The Family Crest and the Door!
Vidal's departure from Sabaody Archipelago once again displeased the Celestial Dragons, but fortunately, most of them had already experienced the various services, so no major disturbance was caused.
After all, they can't come to Sabaody Archipelago every day, can they?
As for those who didn't get a turn in line, they could only lie on the maid's fair thighs, gazing longingly towards the direction of Sabaody from time to time.
Come back soon.
Meanwhile, Vidal, carrying three wooden boxes and the 'Sceptile', traveled to the Boin Archipelago aboard the 'Oxhead Battleship'.
He wanted this 'Sceptile' to guard the largest Boin Archipelago, with the mission of preventing anyone from causing malicious damage and keeping an eye on the Den Den Den Mushi). After all, he didn't need a pet, so it was better to have it do some work for him.
Upon arriving at the Boin Archipelago, they first used the "Thought Between Plants" to make the "Sceptile" understand their meaning, and then let it excitedly run into the depths of the jungle.
It's worth mentioning that when I brought this little guy out of the room yesterday, Cornell and the others were initially shocked, but after hearing that he hatched from an egg brought back from the Boin Archipelago, they accepted it incredulously.
Enel and Rosinante, in particular, started playing together after they learned that the 'Sceptile' wouldn't harm them. However, Bullet, after returning home from school, remained vigilant around the strange giant lizard, in case it suddenly became violent.
If that were the case, Vidal believed he would not hesitate to punch the 'Sceptile' to death.
Fortunately, the 'Sceptile' has a very docile temperament, which is probably due to its iguana form. Iguanas are herbivores, eating grass roots, fruits, and the like. They also love to lazily sunbathe and are incredibly fast runners; they will run away at the slightest fright.
Fortunately, Vidal corrected his timid nature by creating magical plants, transforming him into someone gentle yet unafraid of battle.
To be honest, he really liked the 'Sceptile's' personality, since it was so similar to his own.
But he was also a pragmatist; the 'Sceptile' was useless with him, just a pet-like follower.
After leaving the Boin Archipelago, his next destination is G-8 Branch, where he plans to take all five Devil Fruits with him and also deposit the billions of Beli he earned from Sabaody.
From now on, the treasure and banknotes will be kept at G-8 Branch, Devil Fruit will be kept at Marineford!
However, it will still be a day or two before we arrive at the G-8 Branch. During this time, Vidal needs to take care of the work he will need at the third destination.
Inside the slowly sailing warship, Vidal sat behind his desk, meticulously reviewing the documents in front of him.
These are the names of the children that Woonan rescued from the Fire Country cruise ship.
There were a total of eighty-one children: fifty girls and thirty-one boys. Among the girls were thirty newborn babies, who are now one year old. The rest were all children aged four to eleven, making a total of fifty-one teenagers.
Among these fifty-one children are three of the oldest, two boys and one girl, all eleven years old this year. They are currently being raised in the green town of Erumalu in Alabasta. It is said that Prince Cobra personally designated an area for them and assigned some local troops to guard the area around it.
However, all of this costs money, which is deducted from Vidal's annual income of one billion. He has no objection to this, after all, this amount is not even a drop in the ocean.
His so-called job is actually to remember what these fifty-one children look like and then name them!
That's right, it's about choosing a name!
These children were goods sold to the human auction house by the Fire Country, so naturally they weren't given names. Therefore, according to Brook and the others, the slightly older children simply used names like kitten, flower, and grass to communicate with each other.
They originally wanted to name the children, but Vidal immediately stopped them, because he wanted to do it himself!
He intended to raise these children as retainers of the Forest family, so he had to instill in them a sense of belonging to the family.
Where does a sense of belonging come from?
First, the environment they grow up in should make them understand who is responsible for everything they eat, drink, wear, and learn every day.
Second, name and identity. Giving a name is often equivalent to giving a person a lifelong meaning; it represents a person's mark in the world. Identity, on the other hand, is to let them know who the family members are, their relationships with each other, and their own status as a retainer.
Third, responsibility, obligation, and value—it's too early to talk about these now; we can take our time later.
In summary, Vidal's trip was to confirm the relationship between the two sides and to let the children know about his status as the head of the family and the existence of other family members. Therefore, he even brought photos of Cornell and the others.
And then there are clothes, or rather, uniforms.
He specially found a shop in the Sabaody Archipelago to customize thousands of uniforms of different sizes, enough for the children to wear until they become adults.
The style is a black butler uniform, black hat, black leather shoes, white shirt, green tie and green handkerchief, with a family crest printed on the chest: a green bull with its head raised and three red trees growing on its back. Girls wear knee-length skirts, and when they grow up, they will also have high heels, cosmetics and the like, which will naturally be provided later.
These were just formal wear; he also thoughtfully prepared casual clothes, shoes, and other clothing, all in the same style.
Vidal created these clothes because he believed that uniformity would greatly enhance team spirit, identity, and family honor.
"Ugh, coming up with a name is proving a bit difficult!"
But as he looked around, he suddenly realized that naming a child wasn't so easy, especially since he couldn't just pick one randomly; he had to write it down, otherwise what would he do when he had to come up with a name on the spot?
Jeffrey, Yarman, Joyce, Cheryl
Wow, Vidal counted, and it had taken him so long to come up with names for nine people. This troubled him greatly, but fortunately there were still a few days left, so he wasn't in a rush.
Feeling a headache coming on, Vidal put down the list in his hand, rubbed his temples, and decided to stop thinking about it for now. His gaze drifted to the leftmost of the three wooden boxes on the table.
This was a fruit that he considered priceless, but which was wasted in the original timeline.
In short, if he makes good use of the Devil Fruit's abilities, it will be very convenient for him to hide things in the future, and it can also allow him to quickly move to a Bian space if he encounters mortal danger.
That's right, it's the Paramecia Door-Door Fruit that Blueno, a future member of CP9, possesses!
A Devil Fruit that allows the user to open a door anywhere, even in the air or flames, and freely enter and exit the green space!
Moreover, they are doors of different types, sizes, and shapes, and they leave no trace after being closed.
Such an ability is practically invincible for hiding things in certain places, making it completely safe from being targeted.
There's a huge risk involved: if the person with the ability dies, will the contents inside be lost forever?
Unless the next Door-Door Devil Fruit User opens a portal in the same location, there might be some chance of finding it.
I'd like to ask for your opinions: is it acceptable to give these children names that are the same as those of characters in other works?
For example, names like Garen, Darius, Groudon, Kyogre, and Arthas. If you don't like them, that's fine; I'll just use random names myself. I also feel that writing it this way would make the reader feel strange. Although it's logically sound, since it's just a name, it would probably seem odd to the reader. Hmm, never mind.