Chapter 2: Thank You for Inviting Me to Dinner as Compensation...... (Ask for subscription)
As Natsu and Harpy knew, in the last second, they were still in the guild as usual, and they casually found a reason to start fighting, but the moment they destroyed the guild, they unknowingly traveled to another world, that is, the world of One Piece.
In fact, this is the "mutation" of World 7 - it will transfer people to another world.
Coincidentally, Natsu is not the only one who has crossed into the world of pirates, everyone in Magnolia who has magical powers is a victim of this mutation, but they are transferred to different places.
East Sea, Cocosia Village.
Eight years ago, when a group of fishmen arrived and enslaved all of its inhabitants, the island's vibrancy has vanished without a trace.
"The houses here are so strange...... Lucy walked aimlessly in the village alone, recording what she saw and heard with the pen and paper she had learned.
"Why did I come to such a place? And I'm the only one, is it really a call from another world?"
Half a day has passed since she woke up from her sleep and found that she had come here for no reason, although she came to a completely unfamiliar place, but Lucy has a wealth of travel experience, and in the past two years as a magician, she has also been to various places, seen all kinds of landscapes, and has a little experience in geographical reconnaissance.
Therefore, in just half a day, she had a rough grasp of the situation of her place: a small island in the sea, and a group of ordinary people who did not know magic lived on the island, and then ...... There is a group of villains called "Fishmen" who are not human or fish, and they rule this place.
"It's like a fairy tale...... If you can write down the story here, you will definitely become famous in the entire Fiore Kingdom!
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Thinking of this, Lucy couldn't help but secretly rejoice, but soon, her expression suddenly froze: "Wait! I remember Kira ever wrote an adventure with a similar setting? I kind of forgot about ......."
"Speaking of which, I haven't read Kira's much before?? Forget it, in short, write down what you see and hear first, and it will definitely come in handy in the future anyway! After all, writing is about knowing more and accumulating more!
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Gollumββ!
After talking to herself for a long time, Lucy suddenly heard a terrible scream from her stomach, and at the same time, there was an irrepressible feeling of weakness on her body.
"Hey~ I'm hungry." Lucy sighed helplessly.
Usually when they go to work, they will bring food and water for two or three days, but this crossing came too suddenly, and now in addition to the clothes on her body, all she has left is the keychain she carries with her, and even the money...... She had brought a little money, but she knew that the world would not be needed in such a place, because not long ago, she had just seen a few fishmen blackmailing the villagers and taking a paper money called Bailey from them.
At that time, Lucy was very angry, and the education she received since she was a child did not allow her to hide there and quietly watch the good people being bullied, but Lucy was not an idiot, knowing that she was only one person now, weak and hungry for a day, and had no strength at all, and the other party was not only physically strong, but also numerous, and had become a big force in this place, and her rash actions would only startle the snake.
Besides, everything treats the symptoms but not the root cause, even if he rushes up and teaches those fishmen a lesson and temporarily knocks them away, what can he do later? They will definitely take revenge on these helpless villagers, and their lives will only be worse when the time comes, and the only way is to wait until they find Natsu and them, and completely eradicate all the fish-people here, once and for all!
"Until I can find a way back, I'll have to find a place to live here! It's just that there's ...... here."
Well? Wait a minute!
Lucy suddenly learned from Natsu, raised her head and took two puffs into the air, and her eyes lit up: "This is...... The smell of the meal?!
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Three minutes later, following the smell wafting through the air, Lucy came to the door of a small house full of orange trees, but was standing there
For a moment, she hesitated.
"Isn't it rude to just go in and eat like this?" Because Lucy was faint from hunger at this time, the whole person staggered, and even the long golden hair was swaying and losing some color.
At this moment, a feeling of exhaustion suddenly emerged, and Lucy only felt that her eyes were dark, her head was dizzy, and her whole person fell backwards.
Peng!
What caught Lucy was not the cold floor, but a ball of soft breasts that was not as good as herself, and the last moment she closed her eyes, she saw short blue hair.
I don't know how long it took, but Lucy lifted the quilt and woke up from the bed.
"Are you awake? Get up and have something to eat!"
A gentle voice rang out, and Lucy looked for a girl who looked about her own age.
The girl had short blue hair with a red string tied around it, cheap pink lipstick on her lips, an apricot yellow vest that was supposed to be small for her, a pair of washed blue trousers with a whitish wash underneath, and a pair of herringbone sandals on her feet.
"He doesn't look like a person from a good family, but his voice sounds gentle, and he seems to be a very caring ......."
After returning to consciousness, Lucy asked directly, "I'm still a girl, right?"
Ha?? Who would ask such a thing as soon as they wake up? What have you been through in the past? Isn't it possible that you've seen girls wake up from a coma and become boys before? Or are you actually a boy, but what method did you use to become a girl, and you are worried that you will return to your original appearance after fainting?
Nuo Qigao was directly stunned by Lucy's strange question, and hesitated for two seconds before saying, "Uh...... If you're a girl...... Probably still now......
After retracting her hand into the quilt and touching it up and down to make sure that her body was not abnormal, Lucy breathed a sigh of relief, and then exclaimed in hindsight: "Oh no, my key!
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"It's on the tabletop at the bedside."
This time, Nuoqigao did not hesitate, but as if he had foreseen it, he quickly replied, "That's something very important to you, right? Even if you're hungry and faint, hold on to it......
Lucy smirked, "Of course it's important! They are my family and companions!
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Nokigao: "......"
Now it can be determined that this little girl must have something wrong with her brain!
In fact, Nuo Qi Gao is only 20 years old this year, the same age as Lucy, but because the average height of people in the Pirate World is much taller than that of people in the Demon Tail World, even the ordinary Nuo Qi Gao is ten centimeters taller than Lucy who is a magician, and Nuo Qi Gao is used to being a sister, so he subconsciously feels that he is older than Lucy.
