[One Piece] I heard you can make donuts

"That, Anne?" Denate skillfully opened the door of the hall, looked at Anne tangled up, his eyes drifted on the signature plate in her arms, "Are you satisfied with this?"

Katakuri had just signed Annie's autograph, and kept his face cold and silent. When it was almost three o'clock, he used his ability to make a glutinous rice shrine, picked up the donuts on the coffee table, and walked in without saying a word. She doesn't know what to say at all.Although she originally thought that Annie was unlikely to see Katakuri's true face, but no matter what, the goal dropped from seeing the true face to being alone to signing...

It couldn't be more tragic, this was Annie's dream before she was 30 years old!

"Well, that's good." Annie laughed, her eyebrows were curved, and she looked very unhappy. "Actually, I didn't expect to see Katakuri-sama's true face. Now this is good."

She glanced at the Nuomi Shrine in the middle of the room, her eyes flickered, and then she regained her composure, "Well~, I'll go back to work first, and I won't disturb you and Katakuri-sama~"

Annie's last words were spoken very quietly, but when they reached Denat's ears, they had the effect of a mine, shaking her brain to buzz.

"Hahaha, Annie, what are you talking about? What disturbs being alone, there is no such thing at all."

Oh, there is no such thing, you put away the blush on your face!Is it because you want to fan her by swaying your hands so quickly?Why are the tips of the ears red and dripping like blood?Bullying her, an old woman who will be [-] tomorrow and still single? !

With an indifferent expression on her face, Anne patted Denat's hand off her shoulder, took a step back holding the signed edition, and closed the door neatly.

"Let's go."

Touching the ashes on the nose, Denat withdrew her hand in embarrassment, slowly moved back to the sofa she just got today and sat down, staring at Katakuri's sofa opposite, and after many failed meditations, she simply sat down in silence. Picked up the recipe.

"Crack-"

The tiny sound of clinking cups and saucers was infinitely magnified in the silent hall. Denat recovered from the flour, eggs, butter, and cream, and looked at the Nuomi Shrine that was gradually disappearing in the middle of the hall—the one in the middle who slowly revealed her figure. tall man.

Today Katakuri-sama eats faster than usual, and the afternoon tea is over before four o'clock.Is it because the donuts she made this time are not to his taste?Or because of that...

"That, Katakuri-sama..."

In the past, because she dared not sit on Katakuri's sofa, Denat would stand in the lobby for more than half an hour. Although she had her own sofa to sit on this time, Denat still stood up obediently to greet her. Katakuri, who had finished his afternoon tea, nervously rubbed his fingers, and didn't know what to say when he started.

"sit down."

Katakuri's words are always concise and clear, so you don't need to think too much, just execute obediently.

So, the good baby Denat responded immediately, sat down, put her hands on her knees, her back was straight, her feet were close together, her eyes, nose and mouth were concerned, and she sat upright as if she was about to be inspected by her superiors.

Katakuri, who appeared in front of her in an instant, had a flash of a smile in his eyes. He thought Denat's restrained and shy appearance was very interesting, like a newborn animal that wanted to play with strangers but did not dare.

Katakuri glanced at the tips of her reddened ears, coughed lightly and let out a muffled laugh, but couldn't think of what to say for a moment.

Charlotte Katakuri, the leader of the four generals of the BIGMOM Pirates who seldom interacted with ordinary people, especially women, faced a woman whom he had a crush on, and most likely also liked him, and fell into a trap. There was silence.

Tsk, I knew that he would not have left so early when Brother Pelos and the others got together to talk about women. Although most of them were meaningless bragging, it was better than the embarrassing situation where no one speaks now.

Thinking about it, Katakuri frowned again, and Denat, who was watching from the side, was terrified. He lowered his head even more, and his hands on his knees were unconsciously clenched into fists due to tension. Katakuri's brows twitched as the white and tender palms pinched by the deep nails turned red.

Then, the sense of oppression from the opposite side became more serious, and the air in the hall became even heavier.

Just when Denat was about to break the jar and follow the old routine, asking Katakuri how the donuts tasted today, the door was opened.

"Annie, you—?"

Denat's voice stopped abruptly when she heard the creaking sound of the door opening, because Annie stood behind the door with a cold expression she had never seen before, as if there was a sea of ​​blood and deep hatred between them.

