Chapter 53 The Devil's Son,

the chef and doctor, Sachi, upholds a rigorous work style. He hooks his arm around Ace's neck, like a good brother, and confirms again: "Do you still want to laugh for no reason?"

Ace nodded, indeed.

"I think I know the cause of your illness. I will prescribe a treatment plan for you right now. I guarantee that poison will be used to fight poison, and the disease will be cured."

Marco was more surprised than Ace. He thought Sachi was just saying a few words to tease Ace, but he didn't expect that he would actually give a treatment plan?

Taking medicine indiscriminately can kill people!

Sachi looked meaningfully at Cheng Xi, who had hung up the Den Den Mushi by the railing. Before Ace could react,

he suddenly called out: "Cheng Xi, Cheng Xi!" Cheng Xi quickly replied: "What's wrong?"

Sachi: "Can you come over here? Ace has something to talk to you about."

"Oh, okay."

Cheng Xi walked over here. Ace was at a loss for words, while Sachi smiled with a prank on his face. Before Ace could react, he went to him to question him, and directly took Marco away, leaving them both some private space.

"Ace, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Ah!? I..." Ace tidied up his hair that was messed up by the sea breeze to hide his embarrassment, and tried to calm himself down.

"I, I just want to ask if you want dessert?"

"Dessert?" In order to celebrate the victory of the Fourth Squad and Ace today, and to welcome Cheng Xi to the Moby Dick, the White Group is preparing to hold a grand banquet. Now the banquet is about to begin. I thought Ace would take her to taste barbecue, but I didn't expect that he would ask about dessert.

Although a little surprised, she still nodded: "Okay."

"Let's go, I'll take you to eat." After saying that, Ace took Cheng Xi's wrist and wrapped Cheng Xi's white wrist with his warm palm. Without thinking, she followed Ace's steps and ran all the way to the kitchen.

Then she watched Ace familiarly and experiencedly shuttle back and forth between the refrigerators, find the most delicious and delicious desserts, and handed them all to her.

There were desserts such as tiramisu, mango sago, strawberry mousse, and various cookies and small cakes. The ones that could not be taken were placed on the table next to them. Although Cheng Xi kept waving her hands and saying that there were too many and that was enough, the pile of desserts and snacks in front of her still dazzled her and she had no idea where to start.

In the end, she chose a piece of strawberry cream cake from these exquisite and sweet desserts. She first used a small fork to pick up a piece of bright red and plump strawberry and put it in her mouth. The sweet and sour taste instantly exploded in her taste buds, flowing out delicate juice with rich layers.

The cream covering the cake base was white and dense, melted in the mouth, not greasy at all, and had a sweet milky taste.

Ace asked her, "Is it delicious?"

His eyes were sparkling.

The expectation and joy in it were like a big dog who couldn't wait to receive praise after sharing his treasure, well-behaved and clingy.

It hit Cheng Xi's heart directly.

"Well, it's delicious, really delicious, you should try it too."

After Cheng Xi finished speaking, she did not give him the cake, but unexpectedly dipped her finger into the white and sweet cream on the cake base, and quickly touched the tip of Ace's nose.

After doing this, she was still not satisfied, and scooped a large piece of cream and smeared it on the boy's left and right cheeks, which complemented his unique freckles and shining eyes, and were more beautiful than the most dazzling and bright aurora and stars in the world.

She tried to stop the boy from wiping the cream off his face: "Don't move, you are so cute like this."

In Cheng Xi's mind, if the words to praise a boy are "you are handsome, smart, or you are really great", it may be just a polite compliment, but "you are so cute" is her highest evaluation of handsome guys.

Hearing her compliments, the boy blushed slightly, and was a little shy, which was rare. He obediently did not wipe off the cream on his hands, but childishly, he also scooped a large piece of cream and smeared it on the girl's cheek.

As the light and shadow overlapped, Ace realized that Cheng Xi was right.

This was really cute.

