[Pirate] Ann

"Winter Island?"

An was sitting by the side of the boat and was fishing with an old fishing rod that he found somewhere. After hearing the conversation between Shanks and Beckman not far away, he immediately put away the fishing rod and ran to the two of them, with a look of "I very interested" expression.

"Oh, is Ann interested?" Beckman took a drag on his cigarette and asked in Ann's direction.

"Yeah!" Ann nodded heavily.

Growing up so big, when it snows, she has only been watching from the house, so her yearning for snow can't be stronger.

"Then go, isn't that also Larch's hometown, let him be your tour guide." Shanks nodded readily.

"I'm going to find Larch!" An excitedly ran into the cabin and went straight to Larch's infirmary.

However, Ann ran to the infirmary but did not see Larch.So she backed out, just in time to run into Jesus cloth coming from the other side.

"Ann, are you feeling unwell again?" Jesus Bu looked at her in surprise.

"No, I want to go to that Drum Island... In short, it's Winter Island! Shanks said that it's Larch's hometown, I want to know something about it!" Because of excitement, Ann's cheeks turned rosier than usual .Seeing her appearance, Jesus Bu couldn't help laughing, "Well, you can go to the observation tower and look for it. That guy always runs there when he is afraid that someone will disturb him during his nap."

"Uh...thank you!" Ann didn't know how to respond, and it took a while before she could say thank you.Jesus walked away with a smile, and Ann immediately ran out of the cabin, passing by where Shanks and Beckman were sitting again, and went straight to the observation deck.

"That guy is really not in the infirmary." Shanks looked helplessly at Ann who had already run to the bottom of the observation deck.

And An's side has already started to climb up, which is completely different from the original impression of being thin and thin.Shanks stared at An Yi for a while, his eyes showed excitement, the corners of his mouth were raised with excitement, and his long golden curly hair was blown unsteadily by the wind that became a bit strong at some point.

Eh... the wind is too strong, right?

Shanks looked at the sky, it was still clear.But on the great route all year round, even if you don't know how to sail, you are somewhat sensitive to the weather.Beckman next to him also noticed, so they both stood up, paying attention to Ann, who was halfway up the climb and was holding on to the ladder to stabilize his body because of the strong wind.

"Hey—turn the boat toward nine o'clock—" At this moment, a man leaned out from the second deck and shouted weakly towards the rudder.

"Okay!" The helmsman acted immediately after receiving the order, regardless of whether there were people on the deck, he made an emergency turn.Originally, it didn't matter if there were people on the deck, because no one would be affected by it, but he didn't know that Ann was still hanging on the ladder leading to the observation deck.

"Ah!" An, who didn't know this action, let go of one hand to rest because she was a little tired from grasping. Unexpectedly, the boat suddenly turned at this time, her body shook, and she got off the ladder before she had time to grab it again. fell down.

"install!"

Shanks and Beckman rushed up almost at the same time, but Shanks was the only one who jumped up to catch Ann in the end.

Is this the end of the turning point?not at all.

The weather on the great route is really very ignorant, and the storm hits at the most inappropriate time.Seeing the dark clouds approaching at an unscientific speed, there was a torrential downpour, and the unsettled sea water rushed towards the boat unceremoniously, and directly patted the two people in midair.

Shanks held Ann's waist tightly with his only hand. With the fast speed of the ship and the bad weather, he had already deviated from the originally planned landing point.

But isn't Beckmann there?He reached out and grabbed Shanks' cloak just in time, and the two stopped momentarily.

Sorry, just temporarily.If they were rescued that easily, then such a storm would be too embarrassing!So when a big wave came over, Beckman felt his hands lighten up. After recovering, he only held a black cloak in his hand, but the two of them disappeared.

"...This is troublesome." Beckman was not worried about the safety of the two, but it might take some time to find them.

After a long time, after the storm finally passed, An Cai slowly opened his eyes.

She stared at the ceiling for a while, and suddenly recalled what she had encountered before, so she sat up suddenly and found herself in a completely strange room.

"Shanks?" She looked around and called softly, but naturally there was no response.

Fear surged up in an instant, and my mind, which had always been consciously clever, completely shut down at this moment.

Was she thrown overboard alone?What to do, how to find Shanks and the others?Will we never see each other again?

In fact, Ann's emotions are very understandable.

Unlike Ace, she has no friends, and no one to communicate with except grandparents.She has been ill in bed all year round and is full of the most innocent longing for the outside world. Probably from the moment she got on the boat, she was doomed that Shanks and the others would become irreplaceable companions in her heart.

