249 249. Gina
Alexander appeared at G-5 Base and did an inspection. Although the base was neat and clean, only one person was having a bad day there. He was the newly assigned Vice Admiral. His name was Lenard. He had connections with Lulusia's royal family.
The Marines living there had made living worse for him as no one heard his orders. All the Marines there may be lawless but they knew what this new Vice Admiral had done and had no shame in reminding them man about his mistakes every day.
Vice Admiral Lenard couldn't do anything either as he was not physically powerful enough to take them on. He may have been promoted but his power level was still of a Rear Admiral.
"Admiral Universe, you must punish them. They have shown insubordination." He came to Alexander to b*tch about.
Alexander calmly sat in his chair with his feet on the desk, "But I wasn't here. I didn't see anything happening. Where's the proof? I can't punish them just based on your words."
"You... I... Look at my condition. My eyes have turned darker and I have grown weak. All because of them."
"Doesn't that mean you have been working hard? Vice Admiral Lenard. thank you for your hard work. Please close the door after you leave." Alexander shrugged him away.
Lenard left his office with slumped shoulders. He thought because Alexander was here the harassment would stop but it increased by 10 fold.
*Peruperuperuperuperu...*
"What?..." Alexander picked up the call.
"Admiral Universe. What did you do to those World Nobles? I have received so many complaints from them." Kong asked loudly.
"Huh... I saved them and that's how they treated me back. Such worthless cowards." Alexander slighted.
"Admiral, you are employed by the World Government. You are duty-bound to obey them." Kong argued.
"No, I'm not. I'm not employed by them, nor do they pay my salary. I am employed by 170 nations who pay heavenly tribute to our spoiled brats sitting in Mary Geois. I work to keep those 170 countries safe and not just some selected people. Maybe you should stop being so scared of them and grow a spine, Fleet Admiral." Alexander nonchalantly said. He had nearly insulted every important person in the world just now.
On the other side, Kong seethed in rage. "YOU... How could y...."
Alexander hung up as he didn't have time to talk to him. He had research to do on the devil fruits.
...
Alexander's Kindheart Mall empire expanded at a very fast pace. He made shops in any country that wasn't hostile to him. Though most were scared to anger him so no one could say anything. His shops opened on each island, each city and kingdom. Except for Mary Geois though.
Many Pirates tried to loot them once in a while but every time they would either die or if they had high bounty they'd be arrested. This way the Kindheart shops came to be known as another big power not to be messed with.
The World Government mainly turned a blind eye as they also bought many things from the shops. For example, exotic cuisine and stuff.
Alexander's Seraphs, who were looking for the final island of the Grand Line, were also unsuccessful. Making Alexander stop their pointless exploration.
He guessed that the island must have some kind of supernatural ability to only show up if you knew exactly where to look. Otherwise, how can no one ever stumble upon it by mistake?
So he stopped that for now and just focused on making the world better. However, Alexander had heard that Gol D Roger was also looking for that island. The world government was already scared for some reason and had put 3 billion Berries as his bounty.
...
Year 1500,
Alexander was on a personal mission. He was going around all the countries with harsh climates and helping people.
He was on an island with a single village called Kuen Village. It was in North Blue near the calm belt.
Kuen Village was a small village in an arid grassland. The only vegetation in the village was dead trees and tall grasses that were slumped due to lack of water. It was nearby a mountain with denser vegetation.
It was an impoverished village that was seemingly suffering from a drought. Its citizens were malnourished and destitute. A famine was going on there, it was so bad that people even stopped having babies to not have more mouths to feed.
He went ahead and first opened lots of water wells on the island. Second thing, the people had built their village in the wrong locations. There was a whole mountain with denser vegetation which was a better-suited area.
Alexander first went to the mountain to see why the people didn't establish their village there. Maybe there were dangerous animals.
*Sniff*
Alexander's ears perched up from the unnatural noise. It was like someone was crying.
He walked towards that noise and came to a large tree with a hollow trunk. Due to Alexander coming close, the noise from inside the tree trunk stopped.
"Please don't eat me... I-I am not tasty, I tried." A childish voice came.
Alexander felt the weakness, fear, and sadness in the voice. "I am not here to eat you, child. Come out."
Hearing him, and understanding it was not a wild animal, a small head peeked out of the tree trunk. It was a little girl, dirt on her face and ragged clothes on her body. Soon she came out of the tree trunk.
Alexander noticed the arm of the girl with bite marks. She really did try to eat herself out of hunger it seems. Alexander waved his hand and used magic to heal her without her even knowing.
"W-who are you, Mister?" She weakly asked.
"Call me Grandpa. What are you doing here alone?" Alexander inquired.
"Mommy said I am useless so she left me here. Nobody wants me, Grandpa." She answered, looking at him with her cute big eyes.
Alexander waved his hand and a big carpet appeared, he sat down on the ground with legs crossed. "Come, sit with me little one."
He then took out lots of food, fruit, and drinks and put them on the carpet. "Here, eat all you want. You are not useless, child. You are just small. Even I was useless when I was as small as you."
"Really grandpa?" She questioned as if this new information was a huge deal for her.
"Yes yes, now eat. You look like you haven't eaten anything in a while."
She finally succumbed to the food and started eating like no tomorrow. Though she drank more water than she ate. Water was a luxury there after all and considering that the human body craves more for water than food, it was normal.
"How is it? Is it tasty?" He inquired and poured her some orange juice.
She put down her water glass, "Ahhh... it is so yummy, Grandpa. Can I keep some leftovers with me?" she asked, thinking that the old man would go away and she'd again go hungry in a few days.
Alexander smiled warmly at her, "Yes, sweety. You can have all this. I have more as well."
"What is your name, child?" Alexander asked further.
"Mommy called me Baby 5. Is that my name?" She confusedly said.
Alexander's heart ached when he guessed why she was called that. "Gina, that is what your name is from today."
She cutely repeated her name multiple times before finally throwing her arms in the air in happiness, "I like this name, Gina. Thank you, grandpa."
"Haha... Would you like to come with me, Gina? You will get lots of food. There are also 4 more sisters you can play with." Alexander proposed.
"Really? But mommy said I am useless..." She repeated.
Alexander went close to her and caressed her hair, "No Gina, you are not useless. You are needed by me. You make me happy, okay?"
"Really?"
"Yes, let's go now. I will introduce you to your new family." Alexander gave her his finger to hold and they walked into Phixheim.
Gina's depressed face turned from sad to happy as soon as she saw the colorful Phixheim with lots of animals roaming around. She had never seen such a beautiful place in her life.
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