Chapter 57: Companion The next day, I want to be with you forever...
Companion Day 2:
Wendy actually meant what she said literally, and she didn't even mean to turn the tables - she believed that the system prompted Hawkeye to become her companion, and that this happened after she said she wanted to marry Hawkeye, which meant that Hawkeye chose to be her companion instead of marrying her.
But she quickly recovered—companions were nice, too! She'd originally wanted to marry Mihawk so they could use their companion abilities together and bond and build a household together... The same thing applies to companions! At best, a marriage mod might give them new abilities!
Now, I can take my time with those fun mods I'm not sure about, and start loading up the Forever Fresh mod I've been wanting! This way, she'll have a guaranteed supply of food at home, and can go from starvation to fullness, and go on long sea adventures—after all, the food in her refrigerator won't rot and can even be restored to freshness. Building a refrigerator on her ship means she can eat for a long time!
Thinking about it this way, this wasn't a bad outcome. And now that she'd discovered that non-Devil Fruit users could become her friends, she had more options!
First of all, she can let Ace become her companion - after all, he is in the main storyline, and she will have to follow the updates and pay attention to him, but he refuses to be his child.
But she hasn't completely given up the idea of letting Ace be her child...Ace and Luffy said before that they would go out to sea when they turned 17, so everything should be fine before going out to sea. She would load the Ever Fresh mod first, and then load the parent-child mod three years later. At that time, Ace would be 14 years old.
Then she could also invite Shanks...but she had to ask him in advance if he could draw her a map. If not, forget it, she could ask the other Pirate King Roger's crew members.
After imagining this, Wendy became cheerful again. She turned around and ran with her walking stick in hand: "In that case, I'll go write another letter to Uncle Garp, Shanks and the others!"
After all, the last letter was all about wedding invitations, and now that they're not getting married, the content naturally needs to be changed... Ah, but in this case, there's no need to write to Uncle Garp, all she needs to do is ask Shanks if he's willing to be her companion.
But this time, she didn't run away and was grabbed by the elbow.
Wendy turned her head in confusion, only to see Hawkeye with a furrowed brow, staring at her with sharp eyes.
After staring at each other for a moment, he asked, "...When did you become someone who cares about what others think?"
Hawkeye is not the type to keep things to himself. He was silent before mostly because Wendy made him not know what to say or how to ask... and he knew that if he said something, it would be ignored, so he simply didn't waste his energy.
But now it is obviously different from before.
For a moment, his original thought came back to his mind - was he really fooled by a little girl?
Wendy blinked, thought for a moment, and replied, "Because marriage requires the consent of both parties. If you don't want to, Mihawk, you can't get married."
Wendy didn't deny what Hawkeye said - after all, players don't need to worry about what others think! They just need to consider the possible side plots!
"Your attitude was not the same as it is now when I denied it before." Hawkeye pointed out.
He'd said many times before that he hadn't agreed to get married, but she'd always seemed so certain... Now, he still didn't understand why she was so certain, or what that "eight months from now" meant... Although, based on her first statement, it should have been more than seven months now...
"Because I realized I was wrong." Wendy said, her tone sounding a little heavy. Then she raised her head and looked at Hawkeye with a puzzled expression, "So, Mihawk, do you want to marry me now?"
Hawkeye was startled and subconsciously loosened his grip on the other person's hand.
Wendy withdrew her hand and stood there waiting for a while. Seeing that Hawkeye did not continue to answer, she turned around and was about to leave...but was caught again.
"Really..." Wendy turned to look at him and sighed, "Mihawk, I don't have time for you right now."
She also had to tell everyone in Windmill Village that the wedding was canceled, and also inform Tom's studio. After all, they might have prepared gifts... She also wanted to see if she could get them without getting married.
...Who is making trouble?
Hawkeye didn't even want to say anything to her about this. He ignored this part and jumped directly to what he wanted to ask: "What about the eight months you mentioned before?"
Wendy stared at him for a long moment, then suddenly asked, "You haven't answered my question yet, Mihawk."
…Sometimes, I feel that she is actually very smart.
But if you do this, it will seem like this guy was just pretending to be stupid.
Hawkeye looked into her eyes without answering, and slowly loosened his grip on her arm.
Wendy turned around and scurried off to her room, leaving a message: "If the marble turns into three books, call me! If I'm not here by then, please put it away for me!"
Marble shrubs need to be harvested in time, because if left alone, they will turn back into a bush after a period of time, and you will have to wait for them to grow again, which is a waste of time.
Hawkeye was still immersed in his own thoughts, and he nodded subconsciously, then realized the key point belatedly - what does "not here" mean?
Hawkeye came to his senses and walked into the castle. After looking around the public area and finding no one, he walked to Wendy's room and knocked on the door. "Wendy?"
There was no response from the room.
Hawkeye understood - she had left after all... Thinking about it, she really had a lot of secrets.
I hadn't questioned the obvious points before because I felt that a relationship between two people needed to maintain distance and boundaries... but now...
[So, Mihawk, do you want to marry me now? ]
Hawkeye frowned, feeling a little irritated for once.
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On the other side, Wendy had already set off again using the teleportation sign - she returned to Windmill Village and ran to the tavern to find Makino.
Makino was a little surprised to see her coming over. He immediately put down the guest he was serving and walked over with a smile on his face: "What's wrong, Wendy?"
"Makino Makino." Wendy ran over and circled around her before stopping. The rose petals on the rose cane in her hand fell to the ground and disappeared.
