Goa Kingdom.
Beautiful.
I spit with disgust, having in front of my eyes a huge dump called Grey Terminal. The fumes and stench were unbearable, and when I discovered the organisms living in there, commonly called people, I doubted everything. Between piles of rubble and scrap of all kinds lived the old and the young, stripped and mutilated. Some of their features showed a particularly bad character; they had eyes as if they were just waiting for you to fall asleep, to rob you and slit your throat. Oh, where were the times when a serious murderer was hiding under the mask of decency and good manners?
I didn't even move when several alleged bandits approached me from behind, with chipped, rusty knives. Their smiles could be considered ominous if it wasn't for the caries and cavities. Besides, whoever sail on the ocean knew that torn clothes and wretched equipment were evidence of the ability of the owner. And these abilities were apparently extremely poor in this case. And although I expected such a situation sooner or later, I experienced a temporary disappointment. I was used to the fact that pirates and Marines are afraid to speak with me, I did not understand how a bunch of vagrants from a subordinate islet on East Blue would dare to approach me so openly. I had enough patience for a whole minute.
The five person gang was lying there, and to give the whole action a little taste, I lit a cigarette. Weather I wanted it or not, I had to delve into this disgusting stench, because Dadan told me that Ace is mostly in the Grey Terminal.
Dadan... Ah, yes, a woman, the boss of a mountain band of thieves, Ace's nanny from childhood. Garp came up with this idea. To put the baby at the murderers and looters. Although looking at the wooden cottage and herd of chickens I thought that this band is more concerned with rural life than with real thieving. They seemed a bit unskilled.
The only thing that annoyed me was the reaction to my announcement why I came. I didn't expect that Dadan would raise her hands to heaven and begin to give thanks for "the end of torments with the devil's child".
I barely stopped myself from breaking her red head.
'It doesn't look good'
I crooked, disgusted, and strolled through a large, empty room, in the middle of which there was only a hearth. I was walking around the wooden floor and such walls, empty and unpleasant, and there was a stench of sweat and smoke, not particularly disturbing to me. Dadan, calling herself the boss of the band, looked at me with reserve. I threw out the whole bunch into the courtyard where the hens were running around, dealing with a woman alone, having her as the only witness.
'Didn't Garp show any signs of insanity?'
I finally stood in front of the woman and woven my hands behind my back, sending her a serious look.
'A... But you won't tell him about it?'
She had too pleasant a tone, and in that case, it would be possible to come to an agreement.
'No.'
'I was against it!'
She woven her hands on her abundant breast, decorated with red beads, and started to talk about everything she thought was unfair.
'He came here and set up a nursery! He didn't pay for that brat's food or anything else, he left everything on my head and as long as Ace was a baby, there were no problems. He ate or slept all the time!'
With nostalgia I listened to the short story of his childhood, but although I wanted to choke out every word, I kept quiet about everything.
'And when he grows up, the snouts started, escapes, he comes home at night... I don't care about that bastard child! But demon's child has demonic luck, that's for sure!'
'Then you won't have anything against, old woman, if I take Ace with me? Your problems will be over. You will never see him, nor he will see you again.'
'But Garp won't agree!' She protested, while trying to keep me from changing my decision. 'He will be angry! He's a vice admiral!'
'I know who this old geezer is, but Jones is my witness, I have more rights to this child than any other man walking on this earth!' I yelled with passion, silencing the woman.
'Ace will come with me. He will go, even if you don't agree. He will go, even if Garp comes here with the whole Navy fleet. This child. Is. Mine.'
She didn't understand. Thank God, she didn't understand a single word and didn't draw any conclusions, what wouldn't happen if I talked to someone intelligent. I was carried away because I had a "demon's child" and a "bastard" in my memory; the terms she operates so easily, and which burned out in my mind like scars.
In the end, she wished me luck and slammed the door, not having the slightest idea how close to death she and her gang were.
