On a beach next to the Windmill Village, it was night and the sky was full of stars. I faced the sea, lying on the beach, holding my head with one hand, and looking at the stars in the sky lazy. I always felt that at night, the beauty of the stars was far more than that of the moon, because the stars could form various patterns; and the moon, except for the lack of reunion, I really didn't feel anything about it. In front of me, there were two little girls, one of whom was practicing kendo with one hand and one hand, while the other was gestured and experiencing the skills of fighting.

"Ina, when waving the sword, you should be quick, ruthless, and have murderous aura in your eyes; Xiaolu, raise your hands a little higher, and your feet should be steady, and don't shake." While watching them practice, I guided them until I felt that their movements could meet my standards, so I stopped caring about them.

"Costa, what is the highest level of a swordsman?" Perhaps tired, Guina put away her sword, sat beside me, and started chatting with me.

"I don't know," I looked at the starry sky and thought for a while and continued, "The so-called highest level is like the strongest opponent, there is no strongest, only stronger. If you just want to be the strongest swordsman, then you are not enough for me to teach you. A good swordsman will constantly challenge his limits, and only such people can be regarded as a swordsman by me."

"Do you challenge yourself?" Ina murmured, slowly falling into deep thought. After a while, she walked to the beach and continued to practice swords. However, unlike before, each sword was swung with determination, and she should have understood something.

"Brother, when will we go home? I want to go to bed." Xiaolu came to me and began to act coquettishly at me and wanted to go home.

"Xiaolu, have you finished the practice? If you finish it, we will go back. Of course, we have to wait for Sister Ina." I rubbed her little face docilely. No matter when, I couldn't be too strict with her.

"Well, it's done," Xiaolu said happily, wanting to say something else, but suddenly became silent, and then ran towards the woods behind Fengmill Village without any warning, with anger on her face.

"Yina is waiting for me here." I shouted at Yina, then hurriedly chased Xiaolu and ran away.

In a relatively open place in the woods, I found her. She was lying on the ground and blocking her figure with the help of darkness and lush grass. In front of Xiaolu were three children, one of which was Luffy. They were making fire and their eyes moved to them. I knew why Xiaolu was doing. Beside them was a sika deer, tied up with her limbs and struggling constantly.

I slowly walked to Xiaolu and pressed my hand on her shoulder, "Xiaolu, don't be impulsive, I'll save it, you're waiting for me here, okay?" Xiaolu didn't say anything, just bit her lower lip and nodded. Seeing her performance, I felt a little relieved, then stood up and walked towards Luffy.

"Luffy, what are you doing? You're not going home so late?"

"Ah, big brother." Luffy looked up at me, then said with a big smile, "We are looking for something to eat again. I have been practicing for too long and forgot to eat."

"Is that so? You just eat this?" I pointed to the sika deer tied up on the side, "I'll treat you to eat? But can you put that sika deer? You see it is pitiful and you're embarrassed to eat it, right?"

"Hmm? Is there any?" Luffy buckled his nose with his right finger, and then asked a boy next to him, "Ace, are we embarrassed to eat this sika deer?"

"What's so sorry?" the child named Ace said lightly, and then called to another child next to him, "Sabor, can you do it? You can't have a fire for so long."

"Wait, it'll be fine soon." The boy named Sabo lay on the ground and blew hard, but no matter how he did it, the fire couldn't be raised, and his face turned ashes.

"I said, I'll treat you to delicious food and be full, okay?" He secretly held his eyes on Xiaolu, and saw that she was full of anxiety, so he could only think of a temporary solution first.

"Really?" The three little boys looked at me with a happy look, completely forgot the sika deer. But before I could breathe a sigh of relief, the incident came soon.

"Ah! The meat ran away!" Luffy suddenly discovered something, and was about to chase the sika deer, but I was pulled tightly by me. Looking at his elongated cheeks, I realized that he was also a devil fruit ability. "Luffy, the meat ran away and ran away. Brother, please treat you to delicious food, okay?" Looking at Luffy's stubborn expression, I was helpless.

"Okay, Luffy, let's follow the uncle's arrangement." At the critical moment, Ace dissuaded Luffy. As the three children planned to look at me, they all looked at me eagerly. It was just that title...

"Uncle, please trouble you!" Sabo said to me happily, but that title... I just looked in the mirror today. No matter how you look at it, it looks like a flower?

In Maginot's wine, Luffy, Ace and Sabo were swallowing the food in big mouthfuls, which made Maginot's busyness. Isn't that? Because I was too busy alone, Xiaolu and Ina were both pulled into a strong man.

"It's so capable," Maginot sighed while wiping his sweat, "I didn't expect that all three children could eat so much." After that, he glared at me fiercely, obviously blaming me for causing trouble for her.

"Hehe, the child is growing up." I explained carefully, and it seemed to be covering up something no matter how I heard it.

"Sister Ina, thank you." Xiaolu thanked Ina, because it was Ina who helped the sika deer escape with a word from her. Of course, some people would not thank her.

"Well, big brother, can you come and have some wine?" Luffy shouted loudly, and Ace and Sabo also became excited and shouted to drink.

"Stop talking, wait until you become an adult." I walked towards the dining table where Luffy and the others were holding a plate of dishes in one hand.

"Adult? What is adulthood?" Luffy asked Ace in confusion while gnawing a large piece of meat.

"I don't know, maybe I'll be an adult when I was a pirate."

"Oh! I understand. Being a pirate is an adult, and becoming a pirate is an old man!" Luffy laughed and said self-righteously.

"I... am I crazy?" I looked at the conversation between the two teenagers with sweat. Could it be that among these three teenagers, Sabo is a normal person?

The silence continued. Xiaolu and Ina were so sleepy that they lay on my thighs and fell asleep. I looked helplessly at Luffy and the other two feasted. "How long has it been since they had eaten?" I complained in my heart. On the other side, Maginot looked at me with the look of "You're dead". I'm wronged!

"Big brother, what's your name?" Luffy asked suddenly, and even the other two children showed a very interested look.

"Costa." Without any extra words, I stroked the hair of the two little girls and draped the cloak on them. "Luffy, speak quietly, don't quarrel at them to sleep."

"Oh." Luffy responded with his flesh in his mouth. "Costa, were you a pirate before?"

"No, why did you think of asking this?"

"It was Shanks who said that he couldn't see your strength, so I think you were a pirate before."

"Oh? Why?" I asked curiously.

"All Pirates are the strongest!" Luffy replied carelessly, and also showed a big smile.

I:"……"

I was speechless all night, and I didn't know when I fell asleep, but when I woke up the next day, the two little girls were still asleep on my knees. Luffy's threesome fell asleep on the table. Luffy even bit a piece of meat in his mouth. Maginot was lying on the stage. It seemed that he hadn't come home last night. The sun shone through the window. This was the first time since I came to this island. There was a slight vibration coming from my knees. It turned out that Guina was awake.

, She rubbed her eyes, looked out the window, then stood up and walked out. "I'm going to practice swordsmanship." After saying that, there was no one left. I shook Xiaolu, and she woke up quietly and looked at me blankly, not knowing what I was going to do. "Xiaolu, your sister Ina has already practiced, do you still have to sleep?" After saying that, she sighed deliberately and pretended to be very iron-clad. "Ah! I'll go right away." After saying that, Xiaolu ran out of the wine.
Chapter completed!