Vol. 05 Ch. 20 – Dinner And Talk

Arthur who is a reborn soul has no memories of himself so he easily thinks of Maria and Saint Adam as his family. Arthur feels the love of a mother from Maria and the figure of a grandfather who pampers his grandson from Saint Adam. Sebas, Zephyr, and Tsuru were teachers to him and also he considered like family. Gion is like an older sister to Arthur who often quarrels and argues.

Even though there weren't many unique things during Arthur growing up, that was precisely what felt special to him. Now, Arthur has grown up, leaving his comfortable and safe home to adventure in the chaotic seas of The Great Age of Pirates. Arthur found the women he loved and they loved Arthur too. And now, they met their mother and grandfather.

Arthur told a lot about his experiences to Maria and Saint Adam. Although the two of them also know the outline of Arthur's story from other people, they are happy to be able to hear directly from Arthur. Arthur also enjoyed hearing stories from his mother and grandfather.

Maria: "Arthur, I'm still mad because of you because you just brought Monet here." Maria returns to bring their discussion to Arthur's love life.

Arthur: "I already apologized, right Mom? I want to finish my exploration of East Blue before coming here, I don't want to come back here and come back to East Blue again. " Arthur tried to defend himself.

Adam: "Never mind, Maria, the important thing is he's home now. But more importantly, when can I hug my great-grandchild? " His grandfather's question made Arthur confused again about what to answer and Maria also immediately stood up remembering this important thing.

Maria: "Arthur, I want to carry my grandchild." Maria spoke in Arthur's commanding tone.

Arthur: "Mom, I still don't know if it's the right time to have a child." It was this stage of the voyage that made Arthur wonder if it would be harmful to get them pregnant.

Maria: "What are you afraid of? What did you train so hard since you were a child? You are not alone? Robin, Hancock, Monet, they must also train to protect each other. Don't you think that maybe they also really want a child? Have you discussed it with them? " Maria is annoyed that Arthur didn't discuss this important matter with the others.

Arthur: "... Well, I understand mom." Arthur immediately took out Denden Mushi and asked Ikaros to come.

Maria: "Why did you call one of your members here? Why not call them all over and introduce us. " Maria sat back down and was confused because the previous conversation made Arthur call Ikaros.

Ikaros: "Father, what can I do for you?" Ikaros who appeared after opening the door made Maria stand back up again in surprise at how Ikaros summoned Arthur.

Adam: "Arthur, explain!" Saint Adam immediately asked for clarity

Arthur: "Ikaros, they are my mother, Amenome Maria, and my grandfather, Amenome Adam. And Ikaros here, she is my creation by ... " After Arthur introduced Ikaros, he continued by telling about Ikaros to Maria and Saint Adam.

Maria: "Come here, Ikaros." Maria immediately hugged Ikaros with great affection.

Maria and Saint Adam continued chatting together with Arthur and Ikaros until it was approaching night time. Even though Ikaros has a body like an adult, but her mind and nature are still like a child, so Maria and Saint Adam want to spoil Ikaros like when Arthur was a child. Eventually, their conversation ended because Sebas came to tell them that it was time for dinner and the other ART Pirates were waiting at the dinner table.

The ART Pirate members were previously taken on a tour of the Amenome family residence. This was the first time they had seen the residence of the Tenryuubito world's nobles, The Holy Land Mary Geoise which sounded had a lot of controversies. The royal nobles who are registered with the World Government are eager to live in this place. The revolutionaries are eager to overthrow Tenryuubito and the current World Government.

Even though they saw the slaves working in the Amenome residence, it was all different from their thoughts. But after asking this, it turns out that Amenome's family is different from other Tenryuubito. The slaves were very grateful that they fell at the hands of the Amenome family. Because the ART Pirate crew members were curious about the life of slaves in general, they finally regretted seeing the unfortunate and sad lives of other slaves.

Their tour of The Holy Land Mary Geoise ended with the gloomy faces of the ART Pirates until they arrived at the dining table and saw Arthur and his family arriving. Finally, Arthur understood what happened to all of them after hearing that they saw the situation in Mary Geoise, The Holy Land.

Adam: "Sebas, where are Hancock, Robin, and Monet? Olivia is nowhere to be seen? " Saint Adama saw that there were four empty seats.

Sebas: "I told them that dinner is ready but they were still having fun chatting in Mrs. Olivia's room." Right after Sebas spoke, the door opened and Olivia walked in followed by Robin and the others.

Arthur: "Ah, you finally came out, Olivia. I want to introduce my member to you and my mother. " Seeing Olivia who had already sat together, Arthur began to introduce all of the members to his family.

Law and the others stood up one by one as Arthur introduced them to Arthur and Robin's parents. Their gloomy faces turned to panic when they saw the many forks, knives, and spoons in front of them when there was only one plate of food for them, of course except for Sabo because of his previous status. Maria and Saint Adam who saw them not touching their food immediately laughed.

Adam: "Hahaha ... Sebas, change the menu and the table setting." Saint Adam of course understood that they didn't train with table manners.

Sebas: "Yes, Saint Adam. We will prepare it immediately. " It seemed Sebas had already prepared everything in case this happened so everything on the table changed in an instant.

Adam: "Eat, don't be shy. Hahaha… "Saint Adam was happy with the dining table which was not as quiet as usual.

Everyone: "Itadakimasu."

Even though they eat as usual without table manners but not as noisy as when they ate in Athena. Saint Adam, Maria, and Olivia smiled to see their children gathered again at the dining table as before. Even though Baby-5's cooking is very delicious, but they taste new food than usual so they feel this food is more delicious. There was no food left on the dining table and Sebas finally cleared the table to serve them dessert.

Maria: "Arthur, do you really want to carry out the plan that you conveyed when we spoke at Denden Mushi." Maria began to talk seriously as everyone calmly ate their dessert.

Arthur: "Yes, mom. I seriously want to extend my reach in the underground world by forming an informant organization with the help of Robin and Monet. " Arthur put down the spoon because he wanted to take this matter seriously.

Adam: "You will attract more attention." Saint Adam also gave his opinion.

Maria: "Why don't you use the RA network for that instead of building all over again." Maria was a little worried because many powers were hiding in the underground world and they could be attracted to Arthur at this rate.

Arthur: "I will still use Dragon and RA as much as possible but I also have to have my own source. I can't reach my goal if I just act on the surface, so I have to take this step. " Arthur had thought about and discussed this plan with Robin and Monet so he was sure it would work.

Adam: "None of the Amenome family has taken this step, but I will always support you as long as you believe in this." Saint Adam and Maria have heard of Arthur's plan and they will support Arthur one hundred percent.