HEY EVERYBODY! LONG TIME NO SEE! OK, NOW, HEAR ME OUT ONE SEC! I KNOW MY CHAPTERS ARE USUALLY 20K+, BUT I DECIDE TO SPLIT THIS ONE IN HALF! SO YOU GUYS DON'T GET TO OVERWHELM AT THE TIME OF READING IT! I WON'T SPOIL ANYTHING! BUT NEXT CHAPTER IS GONNA BLOW UP YER FUKIN MINDS, MATEYS! NOW IS~...!

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RISING OF THE WHITEBEARD PIRATES

Chapter 3: Banquet after the Journey. PART 1

An overwhelming victory was the fight against the first Wave of Catastrophe, the people of Ryuute thought that their home would end up being eradicated in the process, but it was partially saved by the unexpected intervention of a Party with even more unexpected saviors. Above all, they were surprised to see none other than the Shield Hero himself, Iwatani Naofumi, the most hated man in the kingdom, said feat being made public by the spreaded rumors about his despicable acts against an innocent female adventurer; the villagers saw in complete disbelief how that same young man was giving up his life, getting between them and the monsters army that stormed their village. That same hero who everyone despises, he threw himself to protect them without hesitation, and with genuine feelings, they thanked the hero for his act of bravery.

But…

If there was someone, they really owe their lives ... that'd be…

"GURARARARA~! WHO AM I TO DENY A BANQUET IN MY NAME?! BETTER IF IT'S FREE! HEY, TIN-CAN MAN! IF YOU FINISHED GAWKING, WE HAVE A PARTY AHEAD! WE ARE GONNA MAKE A TOAST!"

That's right, the man who had brought them their courage and bravery back to defend their home, the man who, with whose powerful charisma and entrepreneurial will, swept the floor with the monsters, and encouraged them to fight, to protect those who they love, he, a man of questionable origins, who had returned them their previously extinct fervently flame that shines in their hearts, to protect what they care the most, their home, their loved ones, their motherland, their hopes and dreams.

This man whose name is still unknown to them, they need ... no, they had to know the name of the man who reminded them of the brave feeling of never giving up.

Thus, one of the villagers approached the ridiculously tall adventurer, who was about to depart with his Party to the celebration that lay ahead thanks to their flawless victory.

"I cannot wait to see how many veins will sprout in that Trash King's head, when he knows that the feast will be on your name, Edward" Naofumi laughed to himself waiting for this hilarious event.

"I can't wait either, it will be the first time I attend a party in a Royal Castle" Raphtalia smiled, although she was with high expectation about what kind of food will be for dinner, obviously, her gluttonous attitude was marked in her expression, she looked happy thought.

"I admit it was a flawless victory, perhaps too impeccable, I was hoping for a challenge to the least. I might swallow my words once we dive deeper into that stormy sea, don't you think so, Shield brat?" Edward remarked, although it showed some disappointment in the already mentioned "Wave", he remained equally excited about what will come next.

The Shield Hero laughed a little nervous.

"I just hope it's not something we can't defeat with a shield"

"Or a sword"

"Or earthquakes"

The three looked at each other for a moment, then burst into laughter, that way, with a very friendly atmosphere they set out to march to the castle where the Adventurer's Party was expecting an imminent and, of course, a great feast. And possibly, some unexpected troubles ...

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(ONE PIECE OST - NAKAMA NO SHIRUSHI DA)

"EXCUSE ME!"

The group turned back to spot that responsible for that voice call, they saw it was none other than one of the imperial soldiers of Melromarc, behind him, many of the villagers of Ryuute and some other soldiers, alongside some demi-humans that also seemed to be part of the soldier's platoon.

One of them approached the group, notably looked nervousness and fear on his face.

From Naofumi's group, which obviously the one who took the initiative to start the conversation was Edward, who approached the group with a serious expression but seem quite disinterested too.

"Do you need anything, tin-can man?" The boy in question, who looked like someone very young, perhaps five years younger than him, the soldier got more nervous by the authoritative voice the tall man has.

"W-We are Imperial soldiers and-!"

"I know what you are, so get to the point, don't waste my time brat" Edward's sharp words make the poor boy swallowed hard. However, he steeled himself and let out the words from his chest.

"CA-CAN WE MAKE A TEAM WITH YOU?!"

It was concise and direct, a request which entailed a great responsibility so that Edward had a questioning reaction to the unexpected turn of events.

"A Team you say? Could you explain something to me, kiddo. What do you mean with that of…being a 'team'?" Edward obviously knew what he meant, but He wanted to hear directly from him, depending on the answer, he would consider it.

The boy got nervous once again.

"I'm ... no, we are native soldiers of this village, and all the worst that could happen, we already had accepted the horrible idea that our home could be totally destroyed because of the Wave of Catastrophe ... or so we thought. When we saw the Shield Hero and more specifically, you in combat against the Wave, we had no doubt ... "

Edward showed a little smile knowing full well where this was going, which is off to return to his serious attitude.

"And what did all of you realize?"

The soldier looked at him with a spark in his eyes that was shining strong, with a serious face, he expresses his feelings.

"That, if it is you, then there is no doubt that you will defeat the waves ... AND SO! AT ALL COAST, PLEASE LET US JOIN YOU! WE TOO! WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR HOME, SIR!"

The boy fell on his knees, taking a begging pose, ducking his head on the floor, likewise, the other soldiers did the same, shouting in unison.

"PLEASE ALLOW US TO BE AT YOUR SIDE, SIR!"

Faced with such a view, Naofumi realized he had to intervene, rather than to prevent his partner to end up doing something they might regret.

"Hey, don't get too ahead of yourselves, to begging with, we don't-"

Edward put his hand to stop him.

"Naofumi"

The hero noticed the serious look his partner had and quickly realized that reason with him was a futile attempt, so at the end, he could only sigh and see where this scene will lead.

Edward crossed his arms.

"Lift up your heads, you're shaming yourselves. Aren't you all soldiers, those who sworn to protect this kingdom?" he recriminates them, to which they became reluctant.

"W-What else could we do to prove we're serious?" asked the young soldier, once again proved Edward's dangerous smile on his face.

He pulled a huge bottle of Sake he had tied to his belt. He sat on the floor cross-legged, hitting the base of the bottle on the floor.

"Obviously with an oath of Father and Sons!" The pirate laughed for himself, confusing the soldiers, and causing Naofumi's jaw to gawk a little.

*THIS PIRATE WITH PARENTAL DELUSIONS!* And the hero really was not surprised, but also not going to ignore how quickly can change the moods of the scene, whenever Edward opened his mouth.

Meanwhile, the soldiers were confused.

"An oath ..."

"Of Father and son?"

"What's that? You know about it?"

"No, I've never heard of it before"

"Is it some kind of ritual for slavery?"

The soldiers began to mutter among themselves. "How noisy!" Edward had to shut them up, while serving several cups of Sake, thanks to one of the villager's lady who let him borrow them. "This has nothing to do with slavery! You are oathing me your loyalty and joining my crew! I'm a man of the sea, my life revolved around crossing the wide ocean, not as a hero, or an explorer! I'm a pirate after all, Gurarara~!" even though much of what he said did not give them much sense, the soldiers took their drinks and looked at the young man of ridiculous height, who in his face wore a genuine and friendly smile.

"Aren't you going to ask my name? Or you are telling me that y'all go around swearing your loyalty to strangers?" He laughed, making them feel ashamed for being about to do something so important without presenting first.

"M-My name is Oswald Silius! I am who commands this squad of soldiers, as I said, we are all natives of Ryuute's Village, and we are more than willing to be your sons! W-What is your name, my Lord?"

The pirate laughed to himself, quickly shown an incredibly safe and determined attitude, his strong will evoked a chill down the soldier's spine. For seeing the man staging up in all his imposing glory, clenched his fist at the level of his pecs.

"My name is Edward Newgate! And with this oath. From you drinking the Sons' Cups! We have formed a bond that transcends something as simple as blood ties! Now as my "children" and I as your "Pops"! You all are now officially become the 1st Division of the Whitebeard Pirates! GURARARARA~!"

With this, as Edward drank the Fathers' Cups, the Ryuute soldiers had formed an unbreakable alliance with what they consider the strongest yet most kind man they have ever met.

However, that didn't stop Edward from going even further.

