The logbook of a retired knight

【91】

Andrea was indeed a little drunk.

Maybe it's because all the things that piled up before have been resolved and she's more relaxed now, or maybe it's because the chat with Rayleigh reminded her of Lu Jiu.

After careful consideration, the time she and Lu Jiu spend together is not too long.But the other party gave her a home when she first arrived in this world and fell into a confusion with nowhere to go.

It is precisely because of this that she sincerely treats her as her own sister, and also regards Ace as her own son.

Or, it is also possible that it is because now she suddenly has a feeling that the children have grown up.

After all, she didn't experience those seven years personally, and she didn't really change her mentality, but Andrea finally realized this belatedly.

If she had been taking the child with her, maybe she would feel melancholy when the child went to sea...but now it feels different.

When Andrea leaned on Shanks, she talked about it.

Upon hearing this, Shanks seriously suggested, "Then let's have a baby."

Under normal circumstances, Andrea would kick over and say "I'm talking about business with you" in embarrassment... But today she did drink too much, and her thinking was slower than usual, so it was just a After staying there, he replied seriously: "Then I think it's better to be a girl, and it's best to inherit your red hair."

The smile on Shanks' face widened a bit, but it didn't reach his eyes.

"Forget it..." He muttered, leaned over with his arms around the man's waist, and whispered, "Let's not talk about this today."

【92】

The next day, just as Andrea felt a headache and was about to scold someone after remembering what happened last night, the person she wanted to scold asked her with a smile on her face, "Why do you like red hair so much, Lia? Is there any empathy under the influence of someone?"

Although [red hair] has many meanings... simple red hair, his nickname, his pirate group...

The "red hair" that Andrea mentioned last night could be the first or the third type.

Although he said that if his daughter really wants to inherit his pirate group and has the ability to inherit in the future, he doesn't mind at all...but he knows Andrea well and knows that what the other party said must be the first one.

Shanks also thought of something a long time ago-in the beginning, Andrea's speech in the Chambord Islands.

After that reunion in the East China Sea, under his probing, it was obvious that the other party simply pointed to the red hair...

"Uh..." Andrea was suddenly stopped by the question, her expression became stiff, and her eyes began to wander, "This..."

"Huh?" The smile on Shanks' face remained the same, and even widened a little bit, he moved closer to her, and asked with a smile, "What is it?"

"...Did you do it on purpose?" Andrea came to her senses, straightened her face again, pressed the man's bare shoulder with one hand and pushed the man away, picked up the clothes on the side with the other hand and put it on, and sighed softly He let out a sigh, turned his head and lowered his eyes for a moment, then looked at him, "Don't think too much, in fact, there is nothing I can't say... She is my swordsmanship teacher."

Andrea didn't think it was something to hide, and she could say it openly to Shanks.

One is because Shanks has a sense of proportion in this kind of matter, and he will not ask any secrets; the other is... Now that the two of them are together, she must always take responsibility, at least not to make people feel like themselves The feeling of being a substitute.

Ah, although it was indeed because of the other party's red hair that I paid more attention to Shanks at the beginning.Afterwards, it was only out of goodwill towards my partner...it was only after I vaguely knew the other party's mind that I paid attention to other things.In addition, the private space and sense of distance left by the other party make her very comfortable...so she will not reject the other party's approach.

But she wouldn't tell him this kind of thing.

After Andrea got dressed, she began to talk about the "redhead" she first knew—her teacher, Theresia Van Astrea.

In fact, according to the calling method in her original world, her name should be Andrea D. Devonhill.

It's just that after this world understands that everyone puts the surname first, she followed the rules of this world when she reported her name.

Of course, at that time, she didn't know the special meaning of D in this world.

"The teacher is my godmother, and she took my name. Our group is all related by family. According to blood relationship, she is my aunt... In our hometown, as a nobleman... ...Ah, you know I was originally a nobleman, right?"

Andrea asked, and after getting an affirmative answer, she continued.

"In short... in our family, the nobles need to protect the people. Power has always come with obligations. And our king is also elected through elections." Andrea just mentioned it lightly. , and then began to talk about Sword Saint Theresia.

Her teacher is a girl who likes flowers.

Even if the other party is already a grandmother, Andrea still likes to call her a girl - not because of her appearance, but because her character is full of girlishness.

Even if she is a hero and a legend in the realm;

Even though she once led the Kingdom Army to end the largest civil war in the Kingdom's history - the "subhuman war";

In Andrea's heart, she is still the gentle girl who hugged her young self to play in the flower field and asked herself softly, "Do you like flowers?"

