Chapter 522 Months Later: News
In a daze, Arthur, who kept telling himself to forget his past life, suddenly realized that he was still living in that shadow.
Isn't it just cheering?
Isn't it just about creating a lively atmosphere?
Isn't it just about integrating into the community and enjoying everyday life?
Why do I feel so heavy-hearted?
"Yes, I've been reborn. The ambush happened forty or fifty years ago in my previous life."
Arthur looked up and took a deep breath. He realized that no matter how much he pretended not to care, he hadn't truly recovered from the pain; he was just putting on a calm facade.
However, no ordinary person can pose a fatal threat to him now.
Over the next few days, Arthur gathered a lot of information on the island and personally explored the underground caves, but he found no evidence of mountains of corpses.
This means that the Soul Fruit is not here at all.
Finally, Arthur, along with Leia, Cooper, Fat Tiger, and Maple, boarded a passenger ship and returned to the East China Sea.
Several months later—!
There was no more news of the super rookie, the Ice Swordsman, causing trouble in the world, as if he had disappeared after causing one unprecedented event after another.
Time flies by.
East China Sea.
The rapeseed flower village is a cliffside plain, a place that overlooks the entire island.
Outside the wooden house that Arthur built himself, on a plot of land of about one acre.
He stood in the field, carrying a hoe, wearing a straw hat, and his face covered in mud, looking at the newly sprouted vegetable seedlings.
"No pain, no gain." Arthur, dressed in farm clothes, smiled as he looked around at his harvest.
"It's such a pleasant feeling. You can only eat food that you grow yourself with peace of mind."
Not far from the plain, lush forests teem with birdsong and fragrant flowers, and gentle sunlight bathes the entire island.
The lake water flowed into the fields like a stream along the channels that Arthur had constructed.
Cooper was squatting in the middle of the field, with a scarecrow on its head, eyes closed and fast asleep, even bubbling from its nose.
"Ha~"
Suddenly, it heard a noise and opened its eyes wide, almost at the same time as Arthur, looking towards the window of the cabin bedroom.
It was breakfast time, and the servants were already awake.
Leia yawned and squinted as she groggily woke up from her dream.
She was also dressed in clean and simple clothes. Sitting on the bed, looking out at the clear sky, she smiled slightly and said softly,
"It's so peaceful. The experience just now feels like a dream."
"meal!!"
"Cooper!!"
The noise of the door being kicked open instantly shattered Leia's good mood after she had just woken up.
"You're spying on me! I just opened my eyes and you came as soon as you heard me breathing!" Leia shouted angrily at Arthur and Cooper.
It's hard to imagine that a girl who has just turned eighteen would wake up to such a scene every morning.
An eagle about half a meter long and a handsome young man rushed into her bedroom, begging for food.
"I'm hungry!!"
"Cooper!" (I'm hungry!)
Leia's lips twitched, and she sighed. She had grown accustomed to this kind of life.
She got up, put on her slippers, pushed Cooper and Arthur's faces away, and walked into the living room with her eyes closed.
We arrived at the living room of the wooden house.
On the wooden wall facing the gate, Arthur's sword hangs.
Since returning to the East China Sea, since the moment this wooden house was built, that knife has never been drawn again.
Leia would look at it every morning when she woke up, which meant that Arthur hadn't suddenly left or was disgusted by living with her.
"It's been months since you last saw Gian, hasn't it?" Leia said, looking at the knife.
"It must be doing well with its family in Corpo Mountain, right?"
"I don't know," Arthur said dismissively. "All I know is that nothing is more important than filling my stomach right now."
“Cooper!” (Yes! Yes!) Cooper called out to Leia from the side.
"Sigh." Leia looked at Arthur helplessly, thinking, "What's wrong with Lord Arthur?"
In the few days after I came back, I was like a completely different person, acting like a little kid...
But his previous personality was so...charming and handsome!
Wait a minute, he's only just turned seven. Maybe he really is only seven years old at heart?
Let me raise you slowly, Lord Arthur, you're mine now! Hehehe~!
As she pondered this, a lewd smile crept across her face. She then happily put on an apron and headed into the kitchen.
"Is she alright?" Arthur looked at the kitchen door with disdain.
"Cooper." (I don't know, it's been like this every morning lately.)
A short while later, the sounds of cooking could be heard coming from the kitchen.
Arthur then glanced at Ao Shuang on the wall, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.
"Has the amount of Haki stored within this sword reached its limit? Even with the Blood Awakening Blade, it's still far from achieving the quality and strength of the sword from my previous life?"
After returning to the village, Arthur left the sword idle. Every day, besides living a peaceful life and training, he would continuously inject Conqueror's Haki into the Frostblade.
This will give him a second trump card, which can serve as a major safeguard when facing an enemy that he cannot defeat with his current strength.
For months, Arthur had been infusing this sword with a large amount of domineering energy every day until it was completely exhausted.
The current amount of domineering energy stored in the blade has reached its limit. If any more energy is injected into the blade, the entire blade will tremble slightly, and the blade may not be able to withstand the pressure and will shatter.
This was in case he wanted to go to the Valley of the Gods and share the spoils with the many powerful figures.
Devil Fruit powers are closely related to this world; even the weak can become strong by eating them, so he has no reason not to strive for them.
After one hour--
A large table full of delicious dishes was served in the living room.
Leia held her small bowl, completely oblivious to Arthur and Cooper wolfing down their food.
"You've put that guy Feng in Loguetown to work for Hank, are you planning to let him take over?"
"If I misjudge him, he's only fit to help me manage my businesses or something."
"Alright. I'm going back to the old house to see my parents later, Lord Arthur."
“We’ll go with you,” Arthur said, putting on his baseball cap.
Cooper immediately stood on Arthur's shoulder and followed Arthur and Leia to the dock village.
After the meal, the two walked down the mountain along a forest path and entered a familiar village that had attracted many outsiders.
Leia returned home to pay respects to her deceased parents.
Outside the doorway, Arthur stood with his hands tucked in his pockets, observing the village as it was now.
The villagers from back then have all become managers of the department store group, and most of the villagers in front of me are unfamiliar faces.
"You must be Arthur?"
"We have news for you."
Across the street, several women dressed in everyday clothes appeared not far from Arthur and greeted him.
They had been lurking in this village for a long time, living here like ordinary people.
Arthur's gaze sharpened as he looked at the women who were greeting him, walking slowly toward him like close sisters.
Arthur quickly scanned their entire bodies, noting their thick fingers and the obvious calluses on their fists.
Moreover, if an unfamiliar face can be called by name immediately, it's either a navy officer, a bounty hunter, or a thief.
