Inside a small house that looked abandoned at the end of the souvenir area, there was a beautiful girl with long black hair and eyes that matched the color of her hair. The girl was biting her thumb with a frustrated expression adorning her smooth face.

That girl was Fuuka, a revolutionary member who was waiting for the quietest superior besides Dragon, Seira. Fuuka was ordered to stay inside until Seira returned, which was quite suspicious.

The Seira-san she knew was a tough woman who never broke her word, the black-haired woman could stand firmly on her own feet without anyone ready to catch her when she fell, without anyone to keep her balance from faltering, Seira was her role model and would always be the one she looked up to.

Honestly, not everyone can work with Seira, the woman is too independent and tends to do everything herself. Seira was a suicidal bastard who always jumped into endless dark abysses. Seira was also not a person who was sensitive to social situations, to be honest the beautiful woman in her late twenties was quite awkward in interacting with others, plus Seira rarely explained what was on her mind so everyone who had worked with her complained and Seira was more often assigned alone.

Not that Seira was bad... It was just that the woman was unique, strong-willed, her rationality was very high and everyone in the Revolusisoner army already understood the unwritten rule of not making Seira angry or they would be doomed. Fuuka grunted harshly, she tensely fiddled with the black dagger in her hand, twirling it around like a toy and making a face like a constipated person.

Bored, the late teenager took off her special bulletproof glasses and wiped them clean. Fuuka was an expert in health and she was also a Germaphobic who hated dirty things that she couldn't clean, Fuuka was a girl who loved cleanliness. People often called her a cleanliness maniac but Fuuka didn't care, her surroundings had to be clean no matter what.

"Fuuka! Bed room!" As usual, Seira appeared suddenly with incomplete orders. But Fuuka who had been working under Seira for more than half her life immediately understood and hurriedly prepared some basic medicines and bandages to bandage the wounds in the small room of the empty house.

Seira entered the room with a beautiful woman with a pale baby in her arms, Fuuka looked at the two confusedly but she just kept quiet and didn't say anything. Her hands were busy opening her jacket because Fuuka knew it would only hinder her work.

"Seira-san, what is his current condition?" Fuuka switched to doctor mode, she immediately examined the whole body of the red-haired baby in front of her carefully, her forehead wrinkled when she found that this poor baby's breathing was very weak and unstable.

"This is an emergency, his breathing is uncontrollable and getting weaker, I heard from his father that he has had lung problems since birth" Shakky summarized everything he knew from Shanks in one minute while Fuuka nodded her head at each explanation, it seemed that this time would not be easy.

"I see, thanks for your explanation but sorry, can you guys get out? I need to really focus this time or we're all going to mess it up." Seira nodded to her and took the hand of the woman Fuuka thought was the baby's aunt out of the room.

"Shall we begin? I hope this will go right" Fuuka's palm gave off a greenish glow and a strange energy that was both gripping and calming continued to escape from her body, Fuuka was so focused, both her pupils turned a golden color as the teenager used her abilities.

About half an hour later Fuuka walked out of the room with sweat pouring from every inch of her skin. Seira and Shakky patiently waited for the young doctor to change her clothes in the other room, not wanting to put Fuuka who had just finished treating Cale in a bad mood.

Ten minutes passed, Fuuka returned with several sheets of paper full of her writing, apparently the young doctor was taking notes on everything she found out from her tiny patient while changing her clothes.

"You two take it easy, the baby is breathing normally," the beautiful teenager said calmly.

Seira and Shakky unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Both women were focused on listening to Fuuka's explanation for a full ten minutes. The dark-haired girl explained about the proper emergency treatment when Cale's condition worsened, the symptoms of a relapse that might not be obvious, dietary measures that might help build up Cale's little body's immunity and some tips on calming the baby when he panicked.

Shakky looked at the young doctor in front of her, how could she be that clever at such a young age? Shakky was sure this girl had not yet reached the age of twenty, and she already had medical skills that were probably on par with the doctors on the drum island.

'These two definitely not ordinary people' Within a minute, Shakky already made a conlusion.

Ten minutes later Fuuka finished everything she wanted to explain and let Shakky look at her grandson who was fast asleep on the bed and fortified by many soft pillows. Shakky gently kissed Cale's forehead, stroked his hair and left a little peck on his chubby cheek before exiting the room again, however Cale still needed rest and Shakky planned to call the father of the red-haired baby over.

"Excuse me do you have a mushi den?" Shakky asked the two women who seemed to be discussing something, Shakky didn't want to eavesdrop so she asked straight away.

"It's in the kitchen, the snail is eating" The girl with glasses who had just healed Cale pointed towards the back, Shakky thanked her and the two women resumed their discussion.

