New day, new morning. Katakuri glanced at the bedroom that was in ruins due to last night's battle, and looked down at Alicia who was hiding under the covers.

"Get up, Liz, I'm going on patrol."

Alicia remained motionless, her silver-gray hair exposed from the quilt. Although she couldn't sleep, it didn't stop her from pretending to be asleep. No one can wake up a person who wants to pretend to be asleep. She doesn't want to do boring things like patrolling anymore. Moreover, Luffy and the others will arrive at Cake Island tomorrow, and Katakuri always staring at her will be a hindrance.

"Liz." Katakuri said with a sullen face, impatiently swung the seastone bracelet on his wrist, and took Alicia out from under the covers. "Don't pretend to be asleep and untie the Hailou Stone."

"Just untie the sea stone?" Alicia opened one eye and looked at Katakuri lazily.

"...Patrol." Katakuri turned his eyes away and looked away uncomfortably.

"Be a human being, Katakuri. To prevent you from sneaking up on me again, I didn't sleep a wink all night."

"No."

"I can't do it either. If I don't sleep, I will die suddenly." Alicia opened her eyes and told lies.

"Sleep while I go on patrol."

"you sure?"

"Ah."

You forced me to do this, Katakuri. Alicia thought.

After the sea tower stone chain was untied, Katakuri lifted Alicia on his arm like a baby, and pressed her back with his free hand.

"sleep."

"You never thought that the metal thorn ring on your arm would hurt me?"

"What do you want?"

With narrowed eyes, Alicia took out a hammock from her backpack and hung it around Katakuri's neck. She followed his arm and jumped into the hammock hanging on his chest, and settled in leisurely.

"so."

Katakuri's face grew long in an instant, and the laughter coming from the Homitz gate told him how ridiculous he looked now.

"Liz..."

"You must let me go out on patrol with you, and you agreed that I can sleep while patrolling." Alicia rested her head on her arm, looked up at Katakuri, who looked unhappy, and smiled at him. Don't smile, "Looking at it this way, Katakuri looks like a kangaroo mother."

This kid's head is really sick. Who would want to be a boy's mother? who? !

Katakuri's head flashed with tic-tac-toes, and he pulled off the hammock around his neck with an evil look on his face, picked up Alicia and threw her back to the bedroom.

"If I come back and find you running around—"

"Hi, hi." Before Katakuri could finish speaking, Alicia pulled the quilt over her head, leaving only one hand outside and waved to him perfunctorily.

Katakuri patiently held down his beating forehead and left the house with a tired face. The townspeople would give ambiguous looks when they saw him, but even then he remained motionless. until--

"Lord Katakuri, when will your and Miss Liz's baby come out?"

Katakuri tensed his jaw and looked down at the innocent-looking little boy at his feet.

"Ah! Dallas, you are so rude! Apologize to Katakuri-sama!" The boy's mother hurriedly pulled her child and apologized nervously, "I'm so sorry, Katakuri-sama, please Don’t take this child’s words to heart, children’s words are unbridled.”

"Okay." Katakuri glanced at the mother and son faintly, and continued to move forward past them, while pulling up his scarf to cover his hot cheeks.

After the patrol is over, it’s the most enjoyable afternoon tea time every day. No one was bothering me, not even that annoying Liz kid. Katakuri closed his eyes and was completely immersed in the beauty of sugar. After a while, he opened his eyes and looked absently at the rice cake house where he was alone, and took a vicious bite of the donut.

"That brat always says some unintelligible things. I can't be easily coaxed like a young boy."

Katakuri deceived himself by putting down the donut, turning over on the floor and burying his face in the donut pillow.

"...You brat, you should kill her after all."

Katakuri, who was muttering like this, stopped in front of the cake shop in confusion on his way back.

"Katakuri-sama, what do you need? Well, if it's donuts, we don't sell them at our house..."

"Give me the chocolate cake."

As soon as Katakuri finished speaking, the shop owner smiled knowingly.

"Did you bring it for Miss Liz? Katakuri-sama is so considerate."

Katakuri didn't answer, he still had that dark face that didn't please anyone. The shopkeeper wrapped the freshly baked chocolate cake and handed it over.

"Katakuri-sama, please walk slowly. I hope you and Miss Liz have a pleasant day."

"A good match?"

"Eh?" Katakuri's confused question stunned the shopkeeper.

"Me and...Liz?"

"Of course! Of course!" The shop owner nodded hurriedly, with a flattering smile on his face, "You and Miss Liz are a perfect match! We all can't wait to attend your wedding!"

"You are thinking too much." Katakuri picked up the cake and left the cake shop without looking back. He came home and was relieved not to smell the hot ramen. Alicia, who said she was going to bed, was sitting lazily on the sofa, holding her face in her hands in boredom as she watched the Homitz teapots on the dining table perform a ridiculous drama.

Damn brat, when you see him coming back, you treat him like you don’t see him coming back, and you don’t even know how to say welcome back? Katakuri gently bit his molars, walked to the dining table and handed over the packaging box in his hand. Alicia glanced disinterestedly.

"I don't want donuts."

"It's chocolate cake."

Alicia did not reach out to take it, but looked at Katakuri suspiciously.

"Could it be that you knew you couldn't kill me with force, so you planned to poison me in another way?"

This question sounds so familiar. Isn't this kid really holding a grudge to avenge himself? Katakuri thought to himself with an expressionless expression before placing the box on the dining table and opening it.

"I disdain killing people in that way."

"Then I reluctantly believe you."

"You don't have to eat it." Even so, Katakuri still showed satisfaction when he saw Alicia pick up the cake and take a bite.

"I want chocolate pudding for dinner."

"There's a limit to what you can do, Liz."

"Then I'll just have to cook hot ramen."

"...You can't buy it on Wheat Island, so you can only go to Coco Island."

"It's decided, we'll have hot ramen for dinner."

"Are you suffering from ramen poisoning?"

"It's your own recipes that are too boring, donut maniac."

“Donuts are the best food in the world.”

"That's for you, I just love hot ramen."

You brat who refuses to lose even a word, why don't you just kill her and finish her off. Katakuri gritted his teeth and pushed away the chair and stood up.

"Chocolate pudding, right? What else? Tell me clearly once and for all."

"Ah?" Alicia was slightly surprised. After looking at Katakuri for a while, she transformed into a girl with a fake smile, "Then I'm not welcome, Katakuri."

"Hot ramen is not allowed."

"Yes, yes. I won't let you buy me hot ramen."

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