5 Accepting a Disciple

Even though Abel was momentarily confused he was not dumb. After recovering from his confusion he immediatly searched for Nami with his eyes. How can one form a relationship without meeting? So he guessed that she just saw him and disliked him for some reason. After looking around for few seconds he saw an orange haired teenager with a small small cloak covering her. That's why Abel was not able to recognize her before.

Abel was not disheartened that Nami's first impression of him was bad. He was confident in making a good impression and even if he can't form a good relationship he can always form a bad relationship. He got to get a reward either case so he didn't care much. ' This is a good opportunity. Let's disappear and follow her, then I will make a plan to farm relationship.' He tried to disappear within the crowd and then turn back and tail Nami.

However after a few minutes of trying to get himself lost, he was astonished. 'This brat... is following me?' After failing to disappear from her sight he realised that Nami was following him. He immediately guessed Nami's purpose and a sneer formed on his face. ' You want to rob this brother!? You are way too green. Let me teach you a lesson.'

Meanwhile Nami was following Abel with a grumpy mood. ' Hmph, I thought he was someone impressive, he is so handsome yet he is such a wimp.' Nami disliked Abel because he felt that his great looks was wasted on him. When she first saw him she thought he would be someone impressive and capable but when he saw his apology to that brat called Helmeppo she was immediately disappointed. Thus, she concluded that he was probably a rich noble person's child that was very useless. With that Abel became her target for robbery. After tailing Abel for a few moments she saw he was in a relatively secluded place looking through items through a shop's glass window. She became overjoyed. 'This is a golden opportunity, I will rob him and escape through alleyway.'

Nami sneakily made her way towards him, took his purse and left. ' İt was very easy.' Nami thought and for some reason grew even more disappointed. 'What a naive idiot!' she thought but was not very happy inside. 'Even though he is stupid, it is not like he is an evil person. Maybe I shouldn't have stolen from him...' she grew conflicted and was considering returning the purse when a voice made her jump back in fright.

'' Hello!'' Abel appeared in front of her with a sunny smile. She was stunned and a little afraid. 'Did he find out after all?'

'' W-what do you need from me?'' She answered a little flustered.

Abel looked at him with a naive smile and took out a pouch that was full of gold. He shaked it a few times and casually replied.

'' I think this belongs to you,no?'' When Nami saw the pouch filled with gold she was stunned. 'How!? This is the pouch I stole from pirates this morning.' Nami was extremely shocked and blushed immediately. ' I hide this in my body... How did he...' While Nami was conflicted she subconsciously checked the purse she stole from him but was even more shocked upon realizing that the purse she stole from him was gone!?

'' Ah, looking for this?'' Abel took out the purse and asked teasingly. He felt he was very cool and started to spout nonsense '' You are too green to steal from me. When I was young I was known as the prince of thieves. İn this world there is barely anything I can't steal...'' He then talked some sense to Nami as if he was a senior thief master lecturing his junior apprentice.

Nami was awestruck. She didn't know if he was bragging or not but she was amazed with his skills. When she saw him in front of her she thought he was going to beat her up because she stole from her but this situation was really unexpected. İmmediately afterwards her eyes started shining ' As expected he is an extraordinary person!'

Abel didn't know what she was thinking and he was definitely not a master at stealing things. He just used his cheat: spatial ring. With spatial ring as long as something was not moving very fast and was within a meter range he could store things without touching. Since he was annoyed with that Helmeppo brat he stored his purse in his spatial ring and then put in his pocket openly to lure Nami. İf it was Nami from the canon she would likely understand that he was baiting her but this Nami was just a 12 year old brat. After Nami stole his purse, he waited until she was distracted closed on her and stored her pouch as well. Thus, happened the misunderstanding that lead Nami to believe he was a master thief. Of course as a petty person Abel didn't miss the chance to act cool and praised himself endlessly while lecturing her. While Abel was busy acting cool he missed the look on Nami's face and system's notification.

'Ding! Relationship updated. Current relationship with Nami(Major character) +25.'

Nami was looking at Abel with an amazed look while thinking. ' With his help and teachings... I might pay Arlong back much sooner. She patiently waited until Abel was done acting cool and satisfied to bow to him.

'' Prince of thieves, please accept me as disciple and teach me how to steal things! Please, I really need to learn from you.'' She asked him with a pleading voice while bowing humbly. She tightened her fists and didn't dare look at his eyes. 'Please... Please accept me.'

Abel looked at her dumbly. 'Uh...What?'