"As the 1st Division, obviously you must have a commander worthy of the title"

This called Oswald's attention. "But I am the commander" at the mention of this, Edward started laughing.

"Don't you go floundering about, you snot-nosed brats! You are nothing but a rookie, you might be a commander for your ability to lead, but you lack strength! Obviously, you will be trained, but right now, y'all need a more capable leader ..." Edward turned to see his friend. "And I know the perfect choice ..." Naofumi didn't like at all the look his friend was giving to him.

"What?"

Location: Melromarc Castle, Royal Chamber.

Although there were many people celebrating and praising the flawless victory, the King Aultcray ... he felt he was going to have a heart attack. When he was told that the Wave leader's head had been completely slayed, he was filled with a sickly pride, thinking that one of his three mighty warriors he had summoned was the protagonist of said heroic feat. The smile faded from his face when he was confirmed to him who had claimed the head of the monster.

(ONE PIECE OST - WE DID IT, PARTY)

*This can't be happening …* the King looked helplessly at the man sitting at the royal table, devouring almost all food from the buffet, and taking liquor and sake as if it was water, while exploding into laughter and joy with other soldiers and members who, for some reason, were seduced by his charisma and stunning free-spirited attitude.

"GURARARARA~! KEEP UP CELEBRATING YER SPOILED BRATS! FOR TODAY WE CELEBRATE A VICTORY AGAINST THOSE PUNY MONSTERS! KAMPAI!" party music enlivened the atmosphere so as to accompany the hyperactive personality of Edward.

"What the hell's wrong with this guy? That's the twelfth pitcher of beer shot! And it looks like he can keep going!"

MUNCH! MUNCH! MUNCH!

"What the hell is wrong with that demi-human girl?! It's a beauty, but she hasn't stopped eating since she came! The empty plates are accumulating and starting to turn into the towers of a castle!"

"Can't…"

FELL

"ONE OF CHEFS FAINTED!"

"I-I need a break ..."

The noble members of the castle saw astonished, the acts that this group of unusual adventurers has committed, the other heroes, especially Itsuki and Ren, wanted to join them, but in view of what has been the situation, they let them keep their little paradise for now.

"What kind of Party is this?!"

"The Shield Hero has only been in one corner watching his Stats, his ability to ignore all of this is amazing too!" Naofumi made the same case ignore its conclusion, mostly because now his hands were busy with something else ... remembering what happened a few hours ago.

"You want me to lead this group of clowns?!" It was what Edward told him when the pirate put him to be the 1st Division's Commander.

"What's wrong with it? It's a good opportunity for you to become independent and start to grow as a leader. Of course, if you're going to brag so much about not wanting to do it, then I'll be the one to take control. Although I had already thought about the logo and name of your fleet. The "Shield Pirates," a boy with your skills, you'd probably already have a good reward on your head, Gurarara~"

Naofumi rubbed his forehead, felt he would get wrinkles.

"Edward, this is not like your world, damn it, the Pirate Era of MY WORLD ended like 300 or 500 years ago from my present time" the hero complained.

"Then it seems like a good time to get those old values back. Anyway, the deal is done, and added them as part of my squad, I'll make sure to train them. Also, we will not have them breathing on our necks all the time. Only when it's time to fight a wave, don't you think that would ease our endeavor? Aside from getting more EXP?"

The hero couldn't give a countermeasure to his reasoning, especially the part of the EXP gain.

"You sound like someone who feels very happy to be in a rotten world like this ... Edward, don't you miss your old world?"

Naofumi's question took him by surprise, however, Naofumi got shocked by what happened next, that he for the first time, saw Edward make a melancholic expression.

"Naofumi, I died in my previous world. Any matter that I may left unfinished is a problem that I should leave to those who are alive. My sons ... they no longer need me, but the new children I have here ... I'll make sure to clear a path for their future, a bright future. Of course, that includes you ... and Raphy ... "

The hero could feel it, the eyes of his friend, those that always have that burst of confidence and cheer, filled with an immense appreciation for the joy of simply enjoying life. Those same eyes, right now, reflected such sadness, regret and deep remorse, and an array of melancholy in his eyes that simply removed any initiative in him to want to continue talking on the subject.

At the end, he could only sigh slightly.

"Sorry, I ... I just ... I ... I didn't wanted…let's just, let's just end this conversation. For now, I'll try to think about it, that command your fleet thing and such ... but ... I-It's not like I will accept it or anything don't you get the wrong idea! " at the end, the pirate laughed to himself.

"As long as you have it in mind…is enough"

That way we return to the present, Naofumi now felt like crap, amid tantrums, finished delving into a rather sensitive topic, unlike him who had been invoked from a library of his world, he could not imagine what could has happened to his companion before finally dying. Whatever the experience he suffered; it was enough to make him feel an incredible aura of sadness around Edward. Right now, the Shield Hero, was mired in guilt.

*What a way to be insensitive Iwatani, really screwed it up this time ... * He looked at the ceiling, despite all the joy around him now, he could not forgive that he has done something so horrible to his companion.

"Lord Naofumi?" he came out of his trance, after realizing that Raphtalia was in front of him with a plate full of sandwiches.

"Oh, Raphtalia ..." he was surprised to see that she had left the buffet. "Did the other chefs fainted as well?" He teased her, making her putting pouts and a small blush on her face. In any case, she offered him a tray of sandwiches and meat sauce, the hero takes it with confidence and flavor it...

"How is it? Isn't this delicious? " She smiled happily seeing her master eating with delight.

"Yes ... this is definitely a high level of cooking... I think that's why Edward is still eating ..." the hero looked him with a small drop down his neck, as the pirate was gulping food and drinking sake.

"It's so unfair~, Lord Edward eats so much and still his body doesn't seem to be get fat. Because of my appetite, I feel I could still continue to eat but I'm worried about my figure... "

The hero took a sip of beer while savoring the chops in wild honey sauce, he began licking his fingers.

"Why don't you just do it? You worked very hard, just go and eat, surely that's what Edward would say" in any case, she was a little embarrassed about having to much freedom, even though she knows table manners, her appetite and glutton's tendencies make her worried.

"D-Do Lord Naofumi ... likes plumpy girls, by chance?" the hero raised an eyebrow in question

"I neither like nor dislike them. You getting a bit fat should not affect your performance in combat" said the hero just as he ate a cream puff.

"I-I told you I'm not fat! I'm just growing, and I think it shows clearly well! "

The hero chuckled

"To me you are still a child who is growing, so do not worry, just eat, and if you can, save some for tomorrow, not every day you get gourmet food"

She nodded, about to go on the attack again.

"As for me, I want to try those ribs with red sauce, they had recently called my attention ..." he could see that he was salivating. "Ah, darn it, I'm starting to look like Edward ... do not know if that's bad or a good thing..." the hero leave his worries for later, and made his way to the buffet table.

"Ah! THERE YOU ARE!"

The appetite of the Shield Hero faded as soon as he hears the annoying voice of a hero with spear.

"STAY RIGHT THERE, NAOFUMI!" the hero did his best not to make a scene, especially since he saw a noble child take the tray gratin ribs, sticking out his tongue to him in the process, when he addressed the Spear Hero, he realized that he also dragged the raccoon girl into the discussion, she had a turkey leg in her mouth.

"What do you want? Don't you know it's rude to bother people when they're eating?"

Motoyasu gritted his teeth.

"I heard about it! I HEARD THAT THE GIRL THAT GOES ALONGSIDE WITH YOU, RAPHTALIA-CHAN! IT'S YOUR SLAVE!" the furious expression of the blond boy was beginning to annoy Naofumi.

The music stopped, the audience was enjoying the party, also left their activities and rushed to the scene that was starring the two legendary heroes in a kind of fight.

"You really want to get this issue now?" Naofumi just grabbed a tray of chops and began eating as if nothing was wrong in the world, causing Motoyasu to rage. "Yes, it is correct, this girl is my slave, got a Problem? And by the way, don't touch her so freely" he started chewing his food. "Hm, this sauce is good, I'll have to ask for the recipe."

As fast as confirmed, the entire audience showed reactions of surprise and disbelief.

"A hero with a slave? How awful ... "

"He said slave?!"

"That vile man ..."

Motoyasu gritted his teeth strongly to the attitude organized so calm her companion.

"Why…you ... PEOPLE DOES NOT BELONG TO ANYONE! WE AS PEOPLE WHO CAME FROM A MORE CIVILIZED WORLD! WE WON'T FORGIVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS!"

