The days when I wanted to be a human being

No matter how confused Roger and the other two were, no one could give them an answer.

After Zhou Ling, the person involved, put little Shanks on the 'blanket', and seeing that he was still sleeping peacefully, she also closed her eyes peacefully.

……

The next day, before dawn, Zhou Ling appeared on the deck and found that Garp's warship was parked on the other side of the island.

Zhou Ling was quite surprised to see a group of pirates and navy officers living in peace, but felt relieved when he thought that this was the world of One Piece.

"Miao? You're here so early today?" Reilly looked at Zhou Ling in confusion. After all, Zhou Ling usually wouldn't show up so early.

"It's okay, I just couldn't sleep. Are we going to set sail?"

"Yeah, it will be troublesome if we wait until daybreak. After all, we are not used to having a group of navy men around. It is better to leave here early."

Zhou Ling did not comment on Rayleigh's words. She could indeed feel that the crew's behavior at this moment was significantly different from usual.

"Where is Roger?" Zhou Ling suddenly asked.

Zhou Ling's words surprised Rayleigh for a moment. After all, Zhou Ling never mentioned Roger on her own initiative.

"He's in Capuna."

"Haha." Zhou Ling sneered after hearing Lei Li's answer, and lowered his voice to question Lei Li: "You already know the identity of that child."

"...Did you learn this from Garp?" Rayleigh looked around and found no one paying attention to them. He asked calmly, "What do you...think of the Celestial Dragons?"

Rayleigh knew very well that the people on the sea would not like the Celestial Dragons after seeing what they did.

"To be honest, what does it matter if they are Celestial Dragons? As long as they don't show up in front of me, I can let them do whatever they want..."

Zhou Ling said indifferently that she was not from this world, so what could she do?

"...Anyway, I don't care about the Celestial Dragons. Just don't involve the people I care about, and everything will be fine."

After hearing what Zhou Ling said, Rayleigh fell into a brief silence.

"So, the reason you didn't tell me is because you were afraid that I would do something to the child?" Seeing that Lei Li didn't say anything, Zhou Ling asked directly, "Then you don't trust me too much, right?"

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore." Zhou Ling said, then took out a piece of cake and started eating it.

"clatter."

She heard new footsteps landing on the deck, and she knew it was Roger's footsteps without turning around.

"Miao, so early today?" Roger glanced at Zhou Ling and shouted without waiting for Zhou Ling to reply.

"Boys! Set sail! The navy will come to catch us after daybreak!"

"What! Is this true? Captain, you are not lying to us, are you?"

"So what are you waiting for? Set sail now!"

Seeing the busy figures before the sun came out, Roger walked to Zhou Ling's side and said, "Miao, I asked Karp, are you still leaving?"

"...Why else would I stay here?" Zhou Ling glanced at Roger, swallowed the last bite of the biscuit, drank a sip of water, and continued, "You don't really want me to stay here and take care of that child, do you?"

"Why do you think so?" Zhou Ling felt that she was not a nanny, and it would be good enough if she could help take care of the child for half a year.

"You should take care of yourself, little Shanks."

After a night of careful consideration, she felt that it didn't matter whether there was a wanted warrant or not.

After having a fight with Garp last night, she has a certain understanding of her own strength now.

As long as she doesn't take the initiative to provoke the Navy and the World Government, the problem won't be too big.

For the next nine years or so, she kept a low profile and nothing was a problem.

The Navy wouldn't cause trouble for her for no reason, right?

A bad guess suddenly came to Zhou Ling's mind.

She glanced at the navy ship on the other side of the island, then looked at Roger, "Anyway, it's only a matter of time before I leave. This has nothing to do with little Shanks."

"..."

Roger glanced at the silent Rayleigh, then at Zhou Ling who was drinking water, "Okay, then if you regret it, remember to tell me in advance."

----

Half a month later, they arrived at O'Hara Island.

Looking at the huge tree, Zhou Ling suddenly wanted to go up and take a look.

Maybe it's a good place to hide away.

"Roger, what do you think of that tree?"

"You mean O'Hara's All-Knowing Tree?" Roger stood on the deck and looked at the All-Knowing Tree standing in the middle of the island, smiling, "Do you want to live on it?"

"That's a good idea." Roger sighed and put on his straw hat. "Boys, let's go to the island!"

After he said that, he jumped directly to the shore.

Watching Roger and some crew members heading towards the island, Zhou Ling went straight back to the captain's room.

Although Roger left some people behind to guard the ship, for safety reasons, she asked the auxiliary system to go outside to be on guard together.

And she was responsible for taking care of little Shanks.

Zhou Ling sat in a chair, looking at the scenery outside the window, and began to think about his future life of seclusion.

After all, it has been nearly ten years, so she has to put some effort into it, otherwise there will be no quality of life at all.

She doesn't want to live a life like a savage.

Living accommodation is definitely the first thing to consider. She ruled out renting a house. She has no money, so how can she rent it?

As for going to work or something?

That's not funny. In that case, she might as well just join the navy. At least she can guarantee a basic living. With her ability, maybe she can get a good position?

But after thinking about it, I decided to give up. After all, that kind of life is not as comfortable as being alone, and if I join the navy, I will have to consider so many interpersonal relationships.

It's annoying just thinking about it.

"Hey!"

If you don’t manage a household, you won’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are.

Zhou Ling sighed inwardly and scratched her hair in annoyance.

The more she thought about it, the more upset she became. She suddenly realized that she seemed to have oversimplified the idea of ​​seclusion.

If he didn't live in seclusion, he would either be a pirate or a sailor.

The former is fine, not only is it unstable, it's also annoying.

The latter, at least, has a certain degree of stability, but she is a little worried about the subsequent interpersonal relationships.

After much thought, I decided to live in seclusion.

As for money, she wouldn't starve to death anyway. When she was hungry, she could just go to the sea and catch a sea beast. As for clothes, the clothes on her body were automatically repaired, so there was no problem at all.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ling suddenly felt how vast the world was.

Zhou Ling, who had thought of a solution, began to feel happy.

As for where to live?

Anyway, as long as it can shelter from the wind and rain, she can build a wooden house or something. There is plenty of time anyway, so she can learn slowly.

Time passed quietly.

Soon it got dark.

Roger and his crew also returned to the ship.

As soon as he returned, he and Rayleigh found her.

"Great, today we went to find scholars on the island, but they said they don't know the original history." Roger looked distressed.

But Zhou Ling had no other choice.

After all, according to the plot, Roger eventually reached the final island, so it didn't make much difference whether she raised any opinions or not.

As for what Roger said about no one understanding the historical text, she didn't believe it.

Studying historical texts is prohibited by the World Government. Even if they know about it, they won't tell you, a pirate.

Zhou Ling saw that Roger was about to continue speaking, so she continued to listen to him.