One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Seeing the lark's face flushed red in the flames, Rorschach couldn't help but reach out and hand her the roasted meat he was holding, bringing it to her lips.

"You should eat some too, don't just focus on serving others."

As he spoke, Luo Xia reached out and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Yun Que froze, her pretty face, illuminated by the firelight, turning even redder.

"Oh."

She responded softly, parted her teeth slightly, and took a small bite of the roasted meat that Rorschach offered.

Luo Xia shook the roasted meat in his hand and urged, "Eat more! You're not on a diet. If you eat so little, will you have the energy to compete for the general's candidacy position tomorrow?"

Seeing his stubbornness, Lark had no choice but to open her mouth again, take a big bite of roast meat and chew it, her cheeks bulging out like a hamster eating.

"Here you go. Since we have enough barbecue, let's sit down and eat together. There's also some juice here."

Luo Xia shoved the kebab he had eaten into Yun Que's hand and tried to pull her to sit down on the embankment platform next to them.

But Yun Que, who was holding the grilled meat, grabbed his hand instead, her pretty face slightly flushed. She glanced at the crowd behind her and lowered her voice to Luo Xia, saying, "Brother Luo Xia, I have something I want to tell you."

"Huh? What is it?" Luo Xia was taken aback.

But he quickly noticed the lark's slightly flushed face and nervous expression, and immediately understood what she meant. He naturally took her hand in return, left the barbecue area where everyone was, and walked towards the deserted beach.

Noticing the two leaving hand in hand, everyone who was eating, drinking, and chatting couldn't help but smile like doting aunts.

Sengoku and Kizaru, sitting next to Akainu, tilted their heads to look at him.

"What are you doing?" Akainu glanced at the two of them.

"Hehe, it's okay, you eat yours." Zhan Guo chuckled dryly.

Akainu snorted and continued to eat heartily.

on the beach.

A gentle sea breeze blows, and the moonlight, like phosphorescence, dances on the deep blue sea. The waves lap gently, like playful jellyfish tentacles, swirling the sand at your feet.

Luo Xia held the lark's little hand and strolled in this quiet, deserted corner, far away from the island's hustle and bustle.

"What's wrong? Is Hibari unhappy?"

Luo Xia looked at Hibari, who had buried her head in her chest and was too shy to speak even though she said she had something to tell him, and asked with concern.

"No, I...I didn't, I'm very happy." Hibari quickly raised his head and stammered.

"Is it because you're worried about competing for a general's candidacy?" Rorschach asked again.

Yun Que froze, her long eyelashes trembling, her pupils slightly widening. "How did Brother Luo Xia know?"

"Of course we're telepathically connected! I can read your mind; I know exactly what you're thinking."

Luo Xia chuckled and reached out to pinch Yun Que's cheek.

"Ugh, Brother Luo Xia is disgusting." Yun Que pretended to vomit.

Luo Xia smiled and ruffled her hair. "What's wrong? Lacking confidence?"

"Yeah, a little."

Lark was somewhat dejected. "I don't know why my name was on Gates' list of general candidates."

She peeled her fingers, feeling somewhat ashamed.

"My strength... is still too weak compared to Enel and Gion. Even against Law, I'm not confident I could defeat him. Although I'm a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, I always feel that developing my Cloud-Cloud Fruit is a bit too complicated."

"Although I can create all kinds of clouds, thunderclouds that can unleash lightning, fire clouds that can release flames, mirage clouds that can cause illusions in the enemy, poison clouds that can poison, suffocating smoke clouds, and rain clouds that can bring rain."

"But the lightning I unleash is not as powerful as yours or Enel's. The flames I release are not as strong as Fire Fist Ace's. The poison mist I release is probably not even as powerful as Caesar Clown's. The intensity of my smoke cloud is also not as strong as Smoker's. The rain from my most familiar rain cloud is not enough to form a flood that can overwhelm the enemy."

She drooped her little head dejectedly, looked at her toes, and continued to moan.

