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

  A day passed since we decided to ge our route under Nikita's request so that she could reuh her close friend/lover i, so now we are not moving toward Drum Isnd anymore, but more toward the south of its position.

  Yesterday, Igaram guessed that our most likely destination is either Enkai Isnd, an abandoned isnd that once was the home of an a civilization, or the slightly more distant Nanatsu Isnds, both of which are obligatory stops for some of the famous 7 routes of the Grand Line.

  But sihe Athena's God Bidoof is about to move past Enkai Isnd without l her speed, I pretty much firm that our destination is probably the archipego called Nanatsu Isnds that Igaram told us about, something I'm quite excited about as this is an isnd I have never heard of before, so it is possible that we will meet iing people, stories, series or even mysteries.

  After firming our destination, and that even while maintaining our current speed we will still take around 2 days to reach it, I leave Nikita and Bidi on the bridge and head bay Soulbouory where Tio, Eri, Seika, Saori, Kharna, Galen, and Python are already waiting for me in front of the Seeds of Culture.

  The reason for that is pretty simple, it is because we are about to receive some guests who finally answered my invitation.

  On front of the Seeds of Culture, I don't hesitate and use my mind to unicate with them and and the Seeds to summon uests.

  The rea is almost instantaneous as a bright light temporarily blinds us for a sed and as it fades away, the empty spa front of me is now filled with people divided into two very different groups.

  The first group is led by a young man with bck hair, brown eyes, and a tall muscur body, and right o him there are a vampire with wavy golden blonde hair, crimson red eyes, and a por plexion and the appearance of a 12-year-old child, a beautiful young woman with waist-length bck hair that is tied ba a half ponytail by a dark-colored bow with big bangs hanging on the right side while there are small bangs hanging on the left side and brown eyes, a Rabbitman girl with blue eyes and light blue hair, which is unique for her rad , she's very attractive aiful, boasting a rge chest and a galnt figure, and of course as a rabbitman, she has white rabbit ears atop her head, a beautiful woman with waist-length bck hair that is usually tied up in a ponytail with bangs hanging over her forehead and red eyes, she has a trained yet curvy body, and a beautiful Dagon dy in her mid 20s with long green hair and green eyes, but unlike humans, her ears are fan-like fins and has webbed hands a, she is also holding the hand of a cute a young Dagon girl with a long wavy blue hair and green eyes.

  Those are of course, Hajime my fellow Men of Culture, who shed away his i appearance usiamorphosis Magid his happy harem, Yue, Kaori, Shea, Remia, Shizuku, and Reima's daughter Myuu, Hajime's adoptive daughter.

  Right behind them there are other 9 people, leading them is a young man who has gentle feminiures and a long, slender build, he wears bck-rimmed gsses and has shoulder-length bck hair tied up in a ponytail, beside him, there is a beautiful girl with long blonde, almost golden, hair, sky blue eyes and a petite figure holding in her arms a two-year-old beautiful girl with bck hair and sky blue eyes.

  Those are Oscar Orcus and Midi Reisen with their daughter Belta Orcus, named after the first leader and founder of the Liberators a very important person for both Midi and Oscar.

  Right behind them, there are other familiar faces, a tall young man in his 20s with a well-toned physique, he has pointed ears, swarthy red skin, and red eyes, clear traits of the Demon Race but unlike most demons, his hair is sky blue, braided on one side, but falls over his right eye in bangs, together with a woman with dark red skin and pointed ears, she has long red hair with bck streaks, with a muscur build, they are Vandre and Margaretta See.

  A beautiful woman in her early 20s with wavy emerald-green hair and narrow jade-red eyes, with a slender body along with very voluptuous breasts, and due toage, she has fin-shaped ears, like Myu and her mother Reima, who tries to keep her distance from a gy, beautiful, young elf woman in her mid-20s with long green hair, iig pointy ears, jade-green eyes and light pink lips, those are Meiru Melusine and Lyutillis Altina.

  The st pair is made of a red-haired, bck-skinned, slightly pointed-eared man with golden eyes from the Demon rad a beautiful woman with long flowing blonde hair and green eyes, of course, they are Freid Bagwa and Liliana.

  The sed group is just as big, even if less diverse in species variety, but it is a lot more chaotic than the first one.

  Leading the sed group is a rge, bald, and muscur man with a slightly darker skin tone, he sports a goatee and impressive sideburns curled upwards, he only be Lenome.

  Right behind him, there are the other members of the Teoppa Dai Gurren Brigade.

  Simon, a young man with wild dark blue hair and deep indigo eyes, Simon has matured siderably sihe st time I saw him, now standing at an impressive 1,80 meters almost reag Kamina and Kittan, he is muuscur and his facial features have matured, gaining hardened edges in his jawline.