In fact, she didn't realize it herself, because she didn't expect that she would rely on this group of people so much in a short period of time.So now, when she realizes that this is a great route fraught with dangers, and maybe she will never be able to see Shanks and the others again, she feels extremely uncomfortable in her heart.

Ann suddenly felt very weak. She slowly curled up and sat on the bed and couldn't help sobbing.

"Is she still awake?" Shanks' voice came from outside, Ann stopped sobbing, stunned for a while, then hurriedly got up from the bed, and rushed out of the room without even wearing shoes.

Outside the door, Shanks was standing behind a middle-aged woman asking about Ann.

"Shanks!" Ann finally burst into tears and shouted loudly.

"Ah, Ann, so you're awake." Hearing the voice, Shanks raised his head and saw Ann standing at the door. Just as he was about to go up to meet him, he glanced down and immediately stopped in his tracks, embarrassingly Look away.

Because Ann was only wearing a large T-shirt that just covered her hips, and even one shoulder was exposed.Of course, she herself didn't pay attention to this matter because of the huge gap in her mood.

"Shanks!" After reassuring, a sense of grievance surged up.Ann ran over with bare feet in two or three steps and hugged Shanks, and tears came down in a coordinated way, "I thought I would never be able to go back to the boat again!"

Shanks' body stiffened for a moment when he was hugged, but he immediately relaxed because of Ann's words.He smiled helplessly, raised his hand and patted Ann's head lightly, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Ann, who had recovered, changed her clothes and sat with Shanks in the living room of the master's house.

Shanks told Ann that they were washed up on the island by a storm.Fortunately, the owner of the house happened to be out fishing, and when he saw the drenched Shanks and her fainted, he kindly let the two go to rest at their own house.

Of course, the hostess changed the clothes for An, and this time An also had a fever as expected.But the fever subsided after only one night. It must be that Larch took good care of her before.

Ann nodded, and really didn't know whether to thank Larch or take a little revenge when she went back, because if she hadn't been looking for him, she wouldn't have climbed so high.

At this time, the woman brought over two cups of warm honey milk, and the two thanked each other for a cup.

"Well, thank you." An held the milk in both hands, stood up and thanked the woman.

"Oh, you're welcome, our place is small, and few boats pass by here. Although it's peaceful, it's just a little less angry." The woman smiled gently, "Before your friends come to pick you up, you can rest assured." Live here, and the people of the village will welcome you."

"Then I will trouble you." Shanks also stood up and bowed to the woman.

"Oh, it's too late for me to be happy to have a cute little couple. It's not troublesome at all." The woman covered her mouth with one hand, and looked at the two with "weird" smiles.

"Little... young couple?" An's face turned red all of a sudden. She was too excited before and didn't care about anything, so she was misunderstood.

"You misunderstood." Shanks also immediately explained.

"That's right...and Shanks is already an uncle, not young at all."

"Is there the point!"

……

The two lived in this family for the time being. Although they often helped out with things, they still had nothing to do most of the time.

This village is indeed peaceful and somewhat boring.

"Shanks, when will they come to pick us up?" Ann lay lazily on the beach, these days they would go to the shore every day to see if there was a boat passing by, let alone their boat, Not even a merchant ship was seen.It's exactly as the woman said.

Shanks was sitting next to Ann, also staring at the calm sea level in a daze.

"If it's an island, no matter how small it is, it will have magnetism, right? It's impossible for there to be no boats. Isn't this an island?" An said to herself and came to a conclusion.

In fact, this is what Shanks realized just now. Originally, they all thought that someone would come to pick them up soon, so they didn't pay much attention to it. After a few days, they finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Shanks?" Without getting a response from Shanks, Ann got up and patted him.

"You know it very well, who taught you?" Shanks came back to his senses and turned to ask her.

"It's Landa." Ann blinked, "He also taught me how to perceive weather changes and how to read pointers, but I really can't learn how Landa perceives weather changes, what should I say? Wild instincts?"

"Pfft!" Shanks laughed.

Landa was the navigator on their ship, and her premonition of the weather was just like Ann described, a wild intuition.But I always have a lazy appearance, and I can't find him when I have to work hard or encounter enemies.Even in normal times, she seldom saw him come out, and she didn't know what method An used to make Landa willing to teach her these things.

Speaking of how they ended up like this, Landa can be regarded as "a little help".

Shanks recalled the limp voice of the storm.

But now is not the time to sigh with emotion, Shanks' expression softened a little, if this is really not a small island, then they may have to wait longer.

Shanks was not worried about whether they could leave, he had [-]% trust and confidence in his companions.

But what about Ann?

Shanks turned his head, just in time to see the weeping expression on the girl's face, and then heard her say full of resentment: "Woo, I really want to go to Winter Island as soon as possible."