[One Piece] Hello, Single Dog Warring States Marshal!

Chapter 1 and Chapter [-]

"Youwiththesadeyes\your eyes are full of sadness

Don'tbediscouraged\Don't be sad

OhIrealizedIt'shardtotakecourage\I realize it's not easy to muster up courage

Inaworldfullofpeople\This world is full of people

Youcanlosesightofitall\Once you lose your faith

Butthedarknessinsideyou\The darkness in your heart

Canmakeyoufeelsosmall\will swallow you up

Showmeasmilethen\Give me a smile

Don'tbeunhappy\Don't be unhappy

Can'trememberwhen\I can't remember

Ilastsawyoulaughing\When was the last time I saw you smiling?

Ifthisworldmakesyoucrazy\Ifthisworldmakesyoucrazy\Ifthisworldmakesyoucrazy

Andyou\'vetakenallyyoucanbear\ and let you bear all the burdens

Justcallmeup\Just let me accompany you

BecauseyouknowI\\\'\\\'llbethere\\\\You know I will always be here and never leave

AndIseeyourtruecolorsshiningthrough\\\\I see your true inner self shining through

Iseeyourtruecolors\\\\I can read its beauty

Andthat\\\'swhyIloveyou\\\\this is why I love you”

With gentle tunes and gentle singing, the blond child once again slowly fell into a peaceful dreamland in this bedtime lullaby.

"...Gooddream, my dear." I gently placed a kiss on the forehead of the child who was sleeping peacefully. I turned the desk lamp to the dimmest setting, tucked him in, then stood up and walked out of this warm and quiet small room.

"Has he gone to bed?" As soon as the door was closed, a familiar male voice, deliberately soft-spoken, came from behind. I followed the sound and saw the man walking out of the kitchen with two cups of hot cocoa.

The warm, low-color temperature light shone on his resolute side face, softening his too sharp lines. Seng Guo must have just taken a shower, and his usually fluffy black hair was sticking wetly to his cheeks. He took off his straight clothes. The dark-haired general wearing only a navy suit and loose home clothes was no different from any ordinary man in this world.

...Except for the fact that his girlfriend is a visitor from another world.

"Yes." I nodded meekly and took the hot cocoa he handed me - it was a fat curved mug with a bright yellow and white polka dot pattern and full of little girl aesthetics. It was obviously purchased by the new resident of this house. new items.I looked at the simple and plain mug with the navy logo on the white background in his hand, and suddenly my heart moved. I put my cute little yellow mug back into his hand, grabbed his simple white mug, and drank continuously. After taking several sips, he half-closed his eyes with satisfaction.

Warring States looked speechlessly at the bright yellow cup that I had to 'swap' into my hand, but he just shrugged helplessly and took a sip of warm and lubricated hot cocoa from my cup without caring, and then I added two more The sweet taste of Spoon Sugar made me frown.

"Hahahaha——" I was easily amused by his thoughtfulness and cuteness in the little things in life. Seeing that he really couldn't appreciate the way of drinking hot cocoa with sugar, I laughed so hard that I smiled at him. The cup of sugar-free hot cocoa was returned to him, and he obediently took back my cup, holding the hot and fragrant cocoa and sipping it.

'You did it on purpose -' Afraid of waking Rosinandi who was just across the door, the black-haired admiral silently mouthed to me.

'You saw through it, you're so smart -' I held my sweet hot cocoa in both hands and smiled like a fox who loved to tease people.

He just bickered with me and didn't pay attention at all. Instead, he looked at me with interest and slightly raised his lips as if I had succeeded in my trick.

We stood quietly in the corridor leaning against the wall and drank our respective hot cocoa. Then we quietly went to the kitchen to clean the cups. I hung my bright yellow cup on the also newly purchased vine-shaped cup. On the draining rack, his white cup hung next to it.My eyes glanced at a bottle of good-vintage white wine on the storage shelf. Suddenly, I was greedy and took out two goblets. I simply made a ham and cheese platter and motioned for him to take the bottle of wine. I tiptoed over. From the corridor, go down to the living room on the first floor, open the floor-to-ceiling glass windows and step into the backyard.

"This is the gift Xiaohe gave me last time when I won first-class merit in Xihai. After keeping it for so long...can it still be drunk?" Warring States looked at it and showed that he didn't know much about wine. After brushing off the dust on the bottle, he immediately What comes to mind is the question of whether I can still drink this wine.

"White wine can last for a long time. It's not bad. It's just a matter of taste." Thanks to my best friend who loves drinking. Although I don't drink much, I had to do some research in order to buy wine for her.I spread a mat on the grass in the yard and didn't move the chairs. I just put the platter and cups on the mat and sat down on the ground with Seng Guo.

Tonight the weather was clear and the starry sky was bright. Sengoku and I opened the bottle of wine, paired it with the salty ham and mellow cheese, and happily enjoyed the 'adult time after the children went to bed'.

