"Let Sács in, Marco."

White Beard said, "Kuralalala, this kid will be in the Fourth Division from now on.

Let the two of them get to know each other. "

"Got it."

Marco nodded and went out. Not long after, he brought in the man with the jet haircut from before.

The man nodded to White Beard in greeting.

Then, he looked at me.

The other party's snow-white chef uniform still had the wounds and stains I'd left behind, but he gave me a friendly smile.

"Hello, Gloria. I'm Sács."

The man extended his hand to me, "I heard from Marco that you'll be in the Fourth Division from now on. Everyone in the team is stupid.

But they don't have bad intentions.

We'll have to trouble you in the future. "

"No, no, you're too kind …" I shook Sács's hand with trepidation, but halfway through, I felt something was wrong.

"Then … shouldn't I be the one asking you to trouble me?"

Why are you talking like you're entrusting your subordinates to me?!

This gave me a very bad feeling!!!

"Hm?

Aren't you going to be the Fourth Division's leader from now on? "Sács looked a little surprised.

"I lost to you, according to the bet.

The Fourth Division's leader position should be yours. "

Holy shit, my stupid feeling came true!!!

"No, no, no!

Please continue to be the leader! "I shook my head like a rattle-drum.

"I-I-I'm actually very weak!

I was lucky to beat you once. I don't have the qualifications to be a leader.

Please continue to be the Fourth Division's leader.

Don't let a useless guy like me take your place! "

What a joke!

I wasn't even a homeroom teacher in my original world!

You want me to be the leader just because I'm on board???

"Hahaha, you're too humble." Sács laughed and patted me on the shoulder.

"It's fine, it's fine.

I'll talk to the guys.

You defeated me in a fair duel, so it's only right for you to be the team leader. Everyone will understand.

You won with your own strength, so don't worry.

It's a man's character to accept defeat when he's willing to bet. Don't worry. "

No!

What I said was just to show off!

I don't intend to be the team leader!

But it sounded cooler when he said it that way!

I was really, really just acting tough!!!

"Please believe in me, Captain Sács."

I grabbed Sács's hand tightly and tried to convey my sincerity to him with my eyes. "I don't have any intention to be the captain.

That sentence was only said to leave a deep impression on everyone.

Furthermore, I'm not familiar with the affairs of the sea at all, and it's hard for me to communicate with people. I'm not suited for this position at all. I don't have the qualifications to be a captain … I think you're very suitable to be the captain of the Fourth Division. Please continue to be the captain, please!!! "

Who the hell wants to be the captain!

You want me to deal with a bunch of people every day? You might as well just kill me!

Moreover, who was the captain?

It was a leader!

Don't you know that the higher the position, the greater the responsibility? I don't want to be responsible for so many people's lives, it's not like my brain works well!!!

I felt like I was suffocating when I thought about all the responsibilities I would have after becoming the captain. No, I'm a woman who is easily crushed by anxiety and pressure, please let me be a salted fish!

I don't want to change my position!

Not at all!!!

"Ouch — — Ouch ouch ouch — —"

I don't know if Sács felt my sincerity from my eyes, but he definitely felt how much I didn't want to be the captain from my strength.

He grimaced in pain as he pulled his hand back. There was already a deep red mark on it. He shook his hand while looking at me with a bitter smile.

"I say, do you really not want to be the captain that much?"

You're forcing me to jump into the sea.

I looked at him with sincerity and determination. "Please."

White Beard laughed on the side: "Say yes, Sács.

No matter what, you're more suitable to be the captain. "

Sács revealed a helpless expression: "Although I don't have the right to be the captain after losing to the little girl, since Gloria and dad said so, then I can only continue to be the captain shamelessly."

"No, no, no, please don't say that."

I scratched my head and said sincerely: "This time, I only took advantage of the fruit's ability, I might lose the next time. I'm too lacking in actual combat experience."

I was well aware of where my problem was. Those who were educated in formal classes would indeed take fewer detours than those who were unorthodox. However, when fighting against people of the same or even higher standards, it was very easy for them to become inflexible due to their lack of practical experience.

This time, I was only able to win against Sird because I had a variety of cards and I cheated with the Command Incantation and Relic.

If it was purely based on basic combat skills, I was actually not as good as the captain of the Fourth Division of The Whitebeard Pirates.

Sács looked like he wanted to say something, but Marco patted his shoulder and smiled.

"Alright, Sács.

Since the little girl said so, isn't it fine? "

Marco said with a smile: "She still has to stay in the Fourth Division from now on, if you really feel bad, just take care of her."

"Alright."

Sács wasn't someone who would think too much. He nodded and threw the question to the back of his mind. He turned to look at White Beard: "Are we having a banquet, dad?"

"Yeah.

Go and prepare, Sács. "

"I understand."

Sács nodded and left. Before he left, he turned around and looked at me as if he just remembered something: "Oh yeah, Gloria, do you like fried rice?"

"Fried rice?

I like the ones that don't use soy sauce and only salt. "

After I said that, I suddenly remembered something important: "Oh, about that, just call me Leah."

Now the only people who still call me "Gloria" are Akainu, Aokiji, and Z. These three people are basically Akainu, Aokiji and Z.

I was used to being called "Leah", so it was a bit awkward to suddenly call me by my full name.

How should I put it, no matter who it was, it didn't feel good … _ (: з) ∠) _

"Sure, Leah."

Sács didn't ask any more questions. He nodded and smiled: "Welcome to The Whitebeard Pirates, Leah."

"Thank you."

I also smiled.

Sács left the room, and I faintly heard him say to someone, "Dad said that there will be a banquet later. Kids, go and bring out the best wine and meat!" There was a burst of cheers outside the door, and it was bustling with noise and excitement.