As a result of this situation, I was walking around the Grey Terminal, wondering where my nephew is located. If I hadn't been able to find him in the dump, there was still the High Town, located in the middle of this pile of scrap metal, separated by a high wall. Apparently, it was the most beautiful city in East Blue, and if so, it must have been very rich. For obvious reasons it was the most important for me.
'What are you looking for here, lady?'
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blue coat decorated with golden buttons. I looked at him from under the hat and thought that if he came across himself, it would be a sin to let him go without any information.
'Listen, you!' I reached into my pocket and got out a little purse stuffed with some coins, and his eyes were shining.
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year old boy.'
The thief laughed mockingly and shook his head.
'What, did the tiger's cub get under the skin? But with such a knife there will be no problem to punish him.' He pointed at Habanero and was smart enough to guess that I do not wear a katana for fun.
'I'll tell you, there's no harm in doing so. This tiger's cub running around the forest, not an hour ago I saw them, him and Sabo, on the edge, right there.'
He pointed his hand in the opposite direction to my wandering and stretched his hand for purse. I threw it to him and followed the direction, turning back.
'If I don't find them there, I will come back' I warned him as I walked away.
Tiger's cub...
Adequately.
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I did not like simple things, because who does? To appreciate something that came to easily, may only someone without ambition, and although there is much to be said about me, it is certainly not that I am without aspirations. I had some hopes that Ace would get to know me quickly, accept me and everything would be fine, but I was hoping more for a hard battle. Divine providence liked to play games with me, sometimes she listened to my prayers, more often not, but in this case she decided to go for me. So I received a full blessing for the upcoming war.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8zpe2UP8E
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The sun stood high in the sky as I was wandering patiently through the edge of the forest, walking up Korubo mountain, and I wondered myself why I had such a patients. I should have cut this forest to the ground, and yet I walked quietly, breathing in the smell of resin, and it didn't bother me that I chased the child for half a day.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9233wNEiMN
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It took me far away from the Terminal, and even from the middle of the forest, the trees grew less and less often, and in front of me there was a slope of a huge mountain. Overgrown with bushes of all kinds, it did not look like a tourist route, and after a while I found out why.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeM6UlcUom
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On my right side two kids came running up. Both were holding long tubes in their hands and every now and then they were looking behind them, completely unnoticing me. One had an orange T-shirt, soiled with dust from feet to elbows, and breathed hard, as if he had a long run. The second kid had a cylinder on his head, a really unusual one, and blue goggles on it. He was also dressed in very posh way, because who normal runs around with a scarf under his neck and in black, elegant boots?461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfw0Oq6wvKw
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A bear was chasing the children. And it was probably the biggest specimen I was able to see, and I saw a lot of them. Almost ten times bigger than a normal animal, it rushed on all fours at an incredible speed for its size, and I had a feeling that two kids would not manage.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywt9iWjfSG
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The one in the cylinder yelled at me, speeding up.
Really, children with their frightlessness...
I pulled out Habanero and cut on the side, above the little ones' heads. They stopped immediately, not knowing who to fear more, women with an katana or a furious animal. I found myself more frightening. The cut knocked down a few of the nearest pines and the bear chopped almost in half. The ball of fur collapsed with a bang, blood was spilled from the long wound, the children looked at the dead animal in disbelief, and then slowly turned towards me. Habanero returned to her place.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2tPDRjMgL
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'Hey, kids, I am looking for Portgas D. Ace...'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq97PUEEjUD
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'I don't know him .' The one in the cylinder muttered, but he gave the other one a worried look. The black haired, freckled child lifted Roger's dark eyes up on me, straightened up, and said despite his fear:461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMVj0IRsnB
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'I am Ace.'
Oh, yes. There was no mistake about it. The same eyes, the same bold look, the same attitude of "nothingscaresmecomeandtry". The facial features were a mixture of Roger's sharp shapes and something delicate, he probably inherited it from Rogue. For a moment I couldn't believe that there was a copy of my childhood brother in front of me.
