Aftermath

Seeing Loki enters the restaurant, Ritika welcomed him, "You are back."

He nodded with a smile and joined the duo at the table.

"Loki, you came. This is Zoro, our new nakama." Looking at Loki joining them, Luffy introduced Zoro and started to eat again.

"I am Loki. Nice to meet you, and welcome to the crew," smiled Loki towards Zoro.

"Roronoa Zoro." Nodded his head. Since he is eating, no one has shaken hands.

There are only eating sounds that can be heard on the table. Loki also started eating and, at the same time, prevented Luffy from stealing food from his plate. Koby, Ririka, and Rika all watched them in amazement as the food they consumed was a lot.

Zoro, too, was amazed at how much Luffy and Loki could eat. He thought he was a big eater, but now he doesn't think so.

"How can you guys eat that much," asked Zoro after eating his fill.

"This guy can eat the whole rations for this entire town." Replied Loki.

"You didn't eat less than him. And you are still eating," rebuked Zoro. Luffy was eating without minding anything.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA, don't fuss about small details." Laughed Loki.

"So, we three are the only crew members?"

"Yup"

"Do we have a ship"

"We have a boat."

"Did I make a mistake in joining this crew?"

"You don't need to have a doubt. It's your fate. Nothing can be changed." Loki smirked mischievously.

Zoro sighed heavily. Luffy listening to Loki and Zoro's conversation laughed heartily and said, "We will buy a big ship, recruit a musician and sail to the grand line, HAHAHAHAHHAHAH."

Loki just shook his head and grinned at this. Zoro was even more certain that the crew he joined was not normal.

While this strange talk was going on few marines came into the restaurant straight to their table.

"Are you guys pirates?" asked one of the leading marine.

"Yes," Luffy added and continued to eat.

"We are thankful you guys saved from Morgan's oppression, but as you guys are pirates, I wanted you to leave." Leading marine said.

"Hehehehehe, you guys feared Morgan and didn't do your duty at all. Now, as soon as he was knocked down, you guys are so sincere in your work. Admirable." Loki said sarcastically.

The marines were ashamed, but Morgan also tortured them. But did they do anything to oppose or try to complain about Morgan to higher-ups? No, they didn't try at all. They were too afraid to do anything against his orders. If the pirates didn't come to the town, they don't know how long they would be under Morgan's tyranny.

Luffy said, "Shishishi, let's go, Loki, Zoro." He put his hat on his head and walked away.

"Just a minute, Luffy. Onesan, as the food I asked for is prepared?" enquired Loki.

"Yes, I have prepared a lot. But judging from the amount you three eat, it won't last for more than two days. It's in the kitchen. Come with me. I'll pack some more sake and snacks, too," smiled Ririka.

Loki went inside the kitchen to collect the food he asked to prepare before Ririka.

"Thank you so much, Oneesan. How much for everything." Loki enquired, looking at the food packed in a big pile.

"No need. You guys saved my daughter's life and saved this town from Morgan. Considered this as my way of thanking you all." Ririka waved her hands and refused strongly.

Loki smiled and didn't refuse the offer.

Loki returned with a large pile and saw Zoro stopping Luffy from hitting Koby. Loki knew what had happened, so he looked at Koby and smiled.

The three of them walked back to shore and got on their boat.

They sailed off with marines salute, which made Luffy and Loki laugh.

"Maybe this will be the first time this kind of thing will happen" Zoro smirked.

After a few minutes, Luffy makes a ruckus because of food, while Loki is not giving him.

This activity and sudden wind made his straw hat fly off, which was caught by Zoro before falling into the sea.

Zoro can see Luffy treasures his hat very much. He asked Luffy about the hat, and Luffy explained from whom he got it and why it's very important to him.

Loki, too shared how he joined the crew and some details about him. Zoro talked about his childhood a little and why he became a pirate hunter.

The crew members become a little closer while sharing these things. But the most important thing is no one has an idea where they are going.

Loki knows how to sail, but he is not good at navigation. At least without a map and tools, he can't do anything. Zoro and Loki started to drink, and Luffy was given a portion of food.

Since food is already available, Luffy didn't fly off with the bird, but maybe it's fate that they still encountered the stowaway pirates after some time.

The boat stopped near the three stooges and helped them on board.

As soon as they got on board, the stooges grinned maniacally, and one person said, "All right brats, now we are taking your boat under the order of Captain Buggy sama."

"Shishishishi," laughed Luffy.

"Haa," snorted Zoro and beat them. After that asked them to row the boat toward the island. After all, the crew didn't know the nearby island. It was a great help these three came on board.

Loki was listening to the conversation between the three pirates and Zoro in the crowded boat.

'If we didn't help them and got to orange town, would Nami escape from Buggy? Well, with her cunning, she will manage to make a fool of Buggy. But it's not 100% sure. And the town people will suffer for a long time till Buggy decided to leave.'

'Do I change the plot or try my best to keep it as it is? If I tried to like that, then what's the use of my presence? Is my future knowledge really helping me? Sigh, I should have started this anime soon, or at least I should have read the manga. Just reading fanfic, I dono how which details are true and which are false. Well, at least I know for sure what will happen up to Alabasta arc if I didn't change anything,'

'There is no use in thinking all these things, let's take one step at a time. I will not sit simply and watch someone hurt because I need to maintain a timeline. I will do what my heart wants. I decided to enjoy this life to the fullest right then, what's there to think about?'

'Why am I overthinking these things? Let's decide what to decide next and have fun. That's all.'

"Aww we were" Loki listened to Luffy's strange voice and immediately understood that the idiot stole the meat while he was contemplating.

He gave a cold stare to Luffy and kept aside the bag again.

"We are near. If we travel this speed, it will not take more than 30 min," replied one of the Buggy's thugs.

"We need a Navigator, Luffy. We can't go on like this," said Loki.

"Yosh, we will find a navigator on the next island, Shishishsihsi," Luffy suddenly said enthusiastically with a lump of meat.

"Yes. If I were not here, you guys would have gone in a circle without finding the next island," Zoro said seriously.

"Please tell me how you guided us to a nearby island, master Zoro," Loki raised his eyebrow and asked sarcastically.

"Of course, if I not beaten these guys to row to an island, how long will it take for us to find a way to the island on our own." Zoro nodded his head sagely.

"Maybe I should have beaten them," pouted Luffy.

How the hell did he take the meat? Loki had no idea at all. Maybe it's also one of his superpowers.

Loki is not too worried about Luffy eating meat, after all, he can't store meat in a bag for a long time anyway.

While they were making a fuss about these things, they slowly reached the shore of Orange town.