The logbook of a retired knight

【49】

Andrea was also quite pleasantly surprised. After all, she doesn't have many friends. Shanks and Hawkeye are rare friends who hit it off.

If you count back, it is probably White Beard, the year-end friend, and Marco who helped her take care of Ace and chatted a little more.

She is not the type who will take the initiative to make friends, and she is also very picky.After living in Goya Kingdom for so long, he is a lone ranger with cubs.

So she was very happy to see Shanks at this time.

"Let's not mention this for now... What's the matter with the injury on your face?" Andrea noticed this all of a sudden, and was still very puzzled, "Who was injured while fighting?"

Andrea has also fought against Shanks, so she naturally knows the opponent's strength.Although she said that her strength has gradually improved after she went to the new world... But she is also familiar with Shanks' character, and the other party's behavior of wanting to form a pirate group to go to sea, his adventures and accumulation of experience points There should be quite a few, and there should be very few people who can hurt him like this.

"Ah, this..." Shanks raised his hand to touch the scar on his left eye, sat up, and the smile on his face faded, "I'll talk to you later."

Andrea had an intuition that there was something wrong here, but before she could ask, the red-haired young man in front of her smiled again: "It's been a long time since I've seen you! I didn't expect to meet you here, let's meet later Have a drink!"

It is true that the two haven't seen each other for a long time. Thinking about it carefully, counting forward, seven years ago in Rogge Town, they never saw each other again.

But Shanks is not much different from when we parted.

This refers specifically to character.Naturally, there have been some changes in physique from adolescence to youth, and so has his appearance.

It's like Andrea's height has not changed much from 15 years old to 22 years old now, but her figure has changed significantly.

Andrea naturally readily accepted Shanks' invitation.But she had other things to worry about.

"Wait a minute, there are two children following me, can I take them with me?"

"Huh? Two?" Shanks showed a little surprise at first, and then laughed, "Of course!"

He walked out of the bar with Andrea, and saw the two children standing at the door surrounded by people.

The group of people around them were still his crew members, and they greeted him one after another, and after saying hello, they stared straight at Andrea behind him, with different expressions, and some winked as if Makes me cramp.

When Ace saw Andrea, he put away his bored expression, and obediently shouted: "Mother Leia!"

As soon as he said this, before Andrea responded, Shanks passed by first.

The red-haired young man squatted down in front of little Ace, showing a surprised expression, and raised his hand to touch his chin, with a thoughtful expression: "This is your son Leah? It doesn't look like Hawkeye. ah……"

Andrea, who was standing behind him, suppressed the smile on her face, raised her foot and kicked him expressionlessly.

【Fifty】

In the end, Andrea took Sabo and Ace to the evening banquet.

Sabo and Ace were having fun with Shanks' crew, and Andrea was chatting with people while feeling that Shanks's love for lively parties has not changed at all.

Of course, compared with Shanks who is not sitting, her sitting posture is correct, and even her drinking posture is slow.

This move brought Shanks the same emotion as before: "Leah, you still look so serious!"

"It's because you're being too unscrupulous." Andrea replied with the same expression as before, and glanced at him, "Okay, now you can always tell how the injury on your face came about, right?"

This time Shanks did not refuse, but talked about the reason after laughing—his injury was on the main ship of the Whitebeard Pirates, and was injured by a man named Blackbeard Tiki.

Andrea was very surprised when she heard the words, she frowned and thought about it carefully, but she couldn't find the impression of this person, and at the same time, she also felt that something was wrong: "Blackbeard Tiki... since it can hurt you, it's a little bit With strength, but no reputation... Is it because I like to keep a low profile or dormant?"

"I don't know... But Leah, you should pay attention to it later."

"I see." Andrea nodded, taking it seriously.

After Shanks finished talking about his own affairs, Andrea naturally began to talk about her side-first of all, throw away the innocent pot of Hawkeye.

For her best friend, Andrea naturally wouldn't hide too much. Just like what Hawkeye said, she explained that Ace was her sister's son, why she adopted him as his mother, and why she Please don't clarify from Hawkeye.

At the end, Andrea also said in a warning tone: "I'm already a little embarrassed to drag Mihawk into the water for personal reasons, and I will be angry if you continue to talk nonsense."

Only then did Shanks show a dazed expression: "No wonder Hawkeye kept silent when I asked him last time..."

Andrea was a little surprised when she heard this: "Huh? Have you met Mihawk?"

