Responsible for Being Cute

"Miming, you big idiot!" Kuina ran onto the deck to practice swinging her sword. "Chopper, come train with me!"

Then Chopper used his antlers to block Kuina's wooden sword, one girl and one reindeer straining against each other.

Miss Kuina has reached that age where she vaguely understands romance but not quite, Cairns thought. But once she met Boa Hancock, that sort of worry would probably vanish completely—she would simply stop caring. A man who could send Hancock away from his side would not be easily dazzled by a woman's beauty.

Chopper was happy every day now. He followed Birdmen 20 and old man Crocus around to study medicine and herbalism, went on grand adventures inside the whale's belly, practiced swordsmanship with Kuina, and walked dogs with Cairns...

The last one was a little scary because the dogs would chase him, but Cairns taught him many techniques for controlling Devil Fruit abilities and honed his combat strength as well. During the incident in Alabasta, Chopper had successfully used skills such as Fur Enhancement and Horn Enhancement to protect Kuina, and he had begun to want to work hard and make himself more useful.

Although Miming kept emphasizing, "You only need to be responsible for being cute," Chopper still became the busiest person on the ship.

"Can't be helped. Who told me I'm so popular?" Whenever he thought that, Chopper would narrow his eyes into slits, wave his arms, and wiggle happily.

As he strolled across Jaya, Miming was in an exceptionally good mood. His long-held yearning and worry would finally come to an end. Nico Robin's arrival could free him from his greatest anxiety.

The air on Jaya was filled with the unique scent of trees from the primeval forest, deep and calming. From time to time, noisy birdcalls rang