I opened my eyes wide and hesitate to answer, even though it occurred to me that the child was impatiently asking what I wanted from him. I absorbed the sight and after a few long moments I forced myself to hide tears under my hat. Something unknown squeezed my throat. This something mixed with the longing for my brother, the grief after my old life, but most of all I was overwhelmed by the irresistible feeling of harm done. My nephew grew up on this disgusting island, among mountains of garbage, he was threatened with death from wild animals, and I... I, Emeral D. Ralagan, his only family, I got drunk and I vilified that life was not going as I wanted it to. How pathetic I felt then...461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPK6O0hvCux
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'I am... Pebble' I managed to strangle it, but it was all about the truth. 'Dadan sent me to... I am to watch over you.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NS0OIfBSm
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'Dadan?' A blonde man in a cylinder, with a tooth check in his teeth, looked at Ace with an unintelligible eye.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJkifBTDY4
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'Yeah, right. Dadan would be happy if I died. She probably sent you to cut me down with that big katana.'
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fitting in my theory about Dadan. But it was one thing to think and another to hear such words from a seven year old, so the blood was boiling inside me.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6d464NopG
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'Listen, young blood, when I say I'm going to keep an eye on you, that's the way it's supposed to be.' I snapped, but the child shrugged disrespectfully and intended to pass me by.
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'So many years at sea, and in my old age I had to take care of the rebellious generation. You are your father's real son, tiger's cub' I laughed, watching Ace turn one hundred and eighty degrees and looking at me with his eyes wide open. The mention of his father aroused anger in him and I didn't understand it at all. 'But Roger was stronger.' I ended up drawing little satisfaction from the real fury in the dark eyes of the seven year old.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAA6V3h8bbZ
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'You know...! How?! Who told you?! That stupid Dadan!' He screamed, ignoring the blonde one trying to calm him down. Hoho, the doubtful charm he may have inherited from his father, but the temperament was definitely mine.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGgmOkOXcC
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'Calm down or I will skin you. Nobody will yell at me. I am a pirate, and I will not stand such hysteria.' I patted him on the head, which was too depressing for a seven year old majesty, so he announced it to me with a series of blouses, not necessarily offensive to me. There was nothing I could do about it that made me laugh, so I did laugh for at least a minute. The "damn" and "what the hell" curses sounded too funny in his mouth, but I decided to remove this ugly clash. I could curse and only I.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudW7bJkS4g
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'Ace! Ace get a grip. Hey! Calm down'!461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6sbxxbv7I
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'Let go of me! Woman or not, I'm gonna punch her...'
I was silent at once and looked at him impassively, which effectively interrupted the rally. It caused the child to unwittingly retreat, but he was not satisfied with it. I leaned over him with a cold expression on my face and grabbed his shirt.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNiPVIkdvb
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'You can beat up whoever you want, brat. Stand up to fight with stronger than yourself, but never, ever, ever dare to raise your hand on a woman, whoever she may be. Do you understand?'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1A4W11PuA
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'N... well...'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YMwIFXicG
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'What?!'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8b2wtOd3c
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'Yes, ma'am!'
He was smart as for a seven year old, he was able to judge, correctly, the strength of his opponent. But his manners were... In fact, he did not have them. I looked at the blond in the cylinder, big eyes were looking at me calmly and with some shade of sympathy, although maybe I was too hasty in judging.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pVvkrF01k
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'I am Sabo.' The blond one bowed politely, taking off the cylinder and then pointed at the bear. 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhg0JOoY1H
'I have never seen anything like it. It was incredible! How did you...'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnpmMn0DR0
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'I am Pebble.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfL1xiuZ172
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'That's your name? And you're gonna watch over Ace? Yeah, he could use that, because he's been getting into trouble all the time lately.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVmsEefWUK
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'Shut up, you fool! Wanna piece of me!'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLqEElN3oP
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'Like I'm afraid of you, you idiot!'
'Well, well, that's enough.' I grabbed the metal pipes before they moved. 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWkOftNWTi
'Now be kind enough to tell me why this animal was chasing you.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSEaG7yRRw
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'We won't be kind! Leave us alone! And don't you dare to follow me!'
