Traveler in the Pirate World

Lily walked through the streets and alleys of Rogue Town. The terrain of this town was not flat. Except for the central square and the harbor, most of the houses were terraced houses built on the hillside, forming many chaotic alleys.

Lily walked in it. It started to drizzle. The rain fell along the eaves, and the gutters at the edge of the alley made a dripping sound.

"Senior Luffy, are you really saying that? That's so cool!" A young man with a green cockscomb, two tattoos on the right corner of his eye, and a mouthful of sharp teeth looked at the short, wrinkled tavern owner in front of him with shining eyes.

"Yeah, that guy was very excited after hearing about Roger's situation here!" The old boss' eyes also lit up. "At that time, that guy's eyes were exactly the same as Roger's back then!"

"After all these years, I never thought that I would meet such a guy one day. Roger conquered the sea that no one had ever conquered. So what will this kid conquer? I am looking forward to it. This is also the reason why this tavern that I originally planned to close continues to exist." The old man took a sip of the iced drink in front of him, and when he was about to continue speaking, the door was creaked open.

The old man, Bartolomeo and a group of younger brothers couldn't help but look towards the door. This tavern, which had long been in decline, had a rare increase in new guests recently.

Standing at the door was a girl wearing a peculiarly loose black and white robe and a delicate snow-white mask. She looked at everyone calmly with her beautiful blue eyes, "Excuse me, is this the tavern called Gol D. Roger?"

The girl's voice was sweet to the ears, like the sound of flowing water soothing the heart. Even a somewhat anti-human guy like Bartolomeo showed a rare expression of not getting angry after being disturbed.

"Why, girl, are you also interested in Roger's past?" The thin old man asked Lily with a smile.

Lily casually found an empty table and sat down, looking at the old man and said, "Of course, that's why I came here!"

This was the most purposeful trip Lily had ever taken, and the reason she crossed the entire East China Sea besides thinking that entering the Grand Line via the normal route was more suitable for traveling.

Roger's existence is special to Lily and her siblings. He is Ace's father, the previous Pirate King, and Lily's goal to help Ace heal his wounds. Of course, even if we put aside the relationship between the few people, Roger himself is one of the people who must be understood in this era.

"Haha, little girl, would you like a glass of wine?" The old man laughed. He hadn't been as happy as he was recently in many years, probably about twenty-two years.

Lily shook her head, indicating that she didn't need to. "I prefer stories to wine!"

"So do you like me, your brother?" A ruffian voice came from the side. It was a young man with long purple hair, and his eyes kept looking up and down at Lily's body.

Lily turned her head calmly and looked at the boy's appearance and annoying eyes. Even though she had been stared at like that countless times, Lily still couldn't get used to it.

A chill suddenly rose from under the boy's feet, the biting cold climbed up his body, his screams were blocked by the ice, but in a moment, the boy turned into an ice sculpture.

Bartolomeo was about to explode when he saw Lily looking at him with an unfriendly look. There was coldness in her beautiful eyes, and a sense of oppression weighed heavily on his heart.

Invincible and irresistible, such thoughts involuntarily crept into his mind. For the first time, this gangster boss who ruled 150 streets felt fear.

"He is not dead, but if you have any evil intentions again, things will be different the next moment!" After experiencing the incident with the Taijila wolf, Lily inevitably changed. She killed a sinner of a country that day, and she saw too many evil deeds in those days.

Besides, her mood today was not very good. Most of Bartolomeo's younger brothers were unscrupulous guys. It was a blessing that she didn't die because she happened to offend Lily at this time.

The old man looked at the young girl in surprise. Even with the mask on, her youthfulness was still unstoppable. He never thought that the little girl had such terrifying power.

"Then where should we start?" The old man had probably seen a lot of disturbances in the tavern. Seeing that the conflict between the two sides did not continue, he shook the wine glass in his hand. The sound of the wine shaking and the sound of the ice cubes colliding rang out in the tavern that had temporarily quieted down. The pervasive aroma of the wine seemed to intoxicate the old man's eyes, and there was a bit more reminiscence in his misty eyes.

“Roger grew up here since he was a child. When he was young, he was a well-known strong man in the whole Rogue Town.

At that time, I had just opened this pub not long ago, and the name was not the current Gol D. Roger, but the Deep Alley Tavern, which was a rare literary talent of mine, haha…

I met Roger shortly after that, and he became a regular here. I remember that Roger at that time always wore a straw hat. Hiss... this is somewhat similar to the Straw Hat Kid.

Roger is usually a very easy-going guy, but when he gets really angry, he can be very scary. What he can't accept the most is others insulting and bullying his friends. For this reason, Roger has fought a lot of fights and killed a lot of people.

Later, Luo Jie went to sea and I didn't see him for several years until he appeared here again twenty-six or twenty-seven years ago.

Roger had changed a lot at that time. He was much taller, had a beard, and looked much sloppier. But I could feel that guy had become stronger, very strong, not only physically but also in will. Compared to the boy who was not very mature at the beginning, he had something to stick to.

At that time, Roger always liked to drink here, and during that time he killed several big pirates. He always killed them with a single strike of the sword, which was a bit absurdly powerful.

Until one day a few months later, Roger said, "After this, I plan to take a walk on the Grand Line. I'm so excited!" The next day, he left so calmly. When we heard from him again, he had conquered the Demon Sea, reached the Final Island, and became the Pirate King.

It was also on the day that guy left that I changed the name of this store to Gol D. Roger, not bad, hahaha..." The old man laughed. For him, that was the right thing to do.

“As for the last time I saw Roger, it was in the central square. That man laughed in the face of death. That day he ushered in a new era.

In an era when all pirates lived in seclusion and only knew how to plunder and kill, that man conquered the Demonic Sea that everyone feared.

Compared to those cowardly guys, Roger is different. Treasure? Fame? Power? Hahahaha... No, Roger's real greatness lies in his courage and belief in exploring the unknown, conquering nature, and pursuing his dreams. He is the freest man of that era.

The same is true for the boy who sat here a dozen days ago. I believe he will reach that place and become the new Pirate King, just like Roger did before!"

There seemed to be a light on the old man's face. In this era when most people are oppressed and bound, freedom shines like gold and resistance is as pleasant as singing.

Lily looked at the old man's excited expression. She thought of the Tajira Wolf and what she had seen and heard along the way. Compared to the people who lived under the oppression of the nobles and the powerful, the pirates lived like human beings even though they committed beastly acts. What a sad era!

Lily looked at the old man quietly until his story was completely finished, then she slowly stood up and left.