Luffy and Merry are fighting
Those people were shocked by Beckmann's momentum and were so scared that they fled away crawling.
"Ah, you're...a customer of our store," Makino said, recognizing Beckman. A hint of surprise and gratitude flashed across her face. "Thank you so much for what you did just now."
The voice of thanks was light and soft, full of sincerity, so gentle that one could not help but think of the warm sun shining through the clouds in winter, or the clear spring gurgling through the mountains in summer, which instantly comforted the listener's body and mind.
Having just escaped from such a dangerous situation, Makino was still breathing a little hard, but his mood seemed unaffected.
Those dark and bright eyes, reflected by the starlight, were coated with a layer of lustrous halo, as quiet as the first melting spring water, revealing endless warmth, making people unable to help but indulge in it.
Beckman's heart trembled slightly, as if a stone had quietly fallen into the calm lake of his heart, causing ripples.
During his journey, he had met all kinds of women, gentle women, indifferent women, wild women, women with clear likes and dislikes... But this was the first time he had met a woman like Makino, who was both gentle and tough, with such a unique and contradictory temperament.
Although she has a very gentle appearance, she displays shocking tenacity and courage when faced with danger. The two completely different temperaments are perfectly integrated in her.
How interesting!
"You're welcome." Beckman's eyes were as dark as a deep well, without any light and deep, and he didn't easily reveal any emotion. "Just call me Beckman."
"Ah, okay," Makino smiled brightly, his face full of sincerity. "Thank you, Mr. Beckman."
Beckman's lips curled up slightly, but he couldn't help but chuckle.
After all, it was the first day we met, so it would take some time for us to call each other by name.
Never mind. He will be staying in Windmill Village for a while anyway. No rush. Just take your time.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
The back door of the bar was wide open. Shanks and others heard the noise outside and rushed out anxiously.
"Makino, are you okay?"
"Did Beckman bully you?"
"Hey, am I the kind of person who would bully a lady casually?"
"Hahaha, I'm fine. Thanks to Mr. Beckman for his help. Thank you all for your concern."
"Hey, boss, don't be so polite."
"I'm glad you're okay."
the next day
Merry and Uta followed Shanks and came to Makino's bar early in the morning.
Makino was busy packing up. Seeing them, he smiled in surprise: "Hey, why are you here so early?"
Shanks scratched his head and said, "Ah, yeah, there's nothing else to do anyway, and besides, the wine you have here is delicious."
"Milk tastes good too," Merry nodded in agreement and asked with concern, "Makino, does your foot still hurt?"
Makino stretched out his foot and stomped it on the spot. "Thanks to you, my foot is completely swollen and doesn't hurt at all. What would you like to drink?"
"I'm so glad you're okay."
"Give me a glass of milk, please."
Merry, Uta and Shanks sat down at the bar very familiarly.
"Okay," Makino walked into the bar and opened the wine cabinet. "We still have juice today. Would Meli and Uta like some juice?"
"Yes!" Meli and Uta nodded in unison.
Shanks's eyes unconsciously fell on the busy Makino.
The sunlight from outside the window just happened to shine in, and the soft light outlined Makino's slender figure, and her whole body exuded a gentle and charming glow.
Shanks couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, his eyes were a little dazed, and it felt like a deer was pounding in his chest. His thoughts became messy, and his mind was full of Makino's figure.
Yesterday he could say that his heartbeat quickened because he was bumped into, they were too close, and he was too panicked and embarrassed. But why did his heartbeat quicken today just by looking at her?
This feeling was so unfamiliar that Shanks felt a little overwhelmed.
He subconsciously touched his chest and frowned in confusion: Is he sick? When I get back, I'll go ask the local.
"Mr. Shanks, are you feeling unwell?"
Makino's gentle voice interrupted Shanks's thoughts, and he quickly covered it up: "Ah, no, I'm in good health."
"Really?" Makino stood behind the bar, leaned slightly, and stared at Shanks seriously for several seconds before smiling softly and placing a glass of fruit wine on the bar.
"It's not good to drink alcohol so early in the morning, so I got you a fruit wine with a lower alcohol content."
Shanks felt his cheeks burning hot and his chest heaving wildly. He tried his best to suppress the throbbing in his heart and pretended to be calm as he took the wine glass.
"That's very thoughtful of you. Fruit wine is also very nice in the morning."
"When Shanks wants to drink, he doesn't care whether it's morning or night." Uta mercilessly exposed his father's secrets.