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'And where do you live?'
Sabo, on the other hand, presented a completely different personality. I was wondering where the kid dressed like that came from, but I decided that I shouldn't ask about it for now. The patience had to become my second name.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLROKQwZ5lL
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'What do you care? Are you stupid or what?! Why do you ask that?! How did she...'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtlDJP7jUj
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'Nowhere, I just arrived.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0XPDF8F7X
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'What? On a ship?!'
Now both of them had their faces and shiny eyes interested, and when I was nodding my head, they almost wrote down their excitement. Banshee was supposed to save my skin.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHt8Rhj5Ais
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'Well, what do pirates sail on?'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQPp2RR0X3
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'Pirates?! You really are a pirate!'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQlcuez8MJ
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'But you are a girl!' My nephew protested, showing me an unpleasant character trait.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyehF3gCICX
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'At sea, girls are stronger than boys.' I instructed seriously, but they didn't really believe me.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHDTDuTnRt
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'Would you show us you ship?' Sabo dared to ask, Ace stood sulking, but it was clear that he was just waiting for permission to go to the indicated shore. I was happy with this desire for ships, sea and pirates. Maybe Garp didn't spoil the child enough so he did not dream of being a Marine. That would have been the thorn in my side, a sizeable thorn.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkUfqE26fi
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As a cunning Emperor, outlawed of course, I quickly saw my opportunity in that question and I decided to strike the iron while it was hot. It was really nice of me to trick two seven461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BqUGULZuP
year olds, and Ray would laugh at me.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmevMusnCG
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'Who knows?' I asked, shuddering. 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO049pwpRaR
'First I would have to meet you... You must not show your ships to young children if you do not know them. And you, tigers' cubs? Maybe you want to come and destroy my beautiful ship?'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡut809Rw0F6
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They started to claim that they would never in their lives absolutely dare, but seeing that I wasn't really convinced by that, they chose a different tactic. Probably very sneaky in their opinion.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVbwFPVvF9
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'Well, we will let you watch over us for a week.' Ace graciously gave the conditions; the desire to see a pirate ship was much stronger than pride.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcWbXDmNqn
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'For a week's watch I will bring you a piece of fabric from the sails.' I bargained relentlessly. The kid squeaked disrespectfully and murmured something under his nose.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2t1HUHP0V
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'A month!'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UGxjDuCvP
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'Two pieces.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63BTDPiTnZ
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'What? This is stupid! I want to see the whole ship.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsag2lzLEjB
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'And I'm here to watch over you, what can you do?' I pulled the barrel and the cigarette case out of my pocket. I sat down in front of a bear bodied corpse and in peace and quiet I lit the tobacco. 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGnSluvq7Y
'If I sit here with you for a year and keep an eye on you, and you will behave yourself, I will take you on a cruise to the South.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMinSmLq8Am
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The outbreak of joy stunned me, the children caught up with me and they both demanded assurances with big smiles that I was telling the truth and I will definitely take them away.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodCalLJLsu
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'Aye, why should I say no? But only if you keep your part of the deal.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HVl6FmZEj
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'And you are not bluffing?'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2YJYV4cIN
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'I should be dragged the hell if I lied.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgIW5u00W4
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'Good, a year, we agree!'
So I bribed two seven year olds with a cruise to South Blue.
