Chapter 312

He needed to find a chance to give them a warning.

After repelling the fatigue from his body, Chris was still full of energy.

He kept swinging the Blood Red Greatsword...

(T/N: Four updates yesterday, eighteen thousand words in all, and not a single automatic subscription. I'm going to cry. Could you please turn on automatic subscriptions? Even one would be enough o(╥﹏╥)o.)

Two days later.

The seas around the Chris were calm as the ship continued toward Pudora Kingdom.

They had run into a few pirates over the past two days, but they were all small fry, hardly worth mentioning.

As usual, Chris was alone in the Training Room, focused on his training.

Nami and the others sat on the sofas and chatted.

Even after two days, they still felt some regret over Momonosuke.

Gazing at the blue sky, Makino said quietly, "I've dreamed about that little boy every night these past two days."

"He keeps asking me why I didn't save him."

"I really... don't know how to answer."

Nami sighed softly too. "Same here. I just can't get past it."

"I feel like I let him down."

Reiju smiled and patted them both on the shoulders. "You're overthinking it."

"You were strangers who crossed paths. You owed each other nothing. His fate wasn't your fault."

"Besides, neither of you killed them."

Belo Betty took a drag on her cigarette, her expression calm. "The sea is cruel."

"Who knows how many people die out here every day?"

"Danger and opportunity go hand in hand on these seas. Even if we'd let them go that day,"

"who could guarantee they wouldn't have run into other pirates, or a sudden storm?"

"You saw their ship and what they were capable of. They couldn't have handled those risks."

Alvida swung her