[Pirates] Retired Knight's Logbook

【sixteen】

Naturally, Portcas D. Luju did not become fat, but became pregnant.

It's just that this child... is a posthumous child, and the child's father is Gol D. Roger who was executed before.

After Andrea learned about this, she drew her sword angrily and wanted to kill Roger again.

At this moment, she really regretted leaving like that. If she had known this, she might as well have stayed here...

But when she inquired carefully and found out that Lu Jiu was really in love with the other party, she was so heartbroken that she might as well leave.

She would be depressed if she stayed here to watch this love that she absolutely disapproved of but could not oppose.

But... if this happens, there will be a big problem - the World Government will never let Roger's bloodline stay in this world.

This is why so many people suddenly came to the island, all here to investigate.

The deal was done, and what had happened could not be undone. Andrea took a few deep breaths, and then angrily took her sword to the woods to vent her anger before she returned to normal and came back.

"I will protect you." She looked at Lujiu and said.

"Lujiu, I will protect you and the child in your belly."

【Seventeen】

Although Andrea is very strong and confident in her own strength... it is not easy to protect Lujiu.

Because what she has to fight is not a single person, or even hundreds of people, but a huge power machine.

But what gave Andrea some comfort was that a Vice Admiral named Garp came to the door and told them that he was entrusted by Roger before his death to protect his wife and children.

Andrea was highly vigilant about this and was ready to kill Garp and run away with Lujiu at any time if something was wrong.

Fortunately, Garp seemed to be really on their side, and he breathed a sigh of relief after learning that Andrea was Lujiu's sister: "If I have the protection of Sword Demon, I can feel more at ease."

Lujiu looked at Andrea curiously: "Sword Demon?"

Andrea: "...just some nicknames that are not worth mentioning."

Although he had only been out for a short time, with his superb sword skills and strength, as well as his ability to capture a large number of pirates in a short period of time in exchange for bounties, it was impossible for the Navy not to remember the name of this rookie bounty hunter.

The arrival of Garp also relieved Andrea a lot of pressure - after all, there was someone on the official side who was easy to talk to and could reveal information to her.

She even got angry with Capon - because the Navy took away all the fetuses of pregnant women during this period, just in case... so she would take Lujiu's baby before it was born. Lujiu leaves.

When the time comes, Garp responds, and they split into two groups at sea. Andrea leads away the navy, and Garp takes away Lujiu.

The two of them planned for a while, and Andrea also made plans for possible problems one by one... But this day never came.

Andrea estimated that the child in Lujiu's belly was already over ten months old, but had not yet been born. There were premature babies, and naturally there were also late babies. At this time, she wasn't too worried, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief - the longer the time went by, the more relieved the Navy would be and the more relaxed its troops would be.

However, when twelve months passed, Andrea felt something was wrong - had the child stayed here for too long?

"Lujiu...is it really okay?"

"It doesn't matter." The blond woman sat leaning on the bed, lowered her head with a smile, stretched out her hand to touch her belly, and whispered, "Good boy, it's not okay yet, wait a little longer, wait a little longer."

"...Lujiu!" Realizing Lujiu's intention, Andrea became a little anxious, "If this happens, both the child and you will be in danger..."

"No, Leah. This is the way for me and my child to get the greatest chance of survival." Lujiu looked up at her with a calm expression, "Lia, you should understand."

Andrea wanted to say that she didn't understand, but unfortunately, she also understood that if Lujiu's approach was the best, it would indeed have the best effect - this child could completely conceal his true identity, instead of starting from birth. From the beginning, he faced the fate of being hunted and on the run.

Lu Jiu smiled: "He also discussed it with me before. If it's a girl, he'll be called An. If he's a boy, he'll be called Ace."

Andrea walked to her side, stood and looked at her: "In that case... I will be this child's aunt. I will play with the child and take good care of it."

"In this case, I'll leave it to you." Lujiu took out the button Andrea gave her at that time and smiled, "It's a deal, Leah."

"...Well." Andrea took the button and said seriously, "I can't guarantee that I will treat the child as my own. After all, I have never taken care of a child... but I can guarantee that I will not let him because of him. He grew up shrouded in shadow because of his life experience. Your child can choose the path he wants to take in the future, whether he wants to go to sea and become the pirate king, or he wants to stay on the island and become a baker."

Lu Jiu looked at her with gentle eyes. She stretched out her hand to hold the black-haired girl's hand, brought it over and placed it on her belly. She lowered her eyes and smiled and said, "Did you hear what your Aunt Lia said? You want to grow up happily." Big, be the person you want to be."

【eighteen】

After twenty months of pregnancy, the child was finally born.

Because of the timing of the pregnancy, the possibility of Roger's posthumous pregnancy was ruled out. The navy had already evacuated and it was already a safe environment.

However, Lujiu died due to dystocia.

This is actually normal. Rather, Lujiu and Ace have worked very hard to achieve this.

——Yes, this is a boy, and his name is Ace.

Lu Jiu took one last look at the child, hugged him and blessed him gently, then handed the child to Andrea and closed her eyes forever.

Andrea held the baby and cried with the baby in her arms. After she finished crying, she remembered that the child was still young, and hurriedly went to find milk for the child. Fortunately, she had received special emergency training to take care of the child and listened to Lujiu's instructions.

She quietly held a funeral for Lujiu. Because the pregnancy was kept secret, Lujiu rarely went out to see other people. Andrea and Garp took care of the funeral.

There were only three attendees at the funeral, Garp, Andrea, and little Ace in her arms.

In addition to Ace's arrangement, Garp and Andrea also had a brief quarrel and disagreement - Garp wanted to let Ace become a marine, thinking this was the best way to protect him; Andrea Blame him, Lujiu died because she had to make such a choice to protect her children because of the force of the Navy. How could Ace enter the authority that forced his mother to death and executed his father! This is so insulting!

The two had their own opinions, but in the end Andrea was the winner - after all, she was a serious relative and had Lujiu's instructions.

Compared to Roger, Lujiu naturally has more power to make arrangements for Ace's future.

Especially when Andrea asked Garp how he planned to take Ace away, he told him to leave him to a bandit he knew... Andrea was shocked and hugged her little nephew tightly in fear—— Roger, who arranged this? Is this true? !

In short, Andrea firmly rejected Garp, and then started a career of raising children alone.

I have the good upbringing and teachings of the Devonshire family, and I will definitely be able to train Ace into a qualified gentleman! —— Devonshire D. Andrea thought confidently.