The Great Educator

"Waaaaah... Stinky daddy... Waaaaah..."

The Little Lucas met Sig for the first time, he felt the immense love of a father.

Sig wanted to make up for all the shortcomings and give him a complete childhood...

"And another thing, a month ago, he was also encouraged by Arlong to go out to sea and cause trouble, in order to clear the area and prevent the village's fishermen from going out to sea!" Nami helped count, afraid that something might be missing.

"You actually won't let anyone fish? I'll write that down a hundred times. Then Nami, you watch him. He's not allowed to eat anything from the sea for six months!" Sig said, giving him another beating on the buttocks.

"Oh, right! Last year he also burned down Uncle Kensuke's police station, Uncle Kensuke was on duty outside for several days." Nami continued to provide information.

Little Lucas retorted angrily, "Mom already hit me last year!"

"Mom has hit you, but Dad hasn't... I already said I'd give you a complete childhood. I'll write this down a hundred more times, and then make him sleep in a thatched hut for half a month!" Sig continued.

"Waaah, I... I... I'm going to tell my Godfather..." Little Lucas cried so hard he was about to faint.

Sig pursed his lips—it must be that Arlong had boasted to Lucas, making Lucas think he was afraid of his Godfather.

"Arlong? It's no use him kneeling and begging me. You brat, you have to be beaten!" Sig's men didn't stop.

"You... what right do you have to hit me? You didn't even raise me!" Little Lucas. asked, his words a soul-searching question.

"Because I'm unreasonable!" Sig said matter-of-factly.

"You dare to burn down people's houses and prevent them from going out to fish, and I wouldn't dare to hit you?" Sig continued.

Nami suddenly remembered something. "Ah! He even stole Little Nini's candy the day before yesterday!"

"I clearly gave it to you!" Little Lucas. asked again, pressing the nail on the head.

Nami blushed and said, "N-I didn't know that. After I found out, I bought her new candy!"

"Okay, then give me another hundred strokes. You're not allowed to eat candy for the next six months."

"Why is stealing candy the same as burning houses and chasing fishermen, and you get a hundred lashes?" Little Lucas. asked angrily.

"Huh? You actually know what's good for you? That means you knowingly committed a wrong..."

In the end, it was Sig who gave Nami a wink, and only then did she remember to plead for him, instead of racking her brains to recall all the Error Little Lucas had made.

"Well... since your sister has already said so, then... remember the rest for now, and also..." Sig deliberately paused for a moment.

Lucas, thinking of punishments other than being beaten, looked expectantly at his unreasonable and terrible father.

"Nami, you take your brother there and make him apologize properly. If he forgives you, you can get half the money!" Sig instructed Nami to supervise.

"Okay!" Nami happily agreed.

Lucas thought for a moment and asked, "Could my Godfather take me?"

"Sure, so who will take you?" Sig asked Lucas with a smile.

Lucas shuddered. "Sister, please take me..."

"We'll apologize to the fishermen this afternoon, and the punishment will begin tomorrow. I'll cook for them myself tonight... But if the fishermen don't accept it, you can just eat some orange rice and watch your Mom, sister, and me eat," Sig reminded him.

Sig felt that he had a knack for educating children... at least compared to Captain Kaido.

Lucas was allowed to sit at the table that evening, and Bellemere, who did not want to associate with pirates, was also persuaded by Sig to come to the table and try Sig's cooking.

As for cooking skills, although Sig doesn't cook often, culinary knowledge is still knowledge. Sig has looked at quite a few recipes while practicing his way through the White Tower.

During the meal, Bellemere coughed for a while, which made Sig even more determined, and then he set off for the North Sea.

Before leaving, Sig also asked Arlong for the half-finished Golden Chariot —mainly because there wasn't enough raw material; not only was the chariot half-finished, but it also lacked wheels.

Lucas thought his father was going to confiscate it, and he was feeling annoyed, but he just pouted and didn't dare to resist.

When he visited the fishermen's homes today, he discovered that they had no gold at all. His sister told him that their Golden Chariot was a meager sum scraped together by their Godfather from dozens of people in villages like Cocoyasi...

Afterwards, Lucas also felt a little uneasy.

However, after Sig brought half the Chariot, he dragged out a large box of gold bricks—the kind of cargo box—from his shadow!

This was the "spare change" that Sig had brought with him from Tesoro. It was originally intended as training material when simulating the Gold-Gold Devil Fruit ability. It wasn't presentable to Enkidu, but Lucas was quite happy to receive it.

Then, under Sig's "hand kneading," the two piles of gold seemed to combine like putty. Afterward, a large lump of gold, under Sig's control, gradually changed shape...

Although Sig couldn't turn himself into "gold," he had studied Tesoro's body for so long that he already had some mastery of the Golden Fruit.

It is possible to control the external appearance of gold and gradually change its shape.

Under Sig's "kneading," a two-wheeled the Chariot with a ridiculously chuunibyou-like design emerged, its wheels and axles all formed in one piece...

At the front of the carriage, Sig hesitated for a moment, while Little Lucas hurriedly called out from the side, "Daddy, Daddy, I need a set of Sea Beast Yoke for the front... then I can call the sea monsters to help me pull the Flank Guard!"

Upon hearing this, Sig's lips twitched, and he said, "Then it must be a large sea beast, otherwise it won't be able to pull the golden chariot..."

Is it really meant to be used in the sea? Won't it end up like a car sinking to the bottom of the ocean, with sea monsters desperately pulling it up?

"Can't be towed? No way! When I'm driving, the ocean can lift the car up!" Lucas said proudly.

Nami muttered to herself, "So this is totally unscientific!"

Sig also found many books on meteorology, nautical chart reading, and drawing at home—these were Nami and Nojiko's hobbies. In the original work, the latter even became a clothing pattern designer, promoting clothing based on patterns that Bellemere sewed for the two sisters to be sold throughout the Grand Line.

Sig was equally surprised. Judging from Lucas's own abilities, they didn't seem to be fully activated, yet... the sea's favor was so obvious? Judging from Nami's reaction, he clearly wasn't lying; he could be lifted up simply by driving normally...

"Then this the Chariot is yours, but... don't forget, there are still people from the neighborhood inside who 'given' you gold. If they ever encounter difficulties in the future, whether the opponent is a pirate, the Navy, or the World Government, you must live up to the value of this gold." Sig patted Lucas's shoulder seriously.

"Hmm!" Lucas kept staring at his handsome Golden Chariot, it was unclear how much he had taken in.

In addition, Sig gave Nami and Nojiko some books on meteorology, a simple "Seastone Factor Cloud Manufacturing Device", and Illusion Pen whose power was sealed.

The latter was sealed by Sig using the power of the Hanged Man Path and the Sun Path; otherwise, it would not only be dangerous, but there was also the possibility of it being discovered by the World Government.

While displeased that Sig was again using the "navy" to give Lucas dangerous examples, Bellemere said with a hint of unease, "Are you... leaving again? So soon? Cough... cough..."

"Yes, there are things I must do." Sig gazed at the sky, as if looking at the stars and the sea.