On the day off, a group of people gathered at Howl's moving castle.

"Yah! Incredible castle and incredible door!" Luffy was super interested in the door of the castle. He kept turning the handle to switch to different places and then opened the door to peek out. At the same time, he was also excited about facing new things. Yelling. "So cool! Magician, your castle is so cool!"

"Then Sanji and I will go shopping." Alicia lifted Luffy who was blocking the castle door and turned the door handle to the one connecting to the port town. "If you want to go out for fun, you can go to King's Town for a walk. Go shopping, remember to watch Luffy and don't let him mess around."

"I want takoyaki for lunch!" Luffy shouted out his request for lunch.

"I know, I will remember to buy it." Sanji reluctantly agreed, opened the door and let Alicia walk in front. "I'm going to ask you to lead the way, little Alicia."

"Let's go down from here." Alicia pointed to the downhill road in front of the door.

"Huh? You can see the sea as soon as you go out."

Sanji followed Alicia with the basket, and gradually turned into walking side by side with her. The smile in his eyes proved his good mood at the moment.

Mottled wooden huts can be seen everywhere in the port town. Townspeople wearing overalls and berets are chatting. The port next to it is full of sailboats, and from time to time, the shouts of fishermen can be heard.

"It's so lively." Sanji looked around. After seeing the vegetable vendor's shop, he slowed down and stopped. He picked up a potato and turned it around in his hand. "The vegetables and fruits in the morning are very fresh. I see Look, potatoes, carrots, onions—"

"Sanji, do you want to make curry?"

"Yes." Sanji replied while selecting the ingredients.

"Brooke will be very happy. Ah, I want to buy octopus later. Maybe I can try making curry octopus balls?"

"Sounds like a good idea." Sanji picked out the vegetables, Alicia paid for them, and they continued shopping.

"Found it, fish store."

"These are freshly caught fish," the shopkeeper said proudly.

Sanji could confirm the freshness of the seafood on the stall at a glance and filled a basket with satisfaction.

"I also want tuna, which can be made into fish balls and cooked with curry." Alicia came up with an idea, and she and Sanji reached out to the tuna on the stall in tandem.

The moment Sanji's fingertips touched the back of Alicia's hand, he retracted like an electric shock.

"Sanji?" Alicia was confused.

"Ah, ah, I'm sorry, little Alicia." Sanji put his hands behind his back and took a step back, his face started to heat up because of the touch at that moment, "I didn't mean to..."

[Sanji seems to like you very much. 】

Reiju's words echoed in Alicia's mind, like a spell, causing her to subconsciously observe the unusual Sanji in front of her.

Could it be true?

"What's wrong?" Sanji swallowed nervously, his whole body stiffening under Alicia's gaze.

"Sanji, you look so weird."

"Yes, really?" Sanji's eyes became evasive, looking elsewhere like a fool, "Ah, maybe... it's because I don't feel well?"

"Uncomfortable?" Alicia frowned, tiptoed close to Sanji and reached out to push the hair away from his forehead, pressing her forehead against his. Before Sanji's face completely turned into a tomato, he backed away with a solemn expression, "Really, Sanji seems to have a fever, his forehead is so hot. Let's finish shopping and go back quickly, and let Chopper check it for you."

"...That's right." Sanji was a little disappointed.

Alicia turned around, her solemn expression disappeared, and instead she smiled evilly. Shy Sanji looks both clumsy and cute, making his heart itch. Alicia shook her head and patted her cheek with her palm.

"Cheer up and don't be fooled easily."

Alicia warned herself in a low voice, but couldn't help but quietly turned around to look at Sanji with her peripheral vision. Noticing Alicia's gaze, Sanji immediately gave her a smile.

[Please try your best, heart! ] Alicia looked away guiltily, pressed her chest hard, and angrily yelled at herself in her head, [If you keep accelerating uncontrollably like this, you will be exposed in front of Sanji! 】

"So good." Rosinandi showed off his stupid father's face again and wrapped Alicia in his coat, rubbing her head with an idiotic smile. "My daughter is so good."

What happened was this - after Alicia and Sanji returned from a shopping trip, Rosinandi, who was worried that her daughter would be deceived by a bad boy, discovered that Alicia would deliberately stay away from Sanji. This discovery made Rocinante overjoyed, thinking that his instructions had worked.

Unlike Rosinandi who was in a happy mood, Sanji stood in front of the cooking table in a listless mood. After being keenly aware of Alicia's distance from him, Sanji deeply suspected that his thoughts were discovered by the other party, and unfortunately, he was dumped.

Sanji: My heart hurts so much qaq! But I will never give up like this!

After the depressed Sanji cheered himself up, his whole body was filled with motivation, and his whole body was almost on fire.

"Look, daddy, let's just say he is a strange guy." Rosinandy seized every opportunity to discredit the guy who dared to covet his treasure to his daughter. "What you are doing now is great, stay away from bad men."

"...That's not the case, Rosinandi." Alicia's voice was weak, "It's because I didn't dare to get close. The heartbeat was as loud as thunder, and I would be discovered."

"Eh?" Rosinandi let go and leaned against the wall in frustration, looking at Alicia with sad eyes, "Is this what dad understands?"

"I--"

"Wait a minute!" Rosinandi raised her hand decisively to stop Alicia from continuing, and shakily stuffed a cigarette into her mouth, "Dad is not mentally prepared yet, so don't tell me yet, let dad smoke a cigarette and take it easy... …”

"I don't care if you want to smoke, but your coat is on fire." Alicia was used to the mistakes caused by Rocinante's clumsiness.

The nicotine seemed to help Rosinandy calm down quite well, and he put out his cigarette butt and pushed Alicia to the balcony.

"Okay, I'm ready, let's talk." Rosinandi smiled gently and gently touched Alicia's head like a loving father, but his tone was completely different, "Just don't tell dad you like that boy. "

"I like Sanji."

Alicia's words were undoubtedly a critical blow to Rosinandy.

"It's so annoying...my Alicia is still so young, is she about to leave dad's wings and be kidnapped by others? Dad doesn't want you to fall in love prematurely at all."

"Please wake up, I'm twenty years old."

"No." Rosinandi glanced at her head angrily, "In dad's heart, you will always be a little baby!"

This was the first time Alicia saw Rocinante's temper, and she couldn't laugh or cry for a moment.

"But it is an indisputable fact that I have grown up."

Rocinante turned back and looked at Alicia steadily, her eyes gradually becoming sad.

"What a failure. Before I could do anything for you, you had already grown up somewhere I couldn't see." Although Rosinandi was smiling, even wearing funny clown makeup couldn't hide his emotion at this moment. She was feeling sad, "Actually, I am not qualified to interfere with you, but as your father, I still hope that you can be happy. Find a man with a stable life and live a long life, not like me and Maro. "

"Happiness and all, aren't you happy when you are with Maro?"

Rocinante was speechless. Recalling the time he spent with Maro, he seemed to be surrounded by happiness every moment.

"Defeated. It seems that my daughter is more of an adult than me." Rosinandi shrugged helplessly and squatted down to face Alicia. "In that case, follow your heart, Alicia. As long as you feel Happiness, then that’s enough for dad.”

"Thank you, Rocinante." Alicia hugged Rocinante hard, "But there is no need to worry about you. Sanji may not like me yet."

"Huh? Don't stop me, Alicia! I will definitely tear that brat into pieces!"

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