Ace thought that her eyes were gentler and more graceful than the moon. Cheng Xi thought that his smile was warmer and brighter than the sun.

As long as they stood there, they would be the most extraordinary scenery in the world.

The banquet outside had already begun. Although Ace was not the most excited and excited person at the banquet, he must have been the one who could eat the most. But today he disappeared and could not be found at all, or everyone did not want to find him at all.

Both of them were absent, but their names were often mentioned by the crowd. After all, this was the first time in more than ten years that a brother brought a girl back.

Although both sides were very stubborn and emphasized that they were friends.

After Cheng Xi and Ace came out of the kitchen and joined the banquet, everyone was very enthusiastic about her, eating meat, drinking and singing. Even Thatch took away the normal-sized wine glass in her hand and handed her a small wine barrel specially used by pirates.

Even Whitebeard was specially allowed by the nurse sister to drink some wine because of this joyful atmosphere, but only a little bit.

The wine that tasted bad after eating Carmela powder did not discourage Whitebeard's love for drinking. On the contrary, the less he could drink, the more he wanted to drink. In the past two years, the ship was always full of various tricks by the father and his sons, but he enjoyed it.

Because Whitebeard knew that this was a "burden of love" between family members.

Cheng Xi is very interested in Joz's fruit, or to be more precise, she is interested in diamonds. Joz turned his entire left arm into diamonds, which sparkled instantly. Cheng Xi tentatively tapped it with her fingernails, making a crisp sound, and couldn't help but sigh: "The devil fruit is so magical that it can turn flesh and blood into such a sharp diamond."

After hearing her talk about the devil fruit, Harta, who had always been curious about her fruit ability, asked: "Cheng Xi, does your makeup fruit really have self-awareness as the newspaper said?"

After saying that, he suddenly realized that Cheng Xi and the brothers on the ship had just met, and it might be a bit presumptuous for him to ask such a mysterious topic, so he quickly made up for it: "I'm sorry, I'm just too curious, I don't mean anything else, it doesn't matter if you don't want to answer, let's continue eating barbecue."

Cheng Xi waved his hand to comfort him: "It's okay, it's okay, this is not a mysterious topic."

"I don't know if it is self-aware or not. It suddenly jumped out of the box at the auction venue that day, flew in front of me, motioned for me to eat it, and specifically told me in my mind that it didn't despise me for being poor."

"I don't even think it's ugly, so what right does it have to think I'm poor!?"

Cheng Xi's head shook around excitedly when she said this.

Yi Zang, who was braiding her hair at the back, couldn't stand it anymore, so he took out a hand to fix her head and whispered, "Don't move your head." Then Cheng Xi finally stopped her excited little head and calmed down: "After that, I could no longer feel any self-thoughts of the Makeup Fruit."

Seeing that someone brought up this topic, and she answered it without any hesitation, everyone became more familiar with her, and treated her as the Devil Fruit version of 100,000 Whys, asking a bunch of strange questions that no one knew where they came from.

But they all tacitly didn't mention her race.

Namuir: "Hey, Cheng Xi, do you think the Makeup Fruit is a very strong fruit?"

"Hmm..." Cheng Xi thought for a moment and replied: "To be honest, I don't know if it is very strong."

This is a fact. Compared with the Flame-Flame Fruit and the Sparkle-Spark Fruit, which are devil fruits suitable for combat, the Makeup Fruit is indeed not very strong. Looking at its previous ability users, because of their peerless beauty, they seem noble and glamorous on the surface, but in fact, most of them are circling around in the forces of various countries, like walking on a tightrope.

Not only women, it has also had two male ability users. One of them was just a rotten guy and went to a bar to be a gigolo. It is said that the business is not bad. The other one was a little more ambitious and chose to use the fruit ability to become a spy agent. Later, because his identity was exposed, his whereabouts were unknown, probably dead.

"Sometimes I think it is very weak. Compared with combat, it is more suitable for spy work. But when new moves are developed, I think it is very strong."