"Well, we met in the New World last time, and we had a good fight."

"It's like this... I don't know where he's gone now." Andrea said with a trace of nostalgia, "I really want to fight him again to see what level he has reached."

The two talked about their mutual friends. After learning that Hawkeye and Shanks fought under the witness of Whitebeard, and asked about the time since she left the Whitebeard Pirates, Andrea was even more concerned. I feel sorry—I would have stayed a little longer if I had known about her, and I would have fought with my friends!

And Shanks mentioned another thing after he finished talking about it: "Do you know that there are rumors outside that you like red hair?"

His tone was very natural, so Andrea didn't feel that there was anything wrong at all.

"Huh? Yes." She said and glanced at her little friend's red hair. After sighing in her heart, although it was not the bright red of her teacher, but it was also a beautiful wine red, she didn't notice it. Hiding the meaning, I still feel a little puzzled, "But I just said something when I was in the Chambord Islands, did this spread so fast?"

She has always been curious, what happened to the leftover gossip besides the big events in the newspapers sent by Newsbird?In order to see big things before, she ended up eating gossip around the Charlotte family about whether she has married a new husband recently.

Since she moved to Golbe Mountain, it was inconvenient for Newsbird to deliver newspapers, so she simply didn't order them, and went to the town to inquire from time to time, and read old newspapers to learn about the news.

Facing Andrea's simple and curious expression, Shanks stared at her for a while with his chin in one hand, and said in a somewhat surprised tone: "Leah, you... don't you know that my nickname is red hair, right? "

Andrea: "...Huh?"

Shanks: "Ah, you're blushing."

【51】

Andrea really didn't know.

After she reacted, she realized the outrageous direction her declaration at the time would go.Looking at the red-haired young man in front of him for a moment, he couldn't react rightly - he obviously didn't have any thoughts, but he seemed to confess his love in front of others.

Andrea blushed because she was thin-skinned, and after Shanks discovered this and punctured it, he started laughing there, and the sitting posture that could still be seen turned into falling backwards and lying down.

Then, he was dragged away by the collar by the furious Andrea, and went to an empty space where no one was there to compete.

He was even able to keep smiling and waved to the crew members Qi Shushua was looking at him, and said loudly, "It's okay! Don't worry about me!"

Crew: "..." No, no one is worried about you at all, boss!Everyone is just plain envious!

However, this envy turned into sympathy when they discovered that the two were not doing something quietly, but actually fighting.

And after the meal, Andrea's embarrassment basically disappeared.

The most important thing is that Shanks' attitude is too natural, which makes her seem guilty if she has any special reactions.

But since it was rare to meet Shanks, Andrea naturally did not forget her purpose. She called Ace and Sabo together and asked Shanks about Roger.

Ace is already familiar with the road, so he naturally lay on Andrea's lap obediently and listened.Sabo is purely following Ace, and is also full of curiosity about what kind of person is under the famous name of One Piece.

After Shanks took a deep look at Andrea, he put on his usual smile and began to talk about his captain's story.

During the period, Ace would interrupt and ask a few questions in the middle, and mentioned Rayleigh and Tom.

After Shanks almost finished speaking, the two children who had been rambunctious all night were also tired and fell asleep.

Andrea watched, and decided to find a hotel in Windmill Village tonight.It's not that she can't carry the two children home, or that the two children who can eat and sleep won't sleep well, it's just that she thinks it's too dark for her to go out after drinking.

Shanks also helped to carry Sabo, and Andrea was not polite to her friends, and picked up Ace by herself.

And when he found the hotel, put the two children down, and Andrea thanked Shanks for sending them to the door out of courtesy, Shanks looked up at the night sky, looked at her again, and asked : "Is Ace Roger's son?"

"..." The expression on Andrea's face didn't hold back for a while, and her expression was also a bit hesitant. Seeing that Shanks' face was clear, she was silent for a while, and asked, "How do you see that?" Yeah? Ace and Roger don't look alike, he's more like my sister."

"Ah, it's really not very similar." Shanks smiled, "But you said, Ace's father is dead and his identity makes you feel that it is very tricky to hide and protect him. In fact, no one who meets this condition That's too much...and then you let Ace listen to Roger's business."

Andrea folded her hands on her chest, her expression gradually became dignified, with a bit of self-reflection——Oops, she was too careless, and forgot that there are still smart people in this world.