After some explanation, Garp finally understood what was going on with this adorable little guy.
"Ahahaha, so she's a Ship Spirit?" Garp laughed. "That really is..."
Before Garp could finish, he suddenly realized something. His eyes widened in shock, and snot even sprayed from his nose.
"A... a Ship Spirit?!"
"Eh?!!!"
Garp stared at Merry in disbelief, while the Marines outside wore equally shocked expressions.
They had never expected the legendary Ship Spirit to actually exist, and to be... this cute?!!
"What, old man? Do you have a problem with that?" Merry asked.
Obviously, Merry had no favorable impression of someone who had tried to bully her companions.
"How could I have a problem with it?"
Having recovered from his shock, Garp smiled. "It's just that this is my first time seeing a Ship Spirit, so I was a little surprised."
He had only ever heard legends about them before. Who had ever seen a living Ship Spirit? Besides, this little girl was so cute...
Garp stared at Merry, who was puffing out her cheeks at him, when an idea suddenly surfaced in his mind.
"Little girl, how about becoming Old Man's granddaughter?" Garp asked.
His grandsons were all bastards, one worse than the next. If he could have an obedient granddaughter, he felt like he would wake up laughing even in his dreams.
"Eh?!!!"
Everyone looked at Garp in shock. Clearly, they had not expected the old man to say something like that. What kind of thought process led to a question like this?
"Who wants to be your granddaughter?" Merry said, looking at Garp with disdain.
What was wrong with this old man? Who asked someone to become their granddaughter the moment they met?
Thinking that, Merry glanced at Luffy, her eyes seeming to say: Hey, Luffy, aren't