[One Piece] Uncrowned King

White Beard is the father of a group of juniors, even if Teresa wanted to nag him, she would not teach Marco a lesson in front of a group of children, and told the chefs to manage all the wine, especially Risa went back to the room with Newgate.After the gate was closed, a group of children hurriedly eavesdropped on the door panel, not to miss any good scenes, but Teresa had been prepared for a long time, so she asked Yoyo to stay outside and bite their butts mercilessly when she saw someone approaching .

After a burst of screams, screams, and Yoyo's roar, Teresa sat in front of Newgate, put his arm on his wrist, and said, "I don't know what to say about you, anyway, no matter how I tell you , You don't even take it to heart." Her expression was a little downcast, after living for such a long time, what she cares most about now is his body.Although I know that people are born, old, sick and die, it is impossible to really think about it, so every time I touch this problem in my mind, I dare not continue to think about it.She is not afraid of death, but she is afraid of the death of the people around her, especially this man who helps her to support her no matter what happens.

Seeing Teresa's reaction like this, Newgate, who escaped unharmed, felt heavy.Compared with the depressed look now, he is more used to her getting angry at him, or nagging, instead of keeping things in her heart like now.The two of them are no longer young. He didn't expect to worry about her when they were old.Reaching out to cover the back of her hand, Newgate changed from his previous perfunctory, and said seriously: "I know my body, and it will never collapse now. Besides, our era is over, and I will definitely put the children Introduce a new era, and before that, I will never fall."

It sounds good, but who can be sure about physical matters? Before getting sick, Roger never thought that he would die so early.The plan can never keep up with the changes, and no matter how nice words you say, you can't restore the lost body.Feeling so slanderous in her heart, Teresa ignored Newgate, just looked down at the hands they held and said nothing.

Seeing this, Newgate understood that she was really angry, reached out and patted her on the shoulder, and said, "White Beard never broke my promise, trust me."

Hearing this, Teresa raised her head, looked into his light golden eyes, and said solemnly: "My husband is Edward Newgate, just an ordinary person, not the white beard who was said to be a monster. What promises Whitebeard made has nothing to do with my husband. And I don’t believe in that Newgate who can only endure everything by himself, I only believe in his body data.” People say that Whitebeard is a monster, yes The strongest person in the world who is immortal, but she who has been witnessing the gradual weakening of his body understands better than everyone else that this person will get sick, get hurt, get old, and even die. He is not a monster, just An ordinary man who cannot escape the cycle of life and death.

"..." Newgate closed his eyes, and smiled after a long time: "Now, only you will see me as Edward Newgate." Unknowingly, even his own name became unfamiliar , how many years no one has called his full name, everyone only thinks he is white beard, even if they know what his real name is, they have never called him.If Teresa hadn't been by my side, I'm afraid that even the pronunciation of the word Newgate would be unfamiliar to me in the future.Although no matter how many years passed, he was still the same as he used to be, but others could no longer see Whitebeard as the former Edward Newgate.

After waiting for a long time without waiting for his answer, Teresa became even more depressed.At this time, Newgate said: "...No matter what, I will always accompany you on the next road, and I will not leave you halfway."

"No... I don't care about this..." Teresa shook her head, clenched her hands and said, "Newgate has been with me all this time, supporting me to the present... If... If there is so One day, I will walk behind you... I think, I can accompany you for a while..." She stretched out her hand and grabbed his sleeve, as if she was there when she was young, and pleaded softly: "But even if it is like this , I still hope that you can walk with me for a while... Let this time be more and more, let that day come later... At least give me a time to prepare..."

Even if she knew how much time was given, she would never be able to accept it.

You can still hope that this day will never come.

"..."

After Teresa finished speaking, both of them fell silent, and only the breathing of both sides could be heard in the entire room.

"I didn't expect that getting old would make you uneasy." Newgate said, got up to pick up the medicine bottle, and said, "A few days ago, I really forgot about it, how about making it up together today? After finishing speaking, he unscrewed the bottle cap, as if planning to swallow all the pills in one go.

Seeing this, Teresa hugged his arm quickly, crying and saying: "How can someone take medicine like this! No, no, put it down quickly, just remember to take it in the future."

"I see." How could Newgate not know that the medicine was three-point poisonous, and the behavior just now was just to liberate Teresa from her depression.Putting down the medicine bottle, he took out the two tablets marked on the advertisement outside the bottle, and he swallowed the medicine with cold water.Turning back to Teresa, who was dripping with cold sweat, said, "Okay."

With a sigh of relief, Teresa let go of his arm, and only then did she realize that this kind of common sense Newgate would not know, he clearly did it on purpose.Glaring at him with feigned anger, Teresa sat back on the stool and saw the obvious smile at the corner of the old man's mouth, as if returning to her boyhood.And there is a sentence that she has always kept in her heart since she was young. She has always wanted to ask, but she has never been able to speak.But now, she suddenly wanted to ask again.

Teresa hesitated for a few minutes before clasping her hands nervously, "Newgate, you..."

"Father—!! I'm coming in!"

With a bang, the door of the bedroom was pushed open, Ace rushed in, and said loudly: "The banquet is ready, aren't you hungry?" He scratched his hair and asked in doubt: "Ah? What happened, did I disturb you?"

"..." Teresa swallowed what she wanted to ask, shook her head and said, "It's okay... let's go eat."

"Teresa?" Teresa didn't want to say any more, but Newgate still had doubts in his heart.

"It's really fine, let's talk about it another day." In fact, there is nothing wrong with being interrupted.

Teresa didn't say anything, and Newgate didn't continue to ask, but he remembered what happened today in his heart.Until one day, let her come to solve the puzzle.