Chapter 42: The third day of the reward. Is my father not here?
Day 3 of the bounty:
Dadan was worried, but the three brothers, who had never traveled far on the sea before, were excited, even though this ship seemed to be in trouble.
Luffy had gone out to sea with Wendy before, but it was the first time for Sabo and Ace.
Wendy kindly showed him how to sail again. "First, because boats are prone to running aground, we need to install bumpers. I use shell bumpers. If they break, as long as they're not completely damaged, you can repair them with shells. Kelp can also be used as bumpers, but it doesn't offer as much protection as shells... If we can hunt king crabs, the king crab bumpers they drop would be the best! Unfortunately, we can't find Grandma Island, so we don't know where the king crabs are."
Don't Starve is a game that doesn't have a guide for beginners. It's like a sect inheritance where veterans guide new players. It would be very difficult for a complete novice to get started on their own. They would probably have to look for guides while playing and unlock various ways to die.
Therefore, Wendy had no objection to guiding newbies, and was even quite excited about it.
Of course, she is only responsible for speaking, and whether you understand or not is other people's business.
The three people obviously didn't understand much and were still discussing.
"What is a king crab? A crab? Is it edible? Wendy, do you want to hunt crabs?"
"But the crab shell isn't that useful, is it?"
"Besides that... Hey, Wendy, I'm hungry."
"You're getting hungry so fast!"
"What kind of island is Grandma Island? Is it shaped like a grandma? Or is it all grandmas?"
"Grandma Island is an island inhabited by only one old lady," Wendy began to tell the story seriously. "If you ever go out to sea and come across an island inhabited by only one old lady, and that lady's name is Pearl, please tell me."
The world is so vast, she's no longer confident she can find Grandma Island, but she can mobilize the power of the group! Right now, she's more optimistic about Dragon and Law, but these three little ones are also possible. Luffy, a Devil Fruit user, could become her companion and share the map with her in the future.
She was also quite optimistic about Shanks. Although Shanks wasn't a Devil Fruit user, he definitely had teammates. She'd also like to go explore the map... Of course, she'd still have to select her friends. Ryuya had reminded her several times not to give away hearts casually.
Wendy's simple outfit with the three little ones made everyone nervous, thinking they were in distress. Even if a pirate ship passed by, they had no desire to rob them - they looked like a group of four in distress, and they were completely broke. Robbery would make them feel like they would lose money.
However, the four of them did not have any self-awareness. Even when they encountered the pirate ship, the three of them picked up the weapons distributed by Wendy and stood ready, as if they were going to protect Wendy.
It was also thanks to the pirate group that passed by that they did not attack them, otherwise when Wendy released Abigail, it would have been a story of the whole group being wiped out.
They didn't have to worry about food. Wendy built a refrigerator on the boat and stuffed it with food, which was enough for several people.
Sometimes when they encountered a school of fish, she would call out to Abigail to kill a wave, and then the three little ones would go and pick up the meat.
At night, Wendy built a fire and warmed herself there. She didn't need to sleep, but the three children did. Wendy thought they were a nuisance, but she still set up a tent on their prototype raft so the three of them could take turns sleeping.
It was raining during the trip, so Wendy put on her raincoat. The three kids didn't have umbrellas, so they just held up wooden planks to shelter from the rain. Fortunately, resting in the tent reduced the humidity, so we went in wet and came out dry and refreshed.
Perhaps because they were young and had seen many of Wendy's magical skills, the three little ones were just amazed at these things they had never seen before.
"Is this the Famine Fruit? It feels so powerful! It can do everything except fighting!" Ace sighed, looking at Luffy and couldn't help but complain, "In comparison, Luffy, your devil fruit ability seems very weak. It can only stretch your body and tie knots."
"I will develop a useful method!" Luffy said with an unhappy look on his face.
"I'm very strong now because I have the invincible Abigail!" Wendy said proudly.
Ace agreed with this and nodded, "Indeed... Abigail's bounty is already 100 million."
"If we go out to sea on our own in the future, we must raise more than this amount!" Luffy said excitedly, "I want to become the Pirate King! And then I want to be more powerful than Ace and Sabo!"
Sabo reminded him from the other side: "Luffy, you have already lost 50 out of 50 battles."
Luffy was still full of hope: "Because I'm only seven years old! I will grow up!"
Ace complained, "When you grow up, we grow up too, okay?"
Wendy didn't think the children were bragging at all, and was keen to let them paint a rosy picture for her: "Then when you become powerful people, you must give me your capes or hats!"
Luffy nodded with a grin on his straw hat, "Yeah! I already made a promise to Wendy!"
Sabo also touched his top hat: "I don't know what it's for... but if it's what you want, Wendy, I'll give it to you when I become a powerful person!"
Ace frowned and touched his head - in that case... he also went to get a hat, right?
The revolutionary army's ships were not too far away; they stopped at the neighboring Shimotsuki Village for supplies.
It was also because of this that Wendy and the others were able to catch up.
Although……
"Ah, isn't that Wendy?" Ivankov, who was guarding the boat, saw Wendy and his eyes lit up. "You're here too! No wonder Long suddenly left last night... But why did you come here so suddenly... Hmm? Who are these kids?"
Wendy was about to answer, but then she remembered that Dragon didn't seem to have any intention of recognizing Luffy, and Ace's life story was still a secret, so she hummed and said seriously, "I can only tell Dragon."
Ivankov: "......?!?!"
He looked at the three little ones standing in a row beside Wendy, two black-haired children and one blonde child... Could it be...
Ivankov had a vague guess in his heart, but he didn't dare to believe it, but he couldn't help but feel shocked.
"Where's the dragon?" Wendy said, looking around.