Naofumi raised an eyebrow questioningly, as he took another bite of his ribs.

"That's your logic, not mine, plus…Forgive? Forgive what? I have done nothing wrong" he dipped a piece of bread in the sauce to give it seasoning and eat it with the meat. "Dammit, this sauce is good"

A vein gushed in the Spear Hero's forehead.

"YOU BASTARD! THEN LET'S HAVE A DUEL! IF I WIN, YOU'LL LET RAPHTALIA-CHAN GO!"

"Pass."

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"What did you say…?"

The Shield Hero took another bite, talking with his mouth full, top it all off.

"I said I pass; I will not fight you for trying to defend myself from a crime I did not commit. This girl is my slave, because the market is legal, despite their anti-slavery politics, I have seen many slave traders roamed freely in the daylight. So, if you want to blame me for the errors of others and punish me for something they don't even pay, then this country is in a way deeper shit dump than I thought" he finished his speech, sucking his fingers.

Oddly enough, a small part of the audience sympathized with his logic. However, the Spear Hero did not think alike.

"It still remains an illegal and immoral act for people like us! You as the owner of this girl, your monster fiend who had the audacity to pay for having the life of this poor girl at your feet! I CAN'T FORGIVE THAT! AS A HERO! I WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR THAT!"

Motoyasu took his spear with fervor. He was decided to start a fight.

TAP!

A small sound wave echoed in the room. A cane being nailed to the floor, Motoyasu could see a thin circle of smoke rose slowly over him, when he turned to see, there he was, a huge shadowy figure, who was behind him was none other than ... Edward.

"I see that around here, the parties can be easily interrupted by the tantrums of a crybaby" despite the super intimidating aura of the pirate, Motoyasu do not backed down, even though his legs were shaking.

"E-Edward-san, even you must agree that this isn't right! The slavery is not a good thing, I thought you were someone who advocated for everyone's freedom!"

For the public, the Spear Hero made an important point, however, the pirate strongly frowned, had sprouted veins in the arm holding his Bisento. His glaring was making Motoyasu sweat.

"Now Spear Brat, let me ask you something... Do you even know what were Raphy's conditions ... when I found her?"

It was then that the broad blond hero looked shocked, then looked at Raphtalia, which, surprisingly, there were some unconscious guards behind her, with foam coming out of their mouths, it seems they apparently tried to subdue her with ropes and a gag, but were taken down by Edward's power before that could happened.

The demi-human was direct in her words.

"Most of my childhood, I lived with several nobles who tortured me whenever they saw me smile. When Lord Edward appeared that night, I thought I would be sold to another Master who wanted to see me suffer. But it was not it ...and since that time, there is not a single day when I don't feel happy to have been embraced in his arms, the same goes for Lord Naofumi, they are ... my precious family ... "

After listening the sincere words of Raphtalia, the irrational anger that had the Spear Hero faded away slowly. It was then that he felt a weight on his shoulder, he saw that Edward had come, but this time with a more serene expression, but serious.

"It's true, I hate more than anyone the idea of slavery. But if you have the power to turn something so horrible in a way to give that person the opportunity to have a better life. Then you're undoing the hatred other want to spread. That's the only way, you can fight the stupidity that floods this world"

The Spear Hero frowned, slowly pondering at recent statements, however, he addressed Naofumi, who remained silent so far.

"Is it true...that you only wanted to give Raphtalia-chan the life she couldn't have?"

The Shield Hero gave little sigh.

"How many times do I have to say it? Do I really look like some kind of villain out of a seinen manga?"

Motoyasu under the gaze in embarrassment, and then go back to the Shield Hero.

"I'm so-"

"THAT'S NOTHING BUT LIES!"

Quickly the four headed responsible for that call, it was none other than Mein Sophia, coming out from the audience, both Naofumi as Edward frowned at seeing her intervention.

"M-Mein-chan?"

Thus, the red-haired woman approached the Spear Hero fixing her glare on Raphtalia, like she was trying to stabing her with her eyes.

"Obviously this is a trick to aludel you, Lord Motoyasu, after all, everyone knows that the Slave Crest can alter the memories to conform the wishes of their owners. That poor girl is obviously being manipulated to ensure that her masters remain unpunished disputing their well-deserved judgement!"

There was a short silence ...

But the two adventurers had a bizarre synchronicity in their minds, which made them think the same.

*It is impossible that there is someone so stupid to believe that*

Motoyasu's eyes widened in shock

"Are you serious?! Damn it, that was close, they almost managed to fool me! Thanks Mein-chan!" pointed his finger directly at Naofumi. "You sick bastard! It's the last time I let you trying to get away with this! Let's have a duel!"

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Edward, Naofumi and Raphtalia saw with poker faces what just happened.

*IT'S POSSIBLE!*

In any case, the fight was inevitable at this point.

"So, who are you going to fight, between the two of us?" Naofumi question left Motoyasu confused.

"With you obviously! You didn't hear me?! You're the sick fucker who pay to have that girl as your slave!"

Naofumi eyes narrowed.

"It is true, the contract and Slave Crest has my name on it... but ..."

Motoyasu suddenly began to feel an incredibly intimidating aura behind him.

"The person who paid for Raphtalia and did the whole work of rising her... was Edward"

The Spear Hero could feel it, almost taste it, a brutally furious aura behind him, he was paralyzed, not even wanted to turn around to see who was behind his back, because he already knew who he was. Still, he did not want to accept that the person against he will have to fight for Raphtalia's freedom is...

"Gurarara~. I must admit brat, you are one of the few who have the balls to talk about my family like that, right under my nose"

Motoyasu left his shock and took his defense posture.

"I-I'm not afraid! You heard me! IF I HAVE TO FIGHT YOU TO RESCUE RAPHTALIA-CHAN! THEN SO BE IT, EVEN IF IT WERE TO BE AN EVIL GOD! I'LL DO IT AS MANY TIMES AS NEEDED!"

Edward frowned, putting an incredibly serious expression.

"You are going to fight me to rescue Raphtalia?"

Motoyasu squeezed his spear

"YEAH!"

A shadow covered Edward's eyes, then show a dangerously aggressive look.

"Do you know who you're messing with?! With an attitude like that...!"

SLAM!

He slammed the basis of his Bisento to the ground, cracking up the concrete and rising a lot of dust.

"A SQUIRT LIKE YOU WILL BE DEAD MEAT!"

Everyone in the room quietly remained, it was the first time anyone managed to make this "fake adventurer" that furious, everyone was intimidated by his strength, but only those who saw more than that, they were surprised that someone as charismatic and friendly can put such an aggressive expression.

Meanwhile, Motoyasu had steeled his spear.

"Shut up! That's not up to you to decide! I know what you are trying to do! You want to become the King or the Hero who saves this world! Don't you?!"

Everyone was surprised that he has come so far and not give in to the aura of Edward, because this already had some veins on his forehead.

"Let me tell you this! I'M THE ONE WHO WILL BECOME THE HERO TO SAVE THIS WORLD!

His words echoed all over the place, all had their mouths open, except Naofumi who had a facepalm, Raphtalia did not understand what was going on for a while. However, that did not stop Whitebeard from his irate state.

"Grr!" he raised his Bisento and started spinning as if it were a propeller at high speed, lifting wind, making people, curtains and tablecloths fly and were attracted by the whirlwind.

"HAH!" at the end he returned to strike the base of his spear into the ground, clearing the entire area and sending flying to all but a few adventurers and his companions of course, but also saw the Spear Hero was in front of him, with a warlike expression.

But in the end.

Edward smiled.

"Heh ... how saucy you are ..."

He clenched his fist tightly, raising it to the level of his pecs.

"I won't forgive you. If you don't get to strike at least one good hit on me, yer spoiled brat!"

Although his legs were shaking, the Spear Hero didn't stop his defiant gaze.

Once all the preparations were made, the whole crowd prostrated to see from the stage the fight that would take place, the monstrous adventurer of 2.66 meters, armed with an ironclad breastplate and his Bisento against the Spear Hero, armed only with his legendary spear and full body armor. In any case the fight was about to perform.

Naofumi and Raphtalia were in the lower tiers, had a view closer to their partner, even though the demi-human was worried about how it would end this, Naofumi had brought snacks from the buffet to watch the show.

