[Pirate] Ann

Although there was no conflict with Karp, it was inconvenient for them to stay here any longer. After all, it was still very close to the Navy Headquarters, so the group set sail and left on the fourth day of the Flower Festival.

Of course, this result is all thanks to Landa's plan of "adding more firewood". The people who are completely unaware of the situation just feel regretful. leave.And Landa couldn't help but feel a little guilty when he saw his companions were depressed because they couldn't enjoy the festival...how could it be.

Although Shanks still failed to accept Ann in the true sense in the end, there was still a dramatic development. As the behind-the-scenes group of four, they expressed their satisfaction with the result.

As for the next thing, it depends on the efforts of the two parties.

After leaving St. Aspen, they were not in a hurry to go to the next island, so the Red Forth sailed on the sea at a leisurely pace.

After this time, Shanks finally thought seriously about Ann.Oh, of course it doesn't mean that he didn't think seriously before, it's just that the direction of seriousness now is different from the previous one.

If you say that your worries have not diminished at all, but seeing that the crew members, including Beckman, Laqi, and Landa, who have been acting calmly all the time, are working so hard to help Ann, it seems that my worries seem a little bit I don't know why.

How can I say that Ann is also the child of Captain Roger, what would happen if she was Captain Roger...

Shanks thought about it suddenly.

As a result, the scene of Captain Roger patting him on the shoulder with a smile and handing Ann over to him naturally appeared in his mind, so Shanks couldn't restrain himself from rubbing his forehead.

And what is the heroine in the party doing at this time?

At this moment in Ann's small room, she was lying curled up on the bed, without any regrets about leaving Sheng Baiyang early.Seeing her expression, she seemed to be thinking about something, her thumb unconsciously stroked the injured part of her lips back and forth, and the faint pain from there told her that the previous situation was not imagined by herself.Before she had time to be shy, Ann remembered what Shanks said, and the more she thought about it, the more sad and aggrieved she became. Finally, she simply got up, picked up the knife placed by the bed and started swinging the knife.

I don't know if she can catch up with Ace when she says she wants to go after Ace...

Obviously, Ann is not someone who deliberately hides her mood. When she is happy, she can drive the atmosphere of the entire ship. When she is unhappy, the low air pressure around her is almost visible to the naked eye.Seeing it, everyone was also worried in their hearts, and scolded their own captain for making the always cheerful An become like this.

Faced with everyone's resentful eyes, Shanks finally knocked on Ann's door.

"Crack——" the door was opened a little, and Ann only showed half of her face. She looked at Shanks warily, fell silent for a while, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Uh..." Shanks scratched his hair awkwardly, "Don't always lock yourself in the room, everyone is worried about you."

"...Understood." Ann said, preparing to close the door.

"Ann!" Shanks immediately reached out to stop Ann from closing the door, and squeezed sideways into the room.

Ann froze for a moment, then looked at Shanks angrily.

"I'm sorry." Shanks looked at her without any hesitation, and said calmly, "I take back all the words I said without considering your mood before."

"Hmph." Ann's anger had already subsided by half in an instant, but there was still no change on the surface, "If it's useful to take it back, why are the navy eating it?"

Shanks smiled helplessly, "Yes, anyway, I'm not good, don't be angry, it's not good for your health to always be locked in the room and not go out for activities."

"Okay!" Just a simple sentence made Ann's anger almost subside, but she looked at Shanks's smiling face and couldn't help but want to make things difficult for him, "Then go back to Saint Baiyang The last day of the flower festival."

"The Flower Festival is over." Shanks said, and before Ann could speak, he continued, "And it doesn't matter that it doesn't have to be held at the Flower Festival, didn't we already have a stronger agreement than never separating?" ?”

Ann looked at Shanks blankly, who smiled and said, "Since you became my partner, aren't you destined to be together forever?"

Unexpectedly, Shanks would say such a thing, Ann was not mentally prepared at all, so her face flushed instantly.Seeing her reaction, Shanks smiled and reached out to pat her on the head, this time Ann did not pull his hand away.

"... Shanks, although I was angry before, what I said meant what I said." Ann suddenly said softly.

"Ah."

Hearing an affirmative answer, Ann finally showed her first smile in the past few days, and threw herself into Shanks' arms without hesitation.

As for Shanks... because the image of Captain Roger delivering Ann to him cannot be erased from his mind, he no longer has to worry about it.

Chambord Islands, the last stop in the first half of the great voyage, a special culture - bubble culture - is popular on this island that is not an island.

"This is a special natural resin secreted by the roots of the Alquiman mangrove due to respiration. The resin expands with air to form bubbles and then flies into the sky, but this culture is limited to the Chambord Islands."