"That...... My name is Lucy! Lucy Hatfilia!
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"Just call me Nokigao."
Lucy got out of bed and followed Nokigao out of the bedroom, but when she saw the environment in her home, she suddenly denied an idea that she had only recently decided.
Think of it, it's a single-family house on the edge of the village, with a well-growing orange orchard right outside it, and it's far away from the hustle and bustle of everyday shopping......
"Hmm...... It seems like I'm much poorer than her!
If such a person is poor, then what am I?"
Under the leadership of Nuo Qigao, the two came to the kitchen, and there were four dishes and one soup neatly placed on the table, and two pairs of bowls were fast, which made Lucy's heart pound.
"Sit down and eat."
"Multi-...... Thank you!
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Lucy sat down gratefully in the place that belonged to Nami, and picked up the bowl and ate quickly, I don't know if it was because she was overly hungry, she ate a lot more than usual today. On the contrary, Nuoqigao didn't seem to have much appetite, and only ate two bites casually before stopping the fast. Perhaps she saw that Lucy was hungry right now, so she kindly fed her a little more.
"It's best to leave the island as soon as possible after eating
You know, this village, this island, is very dangerous for people like you."
"Dangerous...... Do you mean the kind of being called a fish-man?" Lucy stopped, she knew that the person in front of her was the best object for her to explore intelligence in this world, and her best next action should be to try her best to dig out all the secrets of the other party, and then leave this place regardless of the life and death of everyone here.
But when Lucy saw Nuo Qigao smoking a cigarette and looking out the window at the orange tree, the desolation, sadness, remembrance, despair and struggle in her eyes suddenly felt a sorrow in her heart, and the ruthless idea of leaving after using it was immediately shot in her mind.
Lucy was very familiar with this kind of look in Nokigao, and she sat quietly by the window in a daze during the years when her mother Layla died.
"So you've seen it? In that state before, it's a shame that you won't be discovered by those guys......" Nuo Qigao was a little surprised, turned his head and said slowly, "Yes, the source of danger is the fish-people!"
Lucy's gaze involuntarily fell on the photo on the side, a woman and two girls, their smiles were bright in the sun, it can be seen that Nokigao in front of her is one of the girls, and the other two should be her mother and sister.
But based on her observations so far, Lucy can determine that there is only one trace of Notchygao's life in this family, so it is likely that the situation of the other two is not so good.
"Can you tell me about it? Maybe I can help you?"
"You ......" Nuo Qigao was stunned, then shook his head with a wry smile and helplessness, "This matter has nothing to do with you, you don't have to interfere, if Aaron knows about your existence......
"What you said Aaron...... Is it the boss of the fishmen?"
Lucy wasn't an idiot, she guessed it quickly, and from Nokigaard's words, she keenly grasped the point, "This island has become like this, also because of that one named Aaron?"
"Yes...... No!"
Halfway through speaking, Nuo Qigao suddenly reacted, and then his face changed and he walked to Lucy's side, pressed his hands on her shoulders, and said solemnly, "Lucy, don't be impulsive! Fish-people are inherently ten times more powerful than humans, and we can't beat them!"
Nuoki is precocious and has a rough enough life, this experience makes her live a very cautious life now, whether it is big or small, she can analyze it at a glance, so now she can see what Lucy wants to do.
There is no doubt that she just wants to rush up to Aaron and give him a beating!
Nuo Qigao didn't expect that the little girl with a golden retriever ponytail in front of her, who looked shorter than herself and would faint with hunger, would still be able to muster up the courage to resist the other party after seeing the horror of the fish man.
Is it because I've been in the countryside for too long that my perception of the outside world has gone wrong? Are all the little girls so reluctant now? Anyway, if a little girl runs to death because of a meal of his own, he will definitely not forgive himself in the future!
Seeing Lucy's momentum of rushing to the fish-man base to make a fuss in the next second, Nuo Qigao couldn't help but think of his wandering sister, the two seemed to be the same stubborn, the same naΓ―ve, and the same uneasy.
[The app that has been running stably for many years is comparable to the old version of the book-chasing artifact, which is used by old bookworms.]
An ordinary person, who has lived under Aaron's rule for another eight years, she gives Lucy the feeling that "although I am scared and powerless to resist, as long as I am here, I will not let you be hurt at all", and this warmth makes Lucy even more moved.
"I...... I know...... I promise you, you won't be impulsive."
"But can you tell me more about this place and everything that happened to you?"
Accompanied by Nuoqi's high and gentle voice, a tragic childhood story was told by her.
The kind-hearted retired female navy was brutally murdered by fishmen from overseas for the sake of her two adopted daughters; The fish-people squeezed the money and spirit of more than twenty villages on the island, bringing them death and fear; The ten-year-old girl had to compromise for the sake of the village, and fight desperately for a promise that could well be a lie......
The tone of the story is undoubtedly sad, but the story isn't over yet, so there's still a chance to turn things around!
At night, when the storyteller had gone to sleep, Lucy lay on the bed of the story's protagonist, a girl named Nami, tossing and turning.
She made a decision.
Lucy quietly left Nokigaard's house, and took her inseparable Star Spirit Key to an empty and hidden place: "Open it!
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With a crisp jingle sound and a golden magical light, a handsome orange-haired man in a black suit, and a cold-faced girl wearing a maid costume with a tortoiseshell tied with ropes and a black blindfold appeared on the spot.
"You must have heard it before, right? So...... You're going to help me, aren't you?"
"Of course!"
"Call me as much as you like, princess!
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In the night, Rocky, Ballougo, and Lucy looked at each other and smiled.