To the end of the sea [One Piece]

Ena never saw Shanks that day.

He seemed to have some emergencies to deal with during the day, and she also found a breakthrough in the space fruit's ability in Beckman's study.

In her previous life, she joined the navy at the age of twenty. Under Garp's training, she mastered stronger physical skills and developed her own fruit abilities. However, before she died, she could only mark the space near a person and teleport it.

She used this move on Qing Pheasant.

In this life, due to her amnesia, the development of her fruit abilities was delayed for a long time. But after recovering her memory, relying on the experience of her previous life, she caught up with the progress of her previous life at an astonishing speed.

Now it is possible to store living bodies and teleport within a small space.

She suddenly changed her mind during training today. If tearing space is too difficult, wouldn't it be much easier to replace the marker points with specific objects?

The idea is good, but it is impossible to succeed directly from the beginning. Ena let out a long sigh and put down the plate in her hand and stretched. Beckman put down the newspaper in his hand and looked over: "Tired?"

"I'm hungry." She rubbed her stomach, and Beckman laughed: "Go and rest. Today has been long enough."

Eina stood up and walked to him, leaning over to read today's newspaper: "The son of [Godfather] Capone Beki is born..."

She was stunned.

"What's wrong?" Beckman asked her.

Eina shook her head and stared at the little baby in her arms with a cigar pacifier in its mouth.

+ + +

She said goodbye to Beckman and went back to her room instead of going to the kitchen. She sat on the edge of the bed and took out the cigar dagger, running her white fingers across it over and over again.

How strange... She had an inexplicable palpitation, which made her very uncomfortable.

Suddenly something flashed in Eina's mind. She stood up suddenly with her eyes wide open, picked up the calendar and kept flipping it.

She brought another newspaper and looked for the ones she had specially marked from the thick pile.

Because Rear Admiral Ikegawa Ena does not exist in this world, and her experience did not happen at all, she could not find an event that could locate the time. She could only calculate the progress of this life and the previous life through news such as Qingzhi's resignation and Warring States' resignation.

And then...she saw a newspaper that she had ignored last week.

[Monk] Wu/Erji was defeated by Charlotte Cracker...

The fingers holding the newspaper trembled slightly.

She remembered...after she was suspended, she had caught a glimpse of this news in the newspaper one day.

That was...a week before she left for the West Sea.

If...if I guessed correctly...

Today is the day she died in her previous life.

It was obviously impossible for Ikegawa Ena to have the mind to read the newspaper that day, so she missed the news.

On the same day that her life ended, a new life came into the world for the Capone Becky family.

She put down the newspaper, put one hand on her forehead with complicated emotions, and slowly sat back on the bed.

Knowing this news was not a big shock to her. But when she thought that today was the decisive point between her life and death, she had many thoughts.

She was reborn. At the same time, she was still living healthily in this world. The unchangeable history still happens, but there are also countless gears heading into the unknown because of her deviation.

After today, the fates of Rear Admiral Ikegawa Ena and Straw Hat Pirates crew member Ikegawa Ena will meet again.

"Her" life came to an end after today, leaving a blank future for her to continue writing.

The unfinished wishes in her previous life, the scenery she couldn't see, the world she couldn't wait for - this time she will try her best to realize it.

She remembered her own dilemma.

How could I forget that I am a person who has truly returned to the world from death? She had lost the chance to change Ace's fate due to force majeure, but she could no longer cherish the rest of her life.

If God gave her two chances and she lived a life of hesitation and fear, it would be better not to do it again.

At least Ikegawa Ena in her previous life died on the battlefield of her faith, and she sounds much more free and easy than she does now.

She put away the cigar dagger, and the light shone in her eyes again.

It was the true rebirth that finally ushered in, the fire of life that began to revive from the soul.

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When dinner started in the evening, Shanks finally finished his business, walked to the railing on the second floor and looked down, and found that he was not the last one.

He stood on the platform on the second floor and asked the pirates who were already eating: "Is Ena not here yet?"

Everyone shook their heads.

He was about to go to her room to find her, but turned around and saw a petite figure rushing towards him quickly.

He opened his eyes wide and subconsciously reached out his hand, and the next second he hugged the girl's soft body.

She had never been so enthusiastic and bold. In fact, everyone on the deck below was completely stunned.

The meat in Lackey's mouth stopped chewing, the half-drunk wine of Jesus stopped in his hand, and everyone was petrified. Shanks himself was also having a brain short-circuit at the moment.

What the hell is going on——!

Only Beckman was surprised for a moment, and then smiled.

Eina withdrew from his arms with a vibrant smile on her rosy face. She looked at him and then let him go. She walked to the railing and made a trumpet shape with her hands and yelled: "Mina-san—— "

The light in her eyes was brighter than ever before: "I - I like you so much!!"

Everyone was silent for a second.

But how could such a passionate and lovely confession not receive a response on a pirate ship? After reacting, they shouted to her with greater volume and enthusiasm: "We also like Ena very much!"

"What's going on? You scared me!"

"Did something good happen to Eina-chan?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu””””””

Eina grinned, but Shanks leaned over from behind her. There was a complex expression of joy and depression on his face. He leaned into her ear and said, "Do you like everyone so much?"