  Nia who looks mostly the same, but her features have also matured as she gains womanly curves and her hair has returo its old length, but it bee straighter.

  Kamina also looks mostly the same just a little more mature but with the same ever-fident smile on his face, Yoko, whose physical features fully develop and the young, more roundish facial structure she maintained as a teenager matures into that of a woman, in addition, the rest of her body follows suit with her frame being more slender, her curves being more defined, and her breasts and butt being even rger, making for an even more bodacious look than before.

  Of course, the same be said for almost everyone else, Kittan, Dayakka, Kiyho, Viral, Kiyal, Rossiu, Kinon, Old Coco, Leeron, Iraak, Kid, Makken, the twins Jun and Balinbow, Aretenbh, Zorthy, Leyte, and the kids Darry and Gimmy all of them more or less ged sihe st time I saw them, only Guame and Lenome are exactly the same, but that is thanks to the fact that they are biologically immortal.

  In fact, the same be said about Hajime and the others from the Arifureta Universe, as thanks to the use of Restoration aamorphosis Magic they all maintain their youthful look without any strain or problem.

  With these two groups of people present it is clear what is happening today, ioday both my fellow Men of Culture, plus the friends I made during my adventures in those two universes accepted my io e to my Soulbouory to have some fun together and catch up on what is currently going on in our lives.

  As soon as they regain their bearings, the first thing that they all do is shout my name, "Jayr!!" but then they quickly stop and the two groups look at each other as this is their first meeting.

  Soon Hajime's eyes open wide as he reizes the people in front of him and yells in aed tone, "Holy shit! They are Kamina, Simon, Nia, Yoko, Kittan, Viral and all the others!! That is the full Dai-Gurren Brigade! And there is even Lenome and Guame!?"

  In respoo Hajime's outburst, Kamina points his fi the sky in his iic pose and excims, "Hell yeah! I told you guys that the greatness of the Dai-Gurren Brigade is known far and wide across the Omniverse!!" followed by Lenome who mutters as he looks at Hajime's group, "Oohh... That is quite a diverse group of races, some seem simir to the Beastmen I created while others are totally new species with their own characteristid attributes, as expected from a different universe."

  At the same time, Kittan moves closer to Guame and whispers, "Hey, hey! Is it only my impression or those womehere are all of high quality..." Guame nods and whispers back, "That's right, they truly are outstandingly beautiful... You know I think that visiting other universes isn't so bad, after all..."

  At this point, I step forward and greet everyohen I briefly introduce the two groups to each other, of course, I don't have to introduce the girls or my kids, as they already know each other as we visited them before, after all, I try to keep tact with the people I've met during all my adventures in my free time.

  With that out of the way, I say, "Once again, wele to my Soulbouory! I hope that everyone will have some fun spending some time together aing to know each other better!"

  After that, the women start to gravitate toward, Seika, Saori, Eri, and Tio as they start to gush over the kids and talk about various experiences raising them, like the troubles they caused, and how they deal with them.

  Even Yoko from time to time adds, something as she is now w as a teacher in the only school of Teoppa City, and thanks to this she now has a lot of experien dealing with children of all kinds of ages, in fact, she even admitted that at first, she was a little overwhelmed, but with Lenome's support and Kamina's help, who is als there with her, only he takes care of their physical training, she was able to tide over all the difficulties.

  They also talk about their happy moments, some of the kids' mischief, or their "achievement", like how Miledi proudly talked about a trap that little Belta created for her Reise Labyrinth which teleports the victims to another safer part of the Labyrinth, but while also randomly telep all their equipment all around the byrinth leaving them with only their underwear to fend off the annoying dangers and traps of the Reise Labyrinth as they search for their equipments, or how Tied about how Kharna shoot her first true Dragoh and erased her first isnd-sized enemy, something that gave them quite the shock when they heard it.

  Meanwhile, I and the uys talk about what is happening in our lives and in our worlds since we st met.

  For example, Hajime told us, that he had to subdue the various govers on his Earth as they tried to go after his artifact, and that almost sparked a new world war, so Hajime was forced to travel around the world and render all the armies of world powerless, he also told us that he may or may not have also ended some wars uo his situation aroyed a few criminal anization on his way, making his version of Earth enter in a period of true peace for the first time in a very long time.

  Meanwhile, Freid told us that the situation on Tortus is going very well, all the kingdoms are slowly moving toward a unified gover, svery was pletely abolished, and the discrimination among the various races is getting weaker and weaker the more time passes in peaceful coexistehe Church of Jay tio gain relevance among the people of Tortus as more and more people are verting to it as the Healers tio do their job and help as many people as possible, while the Judges tio follow the example of the Apostles and make sure to maintain order while they stop and punish all the evildoers.

