[One Piece]Nix likes idiots

On the deck, the idle crew members gathered around and chatted.

"Deus, go ask her about her relationship with the captain."

"You look soft and weak...don't tell me that the boss kidnapped her from some restaurant, right?"

"'Since you smashed my ship, use your people to repay it!' Such a development?!"

"The captain not only ate the king's meal, but also abducted the boss's daughter. This is too much!"

"Maybe it was an elopement! Nyx fell in love with the handsome Captain Ace at first sight, but Captain Ace was a pirate and her family didn't agree, so the two had to flee together to the sea!"

"Wow, wow, that's so touching!"

"Do you remember that after she got on the ship, she was still looking in the direction of Rogge Town... Was she homesick? Although she ran away with her boss regardless of her own safety for love, she still couldn't stop missing her home."

"When the captain saw her like this, he hurriedly ran to sweet talk someone to make a promise, but in the blink of an eye he threw her at the stern of the ship and ran away. It was simply the behavior of a scumbag!"

"Scumbag!"

"There is nothing we can do. After all, it was the boss who caused the debt... Listen, we must make Nyx feel as warm as home here in the future!"

"You're right, Sister Nyx, who has left her hometown, cannot be allowed to be bullied by others!"

"Oh!"

Deus, who was pulled by the crew and forced to listen to their stories, twitched the corner of his mouth.

If he hadn't heard Ace mention Nyx before, he might have been led astray by these guys.

At that time, he and Ace were trapped on the uninhabited island of Sixsis. When Ace was chatting with him, he said it would be nice if Nyx was here. It is said that she had a broomstick that could fly in the sky. Using that to fly in the air, you can ignore the special current in the sea.

The name and characteristics matched, and they looked familiar, so this must be the Nyx that Ace mentioned.

But what Ace said is really concerning.

No, probably the neurotic Ace didn't think much about it at all.

Wait... maybe not thinking too much is the scariest thing.

"What are you talking about?" Ace appeared behind them, "Where's Nyx?"

The crew members looked at him accusingly: "I just abandoned her and ran away, and now I think of her, you scumbag!"

Ace: "???"

Deus, who almost blurted out the word "scumbag", cleared his throat and then said: "Bansi took her to the room to put her luggage. Where were you just now?"

"I went fishing." Ace pointed to the two big fish flapping on the deck behind him, "Because I wanted to eat the food cooked by Nyx quickly."

Deus didn't understand his brain circuit: "But didn't we just buy a lot of meat in the warehouse? Do we have to go fishing at this time?"

The crew booed even louder: "Scumbag!"

Ignoring the crew members who were making noises, Ace scratched his face and said, "I ate a lot of dried meat at Nyx's before I came back... so I wanted to change my taste."

The crew's eyes widened: "Captain, you secretly eat dried meat behind our backs! That's too much! You scumbag!!"

Ace smiled brightly: "Nix's cooking is super delicious! Let's eat together then!"

The crew cheered: "The captain is such a wonderful man!"

Deus complained: "You guys have changed too quickly!"

"What have you been shouting about since just now? It's so noisy." Banxi yelled at them from the corridor on the second floor.

"We are discussing dinner. Where is Nix?" Ace compared his hand to a trumpet and shouted towards the second floor, "Hey - Nix -"

Nix walked out of the room: "What's wrong?"

Ace: "I want to eat those two fish——"

Nyx: "Now?"

Ace: "Now——"

Nyx didn't say anything more, walked to the deck, looked at the two fish and pondered for a while, then turned to look at Ace: "That..."

In the eyes of other crew members, Nyx was in trouble with two very large fish.

"What are you doing standing still?" The crew members patted Ace on the head and whispered, "Help move into the kitchen!"

"Ace, it's time to show your manhood!"

Ace: "Huh? But Nyx can move it alone?"

"Didn't you see her look for help?" The crew members shook their heads with hatred, "Captain Ace, you can easily lose her like this."

Ace: Are the consequences so serious? ? ?

Ace, who was confused, walked to Nyx first and picked up two fishes in one hand: "What do you want to say?"

Nix: "...where is the kitchen?"

