“Mr. Xia Yu, why don’t you stay at my place tonight!”
As the villagers gradually dispersed, the man who brought Xia Yu to his home as a guest immediately asked his wife to prepare a room.
The man’s name was Orgus, a true-blue farmer who had lived in Frostmoon Village for generations. The furthest he had ever traveled was to the Frostmoon Village coast.
The reason was simple: after the former Pirate King, Roger, was executed in Loguetown, the scourge of pirates did not decrease, but instead grew more rampant, making many villagers on the island afraid to venture out to sea. Even so, pirates would still come to the island to pillage every few days.
Compared to other villages and towns on the island, Frostmoon Village was one of the safest in the East Blue.
First, Frostmoon Village had a dojo that taught villagers swordsmanship to strengthen themselves. Second, a group of mysterious people would appear at the dojo every few days to have late-night talks with the dojo master, Koshiro.
“Thank you.”
Xia Yu nodded slightly toward Orgus, but his gaze did not leave the green-haired boy standing at the entrance of Orgus’s home.
He had noticed the green-haired boy as soon as he appeared.
As a great traveler who had crossed dimensions, he naturally knew that this green-haired boy was young Zoro, one of the future members of the main cast.
According to the current timeline, Zoro was seventeen or eighteen years old at this time, likely eighteen.
Seeing Xia Yu looking at him, the green-haired boy no longer remained silent. He quickly stepped in front of Xia Yu and tentatively asked, “Have you… seen the world’s greatest swordsman, Dracule Mihawk?”
Before Xia Yu could speak, Orgus rushed over to introduce him to Xia Yu, “Mr. Xia Yu, this is Roronoa Zoro, the disciple of our village’s One Heart Dojo’s master, Koshiro. He is a swordsman.”
Without waiting for Orgus to finish, he quickly looked up, “Zoro, don’t be rude to Mr. Xia Yu!”
“How am I being rude?” Zoro’s eyes turned black, “I was just asking if he had seen Mihawk!”
“You call that not being rude?!” Orgus’s eyes widened, “When you ask someone a question, you have to put ‘sir’ after their name!”
Zoro disagreed, “He’s just a traveler, he looks about the same age as me!”
Orgus was about to erupt, but Xia Yu quickly spoke up, “Orgus, it’s fine! It’s fate that we meet, being able to chat together means we are friends! Go ahead and do your thing, I’ll have a chat with him!”
Hearing this, Orgus couldn’t say anything more. He glared fiercely at Zoro and then turned to leave.
It wasn’t that Orgus was making a fuss, it was just that in all these years, besides those mysterious people who came and went from the One Heart Dojo, there hadn’t been any visitors to Frostmoon Village!
Now that a well-traveled traveler had come, Orgus and the other villagers were naturally very welcoming. Plus, Xia Yu had been patiently explaining various things he had seen to the children, occasionally interjecting with some ‘wisdom’ such as, ‘the world is not all about fighting and killing, it’s about human relationships’. For the children who had grown up in Frostmoon Village, completely unaware of what the world was like outside, this was definitely a great thing!
Therefore, they naturally wanted to be polite and respectful to Xia Yu.
After Orgus turned and left, Xia Yu slightly raised his gaze to look at Zoro who had stepped in front of him. Although he had already learned about Zoro’s growth experience from the original work, he still pretended not to know, his eyes narrowed, “You’re asking about Mihawk, are you trying to surpass him to become the world’s greatest swordsman?”
Unexpectedly, Xia Yu saw through his thoughts in an instant. Zoro’s eyes widened in disbelief, “You know what I’m thinking?”
Xia Yu did not answer directly, but said calmly, “Although I am a traveler who has been to many places, I have not seen Mihawk! But this doesn’t matter to you, because you’re bound to go out to sea to find him. Where he is, how strong he really is, you’ll know when you see him!”
Zoro nodded, but he didn’t leave. His eyes towards Xia Yu gradually became fervent!
When he heard his villagemates mention that Xia Yu was a traveler and might have seen Mihawk, his first reaction was to learn about Mihawk through Xia Yu, hopefully telling him where he could find Mihawk!
But soon, his thoughts changed!
As a traveler, Xia Yu had been to many places and must have experienced many dangerous things.
And Xia Yu was able to reach the Grand Line from the South Blue, and then from the Grand Line to the East Blue unharmed, which meant that Xia Yu was very strong.
The fastest way to improve your strength is not to train endlessly, but to fight, real, cut-throat battles!
“You’ve been to so many places, you must have been in battles and met many strong people!”
After a brief silence, Zoro no longer hesitated and continued, “How about we spar? I’m going to sea tomorrow to find Mihawk, but before I go, I want to see where my limits lie!”
“Spar?”
Xia Yu blinked, then waved his hand, “I’m just a traveler, not a swordsman.”
Hearing this, Zoro’s eyes showed a flicker of disappointment.
He believed Xia Yu wasn’t lying, because if Xia Yu was a swordsman, he would have a sword on him.
Xia Yu not only didn’t have a sword, he didn’t even have a bag, a real budget traveler.
Seeing Zoro’s reaction, Xia Yu suddenly changed his tone, smiling, “However, although I am not a swordsman, I was fortunate enough to meet a great swordsman who had roamed the Grand Line 800 years ago, killing pirates and defeating all the strong fighters in the world. His name is Dugu Qiubai, and not many strong fighters in the Grand Line knew his name at the time, because instead of his name, the strong fighters in the Grand Line preferred to call him - The Sword Demon!”
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Today’s second update, more to come!
Looking for flowers, rating tickets, and monthly tickets!
Well, even with heatstroke, I’m still coding, coding makes me happy. Ahaha…