The Great Voyage: I Became Nami's Brother at the Start

Ma Yan gave a wry smile, looking frustrated.

Chapter 22 Departure

"Just kidding! Haha..." Seeing Ma Yan's expression, Bellemere laughed and shed tears.

"I'm back!"

With a complicated expression, Ma Yan reached out and pulled Bellemere into his arms.

Norton, who is nearly 1.9 meters tall, is slightly taller than Bellmere, who is 1.86 meters tall.

Nami and Nojiko also put their arms around the shoulders of the two of them, and the family's heads were together.

Not far away, the villagers watched from a distance, smiling with satisfaction, and did not come over to disturb them.

"I never imagined that the little guy from back then would grow so tall and strong in just a few years!"

"Yes, yes! Norton must be able to sweep through the pirates of the East Blue by now!"

"With him around, I really feel at ease!"

As people discussed the matter, several of the aunts who had received Norton's care even shed tears.

……

That evening, Norton booked a restaurant in the village and invited all the villagers he knew to dinner.

There weren't enough seats, so they set up a banquet outside the restaurant, with each household bringing their own tables to share.

The meal lasted from evening until late at night before everyone finally left, thoroughly satisfied.

……

After placing Nami and Nojiko on the bed, Norton and Bellemere, who was smoking a cigarette, went outside the room.

"Tell me your thoughts," Bellemere had already noticed Norton's hesitation.

Norton nodded and asked directly, "Have you received any intelligence about attacks on our country in recent years? Where have those pirates gone?"

"Hush-huh-"

Exhaling a puff of smoke, Bellemere lay back on the lawn, gazing at the starry sky, and said, "I did inquire about it. When I saw how diligently you cultivated, I guessed that you would seek revenge in the future. So..."

Her gaze shifted to Norton beside her: "Are you ready? The enemy is no pushover. Otherwise, we wouldn't have suffered such heavy casualties in that great battle back then, and I almost died too. Luckily, I saw you, and I saw Nojiko and Nami..."

"I've been prepared for this for a long time!" Norton raised his hand and clenched his fist tightly. "To put it bluntly, in the East Blue, as long as Garp and the others don't make a move, I should be invincible!"

"Kid, you can't just brag!" Bellemere chuckled. "The other side is the Black Hand Pirates, and their captain is Black Hand Sarachi, who has a bounty of 30 million Berries. Currently, his men are still in your country, hiding behind the scenes and controlling the nation. They're probably gathering strength, preparing to storm the Grand Line."

“Sarazah the Destroyer? Good! I’ll take his head myself!” A cold glint flashed in Norton’s eyes, but then he suddenly thought of something else.

"By the way, Bellemere, where can I buy Den Den Mushi? I'd like to buy a few so I can stay in touch after I leave."

Bellemere thought for a moment and said, "You can only buy Den Den Mushi at Den Den Mushi shops. In the East Blue, only some of the larger countries have them."

"Okay! I'll buy a Den Den Mushi tomorrow and then get my revenge! If I don't do something like this, I'll always have a lingering shadow in my heart!"

As he spoke, Norton lay down beside Bellemere.

“I know, I know…” Bellemere exhaled a puff of smoke as she looked back at the night sky: “Our little Norton is a very outstanding boy! Revenge is definitely something he’ll do.”

……

The next morning.

After breakfast, Norton told Nami and Nojiko about his shopping trip.

"Big brother, can you take us with you?" Nojiko looked at him expectantly.

Nami snuggled into Norton's arms and whined, "Yes, yes, Norton, will you take us with you? We want to go out and play too!"

Norton glanced at Bellemere, who was sitting at the table, resting her chin on her hand, a cigarette dangling from her lips, and smiling.

The latter nodded slightly, and Norton nodded in agreement.

It's just buying something, what danger could there be?

"Now that we've made up our minds, let's go!" Norton stood up, holding Nami in one arm and Nojiko's hand in the other, and walked towards the door with a smile.

Bellemere got up, went into the room, and took out a backpack.