In the kitchen Shakky found a blue snail eating seaweed with a calm face, the woman gently stroked the snail before playing the den den number in her bar, Shakky hoped the asses of the two bastards were still there.

Katcha, the distinctive sound of the den being connected was heard, Shakky breathed a sigh of relief, this was a sign that the two bastards were still there.

"Hello? Who is this? I don't remember Shakky having an acquaintance with this number" Her husband's low voice calmed Shakky's heart who was still in shock with Cale's condition.

"It's me Ray-san" Shakky answered calmly.

"Shakky? Is something wrong? Honey?" Rayleigh's worried expression was drawn on the blue slug Shakky was using.

"Ray-san, is Shanks-kun there?"

"He's sitting brooding on the roof, did something happen to his son?" Now the den den also frowned following Rayleigh's confused expression.

"You really can't be lied to, huh? I'll tell it when Shanks is listening too, so can you go up and drag his ugly ass down? I think this is quite an emergency" The frown on the slug's forehead deepened.

"...Wait a minute" After her husband said that, Shakky heard a noise from Shanks who was whining because his shirt collar was being pulled and dragged by Rayleigh.

"Shakky? I've caught the red chicken, now please start explaining the situation dear" Shakky nodded and Rayleigh could see through the den, while Shanks who was forced to sit down was also preparing to listen.

Shakky recounted all the bad experiences that might affect Cale emotionally in his subconscious, Shakky was afraid of Cale being traumatized by something he saw, after all the sight of a dead man after being shot at was not a good experience for anyone.

"Shanks-kun, I'm sorry, I-"

"There's no need Shakky-san, its not your fault at all" Shanks voice was full of confidence.

"... Right"

"So where are you now? I'll come there as soon as I can" Shakky gave the two men the address of the empty house that the two dark-haired women had been staying in for a while and their conversation ended.

"Are you done?" Shakky turned around and she found her eyes unable to move from the long black-haired figure standing against the door.

"Yes, thank you very much for helping me and my grandson" Shakky bowed slightly, she may be a former famous pirate, but please don't forget the royal blood that flowed in Shakky's blood, courtesy that stabbed her opponent subtly and slowly was her way of life.

"Eh?" Fuuka blurted out behind Seira.

"Oh my... I always thought that kid was your nephew" Seira was surprised, someone had told her about Shakky but she didn't expect that person to consider Shakky like his own mother. Plus Shakky still looked young! She should ask for some tips next time.

"No, he's my grandson and oh, I've called my son and husband here, they should be here any minute"

"Really? Then we should go" Seira walked into the living room and picked up the bag Fuuka had prepared.

"Ok" As a sincere subordinate, of course Fuuka always followed Seira's wishes without resisting.

"Eh? What do you mean, I haven't given anything as a thank you" Shakky walked after Fuuka who entered the living room to put her waterproof jacket back on.

"No need to thank Shakky-san, it's an adult's duty not to let a child suffer" said Seira who returned to the kitchen with a cage for her favorite mushi den.

Seira was so busy coaxing her snail with sweet words to make it stop eating and enter the cage peacefully that Shakky didn't ask her how she knew his name when he didn't know who either of them were (Shakky didn't hear Fuuka calling Seira in a panic).

"And I was just following Seira-san's orders" Ok, at least Shakky knew what the older black-haired woman's name was.

The sincere determination radiating from the eyes of the two coworkers made Shakky pause and had no intention of arguing, the wife of the Emperor of Darkness just smiled softly, happy to have met a good person. Shakky would tell this to her husband and adopted son and she would make those two men never forget this kindness.

About three minutes later Seira and Fuuka both bid farewell to Shakky by performing the rather dramatic act of jumping out of the back warehouse window on the second floor.

Shakky waved her hand towards the two unique women and soon she heard a knock at the entrance. Shakky immediately went downstairs and opened the door, the woman smiled gently and immediately hugged Rayleigh who returned the hug with her sturdy arms. Behind the intimate couple was Shanks who also smiled and sighed with relief, Shakky was fine and he hoped that his son's condition was not fatal.

Shanks used his haki to search for his son, leaving his unofficial parents behind. His palm stopped when he was about to open the door to the room he believed to be his son's resting place, the fear and worry that very rarely afflicted him began to gnaw at his brain. Shanks sighed softly and opened the door knob, the sight of a room with a forest theme greeted his vision.

The room was quite spacious, with green as far as the eye could see. This is strange, this room seems to be designed to help calm one's mind judging from the many unique plants that emit a distinctive aroma that forces one to stay calm, plus all the items here show signs of someone occupying this house while the outside appearance of this house is very unfit for habitation.

'Like it was prepared for something or someone to hide from the outside world, does this belong to the revolutionary army?' Shanks thought spontaneously.

