350. Parents' Worries

Days passed since The Clown Pirates arrived on Conomi Islands. Buggy is the only one who stays there after 2 months. Everyone else is on a trip around East Blue. They go to places they like because they are on a break.

However, they go using passenger ships, or even boats. The Black Pearl is staying quietly on their port in Conomi Islands. There's no way they can use The Black Pear without its Captain on it and Buggy never permitted them to use it without him, the ship is Captain's, so no one can use it without his permission.

Besides, this is the crew's break, so this is also The Pearl's break. They only use Black Pearl when they are 'on duty' because it's their symbol as a Pirate Crew. East Blue is also not so dangerous for them that they need Black Pearl to go around.

Even Buggy never used Black Pearl when he has a family trip. He used a small ship that Palu made a few years ago with a similar design to their old ship, The Little Hunter. Buggy even named this ship The Young Hunter in memory of The Little Hunter.

In these 2 months, Buggy enjoys his time with his family. He went on some trips with them and also play with his kids. Their play? It was the 'game' where Nami & Leo tried to hunt him to get his bounty.

Of course, the kids are seriously trying to defeat him and he isn't even 1% serious. He still beats them up though, but only with some little knocks on the head. Some parents might pretend to get defeated in their kids' games, but Buggy doesn't want to lose to his kids even in games.

Although the main reason is he wants to use these games to train them. Kids like them don't like serious training, so he uses their games to train them. It will be fun and the kids will learn a lot while playing.

Buggy's method is by giving them advice while handling their attacks. He tells them their mistakes, what they need to do, what their opponents can do, what they're lacking, etc. He engraves those lessons to them while they practice them.

Both Leo & Nami are still young, so his lessons will stick strongly in their minds. But he doesn't use this method to train Nojiko because she has trained for a longer time. She now can take more serious training without games and she prefers that method.

Currently, Buggy is lying on the beach alone while looking at the sky. He is pondering about something and it looks serious. Bellemere comes when he's still thinking deeply and so she asks him.

"What are you thinking about so seriously?" asks Bellemere.

"It's about the kids. I'm wondering whether or not it is necessary to give them that power," says Buggy.

Bellemere widens her eyes a bit and asks, "Are you thinking of giving them devil fruits?"

"Just Leo, I have removed the possibility of giving devil fruits to the girls. But I am still considering giving one to Leo," says Buggy.

"B! The kids aren't us. They don't need to live in the face of death like you or me when I was still a Marine," says Bellemere firmly.

Buggy also looks at her seriously and says, "Trust me, I want that too, but that's a difficult life to achieve, at least for the next years. This world is full of shit from top to bottom. Those who are powerless won't survive, and even if they can, they'll always be at the bottom of the pyramid, living by the mercy of those on top."

"I've seen countless lives disappear because they were powerless. You've seen it too when you saved the girls. Something like that can happen anywhere at any time. So rather than hoping for peaceful lives, I'd rather prepare my kids for the worst situations. I'd rather see them cry while I beat them up in training rather than hold their dead bodies in my arms," says Buggy very seriously.

"But do they really need devil fruits? They can just train to be strong without eating devil fruits or go on a dangerous journey, right?" asks Bellemere.

"Yeah, devil fruit doesn't assure someone to be stronger than others. Cricket & Palu are the best examples for this case. But devil fruit gives someone a wider range of abilities, and it has great potential that can't be reached without having devil fruit ability. That's why I consider giving one to Leo, but I won't give any to the girls. It's not because he is my biological child that I favorited him. But he has the best fighting talent among them. I'm also sure the girls will prefer something else rather than devil fruits," says Buggy.

Bellemere ponders for a moment before asking, "When do you plan to give it?"

"As soon as possible. It'll be better for him to get that power when he's still young so he would've raised his mastery to a high degree when he's older," says Buggy.

"Sigh, alright, let's do it this way. We will ask them if they want to eat devil fruits. Nojiko & Nami also need a chance to choose. They will throw tantrums if we only ask Leo, after all. Then we will follow their decision," says Bellemere.

"Sounds good to me," replies Buggy.

Both of them finally agree with it and they ask the kid that night. Unsurprisingly, only Leo wants to eat a devil fruit. Nojiko & Nami don't want it because they will lose their swimming ability. Leo still can't swim, so he doesn't mind it at all.

Besides, Leo likes fighting, just like his dad, the fighter's genetics is in his blood. He also wants to surpass Buggy and he does it by copying some of his dad's abilities, like swordsmanship, in which he uses 2 swords like Buggy. Leo is still using wooden swords, but it will be interesting to see his choice of swords in the future.

Anyway, Leo likes to copy his dad's power so he can surpass all of Buggy's feats. But there's one major power that he misses. He already copies Buggy by being a swordsman, now he just needs to have devil fruit like Buggy. So when Buggy offers the chance, he takes it immediately.

Buggy grins after the kids made their decisions. He tells them that he won't ask again, so this will be their only chance to get devil fruits from him. But their decisions are already set, so Buggy doesn't ask them again.

The next day, the family goes to the base's training ground. Buggy & Leo stand in the middle while Bellemere, Nojiko, Nami, & Fries stand on the side. Fries the dog is already as big as a normal adult dog right now even though it is still just 3 months old as it was 1 month old when Buggy brought it here 2 months ago.

No one mind it though and they thought that it was normal. They thought that it was because the dog eat so well that it grew so fast. Only Buggy knows the truth and he doesn't want to reveal it yet. They might choose to leave the dog if they know it can be as big as a bear, after all.

Anyway, Buggy is holding a small cloth bag right now. He opens it and reveals what he stored inside which is a devil fruit. It's an orange devil fruit with flame-shaped components with swirling patterns on its skin. This is a very famous devil fruit among One Piece fans, The Flame Flame Fruit.

Buggy actually didn't want to take this fruit even though he has seen it many times when he visited Sixis Island. It was still stored in a chest of a wrecked ship. Buggy still wants this fruit to be eaten by Ace, so he let it be.

But he changed his mind last month after seeing his son's talent. Buggy decides to give Flame Flame Fruit to Leo. As an exchange, he replaced it with the Magma Magma Fruit. If nothing changes, then Ace will find that fruit and eat it.

Buggy's reason to choose Flame Flame Fruit rather than Magma Magma Fruit is simple. Leo will be a swordsman and fire can be used along with his swordsmanship, but magma can't. As for Ace, he fights using fists, so Magma will be more powerful for him.

Buggy extends the fruit to Leo and says, "Every time you're ready."

Without any hesitation, Leo takes & eats the devil fruit, "Ugh, disgusting."

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