Merry nodded in agreement. "That's right. That's right."
"Ahahaha, drifting on the sea is not a good habit to get used to." Shanks laughed dryly to cover it up.
The door of the bar was suddenly pushed open, and Luffy appeared at the door, successfully saving Shanks from embarrassment.
Seeing Luffy, Merry's eyes lit up and she jumped off the stool, happily preparing to greet him.
"It's you pirates!" Luffy stared at Shanks with a serious look, his hands on his hips, "I'm warning you, this place is under my protection, don't cause any trouble here."
After being warned by little Luffy again, Shanks couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Makino was stunned for a moment, and only then did she realize that Shanks and the others were actually pirates. A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
However, the person in front of me who was laughing heartily didn't look like a bad person at all.
Besides, she had received help twice yesterday.
Makino regained his composure and quickly took out a glass of juice: "Luffy, would you like some juice?"
"Ah, okay." Luffy was immediately attracted by the juice and smiled brightly.
However, that smile froze again when he saw the octopus mermaid under the bar.
Yesterday at the dock, Luffy didn't see Merry's lower body because of the ship's side blocking his view.
And now, he opened his eyes wide in surprise, with an incredible look on his face.
Merry met Luffy's gaze and was very excited. The captain finally saw me!
She squirmed forward and extended her hand in a friendly manner, "Are you Luffy? Hello, I'm Merry."
Luffy is still a little kid who doesn't know what politeness is... However, it seems that he doesn't know politeness much after growing up...
The impolite little kid didn't shake hands with Meli. Instead, he squatted down, curiously grabbed the octopus's tentacles, and started pulling them vigorously. "Amazing! How come your feet look like octopus legs?"
The octopus felt a pain in its tentacle and waved it away reflexively.
"Bang!"
The force of this swing was so strong that it sent Luffy flying and crashing into the wall.
"Oh my God!" Makino came out from behind the bar in a panic, "Luffy, are you okay?"
"I'll be fine!" Luffy suddenly jumped up, waving his fists, and rushed towards Merry fiercely, "My fists are as powerful as bullets!"
Under attack, Meli subconsciously raised his octopus tentacles and fought back flexibly.
Luffy was once again blown away by the tentacles. He stood up unwillingly and rushed forward again.
"Ahhh! Come again!"
Eh?
Hey!
Merry was completely bewildered. Why was he suddenly fighting with Luffy?!
"Hey, hey, stop it. I don't want to fight with you."
Merry tried to stop Luffy, but Luffy didn't listen at all and continued to rush forward with his fists, and then continued to be beaten away.
"Ahhh, you bastard!!!"
Merry's tentacles are very flexible and strong, and her attacks are powerful, but they are still far inferior to Garp's iron fist.
Although Luffy was screaming in pain from being beaten, he was actually not seriously injured and fought back without any hesitation.
However, Luffy's attacks almost never hit Merry.
"Stop fighting!" Makino was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, his face full of worry, "Just stop it now!"
However, she was just an ordinary person, and faced with Meli's fierce counterattack, she had no way to stop it.
"Come on! Meli is awesome!" Uta watched the fun and cheered, hoping for chaos. "Keep beating him!"
"I'm talking to you two!" Shanks finally couldn't stand it anymore. He walked forward, grabbed a child with each hand, and lifted them both up.
"Aa ...
Shanks looked helpless: "You little brats, if you want to fight, at least look at the place! Look at what you've done to Makino's shop."
The bar was in a mess, with tables and chairs toppled over and scattered all over the place.
"Wow!" Merry saw the miserable state of the bar and quickly bowed his head to apologize: "I'm sorry! Makino! I didn't mean it."
"It's okay, as long as you two are not hurt." Makino was holding a glass of juice in his hand. "Would you like some juice?"
"Oh, thank you." Luffy forgot about struggling as soon as he saw the juice. He happily took the juice and threw the fight just now out of his mind.
Brats! Shanks put the two little guys down and turned to help clean up the mess in the store.
Seeing Luffy happily drinking juice, Merry couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"You bastard, what are you laughing at?" Luffy glared at Merry, still a little unconvinced.
"Nothing, I just thought it was cute." Meli turned around with a smile and joined in helping to clean up.
"Huh? What's cute?" Luffy muttered twice and continued to gulp his juice.
Looking at the messy bar, Luffy hesitated for a moment and walked forward to help.
He propped up a tilted chair while staring at Merry's octopus tentacles: "Are your octopus legs edible?"
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