One Piece: Establishing a Pirate Family

Otherwise, how could Charlotte have endured staying on the island for a year or even two?

During this time, Charlotte spent her days either teaching Barrett and Esdeath or lying at home watching the many attractive maids.

They lost themselves amidst the constant calls of their master.

But Charlotte still had the self-control she needed.

These are Charlotte's main forces, with nearly five hundred combat members and more than four hundred support personnel.

These 500-plus combatants are not comparable to those low-level pirates.

They are all swordsmen who have practiced for at least two and a half years, and most of them have practiced for five years.

Even if these swordsmen have poor talent, they are still much stronger than those sea minions. One of them could easily take on five, if not ten.

One is worth five; these five hundred people can be used as two thousand five hundred.

Currently, the strongest force on the high seas is Shiki the Golden Lion, whose forces number over 30,000. Next is the most inconspicuous Captain John, who, relying on Rocks' treasure and his years of plundering at sea, has nearly 10,000 pirates under his command.

In addition, there are Wang Zhi and Yin Fu, after all, these two are working together with John, although it has not been made public, everyone knows it.

That adds up to about 15,000 people.

Next up is Charlotte.

Charlotte's power also increased considerably during this year.

On the contrary, Whitebeard Edward Newgate's forces were the weakest.

His pirate crew was bound by kinship, and the pirates he recruited were mostly children. As a result, his power was not very large, and he relied entirely on Whitebeard's own reputation to keep it afloat.

If it weren't for Whitebeard's strength, the latter half of the New World would probably already belong to John!

But if we're talking about the smallest but strongest pirate crew, it has to be the Roger Pirates.

The Roger Pirates did not have a fixed territory or a flag; they simply sailed the world aimlessly.

They did not go looking for Raphdru.

I don't know when I'll start looking for it.

Charlotte looked at his own forces and compared them with the forces of other pirates, realizing that he was in a mediocre position.

"Sigh! We still have to wait until they grow up!"

Charlotte now places all her hopes on those children.

Barrett, Esdeath, Caesar, Tesla, Robert, Sif, Deidara, Eve.

The oldest of these eight children is eleven years old.

The youngest is already two years old.

Barrett is eleven years old now, and his height has fully developed; he's already three and a half meters tall. He's growing really fast.

Esdeath is already seven years old and has matured a lot compared to before. She has gorgeous long silver-blue hair, deep ice-blue eyes, fair skin, and a porcelain doll-like face. She often wears a pure white officer's uniform, which is obviously something she learned from Barrett.

Since awakening her Conqueror's Haki, Esdeath no longer wanted to be as reckless as before, especially with Charlotte's deliberate guidance.

His personality gradually became more taciturn, and he often carried a Western-style sword, also known as the Holy Judgment, with the Cold-Cold Fruit in one hand and swordsmanship training in the other.

His strength has also improved by leaps and bounds, and he has inherited Charlotte's talent in Observation Haki, awakening it early on.

Their five senses are extremely sharp! They can easily detect anything unusual about the other person.

This left Charlotte somewhat puzzled. Was this a special kind of Observation Haki?

Is there no mind reading, no foreseeing the future, no foreseeing danger, and no listening to all things, or any new and special Observation Haki?

Charlotte was completely baffled.

Charlotte was overjoyed by the successful awakening of Observation Haki, but Conqueror's Haki had not reappeared since its initial awakening.

Even though Charlotte overwhelmed Esdeath with her Conqueror's Haki, she couldn't unleash Esdeath's Conqueror's Haki.

This forced Charlotte to give up training Esdeath's swordsmanship.

With the guidance of Charlotte, the world's greatest swordsman, and Esdeath's talent at sea, her swordsmanship combined with her Cold-Cold Fruit made even the swordsmen on Charlotte's ship hesitant to easily parry her attacks.

Esdeath's invincible form was already evident when she was eight years old.

Chapter 194 A Abundance of Talented Individuals (Part 2)

Besides Esdeath!

As Caesar grew older, by the age of five, Charlotte had already arranged all his lessons.

But for some reason, Charlotte always felt that Caesar seemed a bit lazy!

He doesn't put much effort into anything and likes to sleep on his desk during class.

This infuriated Charlotte.

Although Charlotte also liked to sleep on the table when she was little, she would never allow her son to do the same.

Every time Caesar dozed off, Charlotte would make him stand up and run a lap around the castle, returning only when he was fully awake.

Charlotte's castle is quite large.

One lap is at least five thousand meters long. If it weren't for the fact that everyone in the One Piece world has an incredibly strong physique, no one could complete it.

And Caesar was only five years old.

When Charlotte told Caesar to run, she was just saying it in anger and didn't think Caesar would actually finish.

But after she finished running, Charlotte looked at Caesar with surprise.

Who would have thought this lazy kid was actually a physical genius!

He could run 5,000 meters at the age of five. Although he couldn't compare to those real monsters, he was still much better than ordinary people.

But the only thing that gave Charlotte a headache was that Caesar was too lazy and loved to sleep.

If he wasn't being watched closely, Caesar wouldn't even want to move.

This won't do. He's so young, we have to correct his bad habits.

Basically, every day, Caesar would be woken up before dawn by Charlotte's maids to run around the castle, and he couldn't stop until he had run two laps.

If anyone slacks off, Charlotte will personally take a whip and walk towards Caesar after hearing the maid's report, then hang him from a tree and whip him.

Every time Caesar was whipped, he would be in tears, promising never to do it again.

Martha felt a pang of sympathy watching from behind, but Charlotte wasn't about to indulge Caesar.

But as a result, he secretly ran away again the next day when the maid wasn't paying attention.

As a result, Charlotte hung him from the tree and whipped him for a whole day.

As the days went by, Caesar's memory didn't improve much, but his physical strength did become increasingly formidable.

Sometimes, if Charlotte doesn't exert a bit of force, Caesar won't even feel the pain.

But Charlotte didn't have time to look after Caesar every day, so she eventually just handed Caesar over to Barrett.

And he told Barrett that whatever Barrett trained, Caesar would train too, training to the point of death as long as he didn't die, thus prematurely ending Caesar's childhood.

If so, it's just a tragic childhood.

Besides the two children, Tesla is already over three years old and has just learned to walk. Charlotte only checks on him every few days and doesn't pay much attention to him.

Robert, Sif, Deidara, and Eve were all too young, only two years old, still learning to speak, so Charlotte would only visit them when she had a spare moment.

Besides these seven children, Charlotte...

They had three more children this year.

Two men and one woman.

They were born to Martha, Jenny, and Alice, respectively.

The fifth son, Rockefeller Logan, was born to Martha.

The fourth daughter, Rockefeller Julie, was born to Janet.

The sixth son, Rockefeller Philip, was born to Alice.

The Rockefeller family now has ten members.

Six sons and four daughters.

Apart from Esdeath, there isn't anyone else who can be of great use. Even with Esdeath, Charlotte wouldn't let her do any missions because she's still too young.

However, Charlotte wasn't in a hurry.

This is nothing! The most chaotic Age of Exploration is still more than a decade away, so Charlotte has no hurry at all.

Although the sea was already somewhat chaotic at this point, it was still within a limited range.

Those top-tier powerhouses are still growing.

Having reached the pinnacle of power, I am fully capable of protecting my homeland.

……

The bright sunlight shone on the castle.