"You? Shakky? On Hachinosu Island???"
The hand holding the wineglass froze, sending ripples across the surface. Rayleigh and Shakky, who had been smoking with great interest, were both stunned.
"Hey, hey, hey!!! You should be the same age as Shanks, Austin. When Shakky was on Hachinosu Island, you hadn't even been born yet!"
Rayleigh waved his hand, indicating that it was impossible.
"Well... that was indeed true."
Austin walked over and sat at the bar. Shakky propped up her face with one hand and poured him a glass of fruit wine with the other, taking a puff from her cigarette.
"Oh my, oh my. If there had been a man as charming as little Austin on Hachinosu Island back then, perhaps I would have met the same fate as the previous Empresses of Nine Snake Island~"
"...It wasn't that exaggerated."
Austin took a sip of wine.
"I once used Vegapunk's equipment to briefly return to the past. I even stayed with the Rocks Pirates for a while."
A look of reminiscence flashed through his eyes. Back then, Rayleigh and Shakky had still been a young man and a beautiful woman.
"Huh? Seriously? Something that miraculous exists in this world?!!!"
Rayleigh was startled, and Shakky's eyes widened as well, though she managed to retain her composure.
Still, it was understandable. After all, the wife of their former companion Kozuki Oden possessed a similar ability to travel through time.
They both looked at Austin, waiting for him to continue.
"Yes..."
Austin lowered his head and looked at his wine. A handsome yet calm face was reflected on its surface.
"I wanted to challenge the older generation of powerhouses from the Old Era to help myself break through my limits. The God Valley battle was an opportunity.
When I was in my twenties,