"Nami, is Dazhiki awake?" Sairona asked politely. "This is some soup I prepared for you two. Drink it, and your stomach will feel better. There are also some little desserts here. You can have some after finishing the soup." As he spoke, he set down the two bowls of soup on the plate, then placed the desserts down under Gelu's watchful gaze.
Why say he had made desserts for Gelu as well? Because the real reason was right here.
"Gelu Gelu. (Uncle Sairona is so biased.)" Gelu pouted.
"Gelu, let's go. It isn't very appropriate to stay in a girl's room." Sairona calmly dragged Gelu out of the room, though Gelu kept looking back every few steps.
"Gelu, whether Uncle gets a girlfriend or not depends on you." Sairona pulled out a lollipop.
"Gelu Gelu. (Spill it.)" Gelu happily accepted the lollipop and agreed without even asking what it was about.
"First, we do this... then this... and then this..." Sairona whispered the plan into Gelu's ear. Gelu nodded. "Gelu? (Are we eating?)"
"..." The corner of Sairona's mouth twitched. He silently recited a calming mantra three times, then explained the plan again.
"Gelu? Gelu? Gelu? (What? No eating? Laundry?)" Gelu stared at Sairona in astonishment, as if shocked that he would actually make him do something as incompatible with the Wolf Family as washing clothes.
"Hold it in. Breathe in, breathe—breathe out, breathe—This is all that bastard Rono's fault. Gelu is exactly like him now." Sairona planted both hands on the floor in despair, struggling to calm himself.
"Gelu? (What's wrong with Uncle Sairona?)" Gelu scratched his head in confusion.
Sairona calmed himself down and abandoned his plan to have Gelu help him. "Nothing. Go tell your father to come eat."
"Gelu! (Time to eat!)" Gelu excitedly dashed back to the room, going to soothe Rono's young and fragile heart.
After Gelu left, Nami opened the door. "Sairona, I wanted to ask you something." She reached her left hand behind her back to grab her right arm and turned her head aside as she spoke.
"What is it? We're practically family now, so just say what's on your mind." Sairona's face remained expressionless, but his tone was gentle.
"It's about Rono's fiancée. Could you tell me about her?" Nami's voice grew softer and softer. If Sairona had not possessed Observation Haki, he might not have been able to hear her.
"Well, with Rono's personality, he really was destined to be single for life. Luckily, Axia fell for him." Sairona's face filled with reminiscence. "Rono has a terrible personality. To put it simply, he's a jerk. Let me tell you, I deserve some of the credit for him winning Axia over." Sairona told Nami about Rono's confession at Enies Lobby, and Nami laughed nonstop.
"Why did Axia agree to him?" Nami asked curiously. Could she have developed feelings for him after seeing him only once?
"That goes back two years..." Sairona recounted how Axia and Rono had met. "At the time, Rono just thought she looked lonely by herself, so he went to talk to her. Back then, Rono was probably the only one whose constitution could withstand Axia's Devil Fruit Ability."
"Because Rono appeared when Axia needed someone to keep her company, she developed feelings for him. Hahaha, this single guy sure knows how to analyze things!" Although he was laughing, Sairona's expression remained calm.
"Because he appeared when she needed someone most?" Nami lightly sipped the Fragrant Tea in her hand, which Sairona had brewed while telling the story. For some reason, her heart felt a little bitter. It really is similar to what I went through.
"I'm going to cook, or Rono will start yelling again." Sairona finished his Fragrant Tea, smiled at Nami, and stood up to put on an apron.
"Ah! All right. Come to think of it, Mr. Sairona, it's amazing that you can cook so well. You'll definitely make a good husband someday." Nami came back to herself and teased Sairona.
"Sairona, Sairona! Why is Gelu pestering me to buy him clothes?" Rono's tone sounded off. Going shirtless was a tradition of the Wolf Family—and one Rono had established himself.
"Gelu isn't that young anymore. Shouldn't he wear clothes to cover himself?" Sairona could not understand Rono's thinking.
"Come on~ How old is Gelu? Look at me. I still don't wear a shirt, and I already have a fiancée." That was Rono's reason for rejecting Sairona's suggestion.
"She must be blind." Sairona calmly mocked him. Nima, are you showing off? You definitely are! You're bullying me because I don't have a girlfriend, huh? No, I can't take this. Even a guy like Rono has a fiancée. Why am I so jealous? Forget it, I'll just act.
Bang—Sairona blew the smoke from the muzzle and put the gun away. "Keep yapping and you won't get any food."
Pretending to be dead, Rono immediately sprang up at those words and rolled out of the dining room without a word. He had bowed his head to evil.
Watching Rono, who had been shot, act as if nothing had happened, Nami suddenly remembered something. Why could she beat Rono until his head was covered in bumps? She tossed the question to Sairona.
Sairona shrugged to indicate that he did not know, though he was still very interested. With a wooden stick, unless he used Armament Haki, it could not hurt Rono at all. But in Nami's hands, it felt as though the stick had been given a buff. Oda's buff. (Manual laughter.)
"Nami, punch me once in the chest. Don't use your full strength." Sairona was not a masochist, of course. He wanted to personally test Nami's fist.
Nami did not think much of it and lightly hammered Sairona in the chest with her little fist. Iron Body. Clang—Sairona raised an eyebrow. Iron Body had been useless; he could still feel the pain. Nami's hand hurt too. Was Sairona's chest made of steel?
"Hmm... Hit me once more. I think I have an idea now." After thinking it over, Sairona spoke to Nami.
"No. My hand already hurts." Nami firmly refused. "I'm going to wake up Big Sister Dazhiki."
"Go ahead. There's still soup in the pot, specially prepared for her." Sairona's attention was perfectly diverted, and he stopped focusing on the matter of Nami's punch.
Nami hurried away. When she returned to the room, Dazhiki was already awake. Nami smiled brightly. "Big Sister Dazhiki, why are you still lazing in bed?"
"Is that Nami?" Dazhiki stared seriously at the head of the bed. "Why can't I see very clearly?"
"..." Nami was speechless and could only explain. "Big Sister Dazhiki, your glasses fell off when Rono was speeding through the sea. You aren't wearing them now."
"I remember now. I'm going to kill that damned bastard. He made me throw up so badly that my stomach still hurts." Dazhiki finally remembered and spoke through gritted teeth—still facing the head of the bed.
"Um... Big Sister Dazhiki, I'm behind you." Nami spoke quietly. This level of nearsightedness is kind of terrifying.
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