Aboard the large ship sat a red-haired young man holding a baby with the same hair as his. Shanks looked seriously at the baby he found yesterday, thinking that this little human was too calm for a baby that hadn't reached three months old (Hongo's calculated age).

The tiny baby fell asleep after being bathed in warm water by Hongo because that man was the only one who could take care of babies among all of them. The red-haired baby never cried except when he had to have his diaper changed or was hungry.

Hongo was lucky that he kept the formula milk gift from a woman he saved from a pickpocket a few weeks ago. For whatever reason the woman had given the can of formula to him as a token of gratitude among many choices, but well, at least it was useful now.

"Hey Hongo, isn't this little guy too quiet? Is he okay?" It seemed like it wasn't just Shanks who was worried, Yassop also felt the same way as his captain.

"Take it easy, it seems like this kid is very quiet" Hongo casually answered his friend's concerns.

"Captain, are you going to give him a name? We keep calling him with weird names, Lucky even calls him red vermicelli" Lime Juice asked while poking the baby's cheek carefully, the baby remained asleep despite being disturbed by Lime Juice's finger.

"More importantly than that, what are we going to do with him Captain?" Benn asked the question that had been perched on the heads of all the Akagami Pirates since yesterday. Shanks didn't answer either of their questions, instead he turned his head towards Hongo.

"Hongo, can you do a DNA test?" His question shocked the entire ship, everyone was silent until Hongo answered his leader's question.

"I can, it'll just take a while, about a month I think" Hongo replied casually, seemingly not surprised by the determination in Shanks' eyes.

"I've already decided, if this baby is indeed my child then I will take responsibility and take care of it here" Shanks replied confidently.

"And if he's not?" Lucky dared to pounce on his captain's words as usual.

"He will stay here and I will consider him my own son" True, Shanks was a protective person, he had grown an undeniable affection when his eyes met the reddish brown eyes of the baby in his arms, he would not give up his son to anyone.

"Then we should give him a name" Lime Juice brought the topic back to names, it seemed the man was annoyed to hear Lucky call his captain's son a 'red vermicelli' just because the charming baby had red hair and pale skin.

"You're right, but I don't know what name to give him"

"Just think about it slowly, we still have plenty of time" Benn responded to his Captain's complaint.

"Captain! I see an island!" The ship's navigator, Building Snake shouted from above.

"Good, did you hear that boys? We'll stop for a moment to replenish supplies" Benn's shout dominated the ship, Shanks was grateful he had Benn as his right hand man, well this was good, he could buy all the supplies and necessities for his son.

"Does that mean a party?"

"Do whatever you want"

"Yeah!"

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In the dark void the soul of Cale Henituse was seen pointing his middle finger at the owner of the domain of darkness, the God of Death.

"What the hell is all this, why am I here! Answer me asshole!" Cale snapped quite harshly, his patience exhausted by the earth.

"Cale my son-" An existence respected by many layers of beings was rendered helpless in front of the human he liked the most.

"Who's your son huh?! Speak clearly!" Cale cut in with a fierce tone.

"Li-listen to me first okay?" Snorting, Cale finally shut up and did not attack death again.

"You know what? One of my duties as death is to lead a soul that I have taken back to reincarnate into the same world or another world according to the writings of fate" Cale nodded, this had already been explained by Cage to him.

"And?"

"You, Cale Henituse are also one of them, you have been reincarnated into a fantasy world" Cale frowned, so why is he here with all his memories?.

"Why would I remember everything? Aren't the reincarnated souls just like a new souls? They wouldn't remember anything from their previous life, right?"

"Well that is a gift from us gods for all your services in this world"

"Why is it also called a gift?"

"The world you are going to live in is not an easy world son, I can't give you much information because of the limitations given by the universe but believe me, your memories will be very helpful" The frown on Cale's delicate face grew, seeing that, Death immediately calmed him down.

"But you just calm down my son, you will be born to be the son of one of the strongest and most influential people in that world, you will be fine, Life has arranged it for you" Instead of being happy, Cale became even more suspicious hearing that.

"You still have the ability to record but there are only two ancient powers of yours that can survive, the heart vitality and the domination aura, I'm sorry but that's our limit son, we can't break the law anymore"

Cale let out a long sigh, well what else could it be, after 90 years of living the life of Cale Henituse, Rok-soo believed that there was a time when the god became very useless. Cale never had high expectations of the gods who loved him.

"I'll be watching over you kid, take care and be happy..."

Bright light dazzled Cale's eyes, the empty landscape turned into a blurry sky. His stomach was churning from the violent shaking, his body trembling with cold mixed with fear. Poor Cale could not control himself, a weak grunt emerged from his blue little mouth.

'Damn it! Why did I wake up like this! God bastard, I'm going to die!' Fear gnawing at his throat, his sobs grew louder before he felt himself being lifted up.

"Oh my! Yassop! Benn! Anyone! Damn it, please help me!" The series of words that Cale thought was a curse was the first human voice Cale had heard since opening his eyes, the man who used to be a commander closed his tired little eyes and unable to bear the pain, the darkness returned.

Cale woke up an hour later, his vision was still blurry and his body was so weak, Cale couldn't move his body at all. He panicked as he heard screams in an unfamiliar language, his heart raced and finally for the first time in his new life Cale was able to scream and cry out loud.

After being calmed down by the blond man, Cale finally lost all his strength and surrendered in the arms of the man whose face he couldn't recognize.

Cale assumed that his poor eyesight appeared because now that he was a weak baby and still very young, both his eyes would get better with time.

"Captain, do you want to carry him?" Hongo, the blonde man carrying Cale asked his captain.

