Ye Chuan was not worried about the safety of his two companions.
At certain times, Perona's Hollow-Hollow Fruit ability could even produce unexpectedly remarkable results.
As for Robin...
His gaze settled on the black-haired woman elegantly turning the pages of a book, and a faint smile curved his lips.
She was no longer the weak woman who could only rely on her fruit ability to eke out a living in the cracks.
During their voyage together, Ye Chuan had drawn on his far-superior Observation Haki and his meticulous perception of energy flows to teach her practically hand over hand, holding nothing back about how to train Armament Haki.
And Robin truly lived up to her reputation as Ohara's genius scholar. Her ability to learn and comprehend was far beyond that of ordinary people.
In just a few short months, she had gained an initial grasp of the basic applications of Armament Haki. Under Ye Chuan's guidance, she had even successfully taken her first steps in Observation Haki.
Although she was still far from being able to coat her entire body in Armament Haki, she was more than capable of coating the arms created by her Flower-Flower Fruit ability in Haki for unexpected attacks and defenses.
In a sense, only after learning Armament Haki had Robin become truly impossible to counter.
Between Perona's occasional clamoring and Robin's intermittent attentive care, life aboard the ship was rather pleasant.
At dusk, the setting sun dyed the sea orange-red.
Ye Chuan finished his day's extreme weighted training, and Robin handed him a glass of chilled juice with a smile.
Then, as usual, she used her Flower-Flower Fruit ability to sprout several fair-skinned arms from Ye Chuan's shoulders, gently kneading them with exceptionally practiced, comfortable pressure.
Reclining in his deck chair, Ye Chuan felt