Ace realized it later and laughed without any guilt: "Hahaha, I seem to have forgotten to tell you. Come with me."

The two walked into the galley one after the other, while the crew watched their backs worriedly.

"What should I do? Captain Ace, this reckless idiot, will definitely lose Nyx's love soon."

"Let's leave the kitchen to the two of them to cultivate their relationship. Let's not go in and disturb them."

"I was thinking, what if...Nix got fed up with the captain's stupid behavior and ran away in anger, wouldn't we have to live a life without a chef and normal meals again?"

This terrifying thought made them shudder.

Especially when they eat the food cooked by Nyx——

"Captain - you must keep Nyx's heart!" they shouted inarticulately as they cried and stuffed food into their mouths.

Ace, who had bulging cheeks, raised his fork and replied in a matter-of-fact tone: "You don't need to tell me that I will do that too!"

Nyx sat next to Ace, holding a bowl and drinking fish soup, listening to their noisy conversation.

The crew members burst into tears: "Captain——" You must behave well!

The next second, Ace dived into the dinner plate.

Nyx's brows furrowed slightly.

Although she rarely cooks by herself in recent years...has her cooking skills deteriorated that much? It actually made Ace eat so bored that he fell asleep?

Seeing Nyx frowning, the crew members woke up Ace in a panic: "Captain——!!!"

Ace woke up with a face full of food.

"Oh, it's so delicious!" Ace sighed after waking up. "It's so delicious that I thought I was dreaming!"

Ace turned his head and looked at Nyx with a smile: "I'm so happy to be able to eat your cooking!"

Nyx relaxed her brows and took out a handkerchief in a funny way: "Wipe your face."

"Oh." Hearing this, Ace moved his face naturally. Nyx was stunned for less than half a second, then she took a handkerchief and wiped Ace's face.

Other crew members who witnessed this scene: Wow——!

Deus was thoughtful: Could it be that these two people are really——?

Bansi, who has not participated in the gossip discussion: Why do these guys have such weird expressions?

After eating and drinking, the crew members consciously shared the work of washing dishes according to the schedule, while the remaining people gathered together to read the navigation charts.

Deus pointed at the chart and said: "We are roughly at this location now. We will reach the entrance of Upside Down Mountain in a short while."

Ace: "Upside Down Mountain?"

Deus, who had consulted a lot of information in advance, replied without thinking: "Yes. It is said that the sea current will flow up to the top of the mountain along the canal on Upside Down Mountain, and then flow down from the top of the mountain into the Grand Line. We must ride on that upward sea current. Only then can we enter the Grand Route.”

Ace became interested: "It sounds quite interesting."

Deus' expression was not relaxed: "But it is also very dangerous. I heard that the entrance is not very wide. If we accidentally hit the mountains on both sides, the ship will definitely be destroyed."

Ace said optimistically: "Deus, you are just too cautious. Relax, you will definitely get through it."

Deus sighed.

Nyx sat aside and listened quietly, and Ace had no intention of asking Nyx.

For Ace, it was good to have someone familiar with the Grand Line around to provide knowledge and experience at any time - but only if that person was not Roger's crew.

They knew each other that they were not yet in a true relationship as crew and captain. Nyx came on board more as a witness.

Ace hopes to prove himself to Nyx, a former member of the Roger Pirates. This made it impossible for him to draw on Nyx's full power without any grudges.

What's more, if he doesn't even have the ability to enter the Grand Line, how can he say that he will definitely surpass Roger?

Nyx also understood this, and her rash intervention would only cause Ace's displeasure. Therefore, she would not take the initiative to provide additional help to Ace unless Ace spoke, or as a last resort.

Just like they agreed.

She would watch him.

But she just stared at him.

The entrance to Upside Down Mountain is just ahead. The climbing current is like the ambition of pirates, moving forward inexorably towards the top——

Ace stood on the bow of the ship with his head held high, looking towards the top of the mountain with undisguised ambition.

"I will definitely surpass the Pirate King."

The light pours down from the top of the mountain, outlines Ace's silhouette, and shines into Nyx's dark pupils.