Jayr POV - Blue Star, Grand Line, Paradise - 20 GAP

  As Kharna's Dragoh tio advaer vaporizing the Iser until it disappeared from sight, soon after, the waters parted by Kharna's Dragoh returo their normal state as they quickly moved to fill the void before returning to their calm state, but I don't care too much about that, as all my focus is mostly on a slightly tired but proud Kharna.

  Seeing that, I 't help but hug her closer and rub my cheek on her while saying, "Oooh! My little Dragon Princess~ She just released her first Isnd Buster attad erased her very first bad guy~ Papa is so proud of you!" which causes her to happily giggle in response.

  At the same time, Tio also rushes over and starts to praise and kiss Kharna, while I gnce back to everyone else, and while, Seika, Saori, and Eri are calm, Koby, Vivi, and Igaram are standing still ih their eyes wide open almost on the point of popping out, their eyebrows rising to the top of their forehead with a "^" shape, their mouths are also wide open almost too mud there is some snot ing out of their hey are so shocked that they are basically produg a perfect replica of Enel's shocked face.

  In fact, I even hear a phantom "NANIIIII!!?" eg all over the pce, looking at them like that, especially Koby's rea I 't help but internally ask myself, 'I uand Vivi and Igaram's shock as they have never actually seen Kharna in a, but why is Koby so surprised by this? After all, Kharna did help him with his training by shooting fireballs at him from time to time, in the end, this is nothing but a much stronger version of it... Speaking of this...'

  I suddenly remember something that I fot in the euphory of Kharna's achievement, and quickly I once more release the self-imposed limits on my sehen I lo the still advang Dragoh in a hurry, and without aation, I snuff it out before it could cause some unnecessary damage and casualties, and it is good that I did so, because it was heading straight for Drum Isnd, and it still retained enough power to wipe out the isnd from this world's map, talk about a close call.

  After I took care of Kharna's Dragoh, Vivi, Igaram, and Koby finally snapped out of their shocked state, and Vivi quickly excimed, "hat was that!? It has pletely erased the Iser!!" followed by Igaram who screamed, "M-M-Ma~ ma~ ma~ ma~ maybe my eyes are fooling me, but I'm pretty sure I saw a D-Dragon appear for an instant! What is going on here!?"

  Meanwhile, Koby shakes a little as he mutters with a dejected expression, "Kharna- is already much strohan me... as expected from Jayr-san and Tio-san child..."

  Seeing that, I kiss my tired Kharna cheek and hand her over to Tio, who lulls her to sleep as she tio gush over Kharna's Dragoh while whispering, "As expected from this one and husband's daughter... Our Dragon Princess already release her Dragoh at such a young age, and it is already so powerful too! Mama is very happy!!"

  Then I walk toward Koby, Vivi, and Igaram and start to reassure Koby, "First of all, Koby you don't have to be so dejected about this, Kharna's starting point is just too far ahead pared to most people and that is mostly thanks to the fact that she is my and Tio's daughter. In fact, pared to me at the same age Kharna is many times strohan I was, well not that it is that difficult as I was just a cute, smart, weak baby like everyone else. Different from her who was born with that incredible power, I, just like all of you, gained my power and strength through stant and deadly hard work. So imprint these words in your soul, nothing is impossible, no matter how far ahead or strong other people are, through hard work, you catch up to them and even surpass them. I'm living proof of that."

  Hearing that, a resolute and fident expression appears once more on Koby's face as he says "Yes, Jayr-san! I'll never fet these words!"

  At this point, Vivi finally gathers the ce to ask, "What is going on here, Jayr-san? How Kharna- be already so powerful!?"

  Seeing no harm in telling them that, I quickly expin, "Well, it is pretty simple, she isn't human. Her mother, Tio, hails from a very rare and powerful race called Dragonman Tribe. Humanoid beings use a special power called "Dragonification" to transform intons, boosting their already immeural strength. Aside from the ability to transform, the Dragonmen are nearly identical in appearao humans, with the only differences of having slightly elongated ears with poiips and their nails being longer and pointy with a darker color. They also have a very long lifespan, in fact, Tio, is over 500 years old."

  This new informatioo shock Vivi, Igaram, and Koby even further, meanwhile, I tio expin, "And the fact, that I'm her father has also a hand in her current power. You see, through my years of training and fighting, I became s, that I 't even be sidered human anymore, especially after I was able to gain the same ability as the Dragonman Tribe... so it is natural that Kharna is a tiny little bit strohan the on babies..."

  Hearing that, Koby mutters, "You call that a tiny little bit...?" at the same time, Igaram excims, "Wait! I think I heard it wrong, but did you just say that you, your wife, and your child transform intons and that without the use of a Devil Fruit but as it exists a whole race capable of doing so? How is that possible!?"

