"You... You, you, you... You..."Chopper was also surprised, and from the moment he hit Rhett's human voice, Chopper only felt that his view of deer life had been turned upside down.

"Talking cats?"

"What are you doing?" Red glanced at Chopper, his eyes full of displeasure, "Which family are you from?"

Red muttered, "I've never seen this species before...", but in Chopper's eyes, the image of Kirby and his party has gradually become magical.

They have a talking cat!

"That's... That one... She..."Chopper's eyes kept staring at Red, and Nami understood and hurriedly pursued while it was hot:

"How about it, would you like to consider joining us, Red is also our companion?"

"With... Companion!" Chopper exclaimed quietly, and when he realized his gaffe, he hurriedly covered his mouth, and his pupils shrunk into a little trembled.

At this moment, Luffy and Sanji suddenly rushed in from outside the door, followed by Dorier, who was unusually athletic.

"Don't run, little ghost!"

"Wow, yes, !!"

"Ahh

Kirby shook the cat's ears, his mind moved, the cat's ears and the cat's tail retracted, and his hands became normal.

"Hmph, the little ghost is just full of energy. ”

Nami scratched her head, pulled the quilt back and was about to lie down again, but Doriel spoke:

"You're such a cunning girl. ”

Doriel stared at the stove, cocking Erlang's legs with a slight smile on her lips.

"I actually lured my reindeer without permission while I was away. ”

"Hey?" Nami smiled mischievously, "Do you need anyone's permission to seduce a man?"

"Poof!"

"Hee-hee-hee-hee..."

Compared to the unprepared Kirby, Doriel smiled and nodded.

"Of course not, take it with you if you want. ”

"It's not that easy, though. ”

Doriel nodded to herself, and picked up the plum wine on the table again.

"His heart was broken. ”

"Even I can't heal it..."

Doriel shook the wine bottle, raised her head a little abruptly, and looked at the snowflakes outside the window in a daze.

"It was abandoned by the deer herd and its parents as soon as it was born. ”

"Huh?" Nami's eyes twinkled.

"Because he has a blue nose. Doriel pointed to her nose and continued, "He's always alone at the back of the line..."

"At that time, he was just a newborn fawn..."Doriel sighed, shaking her head a little unbearably.

"One day..."

"He accidentally ate the Devil Fruit, and everyone treated him like a monster. ”

Doriel looks very relaxed, but Nami sees a picture of a fawn being faced by an adult reindeer with its horns.

Kirby suddenly remembered the scene he had seen Chopper that day—the blue-nosed reindeer facing a herd of reindeer and being bruised all over their bodies.

Their eyes were full of "monsters" and "aliens", and although Kirby didn't understand the language of deer, she knew that kind of look, just like ordinary people look at magicians.

At a time when magic was not widespread, gifted magicians were seen as complete outliers by the people present, and their ability to release flames with their bare hands was a sign of elemental affinity, but they were put on the gallows for it.

"It's not a good time. Kirby stroked Red's hair, and the little one stayed very quietly in Kirby's arms, surprisingly quiet, looking at Doriel motionlessly.

"That's right, the reindeer chased him away. Doriel wiped the corners of her mouth and licked her somewhat astringent lips.

"Because he's no ordinary reindeer anymore. ”

"Even so—"

Even so, he longed to have companions. Doriel smiled, and there was an indescribable bitterness in her words.

So he took the form of a man and came to the human village. ”

But he is also different from humans, whether it is his overly large body or blue nose, which prevents him from fitting into this complex group. ”

"He's—" Nami clenched her hand worriedly.

"Well... He was treated like a snow monster. ”

"People raised their shotguns against him, but he didn't know what it was, and that time, he was so badly wounded that he was almost on the verge of death. ”

He didn't know what he had done wrong or who he had to hate. ”

He dragged his wounds and ran through the snow, dodging the human shotguns until he could no longer run, and fell headlong in the snow, surrounded by blood. ”

"'You monster!'" said Doriel, tilting her head, "and that voice echoed in his ears all the time. ”

"He just wants to have his own companions, but he is called a monster... Monster!" Doriel's eyes were hideous, Kirby remained silent, Rhett's body trembled a little, Kirby's hand rested on Red's head, motionless.

"He's neither a reindeer nor a human anymore. ”

"He was such a lonely person who came to life. ”

"Can you heal his heartache?"

Doriel looked at the two of them with a nonchalant expression, Kirby smiled lightly, and Nami was silent.

The crackling of the stove became more violent.

...

"Luffy, look at that door. On the spiral staircase of the castle, Sanji suddenly noticed the problem.

"The front entrance, the door is wide open. ”

"No wonder it's so cold!" Luffy hugged his arms and shrunk his neck, "Let's close the door first!"

"Otherwise, there would be no difference between inside and outside the city. ”

The two hooked their backs, walked down the escalator, and walked towards the city gate.

The wind and snow outside the city continued to drift into the city, and the doors and windows inside the castle were frozen in, revealing a bone-chilling chill.

"Hey, it's cold. ”

Sanji stroked the door frame, the huge city gate had obviously been open for a long time, and a thick layer of frost had formed on the door frame.

"Stop!" suddenly there was a loud shout overhead, and the two looked up and accidentally spotted Chopper.

"Stop, don't touch that door!" Chopper was now in his normal form, and the hat man was not as tall as the railing, he clutched the guardrail with both hands, and shouted nervously at the two of them.

"Huh?" Luffy was stunned, and Sanji had an impatient expression, "Leave him alone, close the door quickly, I can't stand the cold anymore." ”

"Luffy, come over here and take a hand. ”

"Wait..."Luffy frowned, and was about to say something, when Chopper's eyes had completely changed.

"Hey, I said you weren't allowed to touch it!"

Chopper, who suddenly grew larger, stood up two people taller, grabbed the iron railing, and smashed them hard.

"Don't you understand?"

Bang!

"Wow, a!!What's wrong!Why is he so angry!" Luffy was stunned as he dodged the iron railing.

Chopper lowered his head with a dark face, his expression could not be seen clearly, and his chest rose and fell under extreme emotion.

"Luffy, come on..."Standing outside the door, Sanji, who had been silent just now, beckoned to Luffy, lit a cigarette, and raised his head and pouted.

"Oh?"

Luffy looked up with a strange expression, only to see a nest of newborn chicks chirping on the top edge of the snow-wrapped door frame, flapping their wings against the frost and snow.

"It's a snowbird's baby..."

Sanji: "If you close the door, they'll fall." ”

"Ahh

The two were stunned, and Chopper stood in the attic, hesitated for a moment, and disappeared.