[Master Pirate] I just want to live a peaceful life

"Ace..."

"Huh?" Ace responded patiently.

"Let, let me down."

"I do not want."

"Ugh..."

So embarrassing.

It's fine if you can't control your emotions, but you still hold Ace and cry, just like a child!

When I was hugged by Ace and left the Mermaid Cafe, because I was too ashamed, I wanted to shrink into Ace's arms, and then until now...

The original shame has become another shame problem.

Why don't you let me down! !

"Beja, don't you like princess hugs?" Ace lowered his head and asked me with a headache: "Marco said that girls will like this."

Marco! ! !

"Mom, why was my sister carried away by the big brother, like a child."

"That's a matter for adults, children don't ask!"

The curious little mermaid covered her mouth in warning from her mother.

Small, children? !My self-esteem has been hit hard, 185 and 150 are not so different! !

Ace stopped, turned sideways to the mermaid mother and daughter and smiled slightly, saying, "It's not a child, this is my lover."

"Don't, don't talk about Ace..."

It is clear that I took the initiative to confess and pursue, why did you become the one who took the initiative after dating! ! !

Enough, really enough, I want to go back to Moby Dick, I want to go back to my room, I want to curl up on my bed, I don’t want to come out for the rest of my life.

As a result, after going back that day, Ace and I were lectured by Marco for a long time because of the evasion of orders. Under multiple tortures, I went back to the room and fell asleep that night, completely forgetting about the divination.

Sometimes, I think that Ace deliberately diverted my attention to prevent me from thinking about those painful things, or I didn’t want to think about it myself, so I diverted my attention.

No matter what, the matter of divination was forced into the corner of my memory by me forcefully turning it over.

Ace hasn't been quite right lately.

When I was eating, I noticed that Ace, who is usually more active than anyone else, sat there very quietly, with his head lowered, his bangs just blocked his expression, I could only glimpse his tightly pressed lips and clenched lips. Tight fists.

Even if I asked him, I would only get 'nothing', 'Beja, you are overthinking. ''Don't worry' kind of answer, but the truth is definitely not 'nothing'.

"Ace! Why are you still walking in a daze!" Grabbing Ace's hat, Harta said anxiously, "If I hadn't happened to pass by, you would have fallen into the sea!"

"Ah, sorry, I was thinking about something just now, thank you." Ace grinned like nothing happened, and patted Harta on the shoulder to thank him.

I withdrew my stepping foot, pretended I didn't see anything, turned and left.

Ace may think that he is covering it up very well, but for me who has been following you, Ace, your forced smile has been completely exposed.

I tried to find the reason for his change, and when I found it, I found that my understanding of Ace was only what Marco and he said, and I knew nothing about the rest.Ace is still as good to me as before, so good, if I didn't find him sitting on the bow of the boat late at night, looking lonely, I would have thought I was thinking too much.

This incident turned out to be a wall between me and Ace, which I never thought of.The reality is that no matter how much I beat and yell standing on one side of the wall, I can't convey him on the other side.

The feeling of being so close but powerless became the last straw that overwhelmed my reason.

"Marco!" Kicking open the door, ignoring his surprised expression, I strode over without all my patience, and asked straightforwardly: "What's wrong with Ace?!"

About my own lover, I actually want to ask others about it, it really makes people angry!

Marco showed a rare blank expression, he blinked, and laughed out loud in the next second, under my murderous eyes, he said: "Birthday, it will be Ace's birthday in a few days. "

"Birth, birthday?!"

The unexpected answer was like a basin of cold water pouring on me, and the lost sanity gradually returned. This word, which was once very important to me, is now used in Ace and shocked me in place, speechless.

Ace's... birthday?

Marco pulled up a chair and motioned for me to sit down.He took off his glasses, wiped them and said, "When Ace joined last year, he was in the same situation as now for a while. I couldn't worry about asking, but he didn't say anything. In the end, it was Dad who asked, and he said, "It's been a while." It's his birthday in a few days."

"You also know Ace's life experience. For others, birthday is a day to celebrate birth, but for Ace, he lost his mother on that day."

"Although we have never met that woman, and we don't know how she got through those tormenting days, but she forced her pregnancy in October for Ace, and she postponed it again and again. Ace was born, and she was also fine. Died from exhaustion, for such a mother who gave her life for herself, the pain in Ace's heart cannot be resolved with a few words."

I don't know how I got out of Marco's room. When I came back to my senses, I was already at the door of Ace's room, with Marco's last words echoing in my ears.

"However, if it's Bai Ya, you might be able to do it."