"Mein throw her beloved hero to a slaughterhouse. Of course, knowing Edward, I have no doubt that He will pull one of his speeches to try to convince that idiot to use his brain."

"I hope Lord Edward won't be too harsh on him, I mean, it is clear that Motoyasu-san said bad things about you, but I feel that this could become very brutal" shed expressed her concern.

Naofumi thought it for a moment.

"Motoyasu is an idiot, well…a harmless idiot. He hasn't done something wrong so far, He simply has troubles thinking outside the box, or think for himself for a change, honestly all I can see when I see him, is one of Mein's Puppets ... being honest, to some extent I pity him ... "

Raphtalia remained really surprised this time ...

"I-Incredible is the first time I see Lord Naofumi feel mercy for others"

The hero grimaced.

"I already said it! Why everyone sees me as if I was a villain from a seinen manga?!" He crossed his arms causing annoying grimaces.

"I-I do not know what a 'seinen manga' is, but definitely Lord Naofumi is not a villain ... probably!"

That it did not help him calm down, precisely because it was ignoring the person who was at his side.

"For you to talk like that about Lord Motoyasu, even after being in perfect striking range, you are very bold"

That's right, Mein was on the side of them, Naofumi voluntarily sat aside her without objection, despite having more free seats, such action did the princess shaken by exceedingly, until recently she believed that the pirate and the demi-human were the only threat to worry about, but now having him closer ...

*How the hell, did this useless idiot become so strong?! "

The aura Edward showed was intimidating but had compassion on him, the aura of Naofumi was simply suffocating to some extent, in any case, he only took the sandwiches brought and prepared to enjoy the show, it seemed that the referee was finishing dictate the rules for the combat.

"Tell me ... What are you trying to accomplish with this? Aside from the complete obliteration of Motoyasu's bones, of course" Mein was startled to hear the hero speak to her, and to top it off he had his mouth full.

"W-What makes you think that monster was the person he was supposed to fight?"

MUNCH!

"So, that was it. The most popular hero beat up the evil hero who committed a horrible crime, he who has a slave chained to his feet, just for the Spear Hero to save said slave girl, and a new heroic legend starts for the children's and next generations to see. Your tactics make me sick, but they are well prepared, I'll give you that."

"Hump, you look very relaxed. Considering that emotional harm you carry"

MUNCH!

"Huh? ... ah ... that. Yeah, honestly I don't care anymore ... "

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.

.

"COME AGAIN?!"

The surprise statement echoed all over the place, in the view so relaxed attitude Naofumi, who finally swallowed what he had in his mouth.

"I admit that that day I had an unimaginable outrageous fury, the first five days, I thought the worst evil against you and the good for nothing ruler. But as the weeks passed pace, especially after the inclusion of Raphtalia, I learned to just keep going. Edward told me that I am still too young to want to focus all my life in a plan for revenge, that I should learn to enjoy what I have, and stop thinking about what I lose, I just have to go on with my life and have as much fun as I can." Naofumi watched as both fighters were getting into position. "Seriously, that bastard has a terrifying charisma" he began to engulf a jug of sake like water.

In all this, Mein simply stood there, completely lost the thread of the conversation, she did not even know what to say. The whole plan was to corrupt the shield, turning it into a villain who suffer the worst reputation to make the true heroes of the kingdom shine, she thought when she saw him again, it would be a vagabond wandering the streets begging for money.

And yet…

Here he is, drinking sake with a silly smile on his face, as if nothing else in the world mattered.

"D-Did you ..."

But he held up a doubt to make silence finally ended his drink wiping the remains of his mouth. Directing a serious and intimidating look.

"Don't even think for a moment nor believe that I am forgiving you. I just no longer feel the need to see all of you dead. Be clear that, if you get in our way more than necessary. Edward will LITERALLY put all this kingdom upside down, and there will be nothing and no one to stop him" to the end, he relaxed and stretched to see the show. "If I were you (and I'm happy I am not) you better be careful of any stupidity you might try to pull on him"

She took his words seriously, she could definitely feel the weight in each of his words, so at the end, with an annoyed expression, Mein Sophia went down from the stands and go down to monitor Motoyasu in his "combat"

To all this, Naofumi continued his drink.

"How immature"

Raphtalia giggled.

"I do not think you are the best person to say that, Lord Naofumi"

"Heh~?"

"Begin!"

(ONE PIECE OST - LET'S BATTLE)

The referee's announcement gave opening to the match. Edward remained stoic with his arms crossed, while Motoyasu grabbed his spear with force and lashed out at high speed, wielding his spear firmly in a stabbing position directly, he was about to collide with the immovable Edward.

"HRRRRAAAAAH!"

CLASH!

The impact of the spear indicated that made contact with another metal object, before he could not see it, but now it was clear that Edward's arm was covered by a deep color of black polished metal, which was blocking the tip of Motoyasu's spear without any problems.

"Is that all your strength? You can't even move me an inch, ye weakling!"

"ORAH!"

Edward withdrew the spear with his arm, leaving Motoyasu's body exposed, with his right arm wrapped in Haki, he delivered a powerful punch in the hero's stomach, this time, making him spit blood, Edward's knuckle marks were tattooed on his armor. He skidded on the ground until he manages to stop, while standing, he slowly fell on his knee trying to catch his breath.

"Too slow!"

Motoyasu had no time to recover when he was kneed in the face, Edward grabbed his head and suspending in the air, leaving it exposed, he began to bombard his body with strong punches using his right fist.

"ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! I AM NOT DONE YET!"

Edward stamped his head against the floor, later to kick his body back to a corner of the coliseum, slowly making his way toward him.

Motoyasu could feel every fiber of his body screaming in absolute pain, but his spirit was still intact, toke a recovery potion and was back in one piece, when he saw Edward lunged at him this time, he defended himself from the strike with his spear pole, the impact knock him back at high speed fortunately did not break the spear. Taking away again, Motoyasu transformed his spear in a version with three purple axes, which began to glow enough to see sparks on it.

"LIGHTNING SPEAR! [PASSIVE ACTIVE - SPEEDING BULLET]"

Motoyasu disappeared, traveling at high speed; slowly, Edward began to unsheathe his Bisento, without making any other movement. Controlling his breathing, closing his eyes, and covering the blade with Haki ...

"YOU ARE WIDE OPEN, EDWARD NEWGATE!" Motoyasu show up in the back-right side, turning in a split of 360° with his axe spear, only to be blocked by the blade of Edward's Naginata.

Motoyasu cursed, and seeing that he could not make it back up one bit, sparks of metal hitting metal with it mowed a little.

"If you do a surprise attack. Be sure not to shout it, snot-nosed brat" Edward undid the clash of metal and try to put Motoyasu under his iron grip again, but this one just disappeared.

Edward closed his eyes again and kept quiet, regulating his breath, waiting for the specified time, the audience was clinging to the banister witnessing the deployment of power of the two fighters, but they were jaw dropped when suddenly, Edward had shot his spear to a random direction, digging into the edge of the east wing, which was Naofumi and Raphtalia's, it should be emphasized that the two were seeing impassive while the others who were there had literally shit their pants.

It was then that they saw a stream of earth being drawn on the ground, apparently the edge of Edward's spear had managed to make a cut on Motoyasu's leg, losing momentum, becoming prey to his own lightning speed, falling and crawling down the floor.

"I think I'm getting used to this ..." Edward looked at his Stats

[OBSERVATION HAKI. LVL 3]

[Perception of living Beings: Radio 300m]

[Premonition of enemy attacks: 35m Radio]

[UNIQUE SKILL: FUTURE SIGHT. LVL2]

[40% chance of a successful prediction]

Edward could see, in the third rotation Motoyasu do around towards the east in about five seconds, have a small opening for his spear make a slight cut and the same time, impact in the concrete coliseum without hurting anyone, although there was a small chance of 60% that failed, Naofumi also knew that would block his attack.

"Owner" He called his Bisento back, he saw the place where the Spear Hero landed, he realized that there was only a pile of dirt, he narrowed his eyes looking around, he suddenly noticed that there was electricity in the air around him ...

*This is…*

Quickly, it had become an electrical cage.

"[LIGHTNING SPEAR - BIRDCAGE!]"

Motoyasu announced his move from above as the audience got a look at him, his leg was bleeding quite a lot, his body was also pretty damaged, and had lost his armor, the pirates punches made it unable to wear.

