Big brother, I want to become the strongest pirate in the world!

Listening to Kazan's reasoning, Ah Jian felt that it was indeed very possible, after all, wasn't the man right in front of him a prime example?

Although Ah Jian might not be of much use to this painting—after all, there are relatively few pirates in the East Blue, and even fewer who can come to Cocoyasi Village—he still listened to Kazan's advice and put it away.

"Are you... leaving?"

"hold head high."

"Bellmere and the others found out too?"

"No, not yet. I plan to talk about it when I leave."

"Uh... in that case, Nojiko and Nami will probably cry."

"I just want to see them cry, hahaha."

"..."

Ah Jian really didn't want to comment too much on the man's bizarre hobbies.

Kazan nodded after seeing that A-Jian had put the painting away, then turned to leave. He suddenly stopped at the front door: "Ah... right, if those two little girls cry, you'll have to comfort them... anyway, the windmill on your hat is just for making them happy, right?"

"..."

As Ah Jian watched Kazan's figure gradually disappear into the night, he raised his hand and touched the windmill he had worn on his head for several years.

I don't know... if it's still useful.

……

The next day, Nojiko and Nami returned home and felt a mix of emotions as they looked at their drastically changed house.

They arrived at the orange grove, only to find Bellemere suddenly reverting to her appearance before the monster family returned, smoking and bustling about alone in the orange grove.

At this moment, Nojiko and Nami suddenly felt a strange sense of unease.

On the Carroso, Kazan gathered the entire monster family and told them that they would be leaving the day after tomorrow.

Apart from Perona and Sugar suddenly becoming very disappointed, no one else seemed to feel anything.

After breakfast, the two little girls immediately went to the orange grove to find Nojiko and Nami, as they hadn't had a proper chance to say goodbye to their friends.

Everyone began making preparations for departure, while Kazan went into the smelting room alone, where he would likely spend the next two days.

Chapter 146 The Two Sisters' Dreams

The day after tomorrow morning, Kazan came out of the smelting room and saw that his younger brothers and sisters were ready to set sail. He nodded in satisfaction and then glanced at the little manatee who was quietly licking milk in the corner.

In just one month, this little cow has grown to over four meters tall, which is terrifying.

"Hey... should we leave Moo Moo here?"

"Nonsense! This guy will be the size of a ship in less than two years, and he basically won't encounter any enemies in the East China Sea."

“...I know...brother.”

Kazan looked at Robin, who was hanging her head in dejection. Robin looked a little sad and disappointed. Kazan walked over to MooMoo and hugged it.

Kazan rarely saw such obvious sadness on Robin's face. It seems that after spending more than a month together, Robin has truly come to regard MooMoo as family.

However, Robin herself was well aware that once Moo Moo grew up and could no longer stay on the ship, it would be impossible for it to sail with them on the Grand Line indefinitely.

There are countless sea beasts that can hunt him there, not to mention sea kings and humans. Since MooMoo stays underwater, they can't keep an eye on him all the time, so they can only leave MooMoo in this peaceful East China Sea.

Just like the Rumbar Pirates and Laboon.

“It’s alright, I’ll go tell Bellemere to come and check on Moo Moo from time to time.”

After a while.

Bellemere stood on the shore, munching on an orange with an indifferent expression while staring at the silly cow in front of him.

"Hey... Kazan, do you think I can afford to support this guy?"

"No need to raise it specially, MooMoo is already quite big and can chase after fish to eat on its own."

"...Alright, I guess I won't see it more than a few times a year, so I'll reluctantly agree."

"Oh! Thank you."

Bellemere shifted her gaze from MooMoo to the Carrosso's flag: "By the way, are you leaving today?"

"What those two girls said?"

"Hmm... I overheard it when I was talking to Nojiko and Nami."

"Hehe, did your two darling daughters cry?"

"You cried, you cried really loudly, do you feel good about it?"

"No no."

"Tch, what a twisted sense of humor."

Bellemere rolled her eyes at Kazan, then pointed to the pile of things next to him: "So, what are these?"

"arms."

"Are you planning to stay here?"

"Right, you're not planning to use those farm tools to fight pirates every time, are you?"