Taking a deep breath, I raised my hand and knocked on Ace's door.

"Beja?" Ace pushed open the door and looked at me with some surprise. He approached me and caressed my cheek with his fingers ambiguously. Under the light of the corridor, his black pupils shone like stars under the moonlight. When a lion finds its prey, it is always ready to pounce.

"Come to my room so late, Beja, you..."

Normally, I would blush and scold him, but today is different.

Following his example, I also stretched out my hand to caress his cheek, and while he was in a daze, I pulled it out forcefully.

"Don't think about those things that are not suitable for children, Ace, and go out with me tomorrow."

"Eh?"

"That's it, good night Chiu!" I stood on tiptoe, kissed his cheek, turned and left happily.

Leaving behind Ace, who was covering his cheeks and blushing, with a dazed expression on his face.

"what???"

On the second day, everyone was as puzzled about our trip as Ace. I looked at Marco across the crowd, I nodded at him, and he responded with a reassuring smile, opening and closing his mouth.

'Bon voyage, please. '

'give it to me. 'I said.

No matter how much Ace asked me along the way, I didn't tell him. After all, the destination this time was—South China Sea, Batherilla Island.

If he found out, it would be troublesome to escape halfway.

With the help of Lance (the sea kings I helped before), we easily passed through the windless belt. It was only then that Ace realized that something was wrong, but it was too late, and we safely reached the waters in the South China Sea.

Ace's face was almost as black as octopus ink. He frowned tightly and looked down at me with cold eyes. The last time I saw him look like this was when I called him Gol D. Ace.

"What are you staring at, are you going to beat me up?"

If someone else was stared at like a beast, they would show fear even if they were not frightened.

I was not afraid, and said with a bright smile: "This is the sea, if you are really angry, just throw me down."

Cracks appeared in his tense face, and he stopped the boat.He squatted down, pressed me into his arms, rumpled my hair, and then he was discouraged. He leaned his head on my shoulder, and there was an inexplicable sense of helplessness and grievance in his tone.

"You know I'm not going to do that."

Yeah, I know, but I'm just so proud of myself.

I raised my arms and hugged him, and I whispered in his ear, gnashing my teeth and said, "You know how much I worry about you, is it funny to see me in a hurry?"

"..." After a moment of silence, he rubbed his head on my shoulder, stretched out his hand to help me straighten my hair flatteringly, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry."

He knew it too, but he was also pampered and coquettish.

In a sense, we were both hopelessly hopeless, the kind that even Marco couldn't.

Both parties calmed down, and I told him that our destination was the place where he was born. He asked me what I was going to do, and I said, "Go to worship your mother."

"..."

Now he was completely quiet, opened his eyes wide, opened his mouth, and looked at me in a funny way. I couldn't help laughing and said, "You know what? I envy you, at least you still know that you are Where I was born, I can still go to worship my mother, but I can't even go to my parents' home."

It's not that I didn't want to pay homage to Gavin and Rosalie in the past, but Marinford is not a place I can easily set foot on. How ironic, I am their own flesh and blood, but I don't even know where their tombstones are, and I will never There is no way to step into the place where they live openly.

Ace became even more at a loss than before. He panicked for a long time, and could only say dryly, "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry for what you said! Listen carefully, I bought this information from Ms. Xia Qi with money, and you must make it up to me in the future."

Ace lowered his head and said nothing.

I don't really want to embarrass him, I just want to help him relax. After all, no one has taught him what kind of mood to use when seeing his dead mother for the first time.

Batilila Island is a very beautiful island. Fiery red hibiscus flowers are all over the island. It is also a very peaceful and peaceful island. Children play and run past, old people sit peacefully in the shade of trees to enjoy the cool, and cattle and sheep eat comfortably. With green vegetables, the white clouds are very close to the ground, and the sky seems to be within reach.

I suddenly understood why Roger chose this place. When he came to this island, he was already at the end of his life.He may have come here by accident, walking on this path with a feeling of relief, and met a woman in a white dress, with golden wavy hair and a smile like a spring breeze, walking slowly towards him .

Since then, his life has come to an end without any regrets.

In the past 18 years, today is not what it used to be, things are different and people are different.

But it was easy to find Portgas D. Loujo's grave, and the village elders told us, "Lujo was a good boy, he had a good husband, and they loved each other very much. We buried her in On the edge of the cliff, where you can see the sea, it is the sea that brought her husband away, and if it is there, maybe they can meet again."

I thanked the old man, Ace was silent from the beginning to the end, I took his hand and silently gave him strength.

