Chapter 4: The Decision to Stay
"Hmm... Don't you eat the phantom moon? This one is really delicious!" Luffy, who was eating Haisai, saw that Phantom Moon only had a piece of bread in his hand, and actually took out a small piece of barbecue meat and handed it over.
This is already a very rare behavior for Luffy, and it is good that he didn't go to grab the food in Phantom Moon's hand.
“emmmm。。。” Looking at the large piece of greasy barbecue on the stretched rubber hand, Phantom Moon, who was not hungry in the first place, immediately dissipated the few appetites, and a little greasy is acceptable, so what's the matter with that big piece of tooth marks on you.
"I'm not hungry." Raising his hand, he "fed" Luffy with the bread that had not been touched at all, and Phantom Moon said that he was not hungry.
Luffy, who heard this, immediately lowered his head intently, and only barbecue meat was in his eyes.
Looking at the interaction between the two little ones over there, Magino curled the corners of his mouth, and his pupils were full of tenderness: "Phantom Moon, did you just come here recently?" How come I've never seen you before? ”
"It's not long since I arrived." Without even raising her eyes, the girl replied indifferently, her fingertips wrapped around the loops of hair.
"Who are you coming with? What about your parents? ”
“。。。” After a pause, Phantom Moon, who would not lie, raised her black eyes, stared straight at Magino, and replied honestly, "I came by myself." ”
"As for the parents... After a pause, dazzled by the dazzling sunlight outside the window, Phantom Moon squinted, "I don't have parents. ”
The indifferent tone seemed to be saying something that had nothing to do with him.
Magino didn't know what to say for a while, she seemed to have asked something she shouldn't ask, right?
Phantom Moon didn't think so, she was almost a mass of humanoid gas, she had lived for hundreds of years, and she didn't need or want things like her parents.
Seeing that Phantom Moon didn't mean to continue, knowing that she was not willing to reveal too much to an outsider like herself, Magino sighed, after all, children who lost their parents were relatively common in this chaotic era of pirates.
"Huanyue, Ni was injured and burped and frozen? (Phantom Moon, what's that thing on your back?) Luffy, who had a mouth full of barbecue, leaned over with his cheeks puffed out and asked inarticulately.
“emmm。。。。” Phantom Moon said, Well, what did you just say? It was so windy that I couldn't hear it clearly.
"Luffy wants to ask about the knife you're carrying on your back." Magino, the royal translator, smiled and pointed to the black knife on Phantom Moon's back.
Stunned for a moment, Phantom Moon pulled the dark out of the scabbard.
This is a black knife, with a black and gold blade, and the blade is shining with cold light, even if you don't know how to use knives, you can know that this is definitely a good knife, but the knife body exudes a dark and cold aura, so that Luffy, who is curious and reaches out to grab it in his hand and plays with it, can't help but shudder, and hurriedly throws it back to Phantom Moon.
"What a strange knife, why do you keep carrying this knife with Phantom Moon?" Luffy shrunk his shoulders in discomfort, his eyes aimed at the black knife. "It makes me feel very uncomfortable."
"It's always with me, it's something important to me." Gently wiping the black knife, there seemed to be a little different emotion in the eyes of the Phantom Moon Gujing Bubo, but it was faintly indistinguishable, "Its name is Dark." ”
"It feels so cold with this knife." Losing interest in the dark, Luffy went back to the barbecue.
For Luffy, meat is the most important thing besides being the One Piece.
"By the way, Phantom Moon, do you have a place to go?" Stuffing a piece of meat into his mouth, Luffy, who suddenly thought of something, hurriedly swallowed it in one gulp, turned his head to look at the girl.
Phantom Moon thought about it for a while, it should be considered nothing, after all, she has been wandering aimlessly.
“。。。 Probably not. After a moment of silence, Phantom Moon replied.
"Would you like to stay with Phantom Moon? It's boring to be alone in a windmill village. Luffy's eyes lit up, and his arm immediately stretched out, resting on Phantom Moon's shoulder, and proposing in an excited tone.
Phantom Moon looked at Luffy, the young man's dark eyes were bright and sincere, and there was a bit of eagerness, and the expression on his whole face was full of excitement and hope.
It seems that it doesn't matter if you stay.
After thinking for a while, Phantom Moon slowly spoke: "I don't have a place to live. ”
Luffy heard that he was about to return to his seat in frustration, but Magino smiled and said, "If you want to come to me to help me with Phantom Moon, although there is no salary, but food and shelter." ”
For Magino, although the tavern is not big, it is more laborious to be alone, although Luffy will often help himself, but Luffy, who is impatient and clumsy, can always break a few cups or saucers every time, Phantom Moon is not only older than Luffy, but also looks very stable, so it is better to let her help herself.
Thinking of this, coupled with the fact that Phantom Moon said that she had no parents before, Magino had almost judged Phantom Moon to be an orphan, and a lot of pity grew in her heart.
Hearing Magino say this, Luffy, who had hope, immediately laughed and asked Phantom Moon's opinion: "Then Phantom Moon, will you stay?" ”
Looking at the somewhat silly but healing smile in front of him, Phantom Moon lowered her head and hesitated for a moment, then raised her head to look at Magino, her lips slightly open, and spit out a word.
"Okay."
Hearing Phantom Moon's answer, Luffy laughed happily and reached out to straighten the straw hat on his head, looking serious.
"Then please advise me from now on, Phantom Moon."