Chapter 55: Exploration Day 8 (Deep Water Extra Update x6) Waiting for you and me...
Day 8 of Exploration:
Meanwhile, on the other side, at Mount Korpo, after Wendy returned home, Luffy and Ace were still chatting there.
The two of them were in ASL's small home. Even though Sabo had left temporarily, it was still a home of three.
Luffy seemed very happy about Wendy's return, and was still imagining: "I wonder what kind of ship Wendy will build... The world's best shipbuilder, that sounds impressive."
Seeing Luffy hanging in the tree with a silly smile on his face, Ace reminded him: "Wendy learned shipbuilding from the world's best shipbuilder, she is not the world's best shipbuilder."
"That's about right! Wendy is very powerful, so the ship made by Wendy must be very powerful too!" Luffy has a blind confidence in Wendy.
Ace agreed with this and nodded.
As for the other thing...
"I just don't know who Wendy's going to marry." Ace also went over and grabbed the trunk, hanging on it. He swung up and sat on the trunk. "Luffy, after Wendy gets married, she might not come to visit us as often as she does now."
"Oh—then I don't want it!" Luffy showed a resistance expression, still thinking, "Then let's go tell Wendy that we want to marry her too, so that we can play with her together!"
"Idiot! I told you, we're still kids, we can't get married!" Ace reminded him. "Besides, if you marry Wendy, you'll have to have children. She loves being a mother so much. There's a good chance she'll die if she gives birth."
Ace knew very well that his mother died after giving birth to him, and his birth led to the death of his loving mother.
Let's not talk about who told him so early and what kind of thinking this incident would cause such a young child. In short, in Ace's concept, having a child is a very scary thing.
It was also because of this that he felt a lingering fear when he heard Luffy say that he was going to marry Wendy - he didn't want to see his brother die!
As for how to have a child or how to give birth to a child, I have no idea.
If you tell him it was sent by the Stork, he will believe it immediately.
Luffy thought about it for a moment, then asked, "Will Wendy have her own children?"
"She said she'd have to ask her partner." Ace thought it made sense. After all, Wendy's partner was the one who was supposed to have the baby. But... if her partner didn't want children...
After thinking for a long time, he finally made a decision.
"Hey, Luffy." Ace grabbed the trunk and jumped down again, dangling from it like Luffy. "If Wendy doesn't have her own child in the future but she wants one... then forget what your father said. Let's go with Sabo and become Wendy's child."
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Long didn't know that his teaching on the children's relationship with relatives was ruined by Wendy's few words. Wendy didn't know whether she already had three older sons in reserve or they were the ones who wanted to be in the position themselves, and it had become a two-way race.
She is currently being questioned by Hawkeye.
"Do you know Shanks? How did you know him?" Hawkeye asked.
Normally a quiet person who didn't like asking questions, he couldn't help himself this time. Red-Haired Shanks was his best friend, his only friend and his only recognized rival. He'd chosen to accept the World Government's offer to become a Shichibukai because, after Red-Haired Shanks lost his arm, he had no swordsman to spar with. He felt bored, and constantly killing minions was tedious and boring, so he wanted to find a place to settle down... Of course, meeting Wendy was a surprise.
Hawkeye didn't know whether he was now stable or if there was a more unstable factor in his life.
However, it was also because he was familiar with Shanks that he was so surprised that Wendy actually knew Shanks.
Wendy nodded heavily and answered him: "Yeah! Because Shanks and Luffy knew each other, and then I knew him."
Hawkeye had heard the name Luffy before. When he met Shanks before, he excitedly told him that he had met an interesting kid named Luffy... But he didn't expect that Wendy also knew him.
Perhaps because Hawkeye looked confused, Wendy added a little explanation: "Luffy is Uncle Garp's grandson. We met in Windmill Village. I wanted him to be my child, but unfortunately his father wouldn't let me."
Thinking of this, Wendy got a little angry again—but Long had also taken Sabo away! Sabo was supposed to be her child! Sabo had said he could become her child after his biological parents died!
Hawkeye had no idea what was going on in her mind, and he just looked at her speechlessly - if she casually recognized the child, the other party's father would certainly not agree.
But that's not the point. The point is...
"You and Shanks became friends because of Luffy?" Hawkeye asked.