On the edge of the cliff, the waves slapped the rock wall again and again, the waves splashed, and the oncoming wind made me squint my eyes. In a haze, Ace walked to the tombstone, squatted down slowly, and raised his hand to stroke the dust on the tombstone.A layer of mist covered his eyes, and the mist grew bigger and bigger, turning into rain and falling silently on the weeds under the tombstone.

I suddenly felt something pressing on my chest, it was an unspeakable pain.

I turned to face the sea, the sea breeze was blowing, the red skirt danced with the wind, and I pinned the messy hair behind my ears. In the sunset, Lu Jiu stood here with Ace in her arms, and the newspaper that Roger was executed flew flying. Does she also want to fly away when she goes to the distance?

Fly over the sea, fly to the lover's side.

The old man here told me that hibiscus flowers have a meaning. When women put hibiscus flowers on their left ears, it means "I hope to have a lover." For other women, it is a signal to seek love, but for Lu Jiu said, do you hope that Roger can come back?But she knew better than anyone that Roger would not come back.

Until her life withered, the hibiscus flower that hid hope also withered.

I picked a hibiscus flower on the side of the road, squatted down like Ace, and placed it in front of Lu Jiu's tombstone.Two years ago, for the rest of my life, I also prayed to a god I didn't trust.

God, please bless them—may they be able to reunite in that world and never be separated.

"Beja."

After a long time, Ace called me hoarsely, and I turned to look at him. At this time, the sunset was setting in the west, and the island was dyed red with orange. It was warm but also a bit lonely. In this case, people will become fragile .

I pretended not to see his red eyes, held his hand, and responded softly: "I'm here, Ace."

Ace closed his eyes, and his throat rolled down, as if he had made a major decision. When he opened his eyes, the sunset light entered his eyes, and his eyes were firm.

In the next second, the scenery in front of my eyes changed rapidly. When I came back to my senses, I was embraced by Ace. He trembled and shouted out his thoughts with all his strength: "Beja, be my wife!"

The waves crashed and hit the rock wall again, and the hibiscus flowers in front of the tombstone swayed quietly in the wind.

Ace let me go, his face was very red, he stared at me with bated breath, waiting for the answer, through the sunset I could see the fine sweat oozing from his forehead, I took out a handkerchief to help him wipe, I didn't expect this kind of development, Ace was dumbfounded.

"You, why are you so stupid!"

I failed to hold back my laughter, so I simply laughed out loud.

He accused me with his eyes, why didn't he answer well.

I smiled and stopped, seeing that he was so serious and wanted to laugh, I immediately cleared my throat, and the corners of my mouth couldn't come down.

"From the day you promised me... probably from the day I fell in love with you, you have never been able to marry someone else as your wife." I said proudly, "That's why, I have confidently recognized you since a long time ago. I know, your wife is none other than me! The answer or something, I will give it to you tomorrow, idiot!"

I pressed against his forehead, and saw his expression of laughing and crying, loving and helpless, but I didn't forget that there was another highlight today. I stood up, let the hem of my skirt flutter in the wind, put my hands behind my back, and put all my Love and tenderness are on display.

"Happy birthday, Ace!"

"Thank you for meeting me!"

"Thank you for loving me so much!"

"Thank you for being born in this world!"

Ace stared blankly at me, his eyes were full of my shadow, I, who was just born into this world, would never believe that one day I would be able to show such a warm and bright smile without any grievances to a relative who is not blood.

He got up and held my cheeks, we looked into each other's eyes, we closed our eyes at the moment our breath intertwined and the kiss fell, and put our perception of each other's existence on our lips.

Miss Lu Jiu, if you can see it, please bless Ace, bless him not to leave his beloved woman like his father, please bless our love, our happiness.

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The author has something to say:

This marriage proposal was initiated by Ace! ! !

There is also my mother's hibiscus flower. Originally, I was just discussing what kind of flower it was with my friends. After I found out that it was a hibiscus flower, I went to find the language of flowers. I saw a meaning that it was inserted in the left ear in the hope of having a lover. At that time, I I was stunned. After careful comparison, I found that Lu Jiu’s mother is indeed in the left ear. I don’t think it means being single. Maybe it is to prove that she is single and to protect their mother and child from being found by the navy, but I personally think maybe , This is Lu Jiu's sustenance, she needs a lover, but her lover can't come back, until death, hibiscus flowers fall, all expectations and thoughts are settled. (personal speculation)

This is Ace and Beja, and the next is the story of 20-year-old Ace and Beja two years after the start of the plot.