After safely returning to Qinghai, the Meili carried the Straw Hat Pirates non-stop to the next island pointed by the record needle. Zoro on the observation deck looked directly ahead of the Meili under the noon sun.

"Hey guys, I see the island!"

"Ah! It's an island! Adventure! Adventure!" Luffy clenched his fists excitedly on the sheep's head of the Merry.

The Merry docked at the edge of the island, Usopp furled the sails, and Zoro lowered the anchor. Nami moved out of the Vita that Konis' father helped repair on the empty island, and tried operating it on the sea.

"Woohoo! Big adventure!" Luffy just jumped onto the edge of the boat when he was stopped by Sanji.

"I'm going to prepare lunch, don't run too far, Luffy."

"Can't you eat now? Sanji, I'm hungry."

"I haven't started yet." Sanji blocked Luffy's expectant face with a black look on his face, "Hey, Green Algae Head, this island seems to be an uninhabited island. You go up there and catch some prey and come back."

Zoro cursed "curly eyebrows" and reluctantly jumped off the boat to go hunting on the island.

"Then I'll go look for food and medicine." Chopper put on his small backpack and led Kentaro to catch up with Zoro who was hunting.

"I'll go down and take a look, and bring back some water." Looking into the distance, Robin took the initiative to find something to do for himself.

"Don't bother little Robin with such a small matter~ Hey, Usopp, go get some water!"

"Don't call me every time, Sanji. I have to help Nami strengthen the weather stick." Usopp protested, carrying his precious big bag of shells into the kitchen.

"It's okay, Mr. Chef, I'll go to the island and take a look around. Fetching water is just a casual thing."

"Then be safe, little Robin." The pink Sanji waved reluctantly at Robin's back, and the next second he floated towards Alicia, "Little Alicia~"

Before Sanji could finish his words, Alicia jumped off the Merry with the skates she bought at Lovely Street.

"..." Sanji, who was ignored, became visibly depressed. He held onto the edge of the boat like frost beating an eggplant. "It's really not my imagination...little Alicia hates me."

In the kitchen, Sanji's chopping hands almost turned into an afterimage. At the same time, he was still distracted chatting with Usopp, who was renovating the Weather Rod.

"What do you mean Alicia is angry?"

"She's just angry, haven't you noticed?"

"I didn't notice it at all. She looks the same as usual."

"You are too slow to notice a lady's emotional changes, Usopp."

"What do you mean by being slow or not? So what? Who is she angry with?"

"Ah...probably, it might be mine."

"Maybe you are thinking too much, Sanji. I see Alicia looks silly every day, how can she be the least bit angry?"

"It's definitely not that I'm overthinking it!" Sanji drooped his eyebrows and blew out a puff of smoke, "She hasn't touched much of the food I made these past few days. If she's not angry with me, what is that?"

"She just has no appetite... Let's see, if Feng Bei is put here..."

"Are you listening carefully, Usopp?" Sanji looked sadly at Usopp who was perfunctory and sighed loudly, "I also found out that little Alicia was making food by herself when I got up at night. I just noticed that she didn’t touch the food I cooked during the day...Does she hate me so much?"

"Wow, can Alicia still cook?" Usopp sighed insincerely, focusing all his attention on the transformation.

"Usopp, I said I'm hated by ladies! Some ladies are angry with me!"

"Please, Sanji." Usopp's thoughts were always interrupted because Sanji kept talking to him. He had to put down what he was doing and look at the other person. "Even if you ask me, I can't possibly know why Alicia... I'm angry with you. If you're really that troubled, wouldn't you just ask me directly?"

The culprit who caused Sanji's frown was careless on the sea.

"Ah hahaha! So exciting!"

"Alicia, what are you wearing on your feet? They look similar to those worn by the guerrillas." Nami stopped near Alicia on her Powerba.

"It's the kind they wear on their feet. They're the skates I bought at Angel Island. Nami, do you want to try them?"

"No need, my Weiba is enough."

"But it's fun - wow!" Alicia lost her balance and fell into the sea. Fortunately, Nami picked her up in time. The rescued Alicia lay on the Weiba panting, with seawater still in her nose. Nami tapped her forehead and criticized her angrily:

"Really, at least remember that you are an ability user."

"Huh? I'm not a capable person."

"Eh? Isn't it? Why do I remember that you ate a devil fruit?"

"Ah, that was a lie to Luffy. Wasn't it already exposed when we met Ace?"

"So why did you tell that boring lie?"

"After all, it's really fun to see what Luffy actually looks like."

"I'm talking about you..." Nami rubbed Alicia's face to vent her anger, "We all always thought you were a person with abilities, but you actually told me that it was all a lie. Your character is really bad.

"Haha, please spare me." Alicia saved her face and felt that it should have turned red. "I just can't swim, so if I fall into the water again, Nami must remember to save me."

"It's really troublesome." Nami pretended not to be happy, but after a while she couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, even if I don't save you, that idiot Sanji will definitely To save you."

"Tsk." Alicia clicked her tongue without meaning, "Nami, I'm going to continue practicing my skates. You have to remember to save me."

"I think you should practice swimming first, right? Hey, Alicia!"

An hour later, except for Nami and Alicia, who were still studying their new toys at sea, everyone else had returned to the Merry. Sanji was shouting on the deck to start dinner. Nami and Alicia returned to the shore one after another.

"What are you doing? It's lunch time." Nami glanced at Alicia who was lying motionless on the beach in confusion.

"I'm so tired. I'm exhausted. I need a rest."

"Then I'm going back to the ship first. Come here quickly, otherwise Luffy will eat all the food."

"Yeah." Alicia waved her hands casually and put her arms behind her head while listening to the sound of the waves. Her breathing rose and fell with the crashing waves, and her consciousness was gradually swallowed up by sleep.

"Near the Lubuni Kingdom,

One morning last July,

A cute girl came to an unknown seaside town.

She smiled slightly as she passed by,

From the North Sea Harbor to the Great Line Terminal,

From Lubuni to Fishman Island,

There has never been such a girl,

She looked so lovely,

I started to feel restless,

In order to see her, I searched everywhere,

I'm searching everywhere... (Adapted from the traditional Irish ballad "Star of the County Down")"

In her sleep, Alicia heard a man singing from a distant place. The waves pushed her closer to the place where the singing came. Soon, she almost saw the man's face. Who was it? Who is singing? She opened her eyes, and the singing and the man in her dream turned into foam.

Alicia rubbed her eyes and sat up, only to realize that she was covered with a shirt.

"Are you awake?" The owner of the shirt sat next to her and looked at her with a smile. "Don't fall asleep in a place like this next time. You will get sick, little Alicia."

"Sanji?" Alicia blinked slowly, "By the way, lunch. Ah, are you here to call me for lunch?"

"No, I actually have something to tell you." Sanji shook his head and lit a cigarette. Alicia paused as she stood up, probably guessing what Sanji wanted to say to her, and sat back down again.

The two sat quietly on the beach, and from time to time they could hear the noise coming from the Meili. Looking at the waves that never tire of rising and falling, Sanji slowly exhaled a puff of smoke.

"Are you mad at me?"

"Yeah." Alicia had no intention of denying it.

"...I don't know the reason for your anger, but I'm sorry for making you angry."

"Thanks, I'm even angrier now."

"Ah..." Sanji raked his hair in annoyance, his mouth filled with bitterness. "Can you tell me the reason? I've been thinking about it for a long time and can't figure out when it made you angry. I don't want to be hated by little Alicia at all..."

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