13 Chapter 12

Shortly after the sun came up, a butler came to inform me that Kaya is calling everyone for breakfast. I couldn't say no to food, so I followed him inside. He led me to a very elegant dining room and in the middle, there was a big table with an amazing amount of food on it.

Before I knew it, I had already eaten everything in my sight. The servants of the mansion were amazed at how much I was able to eat, but the cooks were able to prepare enough before everyone had gathered.

Ussop and Kaya were the last to arrive. Both of them looked in a very good mood. I guess they had a good time.

After having our breakfast together, Kaya informed us they have a ship they are willing to gift us for saving their village. I was expecting this part, but I was left stupified at what happened afterward.

When they brought to the ship, it wasn't a Caravel but a big ship with three masts. It was a Carrack. The ship itself was around thirty-five meters. It had three cannons on each side and two on the front and back. The ship was made mostly with wood but it looked like a piece of art. It did have the signature figurehead of a Goat and Merry proudly proclaimed it's called the Going Merry, despite the protest from the other butlers. It seems all the butlers had actually worked on the ship and not only Merry.

I couldn't help myself and immediately went to explore the ship. It was truly amazing, there were even two small bathrooms with some kind of a pipe system. The only bed that I found was in the Captains room and it could probably fit five people on it, other than that there were two rooms with eight hammocks in each.

Ussop had disappeared for a brief moment but shortly came back with a gigantic backpack. I saw him trip and start rolling towards the sea. I was able to catch him and bring him on the ship.

He thanked me and started going towards the Captains Room, talking how this ship would need a proper captain. I sent Ussop flying towards one of the crew bedrooms and informed him, he will be the ship cleaner.

I was contemplating whether to invite Kaya to the crew so that she could be Ussops moral support and push him harder. At the end I did give her the offer, however, she declined and told me she wants to study to become a doctor. Once she completes her studies, she would be happy to join us and help us. In order to keep in touch, she provided us with three Den Den Mushi and her number.

We carried all the food and tools that Kaya gave us with and left the archipelago. Seeing how big this ship is, I would definitely need more crew members and we definitely need a cook. Nami knew the way to the Baratie the sea restaurant, so I left her to do what she does best, navigate.

I made Ussop make our flag. At first, I was thinking of adding some kind of a monkey feature, but then I didn't really want my crew to be called the Monkey Pirates or something like that, so I simply made him do the Jolly Roger with a straw hat on top.

Since Ussop did an amazing job with the flag, I was thinking of making him do it on the sails as well, but I didn't get the chance, as I saw a confrontation between two ships. One of the ships was a marine one, while the other was a caravel with no flag. There was also a small dinghy moving towards them as well.

I don't know what happened, but the marine ship started firing against both the dinghy and the ship. They were exactly on our path and as soon as we reached firing distance, the marine ship fired immediately.

I was easily able to redirect the cannonballs straight at them by inflating myself. I redirected three more and was able to hit the marine ship with two. I saw the Marines jumping into the sea and swimming towards a nearby island. Before we reached the ships, the Marines were already in the distance.

Once we got there, Zoro, Nami and I jumped on the Caravel to check for any survivors or loot in her case. Zoro found both Johnny and Yosaku on the ship. They seemed injured so he brought them on our ship to bandage them up. Both of them were as tall as me. Johnny had sunglasses and a tattoo under his left eye, while Yosaku had a weird looking red headgear and a green cloak.

I only found bodies so far on the ship and this really angered me, however, I was able to hear a soft whimpering sound like someone was silently sobbing. I was able to locate where the sound was coming from and after removing a bunch of debris, I found the source.

It was a beautiful white-haired girl, probably around my age and she was slightly short than Nami I would guess. I didn't have the time to be gazing at her and enjoying her beauty as there was a nasty wound on her abdomen. I quickly grabbed her and carried her in a princess carry style her to my ship. I heard her silent protest along the way, however, I can't let someone die in front of me.

I was able to convince the girl that I mean her no harm and she fell unconscious, while I was cleaning the wound and after bandaging her, I left help to sleep in the Captains Room. I can't let her sleep on a hammock in that condition.

Johnny and Yosaku were already jumping around after getting bandaged. They were extremely happy to see Zoro again and were surprised he became a pirate. After telling them our story and how it happened, they were furious at what the Marines had done. Both of them actually started begging me to join the crew. Zoro even spoke up for them, saying how they will be a great addition. I was planning on asking them either way since we would definitely need more crew members with this ship, so I accepted.

Nami also was able to get a good haul from the wreckage and brought around five million Berri from the ships.

After sailing for a few more hours, we actually managed to reach the Baratie. The sea restaurant was probably at least 5 times as big as our Carrack. It's gigantic and amazing how it looks like a fish. We found a place to dock our ship and I left Johnny and Yosaku to guard the ship and the girl, as she still hasn't woken up after we bandaged her. The rest of the crew went inside the sea restaurant with me.