Cherry and Robin entered Dragon's office where he had a large parchnt hung on the wall that displayed the writings copied from a poneglyph.
"You're back. Good." Dragon said.
"Yes, thank you for the warm welco. Never change, Dragon." Cherry said.
Dragon spoke no more words, his eyes remaining on the copied ancient writings. It was clear that he was eager to know the contents before lapsing into a battle of trading verbal barbs or making any small talk. So they got straight to it.
[They insisted that I be the one to do the last one of these. Frankly, I could na a hundred fine n and won more deserving of sending their words into the future, never to be erased. They told that it's just an extra one to fill out the numbers, but I know that isn't true.
Alas, if they want this old traitor to share sothing, so be it.
In my youth, I dedicated myself to what I believed to be a noble and just cause. I was saving my family, my friends, my neighbors. I was saving the entire world!
It wasn't until I obtained so small bit of wisdom in my old age that I saw the truth of things. I had experienced a great many tragedies in my life and I blad it all on "the enemy", but I realized far too late that the greatest fault always lied with .
If you can put any stock into the advice of a fool such as myself, then don't trust those who promise you honor and glory in exchange for service. Such things cannot be given to you by another, they must be built with your own hands.
Do not leave the fate of those you love within their care, for they do not care for them as you do. Take the fate of those you love into your own hands. Be loyal only to those that you love and to yourself.
Whether you learn from my mistakes or not, I wish you the best.
General Karnt]
"Hmm..." Dragon humd, lost in thought.
The contents of the poneglyph were obviously not very enlightening, at least as far as historical events were concerned. Still, Dragon saw so of himself in the words left behind by that man.
He used to be a marine until he saw too much of the corruption of the World Governnt to stand it any longer. Perhaps General Karnt was the sa. A soldier for the side that would beco the World Governnt who only turned traitor at the end of his life, and then presumably siding with the people he saw as "the enemy" for most of that life.
It conjured the image of his father, Garp, in his mind. He wondered if the old man would ever turn away from the World Governnt, instead of insisting on being stubborn and changing it from the inside.
Robin wasn't terribly thrilled that the poneglyph didn't contain much in the way of history, though it did have a na of soone who was likely a prominent figure at the ti.
It wasn't exactly unexpected, though. She already knew where the truth of the void century rested. Or at least she vaguely knew, as the location of Laugh Tale was a mystery.
As for Cherry.
"Wow, this guy is a loser." Cherry comnted rudely.
Dragon and Robin gave her a funny look.
"What? It's true and you know it. He's just like the marines from the sound of it, believing that the World Governnt will protect their families while they're off killing the innocent in the na of justice. I wonder how many families of marines have been killed by other marines?" Cherry said.
Robin didn't exactly disagree with Cherry's statents, but she did feel that it was a tad inappropriate to comnt on a man's life with so little to judge from. Still, she didn't say anything as she knew Cherry loved to have pointless argunts and Robin didn't want to get caught up in her rhythm.
"The World Governnt is very good at keeping such atrocities under wraps. They can't be blad for being ignorant." Dragon defended the marines, knowing there were many good people among them.
"The upper echelons aren't ignorant, including Garp. Maybe they think they can do so good from the inside, but how many marines thought the sa over the long history of the World Governnt? None of them have succeeded, why should they? You realized that yourself when you decided to leave, didn't you?" Cherry said with a serious look, though inwardly she was quite glad that she could have a little debate with Dragon and get underneath his skin.
Robin just walked out of the room to let Cherry have her fun. She didn't really want to be in the middle of it all lest she get dragged into sohow.
She had learned her lesson from the ti Cherry dragged her into an argunt she had with Luffy over whether the north pole or south pole was colder. Luffy insisted on the north pole, while Cherry argued the south pole. Of course, Cherry was just being contrarian and didn't actually know or care one way or the other.
Cherry had asked her for her opinion on the matter as she was "the resident smarty pants" of the crew.
Robin shivered thinking about how frustrated she had beco over sothing so stupid. Cherry really had a way of grating on peoples' nerves when she wanted to.
It had only been about twenty seconds after she left the room that she started hearing muffled shouting from Dragon's office.
"What's that all about?" Sabo asked, looking a bit flushed in the face.
"You don't want to know, nor do you want to get involved." Robin decided to spare the poor
boy.
"You're looking a bit pink in the cheeks, Sabo. Did you actually go through with it?" Robin asked, changing the subject with a knowing smile.
Sabo's pink cheeks changed a shade darker at the question.
"Haha, well, maybe..." Sabo said nervously.
"Well, what did she say?" Robin asked.
"She said she wasn't sure if now was a good ti for romance..." Sabo said.
"I see." Robin said. They were fighting a war that would only get more intense as ti went on after all.
"Then I sort of made a speech..." Sabo said, looking incredibly embarrassed with his hands over his face.
"Oh, wow. Did she call you a creep and say she never wanted to see your face again?" Robin
asked.
"What? No. She said YES!" Sabo exclaid. "We don't know how long we have left in life, so we should make the most of it. That's the jist of what I said to her anyways, and she agreed!"
"Congratulations, then." Robin said, feeling happy for the two of them.
At that mont the door to Dragon's office swung open, Cherry was gently pushed out, then the door slamd behind her. Despite being rudely ejected from the room, Cherry was all
smiles.
"Oh, Sabo! From the goofy smile on your face, Koala must have hit you quite hard on the head, huh?" Cherry said whilst walking over.
"Hmph! Of course not! We have a date tomorrow afternoon!" Sabo said, little puffs of steam ca out of his nostrils as a sign of his pride.
"I see, thanks for letting know. No need to tell where, I'll figure it out!" Cherry said, waving goodbye to him as she walked away.
Sabo stood there unmoving as Robin looked at him with pity.
"Shit." Sabo cursed his big mouth.
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