"Enjoying the view, Edward?! I prepared this for the Wave Boss, but since you insist so much for me to go all out! THEN SO BE IT!" with his right hand and holding a strong concentration, he began to close his fist slowly, likewise the electric cage also began to shrink inch by inch.

"TAKE THIS!"

"[BIRDCAGE - COMPRESS]"

Cerro his hand completely, the cage had also been closed by squeezing the body of Edward, if it were a monster, lightning would have cut their bodies into pieces, Edward was only receiving minor burns. Motoyasu thinking victory celebration had been contained.

"How annoying..."

... he was wrong ...

"HRRH!"

With a simple flex of his muscles, Edward had completely destroyed the electric prison that bothered him, once free, the pirate saw Motoyasu was falling from the sky, apparently the activation of that power provides him the ability to float in the air during its casting.

(JoJo's Bizarre Adventure OST - STARDUST CRUSADERS)

"You know ... between you, Shield brat and others I've met here and there. Everyone has this gimmick of naming their attacks and shout them ... I never understood why ... You think I should try too to know what it feels?" Edward started jumping on his heels, making movements with his shadow and putting a fighting stance, his two fists in the air, just opposite the place where Motoyasu was about to fall, he who has no Mana and Stamina, He was at the mercy of Edward's next attack.

The Spear Hero closed his eyes and accept his fate. Because he knew better than anyone that this would be the result.

"I'll take that as a yes…"

Edward gritted his fists covered with Haki.

"[Newgate ~ ...]"

Motoyasu's body was finally in range, only one meter in front of Whitebeard, who, in fractions of seconds began a bombing attack, at such speed that it seemed as hundreds of fists were about to collide on the Spear Hero's Body.

"[ BOXING ! ] "

It was a brutal literal rain of punches at high speed. The audience could see how quickly the body of Motoyasu had become rag doll, all he could do was to receive that vicious attack, the adventurers at highest ranking were able to see how each of those blows, had strength enough to breaking solid concrete. While the healers, they saw frightened, how all the bones of the Spear Hero were getting trashed with each of the punches connecting consecutively. They could easily say, they will have a lot of work to do.

"¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡OOOOOOOORRRRAAAA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA! ¡ORA!"

It had been more than a minute and a half since he started the violent attack. The gusts of wind behind each of the punches made even the strongest adventurers tremble with fear.

"OOOOOORRRRRRRRAAAAAAA!"

Edward stopped his Gatling of punches, and prepared to give the final strike, this time putting his back into it, he broke the knuckles of his right hand, Motoyasu showing recent signs of consciousness, witnessing the powerful shot ahead, put a smile

"Did I…put out a good fight?"

Edward connected the powerful blow on his stomach, Edward's response was only silence, everything happened in slow motion, the air pressure coming from the punch send Motoyasu flying at high speed until his body impact on the concrete wall, being totally nailed on it, when the first-aid squad rushed to his treatment, they watched totally terrified seeing the marks of Edward's knuckles had been impregnated in his body, several members were dislocated or broken beyond repair by traditional treatment. He was unconscious ...

... the Spear Hero had been brutally defeated ...

"LORD MOTOYASU!" Mein rushed to help him with the rest of her Party and several healers of the guild who were ready for the worst ... but no one was prepared them for this.

"Lass…"

The redhead stopped in her footsteps to being called by Edward himself, whose fists were emanating steam, she trembling with fear, stared at him for a moment to find out what he had to say. Edward's expression was ... quite serene and serious.

"When the Kitamura brat regains consciousness ..." he turned his back slowly reiterating of the stage. "Tell him ...that it was a good fight ..." That said, the pirate had retreated straight to his companions who were waiting in the stands.

"THE WINNER OF THE MATCH! IS THE FOREIGN ADVENTURER, EDWARD NEWGATE!"

The referee announced as the crowd did not know whether to celebrate or not, it was the first time they witnessed such a brutal beating and ruthless, not to mention that both fighters were roughly the same age, and even so it almost looked like a experienced veteran adult putting a spoiled brat to sleep.

When they saw the adventurer withdraw from the scene, the referee caught his attention.

"Wait! Aren't you going to claim your reward?!"

The Pirate stopped in his footsteps, to seeing that the King had also come down from the stands. He mostly ignored him throughout the entire event, however, when he tried to put the trick of taking Raphtalia as a hostage to force Naofumi to fight, that made his blood boil.

"I was never a man who's motivations are driven by treasures and wealth. They meant nothing to me back them, still the same now. I don't want yer dirty money! "

King was sweating a bit since the time he said that ...

"T-Then, why are holding the bag with the helping funds...?"

The pirate took the money and ran.

"I STILL NEED IT AND BECAUSE IS A NECESSARY EVIL! SO LONG SUCKERS!"

Even though it has been stupid. Aultcray knows quite well that he cannot do anything to stop it, really did not know anyone who could stop him, the only person who even thought they could fool him, was Malty, and as evidenced today, there was nothing that could be done to stop the Party of the Shield Hero, food and sake that gave him sleeping pills Edward had all effects, so that could execute the plan to free the slave girl Naofumi ... but to no avail.

*That man ... is a monster ... no ... He is the devil himself*

Frustration gnawed at him, even in his relentless ambition to wipe out the shield out of his country, Naofumi having a man like Edward on his side, turned him into someone almost untouchable, at this rate, Aultcray could do nothing about it. But still there was something else He could try.

*Edward Newgate ... it is too early for you to feel the real despair ... hm, hm, hm. But I'll make sure you get it as fast as possible ...* King laughed to himself at the expectation of what will come next. Aultcray took something from his pocket, it was an amulet, a silver Rosario made with the insignia of the three legendary weapons, the Bow, Sword and Spear merged together. He was showing a repulsive smile.

The next day.

The Shield Hero was back in the slave dealer's tent. Since the news of the Spear Hero being brutally beaten by Edward had spread worse than gunpowder, the slave merchant had called them to offer them something that had obtained, and also to inspect the status of the raccoon girl who had sold more than two months ago. But there was a slight problem.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?! HOW IS THAT LORD EDWARD IS NOT WITH YOU?!" He was pretty angry for some reason, since only Naofumi and Raphtalia were there.

"Since when do you call him 'Lord Edward'?" Naofumi asked with a cheeky attitude.

"Are you kidding? After witnessing such a display of strength, finesse, power, presence! No doubt that this man has the quality of a true conqueror! Obviously, I referred to him with respect! A king among commoners!"

Both of them were beginning to feel a bit disturbed by the unexpected turn of 360° which the merchant took, compared to the last time they saw him, especially seeing the state of their "Circus"

"By the way ... what happened to this place? It's ... cleaner, to say the least"

"That's what really called your attention Lord Naofumi?" Raphtalia asked with a sadly comical expression, seeing the state of the site.

"Is something wrong, Mr. Shield Hero?" he was asked by a dog-like demi-human girl with a maid outfit, who had snacks and drinks.

"Martha, don't bother the Master's customers. They must choose who they want to bought" she got berated by another demi-human wolf in a butler suit who was settling various furniture. Whereupon, the said demi-human pouted.

"Buh, as strict as ever, Letus"

Naofumi was trying to process what was happening here. The last time they came, all these creatures were beasts with no personality or ratiocination, and right now, they were wearing formal clothes while decorating the entire place so that it looked more ... "Picturesque"

He was speechless.

"L-Lord Naofumi ... no matter where we see it, this is..."

The Shield Hero was rubbing his forehead.

"Yeah Raphtalia, I know, this has Edward's marks everywhere ..."

The "slave dealer" clasped his hands tightly, as if making a prayer to heaven.

"That's right ... since I witness that divine revelation (beating), I listen to the advice of Lord Edward about how my business could prosper beyond their limits. Who would have thought? Instead of showing bloodthirsty monsters to my customers. Show them the perfect combination between a well-trained warrior and a housekeeper, such a notion would never have gone through this so insignificant brain! NO! It certainly is something that only Lord Edward could had conceived! "

He felt on his knees as he cried.

"I GOT OVER TWENTY CONTRACTS PER WEEK! I AM AT MY MONETARY PEAK, BABY!

The demi-human slaves applauded the success of his jovially Master. To which the two visitors could not help but feel completely embarrassed by what was going on.

"Let me see if I got it right. Whenever Edward left us alone training, he came here for taming the slaves, using that his rare power that crushes the will of the people, right? " Naofumi summed, to which the slave nodded in confirmation. Causing the hero had a vein in his forehead.

