[One Piece] Brother Ace, please pay the bill

~~~~~ Fish and bear's paw, some people (the key lies in appearance) can have both~~~~~

That night, Ace did not return to the main ship to rest.He lay on the furled canvas of the white sailboat, looking up at the dark night sky.

When it was daylight, the fleet sailed to the scheduled summer island.The sky cleared up, and a few strands of clouds hung on the horizon, reddened by the rays of the sun that hadn't jumped out of the sea.

"Ace?" Mandala didn't know that Ace hadn't gone back. She woke up in the morning and wanted to check the weather, but saw Ace sleeping on the canvas.He was bare-chested, and there seemed to be a layer of mist on his smooth skin, which was white and fluffy.

"Dawn." Ace opened his eyes immediately, as if he had never fallen asleep.

"Well, that summer island is coming soon." Mandala also raised his head, and looked up at the morning star in the sky with him, "Today will be a good weather."

"I hope." Ace sat up, he stretched, but he didn't mean to get up.

Mandala leaned against the mast, and she remained quietly by his side until the summer island loomed before him.

After landing on the island, Mandala took the Sirens and Weike to go shopping, while Ace went to the weapon market with his subordinates.After spending most of the day on this summer island, he was finally ready to continue sailing.

"Mandala! Mandala!" Ace ran towards the pier with a happy face, the freckles on his face seemed to be blown away by the sea breeze.

"What's wrong?" Mandala felt strange seeing Ace so happy.Except that Luffy is also going to sea, what else can make him so excited.

"Mandala, we're going to change our route and not go to the Chambord Islands." Ace didn't catch his breath, he ran to Mandala's side and held her shoulder tightly.

"Why?" Mandala frowned, she didn't quite know what happened before Ace and Whitebeard met.In other words, after she came to this world, her memory of the real world was slowly fading.It's just that she didn't realize it herself.

"Do you know that when Luffy fell into the sea and was almost eaten by sea kings when he was a child?" Ace was very excited. His voice was so loud that Mandala felt his eardrum hurt.

"I seem to have heard it, what's the matter?" Mandala raised his head, as if he probably guessed what Ace was going to say.

"It was the red-haired Shanks who rescued Luffy. I always wanted to thank him in person. But I never had the chance, and now I finally met him. He is on a nearby winter island, and he won't leave in the near future. .” Ace smiled brightly, his eyes narrowed into slits.

"You want to meet him?" Mandala patted her head, even though Ace reminded her so, she still didn't remember Ace meeting the redhead.

"Well, that winter island is very close, it only takes a day's flight to get there." Ace nodded.

"Then go." Mandala thinks that there is no harm in meeting Ace and Redhead. On the contrary, with Ace's character, he should be able to form a friendship with Redhead.

In the war on the top, the red hair came to join the battle, not just because of his friendship with Whitebeard.

"Here is the pointer." Ace took out a small pointer from his trouser pocket and handed it to Mandala.

"Leaving tonight?" Mandala took the pointer, and she put it on her wrist.

"I hope as soon as possible, but, have you three girls' affairs been settled?" Although Ace is the captain, he will still ask Mandala for his opinion on any decision-making.And he also knows that women are more troublesome.

"What can we do?" Mandala didn't understand Ace's occasional thoughtful behavior at all. She tilted her head, unable to figure out why Ace would ask such a question.

"That's fine, let's go tonight." Ace was a little embarrassed, and he put his hands in his trouser pockets.His calloused fingertips touched something soft, he paused, but still didn't take it out.

"Okay." Mandala turned around and went directly to the boat.

Tonight's night is extremely beautiful, a huge full moon hangs above the sky, casting a huge white round shadow on the calm sea.In front of the fleet, several dolphins chased the waves and jumped out of the sea from time to time.

It's just that the increasingly cold air makes people feel a little uncomfortable. It seems that the pleasant temperature of Xia Island no longer affects this sea area.

Ace still slept on the white sailboat Mandala, but he was going to sail tonight, and the sails were all up, so he had to curl up in the observation deck.

When he woke up the next day, he saw the winter island where the red hair was, and an extra cloak on his body.After touching the thing in his trouser pocket, Ace turned over and got off the observation deck.

"Mandala." Ace found Mandala at the bow, and she had long hair loose and hadn't been combed yet.

"I didn't expect to arrive so soon." Mandala didn't look back at him, but just looked at the snow-capped island from afar.

