One Piece: Beginning as the Monkey King

The oranges were picked in the orange orchard of Belle Mare. Although Bardock and his friends had traveled far and wide, it was their first time to pick oranges by hand. Therefore, picking oranges was not like a job, but more like a game.

Before long, they had picked more than a dozen large baskets of oranges. Nami was very happy to see this. In this way, she could buy the navigation book.

Bardock paid the money, and Nami had to help deliver the oranges to the ship. Her little thoughts could not be hidden from Belle Mare and Nokigo. Nami must have wanted to ask Bardock and his friends about navigation. After all, she dreamed of drawing a map of the world when she was very young.

Bell-Mel and Nokigo looked at each other and helped to move the oranges. In fact, with Bardock's ability, they didn't need their help at all, especially Nami and Nokigo, who were more interested in joining in the fun than working.

However, Bardock also wanted to get in touch with Nami, but it was a pity that Nami was too young to go to sea. Otherwise, with Nami's talent as a navigator, she couldn't miss it.

On the White Dragon Horse, Nami looked at everything with curiosity. It's not that she had never seen a ship before, but it was the first time she had seen a ship like this. It turned out that in addition to sails, there were also electric-powered ships. What about those robots? Are there really these things in the East China Sea?

"Hey, did you set out from the West Sea? You have also been to the South China Sea and the Grand Line!"

After hearing about Bardock's sailing experience, Nami had an idea that it was like this, and she was envious. She was still a newbie accumulating knowledge, and she hadn't even left the island where she lived.

"Your dream is also great, to travel around the world and draw a map of the world."

Bardock praised little Nami, which made Nami very happy. She couldn't help but look at Belle-mère and Nokigo with pride, and her head was raised high.

But the next moment, Nami became depressed again. Her family was too poor, and the navigator books she wanted were very expensive. She didn't want to bring more burden to her family, but she wanted those books too much.

Bardock knew all this a long time ago, and took the initiative to say, "In order to support your dream, I have a gift for you."

A box of navigator books that had been prepared long ago was sent over, and Bardock signaled Nami to open the box.

Nami's girlish nature was diverted at once, and she opened the box and took a look. The next moment, her eyes turned into the shape of a heart, and her whole body pounced on it.

But she quickly reacted, it must be very expensive, she shouldn't accept it, but she wanted it very much, she looked at Belle-mère, hoping that Belle-mère could give her an answer.

Bellemere had been paying attention to Nami, and when he saw this, he came over and said, "Mr. Bardock, we appreciate your kindness, but we can't accept your gift."

After hearing this, Nami lowered her head in frustration, and the light in her eyes dimmed.

Bellemere seemed to have made up her mind and continued, "I can buy these books, but I don't have so much money now. Can I wait until I go back to prepare it?"

It can be said that Bellemere has planned to go bankrupt, even if he is heavily in debt, to help Nami buy these books. There are rare books that are difficult to access in Kokosia Village. It would be a pity for Nami to miss them.

However, she was not at ease to let Nami accept these precious books. How could she easily accept the gift of someone she just met without even knowing the details of the other party.

Bardock looked at Bellemere with admiration. As a mother, she was undoubtedly very qualified and poured all her love into the two children she picked up.

He decided that Aaron and Colonel Mouse had to find a way to solve it. But for now, Nami still had to accept these books.

"Don't worry. Since you don't plan to accept my gift, just consider it as a loan from me to Nami. The purpose of books is to spread knowledge. We have already read these books. It's not good to leave them there to gather dust.

Isn't Nami going to travel around the world? Wait until one day she meets us on the sea and returns the books to us. Isn't that interesting?"

Bell-mère still didn't give in.

Bardock suddenly realized that Bell-mère was afraid that he had other intentions for Nami. He thought about it and took out an old newspaper and handed it to Bell-mère. It was the one where they discovered the Golden Country.

"Wait until one day Nami has achieved something, come and help us."

Bell-mère read the newspaper and breathed a sigh of relief. They were not hidden bad guys, so there would be no problem.