Makino was still clapping, a look of surprise on his face, praising her like he was coaxing a child, "Is this the new magic trick you learned, Wendy? Amazing! What beautiful flowers!"
"It's not magic, it's a special skin for a walking cane." Wendy raised the rose cane in her hand, then she remembered that she had never shown it to Makino, so she simply took out the cleaning broom and showed it to Makino one by one.
Makino cooperated and exclaimed in amazement, and asked curiously, "Wendy, are you going to perform this at the wedding?"
Wendy had already transformed her walking stick back into rose skin. Holding it in her hand, she shook her head, "No, I came back specifically to tell you this. I was mistaken. There won't be a wedding in eight months."
"...Huh?" Makino was stunned and immediately asked, "What's going on? What do you mean by mistake?"
How could something like this be wrong?!
Wendy explained, "It turns out Mihawk only wanted to be my companion and didn't want to marry me."
Makino: “…”
How could something like this be wrong... Well, since the other person is Wendy, it doesn't seem surprising that she would make a mistake... But Wendy is so cute!
Even though she knew Wendy's personality and guessed that she was most likely responsible for the mistake, Makino still couldn't help but feel the same way every best friend would feel when hearing similar topics. The detailed description was - what is that man pretending to be!
After secretly condemning her, Makino looked at Wendy with some concern: "Then Wendy, you..."
Makino originally wanted to ask Wendy if she was sad and if she minded... but when he saw Wendy waving her walking cane and looking unaffected by the situation, he couldn't bring himself to say it.
Well, in this situation, it's hard to ask questions that have obvious answers.
Wendy: “?”
"...Nothing." Makino sighed and smiled. "Okay, I got it. I'll notify everyone in Windmill Village... When you have your real wedding, Wendy, we'll definitely go there with gifts!"
Wendy only heard the word "gift" and nodded happily: "Okay!"
Wendy, who had received the promise of a gift, happily ran to Mount Korpo to inform another group of people.
Dadan was shocked when he heard this: "What!? He actually doesn't agree?! What's going on? Did you get into trouble?"
"It must be that man's fault!" Ace crossed his arms, his face tense and his brows furrowed. "We should teach him a lesson."
Dadan poured cold water on him mercilessly: "Stop bragging, kid! That's Hawkeye, it's ten years too early for you to say such things!"
Luffy was the happiest person present: "Then Wendy can continue to play with us!"
"I'm still going to build a family with Mihawk. Even though he doesn't want to marry me, he wants to be my companion. We can still live together!" Wendy said over there, "And I'll still get married later!"
After all, the marriage mod looks very interesting.
"Hey - then who are you going to marry, Wendy?" Luffy's face fell at first, and then he began to make a recommendation seriously, "How about Wendy, you marry Shanks?"
Then Garp would be so angry that he would go and fight Red Hair. — Dadan was drinking on the side, complaining in his heart.
Hawkeye is at least one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea recognized by the government, so it's still understandable; as for Red Hair, he's definitely doomed.
Wendy immediately rejected it: "I don't want it. He's obviously not the type to stay at home."
So Hawkeye is the type to stay home? — Dadan was confused and couldn't help but interrupt and ask, "Wait a minute, so... Hawkeye and you live alone together, you build a home together, and you travel together, but he only wants to be your companion and doesn't want to marry you?"
"Yes." Wendy nodded.
Dadan: "..." What is it! It's obvious that you are being deceived by a man!
No, she had to write a letter to Garp! It wasn't that she was worried about Wendy, but she was worried that Garp would get angry with them for not telling him about it earlier.
Wendy's mood was not affected. After giving the notice, she left in a hurry.
But this time, as soon as she teleported back, she saw Hawkeye standing next to the teleportation sign.
She didn't have the idea that no one could enter her room - after all, she basically didn't sleep, and her room was more like a warehouse than a room. Moreover, she had been able to come and go freely in Hawkeye's room for a long time, so she was not hypocritical in this regard.
Therefore, she saw Hawkeye was just stunned for a moment, and then greeted him: "Mihawk, I'm back! I've already told everyone in Windmill Village that it was a misunderstanding!"
"..." Hawkeye stared at her, feeling powerless to refute. He looked at the wooden sign beside him, "So... this sign allows you to go directly through?"
"Well, this is a teleportation sign." Wendy explained it and finally said, "Now that you are my companion, you can use this too."
...Is this also a Devil Fruit ability? Isn't this a bit too broad? If it had this ability, it should have become a well-known legend like the Surgery Fruit. How come I haven't heard of it before? — Hawkeye was puzzled, but this question was not the main point at the moment.
"Wendy, answer me a question." Hawkeye looked at her and said, "The reason you wanted to marry me before was because I wanted to stay on Kraikana Island and build a family with you?"
He deliberately used the words Wendy was accustomed to using to describe the situation, and this was a reason he came up with after careful consideration.
Wendy blinked, seemingly not understanding why he asked that, but nodded honestly, "Yeah."
After she finished speaking, she thought for a moment and added, "Because you are willing to farm with me, Mihawk, I want to be with you forever, so I want to marry you."
"..." Hawkeye stared at her steadily. After a moment, he suddenly chuckled, and the previously stagnant atmosphere finally became a little relaxed.
Even though Wendy couldn't read the atmosphere, she noticed something was amiss. She tilted her head and called out, "Mihawk?"
"Okay, then you can't marry anyone else while we're together."
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The author has something to say: Although Hawkeye is a person with a sense of boundaries, he is not dumb, and he is still a pirate after all [dog head]
PS: It’s time to update again. There will be more updates tomorrow morning!
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