Espen didn't intend to take anyone there, he just wanted to say thank you to Redhead.But Mandala is pulling Siren and Vick, and Vick has a loud voice, so the other crew members will naturally not miss this opportunity to meet the red-haired Shanks.So a group of people marched towards the place where the cooking smoke was burning on the island.

For the red-haired man, Mandala admired him very much.In One Piece, in addition to loving Ace, Mandala also likes Shanks, Mihawk, Sanji, Sauron and other male characters.It's just that Ace is an extraordinary and special existence in her heart, and his feelings are different from other people's.

It's just that Ace didn't know. He looked at Mandala's happy face and always felt that something was wrong.

"Gloves." Ace finally took out a pair of taro-colored woolen gloves from his trouser pocket, and stuffed them into Mandala's hands.

"You bought it for me?" Mandala smiled happily. Although the style is very ordinary, judging by the light purple color, Ace chose it carefully.

"Well, there are Siren and Vick too." Ace rubbed his hands, he couldn't actually get the second pair out, but looking at Mandala's face, he habitually replied not to make her feel special s answer.

"Thank you, Captain." Mandala saw through Ace's disguise at a glance, she put on the gloves, and grabbed Ace's hand, "How is it, how does it feel?"

"Very soft." Ace nodded stiffly, the temperature of his palm was much warmer than Mandala, even now he was only wearing a thin shirt.

Mandala didn't speak any more, she smiled and withdrew her hand.Lifting the glove that still had the warmth of Ace's palm, Mandala rubbed hard on his cheek.

The coldest thing is indeed the exposed face.

Following the smoke, the group quickly found the cave where the red-haired Shanks was.I saw the red-haired man sitting on a boulder with his legs spread apart.He didn't raise his eyes to see Ace in front of him at all, he just gnawed the leg of some kind of animal in his hand very intently.

"Wow!" Mandala couldn't help shouting in her heart, she had never seen such a handsome man in her entire life.His hair was redder than flames, and the three hideous but charming scars on his face all pierced Mandala's heart.If it weren't for her unwavering love for Ace for so many years, Mandala really felt that she might change her heart.

"You are the red-haired Shanks?" Ace glanced at Mandala out of the corner of his eye. He was surprised that Mandala's eyes were filled with a kind of fanatical emotion.Even he had never seen that kind of look.

The strange feeling in his heart became more and more intense, and Ace withdrew his eyes. He stared at the man in front of him who was obviously stronger than him, and tried his best to put on a relaxed posture.

"Are you here to fight?" Shanks raised his eyes, scanning Ace's group lightly.The meat leg in his hand was almost finished, and there was only a little bit of bone left that hadn't been resolved, "Are you still here to join my pirate group?"

"Neither." Ace focused his attention, and he explained, "I recently sailed to the nearby waters and heard that the red-haired Shanks is on this island. You saved Luffy's life back then. As his brother, I I just came here to say 'thank you'"

"Luffy?" Shanks really looked at Ace, his eyes were bright with the bonfire, "Is he going to sea too?"

"No, Luffy hasn't. But soon, when he is 17 years old, he will be able to go to sea." Ace walked to Shanks's side very naturally, and sat down directly.

"Oh, I remembered, you are the Portgas D. Ace who rejected Shichibukai's invitation, right?" Shanks shook off the broken bone in his hand, turned his head, and studied it very seriously The freckles on Ace's cheeks.

"Yes." Ace didn't hide anything, he stretched out his hand, grabbed a meat leg roasting on the campfire, and ate it.

Mandala has been following Ace closely, and she can't help smiling when she sees the two get along so well.It's just that the content of the conversation between these two people was too jumpy, and there was a trace of confusion hidden in it.

"You!" Shanks shifted his gaze from Ace's face to Mandala's body, "Do you want to compete with me?"

"Eh?" Mandala was startled, and unconsciously clenched the hand that had been holding Nereus.How did I provoke him? I thought she wanted to fight him!

No matter what kind of "discussion" it is, she has never thought about it!

"You've been staring at me, must you want to fight with me?" Shanks' expression was extremely serious, and he couldn't tell that he was joking at all.

"I..." Mandala was stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, she immediately looked away and lowered her head.She was really attracted by Shanks' temperament, she was staring at him for a while, and lost her soul.

"Ah, let me introduce you." Ezra grabbed Mandara's gloved hand, pulled her to sit beside him, "My vice-captain is also my girlfriend. .”