"Master Katakuri, isn't the cream made from Anstori chestnuts delicious?" Anne leaned against the door, her red lips curled up in a charming smile, which made Denat shudder for no reason. .

"As the head of the four generals, your diet is so extravagant that most kings in the world are ashamed of the throne~"

"The donuts are made of Anstoria chestnuts that are only produced in extremely hot places, and the black tea is made of Brittles black tea that is only grown in extremely cold places. The cost of such an afternoon tea may be ordinary enough It’s a year’s worth of expenses.”

"However, did you know that eating food from an extremely cold place and an extremely hot place at the same time will form a deadly psychotoxin, enough to immobilize a giant whale."

"I figured it out, even if you are the perfect Katakuri-sama, you should be able to vaguely feel the effect of the medicine now, and your whole body will be paralyzed, right?"

Annie rolled her wrist with a smile, a cold light flashed, and in a blink of an eye there was a sharp black dagger in her hand.

Hailou Stone Dagger!How could she buy such a rare thing!

Denat opened her mouth and wanted to stand up anxiously, but restrained herself after seeing Katakuri's calm eyes.She turned her head away, not wanting to look at Annie, whose eyes were red, laughing and falling into madness.

"Hahaha! Charlotte Katakuri, the perfect calm and powerful Katakuri-sama."

"20 years ago, when you killed my elder brother who regarded you as a god and worked diligently to make desserts for you for three years, did you ever think that you would have such a day!"

"That is my only relative! He has always admired you so much, and gave up the opportunity to study in Lanfa because of you, but you told me that he was executed because he disobeyed your order, and he didn't even let me see his body! What a joke! Even if he dies, he will not disobey your words!!!"

Anne approached step by step, and the sound of thumping high-heeled shoes echoed in the empty hall, as if it was the horn of the underworld, causing Denat to bury her head in her arms in pain. If she could, she really wanted to hide in another place. A world to come back to when it's all over.

It wasn't because she was so cowardly that she wanted to escape, but because the ending of the incident in front of her was doomed from the beginning, and she was one of the important planners of the ending.

She just didn't want to see all this happen in front of her eyes.

"Why? Why can you still use the fruit ability?!!!"

Annie's crisp and sweet voice was distorted by the great hatred, and the unbelievably hoarse shout was full of despair, sharp and strange.

Denat's head in her arms trembled, her tall chef's hat was crooked, and her trembling hands couldn't straighten it up, so she simply tore it off and held it in her hand, letting the few strands of shattered ear Hair hangs down over eyes.

"You have a problem with your background, the BIGMOM Pirates have known about it for a long time."

Denat's voice was not loud, but it could reach the ears of the only three people in this unusually quiet hall.Her eyes, hidden under the shadow of broken hair, were closed tightly, and the words of Pelos' own notes from yesterday afternoon rang in her ears again.

'Lick lick~, our Charlotte family are pirates after all, and killing people is just commonplace.If all the relatives of the people involved were killed every time, there would be few islands with people in the Ten Thousand Kingdoms. '

"Annie's brother is just one of the many civilians who were killed because they saw something they shouldn't see. Although it's not a big deal, but because Katakuri takes you very seriously, I'd like to tell you in advance. '

'We are pirates, killing people and stealing goods is a very common thing.Lick lick lick~, if you can't accept this, I can ask my subordinates to send you back to the East China Sea now, and continue your days of peace without disputes. '

She remembered that she was silent for a long time at that time. It was very cool in the store in autumn, but the snow-white chef's uniform on her back was soaked with sweat, and there was an occasional cool breeze from the ventilation port, which made her heart sink a little bit and become cold.

Her mind was very confused at the time, and many messy memories flooded out. She even thought of making a ten-inch big cake for the first time in Donghai when she was a child, cutting it into small pieces and putting them in beautiful paper boxes. , Knocking on the door to deliver, but only three small pieces were sent out in the end.

Through the crack of the door, she could hear the sound of TV sets in many people's homes, the sound of babies crying, and the voices of children complaining to their parents about the difficulty of homework, but it was too late for anyone to open the door.

Because she is a monster, no one dares to get close to her. No matter how beautiful and delicious the cake she makes, no one dares to taste it.

