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

Chapter48

Monologue-Three weeks of Kuzan occasions

——Can’t be described in words

I am attracted to you and care about you

That is a motto imprinted on the soul

I love you

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What is love? It’s a profound and mysterious topic.

Kuzan doesn’t understand and doesn’t bother to understand.

If it is physical pleasure, then it is really something that is easily available, and there is nothing worthy of praise or regret.

But there are so many people who call love an eternal desire, but they never belittle it, they just pursue it blindly, even if they lose the original belief that was the pillar of support.

That would be a shame, he thought

Nothing is irreplaceable. The world will turn the same without anyone, and the same is true in the relationship between two people.

No one can live without the other

So what love is is irrelevant. Anyway, no one will really use love to turn him into the leading actor in those vulgar plots.

He always believed in this, so until one day later, when he finally understood love

He has already lost her

"Will you come with me?"

When he asked her this way, the blond girl still looked innocent and didn't understand anything, and rejected him with a smile.

In fact, Kuzan is not serious. He is not like Sakaski who has the leisure to raise a half-year-old girl.

What drove him to say these words was the sudden stubbornness of his heart.

So he asked the obedient little girl sitting aside this question in front of Sakaski.

Whether it's Sakaski who suddenly decided to raise her, or this little girl who is full of fun

This made Kuzan very curious. Perhaps the young Seleustin also saw that his words were not serious enough, so he did not agree.

Forget it, this kind of thing doesn't matter in the first place.

Just a whim

The real intersection began shortly after she moved in with the Sakaskis.

Maybe the little girl knew only herself besides Sakaski in Marineland, so she had the courage to knock on her door that day.

She wants to get a tattoo

Kuzan wanted to refuse at that time. Although tattoos are nothing, as a girl, it is better to cherish her body. What’s more, she is only eight years old, so what kind of tattoos should she do at such a young age?

These thoughts were completely dispelled by Kuzan when Seleustin revealed the string of experimental codes on his lower back.

He took her to a well-known tattoo shop, but she had a problem choosing a pattern.

He pointed at a complex and very colorful pattern that seemed to be growing and spreading.

After all, she is a girl, so she should be more beautiful.

But Seliu was too young, and the tattoo was too complicated for her, and there was a risk that the pattern would be irregular when she grew up. In the end, the little girl made a decision and decided to tattoo part of it first, and wait for the rest later.

"This pattern suits you very well. The red color is very beautiful."

This compliment came from the bottom of his heart. He looked at the little girl's red-hot ears and wanted to tease her more with some evil intentions.

Later he found out that that day was her birthday

And Sakaski’s birthday wish for her was to break free from the shackles of the past.

From then on, Seliu would knock on his door every year on her birthday, and the two of them went to get the red tattoo done tacitly.

Kuzan has been with me for ten years.

Time passed little by little, and Seleustine gradually grew up. She still lived in Sakaski's house and was an obedient young lady who never left the house or walked out.

I heard that she also went to learn some tea ceremony and etiquette for Sakaski.

Maybe these two people still get along well after all these years?

Thinking like this, Kuzan began to observe the courtyard next door.

Sometimes he would sit on the eaves of his house and look at the little blond girl sitting in the courtyard. Sometimes he would deliberately find excuses to go to Sakaski's house to drink tea. There were also a few times when he would skip work while Sakaski was away. When I was young, I slipped into the courtyard of his house, hid among the branches of the dense towering tree, and looked at Seleustin under the tree.

She often stays here for a whole day

Maybe he is playing with the tea set, maybe he is sleeping next to the coffee table, or more often he is staring at the door in a daze.

This is such a boring life

So with an unexplainable thought, he quietly left a bag of Japanese confectionery under the tree one day.

It’s still a very popular flavor in Marineland recently.

When Seliu picked up the bag of snacks, he hid in the tree and watched her

The little girl saw that there was no one around, so she opened the package with confidence and started eating in small bites. Her happy look made Kuzan on the tree shake his head.

Sakaski probably doesn't care much about people. The most ordinary snacks can make Seleu so happy.

Then I can only bring her more in the future.

Kuzan seemed to have found a reasonable excuse for himself in his heart, and he was also somewhat smug and felt that he had surpassed Sakaski on a certain level.

After feeding like this for several weeks, suddenly one day, Kuzan came to the tree again and found a letter.

It was just ordinary letter paper rolled into a roll, tied with a red ribbon, and hung on the lowest branch of the tree.

Kuzan intuitively felt that the letter was for him, so he took the unwrapped letter.

——Dear Lord God

The letter at the beginning read like this. Kuzan raised his eyebrows and continued reading.

The little girl thought it was the gods who lived in that tree who brought her delicious food and fun things every day, so she wrote this letter of thanks, as if she was afraid that the gods would not accept letters from humans. The signature was

——The pious elf lady

Na Juanxiu's handwriting is very pleasing to the eye, and the seriousness between the lines is very funny when paired with the whole story. Anyway, Kuzan couldn't tell what he was feeling when he wrote the reply, but he still hung it in place.

Seeing as the smile on his lips never stopped, he was probably very happy.

After that, the two officially began to correspond. As a pen pal, Seleustin knew almost everything about his problems.

So Kuzan began to ask her about her life without leaving any trace.

She said the glutinous rice cakes on the street corner were delicious, and he made a special detour the next day to buy them for her.