It's... quite contradictory! ?

She showed everyone several recently developed moves, some of which used corrosive substances to attack, some of which used protective substances to form barriers, or some of which used powdered substances to enter the enemy's mouth and nose and destroy the enemy's body from the inside.

In short, Cheng Xi opened up a new track in his hands. Rather than saying it was a makeup fruit, it was better to say that it was a chemical fruit.

She thought that compared to herself, this fruit might be more suitable for Mendeleev and Lavoisier to eat, because these great chemists could use the makeup fruit to experiment and make flowers.

At this time, Ace hit the nail on the head and directly pointed out the key point.

His eyes never left the girl in the crowd. He said, "It's not the makeup fruit that is strong, but Cheng Xi."

Just like the rubber fruit that is not good at fighting, Luffy can also cultivate his originally soft arms into a rubber pistol with fast speed and great power that can blow up a beast with one punch.

After Ace said this, from Izo's perspective, he could clearly see that Cheng Xi's ear tips were red. No one else spoke. The air was quiet for a while, and then bursts of "tsk~" and "eh~" and other booing sounds broke out.

She finally managed to get away from everyone's jokes and went to the railing at the stern alone. She patted her cheeks, which were a little red from drinking, and tried to sober up in the sea breeze.

Cheng Xi suddenly felt a familiar, sinister and deep gaze looking at her from behind. She turned around and asked quickly, "Who?"

"Hahaha, it's me, Teach, Ace's team member. I just introduced myself to you."

Teach showed a hypocritical expression that was gentle and almost flattering. He grinned, revealing a row of gap teeth, and tried to flatter her carefully, making himself look more harmless.

Cheng Xi ignored his approach. For some reason, she hated Teach inexplicably the first time she saw him. Moreover, looking at this person's face, his eyes were erratic and his life gate was sunken. It was obvious that he had an unpredictable mind. He was a born conspirator. Who knows, he might greet you with a smile on the surface, but in fact he was thinking about plotting against you behind your back.

"Do you want to eat this? Cherry pie, it's delicious."

"No, thank you." Cheng Xi coldly rejected his kindness, then silently stepped back a few steps to the left, and unknowingly moved away from Teach.

Teach seemed not to notice her alienation and disgust, and continued to ask her: "How did you and Ace meet?"

Cheng Xi: "A hero saves a beauty."

Teach wanted to save the country in a roundabout way. By discussing Ace, she mentioned the devil fruit and then asked about her secrets. But she didn't expect that she was so carefree at the banquet just now, but now she seemed like a different person, unresponsive and a little perfunctory.

No matter what she was asked, she only answered with ambiguous words such as "okay", "pretty good", "no reason", etc.

In the end, Teach lost her patience and asked directly: "The newspaper said you have special abilities..."

Before she finished her question, she was interrupted: "I think you are a bit presumptuous."

Because this man was a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, Cheng Xi had been holding back her discomfort and dealing with him. Unexpectedly, the more she gave in, the more this man not only did not know how to restrain himself, but also became more and more aggressive.

Teach noticed the displeasure in her tone and apologized quickly: "I'm sorry, I have no ill intentions, I'm just curious, don't take it to heart."

Cheng Xi said in a cold tone: "Next time, don't do embarrassing things."

The same tone and the same action as Harta, but received a completely different answer.

Ignoring the various dark emotions in his eyes, and regardless of Teach's reaction after being scolded, Cheng Xi left here and returned to the deck to continue to participate in this lively and grand banquet.

After the banquet, it was already early in the morning, and the time was very late. Nurse Toth assigned her a room next to the nurse's room.

Cheng Xi lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling for a while. The moonlight shone into the room through the window. She tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, so she happily set off and planned to go out to the deck to see the scenery.

At this moment, except for a few crew members who were on night watch, the Moby Dick was already very quiet.

She had seen such scenery countless times on the sea at night, but she didn't feel bored.

