace was not surprised at all when he heard what he said.Because in the dream, Sachi said the same thing when he first learned that these two people were together.

He smiled. Sachi has always been like this.

The photo finally got into my father's hands. He turned it over and accidentally discovered the line "

——To the most romantic gentleman and lady tonight

"Are you married?"

When they heard their father ask Marco, the others also looked at him.

"Not yet, but..."

Marco hesitated a little, lowered his eyes, and did not continue.

Ace picked up what he left unfinished

"Seleu is pregnant, it's Marco's child"

For a moment, the whole room was silent

"Selu said, if it's a girl, daddy will be the one to choose the name."

Marco raised his head and looked at his white beard with surprised eyes across the table.

His Adam's apple rolled, and he continued:

"If it's a boy, his name will be Angelos."

Then he looked at Sage

"It was the name Sachi gave him before his death."

Thatch finally put away the careless expression on his face. The gloomy expressions of Marco and Ace made it impossible for him to regard what they said as a joke that had nothing to do with him.

"what happened"

When Ace heard Thatch ask this, he punched the table hard.

"It's Tikki"

He gritted his teeth, and the scene in his dream became clearer and clearer.

"It was originally a banquet that night to celebrate Seleu and Marco's baby. Everything was fine. I didn't notice anything strange."

"When I see Sachi again at night, it will be too late."

"This is unreasonable. How many years has Teach been on the ship? He is not the type to do such a thing."

"I don't want to believe it either, but the facts are there."

momentarily deadlocked

Hearing this question, Marco expressed the suspicion he had been holding in his heart.

"Maybe it was for a Devil Fruit. Thatch had just obtained a fruit on the day of the incident. When I arrived at the scene in the evening, the box containing the fruit was gone."

"Not only that...he also took Seliu away."

What was the purpose of taking away Seleustin?It's not surprising to use them as hostages or as bargaining chips to threaten them.

What's more, it is common knowledge that Seleustin is pregnant. If Teach really killed Sage, then there is every reason to kidnap her away.

Aware of these possibilities, no one present said anything.

"In short, if Tikki in this world has the same purpose, then the same thing will probably happen again. We can't let this happen."

Bista, who has not participated in the discussion, spoke out first.

"Approximately how long will it take?"

Sachi asked in an incomprehensible tone.

“Less than half a year”

Hearing Ace's answer, Sachi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there is still time.

"Let's first figure out Tikki's purpose for doing this."

He really didn't want to believe that he would be killed by his companions who had been on the same boat for many years, but the various performances of Marco and Ace made him have no choice but to believe it.

"How do you figure this out?"

Jozy doesn't quite agree.

“Maybe we’ll have the answer tonight.”

Marco and Ace looked at each other, now they can only wait, waiting for night to fall

Coming out of the hall, Ace waved to the others

"I'm going to be alone for a while"

Alone, he came to Seleu's favorite railing again.

Looking at the distant connection between the sea and the sky, Ace suddenly remembered that one night late at night, Seleustin was lying here lazily. Although she was very sleepy, she still wanted to look at the stars. She said that someone told her that there would be a meteor shower that night.

At that time, Seliu was quietly beside him, leaning on the railing with his face tilted, his little golden head getting sleepy little by little.

"If you feel sleepy, go back to sleep quickly. There won't be any meteor shower."

He helplessly rubbed Seliu's hair and persuaded her like this

Ace often sails alone on the sea, and he is considered a half-hearted navigator. Seeing that the sky is covered with a thick layer of clouds, there is probably no meteor shower tonight.

Se Liu was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes. Half asleep and half awake, he opened his mouth and mumbled a few words.

"but……"

Ace put his ear close to listen to her soft whispering voice

"Ace... is not happy... today is obviously his birthday..."

Ace was stunned and looked at her with a complicated expression.

He didn't tell anyone that today was his birthday. It was probably the crew members in the second division who had been following him who told her.

Seeing that Seliu was slightly unsteady and looking like she was about to fall asleep, he stretched out his right arm and wrapped it around her back, trapping her between him and the railing.

Staring at the sky without a single star, he felt a little confused

Birthday...?

Obviously no one was looking forward to my birth

I smiled at myself, but found that the dark clouds dispersed at some point, revealing countless stars in the sky.

There were a few faint lights flashing across the sky

He opened his eyes wide and quickly lowered his head to call the girl in his arms, but suddenly he met a pair of misty blue eyes.

Seleustin didn't know when she opened her eyes, and those beautiful blue eyes were looking at him intently.

"Hurry up and make a wish, Ace"

"Happy birthday"

Ace just looked at her, as if he could see the brilliant meteor shower streaking across the sky in her clear pupils.

So he smiled, stared into Seleu's gentle eyes, and made his first birthday wish to the shooting star.

"I hope that the girl in front of me can be blessed by the world and be favored by gods forever."