The pirate ship still set sail on time.
Shanks held a barrel of wine and leaned against the side of the boat, looking at the receding coastline.
There were seagulls flying in the sky, and Uta breathed a sigh of relief without leaving any trace.
"I'm going back to my room!"
She said this and ran to her room.
Luffy's little head was leaning against the window, looking at the sea view in the distance. Uta looked around in fear, and when he saw no one, he pushed Luffy's head back in a hurry, closed the window again, and then entered the room.
"Be careful of being discovered!" Uta warned Luffy.
"If you are discovered now, it is very likely that the boat will sail back and put you back in Windmill Village."
"Don't worry Uta, my ears are still very sharp." Luffy said with a smile. He was bored again. He looked into Uta's room and found some books.
"Can Uta teach me how to read?" Luffy asked.
He is illiterate, so we can't expect Garp to give him any literacy education, which would take up time and energy.
As for Luffy, without a beautiful girl to accompany him, he didn't have much time to think about reading.
So I have been living as an illiterate until now.
Although Luffy didn't like Uta's style, especially her two-colored hair, she was also a qualified beautiful girl, so she picked up the idea of reading again.
"Are you illiterate?" Uta was obviously surprised.
"There is no place like a school in Windmill Village. It has to be on a larger, more prosperous island." Luffy explained.
"Shanks taught me how to read, so keep it on me!"
Uta, who competed with Luffy and lost many times, realized that she was stronger than Luffy, so she confidently began to teach Luffy to read.
She picked up a music picture book and began to teach Luffy how to read.
Luffy's brows knitted together. Even with a beautiful girl reading by his side, he was still unable to learn new words.
The text here is a bit like a combination, half English but not Japanese, which is also in line with the trend of Japanese comics. They always like to suddenly add a few English sentences.
It is still too difficult to study with one reading companion, so I have to find two more beautiful girls to study with, making up three study companions. This way, I will have motivation to study.
Luffy was in a daze, and then was hit on the head by Uta-sensei with a notebook.
"serious!"
Uta looked at Luffy seriously, she seemed to have awakened to the joy of being a teacher.
After noticing Luffy's slow progress in liberal arts.
Wisdom seems to be innate, and Luffy doesn't know how to explain this kind of thing. He can often master the tricks of physical matters easily.
But when it comes to studying arts and sciences, the progress is much slower, and my brain seems to be slowing down.
Luffy refused to admit that this was his problem, so he blamed the body.
Material determines consciousness, so it must be this body that is dragging down my progress in studying!
Reading has a powerful hypnotic effect.
So Luffy decided to leave things like studying until night, so that he could fall asleep.
When they arrived at the lunch place, Uta was a little anxious and uneasy, "Luffy, you said...if you go out now, Shanks won't blame you, right?"
There was no way he could hide in Uta's room every day.
"Hmm... Then when will Shanks find me?" Luffy asked.
"At noon or at night, I will bring you food. In this way, you will be discovered too easily." Uta said.
Luffy thought the same thing, sooner or later he would be discovered.
"Then try to be discovered again at night." Luffy responded.
By that time, Shanks wouldn't be able to reverse the bow of the boat and throw him back to Windmill Village.
Uta went out to have lunch, while Luffy stayed in the room and continued reading.
Uta wanted to take lunch back to the room to give to Luffy, but it was not like breakfast, there were easy-to-carry foods like bread.
A pirate's lunch consists of big fish and meat on a plate. It's hard to find something small enough to carry secretly.
But asking her to carry the plate back to the room to eat would be too conspicuous and an abnormal behavior.
Uta held the chopsticks and absentmindedly thought about how to help Luffy get food.
This level of difficulty is really too high... Can you bring him some fruit?
"Uta..." Shanks' call made Uta a little confused. She looked at her adoptive father and made a sound in her mouth. Apparently she didn't hear why Shanks called her.
"Uta, does today's food not taste good?"
"Or are you feeling unwell?"
Shanks cares deeply about the singer. After all, he has raised her since she was a child. Uta's abnormality has attracted his attention.
The other pirates also looked at the little princess.
"Uta, don't you want to eat?"
The chef was even more nervous. He brought an appetizing soup to Uta.
The bowl was six centimeters high, and the sweet soup was boiling in the giant bowl.
"Yeah... It's not because of this..." Uta smiled reluctantly and hurriedly rejected the chef's kindness.
Adults, especially pirates, eat quite a lot, and Uta can't stand the kindness of these adults.
She was just hesitant to tell Shanks about Luffy first.
"Uta, is there something you want to tell me?" Shanks noticed what Uta was about to say.
"actually……"
Uta still couldn't withstand the pressure, so she awkwardly told Shanks the truth.
…
"What!!!"
The pirates' eyes almost popped out.
"That brat Luffy is on our ship?"
"It's over, now I'm going to be chased by Garp!!!"
The pirates suddenly became excited.
Shanks was also speechless. He didn't expect that Uta would help Luffy hide on the boat.
"Captain, Luffy is really in Uta's room!!!"
A tall pirate had already lifted Luffy out.
The little Luffy was caught by the pirates and hung in the air by his clothes.
He crossed his arms regretfully and waited for the pirates to respond.
"Captain, what should we do now? Do we want to sail the ship back?"
the pirate asked.
"Shanks, I just want to travel for a while, don't be so reactive!"
Luffy said confidently to the red hair.
Uta's mood became lighter after he expressed his thoughts.
"Yeah Shanks, Luffy is just tired of staying in that small village with nothing. Besides, we won't go to the Grand Line for the time being, so it's no problem." Uta said.
"Although I really want to kick this kid back, the ship has already sailed here..." Shanks pondered.
"That's right, Shanks, the ship has already sailed. You can't go back for me. Others will think you are afraid of Garp!"
Luffy said with a no problem look on his face.
"And I'm very useful. If there is a navy chasing you, I can speak for you." Luffy gave a thumbs up, pretending to be a big brother covering you up.
Gulu gulu~
Luffy's stomach growled.
The pirates burst into laughter.
"Okay, let's eat first, brat, you can't do this next time..."
Shanks brought new bowls and chopsticks and placed them in front of Luffy.
