Chapter 5

After returning home, Roger was scolded by his father again. The reason was that Roger used his mother's hard-earned money to buy a lot of fruits that his father thought were unnecessary.

However, Roger did not ignore his father's reprimand and leave this time. Instead, he apologized honestly and said that he would earn back the money in a few days, and then showed his strong physical fitness to prove that he had the ability.

Roger's father and mother were shocked that their son suddenly became so strong, but they quickly calmed down and only said that Roger's current body was the result of six years of sword training.

However, although Roger's body was strong now, his father was not very happy, and he was not at ease with Roger doing other things to make money (worrying that Roger would learn bad things with his strength), so he told Roger to follow him to go fishing when he had time to earn back the money.

Although Roger did not understand why his father arranged this for him, he readily agreed, even if this disrupted Roger's plan to catch bandits or pirates to supplement the family income.

Then, Roger used the system's ability to upgrade 20 power grapes and let his parents eat them, but after eating them, there was no change in their power. So Roger also understood that his system function was only useful to him, even if it was the so-called upgraded fruit and devil fruit!

(After the devil fruit is upgraded, only the host can gain its changed ability after eating it, and others can only gain the original ability after eating it)

""Axin, have you seen the fish?"

On the rough sea, his father asked Rogge on the other side of the boat.

Perhaps because he had obtained the system, Rogge was very calm about delaying his kendo training, so this time he did not ask for leave from Koshiro and went fishing with his father.

"I see, father."

"Where are they? Come and let me spear them up."

The fish were in the sea, and with the rolling waves, it was very difficult for people to see them with their naked eyes.

So after hearing Roger say that he saw them, his father turned around anxiously, holding the harpoon tightly, ready to hit the small fish hard at any time.

"On my fork!"

Roger said to his father with a rare smile, as if fishing had brought back the joy of his childhood on Earth.

His father looked at the fish hanging on Roger's fork and was dumbfounded.

"Where did this fish come from?"

The father asked Roger stutteringly.

"Of course I just caught it with a spear, where else could it have come from?"Rogge, with a stone head, asked in surprise.

In fact, his father also knew that Rogge must have caught the fish himself, not only because the fish Rogge caught were the types he often encountered and was familiar with, but also because he did not bring anything else except the spear when he brought Rogge here.

"I thought the fish had come to the boat on its own."

Perhaps because he was ashamed of having doubted Roger for a moment, my father blushed as he spoke.

"The fish came up by itself?"

Rogge looked at his father with a blank expression, obviously not understanding why the fish could come up by itself.

"Hahaha~ I was just kidding, you actually believed it!"

My father suddenly smiled like Kap, pounding the wooden boat while laughing crazily and said

"Huh? So cunning, father!"Rogge said angrily, pretending to be arrogant.

"There's nothing I can do. Who told you to be so stupid? Ahahaha~"

His father laughed at Roger's pretending to be arrogant.

"I am so stupid, but you didn’t give birth to me. I am so stupid that I can only be called the second stupid person~"

Roger muttered in a low voice, but his father heard everything.

"What?! You bastard, you called your own father a fool!"

"I didn't say that. If you think that way, I can't help it."

"Ah~ I'm so mad! You are not allowed to go back unless you catch a hundred fish today!"

"Can you eat all the 100 fish you catch?"

"Don't worry about it. If I can't finish them, I can sell them to earn some money to support my family."

"Well, I'll catch a hundred fish."

"What? You're just bragging. You can catch a hundred fish. I'll eat the fishing boat right there!"

"no sooner said than done?"

"no sooner said than done!"

"OK! Let's do it!"

……

The evening of the day soon came, and Roger did not really catch a hundred fish.

It was not that Roger was incapable, nor that the resources of the sea were not rich enough, but that the fishing boat was full, and Roger did not want to make things difficult for his father.

"Hehehe~ You are too arrogant, kid. As punishment for your bragging, you have to take these fish back by yourself."

The father looked at the boat full of fish and smiled from ear to ear. This amount of fish was equivalent to the amount he would catch in a month!

""Okay!"

Roger agreed happily. After all, with his father's body, he couldn't bring back so many fish.

"Father, this fish should be enough for our family to eat for a long time, right?"

Roger asked as he walked back with the fishing boat.

"Yes, what's wrong?"Father wondered why Roger asked this.

"Oh! Are you asking if it's enough for you to buy fruit? Of course it is. You can continue to study with Master Koshiro in the future."

Having gained solid benefits, his father no longer opposed Roger to learn swordsmanship.

"No, I was thinking, why don't I go fishing in the future? You are not in good health, and it is dangerous to ride in such a small fishing boat."

After this fishing trip, Roger finally understood his father's difficulties.

There are no good tools or vehicles for fishing.

There is no guarantee of income or safety. It can be said that his father's job is to exchange his life for money!

"no"

"？"Roger looked at his father in confusion.

"This is a reflection of my value as a father and a husband, and it is my responsibility!"

"Your father doesn't have much ability, so your mother has to do a lot of hard work to supplement the family income and save some money for emergencies, but the task of supporting the family cannot be easily handed over to you."

Hearing this, Roger also understood what his father meant.

After all, his father was only in his early thirties and he was only twelve years old. His father could not accept such a powerless life, and he had to be strong!

""How about changing jobs?" Roger asked tentatively.

Roger felt that the sea was too dangerous for someone like his father.

"Hey, Dad, I've been doing this for more than ten years, I'm used to it, I'm not comfortable doing anything else."

Dad smiled bitterly at first, then said calmly

"Oh."

Roger said nothing more, but followed his father home in silence.