[One Piece] Lava and Red Rose

The half-person-high vertical hand moved slowly, and the shorter hour hand landed steadily on the number 2 after the long minute hand made one revolution. Combined with the weather outside, it was already two o'clock in the morning.

The woman sent away the main house servants who heard the loud noise and rushed to check the situation. They walked barefoot through the messy ground, and the dark-colored floor was piled up with bricks, tiles and wood fragments. Thinking that these were the two of them Caused by 'falling from the sky', the woman's cheeks flushed with anger.

Such a mindless thing was actually done by her... Looking back, it's almost...

Can not bear to look.

"Grumbling..."

Ah, the water boiled.

The woman carefully avoided the fragments that were sharp enough to pierce the soles of her feet, went around to the side tea room and turned off the boiling switch.The place where they fell happened to be her study room. Although it was just a study room, it had a spacious living room and other suite facilities. The white piano that had been turned into a pile of waste wood was placed next to the living room. She usually dealt with it. When the file is tired, I will come out to play the piano to relax my tense nerves.

...Don't talk about it, from now on she has to forget about that favorite white grand piano, otherwise she can't breathe when thinking of its miserable state.

What a rough man!

The woman gritted her teeth and muttered some sentences that only she could understand. She skillfully rummaged through the cabinets in this small tea room. Difficulty.

Hmm... which one would that person prefer?

Black tea with a thick taste from the mountainous country of Gillis?Only the little people can grow the fresh and slightly bitter pointed green leaf tea?Or the traditional fried tea of ​​Wano country...

"........." Innissi Palace considered for a while, and finally took out a can of the most inconspicuous tea.

This kind of tea is said to be a tribute from the Wano royal family, but it is not very pleasing to her because of its strong taste and slightly burnt bitterness when it enters the mouth. As far as Heath Palace is concerned, scented tea and black tea are her favorites.

The entrance is bitter and the aftertaste is endless...

Well, for some reason, she instinctively felt that this kind of tea would go well with that person.

Since it is to make tea, the tea set that matches the tea is also necessary, ordinary small teacups are not enough.

Even if Inesis Palace no longer wants to admit it, the cognition of 'exquisiteness' and 'high quality' that has been deeply rooted in her years of aristocratic life has penetrated into her instincts and is reflected in her every move.Good tea needs to be carried by a good tea set to reflect its value. She cleaned her hands on the sink, laid out the tea set slowly, and started to make tea.

The faint white air rises from the hot water, and as the tea leaves are soaked in the purple sand teapot, the unique burnt aroma spreads in the small tea room, making people feel refreshed.As soon as Inesis Palace put the teacup and the pot of hot tea on the tray, there was a rhythmic knocking sound from the outside floor-to-ceiling windows.

Ah, here he is.

Innissi Palace hurriedly carried the tray, trying to maintain the balance of the tea and ran out all the way. Sure enough, there was already a tall figure standing outside the French windows of the dimly lit living room with only one floor lamp on.She didn't even realize that when she saw that person, the corners of her mouth subconsciously raised, and a happy smile burst out.

Innissi Palace opened the window lock for the tall officer standing on the balcony, and the evening wind came in with the opening of the floor-to-ceiling windows, blowing her blond hair on her shoulders head-on, and making the ragged woman who hadn't had time to change her clothes I shivered from the cold.

"Oh, why is it so cold all of a sudden... Come in, I've made tea."

"Tea?" Sakaski walked in and raised his eyebrows in surprise when he saw the tray in the woman's hand.

I'm really free.

The tall officer didn't say anything, but just followed the owner of this study and sat down at the small tea table in the unaffected reception room.The blond woman had no scruples about her attire, and poured tea and water for him with a smile, but the cold evening wind kept pouring in through the gap of the French window that was not closed tightly, and the woman had unconsciously shivered several times .

"I brought back your things." Sakaski unceremoniously took a sip of the hot tea poured for him by the Celestial Dragon noble in front of him, and put the things in his hands on the table——Innesia The pair of white high heels that Smith kicked off on the balcony of the banquet hall.