"All these days ... in that hellish training…unsupervised ... thinking I could die ... and that bastard came here to play as Cesar Millán ... I'll kill him when I see him" the poor man fell on his knees in utter frustration.

...

*Who is Cesar Millan?* was what everyone thought at the sight of the Shield Hero in that state.

"Who are you going to kill?"

Everyone present turned to see none other than Edward who had entered the shop, but were surprised to see him using only his trousers of white cloth, and taking his torso exposed and black leather gloves on his hands, his body was covered in sweat.

The demi-human females blushed beyond repair, including Raphtalia, his usual attire that already left nothing to the imagination, but now it was pure fan service for them.

"LORD EDWARD! MY MENTOR IS BACK!" the slave dealer knelt to kiss his feet. To which the pirate quickly got him off by kicking him, sending him to the other side of the store.

"FATHER!"

"GARCHU!" the demi-human jumped on Edward, to which this he received them with open arms for a strong bear hug and a cheerful smile.

"MY CHILDREN!"

Bam!

The demi-humans licked Edward's face making him laugh in the process, the Shield Hero and Raphtalia were watching the scene, trying to process what had happened after the first five seconds, but all that came to their minds was ...

*He did it again…*

"GURARARARA~! I SEE THAT THAT GOOD FOR NOTHING LIL' MAGGOT HAD TAKE CARE OF YOU IN MY ABSENCE!"

He patted the head of everyone, one by one. Raphtalia showed jealously during that.

"Pops is as kind as ever, Nyan ~!"

"Damn right he is 'woof', it is thanks to him that our brothers and sisters have managed to be adopted by good hearted families, 'woof'!"

"But Dad will always be Dad, kyun!"

They all looked so happy to receive him. In the late Edward had to stop the train of affection he was getting so he could go talk with his comrades, who, judging by their expressions, they were waiting for some answers.

"How long you been doing this?"

MUNCH!

Edward was eating tons of food.

"Hah? Ah ... well, I think, since we got Raphy" MUNCH! "It was hard work, no jokes. I had to put emphasis on leveling up my Conqueror's Haki, after learning how the skill points work, otherwise, I would not be able to help all the demi-humans of this place, it was an extensive project" MUNCH!

The Shield Hero tried to understand the motivations behind the actions of his companion, which were not that complex, but still a heavy headache for him.

"At least tell me you did not spend money in the process of this 'project' of yours"

Edward finished his jar of sake.

"Nah, not a penny, just sweat and effort. In fact, since I train them and help them regain their freewill, more than half of the money goes for me during sales. Of course, I make sure that any process is supervised by me. I don't want just any family to adopt my kids, if I could I would but ... even I agree that I cannot take care of everyone here. At the least not yet." He laughed to himself.

"I heard that ..."

"W-Well, I am very happy that Lord Edward worried so much about the other slaves of this place. Honestly, being back here, I do not feel as bad nor sad as I thought I would be." Raphtalia said, seen the scene, the same demi-humans whose red eyes and mouths covered foam who craved for innocent blood crying out every night, now they looked so happy and smiling organizing their new home.

Clearly, a view that only someone like Edward could achieve.

"Gurararara~! You see ye snot-nosed brat? At least someone appreciates what I do! Gurarara~!" he kept laughing to himself while drinking sake. The other demi-human also celebrated their father.

But Naofumi end up saying something that made him startle.

"You've been spending our money on something else, isn't it ...?"

PPFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!

Edward spat his drink with jumped eyes after coughing and catch his breath.

"WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT?!"

The hero put his hand on his chin.

"Yesterday when you finished the fight, you took your stuff and left as quickly as possible and didn't come back since. If I had to guess, and considering that you hid us your secret training slaves' sessions, I could only guess now you got yourself into something else. And I fear that might involve the little money we have left..." Naofumi gaze sharpened towards Whitebeard sweat a little.

However, he quietly took his drink.

"Arguably ... I take some liberties ..." he began to sweat a sea, as he took the judging eyes of the Shield Hero.

"Edward ... what did you do now?"

In any case, the pirate finished his food and drink and went to the place where the seller was, and who had called, ignoring his companion.

"I-I don't think it can be something bad Lord Naofumi remember that Lord Edward would never do anything to harm us" Raphtalia try to calm him, but he looked particularly annoyed by her statement.

"Of course, he'd never do anything to harm us physically, now if we talk about in a monetary way, then I have my right to be suspicious. His sense of money management is much better than mine, but Edward has no doubt in spending our money if by helping others is ... "

"W-Well ..." Raphtalia felt short of words to seeing her master go towards Edward, whatever he has got into now, could definitely affect them, and Naofumi doubt it can be in positive way.

Edward had pulled from the slave dealer where he was caught putting him on the floor again.

"What do you want now?" asked the pirate to which the slave dealer had to rubble and dust off his suit, then moved to the hall where they were previously.

"Something unique in its class my dear Lord, a quite profitable product that has caught a lot of popularity lately" He presented them with a briefcase on the table, it was packed with eggs, which had the Slave Crest drawn on them.

"Ah! I know them" mentioned Raphtalia, bringing the look of her owners. "They are monster eggs. I heard that any kind of wild creature can come out of them" she explained.

"That's right young Raphtalia ... I present you, "THE MONSTER EGGS LOTTERY!" If luck is on your side, even a baby dragon might be hiding among one of those eggs! Only 100 SILVER COINS! Basically, it's a bargain! NYEHEHEHEHEHE!"

Edward inspect the products carefully, the briefcase contained twenty well-preserved specimens and several others in a bowl, the pirate scratched his forehead with a questioning eyebrow.

"You call us for another one of your cheap scams? This looks like a carnival game" the dealer was offended enough about his commentary.

"My Lord I'd never ...! Well at the least not against you! But your words hurt me, I'll never falsify my products or lie to deceive a client!" He did not realize that he just contradict himself, but in any case, Edward went to check them more accurately.

"Well, we already have Raphy, but ... if it's something like a pet, I guess it's okay"

Edward inspected the eggs using his Observation Haki, there was several notes and distinctive glows coming from them, he can feel the strength and essence of life in them, one of the eggs had a red colored glow and he was the brightest compared to the others, for Edward he thought it clearly had to be a fiery beast, maybe a dragon?

But…

There was something that disturbed him, the egg whose brightness was the weakest of all, but its pattern of colors changed a lot, between white, blue and yellow. Which caused him curiosity.

He had made a decision.

"I will take this one" he brought the egg that looked strange, the dealer took the 100 silver coins with pleasure, he was quite happy with Edward's purchase.

[MONSTER EGG ACQUIRED]

"Excellent choice! Not even I can tell what those eggs may contain! But if Lord Edward considered that one worthy of his money, then I have no doubt it will be something that exceeds the never seen before! Nyehehehe!"

Edward took one last look at the egg before retiring.

"If you two have nothing else to do. ... I'll return to what I was doing"

He retired from store awkwardly, not before saying goodbye to his other "children", leaving the Shield Hero and Raphtalia with the seller, and of course, he did not hesitate to approach them.

"Are not you interested in a monster egg too, Shield Hero?"

Naofumi looked at him with a questioning and angry expression.

"Really? Do I look like a big shot that you can make easy money from? I let Edward be the one to buy your suspicious merchandise, because he has certain skills that makes him someone very hard to scam" with that said, he also withdrew from the store followed by his partner, but not before giving a last look at the seller. "If Edward decided to buy the egg above the others, it is because he must have seen something special in it. Is that simple"

Thus, the two retreated, leaving a merchant smiling.

It was another day in which Edward was away overnight, not only making his friend suspect that something was doing behind their backs, but they were also worried that he was overworking himself on something without taking a break. It worries them a lot.

But outside of the strange acts of the pirate, the Shield Hero was facing another problem ... He had forgotten to check since the banquet.

"It must be a joke ..." the hero was reviewing the accountant who had scheduled date and time for the next Wave of Catastrophe.

"45 DAYS?! THAT'S MORE THAN ONE MONTH AND A HALF!"

The hero fell on his knees, overworking his mind about how can He leverage all that time and put it to good use.