  On a personal note, Freid also told me that he is going to marry Liliana and that their marriage is also one of the reasons why the unification of the various kingdoms is also speeding up, as the alliaween the Heiligh Kingdom and the Demon Nation Garnd gives them quite a bit of political power, especially sihey are one of the most powerful nations on Tortus.

  Then, there is Lenome who briefly expins to me the current situation oeoppa Gurren Lagann Universe's Earth.

  He told me that Teoppa City tio stantly expand as more and more people emerge from their underground vilges to join, plus there is an explosion of the popution thanks to the fact that now the Beastmen aturally reprodud don't o hibernate anymore to prevent their geic failure, even more so as Hybrid betweemen and Human started to appear more and more frequently, and luckily they are all healthy, of course, Lenome and I already made sure of that, when we fixed the Beastmen reprodu capabilities, it was quite easy thanks to the fact, that the Beastmen already have quite a bit of human DNA in their mix, making them naturally patible for an interspecies offspring, plus if you add the Spiral Power in the mix the possibility of something going wros reduced by a lot.

  Well, he also told me about some problems that we already expected to happen, like some minor cases of discrimination, some remaining grudge against both the Beastmen and Humans for what happened in the past, some groups of Humans that don't want to leave the underground for the surface, and more important, the perfect restoration of the Earth as it will still take a lot of time to fix all the damage that the First Anti-Spiral War caused to it.

  But on the bright side, they also started to tad unicate more with the other freed species spread all over their universe trying to slowly create a universal unity, while als them of the potential dangers of relying too mu Spiral Power and thanks to Antispiral's a of broadcasting our battle, the Teoppa Dai-Gurren Brigade is quite famous and revered throughout the Universe so their effort are met with mostly success.

  Oher hand, I start by briefly telling Hajime and the others what I did ieoppa Gurren Lagan Universe of course with Kamina, Simon, Lenome, and the others adding their tidbits while alsing from time to time.

  Of course, the rea to my narration varied from person to person, Oscar showed mostly intrigue and ioward the Gunmen and their capabilities, Fried and Vandre were mostly surprised and horrified by the sheer size and capabilities of the enemy I faced, especially the gaxy-sized Antispiral.

  Meanwhile, Hajime was mostly green of envy, especially when he heard that I fused the Crateris Cloth with a mini-type Gunmen making it even stronger and with the capability of transf into a garaguntan mecha just like Teoppa Gurren Lagann.

  In fact, he was so envious that he forced me to promise to call him when I visit the Gundam Universe, and after that, he kept muttering about building his own Gundam mobile suit that would make the Strike Freedom Gundam look like a toy.

  After that, I started to tell them about my experien The Boys Universe and the Champions' Challenge, and as expected most of the guys were appalled by the existence of such a deranged and corrupted universe.

  Only Guame and Lenome remained calm hearing about all the horrors caused by the Supes and the Vought Iional, and that mostly because they know perfectly well how power, desperation, and other such extreme emotions corrupt even the most strong-willed individuals, as they themselves experienced something very simir.

  Then, when I talked about the Champions' Challenge, most of them were fused by it, Freid even said that it was totally strao decide the result of su important thing with a card game and many agreed with him, only Hajime was able to easily follow the story and uand the intricacies behind suplex game of skill and luck, well, mostly luck, as drawing three Pot of Greed and two Graceful Charity is equal to an obse amount of luck, something that Hajime totally agreed.

  Doh catg up with everyone, I finally realize that we are still standing in front of the Seeds of Culture, so I raise my void propose to everyone, girls included, "Hey why don't I lead you all outside of here, so you enjoy the air of the universe I'm currently visiting? I guarantee you all that it is quite and enjoyable."

  iledi with Belta in her arms steps forward and says, "It sounds iing! I'm really curious to see just how different a different world feels!" followed by Yoko who says, "That's right! I even took a day off from my teag job to visit you all! It would be too me to leave without even seeing a little bit of these other universes" but Kittan quickly ents, "Hey! Hey! Let's not rush this! The st time we had an enter with the Multiverse it wasn't a particurly pleasant experience... Did you all fet Antispiral's Extradimensional Labyrinth!?"

  Hearing that, some of the Teoppa Dai-Gurren Brigade unsciously shudder, but soon Kamina loudly whistle to grab their attention and yells, "e on, guys! It's Jayr we are talking about here! I'm sure that everything will be fine, no one will lose his way through the infinite possibilities! And even if something happens we will still be able t you all back just like we did before!"