After returning home, she ate the remaining half of the cake in one go. She didn't drink a cup of coffee or tea. When it was so sweet that she felt like vomiting, she licked the tears on her cheeks and swallowed it together with the cake...

Then, she remembered that she came back to her senses, and said back to Pelos that I will not leave.

Denat slowly raised her head and opened her eyes, meeting Katakuri's deep gaze, she suddenly laughed.

Be it a pirate or a devil, they accepted her and treated her as the same existence as them.She likes this island, she likes Katakuri who gave her everything, if they are really demons who are destined to go to hell after death, let her go with him.

In this way, at least before she was alive, she could experience the feeling of standing on the ground as an equal with others and bathing in the sun.

Denat stood up, she threw the crumpled chef's hat on the armrest, her fiery red hair was like a burning flame, and the broken hair on her forehead drifted away as she walked, showing that there was no extra emotion under it, and she was determined. Rock-like eyes.

She walked up to Anne who was trapped by the glutinous marble floor tiles, bent down, not caring about the dagger she was holding in her hand, looked into her eyes rolling with hatred, and said slowly:

"They told me about you and I've been watching your every move ever since."

"Food from extremely hot places cannot be eaten at the same time as food from extremely cold places. I have seen this kind of thing in a gourmet's travel journal."

"When you took out the Astoria chestnuts this morning, I panicked. I hoped that things were not as I thought. But when I came to inquire this morning, I knew that Katakuri-sama had tea this afternoon. When the tea I prepared was Brittles black tea, I knew it might be irreparable."

"But I still had a little bit of luck in my heart, and I followed your request and brought you to Katakuri-sama's castle. In fact, before you just walked out, I was still praying that all this was just a coincidence—"

"Pray?" Annie sneered, interrupting Denat, "Ha! It's just a useless effort done by escapists. Don't pretend, didn't you tell Katakuri all the information and let him change Have you ordered black tea? Kill me directly, and make the greatest contribution to your Lord Katakuri!"

"No, Katakuri-sama didn't change to black tea."

Denat took out the black teapot from the trolley in the middle of the hall, opened the lid, and put it in front of Anne. The tangy, clear and mellow fragrance made Annie's eyes widen, and she murmured that it was impossible.

"Master Katakuri has done all kinds of anti-drug training, and now there are very few drugs in the world that can work on him."

"So Annie, your plan has been a dead end from the very beginning."

Seeing Annie who drooped her head, let go of the dagger, and laughed and cried, Denat didn't speak any more. She put the teapot back in its original position and stood there without moving. She closed her eyes with her back to Annie.

Infiltrating laughter and cries echoed in the empty hall, and after a soft sound, silence was restored.

***

"jingle--"

"Welcome——, Denat? Why are you alone? Where's Anne?" Mary, who poked her face out from behind the cashier, frowned suspiciously, wondering because she didn't see another person.

"One of Lord Katakuri's supervisors in charge of flour sales fell ill, and Annie stayed there to help." Denat's answer seemed a little careless. After closing the door, she did not go to the dining area, but looked at the Sweet Home gate. The right bread stand will be stunned - she thought of the blonde woman who stood there every day and sent a smile to the customers who came in the door.

"Hey, it's really Annie."

After paying the bill to the customer in front of her, the envious Mary wanted to ask Molly next to her to replace her, so she went to ask Denat about the details, for example, what other vacancies are there with Mrs. Katakuri? or something.Well, she is also very capable!

However, before she had time to pull the sleeves of the person next to her, she saw Denat walking around the dining area in a trance, without even hearing her calling her name loudly. Customers hurried up to the second floor to say hello, which caused bursts of puzzled discussions among regular customers there.

Denat what's the matter with her?

Mary blinked curiously. She and Molly next to her kept on packing the customer's bread and cakes in corresponding paper bags and cartons, but her mind was running fast, thinking about the weird incident that just happened.

It's strange, Denat's state seems to be a conflict with Annie just now?No, Annie, that old fox who has become a spirit, can't be easier to deal with a doughy idiot like Denat. No matter how you look at it, she is not the one who will do things that make Denat lose his composure...

Ah yes!

Mary slammed her left fist into her right palm, showing a look of sudden realization, and jumped the customer in front of her.