He didn't often encounter the army full of ambitious people because they were very good at hiding and disguising themselves, revolutionaries tended to hate situations where their existence was known, so revolutionaries had their own way of hiding any and all information as small as where they lived or what their family name was, but Shanks knew a thing or two about the army from someone he didn't remember what they looked like.

Shanks approached Cale, his eyes examining his son up and down, his face softened as he heard Cale's steady breathing and his son's calm expression, the tense aura that surrounded him from earlier disappeared to be replaced by a soothing and calm aura. The man in his early thirties lowered his head to kiss his sweet Cherry's forehead.

"Shakky-san, you said you were helped by two people? Can you tell me who they are?" Shanks would remember that favor and repay it if they met in the vastness of the ocean.

"There were two women who helped Cale-kun, the first was a woman in her early twenties named Seira and a teenage girl who is a doctor named Fuuka, I'm not sure who exactly they are, but certainly they are not ordinary people"

"Seira? I think I met her this morning, she is a revolutionary" Rayleigh made a mental note that she would help that woman if they were reunited by the waves.

"Really? Seira huh... Hmm... I feel familiar with that name too"

Shakky and Rayleigh simultaneously spontaneously stared at their bloodless son with surprised looks. As far as the two knew Shanks, the bright red-haired man was a high-class rogue who used his good looks to fulfill his own imagination, so Shakky was actually not too surprised when the Oro Jackson cabin boy brought a child whose mother he did not know.

What surprised them was that Shanks remembered the name of a woman Rayleigh didn't know. Rayleigh knew all the names of people who were important in Shanks' life journey considering that his illegal son always leaked things to him when he was too drunk.

"Wow, that's.... A bit surprising I guess" Shakky blinked her eyes.

"Stop look at me like that, it's creepy" Rayleigh roll his eyes, Shanks can be super dramatic.

"How about we go home now? You need to bubble coat your ship, right?" Shanks said he was going to the fish man island, that meant the red force needed inspection and bubble coating so they could cross the deep sea safely.

"Yes, you are considerate, Ray-san" Rayleigh smacked the back of Shanks' head while the young yonkou just laughed with no intention of retaliating.

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Stare....

The adorable sight of a beautiful ten-month-old baby rolling around with a monkey guarding him from falling out of bed caught the attention of all the Akagami pirate members. Each individual praised their captain's son and were willing to forever pamper him as they would to their own children.

Cale who was the center of attention finally stop moving because he was tired. His brain memory had been noisy since he opened his eyes in the morning just now and Cale did not like it, the image of that fat teenager with the glass helmet kept haunting his night these days.

'I have to find out their identities later' Cale determined in his heart, he was a noble Young Master with pride and dignity, Cale would not let those vile people go unpunished.

"Cherry-kun, let's move to my house, I make smoothies for you" Instantly Cale felt his body being lifted from behind. The ten-month-old baby who was used to being carried around by his father was calm and cooperating well, letting someone's warm hands wrap around his body and carry his somewhere.

Apparently the person holding him at this time was Shakky, or what could be called Cale's adoptive grandmother from his father. In Cale's eyes Shakky is a perfect figure who is very understanding, because somehow Shakky can always understand Cale's mood just from looking at his face.

As long as Cale has lived in this world, Shanks or his Father is the only person who can read his flat, unchanging face as easily as reading the news in the newspaper. The beautiful woman had a high emotional sensitivity and sometimes Cale was afraid to be with her. It wasn't like he could resist the cookies and fruit based ice cream that Shakky made at her house.

The house Shakky was referring to was a sizable two-story building with a active bar on the first floor and a private home on the second floor. Shakky and Rayleigh's house was quite comfortable to live in, Cale and Shanks had been sleeping in this house since they came to Sabaody two weeks ago. That's right, two weeks had passed since Cale met the 'Tenryuubito' or the noble of this world.

Cale had guessed that this world had nobles judging by its economic movements. What he did not predict was the sadistic behavior of those glass-helmeted nobles who did not consider a life valuable.

In the Roan Empire, the nobles had always used dirty and inhumane means to gain power, but they still thought that the value of a person was real, that they could not do anything without their loyal subordinates. High-ranking nobles were willing to spend a lot of time, money and effort to recruit talented people to help them.

Those ugly bastards reminded Cale of White Star and Adin who pushed the people they led into the abyss of darkness to become sacrifices in order to succeed as candidates of god and immortality. Cale hates anyone who does not respect the lives and values of others, the incident two weeks ago made him realize the warning of the God of Death who said that fate brought him to this dangerous world to live.

Right now all Cale can do is wait while gathering as much information from his father. Cale didn't know what path he would choose later, the lack of information made him resentful but he already had an idea that someday he promised to throw those stupid nobles' asses to the ground and let nature swallow them to painful death.