"No matter how much I train, my stamina can't keep up with Bepo and the others, my Haki growth isn't as good as Enel and Law's, and I don't know swordsmanship. Forget about competing for an admiral candidate position; I don't even think I'm qualified for the rank of vice admiral. It's better to let Law compete with Enel and the others for the admiral candidate position. If I go up there, I'll only embarrass myself. Ugh~"

Lark suddenly cried out in pain, clutched his head, and looked up at Rorschach with a pitiful expression.

"Brother Luo Xia, why did you hit me?"

Luo Xia, with a stern face, withdrew his raised finger. "Who told you to look down on yourself like that?"

"I...I don't mean to belittle myself, I'm just telling the truth. Compared to them, I'm really a bit weak...What are you going to do? Don't hit me..."

The lark's voice grew softer and softer. When it saw Luo Xia raise his finger again, it was so frightened that it quickly covered its head and squatted down on the ground.

Looking at the pitiful little girl, Luo Xia felt both annoyed and amused.

He stopped walking, plopped down on the beach, and pulled the lark, who was squatting on the ground, over to sit down on the sand next to him with a start.

"Brother Luo Xia... what are you going to do?" Yun Que looked at Luo Xia's big hand that reached out and put it on her shoulder, and her pretty face instantly turned hot, and her body tensed up like a piece of wood.

"Not now." Luo Xia said casually, a slight smirk on his face, then changed the subject before Yun Que could react: "By the way, why are you suddenly so insecure? The Yun Que I know isn't the type to give up so easily. Is there something else you're hiding from me?"

"No...no, I just feel like I'm too weak..."

"Ok?"

Seeing Luo Xia's unfriendly gaze, as if he would do something to her if she was hiding something, Yun Que's face turned even redder, and her heart pounded wildly like a deer.

She hesitated for a moment, as if she found it difficult to say, but she still gritted her teeth and stammered, "I...I...I've had my period."

"Huh? What's here?" Rorschach was stunned.

He didn't understand.

"It's...it's that..." Yun Que was so embarrassed that her whole body went weak. She didn't know how to tell Luo Xia.

But Luo Xia quickly realized something and exclaimed, "Oh, you mean that? You're on your period?"

"Auntie?" Yun Que blinked, looking confused. "I don't have an auntie."

"Cough cough cough." Luo Xia coughed violently, trying hard to suppress the corners of his mouth that wanted to turn up, and subconsciously glanced at Yun Que's lower abdomen. "Not that period, I mean... um, you mean what you mean. I mean, I understand what you mean."

"Oh." Yun Que was too shy to look up and buried her burning face in her knees.

"I'm sorry, Hibari."

However, the sound of Rorschach apologizing beside him made Hibari look up in surprise.

"Brother Luo Xia, why are you apologizing? You haven't done anything wrong to me. This has nothing to do with you..."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Luo Xia suddenly extend his large left hand towards her, open his palm, and cover her lower abdomen.

"Huh?"

Lark's brain went blank for a moment, and he was completely stunned.

A warm bio-current flowed from Luo Xia's left palm into Yun Que's body, easing her tension and making her feel as if she were soaking in a warm hot spring. She entered a state of complete relaxation and warmth from the inside out, and felt a little drowsy.

The physical discomfort disappeared, leaving a warm and comfortable feeling.

At the same time, Luo Xia's gentle, apologetic voice reached his ears.

"It was my oversight. I forgot that besides being a strong and powerful female naval soldier, you are also a physiologically normal girl. All the female soldiers in headquarters are like this. Their outward strength is in no way inferior to that of men, which always makes us subconsciously forget that you are women with different physiological structures than us."

"You don't need to feel embarrassed about getting your period; it's a normal physiological phenomenon. I'm the one who should apologize. It's all my fault for not noticing your condition sooner. You've been busy all day, and I made you prepare so much food for everyone. You must be exhausted!"

"It's alright. You don't need to participate in the competition for the general candidate tomorrow. I'll talk to Uncle Sakazuki and the others. Don't blame yourself for this... Hmm? Hibari?"

Before Luo Xia could finish speaking, he saw Yun Que throw herself into his arms, hug him tightly, and cry in his arms with a choked voice.

