After the two small boats sailed across the sea for a day, they encountered an unmanned lighthouse floating on the ocean.
Nami looked at the familiar lighthouse ahead, and her scalp immediately went numb.
Because she knew that if they continued sailing forward for about two more days…
They would reach her hometown, Cocoyasi Village.
The moment she thought about how they were about to reach Cocoyasi Village, Nami’s heart grew more and more panicked.
Her mind even conjured up a tragic scene of Roy slaughtering the village.
Who knew where she had learned this extremely exaggerated habit of imagining things?
“Hoo!”
Nami exhaled heavily.
After struggling inwardly for who knew how long, she finally mustered her courage and forced herself to look at Roy, pleading, “Ro… Roy, after you reach Cocoyasi Village, can you…”
Nami tried hard to keep herself from sounding so nervous.
At the very least, she did not want to stammer when she spoke.
“Can you not kill the villagers of Cocoyasi Village?”
“As long as you don’t kill the villagers of Cocoyasi Village, I’m willing to do anything you ask!”
She gritted her teeth, and the pleading in her voice was extremely sincere.
It was as if, even if Roy demanded something excessive from her right now, she would still do it.
“Mm?”
“When did I ever say I was going to kill the villagers of Cocoyasi Village?”
Roy frowned.
After hearing Nami’s words, he felt his expression shift freezing.
What exactly was going on inside Nami’s head?
“I’m just a traveler.
I’m going to Cocoyasi Village only to travel.
How could I possibly be going there to kill villagers?
What benefit would that bring me?
We don’t even have any grudge between us.”
Roy explained.
He suddenly thought back to Nami’s various reactions earlier.
He could not help guessing that Nami had probably taken him for an executioner who killed without blinking, hadn’t she?
However, Nami still did not quite believe him.
After going through so many things, she rarely trusted a person’s words so easily.
Moreover, Roy had specifically mentioned that he was heading to Cocoyasi Village.
Who would ignore the danger and go to Cocoyasi Village for a trip right now?
“I’ve already given you this chest of treasure.
If you think it still isn’t enough, I also have some private savings, and I can give all of them to you too!
I only beg you not to hurt the villagers of Cocoyasi Village!”
Nami thought her sincerity was still not enough, so she continued pleading.
Roy shook his head.
“Treasure is optional to me.
As for your private savings, you should keep them for yourself.”
Roy remembered that Nami seemed to be saving money, and the purpose of saving that money was to buy Cocoyasi Village back from the fish-man Arlong.
That way, Cocoyasi Village could be spared from the Arlong Pirates’ harm.
Although he could not be considered a good person, he was not some great villain either.
He only wanted to be a traveler.
However, after Nami heard that Roy was not interested in treasure and did not want her private savings either…
She subconsciously thought that Roy had rejected her request.
Despair could not help rising in her heart, and the color on her small face became as pale as paper.
Needless to say, just by looking at her expression, Roy knew.
It was impossible for Nami to believe the words of a stranger so easily.
Especially when it came to whether that person was good or bad.
Roy was also too lazy to explain too much.
Time slowly passed…
Evening arrived.
“Want some fish?”
Roy held a freshly grilled fish and gestured toward Nami.
The grilled fish had been skewered on a wooden stick, and its faint fragrance spread through the air.
Nami, who had not eaten anything the entire day, immediately felt her stomach growl.
“I’m… I’m not hungry!”
Nami swallowed her saliva, but still turned her head away.
“You still think I’m a pirate?”
After sailing for the entire afternoon, he finally understood that Nami had taken him for a lone pirate—and one who was preparing to burn, kill, and loot.
“If you aren’t a pirate, then can you not go to Cocoyasi Village?”
Nami raised her head, sniffled, and spoke with a somewhat wronged expression.
After hearing Nami’s words, Roy shook his head.
Since he had decided to go to Cocoyasi Village, he would definitely go.
“Is there any conflict between not being a bad person and going to Cocoyasi Village?”
“If you don’t believe that I won’t hurt the villagers of Cocoyasi Village, then how about we make a pinky promise?”
Roy said something that even he felt was very childish.
However, when Nami heard Roy mention a pinky promise, she froze for a moment.
She looked at Roy suspiciously and asked, “Are you sure you want to make a pinky promise?”
“There’s a little navigator in front of me who loves to cry, always looking like she wants to cry but refuses to.
In order to stop her from being annoying, I can only make a pinky promise so she’ll feel at ease.”
Roy teased her.
“I’m not a crybaby…”
Nami muttered.
She wiped away the tears at the corners of her eyes and said seriously, “After making a pinky promise, you have to keep your promise!”
Hearing Nami’s words, Roy could not help nodding with a smile.
“All right.
Then let’s make a promise.”
As the two of them hooked their pinkies and pressed their thumbs together to seal the promise, Nami’s entire body relaxed a little.
For some reason, at that moment, she actually believed Roy’s words.
Perhaps she was just giving herself a way out.
In any case, Nami was not as nervous as before.
She was also willing to take the initiative to talk to Roy.
“Roy, are you really a traveler?”
“Yes.”
“Roy, how many places have you traveled to?”
“Guess.”
“Roy, the grilled fish you made is really delicious!”
“Thank you.”
“Roy, why are you so strong?”
“Are you full of questions today?