Pirate's Freedom

After a moment of stunned.

"Hey--!"

With his slightly red eyes wide open, Bellemere glared hard at the man across the dining table.

"You know that I am a marine... Tata Tot! You guy! Are you provoking me!!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Tata Toth laughed.

"Bermere, haven't you retired? Don't take small things so seriously!"

"Don't try to trick me! Explain the matter to me clearly!"

Bellmeier persevered.

"Now? Ah...ah..."

Looking around at the children who were looking at the two of them eagerly, Tata Tot's expression looked a little funny.

"Let's wait until you sober up before we talk!"

"...!"

Bellemare's expression immediately froze, he wiped his eyes unnaturally with the back of his hand, and then said forcefully.

"You guys! Give me a good meal!"

"Eh--"

Nami drawled out reluctantly.

"But I'm full-"

After saying that, she slipped out of the chair and secretly kicked Ila under the table.

"What a shame! Then eat more!"

Bellmere was slightly embarrassed.

"Dad!"

With her big eyes flickering, Ila suddenly asked.

"Then are you a big pirate?"

"..."

Everyone looked at him in silence.

【Big Pirate】......

[Strength] [Wealth] [Power] [Fame] [Killing] [Atrocity]...

In this era, this title has been given various meanings.

But Tata Tot does not deny this.

"That's it."

"..."

In the silence, Ila continued to ask.

"Dad, have you met Roger the Pirate King?"

"I have seen."

Tata Tot answered her with a smile.

"I also asked him where he hid his treasure!"

"Really or not! Then...Tata Tot——!"

Ignoring Bellemere's threatening look, Nami asked impatiently.

"[One Piece] Did he tell you?"

"Of course he told me."

In a matter-of-fact tone, Tata Tot answered her.

"That……!"

Although she couldn't believe it, Nami still held her breath nervously.

"[One Piece] Roger told me——"

Not only her, but also Bellemeier who wanted to say something stopped, and everyone at the table couldn't help but cheer up.

"[Take them all if you want them!]"

Tata Tot raised his head and shouted seriously.

"[Go find it, I put everything there!!]"

"Uh……!"

Everyone's expressions were blank.

"What! Are you an idiot!"

Disappointed Nami said deflatedly.

"what is this……"

"Hum hum hum~~"

As if he found her reaction amusing, Tata Tot burst out laughing.

"Hahahahaha~~!!"

"..."

Bellemere came out of her daze and realized something.

"You are the one..."

Bellemare's voice rose and fell.

"When Roger was executed..."

"Yes."

Tata Tot replied.

"……why?!"

She tried to control her tone.

"Why would you say that, Tata Tot, you...are not a person who cares about gold and silver treasures!"

"If it wasn't for me, there would be someone else, and I won't use that as an excuse."

Tata Tot said calmly.

"I have to give you a reason, or what exactly I think--"

Slowly revealing a corner of the past, Tata Tot spoke frankly.

"Everything in the world lies at the end of the sea, and Roger wants everyone to know it."

"And I was already standing there and not trying to stop him at all."

"..."

Bellmere couldn't accept it.

"so……"

She murmured after Nami.

"What kind of……"

"Ah! That's right! Kuina, let me tell you-"

Looking at the new little guest at home, Tata Tot teased her.

"When the Pirate King was executed, Mihawk was there~"

"……what!!"

The 11-year-old girl was stunned for a moment and said in surprise.

"really?"

"That's right, he looks so irritating that no one dares to stand next to him."

Tata Tot suddenly became very knowledgeable.

"I also had a fight with [Green Pheasant]."

"real?!"

"Ao Pheasant?! That [Ao Pheasant]?!"

Nami recovered from the low pressure.

"Of course it's true, but... I lost miserably... I had no power to fight back, and I barely managed to escape in the end..."

Although he said this, Tata Tot was not embarrassed at all.

"Thanks to Barrett for coming in time."

"Huh? Dad, who is Barrett?"

Ila, who had collected a set of [Pirate Killer], suddenly heard an unknown name, and she immediately asked in confusion.

"Barrett? It's normal not to know him, but... he was a famous figure back then..."

……

Time passed, and soon it was late at night.

After sending away Bellemere and the others, there were only three people left in Tata Tot's family.

"It's so late."

Amidst the sound of water.

"Guina—"

While Tata Tot was washing dishes in the sink, he said to Kuina, who was still sitting quietly at the dining table.

"I will tell Koushiro that you will stay here tonight."

"But……"

Guina was still a little embarrassed.

"Guina, sleep with me!"

Ila couldn't help but pulled her and ran up to the small attic.

"Remember to wash up well, and the new toothbrush is in the second drawer."

"I know~!"

Ila's voice came down.

……

Finished the final work.

Tata Tot slowly walked downstairs and came to the door of his grocery store. Except for the lights far and near, everything was silent in the night.

A cigarette butt flickered in the darkness nearby.

"Still confused? Navy?"

Tata Tot said in a joking tone.

"Looking at your expression at the dinner table, I thought you would bring at least ten warships with you next time we meet!"

"..."

Bellemare, who left and returned, ignored his joke.

"if……"

"if?"

"Although it's a bit unseemly, I did think so -"

Smoking sullenly, Bellmer walked to his side.

"If Roger, the Pirate King, could die silently... this era... might not be what it is now."

"Don't blame a dead person for everything in the world."

Tata Tot said calmly.

"Maybe it was Roger who started this era, but the world has been handed over to future generations. Only the living people can decide the present."

"Tata Tot."

"Ok?"

Looking at the serious Tata Tot, Bellemeier felt that something was wrong. This was too different from his usual self.

not to mention--

"Is that what you thought at the time?"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...can it be seen through so easily?"

His whole body relaxed, and Tata Tot scratched his head.

"Honestly, I just want to have a word with him."

"say what?"

"I am coming."