[ONE PIECE] The daily life of Shura field in four eyes

Chapter102

Seran x Jade Wall x Two Islands

——Every day wandering between the sun and the shadow of the moon

It’s all so that I can say something to you when I see you again

long time no see

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"Although it's already spectacular from a distance, I didn't expect it to reach this level."

Selustine put her white palms on her forehead as if looking into the distance, raised her head, and looked incredulously at the branches of the tree that seemed to extend to the other side of the sky.

"This is the first time I've seen such a big tree. It's really impressive!"

Shanks had a bag hanging on his shoulders, walked to the blonde girl on flip-flops, and followed her example and looked at the treetops with a surprised look on his face.

Beckman, who followed closely behind, was carrying a bag on his left shoulder and a large bag in his right hand. Looking at the two of them, they looked leisurely and seemed to be on a trip, with veins popping out on their foreheads.

"Selu, come here for a moment."

The girl who was called by him walked briskly to stand in front of Beckman, and smiled very obediently, with "I am very good and I am very obedient" written all over her face.

"What's going on? I'll listen too."

A fiery red head leaned on Selustine's shoulder, with an extremely warm and enthusiastic smile on his face.

Not right, very wrong.

The two men were smiling like they were about to do something bad.

Thinking this way, the vein on Beckman's forehead jumped again.

"First of all, we don't know the details of this island yet. If there is anything strange on the island, it will be very troublesome to deal with it."

Seeing the two heads in front of him, one red and one gold, nodding obediently, and the two smiling faces coming together looked particularly ill-intentioned, the bad premonition in Beckman's heart doubled, and he said in a deep tone: "So, absolutely, don't Making too much noise."

"Do you know?"

The intimidation coming from those eyes was so terrifying that Shanks and Seleustin's heads almost turned into sieves with fear.Seeing that he was about to say something again, Seleustin grabbed Shanks and took a step back.

"I brought the phone bug, and Bailey is enough. Just rest assured that Beckman-san will definitely not get into trouble."

As she spoke, she quickened her pace. Shanks was stunned by her. After a second of reaction, he followed her pace and reached out to hold her hand.

"That's it, let's go first, Beckman!" As soon as he finished speaking, Shanks picked up Seleustin and ran away. The two of them quickly headed towards the island as if their soles were oiled.

Beckman, who was still standing there, sighed as if giving up and turned around to continue arranging the crew members on the ship who were eager to follow Shanks' footsteps.

Forget it, no matter how much you warn me, it's useless. If something unexpected happens, just take advantage of it.

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The two people who broke away from the big group had no idea about the difficult inner journey of Beckman's mother, so they headed towards the busiest town center.

What is somewhat concerning is that since they entered the town through the edge of the forest, every aboriginal island they saw had dark hair and eyes, and wore short robes sewn with unknown totems. I saw that the totem also appeared on the flag and the wall. Although I didn't know what it meant, I could feel the mysterious and primitive atmosphere of this island.

In this environment, carrying bags, wearing large pants and floral shirts, the two people with red and gold hair became particularly conspicuous.

Being stared at by a bunch of people didn't make Seleustine feel uncomfortable. She was curiously looking at the off-white buildings on the street when she accidentally bumped into Shanks who suddenly stopped. on the back.She stuck her head out and realized that someone was blocking their way ahead.

"Long time no see. Are you from outside the jade wall?"

Standing in front of them was an old man with a gentle smile. I don't know whether it was due to his innate hair color or because of old age, but his hair turned out to be light gray. This was the first thing Seleustin saw along the way. A resident with light hair.

"Eh? Have we met before?" Shanks replied.

"This is our custom. We greet each other with 'Long time no see' on weekdays."

"That's right, your customs are quite interesting. Although I don't know what the jade wall is, we do come from the sea."

The old man smiled kindly and looked at Seleustin aside.

When he looked over, Seliu realized that the old man had a pair of light gray eyes with the same color as his hair.At this moment, those eyes were looking at her gently, and the old voice was a little hoarse.He also greeted her: "Long time no see."

What a strange custom.Selustine thought like this, nodded slightly towards the old man, and gave him a standard smile.

"haven't seen you for a long time"

Her greetings fell in the warm air, and the old man responded with a smile and a nod. The old wrinkles at the corners of his eyes could not cover up the softness between his eyebrows.

"I am Zebel, the priest of the island. Guests from outside, please come to my residence to gather."

He made a gesture of invitation with his left hand and stepped aside to get out of the way. Selustine noticed that because of his actions, the residents on both sides of the road stopped one after another and stared at them silently.

Those eyes were focused on Seleustin, without any malice, but with an indescribable fanaticism.

"Please forgive me. After all, we haven't seen outsiders for a hundred years."

Zebel smiled apologetically, and the spherical crystal hanging on his chest was shining with light golden fluorescence.

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The old man who claimed to be a priest kindly provided accommodation for strangers. It seemed that there was no reason to refuse, but Seleustin always felt that something was wrong.

"It's okay, there won't be any problems as long as I'm here."

The man who spoke rubbed her bitter little head, with a standard heartless smile on his face. Seleustin patted down the big hand that was making trouble on her head, saving herself from being rubbed. It is the head of the bird's nest.

"Yes, yes, then please leave it to Captain-san."

Zebel's residence is built under the big tree in the center of the island. It is a simple and exquisite attic. Not far from the attic is a huge sacrificial platform directly under the roots of the tree.

The accommodation he provided for Shanks and Seleustin was a guest room on the second floor of the attic, with a wide view and exquisite utensils. Even Shanks, who had never paid attention to the quality of life, lamented that the treatment here was compared to the most famous one on the Grand Line. The tourist hotels are no less impressive.

