In One Piece, As Harem King

Chapter 4.

The next morning, Arthur and Aiko sat opposite each other at the dining table. Normally, the two would chat and laugh, but today they didn't say a word, silently eating their meal, the air thick with awkwardness.

Of course, Arthur hadn't fainted yesterday. With his current physique, even if Aiko hit him for three days and nights, it wouldn't be enough to knock him out. He had pretended to faint yesterday; otherwise, it would have been very embarrassing. However, he forgot the natural instincts of a man's body...

Yesterday, when Aiko saw Arthur faint, she felt her anger dissipate significantly.

At that moment, she suddenly realized she wasn't wearing any clothes. Aiko's face turned red, and she hurriedly covered her body. Then she remembered that Arthur had already fainted, which made her sigh in relief. Looking down at Arthur's bare body, her face flushed even more, and she quickly ran back to her room. After putting on her clothes, it took a while for Aiko to recover from her embarrassment, but her mind kept recalling Arthur's naked form, making her blush even more.

The more she thought about it, the more her mind wandered.

"Ah~~ I'm so embarrassed. That damn little brother, it's all your fault that I'm like this now. How am I ever going to get married? But I hit him so hard that I knocked him out. Has he woken up yet after such a long time? What if he catches a cold or gets sick? That wouldn't be good. Hmph! Arthur's lecherous habits need to be managed well; otherwise, who knows how many little sisters he'll bring back in the future? What am I even thinking about...?"

Lost in her thoughts, Aiko unconsciously wanted to manage Arthur's lecherous behavior, but she forgot that this was far beyond the responsibilities of an older sister; it was something a wife would care about.

After much contemplation, Aiko still went to the hot spring pool, but...

Aiko looked at the empty bathhouse; Arthur had already run away. Then she thought about Arthur's arousal after he fainted, and suddenly her mind lit up. She gritted her teeth and said, "Damn, he tricked me! He was just pretending to faint. Hmph, I was foolish to think he might catch a cold or get sick. Just wait until tomorrow; I won't let you off easily!"

Thus, the current atmosphere was created.

"Cough, cough, sister, about yesterday..."

"Smack!" Aiko slammed her chopsticks on the table.

Arthur, who was about to speak to ease the tension, was frightened into swallowing his words by Aiko, who was on the verge of exploding.

"Arthur, little Arthur..."

"Hick!" Hearing Aiko's voice, Arthur immediately sat up straight.

Aiko smiled, but her eyes radiated an endless chill: "Can you tell me about what happened after I left yesterday?"

"I'm sorry, Aiko! I shouldn't have pretended to faint!" Arthur immediately lowered his head to admit his mistake.

Aiko glared at Arthur through gritted teeth: "Hehe! Is saying sorry enough?! Do you know what you did yesterday? You deceived my feelings!"

Arthur: "Σ(っ°Д°;)っ"

"Sister, when did I deceive your feelings?"

"You still won't admit it!" Aiko, seeing Arthur's unwillingness to acknowledge it, completely lost her temper, her body radiating flames of anger: "Arthur, you better brace yourself."

Charge, Aiko!

"Wait, Aiko, what did I say wrong?"

Panicking, Arthur reached out to stop Aiko, but unfortunately, he ended up grabbing a handful of her ample chest.

"So soft, so big, I can't even grab it with one hand."

"Arthur, you! Are! Saying! What!"

"Ah? Did I accidentally say what was on my mind? This is bad, what should I do?!" Arthur looked at the enraged Aiko, apologetically saying, "I'm sorry, Aiko!"

After saying that, Arthur clenched his fist and quickly dashed out of the room.

"Arthur! You brat!"

Aiko completely lost it, ignoring her discomfort, and quickly chased out of the room, causing chaos in Bauhinia Village.

Aiko chased for ten blocks but couldn't catch up. Angrily, she had to return home to wait for Arthur, thinking that while he could run away, the temple would still be there. He had to come back eventually, but...

"Hello, Sis Aiko: I feel that my strength has reached its limit, so I have decided to go on a voyage. I won't be back for a while. Please don't worry about me. — Arthur."

Aiko held the letter on the table, stunned for a long time, then a roar echoed through Bauhinia Village: "Arthur! You little! You bastard!"