"Don't put your shoes on the tea table while drinking tea, really..." Innissi Palace hurriedly took off her shoes, leaned over and put them back on her feet.

Well, she's finally not walking barefoot.

The hot tea made by the woman was inexplicably very appetizing to him. After drinking a cup of good tea, Sakaski's face gradually eased, and even his tone of voice became more casual: "If you don't want to leave any trouble, don't do it in the first place." Littering. This is the second time I've cleaned up your shoes, and it's still the same pair of shoes."

Speaking of the Innissis Palace, she was really guilty, she frowned and smiled at the officer sitting opposite, a little embarrassed: "Well, it will be troublesome if my shoes are picked up by the servants cleaning the banquet hall Ah, maybe they will think that I've been kidnapped again... Hehe, anyway, thanks for your hard work, I made a special trip to get my shoes... Woo, it's really cold." As he spoke, he was caught by the cold wind again. Blow and shake.

"Kidnapped again?" Sakaski noticed her shivering, raised his eyebrows and said, "It's very difficult to kidnap you under my nose, you can rest assured about this, the general A thief can't tie you up."

"Also, you'd better go get dressed." Pressing the brim of his hat, Sakaski looked away.

Does this guy know that she is almost naked.

Innissi Palace was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether to applaud the officer's confident declaration of "who can kidnap you if I'm behind you", or be puzzled by his cold averted gaze.

Why don't you open your eyes, is her current dress so unsightly?

No matter how torn the clothes are, he didn't make them, how dare this guy despise her! (Sakalski: .........do you not pay attention to your attire at all?)

Innissi Palace suddenly felt a little suffocated, and she didn't know why she was angry, so she subconsciously clenched her lips: "I never put a wardrobe in the study, and there are no other big pieces of fabric here except for the sofa cover." That's not it. , next to the living room is a bedroom, everything in it is complete.

But when I think of this guy actually despising her...

Angry.

The cold wind blew, and Innissi Palace shivered again.

"........." Sakaski had no clue about the sudden temper of the woman in front of him, and only thought that she really had no clothes to change.He silently glanced at the blond woman sitting across from him, who was still elegantly dressed even though she was dressed poorly, and saw that she was shivering in the cold wind, but still bravely straightened her back, crossing her fingers and holding the teacup that was billowing with white smoke. Take the look of warmth...

draw.

"Huh?" Innissi Palace was stunned.

Suddenly there was a feeling of cloth covering her shoulders, and the warm and heavy clothes fell on her body. Innissi Palace raised her head in surprise, only to see the movement of the person turning around and sitting back on the seat opposite, and on her body, But there is an extra thick and large naval officer's coat.

And the tall officer who covered her with his coat sat back in his seat expressionlessly and continued to drink tea, as if what he did was just a trivial matter and it didn't matter at all.

Well... Although it is indeed a trivial matter, but...

The large officer's coat covered her body, and the thick fabric and stand-up collar covered her whole body. The cold wind could not invade at all, and it also blocked her body that was about to spring up.

Warm, reliable, thick... like that person's hard embrace and arms, wrapping her.

There is a faint smell of smoke...

His... coat.

Finally realizing what happened, Innissi Palace subconsciously lowered her head for no reason, hiding the blush on her face in the shadows.

Her palms were sweating, and her whole body began to burn hot. The scariest thing was her face... She didn't dare to raise her head. The temperature on her face could almost fry an egg, so she instinctively hid herself from Sakaski's sight, but when her eyes touched Seeing the pure white clothes covering her body, Innissi Palace couldn't help screaming.

Damn!She suddenly wanted to dig a hole and bury herself in it——

"..." Sakaski looked suspiciously at the woman in front of him who curled herself up into his coat, hanging her head tightly, not knowing what she was doing, and white smoke was faintly billowing from her head.

Is it that cold?Or what happened to her?

Woman, I really don't understand.

Maybe the tea picked by Innish Palace was just right for him, but Sakarsky patiently finished the tea before leaving.

Innissi Palace finally adjusted the expression on her face, and when she heard that he was finally leaving, she hurriedly stood up: "I'll see you off!"

Sakalski pressed down on the brim of his hat, and said in a deep voice, "No need, it's windy outside, and you better not run around in this outfit." Officer's jacket.