  I look at him and ask back, "How is it se for you? In this world exist races like the Giants we just met, the Fishmen who breathe uer and trol water with their martial arts, Minks who gee electricity, races with long arms, long legs, small wings and so much more. Is it really so difficult that a race capable of transf into a dragon truly exists in this world?"

  But befaram could reply, Tio appears o me and mutters with aionless smile on her face, "Dear husband didn't you know that it isn't o reveal a woman's age?"

  Feeling a shiver down my spine, I turn my head and smile at her, then I quickly apologize with a slight panic because making one of my girls angry is equal to making all of them angry as their partnership is as strong as their love for me and that could easily transte in me finding myself in a very bad spot, "Sorry Tio, it slipped out of my mind... but you know that for me age is just a number..."

  But I quickly realized just what came out of my mouth and quickly tried to fix it, "Wait! Now that I've said that out loud it sounds incredibly creepy and wrong! What I mean to say is that I don't give importao such things as I io spend the rest of our incredibly long and happy life together and no matter what I'll always find you as beautiful arag as the first day we have met."

  Tio narrows her beautiful golden eyes and remains in silence for a few seds making me even more nervous, but then she simply smiles and kisses me on my cheek before heading baside the Athena's God Bidoof while saying, "I'll go back to Grandpa Adul, he has to know just how wonderful his great-granddaughter is. We'll be back for dinner."

  Taking that as a sign that the worst dangerous situation iwo years safely passed, I let out a sigh of relief.

  At the same time, I seio and Kharer my Soulbouory aoward the Seed of Culture of the Arifureta Universe, and ohere, Tio touches the Seed of Culture and uses it to go back to her vilge on Tortus.

  The only reason she use it like that is simply because I allow her to do so, she basically use the Seed of Culture to go back to Tortus whenever she wants, and she also easily return bay Soulbouory with a simple and.

  I learhat I could give other people this authority to use the Seed of Culture a few days after Kharna was born, as we returned back to Tortus to show Adul his healthy great-granddaughter, after the visit Tio informed me that she would like to meet her grandfather more often but she also told me that she didn't want to disturb me each time she wao do so, and before I could tell her anything, Culture informed me that I could grant people I trusted the authority to use the Seed of Culture with a simple thought.

  Sihen, Tio ofteo visit her grandfather with Kharna and sometimes she alsht him back with her to spend some time with us.

  Of course, after Nikita became a fellow Woman of Culture, I also gave her the same privileges, so she was able to reuh her sister and spend time with her whenever she wanted.

  After Tio went away, I looked at Koby and said, "Koby take that as an important lesson, alk about a woman's age... Especially if that woman iion is someone very close to you, it just isn't worth it." while thinking, 'At the least, thanks to this small event, Vivi, Igaram, and Koby got over the shock of the revetion of Kharna's incredible powers, and the fact, that Tio, Kharna and I aren't human.'

  After that, we peacefully resumed our jouroward the destination on our route, Drum Isnd.

  Drum Isnd is a Winter Isnd in Paradise, it is the location of the Drum Kingdom, the birthpce of Tony Tony Chopper, the cute reindeer doctor of the Strairates, who ate the Hito Hito no Mi (Human Human Fruit), such kingdom is currently uhe rule of ol who ied the from his father who was actually a good ruler from what I remember of the anime.

  Jayr POV - Blue Star, Grand Line, Paradise - 20 GAP

  A couple of days passed since we left Little Garden and the weather was quite good, and thanks to that, we are getting closer and closer to our destination, in fact, I think we are more or less halfway there.

  Currently, I'm calmly lying on the dey ship, the Athena's God Bidoof reading the World Ey Neer just delivered by a News Coo, but nothing iing or that I should take note of is written on it.

  Meanwhile, just a few meters away from me Igaram and Vivi, are teag Koby what they know about Drum Isnd.

  Vivi is the one who starts the introdu, "Drum Isnd is aremely snowy try, with absolutely freezing temperatures that be felt even from the surrounding seas."

  I look at Koby and see him slightly nod a sign that he is still following the lesson, so I turn back to look at the bckboard as Igaram makes a simple draw of the isnd as he expins, "The ground is always covered in thiow, making lootion difficult for those not adapted to it, and avanches may be triggered by the local fauna, plus there's a river that cuts deep into the isnd and where a waterfall of snow flows into."

  Igaram calmly tinues his lesson as he gives Koby a brief summary of the major ndmarks of the Drum Kingdom, "The try features a series of drum-shaped mountains known as the Drum Rockies. The Drum Castle is located at the summit of the rgest of the Drum Rockies, Drum Rock, at the very ter of the isnd. The Drum Ropeway funs as a way of travel between the Drum Castle and the rest of the kingdom. Bighorn, Cocoa Weed, Gyasta, and Robelle are some of the vilges found on the isnd. Most fast travel between towns seems to be dohrough animal-pulled sleds or steeds..."

