One Piece Law Light Novel

Penguin, you garbage! I had grilled this piece of meat myself!So what?! Quicker wins!Penguin and Shachi wait a minute! I saw that you had already swallowed three pieces, while I have only eaten two! I remind you that I got here before you did, so show me some respect!

Our dinners are always very active.Most of the time, Shachi, Penguin, and Bepo are arguing over some bad stuff. I tell myself that we would avoid a lot of confusion if, from the start, we shared the food fairly on everyone's plate instead of putting everything in a large dish, but I don't hesitate to put on a fourth piece of meat.

Shut it up a bit, moms! How many times will I have to tell you that here we eat in silence ?!

Old Wolf bangs his fist on the table and launches into his talks. As I know that, in his case, it usually lasts a while, I try to slip quietly into the next room, but ... someone suddenly grabs the back of my neck.

Law, you think I didn't see you trying to get away on your own, did you ?! I point out to you that it is because you, their leader, you do not take care of them well that these fellows lack of behavior!Oh yeah, and then what else ?! Certainly, I took them in my team, but I never made a commitment to become their mother!Name of a dog, but I'm dreaming! They are all more insolent than the others! Farewell, peaceful life, I will never find you …So what? Your current life is more animated than that of the time when you spent your days in your junk, it is not worse.So shut up! I didn't ask for your opinion!

Finally, I find myself alone to have to take Wolf's talks. Bepo and the others may observe the scene with a contrite air, I know that tomorrow they will start bickering again. Over time, I came to understand that if they ever genuinely regretted something, it never lasted more than a day.

Two months have passed at full speed since our life at five began.

Under a common roof, we share our meals, take baths together, invent games which we then play and spend a lot of time telling each other silly things. Never until now, in my whole life, have I made use of the time allotted to me in this way.

When I lived alongside Doflamingo and his men, all I had was despair. I was only moved by the dark desire to destroy this world before I disappeared myself, and nothing and no one could afford me these moments of pleasure that I have today. Doflamingo, Diamante, Lao G, Gladius, they had all taught me things, but it was for the sole purpose of making me their "toy".

Today, if I regard my time with Wolf, Bepo and the others, I at least know that they see me as a "human" and not as a thing. Our exchanges, our jokes, our laughter, all this makes me understand.

But the anger that I harbored towards Doflamingo did not disappear for all that. The desire for revenge remains present, black, dark, buried in my being; it appears from time to time on the surface of my face, without warning.

But now I have friends.

Friends who, thanks to all this stupidity that we do and say, help me to forget my anger, to forget my resentment.

And that's more than enough for me.

Regarding the work, we managed to share it with us in an equitable manner. At first we weren't used to it, we didn't know how to go about it and quarrels were numerous, but lately, myself included, we have finally managed to work hand in hand.

Wolf leaves the house at eight o'clock every morning and walks for about half an hour to his laboratory. For about a month or so, he seems to have things to do near the city, and it is not uncommon that night has already fallen by the time he returns.

I don't know what Wolf is up to, but are you sure he's okay? Between his inventions and his repeated outings in town, he does not risk getting tired? Bepo asks with great naivety.Don't worry, the junk's body is specially made. Remember, this morning again when he was talking about his work: "You will soon have the opportunity to see all our landscapes from the sky!"You're right, the main thing is that he's in good shape.

Wolf is the very embodiment of good health. As a precaution, he regularly undergoes a complete examination of his general condition, but the results are always perfectly normal. Better than that: his muscle strength and breathing capacity are even much better than that of a man in the full force of his age. Although he rarely evokes his youth, I imagine that at the time he had to train seriously.

While Wolf is away, we take care of the work in the fields, go fishing, do the housework and do the laundry. We do go backwards sometimes, but I have to admit that there are times when we also get a certain sense of pride in doing the work ourselves.

As for Penguin and Shachi, they say they want to become strong at all costs. However, the training they conduct in their own way is not very effective, it is often I who borrow weapons from Wolf in order to teach them the techniques of saber and cannon.

Okay, I admit it's not madness, but I'm not bored either. I must admit that these two are pretty good, and thanks to my advice that they listen carefully, they are progressing relatively quickly. I didn't expect the show of students putting into practice what I taught them to do so much to me. And when I see the bullet from their pistol crash into the middle of a distant target, I can't help but smile on my lips.

In the evening, we wait for Wolf to return for dinner, we talk about what we have been up to during the day, then we go to bed and sleep soundly. There are days when I find myself enjoying this well-regulated rhythm of life.

Although I know that in reality this kind of soft and comfortable existence never lasts very long.

Tomorrow we will all go to Pleasure Town.

One day, at dinner time, mister junk puts on a serious expression and says these words:

I hope you haven't forgotten your promise. You should not only help me work here, but also look for a job in town. You have been with me for two months already, you should think about respecting your commitment. I remind you that our relationship is only based on the "give and take", so if you want to pay a share of the rent and the food costs.

While speaking, Wolf scrutinizes us with his serious expression. At the moment, I am unable to respond favorably to his invitation.

Go to town.

Nothing to do, it's still the only thing that terrifies me today.

However, I am aware that I am completely cured of my illness. The white spots that strewn my face before have completely disappeared, no one in town will be surprised when they see me.

And yet.

Memories of the past have not disappeared. They remain present in me and continue to make me dirty. I remember those painful days when Corazon and I were walking in the snow. I remember those smiling doctors whose gaze changed, as if they had seen something dirty, and that nauseating atmosphere that set in as soon as I said the name of white lead disease.

And I'm scared.

With that, I'll go to bed. Tomorrow we will leave immediately after breakfast.

With these words, Wolf goes to his room. His words do not contain any hint of joke, on the contrary, he even expressed himself in a relatively cold tone. After the old man leaves, the atmosphere around the table becomes heavy. None of us seem to be happy with the announcement Wolf just made.

Say, Law …

Bepo calls out to me in a weak voice.

Do we really have to go to town?The old man is right. When he arrived here, we promised to go and work there, it was impossible to escape it.But ... I'm scared ... As soon as I think about how the people of town will react to seeing a talking bear, I start to tremble.Perhaps you would prefer to spend the rest of your life living here, at your ease and at the hook of the old man? That's not going to work. If we don't get out of here, we'll never be able to start our lives again.

And shit. I feel like I'm speaking for the sole purpose of convincing myself. I imagine Shachi and Penguin feeling exactly the same as Bepo. Or maybe not. They did not arrive here by chance, they had to flee. The anguish that threatens them now must be even stronger than ours.

I then ask them the following question:

Shachi, Penguin, do you know if Pleasure Town is a city that sucks?