Luo Xia frantically tried to comfort her, but couldn't stop the sobbing girl from crying.

He could only smile wryly as he pulled the lark into his arms, took off the cloak from his back, and wrapped the lark up like a large blanket.

Looking at the girl curled up in his arms, Luo Xia couldn't help but tease, "Look at you, don't you look like a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes? You look like you won't stop crying until you get milk."

"No...no, that's not it." Hibari, who was sobbing, finally burst into laughter through her tears and struggled to break free from Luo Xia's embrace.

Rorschach stretched out his hands and held her tightly, like a fawn caught in a hunter's trap, unable to escape his clutches.

Lark struggled for a moment, but finding it was futile, she had no choice but to give up and obediently nestled in Rorschach's arms.

It has to be said that the difference in size between a three-meter-tall person and a one-and-eight-meter-tall person is really too great.

Rorschach's description was very apt; the lark now truly resembled an infant being held in the arms of an adult.

Rorschach's physique wasn't the particularly exaggeratedly muscular type.

For example, Bepo's muscles grow horizontally, or Pamel's muscles are too large.

His physique is similar to Akainu's; he's neither as lean as Aokiji or Kizaru, nor as round and muscular as Sentomaru.

Otherwise, the size difference between the two would probably be even more exaggerated.

Seeing that Yun Que had calmed down, Luo Xia chuckled and said, "So that's why you suddenly became withdrawn. It turns out it was because you weren't feeling well. You should have said so earlier. You should take care of your own health, you idiot."

"I...I understand." Yun Que's face was flushed, and there were still tears in the corners of her eyes, making her look pitiful.

"And also, regarding those shortcomings you mentioned, I must say, you analyzed them very well. It seems you have a deep understanding of how to develop your own abilities, right?"

Seeing Yun Que nodding like a chick pecking at rice with her head tucked in, Luo Xia shook his head and chuckled, "But why do you always compare your weaknesses to other people's strengths? You should think more about where you are better and more capable than others. Although I don't want to see you being arrogant and complacent, you can't belittle yourselves too much."

"Think about it carefully. Enel, Smoker, Caesar, Ace—who among them can simulate the abilities of all of them so easily using only one ability, like you?"

"Your Cloud-Cloud Fruit, with just one, possesses the effects of several Logia-type abilities such as thunder, smoke, gas, and fire. And that's not all; it can even create illusions, mimic others, and alter the weather to cause natural disasters. What an incredibly comprehensive ability!"

"Think about Charlotte Linlin. On this ocean, she was probably the only one who could create so many of your abilities using the Soul-Soul Fruit."

"The reason you haven't felt your own power yet is because your stamina and Haki haven't caught up. Once your stamina catches up, I can tell you with certainty that your Cloud-Cloud Fruit will become an even more powerful ability than Enel's Rumble-Rumble. You will become a true weather goddess, a goddess of natural disasters."

A little embarrassed by Luo Xia's flattery, Yun Que stammered, "But how can I improve my stamina?"

"Girls do have some differences in physical strength and physique compared to boys. Apart from inhuman female monsters like Charlotte Linlin, most of the strong women in this world don't actually have exaggerated physiques."

Luo Xia said, "Look at Granny Tsuru, Vice Admiral Gion, Tina, Peacock, and the Pirate Empress. Do you really think there's a big gap between your physical talent and theirs?"

Hibari thought about it carefully, then shook her head slightly. "They should be normal humans like me, right?"

"Don't look at me like I'm not human when you say that."

Luo Xia vigorously ruffled Yun Que's hair, making her long hair messy, which made Yun Que glare at him angrily.

"That's why I said, don't rush things. Since you're not destined to be a non-human monster, just grow slowly and get closer to those normal strong women. Look at yourself, you're sixteen years old, a vice admiral in the Marine Headquarters, possessing both types of Haki, a Logia-type ability, excellent cooking skills, beautiful appearance, kind heart, and gentle and considerate..."

Rorschach couldn't finish his sentence.

Because the lark's blushing face had already leaned closer.