The difference in height was right there. The officer's coat worn by Sakalski's sturdy figure of nearly three meters covered Innissi Palace's body, so long that it almost dragged the floor.As a heavenly dragon nobleman of noble blood, the blond woman is considered tall, and the heel of her shoes is almost two meters tall. Although she is still short compared to her two cousins ​​who are more than three meters tall, but Unexpectedly, standing next to Sakaski also looked petite.

White seemed to suit her just fine.

Sakaski suddenly had such a thought, but he immediately pushed it to the back of his mind.

"I'll say goodbye first."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Innissi Palace subconsciously reached out and grabbed his sleeve: "Wait, wait!"

Sakkaski stopped and looked back at her.

Under the dim light, the woman's expression was somewhat blurred, but Sakaski still keenly noticed the man's bright red ears...

... a bit strange, what did she want to say?

The blond woman was wearing his officer's coat, grabbed his sleeve and didn't let go, as if she wanted to say something but dared not say it, she opened her mouth several times before trembling slightly: "You, are you going back? ?”

Sakaski understood that she was talking about the navy withdrawing its defenses and returning to Marineford Naval Headquarters. Speaking of this, the conversation with Sengoku not long ago surfaced again, and his brow, which was rarely relaxed a little, was frowned again:

"Ah, most of the teams are." There are also a small number of unlucky ones who want to stay.

Innissi Palace blinked her eyes, her IQ was on the line: "Most of them?" Are there still a small number of unlucky people who can't leave?

... In a way, these two guys are actually quite synchronized in their thinking.

Remembering that this guy is also one of the members of the World Parliament and a distinguished Celestial Dragon, Sakaski didn't bother to hide it. Anyway, what she wanted to know was very simple: "There is still some follow-up work on Marshal Kong's resignation. At least One of the lieutenant generals will stay, and we will return to the headquarters together after the marshal's affairs are completely over. The general of the Warring States period arranged for me to be the last one, so only the majority of the navy will be evacuated from Mary Gioia tomorrow. I will bring a small number of troops to station here until Marshal Kong As long as you're done." Having said that, Sakaski's face turned dark again.

It's fine to stay in this annoying place, the reason why he must stay makes him even more depressed.

"Is that so..." Innissi Palace looked at the officer's face that suddenly sank, feeling mixed feelings in his heart.Part of her mind was lamenting the ruin of all her efforts to get him to relax tonight, and part of her sensibility made her wonder why.

This man will stay with Marie Gioia for a while.

For some reason, just thinking about it made her happy.

"Then, then I will find time to return the coat to you!" Innissi Palace subconsciously tugged on the officer's coat. The coat stays.

Sakaski was irritated and didn't notice the inexplicable eager eyes of the person beside him, but just nodded casually: "It's up to you." After speaking, he no longer had the patience to tug at the woman, and broke away from the woman's hand with a little force , jumped out of the balcony.Innissi Palace hastily chased after him, barely catching the figure of the man who disappeared after a few jumps in the darkness with his keen sense of knowledge.

"Oh, I'm really gone..." Innissi Palace was lying on the balcony railing wearing the military coat that was so long that it almost dragged the floor, staring blankly at the direction in which the person disappeared, and whispered to herself Soliloquy.

The night wind was still cold, but it could no longer erode her in the slightest. The naval officer's coat with the word "justice" wrapped her like a war robe, shielding her from all the cold.

warm, thick...

With a faint smell of tobacco and sweat...

Innissi Palace suddenly felt panic, she subconsciously covered her heart, the life-sustaining organ in her chest was throbbing violently, making the blood in her body churning endlessly, the heat never going away...

Something started to sprout, and she couldn't stop it.

The blond woman sat down slowly along the guardrail, her dark blue eyes were full of entanglements, she finally just hugged her head and sobbed, and buried herself deeper into the coat that the man left behind.

"... something is not good."

In the end, there was only a sigh.

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Susu Susu......

Three shifts a day, I have never tried such a high hand speed since I entered Jinjiang.

Sure enough, my uncle's plot broke out, even I was afraid...