  Hearing all that, I 't help but internally pin in my mind, 'Wow... this isnd for sure has a lot of things that are named "Drum", I won't be surprised if exist also a Public Drum Toilet...'

  While thinking that, Vivi adds, "The previous monarch King Robpol was a just and kind king who wished for the well-being of his people and was well loved by them for that, and thanks to his rule this kind was the home of many of the greatest doctors of the Grand Line. Unfortunately, when Robpol died his son ol took his pd he never followed this type n, and things took a turn for the worse. ol issued that the twenty best doctors would work exclusively for him, while the rest of the doctors were banished or killed leaving the citizen to fend for themselves... He is the worst kind of ruler, selfish and inpetent!"

  As Koby's lesson on Drum Isnd and Drum Kingdom tinues, all of a sudden, aed Nikita rushes out of the Athena's God Bidoof's interior while screaming at a very fast pace, "Jayr! Jayr! Big news! Truly big!! He is close! Very close!! Tell Bidi to turn around, please!"

  Hearing the urgen her tone, I get up and quickly say, "Nikita, calm down! Just tell me what is going on! You are speaking faster than the speed of light. Just take a deep breath and tell me what is happening, after all even if it is something urgent, with Athena's God Bidoof's true speed we quickly reach wherever you want us to go in an instant."

  Nikita followed my advid took a deep breath to calm her nerves, meanwhile, Vivi, Igaram, and Koby who heard the otion caused by her got curious and stopped their lesson to listen to what was going on.

  After a few seds, Nikita regained her posure and started to expin, "It is like this, today started like usual, I got up, showered, had breakfast with you all, then I had some fun with Eri pnning all kinds of nasty curses and pranks, after that, I visited my sister to che her, helped her take on a neahen I returned back here and had the sudden urge of cheg Zandeer current position, so I asked to Seika to help me che the pass of Eternal Paths. But we surprisingly found out that he is a lot closer than before! His position is a little more south pared to our curreination Drum Isnd. Now that he is so close, I 't wait for it anymore, we please meet up with him? After all, Arabasta should still be safe as Crocodile just started his evil plot!"

  Hearing that I nod, while Igaram, who even if a little anxious about his kingdom's situation still agrees with her, ents, "She is right, we still have time to rescue Arabasta, especially if this ship move a lot faster than what she has shown us until now."

  I quickly reassure him, "That's true, in fact, if we want to, we reach Arabasta today in just a couple of hours." while thinking, 'And that while still limiting her speed a lot... After all, at full power and ected to Cratergann, Athena's God Bidoof reach FTL speed (Faster Than Light) using Perceptual Teleportation.'

  While thinking that, Igaram reveals what he knows about our possible destination, "At the south of Drum Isnd, huh... if I remember well, there are a couple of isnds that be found in that dire, the first is Enkai Isnd, which is a densely-forested isnd with lush, greeation, no one currently lives on that isnd, but at one point, a civilization lived on the isnd. It is unknown what happeo it, but many ruins were left behind."

  We all nod upon hearing that as Igaram is the most trustworthy source of informatiarding all the isnds in this part of the Grand Line, especially those closest to Sandy Isnd where the Arabasta Kingdom is located.

  After that, Igaram tinues his expnation, "Going further south from Enkai Isnd, one will find the Nanatsu Isnds, an iing pce which is the e point of three of the seven routes of the Grand Line and this gee some quite chaotic situations. The Nanatsu Isnds are a tropical archipego of six isnds of varying size. The six isnds form the shape of a ring with a rgely empty region of sea in the middle, I also read that in the past there was a seventh isnd ositioned in the ter of the ring which is the main reason why that archipego is called Nanatsu Isnds, but for some reason ended up sinking leaving only six isnds. The isnds have voloes and rge mountains, and the flora sists of tropical pnts such as palm trees."

  Igaram then cludes, "If the person you are searg for is truly somewhere south of here, those two isnds are the most probable location where you will find him."

  Hearing that, I look at Vivi and ask, "Vivi, is it okay for you to help Nikita reuh her close friend? On my side, I promise you that even with this slight dey we will still reach Arabasta in time to save it from Crocodile."

  Vivi's gaze moves between me and Nikita for a few moments, then with a warm smile on her face, she says, "It's fine Jayr-san, while it is a detour to our pnned route, it isn't a big one in itself, especially if the Athena's God Bidoof is as fast as you describe her. You have my full trust."

  I smile bad say, "Don't worry, she is the toughest, fastest, and most powerful ship you will ever find sailing these waters, everything the other ships do, she do it better. Athena's God Bidoof is simply the best!"