Besides, the moon tonight was very beautiful. The night was dark, and the moonlight was melting, reflecting on the sea, forming a layer of floating light. She suddenly thought of the story of the monkey catching the moon.

The moon tonight was still vaguely desolate.

Ace saw such a picture of a beautiful woman looking at the moon as soon as he arrived on the deck.

Thinking of the bright moon, the sparse shadows and the clear light.

He no longer had the heart to look at the moon. He just felt that Cheng Xi was particularly beautiful tonight.

When Ace saw Cheng Xi for the first time, he fell in love with her at first sight. From then on, no matter what kind of lively scene he was in, he could always notice her first.

He slowly approached Cheng Xi, and after seeing him, perhaps because the moonlight tonight was too beautiful, or perhaps because the wine tonight was too intoxicating, Cheng Xi was in a daze, and inadvertently told the truth in his heart.

She said: "Ace, it's so lucky to meet you, so beautiful."

At this moment, Ace felt an indescribable emotion growing in his heart, light and ethereal, like the foam on a beer glass, densely filling his heart, difficult to stop.

But...

he thought of his life experience. He was the child of the Pirate King, born to be hated by the world, and no one would like him.

Cheng Xi...

She is such a good girl, kind and brave, beautiful and powerful. She deserves all the beautiful words in the world, but she has sinful blood flowing in her body.

At that moment, the trace of emotion that just overflowed was immediately eliminated, as if covered by a piece of transparent plastic film. Loveliness is endless. Although they keep dissipating, there will always be new emotions constantly emerging.

Realizing this, Ace's eyes were filled with loneliness, and he called her name: "Cheng Xi."

"Yeah, I'm here."

He asked cautiously: "Can we always watch the sea like we did today in the future?"

Cheng Xi could see the loneliness and sadness in Ace's eyes. Such a young man as dazzling as the sun had been closing his heart.

He is obviously unhappy, but he wants to make everyone happy. This is probably the gentleness that belongs only to Ace.

She pointed her finger at the vast sea: "Look at this sea."

"As long as the sea water of the Grand Line does not dry up, I will never leave you."

The sadness in Ace's eyes dissipated a little. He always thought that he was a person hated by the world and did not dare to accept the love of others easily, so such a simple and sincere oath could make him happy for a long time.

After a moment of silence, Ace finally plucked up the courage to confess his life experience. He thought that a gentle person like Cheng Xi would at least not show his disgust for himself on his face.

He was sinking soberly.

"Cheng Xi, I have a sinful life."

Cheng Xi was ready, but still listened to him quietly.

"Actually, I... I am the son of One Piece, the son of the devil with evil blood."

Cheng Xi patted his chest and said thankfully, "Oh, I was scared to death. I thought you were going to tell me that you were actually a Celestial Dragon. I was ready to comfort you, but you are the son of One Piece."

"Wait..." She suddenly reacted and said in surprise, "Whose son are you?"

Her reaction was so intense that Ace felt cold all over, as if falling into an ice cellar. His whole body was stiff, but he still answered her question and repeated once again, "I am the son of One Piece Roger."

Seeing his reaction, Cheng Xi hurriedly waved his hand to explain, "No, no, don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else, I'm just too surprised." Ace

's reaction was a little better, but Cheng Xi was embarrassed. In fact, it didn't matter whose child Ace was. As for the title of son of the devil, it was nonsense in her opinion. There was a reason why she reacted so excitedly.

"Oh, don't be sad." Cheng Xi's tone even contained a hint of pleading, "Your blood is not evil, I reacted so strongly because..."

She hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted her teeth and told the truth: "Because... because when I was a navy, I punched Roger and called him a scumbag."

The scene became terribly quiet, and finally Ace broke the silence: "Cheng Xi, you are so funny."

"Ah!?" Cheng Xi was confused. She thought that since she scolded his father, Ace would hate her for at least a second, but she didn't expect that he would actually praise her for being funny! ?