That being said, the only option is for Denat to be jealous because Katakuri-sama appreciates Anne!Sure enough, even an ignorant fool like Denat would be tempted to be jealous when facing a perfect man like Katakuri-sama.Tsk tsk tsk, this is really - enviable.

How about she also plead with Denat, saying that she will die of terminal illness tomorrow, and she wants to see Katakuri-sama before she dies?Or is it better to say that I have admired Katakuri-sama since I was a child and want to see him no matter what?

Mary let herself go while cashiering, and from time to time she smirked because of the bright future she imagined, which made the customers who checked out at SweetHome very uneasy this afternoon, for fear that this ghostly upper-body cashier lady would do something scary.

And all of this, returning to the kitchen on the second floor, forcing a smile to say goodbye to Barry after get off work, Denat didn't know about it, but even if she knew, she didn't have the leisure to care about the shopping experience of SweetHome customers now.

"Is this really okay..."

After sending Barry away and closing the kitchen door, Denat leaned against the door and slid down slowly as if someone had taken her spirits out. Her snow-white chef's clothes were wrinkled and stained with dust, but she didn't realize it. Sit on the ground with your knees tucked in, and bury your face in your arms.

The chef's hat, which was crumpled and smoothed by her, slipped from her head and landed on the ground without a sound. Her messy red hair covered her expression, but she couldn't stop her low sobs.

The guests downstairs who didn't wait for the information were a little dissatisfied. Several people wanted to complain, but they were immediately pushed down by the person next to them, and they stared at him with the eyes of "do you want to live?" until he calmed down.

The chairs in the dining area rubbed against the ground to make a screeching sound, the door was pulled open again and again, and the wind chimes kept tinkling.

A regular customer worriedly asked Mary Denat what happened today while checking out, and finally got a mysterious smile from the other party and an answer that she swore she was absolutely fine.So the guests went back happily with the bread in their arms, looking forward to coming back tomorrow, SweetHome has returned to its usual cheerful atmosphere.

As night falls, SweetHome's bakery cabinets and cake cabinets are all sold out.

After cleaning and tidying up, Mary, who was the last to leave, checked briefly, turned off the power after confirming that there was no problem, locked the door and lowered the shutter door before leaving.

Then, there was a slight creaking sound suddenly on the pitch-black first floor, the back door was opened, and a white figure flashed in, groping on the wall under the moonlight, trying to find the switch of the chandelier.

"click"

A big hand turned on the switch one step ahead of her, and the white light illuminated the darkness, reflecting the stunned expression of the red-haired woman.

"Are you back, Anne?"

Denat, leaning against the wall, was smiling. The straight chef's uniform could not find any dust under the white light. The tall chef's hat gathered all the broken hair without falling out. It was different from the usual shy and introverted dessert. Teachers make no difference.

"Well, I'm back, Denat, are you not angry?"

Annie glanced at Denat cautiously. Although the girl smiled a little stiffly as usual, her eyes were much deeper, and there were even some emotions she couldn't understand.

This is really troublesome, is it because she admires Lord Katakuri, asks him for an autograph and finally seizes the opportunity to stay and help him deal with the wheat flour incident, making Denat jealous?It shouldn't be, this girl is the type who hides her thoughts so hard that she dare not reveal it, it is impossible to show such an expression because of such a trivial matter.

Dena stared at Annie for a long time, and then opened her hands tightly. She suddenly took a step forward and hugged Annie tightly, and then let go before she asked questions in doubt, showing a big smile.

"Of course not. How could I be angry with you, Annie? I still need you to help me drive Sweet Home all over the world!"

Denat smiled like a newborn sun that drove away all the haze, and Annie's heart fell, she was greatly relieved, and replied with a smile: "Leave it to me, and I will definitely help you become the world's number one pastry chef." !"

The cold night wind came in through the crack of the door, making whining noises, but the two girls standing face to face at the back door seemed unaware of it. They smiled happily and were full of hope for the future, as if all the darkness in the world Can't touch them.

***

At [-]:[-] p.m. the next day, Denat showed up in the hall of Katakuri's castle on time.

"Thank you, Katakuri-sama."

After putting the donuts on the coffee table, Denat bowed deeply to Katakuri, her smooth tone concealed too many complex emotions, making it too late for people to distinguish.

"Thank you for saving Anne's life, and letting Master Brin modify her memory so that she can live the rest of her life normally on Wheat Island."