"There's a naval base nearby. Although it doesn't do anything, it still looks like one. Where would so many daring pirates come from? So there's basically no need to prepare weapons."

"Keep it. You never know when it might come in handy. Besides... it wasn't good for my younger brothers and sisters to go to the villagers' houses every day to freeload. Consider this compensation."

Bellemere sighed. Kazan's younger siblings really did take after him; they loved to freeload wherever they went.

In the end, Bellemere had everyone in the village put their weapons away. With the arrival of the monster pirate crew, it was undeniable that there was a possibility of pirates landing in the future. It was better to be prepared and keep them.

Moreover, they were just ordinary swords and knives; there weren't many firearms, since they were just ordinary villagers who didn't know how to use guns.

"Hey! Moo moo!"

"Moo?"

"If anyone bullies you in the future, just say you're the Monster Pirates' backup food."

"...Moo..."

The manatee Moo Moo floated on the surface of the sea and looked at Kazan, tilting its head in confusion. It didn't quite understand what Kazan was talking about.

"never mind."

Kazan waved his hand, and Moo Moo was taken aback. It tentatively lowered its body a little, and after seeing that Kazan just stared at it without reacting, it tried again.

There was still no response. Moomoo swam around anxiously on the surface of the sea a few times before finally choosing to leave.

Although the food, drink, and accommodation were provided and it was comfortable, it wasn't very pleasant to be lying on the deck all the time.

At noon, Kazan specially invited Bellemere and his family of three to have lunch together on Carroso for one last 'voyage'.

On Carrosso, things returned to normal for the past month: Monet and Bellemere were making lunch, while Nojiko was studying diligently nearby.

Sugar and Kazan lay sprawled on Caroso's head, basking in the sun.

Perona and Nami followed Bon Clay from the lookout room, observing the clouds and wind direction.

Bellamy, Akin, and Tiga, three training fanatics, train like crazy whenever they have a spare moment. The first two are determined to become monster musclemen, while the last one is just dragged into training because he doesn't have any particular ideas.

Robin glanced at the sea every now and then, seemingly still thinking about Moo Moo.

After lunch, Caroso headed back towards Cocosia Village. The journey back was a little quiet, and the four usually boisterous little girls had become unusually calm.

Because everyone already knew what was going to happen next.

Kazan glanced at the two little girls huddled up next to Bellemere, looking so pitiful.

Kazan entered his smelting chamber and took out two small items, which were tokens symbolizing this encounter and the future.

When they arrived at Cocoyasi Village, Nojiko and Nami, the two little girls, decided to go home without saying a word, seemingly unwilling to properly say goodbye to the monster family.

"What an awkward little girl, I really don't know who she takes after."

Kazan glanced at Bellemere, who wasn't in a hurry to leave, and saw her two daughters walking away with a smile on her face.

Doesn't she understand her precious daughter?

"Hey!"

"...Uncle Kazan."

Nojiko and Nami turned around at the same time to look at Kazan, who had called out to them.

"Pepe and Tangtang look like they really want to hug you."

Kazan bent down and reached out to push his two sulking sisters.

Perona and Sugar blushed slightly after being nudged by Kazan: "Nojiko... Nami..."

Nojiko and Nami, whose eyes reddened upon being called, quickly ran over and hugged Sugar and Perona respectively.

"Huh...you didn't cry?"

Kazan murmured somewhat disappointedly. He had thought the four little girls would burst into tears together; that scene would have been adorable.

However, it's also nice that they quietly enjoy this moment of embracing.

"Here, this is for you."

"……necklace?"

Nojiko and Nami looked down at the two necklaces that had suddenly appeared on their chests.

The crystal-clear snow water was encased in a nearly transparent steel film, the snow water coming from Monet's Snow-Snow Fruit ability.

"It symbolizes 'purity,' and we hope that you will remain as innocent and lovely as you are now when you grow up."

Kazan crouched down and gently patted the two little girls' heads.

"Um... Brother Kazan!"

Will we ever meet again?!

Nojiko, moved by the beautiful necklace, immediately hugged Kazan's neck.

This was the first time Nojiko had ever called Kazan "brother."