"He, he said last night that he had something to do and would leave for a while..." Ivankov's voice became a little vague, and he replied mechanically, "I thought he was going to see you..."
"Huh? I didn't see him!" Wendy asked the three little ones to come forward. "I'm here to send the child off. This is Ivankov, you guys follow him first. Long will probably be back soon."
Luffy, who was holding Wendy, opened his eyes wide: "Is my father not here?"
"They're just not here right now," Wendy said, completely ignoring Ivankov's expression, which looked as if he had left his body. "They've run into some trouble, so they need to stay here for a while... I'll leave a letter for Long later!"
"Wait a minute! Why don't you go to Long's room and wait for him!" Seeing that Wendy wanted to leave a letter and leave, Ivankov, whose mind was full of melodramatic family ethics dramas, immediately stopped him and took her over.
The revolutionary army had grown a little, but many people still remembered Wendy. They greeted her enthusiastically and looked at the three children behind them curiously.
After arriving at Long's room, Wendy treated her friend's home as her own. She naturally put up a wooden sign with the words "Long's Home" written on it, and then began to write a letter there to explain the situation.
But just as she finished writing the letter, Long came back.
In fact, Ivankov was not wrong in his guess. Long went to deal with things related to Wendy - because of Abigail.
After seeing the bounty on Abigail, he felt a little worried about Wendy. When he evacuated, he had deliberately waited for the navy to see him, hoping to shift the problem to himself... Now it seems that those who were knocked down by Abigail did see Abigail.
I can only say that it’s a good thing that Wendy wasn’t involved.
But Wendy was gentler than he'd imagined... Those people were only in a deep coma, not dead. Long, unaware that the game's protection mechanism had activated, sighed inwardly, feeling somewhat relieved.
After he cleaned up the mess and attracted the navy's attention and hatred, he came back to see four more people in his room.
dragon:"……"
He could understand Wendy showing up here... He could understand Wendy bringing Luffy with her... Why were there two more?
"Long, you're back." Wendy greeted happily, and then felt that her letter should not be wasted, so she directly handed the letter she had just written to Long.
Long took the letter helplessly, opened it and began to read it under the curious gazes of the three children.
After understanding the situation, Long didn't think there was anything wrong with Wendy's decision. As for whether this would cause Garp to return and be shocked to find that his three grandsons were missing, that was not within his consideration.
"I see... They can stay here with me now." After he finished speaking, he looked at the black-haired boy in a straw hat who was looking up at him. He nodded slightly, and his originally tense expression now showed a hint of smile. He called him, "Luffy."
Luffy didn't feel any father-son bond, but he had always been a child who loved to laugh. At this time, he didn't have any resentment towards his father who had abandoned him for many years after he was born. Instead, he smiled widely.
"And there's...Sabo and Ace, right?" Long looked at the other two children.
He had an impression of that blond child... and it turned out to be a noble child of the Goa Kingdom. However, it was rare for a noble to have such thoughts and compassion.
As for the other black-haired boy... he really didn't expect that the posthumous son of Pirate King Roger would be taken in by his father.
Under his gaze, Ace, who was already serious, became even more tense. "If it's troublesome for me to stay here, I can leave. As long as Luffy and Sabo are okay..."
Luffy immediately quit: "Why does Ace want to leave? I don't want to! If Ace wants to leave, I'll leave too!"
Sabo also frowned, "If you don't stay, Ace, I'll come with you! We are brothers, aren't we?"
Wendy raised her hand at this time and said, "If Ace gets into trouble staying here, he can come with me to farm! And then become my child!"
...Why is Wendy so obsessed with having a child? Is it for farming? — Long Du was puzzled, but he interrupted them: "I told you, they can all stay. There's no problem with me. And they can learn a lot from me. Don't worry, after the Goa Kingdom's navy leaves, I will send them back to Windmill Village before leaving the East China Sea."
He would not take them away directly, because the path he took was not suitable for everyone, and these children should think for themselves and choose the path they want to take. Even if one of them is his own son.
Wendy felt a little regretful - she thought she could take Ace with her... But forget it, Ace didn't have a devil fruit, so he couldn't be her partner, and she didn't adopt a mod, so she couldn't take Ace with her to travel through time with the wooden sign.
After sending the three children away, she said goodbye to Long, and then simply teleported away using a wooden sign, completely ignoring the reluctant looks of the three children.
Of course, after she disappeared, the three little ones' expressions turned into shock.
Long sighed helplessly again, resigned himself to cleaning up the mess, and began to explain to the three little ones the importance of not telling others about Wendy's magical powers. At the same time, Wendy returned to the Monkey family, left another letter for Garp, and then continued to move towards her goal of building a family.
This time, she successfully spent a day and arrived at her previously planned destination - Kraikana Island.
Wendy docked the boat and went up to the island with her walking stick.
The island had a somewhat eerie atmosphere, with dense forests and some ruins of former kingdoms. She moved among the ruins, inspecting the terrain and was quite satisfied.
"There are still quite a few weapons..." She looked at the corpses over there, curiously moving closer. She put away her walking stick and instead picked up the fallen spear, ready to see if it was any different from the one she had made. However, she didn't notice that while she was moving, hidden in the shadows... those long-haired baboons with glowing eyes were staring at her secretly.
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Author's words: A new map has been opened! We all know who we are about to encounter [Rookie]
ASL is boarding with the Revolutionary Army! But they'll eventually return to Windmill Village! Sabo won't lose his memory this time, but everyone will say goodbye and go their separate ways! [Sunglasses]
But after ASL, everyone is used to traveling on simple boats (X). I was also like this when I was a child (X)
PS: No more updates tomorrow! See you tonight! [shy]
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