Chapter 32 - Talk With Bellmere

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Seeing this orange grove, Lepus realized something.

'Orange orchard? Then here is....'

Then, Lepus brought Brisa and Muret over to someone who seemed to be harvesting in the middle of this orange grove.

When moved closer, Lepus and the two girls saw the figure is a woman. The woman has a pretty eccentric appearance with a red-haired head that looks like a mohawk.

Seeing that there were three strangers who were clearly approaching her, the woman stared intently.

Lepus then with a smile said to the woman.

"Good day.... You're Bellemere, right?"

Right. That woman is Bellmere. The adoptive mother of Nami and Nojiko.

Bellmere then asked back suspiciously.

"Who are you guys?"

"My name is Lepus, Rex Lepus. And these two girls, the big one is Muret and the little one is Brisa.

"I don't know you guys."

"You don't know us, but I know you, Bellmere.... Former Marine. Retired and returned home after a battle and took two little girls with her and became their adoptive mother.... Don't ask me how could I know that."

Bell-mere with a frown then asked again.

"Who are you really?"

"Hmm.... If you ask that, my answer is.... Pirate."

Hearing Lepus's answer, Bellmere was taken aback and was wary.

"Pirates!? What do you want!? Why did you come here!?"

"Relax, Bellmere-san. We're not here for bad intentions."

"You think I would trust pirates's words!?"

"Certainly not. But pirates are humans too. There are bad ones and there are good ones. Right?"

"...."

Bellmere was silent for a moment.

After calming down a bit, Bellmere asked again.

"What's your purpose here?"

"Hmm... Actually none. My main destination is another place in East Blue. But that's still later. I'm not in a hurry. So, we came to this village to... just take a break."

"'In this East Blue'? You guys aren't from East Blue?"

"Yeah. We're from North Blue.... Don't ask how did we came here."

Then with some hesitation, Bellmere asked.

"Do you have a bounty? How much for your head?"

"20,000,000 B."

"20 millions...."

Bellmere fell silent again.

It was because she knew in East Blue, the average bounty was only 3 millions!

"Bellmere-san, like I said, we're not here to cause trouble. You can report us to the Marines if we do. We promise."

"That's.... Hah~.... Alright. I'll keep your promise!"

Lepus and the others were finally able to feel relieved.

"Good. Then.... Are there any houses for sale or rent in this village?"

"House?"

"Yes. We will stay in this village for some time."

"Hmm.... Alright. I'll take you to the village center after this."

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"Bellmere-san!"

Shortly after Lepus reached an agreement with Bellmere, a little girl's shout heard.

Then from a distance, they saw two little girls running towards them.

The two little girls each had orange and blue-purple hair.

Seeing the two of them, Lepus was not surprised. Because he naturally knew they were Nami and Nojiko, Bellmere's two adopted daughters.

Bellmere smiled seeing them coming.

"Nami, Nojiko you guys are back?"

Nami and Nojiko nodded. But then they realized there was strangers here and they wondered.

"Un? Bellmere-san, that... who are they?"

"They're...."

Bellmere hesitated and didn't know how to explain.

Lepus, smiling at Nami and Nojiko, answered.

"Hello, Nami-chan, Nojiko-chan! My name is Lepus. And this is Muret and Brisa."

"Hello, I'm Muret."

"My name is Brisa."

Lepus and the others introduced themselves.

Then Lepus said to Bellmere.

"Bellmere-san, it's almost time for lunch, how about we all have lunch together? You said you would take us to the center of the village anyway. We can eat at a restaurant or something there together. Don't worry. It's my treat."

"Hah~.... Fine."

They then went to the center of Cocoyasi Village.

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