One Piece: I am the Master of Black Magic

Annie stayed by Nami's bed, recalling her recent life in the Straw Hats, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Nami didn't know when she woke up. She looked at Annie's dazed eyes, which were beautiful blue, like the sea and the sky.

But at this moment, Annie's eyes were full of confusion, fear and sadness.She stared blankly at the heavy snow falling outside the window, looking a little misty.

Nami suddenly felt a strange feeling in her heart, as if Annie would disappear from her eyes in the next second.

She was startled by the thought of her not coming.Just as he was about to say something, the door to the room was suddenly opened from the outside.It was Weiwei and Sanji Zoro who came in.

The sound of the door opening instantly woke Annie up. She turned her nearly stiff neck and just met Nami's eyes.

"You're awake. How do you feel? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"

"No, I think it's fine." Nami smiled at her.

"That's good."

Weiwei also sat around the bed, stretched out her hand and put it against Nami's forehead, with a smile on her face, "Great, the fever is gone."

"Raccoon cat, wait~"

"Asshole! I've told you several times, I'm a reindeer!"

Luffy and Usopp ran through the door chasing Chopper.

Kuleha walked in with medicine. "It looks like he's recovering well."

"Thank you, doctor." Nami nodded to Kureha.

"This is what I should do, and your companions paid my very expensive consultation fee."

Anne spread her hands, a bottle of wine appeared in her hand, and she threw it to Kureha.

“Whiskey Peak’s specialty wines you’ll love.”

"You should have a story to tell. Everyone who can listen is here. Tell it."

Kuleha raised her eyebrows. This little girl knew a lot.

Annie stood up, and when she passed Sanji, she put her hand into her suit pocket, opened the door and walked out.

The snow is rustling heavily, and the whole world is covered in silver light, pure and white.

Anne's mind couldn't help but think of the sentence from the famous novel of her previous life, "It's like a bird that has eaten all its food and throws it into the forest, leaving a vast white land and it's really clean."

Anne stood on the terrace on the top floor of the castle, sighed softly, lit the cigarette she had received from Sanji, and took a deep puff. The spicy tobacco smell instantly filled her nasal cavity, and the stimulation of the tobacco entering her lungs briefly affected her brain. She was dizzy for a few seconds, and the bitter taste in her mouth made her wake up instantly.

She slowly exhaled the smoke, as if she wanted to expel the depression in her heart as well.

The shoulders were already covered with a thin layer of snow.Standing on the winter island where the temperature is minus [-] degrees, it feels like my heart is immersed in ice water.

A pair of slender hands brushed the snow off her shoulders, and then put a thick cloak on her.

"Smoking is bad for your health, beautiful lady." Sanji's gentle voice sounded from behind.

Annie twitched her lips.

"Then you're still such a big smoker, don't you want to live a few more years?"

"Ah, if Lady asks me to live a few more years, then I will definitely obey her order."

"So, what's bothering you, Annie-chan?"

Seeing that Annie didn't answer, Sanji stepped forward, stood side by side with Annie, looked at the silver world in the distance, and lit a cigarette for himself.

Anne didn't know where this guy kept his cigarettes, it seemed like they had never been out.

The two of them stood quietly in the snow.Without saying a word, snowflakes fell on my shoulders and hair. The world is vast, but people are as small as a speck of dust.

"Sanji-kun, I don't know what I'm doing."

Annie took out a cigarette again and was about to light it when Sanji reached out and took the cigarette away.

She smiled and gave up the idea of ​​lighting a cigarette.Just stretched out his hand to catch the flying snowflakes.

"If it weren't for my intervention, things wouldn't have become so bad."

"About Nico Robin, the small garden, including the current Drum Island.

If it weren't for my appearance, everything would have a good ending.

Relying on my God's perspective, I intervened without permission, thinking I was doing it for you, but I always made things worse. "

"I thought it was for your own good to let you learn Haki as early as possible, but I never thought that it would be counterproductive for you.

I thought it was for your own good to clear away the danger in advance, but I never thought that the smooth environment was not suitable for your growth.

I thought that letting the giant teach you how to practice was for your own good, but I didn't expect that Nami almost lost her life.

She thought she could help Weiwei save the kingdom, but unexpectedly it hindered her return to the country.

I thought I could have everything in my hands, but I didn't expect that the residents of Cigu Island would suffer disaster as a result. "

"If I hadn't made my own decision, none of this would have happened at all!" Annie pinched her palms tightly, her nails digging into her flesh, but she felt no pain at all.

"It's all because of my arrogance and ignorance. If anything happens to any of you, I will never be able to forgive myself in this life!"

The tears under the mask fell on the snow, instantly condensing into tiny crystal clear ice beads.

"You've done a great job, Annie. None of this has anything to do with you..." Sanji comforted.

"No! You don't understand, things were not like this! If it weren't for me..." Annie was a little hysterical.

"No matter how things turned out, we just know that the current outcome is the best for us."

Sanji interrupted her, reached out to hold her shoulders, looked directly into Annie's eyes, and said seriously: "We are pirates, not saints or saviors. We just need to do our best and have a clear conscience.

We are your partners, not your responsibility.Each of us must be responsible for our own actions, whether it is Nami or Weiwei, they all have their own choices, so don't take the blame on yourself. "

"Annie, we don't know what you are carrying or what you have experienced, but from the time you joined the Straw Hat Pirates, we are the ones who can bear all the consequences for you."

"You have to try to relax and don't push yourself so hard. We have everything."

"And if it weren't for you..."

"I don't know about others, but that green algae head and I will definitely be very sad."

Sanji's gentle voice gradually calmed down Annie.

Yes, it seems that she has never really regarded them as her escape route.

In her eyes, she is an outsider after all, and they are the real Straw Hat Pirates.

She watched their progress with cold eyes, unable to even hand her back to them with peace of mind.

These years of life experience of licking blood from the edge of a knife made her dare not trust others casually. Even when facing Sauron, her heart would constantly hint to herself, dreams, companions and Anne. If she had to give up one, Sauron would definitely choose Anne. .

Although they were on the same boat, Anne's heart was never close to her.

She has always been polite and distant, as if loneliness is her normal state.

It turns out, can everyone feel it?But no one ever mentioned it in front of her.It turns out that everyone has been taking care of their own emotions.

Annie slowly squatted down and hugged her knees. "Sanji-kun, can you leave me alone for a while?"

Sanji blew out a smoke ring and turned back to the castle.

Anne finally couldn't help but burst into tears, and the emotions of self-blame, guilt and uneasiness washed over her heart like waves over and over again.

The tense nerve suddenly broke, and the suddenly relaxed mood suddenly reached the peak of collapse.

The sobs were wrapped in the wind and snow, whistling and dissipating between heaven and earth.

In the shadow behind the door, Sauron's fists clenched and unclenched several times.

The sound of wind and snow roared for a long time. Anne moved her stiff body, took off the mask, wiped her face, put it on again, turned around and returned to the castle.

After walking a few steps, I saw a man waiting against the wall with his arms folded.

The two stared at each other in silence for several minutes.

A smile gradually appeared on Annie's lips, and she threw herself into his arms when he was caught off guard.

"Did you wait a long time?"

Zoro put one hand around her shoulders and touched her head with the other. His tone was calm and serious: "Soon, I will wait for you for how long."