Inside were some water and food, and a large amount of pele.

As the saying goes, "a poor family travels with a rich one," and the same applies to this world, especially since they are not short of money.

"As for the ship, are you planning to take a merchant ship that's going the same way?" Bellemere asked, having finished all the preparations.

"hey-hey……"

Nami and Nojiko both grinned, making it all seem mysterious.

"you……"

Bellemere looked at the two of them with some confusion.

"Watch me!"

Norton decided to drop the lawsuit and raised his hand to activate his Devil Fruit ability on the empty space beside him.

Streams of liquid white pulp gushed out and, according to Norton's will, formed a small boat four meters long and two meters wide on the open ground.

"Paper boats? That's your ability! But... what can they do?"

Bellemere walked over in astonishment and poked the paper boat with her hand.

"what?"

He didn't poke it once, nor did he break it open, and Belmel was surprised and poked it again.

It's still not broken!

"My abilities have become stronger, Bellemere!" Norton laughed as he picked up Nami and placed her on the ship.

Nojiko then jumped on as well, and the boat was not damaged by the impact.

"You've really gotten stronger!" Bellemere was relieved. She flicked her cigarette butt and said, "Go on, come back soon, and be careful."

"Okay!" Norton jumped on as well, gave an OK sign, and then controlled the small boat to take off.

"It can actually fly..." Bellemere was shocked once again.

"Surprised? Unexpected?"

"hey-hey……"

"A little bit..."

The three men laughed and made a face, and the small boat immediately sped away.

"These little troublemakers..." Bellemere smiled helplessly, exhaled a puff of smoke, and watched them gradually walk away until they disappeared.

……

Wow—Cocosia Village looks so small from the sky!

"Nami, look! Bellemere has turned into a little ant!"

"Sister, that's our orange grove!"

"So, our island is only this big after all—"

"The ocean is so vast and beautiful..."

As the airship flew higher and farther, Nami and Nojiko became incredibly curious, constantly expressing their amazement.

Norton watched them quietly, his face full of smiles.

Nami gazed at the distant sea and shouted happily, "When I grow up, I want to be a great navigator and draw the entire world's nautical charts with my own hands!"

"When I grow up..." Nojiko secretly glanced at Norton, the confusion of adolescence reminding her of certain blushing scenes.

In recent years, she has witnessed the older children in the village become husband and wife.

Chapter 23: Off on business?

Those who are even older are already married and have their own babies.

When she turns ten and puberty begins, she will naturally start to fantasize about her future life.

Norton's influence can be seen everywhere in it.

They're not blood siblings, but if they could become...

Oh dear, how embarrassing...

As she thought about it, Nokiko became so embarrassed that she dared not look at Norton.

Norton's destination was back in Windmill Town.

Of course, the main purpose of this trip back was not to introduce Nami and the others to Luffy in advance, but to go to the interior of Windmill Town, which is the Kingdom Commercial Street inside the island.

The kingdom closest to Cocoyasi Village is the Kingdom of Goa.

This windmill town belongs to the Kingdom of Goa.

The future brothers Ace, Sabo, and Luffy met and became sworn brothers at the home of Dadan, a bandit outside the Goa Kingdom.

Outside the Kingdom of Goa lies a massive junkyard, where Sabo and his companions experience their first brush with death.

However, these were not things Norton considered; he simply wanted to go shopping downtown.

After all, I'll be out doing things on my own for a long time to come, and without a cell phone, I won't even know if something happens at home.

Especially regarding the dragon, what if this guy happens to be out and about and gets caught up in something and comes to cause trouble without anyone notifying him? Wouldn't Nami end up going down the same old path again?

Now that he's here, he absolutely won't allow this to happen.

Besides, I still need to deal with the affairs of the Kingdom of Oycot. After that, I might even create a new country to play with.

If we take Nami and the others back to their hometown then, those tragedies shouldn't happen, and Bellemere won't be killed.

Of course, this is just one of Norton's ideas.

Because he wasn't sure if he could help Nami travel the world and draw maps.