Marco shook his head and turned to smile at me.

"You're in for a treat.

Sács's fried rice is amazing. I just heard him say that he was going to bring out the sea king ham he got a few days ago. "

"Wow …" My eyes widened, "I'll look forward to it from now on!"

Marco patted my head and said to White Beard, "I'm going to check on the situation outside." Then he walked out.

Only White Beard and I were left in the room. It was so quiet that it made me nervous.

"Deactivate your superpower, Leah."

White Beard suddenly spoke. I subconsciously looked up at him, but I only saw a calm and understanding gaze in his eyes.

"That superpower is a huge burden on your body, right? You can deactivate it now."

Then I understood. This old man saw through everything.

He probably saw through it the moment I boarded the ship.

Whether it was my cowardice, my fear, my despicableness, or my stubbornness, White Beard saw through it all.

However, this King of the Sea was so magnanimous that he gave young children the greatest tolerance. He only spoke softly when there were only the two of us.

"Don't be afraid," he said firmly.

"This will be your home from now on. You don't have to be afraid of those things in your own home."

I felt embarrassed as if I had been seen through, but what came next was indeed a feeling of relief.

This man knew that I was afraid. He might even know what I was afraid of better than I knew myself, but he didn't look down on me because of it.

White Beard just accepted my little problems that even he hated, and accepted this imperfect and weak me as a matter of course.

Then, he said to me in a matter-of-fact manner, "Don't be afraid.

You don't have to be afraid here. "

For a girl with mild social phobia, there was no better consolation than this.

I obediently deactivated Matilda's card and returned to my ladylike appearance.

The dry white woolen dress clung to my sweat-soaked body and slowly calmed my tense nerves.

My hands subconsciously grabbed the sleeves of my light camel colored windbreaker. My feet in lambskin boots were pressed together and my toes were curled up. It took a while for me to relax.

But I still kept my head down and didn't dare to look at White Beard's face.

This was the real me. Without the influence of Matilda's personality, the ordinary and cowardly me.

White Beard smiled again and stood up. When he walked to my side, his thick hand pressed down heavily on my head.

The door opened in front of me and he led me out of the room. He patted my shoulder in front of everyone.

"A newcomer has joined the Fourth Division. Kids, it's time for the banquet!"

"Yay!!!"

"Bring out the best wine you have!

We're going to drink to our heart's content today! "

"Captain Sács, did you roast enough meat for all of us today?"

"Yeah yeah, don't be like the last time where the roast meat couldn't keep up with the speed of eating!"

"Hahahahaha!

Captain Sács!

I also want ten skewers of sea beast meat! "

"Don't worry, you brats!"

Sird waved his saber and revealed a ferocious look. However, he couldn't help bursting out into laughter, "Go back to your seats, all of you!

I'm going to stuff you guys to death today!

Whoever can't finish will have to catch ten sea beasts in the sea as an apology, you hear me! "

"Shh — — Shh — —!"

"Captain Sács is boasting again, hahaha!"

"Come!

Cheers!

Cheers to our beautiful and powerful newcomer! "

"Yeah yeah yeah!

Raise your wine glasses! "

"One, two, three — — Cheers!!!"

Marco passed me a glass of beer. I took it and subconsciously glanced at White Beard. Dad glanced at me and raised his glass (beer barrel?) with a smile.

Thus, I suddenly had the courage to raise the glass in my hand.

But I used too much strength and almost spilled the beer on my face.

"Cheers!" I shouted with a red face. Then, I closed my eyes and drank the beer in one gulp. I almost choked on it.

"Hey hey hey, girls shouldn't drink so much."

Sács patted my back and passed me a plate of fried rice amidst everyone's kind laughter. "Here, eat something to fill your stomach.

There's delicious roast meat later. You haven't eaten sea king roast meat, right? "

"No, I haven't."

I burped with a red face and hurriedly scooped up a big spoonful of fried rice and stuffed it into my mouth to suppress the strong alcohol taste in my stomach.

Just one bite and my eyes widened in amazement. I immediately started eating in big bites.

"Oh!

It's super delicious!

This! "

"Yeah!" Sács revealed a proud smile, "I relied on this to feed those guys!"

"Don't talk nonsense, Sács, it's clearly meat that's feeding us!"

"That's right!

You don't usually cook fried rice for us! "

"That's right, that's right. Other than the injured, who else has fried rice!"

"New girl, don't be fooled by that guy!"

"Shh — — Shh — —!"

"Kulalalala!"

White Beard smiled even more happily. He reached out his hand and lightly pushed my back, "Go, you young people have fun."

"Okay!"

Maybe it was the alcohol and the lively atmosphere that made me dizzy, I actually didn't feel scared anymore.

Carrying Marco's beer and Sács's fried rice, I walked briskly towards the crowd.

When I walked in front of everyone, I didn't know what to do. In the end, I could only follow the way people in One Piece usually do and raise the glass in my hand. This time, my hand was steady and I didn't spill the beer.

"Cheers!" I said with a smile.

… … …

After the banquet, in order to thank Sács for his fried rice, I took the AI-navigated boat to catch a sea king and gave it to Sács as a thank you gift.

When I carried the sea king onto the boat, I met Jinping, the Hero of the Sea, who came to greet my dad.

The blue-skinned Whale-Sharkman looked at me for a while before turning his head to look at Marco.

"New girl?" He asked.

"Yes, that's right."

"But the Moby Dick doesn't accept female combatants, right?" Jinping said and looked back at me.

Marco also followed his gaze and looked over. He only took a glance and then looked away.