Since landing on the island, Warring States quickly handed over the work, and specifically asked the marshal to approve annual leave to stay at home. Although the two of us have been together every day these days, there always seems to be endless things to talk about——

"[I neither exist nor exist in your world, but I still hope you can remember the traces of my existence]."

"Yes! Perfect! You finally pronounced every word correctly!"

"...So what does this sentence mean?"

"Well, anyway, just remember it. You will definitely need it in the future."

"Haha, are you going to send someone to exchange passwords with me in the future?"

"...Damn, why are you so smart?"

"...Is it really a secret code? I just said it casually."

"..."

I raised my glass helplessly and touched his glass gently. The tall glass made a crisp clink, and he repeated the words softly with a smile on his face, as if he wanted to carve that sentence into his heart.

I neither exist nor exist in your world, but I still hope you can remember the traces of my existence.

Yes, it existed.

The phone next to me suddenly pushed a message. I didn't read it carefully. I just lowered my eyes along the sudden light and stared blankly at the lock screen that had automatically switched to a countdown.

The constantly rotating stopwatch surrounds the eye-catching number '19' in the center, which means that there are only nineteen hours left before I leave this world...

I stared blankly at the ever-decreasing countdown and muttered to myself almost unconsciously: "...tomorrow at five o'clock in the afternoon."

"...Really?" It was a sentence without beginning or end, but Warring States understood it.He stretched out his arm to hold me over, and gently bumped my forehead with the thick round glasses frame. He said with a smile in his voice: "Next time we meet, I will be in my seventies or eighties. That will be very strange." Well, grandpa and grandson are in love or something hahahaha——"

Not funny.

Although A5 cried to me the day before yesterday about the Warring States Period, when it came time to lift all the covers and discuss these matters very directly, I still felt a sense of powerlessness in my heart...

"I bet you are the one who knows the most among all the targets." I sighed, relaxed my body and threw myself on his lap. I mumbled helplessly: "You can't always bully my AI. It My brain is not working well to begin with, so what if it crashes after all the hard work."

"Haha -" Seng Guo smiled heartily, his warm palm gently touched my back, and suddenly whispered like a joke: "...Then just stay."

"!!!" I froze subconsciously, and my fingers clenched my arm uncontrollably.

"..." He clearly felt my stiffness, and there was no follow-up after those joke-like words. He just silently stroked my tight back repeatedly.

Time passed bit by bit, and the stars twinkled in the night sky. As the night grew darker, the evening wind blowing into the courtyard also brought an icy temperature.There is still half a bottle of warm and sweet wine, but the salty and delicious ham and cheese have dried to the point where they are getting hard at the edges. Just when I thought tonight’s night talk would stop here, Sengoku’s mellow and magnetic voice sounded again. ——

"I'm just kidding, don't take it to heart."

The gentle tone, full of tolerance and consideration, sounded deep in my ears. I didn't know why my eyes were a little hot, but I forced a smile out of the corner of my mouth and said lightly: "I know, it's just a joke."

...I can only regard it as a joke.

"I actually hope that you can meet a good girl again, fall in love with her, start a family with her, and raise your children together..." Ridiculous words flowed out of my mouth uncontrollably, and I recited them. Lying on his lap, she avoided his gaze and murmured like a demon: "A person's life is neither long nor short. At your age, don't be picky about your partners. If someone wants to get along with you, just give it a try, maybe you'll find the right person."

Warring States: "..."

I patted my head and added: "Oh, and Rosie, even if you get married and have children, you can't ignore Rosie. That child depends on you so much. If you alienate him, he will be very sad."

Warring States: "..."

"Actually, let me tell you, you need to go to the Naval Academy. Yesterday when I went to pick up Rosie from school, I saw that there are many young and beautiful female teachers in their reserve academy. The people's teachers are so good, they are kind and considerate and take care of their families. You should If I have the ability to marry someone, I will be so happy for the rest of my life." I said nonsensical nonsense, and the heat in my eyes gradually heated up. I didn't dare to blink, for fear that I would shed tears the next moment: " ...You don’t have to wait for me until I’m 77, really.”

Warring States: "...finished?"

"..." I, Nuonuo, remained silent, all my energy was spent on not crying.

But the moment Sengoku's warm palms covered my eyes, tears still rushed out unsatisfactorily...

"As you said, a person's life is neither long nor short. Being able to meet a fate in my lifetime is already considered a luxury for me." Warring States' voice was very steady, the kind that tolerated everything I had The absurd and forgiving thoughts of forgiving me for all my nonsense made me at a loss. The tears seemed to have opened the floodgates and were beyond my control. He covered my eyes, leaned over to my ear, and his magnetic voice contained a smile and a deep voice. He said: "It's not like we are separated by life and death, and we will never see her again. Why should I give up the good girl I got after eight lifetimes of cultivation?"

"...A good girl won't leave for decades." I swallowed the sobs in my throat, held his trembling palms bitterly, and said, "A good girl won't suddenly break into your life and disrupt your rhythm. , forcefully stole your heart and then cruelly abandoned you."

