[Pirates] Retired Knight's Logbook

【One hundred and twenty-six】

Andrea was shocked by her friend's unprecedented traveling style. She hurried over and picked up the five cubs one by one on her boat. She gave each of the five people a chestnut and held them down with the eagle. Eyes apologize.

"Sorry Mihawk! These brats have caused you trouble!" Andrea felt a little ashamed - look at Hawkeye's expression when he saw her just now!

Although nothing could be seen on the surface, they were so familiar, and she noticed that the joy that Hawkeye felt when he saw her was not the joy that he usually felt when he wanted to fight her, but a joy with a sense of relief!

Several children stood in a row obediently, lowered their heads and shouted "I'm sorry, Mihawk\\Mr. Mihawk" in unison. She climbed a tree. In other words, Luo has a more reserved personality, is also the oldest, and behaves better.

Andrea picked up Sabo and Ace was hanging on her left shoulder. Luffy immediately followed suit and occupied his right shoulder.

Andrea first rubbed Sabo's head and asked a few questions with concern.

Sabo answered them one by one obediently. Andrea, who confirmed that he was fine and had no sequelae, breathed a sigh of relief. She patted Luo's head again, praised him, and stroked Bebo's fur very smoothly. , felt something was wrong, and touched a few more hands, and asked with a confused look: "Why do you feel something is different in your hand? What's wrong with Beibo recently?"

The expressions of the five children, including Beibo, instantly became a little nervous, and they looked extremely guilty.

Andrea narrowed her eyes and decided to torture the little ones later. She let the two little ones on her shoulders go down first and went over to talk to Hawkeye - she also wanted to thank them for helping her take care of the children... Although It seems that he himself is not willing to do it.

She didn't know how these unlucky children convinced Hawkeye to bring them here to find her... But just using her imagination, she could tell that Hawkeye must have suffered some kind of unreasonable disaster.

After learning about Hawkeye's reason for looking for her, Andrea generously said that it would be better to have a fight on the next uninhabited island - uninhabited islands are the most convenient, and they can fight as much as they want without worrying about damaging public property.

This was exactly what Hawkeye wanted, and he happily agreed.

But at the same time, he still asked his own question: "Luo is your disciple...who is that rubber boy? His straw hat belongs to Shanks, right?"

Faced with Hawkeye's subtle questioning of "When did my two little friends secretly give birth to a child behind my back?" Andrea waved her hands expressionlessly: "Not at all! That child is an unfamiliar one. The elders forced it on me! When I was young, I played with Ace and the others and saw them calling me mom, so I started calling me mom, and I have been calling her mom ever since."

Eagle Eye: "..." Does his friend have a physique that makes him vulnerable?

Andrea didn't know that she was being pitied by her best friend, and that night she grabbed several children and gave them a scolding. They talked about everything from Sabo's incident to Bebo's fur, to the fact that they had to follow Hawkeye out to sea to find her.

Although the children obeyed the instructions obediently, they were not intimidated by it. Instead, they stuck to her as soon as she stopped talking. Even Luo, who was never clingy, stood closer.

Andrea also understood why they were like this, and her expression was a little helpless. After sighing, she did not reprimand, but instead asked curiously: "How did you get Mihawk to agree to take you with him?"

Although Hawkeye is actually a casual person who doesn't care much about many things, this time...

"We just begged Mihawk to let us follow him!" Ace said with a smile. As the culprit, he seemed to have no clue about Hawkeye's suffering.

Luo remembered their "following" behavior at that time, and his expression changed slightly. He looked away and nodded guiltily in agreement.

Andrea probably understood—these kids had a way of stalking each other. For her sake, Hawkeye couldn't really kill the child, so he finally compromised.

...I always feel more sorry for my best friend.

Feeling guilty, Andrea enthusiastically invited Hawkeye to have dinner with her, as a way of making amends to a few unlucky children.

And that night, Andrea, who was pestered by several children, briefly talked about how she attacked the Celestial Dragons and how she escaped from the admiral's pursuit, and then began to put the children to sleep. After a group of people got excited, they relaxed and relaxed. In addition, it was time for bed at this time. After a few words of coaxing, they all lay down together. Not to mention other things, the sleep quality of this group of people was really good.

Several children were sleeping swaying next to them. Andrea's face softened and she took a small blanket to cover a group of children.

After staring at their sleeping faces for a moment, she picked up Ace.

Ace opened his eyes drowsily, put his arms around her neck, and said in a troubled tone, "Mom?"

"Ace, wake up." Andrea rubbed the other person's head, "Mommy has something to say to you alone."

【One hundred and twenty-seven】

As soon as Ace heard that he was going to talk alone, he suddenly woke up.