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'But you know what Pebble?' Sabo looked at me over the flames when we were sitting on the beach in the evening and baking pieces of bear meat. 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIeqWbe9VD
'I didn't know you were so strong.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnX3cUbQNu
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'We've known each other only half a day, you'll see a lot more' I smile, pleasantly complimented and clearly admired the blonde with a smile.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0p6t2c8Il
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'And where will you live? On your ship?' 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJi0WmU3sT
In addition, he seemed to be the most sober-minded in this duo, and his concern was absolutely charming. The seven year old boy who was worried about my accommodation was more than adorable.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaTYKOBakE
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'No, if I had to wander to your junkyard every day, I would have gone mad. You have big, solid trees in this forest, so I think I will build a house on one of them.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWABZa2SLO
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'A house on a tree?! Really?!' Ace spoke to me for the first time in thirty minutes, and while I already had an ally in Sabo, my nephew was against me. The vision of the voyage was still mumbling, but his inborn stubbornness made him show his horns, and he decided that it would be best done in silence.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcf53asmTE7
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'I want to do it too! I will live with you! I have nowhere to live anyway! May I?'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFpsj9Cgtq
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'Tch. I have to stay with Dadan. Grandpa Garp would kill me...'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSKjEI95Tu
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'Nay, he won't do anything to you. ' I said. Ace looked at me surprised and for the time of our short conversation he stopped eating, and I noticed that it was one of his favourite activities.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZwkagJmoR
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'How do you know? He told me to live here and Dadan to take care of me.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBQa5unrGq
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'Before I came here, I had a chat with him. He agreed to let me take care of you. You want his permission on paper?'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApiwuPwuCd
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'What for? I can't read anyway.' He snorted surprisingly honestly, not knowing that the idea of buying out all the books of the High City appeared in my mind. 'So... can I live in a tree house with you?'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZ3bkaSS4Z
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'Aye, mate. Together with Sabo, of course.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp46YZ1opL1
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'And no one will do anything about it?'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGHV5prhQr
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'If somebody tries, I'll skin him' I smiled, arousing even more admiration. 'Sabo, what does it mean you have nowhere to live?'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FRJbHIuPa
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'Well, because I was born in Gray Terminal and I don't have any parents and I've been living in the forest for two years and it's cool' he said on one breath. I gave him a mocking look, which he may not have understood, but he guessed I didn't believe it, so he turned his head blushed.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBRh12CCoQ
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'Oi, Pebble.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIUKTJpmsN
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'Don't call the woman "oi", tiger's cub.'
A sigh was the only answer, then Ace looked at me with intensity.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkHzCZAFBR
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'What do you think about Gol D. Roger? '
His face was shimmering with a thousand emotions, from waiting, through rage to sadness, and it depended on my answer what will ultimately win. I was in no hurry. I noticed his reaction to the mention of Roger earlier and suspected that Garp had managed to tell him nonsense.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfiOnAcque
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'The best thing to do is not to think about the dead, darling' I said a noncommittal murmur, but as befits a seven year old, he wanted to hear the details.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2cvzYNqX0
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'But you know that I am his son, and that the demon's child is devilishly lucky and they should cut off my head!'
He was talking nonsenses, but it wasn't that complicated to draw the conclusion. I watched him in silence, letting him throw it all away, and when the cry finally took away his speech, I decided to crack down on all those who had bullshit about death and unwanted descendants. Regretting life? Sorry for being born?461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UJriReBS1
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They will pay for it. They will cry bitterly when I track them down, even if after that the demons will drag me to hell.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjWK2izva9
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'Listen, Ace, you told me you wanted to go out to sea one day...' I put the barrel on and lay down comfortably on the sand, leaning my head against my rolled up coat.
'When you cross the Red Line and find yourself on the other side, you will hear things about Roger that nobody here in Blues knows.'
