15 Overwhelmed by Rewards

Merry proved himself as a capable butler by getting rid of all traces of Kuro in merely 10 minutes. After cleaning up all the loose ends there was only one person left who was after him. 'Alvida...'

Honestly, Abel didn't know how to deal with her at all. İn that paper he just wrote some excuse to dump her. He didn't expect her to make a huge deal of it. ' Well, I will deal with it later. '

Abel shook his head and took Nami from the inn.

'' We are leaving. Let's go.'' Nami nodded and followed him.

'' Teacher, where is Kuro? Weren't we going to steal his treasure?''

''Well... That idiot didn't have any treasures, so I left him to the marines.'' Abel casually lied. 'There is no need for her to know her teacher is killing people around.'

''Ah... What a waste.'' Nami didn't suspect anything as she followed Abel to the beach. Kaya, Merry and Usopp came to send them off.

Usopp's eyes were teary as he spoke with trembling voice.

'' B-Brother, I want to come with you as well. I want to be like you, please teach me as well.''

'' No.'' Abel immediately refused. ' I am not a kindergarden teacher damn it! Do you think, I collect brats like pokemons?' Abel's hands were already full with Nami so he would never take another brat with him. Abel looked Usopp in the eyes as he thought of a reasonable excuse.

'' Your father left a long time ago to fulfill his dream. İf you leave now as well, wouldn't your mother be completely alone in this world? You should stay with her for a while. You are still young, hone your skills, remember the things I thought you, then you can leave when you are ready.'' Abel thought this excuse was very good and lectured Usopp seriously.

Usopp's eyes widened with realisation as he thought of his mother. 'That's right. I didn't think of my mother's feelings at all. On the other hand he always thinks about others first.' Usopp was silent as he was going through a series of realisations. Everything that happened in the last few day flashed in his mind connecting togather. Abel who was lecturing Usopp didn't realise that Usopp's eyes turned very resolute and there was no hesitation and self-loathing in his mind anymore. Usopp listened Abel's lecture patiently and then turned to Abel.

'' Brother... My dream is not to be a brave warriour of the sea anymore. I wanted to be a brave warriour of the sea to make everyone and myself proud of me. But, I don't want to be like father... I rather want to be like you. My only skill is lying... But that is okay! From now on I will tell lies to make the world a better place. That way people like mother won't have to suffer anymore. Today I, Captain Usopp promise you, I will be the greatest liar this world has ever seen! I will change the world through my lies, until the world I dream becomes a reality.'' Usopp promised resolutely while directly looking at Abel's eyes.

'Ding! Relationship updated with Usopp(major character). Current relationship +100(idolization)'

Abel looked at Usopp dumbly his mouth fully open from shock. 'I... I f*cked the canon up so much. Oh my god...' Saving Usopp's mother, restoring his confidence and making many heroic sacrifices actually resulted in such an outcome. Abel looked at Usopp's eyes full of confidence and felt weird. 'Well, whatever. I already destroyed canon so much.' Abel gave Usopp a warm smile.

'' We will be seeing each other around in the future then. Find me when you are ready.'' Abel said as they left with Nami. Before leaving Abel signed in with Usopp, Kaya and Merry as well. Abel managed to farm Merry and Kaya to +60 using various means and spouting some nonsense. Before leaving he signed in with Kaya, Merry and Usopp. 'Counting Morgan, there are 4 rewards. Plus the reward from Kuro. I became much stronger. I finally signed in with Usopp. I wonder what I will get from a major character with +100 relationship'

Abel was extremely excited and immediately gave the paddles to Nami while he closed his eyes, checking the rewards.

''Ding! Congrulations host for reaching +60 relationship with Kaya(minor character). Calculating the reward... Calculation completed. Stamina increasing pill x2.'

'Ding! Congrulations host for reaching +60 relationship with Merry(minor character). Calculating the reward... Calculation completed. Self-filling wine cup.'

'Ding! Congrulations host for reaching -90 relationship with Morgan(minor character). Calculating the reward... Calculation completed. Passive skill: Gritty rewarded. Bonus reward for exceeding -60. Ding! Bonus reward supreme grade strength potion rewarded'

'Ding! Congrulations host for reaching +100 relationship with Usopp(major character). Calculating the reward... Calculation completed. Observation haki manual awarded. Bonus reward for exceeding +60. Ding! Bonus reward Legendary skill: Eyes of revelation awarded. Ding! Congrulations host for maxing out a major relationship. Legendary Skill: Brave heart awarded.'

'Congrulations host for opening the haki function. Host can now see people's haki levels using scan'

'Congrulations host for triggering a system update by maxing out a major relationship. Host can now form relationships with factions to gain higher rewards.'

Abel was blinded by the notifications. ' This trip to the Syrup Village... was definitely worth it!'

'Stamina increasing pills: Eat one and meditate for 2 hours to obtain +5 stamina permanently'

'Self-filling wine cup. A wine cup that never gets empty. Host can drink as much as he wishes!'

'Passive skill Gritty: + 3 endurance permanently'

'Supreme grade strength potion: +8 strength permanently upon drinking.'

'Observation haki manual: Reading and practicing according to the manual will help host improve his observation haki.'

'Eyes of revelation(Legendary skill): Host can see his enemies weak spots. Attacking these weak spots will deal double damage. Host has a small chance to deal triple damage.'

'Brave Heart(Legendary skill): Host has a %40 chance to exceed his limits when fighting a stronger opponent. Host's attributes will permanently increase by a small amount each time this skill is triggered'

'Ah... Did I become op already? Farming relationships with major characters is the best way indeed!'

'' Teacheeer! You are dozing off again! Why are you always like this.'' Abel's senses came back thanks to Nami's scolding.

'' Ah... What did you say disciple? My stomache ache started acting up again, so I was in a fierce battle with it!'' Abel started spouting nonsense in a cheerful mood.

Nami glared at him. 'Last time you said that you were sleeping on my lap, teacher....'

'' Teacher I was asking where should we go next. You didn't say anything at all and gave me the paddles.''

Abel took out the map and examined it for a while in silence. After a few seconds a smile formed on his face.

'' Let's go... to the Shimotsuki Village!'' Abel said excitedly.

'' Teacher, why are you so excited? İs there good things to steal there?'' Nami also asked excited.

Abel's excitement cooled down as he watched his greedy disciple with disdainful eyes.

'' Brat, forming relationships and becoming friends with people is much better than money. Don't be so materialistic.'' Abel scolded her immediately. ' Look what I got while farming relationships, you are still after small things'

Note: Usopp will be a very very important character in this story. His character will also be a little different than canon. He will still be a pirate adventuring and he will still try to be a brave warrior. İt is just that he has higher aspirations than just 'being brave' now. You will see as the story progresses. Also the nonsense story about demons that Abel told Usopp will also play some important part. I don't want to spoil much so I am leaving this at that.