One Piece: Getting Stronger by Writing a Diary

"Captain, is Miss Hina really all right?"

"Should we wake her up?"

A gentle female voice reached Hina's ears.

She recognized it as Conis's voice.

Hina's eyelids twitched, but she did not open her eyes.

"Let her sleep. Miss Hina is far too exhausted."

"It's better to let her rest a little longer."

Another voice followed.

Unlike Conis's gentle tone, this one carried a little more resolve.

Hina recognized it as Raki's voice.

"All right, then. We'll let her sleep for now," Conis said.

"That's right. Compared to waking Hina, we have a more important mission right now, don't we?"

Raki laughed.

"You're right."

Conis's voice faded.

Immediately afterward, the familiar sound of slurping reached Hina's ears.

Being overly sensitive to that sound, Hina finally opened her eyes.

She saw Raki and Conis kneeling beside the window, facing an image Arton had projected onto the glass as he stood beside them.

"Not bad at all."

Hina unconsciously murmured, her voice filled with admiration.

"You're awake, Miss Hina."

Conis immediately reacted to her voice. After swallowing what was in her mouth, she happily approached Hina.

"Looks like we woke you up, Miss Hina."

Raki stood and smiled at her. As she spoke, she carefully licked everything from her face before swallowing it, unwilling to waste even a single drop.

"I wouldn't mind if you'd woken me up because of what was happening below."

Hina looked at the nighttime scenery outside the window and asked, "Did I really sleep for an entire day?"

"That isn't quite right." Conis shook her head. "To be precise, you slept for three days and three nights."

"Three days and three nights?" Hina exclaimed. "I can sleep that long?"

"You probably exhausted far too much mental energy on Enies Lobby."

"After coming here, you still haven't had a proper chance to rest, so you ended up like this."

Arton walked over to Hina and spoke apologetically.

Hina had failed to rest properly on Enies Lobby because of Spandam and his men.

After Arton brought her back, he had once again prevented her from getting adequate rest.

Thinking about it now, Arton could not help feeling a little guilty.

That was precisely why he had told everyone not to disturb Hina for the past few days, allowing her to rest properly in the observation room.

"I see."

Hina nodded, accepting Arton's explanation.

Although she had never slept for three days and three nights in a single stretch before, she had once slept continuously for two days.

Her ordeal on Enies Lobby had indeed been far too severe, so it was perfectly understandable that her body might need three days of rest.

"You must be hungry after sleeping for so long."

"I'll take you out of the observation room and find you something to eat."

"Is there anything you'd like, Hina?" Arton asked.

"I am hungry." Hina looked at him. "Some grape juice would be nice, if possible."

"Grape juice?" Arton raised an eyebrow. "I don't think we have any left aboard the ship."

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"If you mean supplies, isn't it right in front of me?"

Hina smiled softly.

Arton looked at her suspiciously and saw her sit up straight, solemnly leaning her head forward.

"I see. Miss Hina wants to squeeze the grape juice herself."

Raki smiled faintly.

"As expected of Miss Hina."

"That really is a fascinating metaphor," Conis said.

The corner of Arton's mouth twitched almost imperceptibly.

What was so fascinating about that metaphor?

At this rate, more and more bizarre metaphors related to him would keep appearing.

However, seeing how serious Hina was, he could hardly stop her.

In the end, Arton could only turn toward Conis and Raki.

"Conis, could you go to the kitchen and prepare some proper food?"

"Please gather everyone in the dining hall as well."

"No problem." Conis readily accepted the task. "Are you planning to hold another banquet, Captain?"

"Another banquet wouldn't be out of the question." Arton smiled. "Avoiding the Marines over the past three days delayed our arrival at Water 7, but it also gave me enough time to create new templates."

"Templates?"

Raki and Conis were both startled.

Hina unconsciously bit down harder.

Fortunately, Arton was tough enough that she did not hurt him.

"Captain, is that true? You really obtained more templates?"

Raki asked excitedly.

At present, the only people aboard the ship without templates were Raki and Hina, who had only recently joined.

In other words, Arton's new templates would most likely be given to either her or Hina.

How could Raki not be excited?

Naturally, Hina was equally thrilled.

The way she drew in the grape juice became increasingly wild, even though she had only just begun.

Arton saw through Hina's intentions. Evidently, she had the same question as Raki.

"I did obtain more templates, but Hina, this one might not be very suitable for you."

"It would suit Raki better."

Arton patted Hina's head apologetically.

"I see. So the template is mine."

Raki took a deep breath, and her smile grew even brighter.

At last, she could obtain a template too.

Although she had always shown extraordinary patience, that did not mean she did not want one.

She had originally believed she would need to wait much longer before receiving a template.

She had not expected the opportunity to arrive so quickly.

Had Hina not been kneeling before Arton at that moment, Raki would have stepped forward and given him a tight embrace before taking Hina's place.

"All right, Hina. I already said that Raki is the one receiving the template."

"You don't need to get so excited."

Arton laughed and patted Hina's head again.

There was no helping it. Since he did not possess a template suitable for Hina yet, he felt a little uncomfortable facing her enthusiasm.

Without freeing her hands, Hina silently took out a piece of paper and wrote a sentence before showing it to Arton.

"It's fine. I plan to eat and drink my fill as quickly as possible, then follow you to witness Miss Raki inherit her power."

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