2 Chapter 2

"Vermillion, do you want to go to sea too?" Shortly after Luffy heard that Vermillion wanted to leave Foosha village, he hurriedly ran towards Vermillion.

"If you leave the village, then who will tell me the story?"

"You stinky brat, don't you want to say goodbye to me?" Vermillion shook his head.

"I'm about to go to sea, and I don't know when we'll meet again. It's been ten days since our first meeting, do you only care about my story?" Vermillion crouched down in front of Luffy.

"Yes, your story is very good! Why don't you just sail with me? You will be the storyteller on my ship!"

"Impossible, stinky brat; let's talk about this when you've grown up." After that, Vermillion ruffled Luffy's hair again, then went to pick up the wine box with Drake and headed towards the beach.

"Hey, Vermillion, who is she? Is she your ship's partner?" Luffy quickly followed while pointing at the beautiful young woman.

"Yes, hse is my ship's partner, and she is very experienced. As long as she is around us, you don't have to worry about sailing the vast ocean. Her sailing skills are also very extraordinary."

Drake just smiled silently; a second later, a cannon machine appeared from behind her back!

"Sugoi!" Luffy's eyes lit up.

"Yeah, Drake is amazing." Vermillion responded with a nod.

"Wait... you said she was Drake? That Francis Drake in your story? Didn't you say she's been around the world?"

"Why did you go out to sea again? Right, surely the story you told was a lie since you just wanted to leave now."

"Kid, Master didn't lie to you, I have indeed circumnavigated the world before. And I was the first to successfully circumnavigate the world and come back alive." Drake smiled at Luffy. Seeing this little fellow, Drake was comforted.

"Lie, if you've traveled around the world before, then why aren't there legends about it? Why do you want to circumnavigate the world again?"

"Because I've never been traveled this world before, boy." Drake laughed; on the other hand, Vermillion quickened his pace.

"Have circumnaviage the world, but not this world?" Luffy's little brain couldn't process the words.

"No, you must be lying to me too!"

Arriving at the beach, the sun was overhead, and the salty sea breeze began to beat the three figures.

Vermillion and Drake came to the beach. Behind them, Luffy followed quickly.

"Where's your boat? I want to see it." Luffy looked around the beach with a strange look. Not a single boat was in sight, but Vermillion said that they were going out to sail.

"Hmm..." The corners of Vermillion's mouth started to lift. "Captain Drake, let this kid open his eyes wide."

Drake smiled, then stepped forward. Raising her hand forward, Drake then said. "Come out, friend who sailed around the world with me. Show your heroism in this world!"

Following Drake's words, the seawater not far ahead began to stir violently. With a great *Boom!* sound, a black, red, and gold ship rushed out of the ocean!

"Well, boy, here is my ship. Golden Wild Hunt." Drake showed Luffy her ship.

"Incredible! The ship, the ship came out of the sea!" Luffy looked at the Golden Hind with stars in his eyes, looking very excited.

The show was, of course, a bit exaggerated; even the villagers who happened to be on the beach were surprised when they saw a luxury ship suddenly come out of the sea.

"Nani! The boat suddenly appeared from the sea!"

"No way, how can a ship appear from the sea?!"

"But, but the ship actually popped out of it!"

The villagers spoke to each other in disbelief.

"Remember this Golden Wild Hunt, in the future, this ship will take us to One Piece, revealing Roger's greatest secret!" Vermillion said.

"No! Wait, I will go sailing when I grow up, and I will get the treasure. One Piece is mine!"

"Hahaha, then hurry up, Luffy." Vermillion smiled while touching Luffy's straw hat, then he climbed the Golden Hind with Drake.

"Goodbye, Luffy. I will look forward to your future voyages." Vermillion stood on the edge of the deck, waving at Luffy.

"Cheerful boy, I look forward to our meeting in the future." Drake said to Luffy while leaning her back.

"Just wait; I will go sailing and catch up with you guys as soon as possible!" Luffy shouted; he continued, "Goodbye, Vermillion, Drake, see you in the ocean!"

Vermillion, who listened to the farewell, could only wave again at Luffy.

The Golden Hind slowly parted the waves and sailed into the distance.

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"Master, where are we going next?" Drake took the ship's helm while looking at his Master, who was lazily sleeping on the chair.

"What about Cocoyasi village? Maybe there are pirates with prizes there, let's catch them and take the bounty." Vermillion said.

"Oh? As a pirate, do you want to catch other pirates and sell them? Master does have a very good idea."

"Well, we haven't been targeted by the navy after all. If a pirate were to hand over another pirate to the navy, they would definitely not agree."

"Being a bounty hunter is pretty good too." Drake smiled and nodded.

"You agree?"

"Although I am the captain of the ship, but you are my dear Master. Your orders are what determine the course of my ship." Drake smiled brightly.

"Also, don't look at me like that, I also have the soul of a businessman, you know? I'm quite enthusiastic about money, besides, we also need to earn money to buy our next supplies." Drake said.

"Yeah, you're right. If it weren't for the silly bandits who gave us money in Luffy's village, we definitely wouldn't have been able to buy the supplies." Vermillion replied with a helpless expression.

"That's not even enough money to buy that much rum."

"Hey, hey, haven't you bought a lot? We've even spent half our money on the wine. Look, there are more than ten barrels of wine!"

"Haha, Master, the wine is really tempting. If we don't buy it quickly, I'm afraid it will run out." Drake couldn't help but chuckle.

"Well, you can drink it all you want. I don't like drinking myself anyway, so it's all yours."

"Master, as a man, if you don't drink alcohol, your charm will definitely diminish."

"If I don't drink alcohol, will your liking for me lessen?"

"Of course not. When I was summoned to this world, you were the harbor for my heart." Drake blushed.

"My liking for you has reached one hundred percent. Although I never had it in my previous life, but that was in the past, and now is different."

"Thank you, Drake." Vermillion stood up and hugged Drake tightly.

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