"What- is it possible?" Shanks hesitated, he had never lifted a baby before, especially since this little guy was so tiny.

"Come here, let me guide you."

Cale felt his body being transferred into someone else's arms, there seemed to be no women in this place judging by their voices.

"Woah he's so small" The other man who Cale saw had a black thing on his face looked at him fondly. Cale flatly looked at the man, making him chuckle.

"He has a pretty eye color" True, the color of Cale's pupils was indeed quite perfect when combined with the delicate lines of his pale face and red hair.

"Don't get too close and keep your face away from him, you'll scare him" Hongo nagged like a young mother who had just given birth.

Cale looked up to see a shocking sight. Although his vision was annoying but Cale could unquestionably confirm that the man holding him had the same hair color as him except that this man's hair was brighter than his own?.

'Is this man my father?' Cale unconsciously did not stop staring at the blurry red mane then his gaze dropped to the man's eyes, Cale's face wrinkled because his eyes could not catch the face of the man who was thought to be his father.

Shanks was also as surprised as the baby, he didn't expect the baby to look directly into his eyes, Shanks unconsciously smiled, this would be so freaking interesting.

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Their Captain's baby was one of the most beautiful babies the Akagami Crew had ever seen. The baby who was surprisingly a boy had dark red hair that was both fiery and soft, pale white skin, a sharp nose, rosy lips and a pair of beautiful reddish brown eyes, these features complemented the beauty of Shanks' son.

Cale, as an old man reborn in a baby's body, he enjoyed every second of his life by not moving or making a sound unless he was hungry or something else happened. This of course made Shanks both relieved and worried, he was relieved that he didn't have to wake up in the middle of the night because his son loved a quiet atmosphere and he was worried because his clown close friend used to say that little children were always troublesome and noisy.

But Hongo said it didn't matter, the baby was very quiet, maybe the mother was too. Oh heck, Shanks had no idea who the mother of this red baby might be, nor did he remember doing anything to produce this adorable creature.

A week had passed since the baby was found but Shanks still hadn't found a name for his son. Unfortunately Benn ordered everyone not to help him with the naming and they all complied, who the hell is the captain of this ship huh?.

Moreover, Hongo had yet to complete his work on Shanks' orders in an attempt to uncover the truth of the bloodline of the baby they found, more precisely, was the baby really his? Shanks sighed for the eightieth time today.

"Don't pout so much captain, I'm sure your empty head can find something sooner or later" Lucky said casually.

"Hey!" Shanks exclaimed in protest.

"Buwaa" Looking down, more precisely at his hand, Shanks smiled at the yawning baby. Hongo said that babies do spend a lot of time sleeping, but his baby slept a lot.

"Hello little shrimp, how did you sleep?" Shanks greeted as he pecked his son's forehead. The red-haired man chuckled at the disgruntled frown on his son's face.

Shanks was the type of father who was protective and free at the same time. He was relatively calm when it came to letting his crew take care of his son in his absence but didn't allow anyone to hold his baby when he was around except Hongo and emergencies.

Shanks looked at his son with an affectionate gaze, a gaze he never gave to anyone else for no reason. The dark red-haired baby looked back into the pair of gray eyes of the man who was probably his father.

"You know what? You're really beautiful, I don't know where you got that look from, I even forgot the face of the woman who might be your mother" Shanks unashamedly confessed what he felt and thought to the poor baby.

"You really are an asshole Captain" Shanks suddenly fell silent and ignored Bonk Punch's comment and the quiet screech of Monster, his favorite monkey.

'Cale..Cale..Cale..Cale..Cale..' Shanks was apparently busy with a strange whisper in his head that appeared suddenly.

"Captain? Are you okay?" Lime Juice said worriedly.

"Cap-"

"Cale!" Shanks exclaimed loudly, startling his comrades.

"Huh?" Everyone's reflexes were simultaneous.

"Name! Benn! I found it!" Shanks was overjoyed, he stood up and picked up his son to kiss him repeatedly on the forehead.

"Name for the baby?" Benn asked for confirmation.

"Of course, silly, who else would it be!" Yassop shook his head, not knowing what to say to his captain who was smart and stupid at the same time.

"Cale? It's a nice name but what does it mean? Is there something special about it?" Lime Juice asked, seemingly very interested in the naming of his captain's son.

"I don't know, it's like an authoritative voice convinced me that it was the right name" Shanks said honestly, but his crew just looked at him with a look of surprise and wonder.

"Our captain and his mid-level delusional illness" Lucky who just came out of the kitchen immediately distributed mochi to everyone while mocking his captain without feeling guilty.

"Hey!"

"Well as long as it's not 'Rocky', 'Kiraku', or 'Umiko' then it's fine" Benn nodded at Yassop's opinion.

"I don't hear anything wrong with 'Umiko'! It's a good name!" Shanks grumbled, remembering the big 'X' on the list of names he had made in the past week.

"Are you kidding me? For Roger's moustache, your baby is not a future lifeguard! 'Umiko' sounds weird to him!" Bonk Punch and Yassop laughed out loud at Lime Juice's loud protest.

"Let's have a party! Let's celebrate the naming of my son Cale!" Shanks totally ignored Lime Juice's protests, the new father declaring a party that would probably force them to stop at a nearby island to replenish their large supply of food and alcohol.

"Yeahhh!!!"

"Aye aye Captain!!!"

On the other hand, Cale breathed a sigh of relief that his new father didn't give him an unpleasant name, it seemed like he was living up to the name 'Cale' once again. Cale hoped that this time there was no fatal misfortune that risked canceling a bright future for Cale to live lazily.