One Piece: The Eternal Flame

"Daphne is the former empress."

"After passing the throne to me, she left Amazon Lily alone."

After Gulo Liosa finished speaking, the entire hall was as quiet as if the air had condensed, and there was no sound. Everyone, including Gary, fell into a state of brain shutdown.

Everyone is a pirate, why do you suddenly become noble.

After reacting, the atmosphere became lively, and the question was slammed into Gary like a machine gun, shocking the poor man.

"Why are you so lucky, Gary!"

"It's too cool to be liked by the empress."

"Why am I so handsome but no one confesses to me!"

"You guy, you never came to Daughter Country and don't let us know."

"Stop, stop." Gary reached out his hand to stop the crowd's noise, and said aggrievedly, "Please, I don't know, she never told me about it."

"Didn't you notice anything strange?"

"Uh," Gary thought about it carefully, "That's true. She knows how to be knowledgeable and armed. When we met for the first time, she pushed me to the ground and beat me hard."

"What's the matter with you, isn't it love at first sight?"

"I, I wouldn't dare to fall in love with her at first sight. The main reason is that she hit me so hard that I feel dizzy when I think about it now." Gary said fearfully: "Later, the misunderstanding was cleared up, and she felt guilty, so she stayed with me for a few days, and then we separated."

"If you don't fight, you don't know each other." Alder stroked his chin thoughtfully, "Maybe I can try it too?"

"You better quit." Abel said: "Don't harm women."

"Hey you kid, why are you talking to your brother?"

When everyone was listening to the story, Gray swept away all the food on the table, and only had time to talk when he was full. "But according to you," he licked the residue on his hand, "the empress should be quite powerful, why would you allow you to be bullied?"

"When we met for the second time, her health was not very good." Gary sighed, "I asked her the reason and she didn't say anything. Now think about it, there might be some accident on the road."

Leaving alone from the windless belt, it is already a miracle to find Gary again, and I don't know how much suffering I have suffered on the way.

"The sea is huge." Gray scratched his head, then changed the subject and asked, "Well, so what is the Empress trying to tell us about this?"

Gu Luoliosa froze for a moment, then shook her head, "There is no other meaning, I just want to confirm this matter, Amazon Lily stipulates that all children born to the Nine Snakes will stay on the island, so Xia Qi."

"Impossible!" Gary interrupted Guloliosa, "Xia Qi can't stay, I won't let her leave me."

He finally met his daughter, how could he let her leave again.

Xia Qi looked at Guloliosa, then at Gary, and said, "It's my own choice whether to stay or not, and no one can interfere."

"Haha, yes, pirates want to be free." Gray signaled Xia Qi to continue, "You are no longer a child, and I fully respect your decision."

Xia Qi raised her head and looked at Gary. The girl's translucent skin was white and tender, extremely cute.

"I want to stay." Her tone was firm, with little time for hesitation.

Gary squatted down, his lips trembled, and his eye circles quickly turned red, "Why? I thought."

"It has nothing to do with you. I stayed for my mother." Xia Qi said: "The news here is blocked and the supplies are scarce. In the past few days, I have seen many unsatisfactory places. My mother never told us about the past, so I want to experience her past in person."

"Walk the way she walked, see the scenery she saw, and the things she didn't tell me, I have to go and see."

"Xia Qi." Lu Jiu couldn't bear it, this child was deep in thought, usually like a little adult, no one could guess what was going on in her heart.

Perhaps ever since she learned that her mother was the first emperor, she had been thinking about whether she wanted to stay or not.

She is used to burying all this in her heart, to think by herself, and to bear everything by herself.

Gary seemed to be several times older in an instant, he opened his mouth, but couldn't find any reason to refuse - no reason could stop the child from running to his mother.

"Well~ Gary, you can stay too." Gray hiccupped, and changed his sitting position by propping himself on the ground with one hand. He couldn't bear to eat with his legs crossed here.

"Captain, what are you talking about!" Everyone said in a hurry.

"...Captain?" Gary turned his head mechanically to look at Gray, facing a pair of quiet black eyes, like a calm sea.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not driving you off the boat." Gray shrugged, "It's just that as a father, you can have more choices, and I will give you the opportunity to choose."

"Captain Gray, you probably forgot, Amazon doesn't allow men to go to the island." Xia Qi said to Gray.

"Ah, this matter is easy to solve. It's not like there are desert islands next to the Amazon. With Gary's ability, he can definitely live well."

Gray said earnestly, "Children must be accompanied by adults, otherwise it will be easy to be psychologically twisted like Ace."

"Hey! Why do you involve me?" Ace threw a leftover plate at Gray angrily.

Gray caught it with a black fire, and at the same time disliked it, "Give me a good meal, and lick the soup on the plate."

“说的好像你舔了一样。”艾斯咬着牙快速道：“再敢用家长的语气教育我，就揍你。”

"Ah, Lu Jiu, this child seems to be rebellious." Gray turned his head and complained to Lu Jiu.

Lu Jiu touched Ace's head and said with a smile, "Because Captain Gray is really too much."

"Huh?" Gray wondered.

"Unexpectedly, Gray, Lu Jiu is on my side." Ace was proud, as if he had obtained a whole world.

He is a person who is easily satisfied. Because of what happened when he was a child, he feels very happy when he gets a piece of candy when he grows up.

Not to mention the mother's preference.

Gary glanced over at Ace, and then at Xia Qi, "Uh, can you give me a moment to think about it?" I don't know who he was asking.

Xia Qi tilted her head, feeling that he was a bit pitiful. After all, it was her father. She sighed and said to Gary, "You don't have to do this for me, I just want to remember her."

If she is still remembered, it means that she is not dead yet.

"Gary, there's no need to be hesitant." Gray didn't give Gary a chance to think, "Even if you go out to sea with us, you'll be uneasy because you're worried about Xia Qi! Then you might as well stay here for a while, and use your eyes and heart to see if your daughter needs to be taken care of."