The more this happens, the more suspicious it becomes. Can all people from overseas enjoy such treatment when they come here?

Such questions soon received answers.

"To be honest, I have something to ask of you two."

In the small living room, Selustine was sitting in the middle of the sofa, sipping juice. On the left was Shanks, who was picking up a grape and stuffing it into his mouth. The two of them looked relaxed but were actually paying attention. I asked the old man sitting opposite me and wanted to hear what his request was.

"It's unlucky for you to come here. The jade wall will disappear completely within three days at most. By then, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave here."

"I just wanted to ask what the jade wall is. We didn't see anything like a wall when we came all the way here."

This city is so well built, but there is no defensive wall around it, which is a very strange thing in itself.

It was as if he was completely unaware of the outside world.

Shanks leaned forward slightly to talk to Zebel, while Seleustin held the cup and watched silently.

"You also said that you came from the sea. The jade wall is actually not on the island, but on the nearby sea."

As he spoke, Zebel unfolded a roll of parchment on the table. A simple totem was drawn on the paper. It looked like two characters intertwined with a circular pattern around the outside.

Seleustin leaned over and recognized at a glance that this totem was the pattern they had seen on flags, buildings, and even people's clothing along the way.

"this is?"

Zebel did not give a direct answer, but stared at the totem for a long time, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of warm tea, and then told a long story.

A story about the past, present and future, about two islands.

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Hundreds of years ago, there were two symbiotic islands in this sea, Greno and Vino.

Apart from the endless sea, they could only see each other in the vast blue, and the towering ancient tree towering in the clouds in the center of each other. ?

Perhaps they were afraid of being alone and that this vast world was empty except for the two islands, so generations of ancestors told their descendants: "Across this sea, on the other side of the two islands, is [Selan]."

Seran, with its golden trees and mithril soil, is an unimaginably vast paradise.

The people on Greno Island and Vino Island are full of recognition and satisfaction in their lives because of the existence of Seran. Seran is like their mother, and the arms that hug them seem to be able to withstand the worst storms on the sea. , even if no one has ever seen Seran, this is still the case.

Life seemed to go on like this forever, but the lies that deceived oneself and others had no escape from the power of nature. Together with the unspeakable fear and loneliness in my heart, they came on that rainy night 100 years ago.

That night the weather turned terrible.

The tide was rising, as it had never been in living memory.The storm grew stronger and stronger, almost like the weather at the end of the world.The earth trembled as if it was about to collapse, forcing the bell on the top of the church to swing by itself, making a sound like a cry for help without anyone ringing it.

That night Vino sank into the sea.

Greno and Vino are brothers. Vino was dragged into the lonely and dark deep sea. Now, it is waiting for Greno to come.

——Vino is waiting for Greno.

People say so, and when the century-old evergreen tree in the center of Greno began to shed its yellowing leaves, nameless fear swept through everyone on Greno Island.

At this time, they thought of Seran again.

The fishermen sailed their boats out to sea, and the warm light of the torches shone almost as far as they could sail, but no one could find Seran, who did not exist at all.

Even now, the elderly living on Greno Island can still clearly remember the storm on the night when Vinoy sank, and every night of despair they spent in despair.People spent their time in fear, praying that the night would come later, because one night, Greno was destined to sink.

Finally the day came when Vino wanted to pick up his brother, and the two islands remained silent together at the deepest point of the ocean floor that could be reached.The seawater swept up from the edge of the island, easily destroying trees that could not be hugged by several people.The mother's tears fell on the face of the baby in her arms, the brothers desperately hugged the younger siblings, and the old people opened their cloudy eyes and watched the dark sky.

Countless voices shouted on this desperate rainy night - Seran.Like a traveler grabbing a piece of driftwood on the sea, it seems that this way he can gain the strength to face death.

In an instant, the sound of the waves receded, the big raindrops no longer pounded the ground hard, and even the irreversible darkness gradually brightened and turned white.Greno was saved.

A goddess heard the people's prayers and awoke the great trees in the center of Greno, setting up invisible walls over the sea.Vino can no longer summon Greno, and all harm from the outside world will be far away from this island that has just experienced suffering.

No one knew the goddess's real name, so people called her - [Selan].

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"This totem is our ancient saying, which means Seran."

The tea was already cold, but Zebel drank the tea under him without caring.At this point in the story, Seleustin had a surprising guess in her mind.

"This is Greno Island, right?"

Shanks revealed this fact before her.

"Exactly, the goddess has never appeared since that day a hundred years ago. This island is also hidden by the jade wall. Every ten years, the jade wall will appear with this island. At this time, there will be occasional Seabirds and fish that we have never seen before appear, and we speculate that maybe outsiders can also enter Greno Island through the jade wall."

When he said this, the old voice paused, and said with a sigh and sentiment: "Even so, 100 years have passed, and we have only waited for you."

Zebel turned to look at Seleustin, who had not spoken for a long time, and said: "The jade wall will only be open for ten days, and today is the seventh day. In the last three days, I have a request."

"Please help us complete the sacrifice we have been waiting for for hundreds of years. After that, whether it is treasure or any other request, I can satisfy it."

These words were obviously addressed to Seleustin. She glanced at Shanks without any trace, and the man also raised his eyebrows to indicate to her to make up her own mind.

"To help you complete the sacrifice...what exactly do you need me to do?"

Zebel stood up, looked at her deeply, and bowed slowly in front of Seleustin's astonished eyes.

"Please, become Selan."