"Cale-chan~ Good morning~" Cale's reverie was interrupted when he felt his father's recently grown short rough mustache prick his smooth skin.

"Dada No" Cale's small hands tried hard to push his father's face away.

"Stay away brat, your hairy chin are hurting his cheeks" Rayleigh pulled Shanks' shirt collar from behind then gently rubbed Cale's chubby cheeks, the handsome man smiled softly as Cale placed his cheeks in his hands.

"Really? Should I shave it?" Shanks looked handsome with that moustache but Cale didn't like it, it made his cheeks uncomfortable and itchy every time his father tried to kiss his cheeks.

Cale was moved in a special baby chair that was much softer and stronger than the average baby chair. Of course he did, Shanks bought the chair for the equivalent of the price of the highest pirate chief in East Blue, the money he spent on his son's comfort so far was enough to support thirty people for five years and Shanks did not regret it at all. Shanks would give anything for his sweet Cherry, even if the whole world was at stake.

'Oh, this time it's a banana and dragon fruit smoothie' It turned out that many of the fruits here were not much different from the fruits on Earth, although there were also many strange types of fruits.

With his small spoon Cale began to eat the smoothie slowly without anyone's help. Shanks stopped trying to feed his only son after Cale vomited all his food a month ago because he didn't want to be fed.

"Delicious?" Shakky chuckled as her first grandson nodded slowly. Gosh how could a childish grown ass man like Shanks have such a cute and polite baby?.

"Shanks-kun, when are you going to lift the anchor? Your ship is finished being bubble coated right?" Shakky asked while passing a large bowl of smoothie towards Shanks and her husband.

Cale listened while eating the smoothie, he just learned an interesting fact from his father and grandfather? That a ship wouldn't make it to the fish man island if it wasn't lined with bubbles. Rayleigh's job here was to offer bubble lining services, his clients were usually pirates and Cale's new grandfather liked to spend time letting himself be caught by slave traders to take their money. A unique hobby isn't it? No, it was quite gruesome but it looks cool in Cale's eyes.

"Right, I guess we'll be leaving tomorrow, we can't stay here for more than two weeks anyway" The world government would not be happy with one of the 4 most powerful pirates in the world hanging around their headquarters.

"That's right, no matter how you are, you're still a Yonkou" Shakky walked out of the room to blow lightly on her cigarette.

"That's true but somehow that sounds annoying" Shanks muttered.

'Fish man island huh... I wonder what mermaids look like in this world' The mermaids in his old world were nothing more than a bunch of monster-like creatures that really looked like fish, so Cale was quite surprised when Lime Juice said he was looking forward to meeting the beautiful mermaids.

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Shanks spontaneously pecked his son's cheek with his moustache-free lips as Cale yawned, still sleepy from being woken up earlier than usual. Shanks was forced to raise anchor and leave early due to the Monster being accidentally spotted by the Navy on duty. Even though he was young, Shanks was still one of the pillars of the world whose movements were closely watched by the world government, he did not want Rayleigh and Shakky's whereabouts to be discovered because of the navy following him.

"Sorry daddy woke you up early, we have to hurry up and leave now or your grandparents will be in danger" Shanks gently stroked his son's slightly warm forehead, it seemed that after this Shanks had to take Cale to Hongo.

"Umh Daadaaa" Cale protested as Shanks started eating his cheek with his mouth.

"Hehehe my son is so cute" Exactly, Cale looks super mega cute in his new raccoon suit. Shanks was grateful that Cale never refused to wear the clothes Shanks gave him as long as they were warm and comfortable.

They all walked without making a sound, Shanks stopped in front of Red Force when all the crew were already on board. He let Cale puncture the bubble lining the ship with his chubby fingers, after all his baby fingers wouldn't make the bubble burst. Shanks grinned feeling the presence of two people he knew very well.

"Be careful on the road stupid brat, take good care of you son or I'll wade into the ocean to smack your ass with a haki coated baseball bat" Rayleigh said as he ruffled Shanks' hair and the young father didn't mind at all.

"Here's a snack for my beloved Cherry, have fun sweetie, I'm always praying for you" Shakky handed him a bag full of homemade baby-safe flavored cookies.

"Thank you Shakky-san, you are the best" Shakky just smiled softly and then kissed Cale's forehead. She smiled when the baby let out an adorable giggle.

"Yeep!" Cale let out a surprised sound as his father unceremoniously carried him aboard the boat without making the bubble leak.

"Raise the anchor! We're off!" Shanks ordered his crew.

"Aye aye Captain!" Everyone replied in unison.

Cale's pupils glowed slightly with excitement as the feeling of the waves swallowed their ship to under the sea.

Finally, their journey continued!
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