Chapter 19 – The consequences of lying 

East Blue.

Syrup Village.

"Miss, it's time to rest."

"Staying up late is bad for your health."

"Even if you're studying medicine, you should progress gradually."

The butler, Klahadore, dressed in a black suit, stood upright in front of Kaya, who was sitting on the sofa.

"It's okay, Klahadore."

"I'll go to rest in a little while."

Kaya, with her golden shoulder-length hair, dressed in a simple long dress and wearing an orange-yellow coat, smiled gently at Klahadore.

"If that's the case, then I'll stay nearby."

"If you need anything, please tell me."

Klahadore nodded, turned around, and walked to the window, standing still like a statue.

Seeing this, Kaya smiled slightly, feeling so at ease.

In her heart, Kaya thought Klahadore was worried she might fall and get hurt, which is why he stayed close to protect her.

After all, her body was indeed too weak.

Thinking about how Klahadore cared for her, but she couldn't tell him about the copy of the diary and had to lie to Klahadore, Kaya felt a stab of guilt.

'Sorry, Klahadore, I can't speak about the diary copy.'

'But if it's you, you would surely understand.'

After taking a deep look at Klahadore, Kaya turned her head back to the medical book in her hands.

However, although Kaya appeared to be reading the medical book, she was actually waiting for the possible update of Arton's diary.

'Arton, who knows the past and the future, knows many things about this world.'

'He must also know about the many islands of this world, the different cultures.'

'Perhaps he will also record the customs and culture of different islands in the future.'

'Being able to see different places through Arton's diary would be quite nice indeed.'

Kaya's heart filled with an inexplicable sense of anticipation at the thought.

Due to her frail health, she was unable to leave her hometown.

She couldn't even leave the villa to run and play like other normal people.

She had always felt quite bored.

Although Usopp often came to tell her stories, stories were just stories after all.

If possible, Kaya naturally preferred to learn about the real world.

Now that she had the opportunity to learn about the outside world through Arton's diary, Kaya naturally wouldn't give it up.

Even if Arton occasionally recorded some embarrassing content.

'If only Arton wouldn't say those things or draw those strange doujinshis.'

'Really, how could he draw such pictures without my permission?'

Kaya thought about the images in the drawing, and her face immediately turned as red as an apple.

Kaya scoffed quietly and once again opened "Arton's Diary (Kaya's Copy)."

'Eh! There's new content!'

'This is... a photo of Carina being captured by the Black Cat Pirates?'

'What's going on, isn't Arton very powerful? How could Carina be captured while with him?'

The kind-hearted Kaya, seeing the panicked look on Carina's face in the photo when she was captured by Butchie of the Black Cat Pirates, immediately felt tense and quickly focused on the new content continuously appearing in the diary.

[Indeed, a thief is always a thief, huh. All that talk about joining me, it was all lies.]

[Well, karma, isn't it?]

[She hasn't been at sea for long, and she's already been caught by the Black Cat Pirates.]

[Tsk tsk tsk, and the Black Cat Pirates know Carina, this woman… she deceived the Black Cat Pirates before.]

[In such a situation, even someone as clever as her would find it hard to escape on her own.]

[I wonder, Carina wouldn't be directly put into a barrel by the Black Cat Pirates and then sunk to the bottom of the sea, would she?]

'Carina left Arton?!'

'How could this happen!'

'And, Carina is going to be sunk to the bottom of the sea?!'

'How could this be?!'

'Please... please let nothing happen to her.'

At this moment, Kaya's body began to tremble with nervousness.

Although Carina is a thief, and Arton has intentions of becoming a pirate,

After all, Kaya had not seen Carina and Arton do anything outrageously evil.

Arton has killed people, but only pirates from the Giant Tiger Pirates.

And since Kaya got the copy of the diary, she gradually began to see Arton and Carina as the protagonists of the story.

In such a case, she naturally didn't want anything to happen to either Arton or Carina.

"Miss Kaya, are you too cold?"

"Shall I close the window?"

At this time, Klahadore suddenly spoke to Kaya.

"No, it's not because I'm cold that I'm trembling."

"Anyway, Klahadore, I'm fine."

Kaya shook her head at Klahadore, took a deep breath, and once again focused her attention on the diary copy.

In Klahadore's eyes, Kaya was just concentrating on her medical book.

'No matter how many medical books you read, it's useless.'

'Before long, all your wealth will be mine.'

'And you, will be able to meet with your long-missed parents.'

Klahadore snorted coldly in his heart and once again stood straight by the window.

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