[One Piece] Uncrowned King

After leaving Dr. Nancy, Teresa, who was only 15 years old, could not get used to living without her father for a while. She would often be in a daze for no reason. Any familiar scene would remind her of being with her father, even in Will cry quietly when alone.It’s just that even though she misses her so much, life still has to go on, and fortunately Newgate is by her side, so Teresa was able to get rid of endless misses little by little.

Without Dr. Nancy, Teresa's life pattern has not changed much, and many patients still come to see her every day.At the beginning, the little girl was a little flattered. Although her father had taught her for a long time, her medical skills were quite solid, but her experience was too unfamiliar compared to other doctors on the island.Therefore, when she encounters a patient who cannot be diagnosed by herself, she still advises the patient to go to other doctors for treatment.In my spare time, I would personally go to the doctors in the town to work with me to exercise myself.

Under Teresa's insistence, Newgate really settled down in the town. Every morning, before Teresa got up, the tall man would get up early to clean up the yard and do the dirty work ahead of time. dispose of.So after Teresa finished washing up and went downstairs, she only had to be responsible for making breakfast for two people.

"Newgate, parsley is the worst thing."

Another morning, Teresa put a plate on the table, which contained smoked and cold beef.Although bacon was her favorite, the girl's complexion was not very good, her eyes stared fiercely at the coriander in the cold beef, and she hummed troubledly.

Newgate, who was sitting on the other side of the table, pursed his lips when he saw this, raised his chopsticks and put all the coriander on the top layer into his bowl, and sure enough, he saw the girl beside him smiling again in satisfaction.Seeing this, Newgate raised his eyebrows and asked, "If you don't like it, why add it?" He remembered that when she made food that needed to be added with coriander, she usually divided it into two parts, and his own part must have no coriander.

"This is from Uncle Dolly..." Teresa explained.Uncle Dolly's bacon is delicious, but he always adds a lot of coriander.

Newgate showed a clear expression, nodded and continued to eat the food in his bowl.

In such a calm and warm atmosphere, the two spent a year unknowingly, and Teresa was officially upgraded to a girl of marriageable age.During this period, Dr. Nancy seldom wrote letters. The world government's affairs were very complicated, so he couldn't spare time to visit his long-lost daughter in Katness.Naturally, she didn't know how popular her daughter was on the island.If it weren't for the conspicuous presence of Newgate by his side, there would probably be countless weasels rushing forward with their mouths drooling.

While drinking the egg drop soup in the bowl, Teresa thought of something again, swallowed the food in her mouth, grabbed Newgate's arm and said, "By the way, last time Uncle Kate said that the one we threw down the mountain the year before last The corn seeds actually produced a lot of corn, it’s so good, I didn’t even take care of it..."

"Well, I'll collect it later." Newgate cut straight to the point, avoiding the girl's chatter.If she was allowed to continue talking, I'm afraid it would get into a mess.

"Hey... Let me finish the sentence." Teresa puffed up her cheeks, leaned closer to him again, and said, "I'm going to help Mary milk the cow first in the morning, it won't take too much time, you wait Wait for me, and then go break the corn together, okay?" To go to the dairy farm alone, you have to walk through a large open space, but it is very lonely.

Newgate turned a deaf ear and buried himself in his meal.

"Hey..." Teresa put down the chopsticks in her hand, got up and ran behind Newgate, jumped onto his back and said, "You have to wait for me, I'm going to break the corn too."

"Oh." Newgate responded casually, and when Teresa behind showed a satisfied smile, he added: "But... there are spiders in the ground."

"!!" Teresa's face turned pale, her arms loosened, and she slumped off Newgate's back weakly.The original excitement faltered all of a sudden, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on her head.

A large striped spider with intersecting yellow and black stripes often appears in the cornfield. It is not only huge in size, but also very painful to bite.So even if Teresa hadn't been bitten, but she was only dealing with the wounds of those who had been poisoned by spiders, she couldn't help but start to be intimidated by that creature, and would never even appear in any area where that insect would appear.When Dr. Nancy was still on the island in the past, he usually prepared some potions for Teresa that could make insects escape disgust, but he is not here now, and Teresa can't make that high-level potion by herself. So now you have to think carefully about where you go, which makes the lively girl extremely depressed.

See Teresa squatting on the ground, withered like a flower that has not been watered for a long time.Newgate smiled, tidied up the bowls and chopsticks that he had eaten, and stretched out his hand to pat the little girl on the head.Said: "Let's go, I will take you to the cattle farm first, and I will pick you up after picking the corn."

"That's the only way..." Teresa patted the group and stood up decadently, while the big man in front of her was wearing a coat.She looked at his figure, which was still growing taller all these years, and asked, "Newgate, I'm already 16 years old."

"I know." Newgate stopped what he was doing, and looked back at her.

The girl tugged at the ends of her hair, her cheeks were a little rosy and she said, "Then let's get married!"

"Do you remember what I said a year ago?" Newgate asked.

"I remember." Teresa nodded, and said calmly: "My own thoughts will never be shaken by worrying about what will happen in the future. My father said that in a person's life, one should grasp what should be grasped, and don't let life stay behind. It's a pity. I know that Newgate will sail, and after that, maybe we will be separated... If you think about it carefully, it is really a pity, but if I don't grasp the current time, I will regret it even more!"

Newgate didn't speak, just stared at her quietly for a moment before saying, "No regrets?"

"I will never regret it!" It was Teresa who answered him in the affirmative.She didn't know if there was love between him and her, but she was sure that no one was more suitable to spend her life with her than him.

Seeing that she didn't show any signs of wavering, Newgate smiled and said, "Then get married."

As long as you don't regret it, I will protect you for the rest of your life.