"Well actually, they are 45 days and 14 hours Lord Naofumi"

"Thanks for making it worse ... Raphtalia. Seriously, what could we do until then? Monsters around here are no longer worthwhile to farm because they give very little EXP compared to the level we are now "

"Hm, how about traveling to other places? Surely there are monsters' higher level in the beyond boundaries of the kingdom"

Naofumi consider the words of his companion. "While that may be true. Transportation will not be cheap. For now, we should go to improve your equipment. The fight against the Wave left us short on supplies, except for medicine" she, though happy, showed herself indisposed for his decision.

"D-Don't you think you're spending a lot on me already, Lord Naofumi? What about your own equipment?"

"Like I said, my current attire is fine. In addition, cutting down those skeletons may have damaged the sharp of your sword. We will meet that blacksmith after our affairs. But certainly, we're running short of cash. So, then ... "

"Welcome…"

The Shield Hero and Raphtalia entered the store with magical objects and potions where Naofumi came to sell his medicinal herbs, obviously to make money.

He had put several boxes filled with bottles of medicine.

"I think you should save a little more the medicine you prepared, Lord Naofumi" the demi-human advised him.

"I overdo more than enough when we were preparing for the Wave, but as expected, with Edward leading the battle, almost none were used, except to help villagers that were injured. It would be nice to sell it before its spoils" said and done proceeded to retire.

"Hey, wait a minute," the seller stopped.

"Hum?" Noafumi stared at him a moment, clearly annoyed waiting for a complaint.

"You are the Shield Hero, isn't it?"

He nodded.

"Here, take this" the seller put two books on the table. To the surprise of the hero.

"What are these?" asked the hero.

"One of them is a book that specializes in creating midlevel medicines. And the other is to make Soldier Pills, a special item for increasing strength and stamina."

The hero examines the book, one of the concepts was familiar to him, but the other one wasn't.

"Why are you giving me this?"

The seller saw him with a questioning expression.

"Are you kidding? You saved a close relative of mine who lives in Ryuute, not to mention you welcomed those poor boys into your team. Consider it a courtesy, they are second-hand books, so they are free. As simple as that"

The Shield Hero squinted at the cover of the books, especially the purple one.

"Soldier pills, you say?"

The salesman laughed a little. Pulling out his pipe.

"I used to be a Combat Medic in the imperial army, you know. Soldier pills are a very useful item, increase strength, endurance, stamina and power of the consumer, theoretically, it doubles their original Stats in those categories, knights used them to change the course of battle. But…"

The hero raised a questioning eyebrow.

"But…?"

The vendor lit his pipe and began to smoke.

"It has certain side effects. Once the pill power boost runs off, the soldiers entered in a very vulnerable state, having used more force than what their bodies can handle. Once the war ended, they discontinued their use. Even in chaotic times like these, it's still an item that few are willing to use."

He explained.

"How can this be useful to me?"

The seller exhaled.

"Those were common soldiers, you know? I don't think you should compare them with your friend ... ehhh ... Edward, was it? That guy is not normal" he finished his conversation, picking up supplies and bring them to the back of his shop.

The Shield Hero looked at the books and made his way out ... he could not read anything.

Raphtalia looked at him with shining eyes to what her master might be learning.

*I ... I cannot read a single word, dammit. The power of the shield only translates their language, but not written things ... that's problematic* in any case, he prepared to leave.

"Shield Hero, one more thing!" the two saw the man return from his shed. "The owner of the magic shop said she also wanted to thank you, and that She had something for you"

Naofumi was missed.

"Magic Shop?"

"My, oh my! So, you're the Shield Hero! It seems that our workers are in debt with you and your friends! They say that if it wasn't for that young handsome man, they wouldn't have had the courage to fight!"

They were greeted by a cheerful middle age woman with black clothes and a wizard's hat, Naofumi could easily say that she looked like a witch. The lady ushered them as fast as she could.

"Come in, come sit down!"

Once in her office, she made a kind of analysis with her crystal ball, no matter how cliché that have seemed to the Shield Hero.

"Oh! Just as expected, you, young man has the qualities for recovery and healing magic, a tank support! As well as an affinity for Protection Magic! And you, young lady... " she now addressed Raphtalia. "It seems you have good affinity for light, dark and power boosting magic! If you want my recommendation, you should try learning illusion magic and the like!"

Among all the analysis and conversation, Naofumi decided to go straight to the point.

"I heard you wanted to thank us. But if I had to guess, you are ... "

The adult woman nodded with a cheerful smile.

"That's right, I'm a magic trader! In fact, I also asked your partner to come to my shop this morning! I was very surprised when my crystal ball revealed his magical affinity ..." this part of the conversation took them both by surprise.

"D-Did you just say that…E-Edward ...?"

"T-That…Lord Edward ..."

"HE CAN USE MAGIC?!"

The witch almost fell off her chair when the two just jumped right in her face at the hearing of such news, they were already aware that the powers of their partner were not magic, but specific skills that can only be achieved with hard physical training that take several months or years to develop, his only supernatural ability was his power to create earthquakes, he already had explained them it was by eating a rare fruit ... possibly magical.

But now it turns out ... that in fact. He can use magic now.

"M-My, my, that got me scared. Despite being comrades; that reaction of yours does have it written all over your faces. So, you didn't know about it?"

They shook their heads.

"He ... He never said anything like that ..." explained Naofumi.

The witch nodded.

"Well that's normal, he didn't know either, teehee!" both saw the witch with judgmental glares for that bad joke.

"S-So ... um What kind of magic can Lord Edward employ?" Raphtalia asked.

"Ah, well he can use necromancy" she replied.

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"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT~ ?!"

The Witch started chuckling.

"Shocking isn't it? You would never expect for such a polite and handsome young man to have an affinity for such a dark and lugubrious Art. He even called me a young lady, Isn't he charmer?"

Both adventurers tried to process information as well as they could, but ... it just did not find him neither head nor tail.

"... I-I don't understand at what point he could have developed such skill ..."

"Lord Edward having power over life and death ... although He would use something like that with a lot of responsibility ... the very thought of it …gives me chills ..."

Naofumi began to think seriously the facts ...

The only thing that came to his mind ...

*Could it have been ... that demon leech? His body fell apart in a way that no other creature has done before. Did Edward do something when he defeated it? Whereas his weapon is also legendary. I'll have to ask him*

In any case ... the witch put a lot of books on the table.

"These are low-level grimoires for beginners, but they're filled with lots of spells! Please take them, they are a gift as thanks for taking care of my grandkid!"

The hero looked at all the books quite alarmed, but not least, the witch pulled out some more. Raphtalia admired her master in the process.

"Grimoires are complex, but if you try hard enough you should be able to learn a lot of magic from them. I would really love to teach you and the flattering young man. But he said you all would be busy with other matters. A pity"

The hero looked at the pile of books, although worried that he now had "extra homework" to work on, he was not upset about it either.

"Yes, you're right ..." he turned to the exit. *I can't refuse a gift she gave me with gratitude* he thought.

Once out of the kingdom, they made their way to the Ryuute Village, since it was the only place where they would be welcome and be unmolested, not to mention that Edward was nowhere to be seen, which was worrying enough, that he was absent for so long.

"I hope Lord Edward hasn't gone somewhere outside the kingdom without us"

"I doubt he could have gone too far. But I don't want to think about ... the other possibility ..." Naofumi was extremely worried just thinking about it.

"Other possibility?" Raphtalia looked at her master who sweated slowly.

"That he ... has left us ..." She looked at him with an expression of shock.

"W-What ...? T-That cannot be possible ... Why would Po-… Lord Edward do something so horrible?! "

The hero remained passive at the thought.

"Just think about it, He already teach us everything we need to know, and also, I've always heard it from him. He wants to return to the sea, every night when I pretend to be asleep, I always hear him talking to himself about wanting to sail again ... I would not be surprised I he decides one day to just leave, once he saw we became stronger ... " the hero looked at the ground, visibly frustrated and sadden, the sole idea has crossed his mind several times ...

to... wake up one day and realize that his friend is already gone ...

"THAT CAN'T BE TRUE!" the hero was completely startled by the sudden cry from his companion.

"Raphtalia?" He looked like the eyes of the young demi-human girl slowly getting moistened.

"Pops ... Pops would never do something like that ... he's not ... HE'S NOT THE KIND OF PERSON WHO WOULD ABANDON HIS CHILDREN!" she shouted from the bottom of her heart, as it was unthinkable the thought that Edward was gone at that's it. Something like that would break her heart.