  At this point, Athena's God Bidoof's ination, Bidi, appears right beside me and says, "That's right! Bidi is the best! Big Brother Jayr made sure to build me to the best of his abilities. And until now I didn't use even 1% of my full capabilities."

  Bidi's sudden appearance surprises both Vivi and Igaram, especially Vivi who excims while trying to calm her rag heart, "Bidi-! When and how did you get here? And is it fine for you to leave the bridge? Who is trolling the Athena's God Bidht now!?" quickly followed by a calmer Igaram who asks, "What do you mean with Jayr-san built you?"

  The reason why they are so surprised by Bidi's appearance despite knowing her as a person is that they don't know that Bidi is actually the Athena's God Bidoof's ination and not simply the person in charge of trolling the Athena's God Bidoof from the bridge as they thought, as knowing that your ship is alive and be aware of everything you are doing on her body be a quite ing feeling for some, so, we decided to just avoid the possible problems by simply not telling this little piece of information to just ahat bees a guest ohena's God Bidoof.

  But since Bidi already carelessly exposed something herself, and knowing that both Vivi and Igaram's character be trusted, I let out a sigh and replied to Igaram's question in Bidi's pce, "It is pretty simple, Mr. Igaram. I did build Bidi, but not in the way you think, you see, Bidi is the ination of the Athena's God Bidoof's spirit..."

  Hearing that, Igaram's eyes open wide in shock as he excims, "Impoes- Ma~ ma~ ma~ ma~! Impossible! A Kbautermann!!? I thought they were only a legend told by shipwrights and some seafarers!"

  Curious, Vivi looks at Bidi standing beside me and asks, "I don't uand, Igaram. What is this Kba-Kalubertmon...? And what has this anything to do with Bidi-?"

  Igaram also poses his gaze on Bidi and expins, "It is called Kbautermann. A Kbautermann is said to be a water spirit or fairy that dwells in ships and is essentially an ination of a ship that has developed a life of its owo being well-loved and cared for. From what I have heard, they resemble a ghostly humanoid child wearing a sailor's raincoat and a pair of shoes, and carry with it a small wooden hammer..."

  Hearing that, Vivi's eyes also open wide then she excims, "But nothing about Bidi- be matched with the whostly, she doesn't evehat raincoat or small wooden hammer... she looks as real as you and me!"

  Hearing that, Bidi proudly puffs up her chest and decres, "That is because Bidi is the best there will ever be! And I don't like to wear a raincoat nor do I o carry a wooden hammer! But I be mhostly if it makes you feel better..."

  As soon as she said that, Bidi started to slowly float around us making some silly "Wuuu~" sounds.

  Seeing that, Igaram sighs before enting, "Now I finally uand everything. I always found it strahat you guys fidently left the and of su advanced ship to someone as young as Bidi-, but after some time seeing how smooth our journey went and how good she was I thought that you did so because she was just that talented."

  A wry smile forms on Igaram's face as he tinues, "But now I uand that the reason she is so good at direg this ship is because she IS the ship, for her sailing is as easy as it is for us breathing, she is simply made for it. It seems that traveling with you is a stant surprise, Jayr-san..."

  At this point, I steer the discussion back to where we were before and say, "Anyway, since Vivi and Igaram are fih the sudden ge of route, we will go and help Nikita so that she finally reuh her lover!"

  I turn to Bidi and say, "So like you heard, Bidi. We are going to ge our pnned course, this time you move faster than our usual cruise speed, but do not increase it too much, after all, we aren't in too much hurry. As always I'm ting on you to keep us safe during the voyage." in response, Bidi smiles widely and says, "Yes, big brother! You always t on Bidi!"

  Then I look at Nikita and say, "Nikita, for now on stay on the bridge and help Bidi in finding the correct route using the pass of Eternal Paths, after all, you are the only ohat lead Bidi toward Zandeer."

  Nikita nods and seriously says, "Don't worry, I'm ready to sleep there if that is what is o meet Zandeer again." which makes me smirk, then I say, "There isn't ao gh such length for something like this, just be sure to check from time to make sure that we still are on the right course."

  Quickly after that, Bidi disappears merging back with her true body the Athena's God Bidoof, at the same time, Nikita rushes inside and heads toward the bridge with a skin ieps, and soon after, Athena's God Bidoof starts to ge its course and pick speed, so much that from time to time, the ship jumps over the waves causing Koby and Vivi to yell in surprise.

  At the same time, I stare at the horizon while thinking, 'We are going to meet Nikita's friend and felloion Zandeer. I admit this is a lot soohan I expected, but even so, I have to get ready for anything. I truly hope he is a good person who truly likes Nikita and isn't simply pying with her feelings things will beuch easier. But if he isn't then I will do anything in my siderable power to make him pay for hurting her.'

  Odyin