Me: "Warring States, I can't stay, I can't promise you."

Promises I couldn't make, pleas I couldn't answer, these were my sins.

"...I know." Warring States smiled and hugged me comfortingly: "As long as I know that you are living well in other worlds, that is enough. You don't need to stay, I am not as good as you think. Fragile, manly, not so squeamish. And..."

Warring States laughed, his voice open-minded and full of expectation: "At least this time, I know exactly when I will see you next. This gives me enough motivation to work hard to live to 77, hahaha——"

"Ah, really! Why do you need motivation to live to 77?" I was really defeated by his optimism and open-mindedness. I rolled into his arms angrily and wiped my tears with his soft and dry cotton home clothes. , said frantically: "You should live a good life for me, you bastard!! 77 is a middle-aged level for your world. If you don't live to be a hundred years old, be careful, I will chop you to death——"

"Hahahaha——" Seeing that I finally became lively again, Warring States' hearty laughter rang out one after another. He pulled me out of his arms and rubbed my chin repeatedly with his stubbled and prickly chin. Cheek, said happily: "Then it's agreed, I'll jump off the roof of the headquarters when I'm 99, remember to come and chop me~"

"I'll chop you to death now to save me the trouble later -" I rushed towards him with my teeth bared and wanted to scratch him. He laughed and hugged me and fell to the grass. We went out of the mat and entangled each other. Rolling on the grass, laughing and playing, enjoying the last time together...

……

In the end, I surrendered first.

This big man, who is two meters tall, three heads, and weighs at least 300 pounds, hugged me and rolled around, crushing me so hard that my internal organs were almost broken, okay? ! !

Warring States and I lay side by side on the moist lawn, silently smoothing out our disordered breathing with the hot sweat rolling out of our foreheads.

Silence once again returned to this small courtyard.

"You with the sadeyes, Don't bediscouraged..." Suddenly, a familiar melody was slowly sung by the mellow and magnetic voice of the person next to me. I turned my head and looked at him in surprise.Warring States smiled cheerfully, suddenly sat up, took my arm and stood up together——

"OhIrealizedIt\\\'shardtotakecourage\\\\I realize it's not easy to muster the courage

Inaworldfullofpeople\\\\The world is full of people

Youcanlosesightofitall\\\\Once you lose your faith

Butthedarknessinsideyou\\\\The darkness in your heart

Canmakeyoufeelsosmall\\\\will swallow you up”

He put his arm around my waist, held my hand, and while singing softly, he led me to spin and dance slowly in the stillness of the night and the twinkling stars at midnight.His eyes full of smiles looked at me brightly, as if all the stars in the sky fell into his eyes at this moment——

This is the first time I heard him sing.

"Showmeasmilethen\\\\Give me a smile

Don\\\'tbeunhappy\\\\Don't be unhappy

Can\\\'trememberwhen\\\\I no longer remember

Ilastsawyoulaughing\\\\When was the last time I saw you smiling?

Ifthisworldmakesyoucrazy\\\\If this world makes you crazy

Andyou\\\'vetakenallyyoucanbear\\\\and let you bear all the burdens

Justcallmeup\\\\Let me accompany you

Because you know I\\\'\\\'llbethere\\\\You know I will always be here and never leave..."

There are no fancy dance steps, just casually hugging each other and slowly swinging their limbs and spinning slowly.

...When did you learn it?

Singing so well...

"...AndIseeyourtruecolorsshiningthrough\\\\I see your true self shining through

Iseeyourtruecolors\\\\I can read its beauty

Andthat\\\'swhyIloveyou\\\\this is why I love you”

I started singing unconsciously, and steadily picked up his final note during his brief pause.

Warring States eyes flashed with smiles and encouragement. He held me in his arms and spun me around, gesturing to me with his eyes——

I pursed my lips, and under his encouraging gaze, slowly sang with him:

"Sodon\\'tbeafraidtoletthemshow\\\\so don't be afraid and let them keep flashing

Yourtruecolors\\\\Your true colors

Truecolors, truecolorsarebeautiful\\\\ is so beautiful

Likearainbow\\\\like a rainbow

AndI\\\'llseeyourtruecolorsshiningthrough\\\\I see your true self shining through

Iseeyourtruecolors\\\\I can read its beauty

Andthat\\\'swhyIloveyou\\\\This is why I love you

Sodon\\'tbeafraidtoletthemshow\\\\so don't be afraid and let them keep flashing

Yourtruecolors\\\\Your true colors

Truecolors,truecolorsarebeautiful.\\\\So beautiful”

A gentle tune, a simple and disorderly dance, a starry midnight.

How I wish time could stop at this moment.

It has become a dream that I never want to wake up from.

Not far away, the screen of the mobile phone lying quietly on the mat suddenly lit up, and a red text warning message suddenly appeared on the push information bar——

[Important reminder: There are only fifteen hours left before the final time limit of the mission. 】