One Piece: My Descendants All Become Monsters

January 1st, Year 1475 of the Sea Circle Calendar.

The New Year gathering.

This had already become standard for the Edward Family.

"Big Sister!"

"Big Sister!"

"Hehehe~~~"

"Hahaha~~~"

One little fellow after another cheerfully greeted Artoria.

From beginning to end.

Artoria merely sat there silently, quietly eating.

Although.

Artoria's eating posture was extremely elegant and perfectly proper. However, if one looked carefully, they would discover that beside her, the plates were piling up at terrifying speed.

Elegance and binge eating were two words that should not have appeared together.

Yet.

At this very moment, they were perfectly embodied in Artoria.

Of course.

Sitting beside Artoria was Acnologia. Compared to his big sister, who was a combination of elegance and binge eating, Acnologia was genuine binge eating through and through.

"Quick!"

"Quick!"

The maids serving at the side were extremely skilled as they removed the young miss and young master's plates, then replaced them with new dishes.

Just looking at their level of skill was enough to roughly understand.

This was definitely not the first time. They were actually this practiced.

In reality.

That was exactly the case.

Although.

In this world, because people's physical qualities were extremely astonishing, saying everyone was a big eater was not an exaggeration at all.

However.

Big eaters who reached the level of Artoria and Acnologia? Those basically did not exist. The degree to which these siblings were big eaters was simply far too astonishing, completely reaching a level that made people unable to believe it.

Of course.

These were all minor matters. For the Edward Family, which had a vast household and great business, could they not even feed their two geniuses properly?

Huh?!

If that were the case, it would be far too embarrassing for a family.

"Sister, Sister." Rem tilted her head and curiously looked at Artoria and Acnologia, who were eating and drinking heartily. She asked curiously, "Why are Big Sister and Little Brother like this? Are their stomachs bottomless pits?"

"Mm~~~"

Ram thought for a moment, then raised a finger and explained to Rem very seriously, "Rem, Rem, let me tell you. Good children cannot ask so many questions. As good children, when you don't know something, you just don't know it. Then you ask nothing and obediently listen. That is enough."

"Wu wu wu~~~"

"Isn't that just an idiot?"

Rem made an adorable sound, while Ram said calmly, "So good children are all idiots. Look at Brother Seimei. One look and you know he isn't a good child, because he's too smart. Idiots are all good children. And! Little Jashin-chan, at a glance, is clearly an idiot child. Every day, she repeats the same things. One look and you know she's a huge idiot."

"So that's how it is!"

Rem placed her left hand like a palm and knocked it with her right fist, looking as if she had suddenly understood.

Jashin-chan and Seimei silently listened to the words of these two older sisters, Ram and Rem. They really wanted to thank them. It felt like they had been hurt.

"Fourth Sister!"

"Fifth Sister!"

"What are you two talking about?"

"Ram, Ram, what do we do? What do we do? The idiot Little Jashin-chan heard us."

"Rem, Rem, run, run."

Ram and Rem, with their adorable expressionless faces, quickly ran away, while Jashin-chan chased after them. The three sisters' playing and fighting instantly threw the whole banquet into chaos.

"Sigh!"

Seimei truly shook his head silently. He looked around at the entire family and felt as though there was not a single normal person.

That was right!

Among his brothers and sisters, count them one by one, there was not a single normal person.

Look at the one beside him…

Yujiro's mouth split into a grin. His upper body was bare, revealing perfect muscles. A cigarette was held between his lips, making him look like a perfect delinquent youth. Of course, the terrifying muscles on Yujiro's back already looked like the face of a demon.

Demon Back!

Its edge had already begun to show.

"Sigh!"

With another helpless sigh, Seimei turned and walked to the side. Selina had just arrived at the banquet hall and happened to see Seimei's small helpless expression as he shook his head. She walked over and gently asked, "Seimei, what's wrong? Are you unhappy? Tell Auntie what happened."

"Auntie!" Seimei raised his head. That delicate, almost androgynous face looked extremely adorable. He spread his hands and said very helplessly, "I feel like none of my brothers and sisters are normal."

Selina fell silent. But after she looked around the entire banquet hall, she also fell silent. There really was not a single one who looked normal.

At that moment.

Selina was truly struck down. What was all this? Were these the children she had raised and taught? Why did each and every one of them look so strange, like demons and monsters?

