Vol. 01 Ch. 16 - How many candidates? (Updated)

Previously …

Arthur, who is 10 years old next week, has a height of 160 cm with a muscular but slim body. With his blue eyes and white hair that was left long to the back, Arthur made the women not bored to look at him. Plus this time Maria made Arthur wear formal attire (FGO - Saber King Arthur) while traveling to Logue town, where roger would be executed.

In his room, Arthur thought about meeting Nico Olvia, but Jack's compass was in Arthur's hand after the needle turned, again pointing directions to Logue town. But after checking, Jack's compass works well. He thought again to want to meet with Nico Olvia, and the results still showed directions to Logue town.

Arthur: So this is the city where the pirate king Gol D Roger was born and executed, I am really in One Piece. But... if it wasn't for this compass, it would be difficult to find her in this crowd.

Following the direction indicated by the compass, Arthur arrived at the island's suburban bar. There he saw a woman with brown skin and white hair.

Arthur: Here you are.

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Maria, who decides to go shopping for the clothes she wants Arthur wears, is escorted by the marine. He wore a long red dress, with a blend of some jewelry made many men try to approach him. But when they saw many marines escorting Maria, it made the men think twice about trying to talk to Maria. Because Saint Adam did not want his daughter, Maria to flee away go adventure again he asked Fleet admiral Kong to assign several members of the marine as bodyguards of Maria. Although Maria and Arthur hid their identities, the marine continued to carry out the orders given. She went from store to store, the servants who followed Maria always increased with a shopping bag that doubled every time Maria left the store.

Marine 1: "Hey, do you know who is the identity of the woman we are guarding?"

Marine 2: "I don't know and don't want to know, because this order is a direct order from HQ, so there should be no problems."

Marine 1: "Really? Is it possible she also came to see Roger's execution process tomorrow? I also saw some famous pirates during our escort."

Marine 2: "HQ prohibits us from taking action even though we see pirates who come to see the execution process, but if those who create problems first, we are allowed to take action."

Women's Marine: "Hey you two! Don't talk much when we're on duty."

Maria: "Wow, there are a lot of new clothes that I have never seen. Now we go to this shop."

Waiter: "Yes, Mrs. Maria."

Women's Marine: "But indeed what HQ is thinking of assigning marine members to escort the woman to go shopping, we have a lot of other important work approaching Roger's execution process."

Maria: "Sorry if I'm not important." Maria said when she heard the word of the woman marine voices.

Women's Marine: "Sorry, I didn't mean that."

Maria: "It's OK, it's all because the old man makes you got this order. But I'm interested in you, not many women become marine. What is your name?"

Force: "Yes, my name is..."

Maria continued to the store shopping for their products that made the shop owner very happy. Maria also got a new acquaintance from a relatively slender female marine with long red wine hair tied in a ponytail, gray eyes, and a rather unique hairstyle similar to Mohawk known as Chelsea Hawk. Maria feels that this woman is a woman who has guts. Maria was very interested in this female marine after speaking for a while. Maria wants to try to introduce him to Arthur because Maria thinks that who knows she might become her future daughter-in-law.

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While at the end of the island, a bar is full of people who look rude and strange because many of them use a hood. When the door opened and two figures entered the bar, all eyes focused on the two of them. A child who looks fifteen or sixteen years old has white hair visiting a bar where drinking alcohol and where pirates usually come. Plus the old grandfather who followed the boy from behind made an unusual sight in that place. Of course, the two of them were Arthur and Sebas.

Owner: "Grandpa, you should not take your grandchildren to a place like this."

Sebas: "Don't worry, he can take care of himself if only against the rude people in this place. Give me the drink and food that you recommend and for him, give him a sandwich and water."

Arthur and Sebas sat on the bar stools, the bar owner who was initially uneasy seeing Arthur immediately silent when Sebas slipped the money on the bar table which was immediately accepted by the bar owner. Arthur sat and turned his back to the bar while watching the surroundings. Arthur did not see the person he wanted to meet because many of the visitors at this bar wore hoods. Arthur took out his compass and paid attention to the direction pointed by the compass needle. In the corner of the room, the direction the compass was pointing to was seen 4 people chatting with each other wearing hoods. When Sebas's order arrived, Arthur jumped down from his chair to the corner of the room making Sebas's eyes look in the direction Arthur was aiming while drinking his drink. Sebas knows that Arthur has his own goals and believes that Arthur can protect himself from the people of this bar. Arthur shifted the chair and sat at the table of 4 people.

Arthur: "Can I join your table, I want to talk to this lady?"

Woman: "Didn't you come with your grandfather, son? And did no one teach you not to talk to strangers? Especially in a place like this."

Arthur: "He is not my grandfather, I only have a mother who likes to dress me up and I have never met my father. Oh... where are my manners? Introduce my name, Arthur, Phantasm D Arthur. Nice to meet you Mrs. Archaeologist, Nico Olvia."

Of course, when her name was mentioned she was a little surprised but managed to regain her composure and stop her team who wanted to attack Arthur. Olvia opened her hood and looked at Arthur from toe to head, but she did not know who Arthur was in front of her. Finally, Olvia asked her team to sit back and drink the drink in the glass in front of her.

Olvia: "Nice to meet you Arthur, if I may call you Arthur. And just call me Olvia, and for my friends..."

Arthur: "It's better if I don't know their names because I just want to talk to you, Olvia. And of course, you may call me Arthur, you are the mother of one of my future wives."

Arthur interrupted Olvia and was surprised to hear again about Arthur wanting to marry her daughter, Robin. But what confused Olvia the most was how Arthur knew about her having a daughter, because not many people knew about it since she left Robin as a baby.

Olvia: "It seems you know a lot, Arthur. For the problem of you who wants to marry my daughter, of course, it doesn't matter as long as she wants it, because it seems like you want more than one wife. But if I may ask, how do you know all that?"

Arthur: "Thank you for your blessing, Olvia. My mother wants me to give her 3 or more daughters-in-law. And indeed I know a lot, starting from Robin, Ohara, Clover and the expedition team to study Poneglyph and the void of history even though it is prohibited by the world government."

This time it was clear on Olvia's face how shocked she was to hear Arthur's words that made them all stand worried if anyone heard Arthur's words.