Eina smiled with crooked eyebrows, turned around and unexpectedly put her arms around his neck.

Shanks' pupils dilated, his eyes filled with incredible excitement, and he completely stopped thinking for a second.

She kissed his lips with her full and soft lips just like this in front of everyone.

The silver-haired girl raised the corners of her mouth, lowered her long eyelashes, closed her eyes, and kissed the tall red-haired man seriously and tenderly.

The pirates were once again silent.

What followed was an explosion of earth-shattering shouts.

Some whistled, some were surprised, and some laughed. In the world of pirates, the simpler and more straightforward the love, the more sincere it is, and unabashed behavior like Ena's makes them excited.

They were simply surprised by the change in their identities, and then they were happy about it.

After all, the two of them have always had an inexplicable atmosphere, and Ena is always closer than all of them when getting along with Shanks.

So after everything happened, it seemed that there was nothing unacceptable.

Of course, there must be some old father mentality like Beckman, but they are not the vice-captains, so when they found out that the person who had their daughter in their arms was their captain, they were immediately dissatisfied.

Eina backed away slightly in the commotion and looked at Shanks with a smile.

Shanks held her tightly in his arms, his whole body seemed to be glowing with joy. The mature and steady man is now like a young man who has just fallen in love, and every cell in his body is rejoicing.

How could his Eina be so good?

Then he heard her eyes shining brightly, looking into his heart without blinking: "You are different, Shanks."

+ + +

If he hadn't known that Eina hadn't eaten, Shanks might have taken her away on the spot.

But he couldn't let the little girl go hungry, so he watched her finish her meal absentmindedly. As soon as she put down the fork, he quickly stood up and held her wrist: "Follow me."

Eina followed him to his room with a red face and the ambiguous booing from the pirates behind her.

As soon as she closed the door, the man pressed her against the wall and kissed her deeply. Shanks held her in his arms domineeringly and tenderly. The man had a faint aroma of wine and a refreshing breath, and the strong hormones hit her face, making Eina's body go weak.

Although there was only one arm, the well-proportioned and strong muscles wrapped around her waist powerfully, leading her back step by step until the two of them fell on the bed together.

Shanks finally let go of her slightly swollen lips, and his hot breath lingered between the two of them. The collar of his white shirt with two buttons missing was wide open, revealing his collarbones that were rising and falling with his breathing.

Ena felt that last night really, really couldn't be blamed on Shanks, let alone the wine.

"Eh? So Ena wants to reject me?" The tall, mature man lowered his eyes and said a little aggrievedly. He looked like a puppy that had been rejected by its owner. Such a contrasting expression on Shanks' face was so damn boyish.

Could Ena not know that this guy is acting?

Shanks, you sullen old man! I didn’t expect that this would be revealed!

+ + +

After Eina was exhausted, Shanks wanted to take her to take a bath, but she sternly refused. She knew exactly what would happen if she asked him to help her bathe, and she was not a fool.

The Yonko, who has amazing physical strength, obviously still has the urge to try!

She took a shower, put on a white suspender nightgown, wrapped herself in the quilt and dazed, while Shanks borrowed her bathroom to wash up.

Listening to the sound of water pouring behind the door, she calmed down little by little. Thinking of the news during the day, she couldn't help but picture the child whose pacifier was shaped like a cigar.

Wonder what that man would name him...

After so many years, I actually got a wife.

It was hard for Ena to imagine the image of the indifferent man in her memory marrying a wife and having children, but for some reason, she subconsciously felt that that man would be very kind to them.

Perhaps because the first thing he taught her was not killing, but the concept of [family].

Therefore, even though she once hated the childhood life he brought to her and tried her best to escape, she still believed that being his wife and child would be happiness.

This was also the reason why she gradually couldn't hate him anymore.

It's just that I won't treat him as someone close to him.

Because she is an [adopted daughter] and a secret weapon he cultivated in the name of [father], they will not be related by blood.

There would not be the same emotions and bonds he had with the child who was born with her death in the previous life.

+ + +

The bed sank to one side, and a steamy man lay down on the bed wearing a thin shirt.

Shanks noticed that she was stunned: "What's wrong?"

Eina looked at him without saying a word. She just silently moved to his side and then snuggled into the man's arms.

Shanks felt tenderness in his heart. He hugged the girl, covered both of them with quilts, and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Eina pressed against his chest and tugged on his collar with her hands: "Aren't you going to go back to your room to sleep today?"

Shanks kissed her forehead: "Ena, do you want to drive me away?"

She wrapped her arms around his waist and Shanks laughed. The two people just hugged each other, and the atmosphere was warm and beautiful.

The soft and warm quilt and embrace made Eina start to fall asleep.

Shanks also started to feel sleepy. He turned off the light with his hand, hugged the girl in his arms and said, "Go to sleep."

"Um…"

"We will go to an island in a while, and the overlord color training will begin the second phase."

"it is good…"

In the darkness, the man's eyes were filled with infinite tenderness and affection. He closed his eyes and said softly: "Good night."