The sky sparkled with a million stars. It was wonderful to look at them, listen to the ocean and lie on the beach, accompanied by two seven year old boys. At that moment, the meaning of the Yangtze words slowly reached me. They need you she said.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkA3xBJ19x
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'Listen and remember what I will say now. No real pirate will say a bad word about the King. It was Roger who showed people that they could be free. Someone who says otherwise should be hanged.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6Jc5lmKSY
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'I...' Ace shed tears from his freckled cheeks and sniffed his nose out loud 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExE7oJqOjX
'I want to be free too.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYObHig57C
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'I want to be free too! And we will sail to the ocean! I will write a book about it.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMB0iyJI71E
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If he wants to become a pirate, you will bless him and make him the most powerful child of the sea.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOqHkxgtY4
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I will, Ed.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTukwQUhk2H
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I was woken up by the orange glow of the rising sun and the quiet snoring. Ace and Sabo slept at their best, covered with my coat and presented themselves with an idyllic and carefree image.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuRdS6nzh9
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I have never remembered feeling so happy and calm before. The emotion bordering on ecstasy and mental fullness accompanied me throughout the day and gained strength as my eyes registered the image of the boys right next to me. I had no doubt that this is what mothers feel and for this happiness they are ready to sacrifice their bodies, health and life. I just couldn't decide if I was happier or if I wanted to kill the people responsible for the loneliness of the children, but something new was shaping up inside me and I was fully aware of it. It was something in Ace's black eyes, in Sabo's joyful smile. I was transformed to the extent of a great revolution, and was captivated by all my previous feelings and views, began to carve my soul anew, make room in my heart. I was amazed to find that twelve hours later I was a completely different person from the one who wanted to be stuck in a cabin with gallons of alcohol, locked up without any company. At the same time, I understood that these two children would do with me whatever they wanted, and I would smile and allow it.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLpDxf3LBX
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'Oh, good morning.' Sabo yawned and rubbed his sleepy eyes.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiX9bLI3NZB
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'Good morning, or at least it looks like it. Well, child? You want to eat?' I smiled, shaking the sand from my shoes.
'Well, I would have eaten something.' he admitted, looking for leftovers from last night, but I didn't even want to hear about it.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuWSsv1MBE
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'Ace, you have to get up.' The blond poked the sleeping boy.
Ace slept in a righteous dream, entangled in my coat, and apparently, he had pleasant dreams, because he smiled a little.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdSDVRoj2m
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'Ace, we are going to eat without you!' I called out and, according to my calculations, the seven461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjeve4TPIJ
year old rose to sit down almost immediately.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HY7NJO6WM
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'What? Where?' He asked sleepily and got a little offended when he saw nothing.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pfy7X3j0S
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'We will go into town. We will eat something and then we have to get down to work. Are you sure you have a sawmill here? There's no way you don't it with such a forest. We need some furniture, glass for windows, some pipes...' I was calculating on the way, planning in detail the construction of a new house.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAI7LX4YOip
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'And you will buy it all?' Ace mocked out.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIfGteOm9K
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'Why should I steal a few boards? Darling, you only steal something that is worth risking your life. And wood, whatever it is, in my opinion, has no such value.' I immediately started our life with a few life-wisdoms.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQ3Le62fq5
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'Pebble, and how do you want to pay for it?' Sabo, as you can see, was a great supporter. I sighed hard.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjO2L7oXuKM
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'Normally, with money.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXAfCSgoQA
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'You stole it?'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIGmugRvN5
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'Oh, good God... No, I didn't steal it. I earned it honestly.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBmg83rvpf
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'Actually, you didn't tell us your ship's name.' Ace put his hand on his neck. I moistened my lips with my tongue and it wasn't the first time I thought that this duo would eventually lead me to the edge of endurance.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQ1x9ey8X7
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'Banshee.' I reluctantly admitted. They moaned in unison, as if they were disappointed with the name of the fearful ship on second half of the world.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiCV1QRfhY
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'Don't you think that Sea Snake is better?'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1e7Lnu0QU
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'Or the Infernal Sea Warrior?' They suggested, probably in good faith. 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ElsC7sJs4
'Change it for something cooler.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiAizjsvDU
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'Oh, you tigers' cubs, you want to go out to sea and you don't know the basics? Who brought you up? Listen, the ship gets only one name.' I said it with a serious voice, and the duo listened as if enchanted.