Cheng Xi asked him sincerely: "Why do you think you are sinful?"

Ace said slowly: "When I was young, they all said that the son of One Piece should not live in this world and should die."

Cheng Xi said angrily: "I said they should die!"

"Whose child are you and what kind of blood do you have? These are things you cannot choose when you are born, and should not become shackles around you."

"And those people you ask are not good people themselves, of course they can't say anything good. In their mouths, even the Navy Government and the Four Emperors can give advice."

As she spoke, she pretended to hold a wine glass in her hand, looking drunk and commenting on major events. Although she had never seen these people, she had imitated their appearance, which made Ace couldn't help laughing out loud, and her heavy mood was slightly relieved.

Cheng Xi instructed, "You should ask different people questions."

Ace asked, "What do you mean?"

"Let me ask you, do you think Sakaski... Akainu, Kizaru, and Spider Demon are annoying?"

Ace nodded, "Yeah, and Vice Admiral Will who has been chasing after the Whitebeard Pirates recently is also annoying."

Cheng Xi was instantly furious, "You are not allowed to hate Will!"

Ace was puzzled, "Why?"

"Because he is my brother!"

Ace: ...

Cheng Xi: "But if I ask Sengoku how he feels about them, he will say that Sakaski is a very important and reliable subordinate. So regarding your life experience, you should ask Luffy, Sabo, Whitebeard, or me."

"We will definitely say, Ace, you are the best person in the world, I really like you so much, even the sun can't turn without Ace."

She looked into his eyes: "So, you have to live happily, joyfully, and happily, otherwise, without the sun that rotates, how can so many of us live?"

Ace's heart is actually very sensitive, so Cheng Xi chose to give him unbridled and unhindered preference, she wanted to let her know that there is always someone in this world who loves her forever and guards behind her.

Ace heard the sound of ice and snow melting in his heart.

Cheng Xi continued, "We are such good people, they don't like us, they can't stand us, that's their own business, they should let them reflect on it."

"But we are different, they reflect on the past, we look forward to the future, you still have a very bright future."

She pulled up Ace's hands, which he thought were sinful, and held his wrists tightly: "If you feel that the road ahead is too lonely, then I can walk with you. In addition to me, there is your brother, Whitebeard, Deus, Thatch, Marco, Joz..."

Cheng Xi said many people's names in a row, trying to make Ace realize that these people love her in their own way, either implicitly or openly.

The boy exuded a sincere soul, gentle and open, which made Cheng Xi blush more than all the strong liquor in the world.

Ace's dark and deep eyes became clear and pure.

In an instant, spring was warm and flowers were blooming.

"Cheng Xi, you are so good."

He held Cheng Xi's hand, not wanting to let go, wanting to keep doing this in the future she talked about, holding Cheng Xi's hand.

Unfortunately, this hazy ambiguity only lasted for a short time. The two of them suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the kitchen and hurried to check.

After entering the kitchen, they saw Sachi lying on the floor covered in blood, with a dagger stuck in his chest and a big hole in the wall. Although it was dark at night, through the hole, they could still vaguely see Titch galloping on the sea.

Compared to catching the murderer, Cheng Xi and Ace chose to give Sachi first aid.

Cheng Xi confirmed that Sachi still had breath and chest movement, but it was very weak. She immediately pressed several acupoints on Sachi to stop the bleeding. At this time, Marco, the ship's doctor who heard the sound, also rushed over, so Cheng Xi handed the seriously injured and dying Sachi to Marco. She

went to the infirmary to grab a few medicinal herbs, washed a wild ginseng, prepared a prescription for nourishing blood and replenishing qi, put it in a small pot and slowly boiled it, preparing to use it to keep Sachi alive in a while. Even this hundred-year- old

wild ginseng probably didn't expect that it had just been dug out of the soil during the day and hadn't even had enough fresh air to breathe, but it was directly put into the pot in the afternoon.