Sitting in the small boat, Arthur heard a roar coming from Bauhinia Village, and immediately felt a shiver run through him, thinking, "It's a good thing I ran fast, or I'd be in trouble. But this is a perfect opportunity to go out and hone my combat experience."

...

On a deserted island, where vegetation was dense and wild beasts were extremely ferocious, a young boy arrived on this island in a small boat. The boy looked at the island and smiled.

"Wow, what great luck! I've discovered an island perfect for my training."

The boy was none other than Arthur, who had run away and drifted on the sea for half a month, finally finding a suitable island for his training.

Arthur jumped off the boat and strolled through the forest. Although the forest was eerily quiet, under Arthur's Observation Haki, it was fraught with danger.

Suddenly, a tiger leaped out from the bushes, pouncing directly at Arthur.

Arthur wasn't surprised; he swung his blade, and a crescent-shaped blade energy shot out, striking the tiger.

Boom...

However, the tiger only sustained a minor injury, and it became even more enraged, its eyes filled with a hatred that seemed to want to tear Arthur apart.

Arthur looked at the furious tiger and smiled slightly, "Interesting. Truly worthy of being a creature from the one piece world. I wonder how much my strength can grow on this island? Hahaha, just thinking about it gets my blood pumping."

Roar...

With a tiger's roar, the enraged tiger lunged at Arthur. Arthur swiftly turned his blade and, with a quick movement, appeared at the tiger's abdomen. His blade flashed past, and soon both man and tiger were separated. After landing, the tiger attempted to charge at Arthur again, but just as it took a step, a line of blood erupted from its abdomen, and it collapsed to the ground, dead.

Arthur looked at the dead tiger on the ground and smiled, glancing around, "Come out, everyone!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a commotion erupted around him, and a group of various ferocious beasts appeared, each one the size of a small mountain.

Arthur looked at the beasts surrounding him and said, "Come on!"

Arthur charged at the beasts, and they began to battle fiercely!

...

Half a year later, Arthur, bare-chested, sat by a fire on the island, eating roasted meat, while three enormous beasts stood around him.

After finishing his meal, Arthur tossed the bones aside and said to the three beasts, "Hey, I'm leaving today."

Upon hearing Arthur's words, the three beasts displayed a human-like smile, as if they had received some great news.

"But if I leave, then you three will no longer have any value as sparring partners, right? I guess I should just eat you all."

As Arthur spoke to himself, the excitement of the three beasts quickly turned to cold sweat. One by one, they knelt before Arthur, begging for mercy.

Arthur looked at the beasts kneeling before him and smiled playfully, "Hehe, I was just joking. After all, you've accompanied me for half a year; how could I kill you? Don't worry, don't worry."

At this moment, the three beasts breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, I'm leaving. You three take care. I'll come back to see you."

With Arthur's farewell, he concluded his practical training and left the island in his small boat.

...

Lying in the small boat, Arthur gazed up at the sky, idly swinging his wooden sword.

"Sigh, I wonder how Sister Aiko is doing? I really want to go back and see her, but it's not the right time yet. After half a year of practical training, my strength has reached the peak of a sword master. Now, my Observation Haki's detection range has reached three hundred meters. What a pity, I don't know how to train my Armament Haki. And then there's the Marine Six Styles; once I have Armament Haki, I won't need the Iron Block anymore. Since I use a blade, I also won't need to specifically train in the Finger Pistol or the Skywalk. As for Paper Drawing, with Observation Haki, I won't need that either. Now, it seems what I need are only the Moonwalk and Shave techniques."

Arthur shook his head, "Forget it, I'll think about that later. The most important thing now is to make money. Only by earning enough can I build a ship capable of traveling the seas. Sigh, I'm just too poor. Half a year, and even my blade has long been broken. I need to find another blade that's at least a Great Blade with twenty-one craftsmanship. What a pity those blades are hard to come by; I can only slowly collect them or find someone to forge one. Finding a blade is easy to say, but to have a Great Blade, the legendary Black Blade is not that easy. But how am I going to make money now?"

Just as Arthur was pondering how to make money, a bird flew over his head and dropped a bounty notice. Arthur looked at the bounty on the notice and burst out laughing.

"Haha, I'm really stupid. This is the world of One Piece, so of course, to make money, one has to be a pirate hunter."

...

Half a year later, Arthur returned to Bauhinia Village, and during his absence, a legend of a pirate hunter named Mokuzai Kenshi had spread throughout the East Sea.