When Andrea talked about this, she still felt a little melancholy—that's why she thought that if she wanted a child, she would still want a girl.

After all... as far as boys are concerned, look at the brats you bring and say "do you like flowers?" within an hour, she will probably see those brats picking all the flowers for myself.

And all of them were dirty as if they had rolled in the mud, with big smiles on their faces, thinking that they would be praised in the next second.

When Andrea talked about this scene, it was not out of her own imagination, but a heart-wrenching memory - when she took Sabo and Ace with her, the consequences of the two brothers' quarrel.

After raising Luffy, she didn't dare to ask the child this question at all.

Sabo and Ace just thought that their mother likes flowers, so they picked flowers and sent them to their mother; Luffy would probably ask if they can eat them, and after asking, they could taste them in person and then tell them that they were not delicious, which made her blood pressure soar—— This is not her talking nonsense, this is purely her experience.

One day after the rain, she asked the children to go out to get some mushrooms. In the end, Sabo and Ace hurried back with Luffy, who had been poisoned by the mushrooms, and went to the stunned Luo.

Of course, in the end, the three brothers were inevitably beaten by Andrea and stood facing the wall as punishment. Luo looked at them with contemptuous eyes of "you deserve it", and then Bebo stood by, under Andrea's encouragement. Next, take a pen and paper to paint the picture of the three brothers facing the wall.

That painting still hangs on the wall of Devonhill's house.

Thinking about it this way...Maybe I should pick a time another day and bring photos and souvenirs with me when I go back.

【93】

Shanks laughed when he heard Andrea talking about these past events with a serious face: "Leah, you are a good mother!"

"That's natural, but you..." Andrea was about to say that if she really wanted a child, then the father couldn't be absent... Then, she thought of her own child.

Thinking about it carefully... my own children are actually absent from their father.

Needless to say, Ace, Roger died before he was born; Sabo's biological father is not human; Luffy's biological father is human and still alive, but Luffy's character can be regarded as growing freely, and he can live happily without a father , and don't care who the father is.

Even if he knew that Long was his father, he just said "oh" and then went about his own business.In terms of freedom and ease, this child is not only the number one among the children, but also the number one among so many people she has seen.

Andrea thought about it deeply, and felt that if she really had children, she still had to bring them herself.

Especially girls, just inherit Shanks' red hair, don't learn character.Especially the dress.

"...Forget it." Andrea withdrew her idea of ​​letting the other party take care of the child, lowered her head, and nodded thoughtfully.

Shanks didn't know what kind of struggle the other party had experienced when he hesitated to speak. He just got up and took something, then pulled the other party to sit down, and put the thing he just took out on her - it was a pair of rubies The earrings, the red color of the gemstone is very close to her red eyes, the craftsmanship looks quite complicated, it is a flower pattern.

"Before I was worried about whether you would like it... as long as you like flowers, I am really relieved."

Andrea sat there without dodging or avoiding, letting the other party put it on her.

After putting it on, she tilted her head, with a little smile on her face, and asked him, "Does it look good?"

Shanks smiled back and stared at her: "Well, it's very pretty."

Andrea reached out and touched the cold earrings, and was quite satisfied with this gift.

Then she gave herself a gift in return, clenched her fist and said seriously: "It is also etiquette to give a gift in return after receiving a gift, so today I will take you to buy clothes!"

"..." Shanks's smile froze for a moment, and while sacrificing Ace, who was scolded for the same dressing problem, he pulled the new girl who should like Andrea to buy clothes for her. Struggling between attracting firepower, he felt that the strength was not enough, and he might be dragged to buy clothes together at that time, he coughed lightly, and asked, "Speaking of...do you know that you are the heir of Whitebeard?"

"Huh? It's just nonsense from outsiders... You don't think so, do you?"

"..." Originally, he just wanted to change the subject, but he didn't expect to ask something. Shanks was silent for a while, couldn't help laughing and sighed, "You really are a little dumbfounded, Lia."

Andrea frowned, a little dissatisfied: "This is not a compliment."

"I'm praising you for being cute." Shanks smiled, "I think not only outsiders, but also the people of the Whitebeard Pirates think so."

Andrea: "...huh?"

the other side--------

"Wait a minute! What do you mean you can't find it?!"

"It's just... I really can't find it. CP9 has been lurking and investigating for a long time... But the past about Sword Demon can only be found out 22 years ago when she met Portgas D. Lujiu on Batherilla Island Settling down...Moreover, there are still...no clues about her seven-year disappearance."