Portgas D. Rouge finished giving birth. Ace was born after a normal ten-month pregnancy, rather than staying in Rouge's womb for twenty months as he had in the original story!
However, he had been born almost a year earlier than in the original story. Originally, he was three years older than Luffy; now, he should have been four years older.
Night gently covered Ohara's forest like a sheet of deep-blue velvet. Bonfires crackled around the tree houses, their dancing light casting a warm glow over everyone's faces.
Lilith, Lina, and the others stayed beside Rouge, watching the tender little life in his swaddling clothes, their eyes filled with boundless tenderness;
the other companions busied themselves in the clearing ahead. Fat dripped from the roasting meat into the flames, sending up tiny sparks. Its aroma mingled with the fresh scent of vegetation and spread through the night breeze.
Thanks to the formidable physiques of people in this world, together with Yueli's superb medical skills and the constant nourishment of Bailing's life force, Rouge recovered extremely quickly.
Unlike ordinary pregnant women, she did not need a long period of bed rest. By evening, she looked much better. Although her face still bore the pallor of childbirth, she could get out of bed and walk freely, and her expression had gained some of the gentleness of a new mother.
Everyone sat around the bonfire, without a single person missing-little Robin wore a newly made floral dress and held a piece of honey bread, taking small bites;
Rouge sat comfortably on a cushioned wooden stump, holding the swaddled Ace. Almost everyone's gaze unconsciously fell on the newborn baby.
After repeated nourishment from Bailing's life force, Ace had long since lost his wrinkled newborn appearance. Now he was fair and plump, his little face like