One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 646 New Crew and Baking
"Okay, everyone is introduced to Charlotte Garrett. You will be sailing with us starting today. I know we had some unpleasant experiences before, but I hope you can put aside the influence of that incident and continue your pleasant voyage. That's all. Please tell me more."

Bucky walked down from the wooden box on the deck and gave his seat to Garette, who hesitated for a moment and finally walked up.

"My name is Charlotte Garrett. I'm thirteen years old. My favorite foods are butter bread and butter biscuits. I'm good at making snacks. I've caused you all some trouble before. Although I've been too modest before, I still want to say it again here. I'm very sorry for causing you all trouble. I, I, I hope to join you. Although I don't have much ability, I will work hard to get your recognition! That's all!"

Garrett felt like she was holding her breath as she shouted all the words. She was even embarrassed to look up at everyone, for fear that they would disagree with her.

"Oh! You can make snacks? Isn't that amazing? Lucky Lu! You should learn from little sister Garrett! The cookies you make will break your teeth."

"That's right, Wuta wanted to eat something sweet, but you made a pot of syrup and put the meat in it and swirled it around. You can call that a dessert!"

"Just tell me if it's sweet or not!"

"It's sweet! But how can Uta eat it if she holds a piece of syrupy meat that's taller than her?"

Garrett was somewhat surprised by the cheering and quarreling sounds in front of her. Without exception, no one among these people blamed Garrett. Instead, they cheered for her arrival.

"How was it? Didn't expect this to happen?"

Bucky walked up to Garrett, patted her shoulder and said.

"I really didn't expect that. I obviously delayed you for so long and was ready to attack you, but why do you all seem to not care?"

Garette said with a confused look on her face at this moment. She knew that Buggy was the vice captain of the Red Hair Pirates. In her opinion, if a vice captain might be attacked, the crew members would not only scream and chop that person to death, but would definitely not give the murderer a good face. Why were these people so excited instead?
"Because there's nothing to worry about. I'm not injured, am I? And you don't really mean any harm. With your current abilities, you still have a long way to go before you can hurt me. Since you're willing to join us, we won't hide anything. Just follow our training. When you're strong enough, your family won't stop you from going back. Apart from anything else, after these few days of contact, I feel like your family members value family affection very much. In my opinion, what happened to you this time is not that serious at all. I suspect your family members just want you to come out and gain some experience."

Buggy said out loud what he had prepared long ago. After all, Katakuri's goal was to gain experience, so he naturally didn't want to directly hit Garette because of this matter.

"Is what you said true?"

Hearing that she still had the possibility of returning home, Garrett instantly became excited. The most uncomfortable thing for her was that she was kicked out, and people who were kicked out had no right to go back on their own.

"Of course. Didn't Auntie say when you left that she hoped you would grow up when she saw you next time? If she didn't want to see you, how could she say that?"

Shanks also came over and said.

"Yeah! Mom said that!"

Garette suddenly reacted at this moment. At that time, her mind was full of sadness. She didn't pay attention to what the aunt said and agreed in a daze. Now she realized that the aunt's words at that time already meant that if she could grow up, she could return to Wan Guo.

"Hahahaha, now you're relieved, right? Okay, no matter you're joining temporarily or permanently, you're now a member of the Red Hair Pirates! Since you're one of us, put aside your sadness and let's have fun! Everyone listen up! Let's have the party!"

Shanks raised his arms and shouted to everyone.

"Ohhhhhh!"

Excited voices spread all around. The depressing atmosphere at the dock had made them feel very uncomfortable. Now a happy banquet was more suitable than anything else! "I'll come too! Let you taste the snacks I made!"

Garrett, who had come to her senses, got rid of her bitter face, jumped down from the wooden box, and said with her sleeves rolled up.

"Oh! Isn't this very capable? Come on, let Laqi Lu have a taste of what real snacks are. He was just being stubborn, and his stubbornness still hasn't been cured after so many days in Wan Guo!"

"Nonsense! How can it be food without meat?"

"But it's a snack! It's a dessert!"

A group of people started making trouble again, and their target was still Laqi Lu.

"Sister! Can I have a cream puff?"

Uta walked carefully to Garette's side. She still disliked Garette a little bit. After all, the other party was ready to attack Bucky at that time. She was still a child and not as generous as others, but her desire for dessert still made her walk over carefully. She had eaten a lot of delicious snacks in Wanguo in the past few days, and really didn't want to try Lachi Lu's barbecue dipped in syrup again. That thing was too scary.

"No problem! I remember there was sweet cream provided by Opera in the supplies. I'll let you taste my craftsmanship. I tell you, my favorite desserts have been made by Bovair since he was a child!"

Uta's appearance reminded her of Bovair when she was a child. Naturally, she would not refuse, but instead looked for what she wanted among the various supplies.

An hour later, all kinds of delicious dishes, or to be more precise, large pieces of meat, were served on the table by Laci Lu. He was best at serving all kinds of meat, while Banchina brought up all kinds of prepared wines and non-alcoholic cocktails, and finally, there were all kinds of snacks baked by Garette.

"Oh! It looks delicious!" Everyone couldn't help but say as they looked at the table full of delicious food.

"The oven on the ship is not good enough. It could be better. Captain! Deputy Captain! Can you apply to buy a better oven? This oven has been used to bake too much meat and the taste has spread."

After placing the last big cake on the table, Garette said that in just an hour, she had been able to blend in smoothly. She had to say that the atmosphere of the Red Hair Pirates was really great. Although they were not related by blood, they were still a family, a different feeling from the Bankaku, but a very similar family.

"Approved! When you get to the Beast's territory, ask someone to help find an empty room and renovate it. From now on, you can make your desserts there."

Bucky stuffed three butter biscuits into his mouth in a row. The biscuits from Wan Guo successfully helped him get rid of the shadow of the past, so he agreed with Garette's idea without hesitation.

"How great, how great!" Uta was happily holding a puff as big as her palm, with pink bubbles popping out of it. There were not only cream flavors, but also various other flavors, such as chocolate and matcha. They were all great!
"Then let's vote! Appoint Charlotte Garrett as the Red Hair Pirates' first pastry chef! I agree!"

Shanks stood on a chair and raised his arms.

“I agree!” “How can I not agree!” “Of course I agree!”…

Naturally, everyone raised their hands. Garrett had already proved that she was not a burden, so why would they disagree?

"Thank you, thank you everyone." Looking at everyone's smiles, Garrett's eyes were filled with tears.

(End of this chapter)