Scholars of Ohara

Lin Yan spoke to Nico Olvia earnestly.

"Are you trying to comfort me...?"

Yet Nico Olvia only shook her head sadly.

"I really am an unqualified mother. You think so too, don't you?"

"That's true."

Then, under Nico Olvia's slightly widened eyes, Lin Yan nodded.

"You abandoned your daughter to pursue your dreams, your judgment of people is terrible, you didn't even know your daughter had become a Devil Fruit user, and..."

Lin Yan did not continue.

After all, if things had followed the plot of the original story...

Nico Olvia would have only had a brief reunion with Robin before dying in the Tree of Knowledge.

She might have been an outstanding woman and scholar, but she was by no means a qualified mother.

That was beyond doubt.

Of course, there was no point in saying that now.

Lin Yan turned to look at Nico Olvia.

"At this point, do you still need me to comfort you by saying you're a good mother?"

"..."

Nico Olvia said nothing.

She merely buried her head in her knees, her body trembling slightly.

Lin Yan was right.

She had no way to refute him.

Yet, seeing Nico Olvia like this, Lin Yan smiled.

"But it isn't too late, is it? Robin needs you now. Even if it's just mending the fence after the sheep have escaped, there are still things you can do."

Lin Yan spoke softly to Nico Olvia.

Things had not yet reached the point of no return.

Though it was true that she had already hurt Robin, the woman before him still had a chance to make up for it.

"Thank you."

Nico Olvia stopped trembling.

Though the man before her had shown no mercy with his words and torn away her last shred of self-deception...

She at least