"Auntie." Seimei silently said, "Now you believe me, right?"

"Mm!" Selina silently nodded. "Auntie believes you. Auntie feels that etiquette lessons must also be arranged for them in the future. Otherwise, if they are always like this every day, what is this? They all represent the future of the family. Could it be that the Edward Family is a group like this?"

Of course.

Today was this year's banquet, so naturally everyone could be as happy as they wished. But what about the future?

Absolutely not!

Selina had already begun calculating that after she gave birth to her third child, she would properly discipline this group of little brats.

"Hm?!"

"Strange. Why do I feel the hair on my body standing up?"

"Am I being targeted?"

"Hm?!"

"Hm?!"

Every child instantly felt something strange. Artoria and Acnologia in particular both stopped eating at the same time and looked around in unison. They sensed danger, as if they had been targeted by some ferocious monster. They always felt that something was not quite right!

For a moment.

The originally noisy banquet hall seemed to become quiet.

However.

They were children!

After realizing that they seemed to have overthought things, they immediately began chattering and discussing again.

Only.

They did not know that because of the efforts of their younger brother or older brother Seimei, their mother or aunt had already set her sights on them. The coming year might become an extremely painful one for them.

This thing, etiquette, was absolutely the most painful to learn.

Everything that happened in the banquet hall.

However!

Ike naturally knew about it. Especially Seimei's complaints and the playing around. Of course he knew.

Etiquette!

It was still the same sentence. He would not interfere. He would only participate when problems appeared.

Before that?!

Since he had handed these matters to Selina, he had to trust Selina.

"Ike?" Newgate drank his wine and asked, "Will this be alright?"

Ike nodded. "Big brother, these matters were handed to Selina to handle, so I must trust Selina. Moreover! What Selina is doing is not wrong. In the future, the children will represent the face of the family. Are they supposed to act like pirates one by one?"

"Uh~~~"

The corner of Newgate's mouth twitched. Thanks. He felt like he had been targeted.

"Ike?" Newgate said with the corner of his mouth twitching, "Do you have some prejudice against pirates?"

"Prejudice?"

Ike was stunned, then shook his head. "Big brother, no. I don't have any issue with this point. After all! In the family's future development, pirates will be a very important branch. It can be said that the Whitebeard Pirates you lead, Big Brother, are extremely important."

"Then why are you…"

Newgate felt very confused.

"Whitebeard!" Redfield said calmly, "The reason the Patriarch looks down on pirates is very simple. Because on this sea, most major figures look down on pirates. For this sea, once you become a pirate, you are destined to be unable to come into contact with certain deeper layers."

"Tch!"

"Do I need to come into contact with them?"

Newgate curled his lips, his face full of disdain.

Redfield shook his head. "Whitebeard, your understanding is wrong. If there were no Patriarch, what do you think you yourself would do?"

"If there were no Ike…" Newgate did not mind either, nor did he get angry. He rubbed his chin and said, "Based on my personality, I would adopt those orphans destroyed by war, take them wandering across the sea, build a family, establish the Whitebeard Pirates. It would probably be like that!"

"Hehehe~~~"

Kurozumi Higurashi also laughed faintly. With a strange smile, she asked, "Lord Whitebeard, based on your personality, I'm afraid! You would dearly spoil your adopted sons and protect them to an extreme degree. Is this old woman wrong?"

"That's right!" Newgate thought about his personality and also nodded. "That would indeed basically be the case."

"The problem lies there." Redfield said very calmly, "Whitebeard, why are pirates looked down upon? It is not because of strength. On the contrary, an organization where everyone is a soldier is very terrifying, especially when the captain is a top-level powerhouse of the sea like you. The true core lies in this: when you die, the Whitebeard Pirates will be destroyed. For this sea, that is the true core, because pirates cannot continue onward."

"A powerful nation can continue generation after generation. A top-level powerhouse of the sea dies?"

"No problem!"

"For that nation, it will cultivate a second pillar."

Kurozumi Higurashi continued, "This is the core power of a nation. For a nation, this is the most important point. But for pirates, it is not the same. When the captain of a pirate crew dies, that pirate crew scatters in all directions."

Redfield and Kurozumi Higurashi were very cruel, but they also very seriously stated the core of pirates.