"You are willing to agree to my unreasonable request. I am grateful from the bottom of my heart. Although I am incompetent, no matter what you ask, I will try my best to complete it."

Even if a tall woman is bent over, her back is straight.Even with her head level with the ground, her chef's hat didn't fall off, and it was still firmly on her head, making one wonder if she had sewn the hat and hair together with thread.

Facing Denat's detached and respectful attitude, Katakuri snorted coldly, picked up a sugar cube from the sugar bowl on the table with his fingers and popped it off her hat, only to find that he frowned The woman, who was about to tremble for a long time, remained motionless, maintaining a bowing posture.

Heh, is this going against him?

Katakuri frowned and was about to explode, but was stunned by the flashing future picture, the burning anger in his golden eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by a rare panic of being overwhelmed.

"do not Cry"

Katakuri, who has never encountered such a situation, finally couldn't hold back after seeing the same teardrops as in the future clip, and dryly squeezed out a command-style comfort, but found to his annoyance that after he finished speaking, The teardrops on the opposite side fell faster.

Tsk, how did Brother Pelos coax the children at home?

Suppressing the anxious feeling of irritability, Katakuri activated his ability to conjure several cute animal-shaped mochi in his palm, stood up and pulled Dena, who was still in a bowing posture, into his arms, silently Pass the palm in front of her.

When he ran here yesterday morning, he swore that as long as he could let that woman go, he would do anything for him.Now that he asked Brin to modify the woman's memory and let her continue to work at SweetHome, what dissatisfaction and grievance did she have?

The development direction of things deviates so much from his own expectations, which makes Katakuri, who loves to control everything, very dissatisfied. He wants to read Denat's heart with his knowledge, but he can't use it because he is upset now. Gave up on seeing and hearing.

Where did it go wrong?Could it be that there is a problem with Brin's ability?No, it's impossible, he let her go after confirming that there was nothing wrong with the woman...

When Katakuri frowned over and over again to figure out whether something was wrong, Denat raised his face from his arms, rubbed his red eyes with both hands, although his face was still in a state of embarrassment with tears, his brows and eyes were extremely firm.

"I like you, Charlotte Katakuri."

Denat's choked voice was not loud, but in Katakuri's ears there was a thunderous sound that flattened the island, which made him doubt his own ears and brain for the first time.

She just said that she likes him?

"I originally wanted to wait until I became the number one pastry chef in the world and I could match you before I would confess to you, but after yesterday's incident, I felt that even if I became the number one pastry chef in the world, I might still not be good enough you."

"Many problems that are unsolvable to me can be solved with just a few words of instructions from you. In this sea where strength is the most important thing, a coward like me who is weak and incompetent and can't let go of anything is not worthy of you , can only keep causing trouble for you, I don't deserve you to treat me so well."

"So please tell me what else I can do for you. I will leave after I finish. I will be far away from Wheat Island and Wan Guo. I will never come to disturb your life and add trouble to you."

Denat leaned on Katakuri's chest, almost greedily absorbing the temperature from the junction of the skin. She took this as the courage to support herself, and said the confession and love that she thought she would never be able to say in her lifetime. bid farewell.

She stared at Katakuri who was silent with drooping eyes, as if she wanted to engrave every inch of his brows and eyes in her heart, she was reluctant to blink until her eyes were sore that she was about to shed tears.

"Who says you're not good enough for me?"

Katakuri laughed softly, his chest vibrated due to the laughter, and Denat's heartbeat accelerated inexplicably, as if it was about to jump out of his heart.

"The Charlotte family hasn't been reduced to the point where I need to marry a powerful family."

"There's only one requirement to be my wife—I like it."

"And this requirement, you just met."

I don't know how many years have passed since then, and every time she recalls this scene, Denat will show a satisfied smile.

Because at that moment, for the first time, she felt that it was great that she could be born in this world.

The author has something to say:

I thought I was going to write 1w+ words until tomorrow, but I finished it today_(:з」∠)_

According to this progress, it can be finished in 7W words (.

In the end, Mimi stole the words of my life Ace, I didn't mean it, I just thought of it, I thought it would be better to change it to anything else, so I used it like this _(:з」∠)_

The little angel who watched it in one breath should be healed by sugar before being hurt by glass shards (￣▽￣)