He still noticed the word "friend" that Wendy said.
"Yeah. But he only gave the Pirate King's hat to Luffy and not to me, so we are just ordinary friends." Wendy frowned and defined.
She was still upset about not being able to get the straw hat, which was obviously an important item.
Hawkeye knew that the Pirate King's hat was the straw hat that Shanks wore...but seeing Wendy looking a little angry, he was thinking of another question - is it that Wendy's hobby is to ask people for hats?
"Have you asked many people for hats?" asked Hawkeye.
"No, right now it's just Shanks and you," Wendy replied truthfully, adding, "And you're the only one who gave it to me, Mihawk. You're the best, Mihawk."
After all, the others didn't wear hats, but capes. And Luffy and his friends only reserved hats, they hadn't received them yet.
...This guy's emotions are so direct and simple. — Hawkeye commented internally, not showing it on his face, as he said, "That's not the standard for judging whether a person is good or not."
"Eh?" Wendy was stunned for a moment when she heard that. She walked over and placed her hands on the other man's arm that was resting on the sofa armrest. She stared at him with wide eyes and said with a tone full of confusion, "So, Mihawk, are you going to treat me badly?"
"..." Hawkeye stared at him for a few seconds, then gave up, "I didn't say that either."
"Then I was right." Wendy was happy. She put down the letter in her hand and went back to her room to write the second letter.
She chose Shanks instead of Long first because she knew Long and his group were running around, and she looked at the map and saw that Long and his group had not left the East China Sea yet. She was closer and could go directly to invite them in person - because she could see where her teleportation sign was set.
As for Shanks, she could no longer see him—because the area where Shanks's ship was located was on a map she had not yet opened, so she could only send a letter.
She excitedly wrote the letter and handed it to Hawkeye, asking him to mail it for her.
Looking at the letter she stuffed in, Hawkeye felt a little helpless: "If it's Shanks, his base may not be fixed, and the letter may take a long time to deliver. Is there something urgent?"
"That's not the case...it's okay, just take your time. It will definitely arrive within eight months anyway!"
Upon hearing the deadline, Hawkeye's brows furrowed almost subconsciously. Looking at Wendy's confident expression, he felt more than a bad premonition; it was practically certain that something was going on...
"...Wait a minute, the letters you wrote to them, could they be about the wedding?" After Hawkeye guessed the possibility, he looked at the two letters again and began to feel a headache.
Wendy nodded calmly, looking very understanding. "It's okay. I also said that a wedding is only a possibility. If there is a wedding, then I'll invite you. If not, forget it."
Hawkeye: “…”
He simply couldn't imagine how he would be misunderstood if he helped to send these two letters... Wait, he seemed to have forgotten one thing...
"...Wendy, how many people have you told about the wedding?"
Wendy blinked twice and counted on her fingers. "I told Tom and the others, then told everyone in Windmill Village. Now I'm writing a letter to tell Uncle Garp and Shanks. Finally, I just need to inform my best friend Dragon... Ah, if possible, I also want to go to the North Sea to tell Law. I don't know how Law is doing now."
Hawkeye: “…”
Hawkeye discovered that he had fallen into a misunderstanding before. He mistakenly believed that Wendy had always stayed on this island and had never left, so she was alone with only a ghost sister... Therefore, although Wendy never took his rejection seriously, he did not care too much. He just thought that she would be able to make it work later... right?
But the truth was, Wendy had been out and about, even to the East Sea and the North Sea, and she had quite a few friends... And now, seemingly without her knowing, the news had spread widely...
...Could it be that when Wendy said he would agree in eight months, she meant that as soon as everyone they knew knew about it, it would become a reality?! —Hawkeye admitted that he was a little shocked at that moment.
But before he could figure out how to deal with this matter, there was one very important thing...
"You mean you've already informed the people in Windmill Village?" Hawkeye asked, noticing the blind spot. "When did you go there?"
He didn't think Wendy was lying, because after getting to know her, he already knew that although Wendy's words and actions were a little strange, she was not a liar.
Wendy blinked and smiled, her hands clasped behind her back. Her loose blond hair looked soft and fluffy in the light coming through the window. "You'll know after you marry me!"
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Author's words: Hawkeye finally realized that he was being set up [dog head]
This chapter is Deep Water Extra!
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