[One Piece] About me, a sea elf running rampant on the sea

Chapter 16 Desert

Say goodbye to Ace, you and your group left [Rape Flower] by boat and arrived at [Yorba]

"Thea, there will be a long stretch of desert to walk next." Weiwei held the bottle in her hand and said to you: "The clothing store does not have sun protection clothing of your size. I'm afraid you will have to stay in the bottle during this period. It’s in.”

You nodded to show understanding.

Of course, even with sun protection clothing, you won't come out of the bottle.

Dried salted fish is not tasty at all.

"So hot--"

Nami takes you onto this land full of yellow sand, and you can clearly feel the temperature of the water in the bottle rising a little.

You can't help but feel entangled. If this continues, you won't be boiled into fish soup, right?

And it’s salted fish soup.

"Wow - what is that?!" Usopp pointed at the creature emerging from the water with wide eyes, "A turtle? Or a seal?"

You heard the reputation and passed by.

"That's the Kung Fu Manatee," Weiwei explained.

Kung Fu Manatee?

You looked at the one that popped up near you and felt that its beady eyes were inexplicably cute.

"Oh——" it barked at you in the bottle.

"Thea, do you understand what it's saying?" Nami asked you.

You shook your head and replied: "They are not the sea king type. The cry I heard is the same as yours."

"Oh--" it barked at you again.

"Well, it seems to want you to come out?" Nami touched her chin.

"?" You felt confused and stuck your tongue out at the manatee through the glass, "I don't want to, it's so hot outside!"

"Oh~~~"

"It said, Thea, you are a coward." Chopper explained.

"Huh?!" You immediately popped your head out of the bottle angrily, and hit the manatee with a [water gun] on its face, sending it flying away.

"What kind of thing is it? How dare you underestimate me?!"

"Wait a minute! Don't beat it!" Weiwei tried to stop it, but it was obviously too late.

The manatee that was swept away ran back from nowhere and clasped its fists in front of you.

"Oh--"

Qiaoba translated: "It says that it has eyes but cannot see Mount Tai. I beg you, Thea, to become its master and take it with you to practice."

"What, really?!" When you heard this, you felt proud and looked at Nami with starry eyes, "Nami, can we raise it?"

"no!!"

Regretfully bidding farewell to Kung Fu Manatee, you began to walk through the desert.

Nami is a girl and it's a bit reluctant to carry a glass bottle, so you were handed over to Luffy who volunteered.

In other words, even if he doesn't volunteer, after losing Rock, Paper, Scissors, he will have to carry all the luggage.

Wait a minute!

You suddenly fell into deep thought.

Is this lady actually a baggage type?

You should have refused the moment you were handed over to Luffy.

Looking at the land getting further and further away from you, you take a deep breath.

Then he jumps out and slaps the cheating bird holding you hard!

"Where do you want to take this lady, you bastard!!!"

Then, the moment the deceiver bird lets go, you jump back into the bottle, cork yourself, and prepare to crash from high altitude.

"Luffy--catch me--!!"

"Huh?" Luffy, who had lost you and your luggage and was being beaten by Nami, Sanji and Usopp, looked up at your voice and widened his eyes.

"Wow! Thea fell from the sky!!"

"Eraser-hook!"

He stretched out his arms and yanked you out of the sky along with several pieces of luggage that had fallen with you.

"Slow down-" you screamed.

"You said - what -?" Luffy shouted, the speed of his hands not slowing down at all.

"She said slow down! Do you want to kill Thea, you bastard!" Nami punched him on the head.

Returning to Nami's hand again, you rubbed the goosebumps on your arms caused by the falling sensation, and said proudly to Sanji:

"Although not everything, I am very powerful, right?"

"Yes~~Miss Thea is so awesome~~amazing~~~" Sanji looked at you with red eyes and praised you with all his strength, "My heart is beating for you!!"

"Hmm~" You puffed out a few bubbles proudly.

When we actually arrived at [Yorba], the scene we saw was desolate, not at all like the oasis Weiwei mentioned.

And ask the old man digging sand on the roadside for directions. The rebels who came here to look for them have disappeared long ago. They are even now near the [Rape Flower] you just left.

So you have traveled thousands of miles across mountains and rivers and crossed the desert to get here in vain?

Although you have not gone through the whole process by yourself, you still feel a little tired.

Just when you want to lie down and take a beauty sleep, Weiwei suddenly recognizes the old man passing by.

Then, she told you a story about Uncle Duoduo and his son Kosha 11 years ago.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" After hearing this, you, who was still drowsy just now, covered your mouth in high spirits to prevent the corners of your mouth from rising too strangely.

Zoro, who was leading you, looked at your appearance and asked speechlessly:

"What's that look on your face?"

You took your hand off with a weird smile on your face:

"Kow, do you have a cp expression?"

night.

You, Usopp and Chopper had a pillow fight for a long time, and were eventually knocked down to sleep by Nami punching you one by one.

midnight.

Perhaps because of the lack of water, you were much more sensitive than usual. The sound coming from outside the door suddenly woke you up.

Looking around, Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Sanji and other habitual snorers were all asleep due to their long journey during the day, and there was no sign of sleepwalking out punching/swinging knives/escaping/kicking.

? Who's out there?

You couldn't help but panic a little.

The desert temperature at night isn't so scalding, and even though it's still dry, you can come out of the bottle normally.

You carefully moved outside and looked through the crack in the door.

There is nothing but pits.

"Whoosh-"

The sudden purring startled you.

You slowly moved towards the pit where the snoring sound came from, and quietly poked your head down.

You were stunned when you saw the scene below.

Uncle Duoduo was covered in dust, holding a small wooden bucket filled with water and a shovel lying next to it, and fell asleep tiredly beside a small spring.

Your brain, which was full of drama just now, calms down.

Human beings are truly amazing creatures.

You paused there quietly for a long time.

For a belief, a promise, and a far-off future, I am willing to spend time and life to wait and strive for the arrival of a miracle.

You control the rare moisture-laden air in the pit and lift Uncle Duoduo up.

Then, move your fingers to let more clear spring water emerge from the ground and pour into the surrounding wooden barrels.

If giving is too much at once, it is charity.

If too many miracles happen, it cannot be called a miracle.

Elves can condescend to walk with humans, but interfering too much is cheap.

In the final analysis, the future of mankind still depends on mankind itself.

So you fill a few buckets, then stop and put everything back into place.

Yes, return to the original state.