"It's amazing!" An excitedly looked at the island with bubbles constantly floating, "Has Ace seen this place before?"

"If they started from there and came directly to this side, they should have arrived in the New World by this time." Beckman said, slowly exhaling a smoke ring.

Ann nodded, and continued to look at the bubbles that kept rising with interest.

"There's an amusement park here. If Ann is interested, why not go and have fun?" Xia Luke looked at Ann who had regained her vitality, and her mood improved.Originally, he thought that Landa's plan could achieve a dramatic progress between the two, which was already the maximum limit, but he didn't expect that it would go one step further after that, and his trust in Landa's wild intuition rose again. up.

"Go!" An's eyes were almost shining at this time, amusement park?what is that!She has only heard of it but has never seen the real appearance, it sounds very interesting.

So Shyluke turned his head to look at Shanks not far away, and everyone understood the meaning of it.

After distributing their pocket money, Ann headed towards the amusement park accompanied by Shanks.Along the way, Shanks looked at Ann who was walking in front with great enthusiasm. Although their relationship could be described as a couple if they had to use a word other than partner, he still felt like being a parent at this time. .

While thinking this way, Shanks felt his cloak being pulled by a small force, and when he looked down, it turned out to be a child with an ice cream in his hand.

"Ann, wait." Shanks stopped Ann who was rushing forward, bent down and picked up the child easily.This child is also very strange, he is not afraid of strangers at all, he does not cry when he is picked up by a stranger, and even sits in Shanks' arms and begins to lick ice cream seriously.

Ann, who was stopped, looked back and saw such a harmonious picture. She was stunned for a moment, and immediately came to Shanks' side after recovering, and poked the child's fat little face with her fingers.

The child is not afraid of people, he let Ann's fingers poke his cheek without any resistance, and devoted himself to the ice cream in his hand.Seeing such a cute child, An liked it very much, and asked with a smile, "Where did this little guy come from?"

"I don't know," Shanks shook his head, "I pulled my cloak just now, maybe I got separated from my family."

"Then let's wait here for a while." Ann said, stretching out her hand to signal Shanks to give the child to her. The latter bent down slightly knowingly, and the child opened his arms obediently and was carried into Ann's arms smoothly. middle.

So cute!

Ann's motherhood was fully aroused, and when she saw the child's mouth full of food, she directly wiped it clean for him.And the child seemed to express his gratitude, and blinked his big eyes twice at her.

At this time, they behaved like ordinary tourists who brought their children out to play. The beautiful young mother, the father with an indescribable aura, and the cute and well-behaved children. line of sight.

They have been waiting in place, all the ice cream in the child's hands has been eaten, but the person who came to look for him still hasn't appeared.

An faintly felt something was wrong, she looked up at Shanks, and frowned slightly, "This child, could it be that he was thrown here on purpose?"

"Wait a little longer." Shanks also felt the same way, but he only said that after seeing the little guy who started yawning in An's arms after eating.

But the two waited for a while, and at this time the child was already leaning on Ann's shoulder and fell asleep.

"Looks like we can't wait," Shanks said.

"Ah."

The original plan to go to the amusement park was cancelled, and the two walked back with the child in their arms.Until their figures were completely invisible, a girl who looked about the same age as Ann and also had long golden curly hair came out from the side.She stood where Shanks and Ann had stood, for a long time, before leaving in the opposite direction to the two.

Here, the people staying on the boat saw that Shanks and Ann came back so quickly, and before they had time to wonder, they found that An was actually holding a child in her arms.

"Old...Old boss! This, this is too fast!" The young crew looked at Shanks in disbelief.

"Idiot!" Shanks stretched out his hand and landed a fist on the man's head, "What are you thinking, I picked it up on the road!"

"I said, I was scared to death." The beaten crew member exhaled and patted his chest.

An did not express any opinion on this misunderstanding.

So they took the child to the infirmary, and Luckey stayed there.It seemed that Larch hadn't been to the lookout since Ann went looking for him and was swept into the sea, and he was sitting in his old seat reading a new heavy book.

"What's the matter?" Hearing someone enter the door, Larch raised his head, and he opened his mouth only after seeing that it was Ann.

"Borrow the bed in the infirmary." Ann said, looking down at the sleeping child in her arms.

Larch didn't speak, it was a tacit agreement.But just when An was about to put the child on the bed, the child woke up unexpectedly.He blinked his big eyes twice, and realized that he was about to be put down by An, so he immediately stretched out his hands to grab An's neck, and burst into tears as soon as he grinned.

"mom!"