'You must not change it, because the spirit of the ship is bound to it. If you baptize the ship again, you will be unlucky and you will sink.' I concluded gloomy, but true, to the second cry of horror.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lcVUk6sWF
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'Impossible!'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLlQZ21zmb
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'And yet! I once met a man who belonged to the crew of a Silver Clam ship, they were attacked, they lost, and their ship was conscripted into the Navy fleet and baptized into Freedom. He sank four days later.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAmQZDBSSx
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'No way...'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI43QvhTJjl
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'The ocean is an ancient power, never joke about its rights.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYutsZ7Ot4K
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If we take the average person's intelligence quotient and add to it caution, attention to detail and the ability to correctly assess the situation, we will come up with material for a good leader. But if we add the same IQ to bravura, forgetfulness, quick but not always accurate assessment of the situation, we will get a clay for an idiot. And this idiot is a fearless idiot, and a very problematic kind of people. In both cases, the basic factor is strength and good character, and the desire for freedom, but the other ingredients are different from each other like heaven and earth. And these two types were presented by my subjects.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsYOfGL4Gj
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Ace was not afraid of anything, almost, and always came out in front of the line. Sabo usually thought for a while before he faced a stronger opponent, and although he was still too small to try a large scale strategy, the beginnings were promising.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbK00TNztK
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A week after building the tree house very stylish, I dare say, two future warriors of the seas decided to test my strength. They demanded a serious fight and tried by all means to force the exposure of Habanero. It was only after a few screams that I changed my tactics, i.e. I lowered my tone and gave them a cool look, they calmed down.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWadCHHb3fq
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'This katana has no mercy and only serves to defend herself against real enemies.'
Have you ever imagined a duel between two kittens and their mother's tribune? It would be roughly similar to the fight there. The metal tubes were aimed at me and tried to reach me in the midst of a battle cry. Unfortunately, each time they missed, and when one was too close, it shrank by several millimetres. After a few minutes of fruitless weapon waving, if you can call it that, the boys withdrew, sending me surprised glances.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1s6d0i6Nqd
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'Well, that's all?' I asked, pretending to be surprised. 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkB6sDGXlm
'In that case, it is my turn.' I made a face that showed bad intentions and apparently the boys understood the horror of the situation.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhb5nwxbKcI
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'Retreat! Retreat!' Sabo commanded, and Ace, hesitating for a while, gave him time to run away.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDudPdM6yB
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'Where to?' I asked and kidnapped my nephew first, and then I caught up with the blonde, and ran straight to a high cliff.
'Hey! Pebble! What do you want to do?'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleOmYEUlNm
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'What do you mean what? Get rid of my enemies, I'll drown you' I was glad to hear their terrified voices. Using Slide, it took me a few moments to get to the shore, and as intended, two seven461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTMj1hoY8h
year olds hung over ragged rocks hit by the waves.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8FaCnZriy
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'Are you giving up?'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyQcS0Rn88
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'Yes, yes, but do not let us go! Pebble! Don't let go!'
I put them on the ground, and after a few deep breaths, my duo calmed down and the whole fight was settled with laughter.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYRXkyTnaG
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'We are terribly weak.' Sabo said looking at me, ashamed.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYBQiEww2h
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'Nonsense, tiger's cub. You are only seven years old, what do you expect?'
I looked at the sea in front of us and smiled nostalgically, feeling an irresistible desire to summon Banshee and sail towards the setting sun...461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3ztYStglz
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'Pebble, I want to be so strong too, teach me! '
An order was given somewhere around my hips. Ace's black eyes looked at me with determination and persistence, and after a while I saw the same expression in Sabo's gaze. I wondered for a moment as if such a decision would cost me a great sacrifice, and only after a long, very long moment I reluctantly spoke:461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkufsceqks8
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'But then I will have to stay here longer.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41lDIdOcw3
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'It's okay.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJvE2V56fQ
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'Agreed.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOv98MdPj4Y
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'And is it not too soon you made a decision?'
I laughed at the serious faces. They stood shoulder to shoulder, with their hands crossed on their fragile chests, and presented a picture of true seriousness and determination. I leaned over them and the careless haircuts were destroyed by my hands.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFRkzlm5ZF
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'I will make you the strongest pirates of this world, my tigers' cubs.'461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoV0QZ0dQ8u
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