The Inevitable Had Arrived

The warship took seven days to return from the Grand Line to West Blue, but Xia Luo needed only half a day to return from the Terra Sea to Ohara.

Without a sound, Xia Luo set foot on Ohara Island.

The moment he returned to Ohara, Xia Luo somehow felt that something was off, yet he could not put his finger on it.

He could not help frowning. Could something have happened?

With that thought, Xia Luo immediately quickened his pace.

Night fell.

The Nico family's home, not far from the Tree of Knowledge, was brightly lit.

Oran looked at Olvia before him with a complicated expression, as if he wanted to say something but could not bring himself to do so.

Unable to sit still, he paced around the room, sighing from time to time with a look of utter despair.

Olvia furrowed her delicate brows. "Enough. Stop pacing around in front of me. You're making my head spin."

Oran looked as though he were on the verge of tears. "Sis, you... sigh, how could you be so foolish?!"

"It's all over now. How am I supposed to explain this to Brother?"

"If he finds out, won't he beat me to death?"

Knowing she was in the wrong, Olvia lowered her head without saying a word.

"What happened?"

Suddenly, the front door was pushed open, and Xia Luo walked in from outside.

His expression was extremely grim. From Oran's few words, he had already vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

So the moment he entered, the look he gave Oran was filled with hostility.

Oran shrank his neck in fright, forcing out a smile uglier than crying as he stammered, "B-Brother, y-you're back?"

Xia Luo's face darkened. "From the sound of it, you don't welcome me back?"

"Speak. What