Dong dong ~! Dong dong dong ~! Squeak ~~'
In the slums of Fan Jin Island, a series of urgent knocks could be heard. The knocked wooden door slowly opened a crack, and the old wooden door creaked.
This was the place where the lowest class of people lived. It was like where there was light, there was darkness. Although there were prosperous places everywhere on the island, and the rich people lived luxurious lives, there were also places that the upper class could not imagine in the deepest part of the island.
The slums were located in the northernmost desolate area of Vankin Island. Most of the people here were old and children. The young people were basically no longer here. They either escaped to seek a living outside or followed the gangsters on the island. The rest of the people could only stay here because of their old age, weak body, young age, and other reasons.
These elderly and children basically lived a hard life of hunger and hunger, but if it was just this, these people could still barely make a living. However, some hooligans on the island still came here from time to time to wreak havoc, as if bullying the old, weak, and lonely could show their true colors as hooligans. As a result, the lives of the people here were even more miserable.
"Who is it?" The old wooden door was opened a crack, and a weak voice came from inside. It was a young woman, but the fear in her voice was completely exposed. After all, they had to be extremely careful at night in the slums.
"Is it Charlie? Have you gone to buy food?" The young woman's frightened voice came from the crack in the door.
"Don't be afraid! Nora! It's me!" Arthur's voice came from outside. At this moment, the woman called Nora cried out in surprise and immediately opened the wooden door. "It's Mr. Arthur! That's great. I was worried that something had happened to you! Ah ~~! This is…"
Nora, who had just opened the wooden door, was startled by the huge figure of Krum lying behind Arthur before she could even greet him. "Shhh! Don't scream! Let us in first."
Arthur carried Krum into the yard without waiting for Nora to react. It was then that Nora saw an unconscious person behind Arthur, a pandarian.
"This, this is? What's wrong?" After Arthur brought Chen Qifa into the yard, Nola closed the wooden door. After all, Nola had grown up on Brahman Island. Although he didn't go out to make a living like other young people, no one who could survive in such an environment was stupid.
Seeing the wounds on Arthur's body and the two unconscious people on the ground, Nola knew that Arthur might have gotten into some big trouble." Mr. Arthur, are you okay?" What happened?"
"Ah ~! Hehe, it's nothing. I just met a group of ignorant hooligans. Don't worry.”Arthur was going to laugh it off, but seeing Nora's incredulous expression and her eyes that seemed to have seen through him, he could only say awkwardly,"Okay, okay, don't look at me like that. Actually, it's not my fault. It's all because that Kato guy is too annoying. He actually burned my money, so I…"
"What? Kado?" Nola, who was listening to Arthur's explanation, suddenly screamed when she heard Kado's name. Her voice was so loud that Arthur almost fell to the ground.
"Aiya, why did you have such a big reaction? You scared me, hehe!" Noticing Arthur's nonchalant expression, Nola was at a loss for words. Although they had only known each other for less than a day, Nola believed that Arthur was not a bad person. However, she did not expect that Arthur would be so bold as to provoke Kado, the most powerful person on Brahman Island.
"What…what should we do? This was bad! Kado won't let you go, Mr. Arthur. You'd better run!”Seeing Nora, who was so scared that she was busy helping him pack his things, Arthur suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart. Alright, don't worry. I don't need to run away at all. A mere Kado isn't worth running away for. You'd better help my two friends find some medicine. They might need some treatment now.”
"But... Sigh... Alright, wait a moment. I'll get the medicine right away.”Nora wanted to persuade Arthur again, but seeing Arthur's smiling face and relaxed look, she could only follow Arthur's instructions and run to the house to get the emergency kit.
"Oh, right? How are those little brats?" Arthur asked Nora, who was busy looking for medicine in the house. The reason Arthur knew Nora was because of the ship he had intercepted at sea.
At that time, Arthur was very worried about how to deal with the dozen children on the boat. At that time, a sailor on the boat told him that there was a slum on Van Gold Island where people seemed to take in homeless children. Hearing this news, Arthur immediately decided to go to the slums to find a place to take in children and settle them down before exchanging for gold.
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"Oh, is this it? There didn't seem to be anyone there. Is there really someone living here?" With the captured pirates, Arthur successfully sent the children to the slums on the island. However, looking at the empty wooden houses that seemed to be in ruins, he could not help but feel shocked. Arthur wondered if he had come to the wrong place.
"That's right, my lord. I'm sure this is the place. I grew up here as an orphan, so I'm very familiar with this place.”Hearing Arthur's question, the pirate who was leading the way immediately stood up and assured him," I wanted to become a pirate because I wanted to make a name for myself. I didn't expect to come back one day. " Wuuu…" His crying sounded very exaggerated.
"Alright, stop being emotional! Hurry up and bring me to the place that you said will take in children. Hurry up and arrange these little ghosts. I still have to exchange those gold for Bailey.”Completely ignoring the guy's exaggerated cries, Arthur strode forward, and the people behind him did not stop to follow.
"Thump!" Thump, thump, thump!
After the pirate brought Arthur around the slums for a while, they came to a shabby little yard. He immediately ran to the front and knocked on the door excitedly.
"Who is it?" "It's me, Nora! I'm Charlie! I'm back!" "Charlie? Is it really you?" The wooden door was opened, and the person who was talking inside walked out quickly."Wuwuwu ~! It really is you! Charlie, you're finally back! I thought I would never see you again! Wuwuwu ~~"
Nora, who came out of the door, hugged Charlie and cried the moment she saw him. "Cough cough ~ Alright, don't cry first. I still have something to tell you.”Looking at Nora in his arms, although Charlie wanted to reminisce about their long separation, he did not dare to make Arthur wait too long when he thought of Arthur standing behind him.
After Charlie's explanation, Nora agreed without hesitation. "No problem. Leave these children to me. Although I'm very poor here, we've always taken in homeless children. Charlie and I grew up here as orphans, so don't worry!”
"Mm. Hehe, I'll leave it to you then. Oh, right." As he spoke, Arthur suddenly thought of something and walked towards the pirates who were carrying boxes of gold and jewelry. "These are for you! Just treat it as pocket money for these children!”
Arthur grabbed a bunch of gold gems from the box and placed them all in front of Nora." Alright! Then I'm done here. Let's go!”Arthur called out to the pirates around him and prepared to leave.
"Ah? Ah! Please wait! Nola, who had never seen so much money before, was shocked by Arthur's generosity. Even Charlie, who was standing beside him, did not expect Arthur to not only find a place for the children to settle down, but also leave so much money.
"Hehe, it's okay. I said I'll give it to you, so I'll give it to you. Oh right, you too!" Arthur said to Charlie, who was standing there in a daze. "You stay here too! That money is enough for you to take care of these children. Don't be a pirate anymore. You don't have a future ~ Hahaha ~!”Arthur left with the pirates without looking back.
Only Nora and Charlie were left watching Arthur's departing figure in silence. Charlie swore in his heart that he would never be a pirate again in his life.
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"Hehe ~! I thought I wouldn't come back, but I don't have anywhere to go now. So I had no choice but to come to your place. You won't mind, right?”Arthur had already changed out of his tattered clothes, while Nola was treating Krum and Chen's wounds with disinfectant.
"How can that be? I'm so happy that you're here again. Charlie even said that you're our great benefactor!”Nora immediately smiled and replied," And those children are very grateful to you. They all said that they want to be like you when they grow up.”
"Oh! Hehe, that's great! It was good to have dreams! Let me lead their dreams! Hehe ~"
"I'm back! Hmm?" While Arthur and Nora were talking, Charlie had returned from his trip to buy food.
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