He was a little uneasy and guilty, thinking that this was a separate lecture, and he was trying hard to think of a reason to apologize later - was it because he wanted to seek revenge from the Tianlong people before, but he was not actually strong enough? Or was it that Luo clearly helped them, but he still lost his temper at Luo at that time? Or should I not drag Mihawk out to the sea to cause trouble for others?

Andrea took the child outside the cabin, stood on the deck, put him down, and turned his back to the moonlight.

Ace was racking his brains there, and just when he was about to apologize quickly, he heard his mother say: "I want to tell you something important today... Ace, actually I am not your biological child. Mother."

Ace stood there stunned.

After a few seconds, he clenched his hands, suppressed a word of apology and began to cry loudly: "I'm sorry, mom... don't let me be sent to someone else's house..."

Andrea was stunned for a while before she realized where the child had misunderstood. She couldn't help but feel a little distressed at the same time. She knelt down and reached out to pull the other person into her arms, rubbing his head: "How could I abandon Ace? ?”

Next, Andrea spent a long time explaining that Ace is the child of her sister Lujiu and the Pirate King Roger. After Roger passed away, Lujiu spent a lot of effort to protect Ace. But he was also in poor health and died not long after giving birth to Ace. Then she comes to raise it.

Because of Ace's panic just now, Andrea made a special statement: "Of course, I have always treated you, Ace, as my own child. And Roger is actually not that important. If Ace, you If you want, you can actually regard yourself as the child of me and Sister Lujiu."

Andrea felt that there was nothing wrong with what she said - Lujiu gave birth to Ace, and she took care of Lujiu and raised Ace. In fact, except for the first few minutes, Roger really had nothing to do with this process.

But Ace actually accepted the reality more calmly than Andrea imagined.

Firstly, it’s because although he is actually a bit sensitive by nature, he was raised very well by Andrea, with no lack of love at all. He also has many brothers and false fathers. Another Roger is actually not bad for him. He didn't hate Roger either;

Secondly... In Ace's concept, Andrea's words can be translated like this - you were originally given to my sister Lujiu and Roger by a bird-sending bird. Later, Lujiu died to protect you. He became my child. Or you can think that you were originally sent to Lujiu and me by a child-sending bird.

Seeing that Ace didn't react much, Andrea was relieved, and then told the other party to keep the matter a secret and not to talk about it casually. If anyone wanted to tell someone, ask if she could tell it, and then put the child back to sleep.

Andrea finally finished telling Ace his life story when he was ten years old as planned, and heaved a sigh of relief, feeling that she had done something big. It's much bigger than beating up the Celestial Dragons.

And when Andrea was sitting down to rest, Ace ran over again, sticking to her side as before.

Andrea didn't pay much attention, but after half an hour passed and she found that Ace was still awake, she felt something was wrong.

"What's wrong, Ace? Can't you sleep?"

Ace, who was leaning against her, fell down and lay on her lap, but with his back to her, his expression was hidden, and he just said in a muffled voice: "Mom Leah, then you are still mine. Mom?"

Andrea was startled, then regained her composure and chuckled: "I always will be."

"...Yeah." Ace responded, and after a long time, he asked again, "Mom Leah, was it me who made it hard for you?"

"...How could it be?" Andrea's eyes softened, she put her hands on the other person, pulled him closer to her, and whispered, "As for Ace, you can come to our house, I Both Lujiu and I are grateful."

【One hundred and twenty-eight】

The next day, Ace was back to normal, looking as energetic as ever.

Andrea observed for a while, and after confirming that this was not a show but that he had really recovered, he breathed a sigh of relief and put the matter aside.

And after that... it was naturally her usual appointment time with Hawkeye.

Fighting on an uninhabited island is much more enjoyable than before, because there is no need to worry about the sequelae and the scope of the impact.

Of course, the children couldn't be taken with them, so they were all thrown on the boat, and then a group of people rushed to look at it with binoculars.

Sabo and Ace were okay, after all, it wasn't the first time they met. Luffy and Bebo were shouting when they saw it, and although Luo was very quiet and scolded the people around him to be quiet, it could be seen from his expression that he was actually very excited and fascinated - this was his desire to become stronger. .

A group of people gathered together and watched in muttering. Later, they turned into noisily watching while holding snacks and eating.

The battle lasted until the evening. The two men who had just exchanged swords clinked glasses, drank and chatted in a very friendly atmosphere.

"Your sword energy is getting stronger and stronger, Mihawk."

"You too, your dominance is getting stronger and stronger. It seems that you are not slacking off on weekdays."

"That's natural. For a swordsman, swordsmanship should be deeply rooted in the bone marrow and engraved in the soul."

Hawkeye also agrees with this point - after all, he is a person who can farm, collect vegetables and cook on his daily basis.