  With Kamina's words reassuring them, they all calm down and seeing that, I start to open a portal that will lead us all to the Athena's God Bidoof's deck.At this point, Hajime stops o me and suddenly asks, "By the way, you still haven't told us whiiverse you are currently expl with your family... so where exactly are we now?"

  Hearing his question, I simply smile and point at the now open portal and say, "Why don't you see for yourself..."

  Hajime and the others do not hesitate anymore and quickly step through the portal appearing on the deck of the Athena's God Bidoof.

  Seeing that they are all surrounded by water, Kinon, Kiyoh, and Kiyal excims all at the same time, ""This is the sea!!!"" followed by Nia who smiles sweetly while saying, "This brings baany memories... Wow! Look how is this water!" and quickly all the girls plus Gimmy and Darry starts to admire the sery.

  At the same time, Lenome's gaze focuses ohena's God Bidoof and soon he quickly ents, "Hmm... This feels very simir to a Dai-Gunmen but at the same time, it is way different too... I 't put it ier words, but it feels alive..."

  Simon also looks at his hand and as he produces a bright green spiral, he mutters, "I use my Spiral Power without any problem..." followed by Oscar who also looks at his levitating dagger with an intrigued look on his face as he adds, "My Magic Power also works fihout any problem. If I remember well, this means that in this world there is both the presenagid other kind of Supernatural Powers..."

  Hearing him say that, I remaiunned for a few moments, then I quickly ged all my Spiral o into Magic Power and to my immense surprise, it tio flow perfectly throughout my whole body.

  Feeling that I 't help but internally excim, 'Hory Shiet!! What is going on here!? Magic actually exists in the One Pieiverse!? How could I not notiething like that for all this time!? Hell, now that I think about it, the fact that the pass of Eternal Paths is able to fun is itself a clear warning sign that I should have noticed before...'

  (AN: Before you e at me with your pitchfork let me expin. First of all, Magi't so against the setting and theme of One Piece as one usually thinks. On one side there is Haki, and for me, that is clearly more on the side of "Superpower", but oher side there is the existence of the Devil Fruits, and other supernatural abilities like Miss Goldenweek's, which are more on the "grey" side of the spectrum, even Vegapunk himself, the greatest in the "sce" side of this world says that Devil Fruits e iehrough imagination or a want for something, which isn't mu itself but to me, it certainly feels more "magical" in in.)

  Then I finally realized why I missed su importaail, 'This is both the fault of my Spiral o, which allows me to easily use all my teiques and magiatter where I'm as long as either a Supernatural energy or a Magical one are allowed, and of my bias toward this Universe... I was so overwhelmingly sure that this urely supernatural universe that I didn't even care to check its true nature, something that I could do in just a few seds...'

  At this point, I quickly start to think about everything I remember about One Piece to find some clues to the magical side of this universe, 'Well, the first thing that es to my mind when I think about magic are 3 specific characters, Jango, Miss Goldenweek, and Shyarly... All three of them have abilities that have nothing to do with both Haki and the Devil Fruits.'

  Then I start to think about those 3 people, 'Jango somewhat hypnotize people, an ability that is often associated with magic even if in those cases it is mostly at the level of tricks, but his ability is also quite powerful too, in fact, it is powerful enough that the Marine gave him a pardon in exge for his services. Miss Goldenweek manipute the emotions of the people with her paintings. Shyarly oher hand ht predict the future, some fans theorize that that is because of aremely powerful Haki but I don't buy it, sure a strong Kenbunshoku Haki (Observation Haki) help predict the as of your oppo a few seds iure, but that is the limit, it is localized to only a singur individual you are fog on. Shyarly oher hand predict events that will happen very far away iure...'

  My mind moves even faster as I tio analyze everything I know, 'Then, there is the elephant in the room, the Devil Fruits. These fruits have a totally mysterious in with a plex set of rules and weakhat wasn't revealed even after over 1000 chapters of the manga, if someoells me that those Fruits have a somewhat magical in I would have no problem in believing that. Moreover, the fact that those that eat a Devil Fruit bee weak in the presence of water and even more so of salt water of the sea is quite suspicious in itself, after all, in many schools of thought, folklores, and even religions, water, and salt has a very strong purifying force, and it is thought to be quite effective against "evil" and bck magic... could it be that the Devil Fruits are really the result of some "Bck Magic"?'

  While thinking that, Koby suddenly rushes out from the interior of the Athena's God Bidoof, and remains stunned by the sight of so many unknown people standing on the ded yells, "Jayr-san! What is going on!? Are we utack!? Where did all these people e from?"

  Oher hand, Hajime stares at Koby with his eyes wide open and mutters, "Don't tell me this is..."

  Then with just as much surprise as Koby, Hajime excims, "... the world of One Piece!!"

  Odyin