She said she wanted a new dress, a long white dress, so Kuzan went all over Marineland to find the most beautiful one for her.

That day he finally couldn't help but ask why she stayed under that tree every day and lived such a boring life.

Seliu's answer did not surprise him, but the loss in his heart suddenly swept through his entire mind.

Sakaski is the most important after all

The little girl said this in her reply the next day.

It hurts when I get a tattoo, so I ask him to accompany me every time. Seeing him makes me feel less painful.

Lord God, do you know him? He is a very kind and good person who lives next door to me.

I really like him

Kuzan was holding the letter in his hands, but he turned over and over the few sentences and read them over and over again.

"Like it…"

like

The second time he asked that question was when Selustine was 14 years old.

That day, he skipped work as usual to visit her, but suddenly he found the little girl leaning on the swing sickly, with an abnormal flush on her face.

As a reformer, Seryu usually doesn't get sick, so what's going on?

He revealed himself and called to her, but Seleustin fainted in his arms.

Without any time to think about it, he rushed to the hospital with the unconscious Seliu in his arms. After waiting anxiously, the doctor's diagnosis made him extremely angry.

She lacked nutrition and took medicine by mistake. In addition, the wind blew in the courtyard for so long. It was strange that she was not sick.

Kuzan rushed to Sakaski's office. The man didn't notice anything and knew nothing about Seleu's condition.

He almost wanted to step forward and grab Sakaski's collar and ask him why he couldn't take good care of her since he brought her home. Why couldn't he prepare rich food and exquisite clothes for her? I have never eaten the most common wagashi. If I want a dress, I can only pray to the non-existent 'gods'.

Is that Seleustin?

That pretty and well-behaved little girl with blond hair admires you so much and puts you first in everything. Why can't you look at her more and look at the person who has been chasing you?

Kuzan didn't know why he was so angry. The anger was mixed with too many complicated emotions, and finally turned into a deep unwillingness.

So he walked in after Sakaski left the ward and looked at Seleustin's blue eyes that were still red after crying.

"Will you come with me?"

In fact, he knew the answer a long time ago. At this moment, it was just that his heart was so restless that he couldn't think about anything else.

As he expected, the blond girl shook her head gently and rejected him.

I'm serious this time, I'm not kidding you, I...

Kuzan wanted to explain, but was suddenly thrown into his arms.

He stiffened and looked at the blond girl in his arms

"Thank you, Kuzan"

What does this mean? I don’t want your thanks. I want you to promise me and follow me willingly.

He was still unwilling, but he hugged the petite body in his arms tightly. She was so slender and soft, leaning against his arms and wrapped around his heart.

Later, communication was cut off.

After all, Seleustin knew that there was no such thing as a god. From beginning to end, it was just Kuzan who played with her in this game between gods and believers, so there was no need to write any more letters.

Kuzan didn't feel sorry for this, because that night, the wall of strangers between Seleustin and him collapsed.

They began to really sit and talk together, sharing interesting things in life. Occasionally, she would go to Kuzan's house to cook a dinner for him, and Kuzan stayed with her for ten years, still looking like the same person as before. The god who fulfills all her wishes

Sometimes Kuzan would look at her blankly. Seleucid became more and more beautiful and had many suitors in Marineland. Whenever such things happened, Seleucid would talk to him and he would listen to her. Each time he criticized those men as worthless, and finally ended with the sentence "You deserve better"

Kuzan still didn't understand what this uncontrollable manic depression was, but his very bad mood disappeared instantly every time he saw her smiling at him.

Time passes like this, as if in those long and gentle years

Can two people stay like this forever?

Until that day, Seleustine, who had already joined the navy, received the first task that she was asked to lead by herself.

I heard that it was assigned by the higher-ups to protect the Tianlong people.

At that time, Seleustin had not yet celebrated her 19th birthday and had only been in the army for a few years. However, she was promoted so quickly that Kuzan couldn't help but feel that something was wrong.

At such a young age, she is already a major in the headquarters.

It doesn't matter if he is a major in the branch, but the rank of major in the headquarters and above are the true naval admirals, and they are worthy of wearing a navy coat with [Justice] written on it. It is not uncommon to lead a team on a mission.

The little girl didn't think much about it. When she received her navy coat, she happily threw herself into his arms and was excited for a long time.

Seeing how happy she was, Kuzan also let go of his doubts a little bit.

Forget it, with these three generals here, no one dares to do anything to Seleustin.

He still thought so when he said goodbye to Seliu at the port.

The little girl was very excited about her first overseas assignment, which she led and completed independently. She tied her hair neatly into a ponytail, her golden hair gently dancing with the sea breeze, and the coat she wore was blown away. The sound was a little heavy, but Seleustin regarded it as an honor.

She waved to Kuzan on the shore, with a bright and cheerful smile. As the warship sailed away, the golden shadow slowly left Kuzan's sight.

But I can never come back to him alive again

Kuzan looked at the bruised person in Sakaski's arms. Her arms hanging down weakly and her tightly closed eyes told him clearly.

The beauty in my heart passed away with her at this moment

Those long and tender years will only remain in the memory after all.

He could never reach the eternity he thought he had

Love is not some superior existence

It's in those quiet and beautiful moments between you and me, and it's in your smile when you look at me

It turns out that I don’t understand love

I just haven't met you yet