Task Complete, System Mall

As night fell, Ace arrived as promised. However, he seemed a little nervous, because he seemed to know what Ryan was about to say to him.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to persuade you not to hate your father. I don't have the right to do that either!"

Ryan's opening was completely different from what Ace had expected, so he asked, "Then why did you want to see me, Brother Ryan?"

"To tell you a story!"

The moment he heard it was a story, Ace became interested, and the wariness and resistance in his heart vanished as well.

Ryan then told Ace about Gaban's adventures. Gaban had told him all of these stories before. In Gaban's stories, Roger was a willful and mischievous captain, but he cared deeply for his crew and would never allow anyone to hurt his companions.

"This is...?" Ace had already formed a guess.

"The Roger Pirates. My master told me about them." Seeing the expression on Ace's face that said, I knew it, Ryan calmly added, "I'm not done yet!"

Next, Ryan told him about a young man whose recklessness caused many people to sacrifice themselves to save him. After everyone finally managed to rescue him, that young man lost his own life through another rash act, wasting the efforts of many people. Even so, no one blamed the young man in the end.

After hearing the story, Ace immediately said, "That guy was so stupid!"

Ryan looked at Ace with an unreadable expression. "Are you sure?"

"Absolutely, positively sure!"

"It's good that you think so!" Ryan said, affectionately rubbing Ace's little head.

After that, whenever Ryan had the time, he would call Ace over and tell him stories about people whose reckless actions led to serious consequences.

Ace always felt that Ryan was hinting