"That is indeed the case."

Ike also nodded in agreement.

Because!

The fact was exactly this. For this sea, this was a genuine reality.

Listening to the two of them, Newgate also fell into deep thought. After a long while, he also nodded seriously. It could not be denied that whether it was the strength of pirates or his own situation, it truly was like this.

This was the reality of this sea.

Why was it that even after pirates expanded in the future into enormous forces like the Four Emperors that occupied their own territories, the World Government and the Five Elders still did not seem to care too much?

Marine Headquarters, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the Four Emperors pirate crews.

Was this what maintained the balance of the sea?!

Stop fucking joking!

Calling them minor skirmishes would not be an exaggeration at all. On this sea, what about those nations? What about those forces? The Grand Line could give birth to strong people, but were strong people in the Four Seas really that few?

Wasn't that complete nonsense?

So!

This was the true fundamental core. Precisely because of that, the Five Elders did not care about pirate crews occupying territories, because once the captain died, the Four Emperors pirate crew would naturally disband. Or rather, the person who succeeded them would not possess enough strength. This was the fundamental core.

"Well!"

"However!" Newgate smacked his lips and said very casually, "Isn't Ike sitting right here?"

"Hehehe~~~"

Listening to his big brother's words, Ike also chuckled and shook his head. Seriously! He completely did not know what he should say. In reality, he was the outsider! It could even be said that he was the biggest problem. If not for his existence?

Forget it!

Those were all assumptions. He existed, and the Edward Family was also growing strongly. That was what mattered most. Everything that might have happened in the past would absolutely never happen now.

"Gurararara~~~"

Newgate laughed carelessly. "So! Don't think about so much. To me, those things are all small matters. Small matters. There's no need to care about them at all!"

Ike smiled and shook his head. He also said calmly, "Big brother, don't dwell on this here. It is meaningless in itself."

"Gurararara~~~"

Newgate also laughed loudly.

Redfield and Kurozumi Higurashi did not continue saying anything either. The Patriarch's meaning was already very clear. If they continued speaking, then there would be a problem instead.

On this side.

While drinking, Ike asked, "Higurashi, how are matters being handled?"

"Patriarch!" Kurozumi Higurashi smiled. "Just as this old woman expected, buying over those families in Wano Country has gone very smoothly. If nothing unexpected happens, at most, within five years, all the steps can be completed."

"At that time!"

A sharp light flashed through Kurozumi Higurashi's eyes as she said, "Wano Country will fall into Lord Seimei's hands."

"Five years?" Ike thought for a moment and said, "You can grasp the urgency of the timing yourself. What I hope to receive is a complete Wano Country, not a ruined Wano Country. Do not reveal that destructive idea of yours."

"Yes!"

Kurozumi Higurashi lowered her head, indicating that she understood.

That was right!

Kurozumi Higurashi had two sets of plans.

The first plan was to properly take over Wano Country and let the Kurozumi clan become the rulers of Wano Country.

As for the second plan? When Kurozumi Higurashi discovered that ruling Wano Country was truly impossible, then! The best method would be to rule Wano Country through destructive means and make Wano Country completely head toward destruction.

These were the two sets of plans Kurozumi Higurashi had prepared.

All that could be said was this.

This old woman, Kurozumi Higurashi, was truly not joking. She was genuinely ruthless when using underhanded methods, and her methods were truly extremely vicious!

Precisely because of that, Ike had to warn Kurozumi Higurashi.

Good grief!

He wanted to control Wano Country. He wanted to control the complete Wano Country and take over everything in Wano Country. If she used such destructive methods to rule Wano Country, wouldn't that be the same situation as in the original story?

Clearly!

In the original story, after Kurozumi Higurashi discovered that Kurozumi Orochi was truly useless, she had implemented the second plan.

"Other than that…" Ike raised his hand, and a ninja at the side immediately handed over a document bag. Under Redfield's surprised gaze, Ike handed it to him and said, "Inside is detailed information on the Kingdom of Dressrosa. Although the Rocks Pirates still exist now…"

"However."

"Red Bat, take a good look. It will be very useful in the future."

"Good!"

Redfield also revealed a rich smile. This information was naturally extremely important. It confirmed the important people and positions within the Kingdom of Dressrosa, as well as the nobles, allowing him to gradually arrange his own clan members inside.

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