Naofumi quickly regretted saying that, as he saw the sad face of Raphtalia as she began to cry.

"I-I'm sorry…I-"

PUNCH!

"BUFWAH!"

"WHY THE HELL ARE YE MAKING RAPHY CRY, YE STUPID SCALLYWAG BRAT?!"

She screamed, as she suddenly saw the hero being buried in the ground out of nowhere, quickly seeing the responsible, a very angry Edward Newgate had come out of nowhere, being just a few meters to reach Ryuute Village, the pirate removed the dust and dirt from his sweating body.

"The moment I heard the screams, I was worried that something had happened. And it turns out you were just you and your paranoid chatter." The pirate was about to pull Naofumi from the rubble, but was stopped as he was being strongly embraced by Raphtalia, he looked at her with a raised questioning eyebrow.

"What's going on?"

She looked at him with teary eyes.

"Y-You are no going to abandon us ... right?"

Whitebeard narrowed his eyes with an expression, quite upset at the thought, he slowly patted her head gently.

"Who told you that nonsense?" he asked as she pointed at Naofumi; the pirate sigh in annoyance. "You brats are far beyond from walking alone around the world without me to take care of you. Didn't I say it before?" he showed her a determined but cheer smile. "That I won't rest until I have created a bright future for my children." She cried listening to his kind words, she held tightly to his waist and would not let go, while she shed tears of joy.

"Auch ..."

Naofumi was nailed to the floor. Edward out of there with one hand.

"Hump. I'll warned you boy, if you ever make her cry like that again. What happened to the Kitamura brat, will be just a simple scolding compared to what will happen to you" the hero was half unconscious so at the end, the pirate had to carry him as a sack of potatoes.

(ONE PIECE OST - WE DID IT 0:11)

"S-So ... What were you doing all this time, Lord Edward?" The three went to the entrance of the village ...

... which ... it now had a huge wall of logs very well done ...

The pirate looked at his companion while wiping his ear with his pinky, putting a simplistic and carefree expression. As they entered the town.

"What else could it be? I was rebuilding this place"

Raphtalia wide her gaze in awe ... the village, which had been almost partially destroyed, had not only been back to its old glory, right now, there were several new buildings, premises under construction, several watchtowers, the whole place, there were been re done again, the houses where families happily eating lunch and smile again, the bars filled with workers and villagers with happy faces, laughing and drinking.

... The whole town was celebrating ...

"All of this ... was done by you?" She looked at her father, whom the sweat of his brow, as they headed to the areas of reconstruction.

"It took me a while, I had to go to get wood and materials. Luckily, it was easy to get some workers..." He pointed to the group of knights, he took as his team that day, also helping with reconstruction. "Although, I also gave own my effort ..."

She looked with bright eyes the work of her father, all those happy families enjoying all the good work that has been carried out, it hardly seems that a war took place here just a couple of days ago.

She slowly shed tears of happiness.

"Thank you ... Pops, for helping them ..."

He only sighed, and rubbed her head.

"I've seen many cities, towns and villages be destroyed by unnecessary conflicts. I just don't want to see that again, at the least, not in this life ... that's all"

Suddenly, all the workers and villagers noticed the arrival of Edward, quickly rushed to him.

"THE SAVIOR IS BACK GUYS!"

"LORD NEWGATE IS HERE! BRING THE DRINKS AND THE MUSIC, BOYS!"

"A TOAST TO OUR NEW LORD, EDWARD NEWGATE!"

The Pirate saw one of the boys brought a jar of beer, seeing that everyone else was waiting for his cue to start the celebration. He didn't make them wait.

"GURARARARA~! A JOB WELL DONE SEEMS LIKE A GOOD ENOUGH REASON FOR ME TO DRINK!"

That way he lifted the beer jar up to the blue sky.

"KAMPAI!"

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!"

Naofumi slowly awoke from his headache, quickly realizing he was being carried by Edward, he didn't hesitate to stir to get off.

"What the hell…?"

The villagers noticed on immediately and put a jar of beer in his hand too.

"A TOAST FOR THE SHIELD HERO TOO!"

"KAMPAI!"

The celebration took place without flinching, the hero quickly realized that the shattered town he found the last time, was now partially rebuilt and even with several improvements visible, watchtowers, medical houses, bars, lounges, weapon shops and supplies.

It was very close to becoming a key town for low, medium and high-level adventurers to visit and resupply. However, among all the celebration, something ended up chopping his brain.

*Where did Edward got everything He needed to rebuild this place ...?*

It was then that a vein was quickly formed on his forehead.

*D-Don't tell me he ...*

Edward Newgate was in a slight predicament, his companion dragged him toward the nearest stall to have a "talk" with regard to recent events, and his expression clearly did not look happy.

"How many did you use?" his question was direct.

Edward shrugged.

"Enough?"

Naofumi was going to have a fit.

"HOW MUCH MONEY YOU INVESTED IN THIS PLACE?!"

He muttered.

"What did you say?"

Edward had little trouble to drop of truth.

But at the end I sigh.

"Ha ~ ... like ... 800 gold coins ... basically ... we only have some copper and silver coins left..."

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Naofumi wanted to scream ... but ... at the end just fell to the floor ...

He fainted.

"LO-LORD NAOFUMI~!"

A moment later.

The hero was rubbing his forehead, obviously annoyed and frustrated, the really did not want to get involved in that situation, but if were honest, he knew Edward in one way or another end up involved in helping people Ryuute after the fight, his intuition told him that from the beginning, but I wanted to believe that his friend would not put them in such a severe situation.

Now, they are almost broke.

"Ok, let's calm down a little. I assume you have a plan, do you Edward? "

The pirate was lying on a pile of straw resting, he has been some time without proper sleep.

"This town is indebted with us. Obviously, I have a few things in mind. I didn't spend most of our money for only good will "

The hero nodded, now not so worried.

"What do you have in mind?"

The Shield Hero regretted asking moments later, as Edward had a dangerous smile on his face.

"Just wait ..."

The days went by, Noafumi and Raphtalia took care of some minor works, but mostly focused on learning the alphabet of this world, so that Naofumi can make use of the grimoires and medical books to learn new and better techniques that could help them during their adventure. They were surprised when their partner told them he could read and understand the books from the beginning, saying that his eyes can translated the words smoothly as he reads.

*I guess it's one of the differences between being reincarnated and be summoned…* Naofumi thought to the matter.

Edward continued to be the beast he is, he was the main key in rebuilding the town, even going days without sleep, each of the new buildings were thanks to designs that he prepare for the builders on how to improve the structure and infrastructure of the village, not only expand, but make it more attractive for adventurers to pass through here, either as a good resting point to restock, but He also wants to be an important place to which no one hesitate to recall or pay a visit.

Although ... it seemed that it slowly became a port rather than a village, he even built a Shipyard for Carpenters to make ship improvements despite being so far from the sea. The timber wall surrounding the village was covered with concrete to increase the defense, they put guns and improved lookouts and watchtowers. It began to look more and more like a fortress. They cleaned and rebuilt the coal mine as well, thus obtaining the materials for the creation and improvement of weapons, the problem is that the Ryuute Village, lacked of craftsmen and blacksmiths for that matter.

Of course, ... Edward had that dangerous smile on his after hearing that...

"You want to do, what?!"

Edward was lying in a hammock while resting after several hours of work, while telling more details about his elaborate plan to recover money.

"What's wrong with it? I think it's very profitable, all adventurers will want to come to this place just for that"

Naofumi was recriminating his friend most recent crazy idea, which really cost him to believe how he came to that conclusion.

"Do you even know someone who knows how to create something like that? Not to mention the price…"

Edward kept that smile on his face as he looked at his iron breastplate lying on the wall.

"Yeah ... let's say I know someone ..."

Naofumi had a hard time believing the idea his partner had come up with, it has always been hard for him to understand how his head works, Edward always comes up with the craziest ideas. Maybe it's his nature as a pirate? On how the least logical plan is the one which has better results.

* I hope I'm not crazy to let him walk so freely… it's not like I can stop him in the first place… but even HE should have limits… Right?*

Naofumi was worried. And how not to be? When your ally is none other than the self-proclaimed Strongest Man in the World, Whitebeard, many people in Edward's original world tremble just hearing his name, or at least that's what the pirate has told his partner.

Naofumi had a feeling, that something big was about to happen. And being honest, he was kind of worried.

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