You must know that Andrea learned all her vegetable growing skills from Hawkeye. She even ate her dinner first when the two of them came back from hunting and found that these animals were already hungry waiting for them to finish. Finally, it was Hawkeye who went to cook.

The three brothers didn't feel anything about this. Only Luo's eyes were a little shocked and entangled.

Andrea didn't care about this. This kind of interaction was normal for her friendship with Hawkeye. She even gave the seasonings she collected from previous trips to Hawkeye's department. After learning that Hawkeye had stored a lot of spices in his cellar, After the good red wine, he also said that he would go and get it later.

After this, it’s naturally time to return.

As for the dead-end battle between her and Hawkeye reported in the newspaper... Andrea was really curious as to where the newspaper's news came from, and there were actually photos.

The newspaper praised her very highly...but the fact that her status as a swordsman was fully recognized made her quite happy.

After Andrea read it, she put down the newspaper and gave the news bird a piece of French fries for consumption - since the last time she reached an additional deal with the news bird, the news bird was particularly attentive and made a special trip to the first place every time. A newspaper was delivered to her.

And the newspapers containing the news naturally spread to various places.

The sound is actually different in every place.

Some are shocked...

——[Sword Demon and Hawkeye fight... Oh my god! Is this triangle relationship not over? ! So who is the redhead or the eagle eye? 】

There are those who are simply happy...

——[Lea looks very energetic, Dad, you don’t have to worry too much. 】

Some are starting to get nervous...

——[Boss, the relationship between Miss Leia and Hawkeye looks good! 】

——[Hahahaha, that’s natural. 】

——[Boss, aren’t you nervous? 】

——[What is there to be nervous about? It’s better to say that the three of us have a good relationship. 】

At the same time, there are also those who are inspired by this...

——[Zoron, look! There is no winner between Sword Demon and Hawkeye! A female swordsman can also become the best in the world! I will work hard to become the best swordsman in the world! 】

Some feel threatened...

——[Sword Demon... Forget about attacking the Tianlong people. If she makes any other moves later, with such strength, it will be a big trouble. Hawkeye or Sword Demon, one of them must become a Shichibukai. 】

Everyone has different ideas and reactions.

Andrea didn't know all this, and she didn't think about it. She had something more important to worry about now - the future of her children.

Sabo found Andrea and told his detailed experience after being captured and his confusion.

"Mom, I thought pirates were the freest, so I longed to become a pirate before... But now I feel that if I become a pirate, I can only change myself. I don't know what to do..."

Andrea had actually understood these problems of Sabo for a long time and knew that he would experience them sooner or later. I just didn't expect that he would start thinking about it so early.

She listened quietly. After listening to his words, she reached out and stroked the other person's little head, and whispered softly: "You actually have two choices. One is to take the path of the nobility and change the nobility from top to bottom. Change. Another one is to follow the path of the revolutionary army, break everything and re-write the rules."

Sabo leaned into Andrea's arms and nodded thoughtfully.

After a long silence, he asked: "Then can I join Mr. Long and the others?"

Andrea laughed: "Of course."

"But I don't want to leave everyone."

"Then just as we agreed before, wait until you grow up and leave after your 17th birthday."

Sabo's doubts were cleared, and it was the next one's turn.

"Mom, I don't want to be a bounty hunter anymore. But I don't really want to be a pirate either..." Ace nestled in Andrea's arms, lying on his back, telling his troubles, " Sabo wants to go to the Revolutionary Army, right? I originally wanted to be freer and learn from you, Mom. But Mom, you are no longer a bounty hunter, and I don’t want to deal with the Navy. But I don’t want to be a pirate, either. Fei actually wants to be the Pirate King...Although Roger is my biological father, and I think his experience is quite interesting, I prefer my mother and don’t want to imitate him.”

Perhaps because Sabo and Luffy took different paths, Ace did not have the same ideas as his brothers. Instead, he wanted to be independent and choose something else.

Andrea patted his head and replied patiently: "Then Ace, you can actually be a simple adventurer. When you are short of money, just rob bad guys. You don't have to catch pirates to fight with them. The navy exchanges bounties. It’s still very free, and you can happily do what you want.”

"Huh? An adventurer? Then I'll be an adventurer!" Ace immediately determined his new goal and became happy again.

As for Luffy...

The little boy wearing a straw hat ran wildly in front of the house, jumping up and down, waving a waste water pipe he picked up from nowhere, and never forgetting to shout: "Mom! I want to become the Pirate King——! Find the legendary Nepiece——!”

Andrea, who was sitting under the shade of a tree, didn't even raise her head. She took a sip from her tea cup, turned over the newspaper in her hand and read the comic strip on it. She responded to this sentence in a calm tone, which she had heard no less than ten times. Declaration, perfunctory: "Okay, okay, come on, my dear."