By the third day of Water Seven, we were ready to leave. The day before, Trini and Ruminoff had been together, spending quality time as a family. Meanwhile, I was already training Arthur and looking for ships bound for Alabasta.
There weren't any that went directly to the destination, so I took the one that made the most detours. This way, we could go to interesting places and help them with any unfavorable situations they might be experiencing.
The problem is that it leaves in three more days, so we have to make time.
The next day, we trained. Arthur was interested in knightly things thanks to the stories I told him, more specifically those of King Arthur of Camelot, so he was inspired by them. Although I couldn't give him a sword, that space was mine. So, I offered him the spear, saying that King Arthur's spear was an artifact that held up the world and was very powerful, and with that, he felt comfortable using it.
Trinity practiced her aim with weapons, including crossbows, bows, pistols, and rifles. In the end, she stuck with the rifle for a while. I did buy her a coat that could hold about eight pistols at once.
It's worth mentioning that Ruminoff left in the morning, found a boat to drop him off near where they live, so after a few goodbyes and a few tears, she headed home.
The second day of waiting wasn't much different from the previous one, except I also decided to train, more specifically, to learn the remaining six naval styles. I know the procedure to develop them, and since I didn't have much to do, I won't be able to do Haki, at least, unless I meet someone powerful who, when we fight, will activate my Haki.
I asked the system how it was going with Haki. It turns out it can tell me that.
Observation Haki is currently in its basic phase, Armament Haki is unawakened, and Conqueror's Haki is in its awakened phase.
When I asked the system what awakened and unawakened meant, it turns out there are five phases of Haki, at least according to the system.
Unawakened means I can't use it for any reason; awakened means it's usable but can't be controlled; basic means you can use it but only a few abilities, which are generally the most basic; intermediate means it has most of the abilities unlocked for that Haki with a good mastery of it; and advanced means you already have all the abilities and complete mastery to use it however you want.
I hadn't realized I could use Observation Haki, but thinking back, it makes sense, even though I only have one or two abilities.
I also discovered that Trinity has Observation Haki, which is why it was easy for her to shoot with ranged weapons and recognize targets. In retrospect, she's at a medium level. That's true, though, if she doesn't have the ability to see the future, and she uses the skills she does have in a very basic way.
And Arthur...
He has nothing. Poor thing, that's going to change, but not now. He has to learn how to fight first, and then I'll teach him the rest.
The third day was the same, except I decided to buy the system items. Since the purchases will be in the system's storage, there's no problem doing that now.
Seeing the amount of LP I have, which is 21,030,000 LP, and calculating what I plan to buy, I even have some left over.
First, what is for me, being the fountain of youth or eternal life, which in the system are the same thing, costs 1,500,000 LP, and also a bone pill, since the previous one was for the body, or specifically, for the muscles, which are 500,000 LP.
Now for Trinity, I have a sniper weapon, which can take down up to 2,500,000 LP armored tanks. At first, I didn't take into account the system's ranged weapons for one reason: they don't sell bullets. The weapon already comes with a certain amount of bullets, and if you want more bullets, you have to buy the weapon again; the bullets don't come separately. But now I found a way around this: a Paramecia-type fruit, specifically the Transmutation Fruit. With this fruit, you can touch anything and transform it into anything. As long as you know what bullets are like, we can create infinite bullets with the resources and the right material, except for the sea stone, which cannot be touched. The fruit costs 3,000,000 LP.
For Arthur, I have a very special spear, the Durindana, Hector's spear, which they say is the same Durandal and which he used in the Trojan War. The weapon costs 7,000,000 LP. The spear comes from the Fate franchise. It's very long, with a golden-colored sword tip. In a way, it looks like a sword, but with a wizard who is almost 1.80 meters tall, with his eye.
(Note: I couldn't find the weapon's measurements, but it looks like she's taller than Hector, with the handle being almost the same height, so the weapon must measure about 2.5 meters, also by eye.)
Also for general information, I bought two technique books: one on spears for Arthur to progress quickly, and another on hand-to-hand combat techniques, which works for any of the three. Both cost me 140,000 PL.
Another thing I bought was the plans for a weapon design, plus the materials needed to make it, which cost me 1,000,000 PL and 3,000,000 PL respectively.
With all that purchased, of the 21,030,000 PL, I had 2,390,000 PL left over, which I'll save for later, as emergency savings.
Once we were on the third day of training, the Water 7 ship departed. We'd pass by a fair number of islands, as the ship would be selling merchandise from island to island.
This helps us in case there are any islands with pirate or bandit problems, so we can gradually make a name for ourselves. It's also important if the ship has a confrontation with pirates on the open sea, as the age of piracy is in full swing and there must be thousands of pirates searching for the One Piece.
(Note: I searched for information about the day of Roger's death, but I didn't find anything except that it was 24 years before the start of the story, so I'll make up the date here to give an idea of the chronology of the story.)
It's been 8 months since the pirate king died, and we'll be on the ship in about 3 months. In another month, it'll be Christmas, so we'll arrive in February. It's worth mentioning that next month will be my birthday, and I'll finally turn 15.
He mentioned in passing that Trini's birthday is in March and Arthur's in June.
Once on board, each of them helped out in some way.
Trinity was in charge of fishing; her fishing and swimming skills made her an important member of the crew. Arthur trained with his spear in the mornings and went to sleep in the afternoon to act as a lookout. I did two things here. First, I helped in the ship's kitchen, and Arthur acted as a bard at night.
My skills in telling fantastic tales made almost every night unforgettable for the crew. I also sang and danced, sufficiently developing these skills, earning him 100,000 LP for those two.
Some of the stories I told were: Norse mythology, Arthurian legends, Assassin's Creed, Final Fantasy 7, much of Runeterra's lore, Full Metal Alchemist, Code Geass, among others.
During this voyage, we were really busy. In addition to all that, there were also pirate attacks. Most were small crews, who escaped or were defeated with a few cannons.
As for the islands, well, each island had its problems: pirates, bandits, or even the townspeople themselves.
The only good thing was that it gave us time to solve these problems. Clearing the area of criminals wasn't that complicated, but searching for evidence of corruption among the town's high officials was.
In the end, we always get praise and celebrations in these cases. The bad thing about this was that it delayed us a day from getting to Alabasta. At least it wasn't always like that.
Finally, as we were getting close to reaching Alabasta, a pelican arrived with the news, and when I saw the news, I smiled.
The arrival of a group of Heroes toured Paradise.
There were some of the charitable works we'd done on some of the islands, and there was also what happened to Nilox and his crew. I had to be the one to turn the pirate in and ask for the reward in my name.
I showed it to my companions. Arthur seemed excited, still dreaming of becoming a knight, his hopes and dreams. Trinity, on the other hand, didn't give it much thought; fame and all that didn't interest him; he was more interested in anonymity.
And with that, we continued out at sea, fishing for fish and hunting pirates. With the number of pirates we'd handed over to the navy, we now have 85,000,000 berries.
After a few detours, we arrived in Alabasta, safe and sound. To a place filled with dirt and sand. But it will serve as cover for the system's store purchases and will help him get used to them, not to mention that these conditions will make both of them stronger and more determined.