3 years later
I am sitting at the table with my family, eating my breakfast. Mom is busy cooking a second meal for us and dad is reading his daily world newspaper. As always Maria and Mike are bickering, who is getting the last sausage. Looking at both, a small smile appears on my face.
It is a good to have a lively family. I only wish, that this moment would last forever, I thought pleased.
The smell of fried sausages with eggs pulls me out of my thoughts. I look up and see, that Dad puts the newspaper on the table to make room for his second breaksfast. My eyes follows his movements and a big picture on the frontpage grasps my attention. I take a closer look and suddenly I leap out of my chair with a surprised face.
"EHHH" I shieked loudly with a pointed finger towards the picuture. Everbody in the family looks at me confused.
"Son, why are you so astounded? you are always so quiet" Dad asked confused. "Kaiser, what are you looking at?" Mike asked with interest and closely followed by Maria. "Me too, I want to know it too, Kaiser. Tell me!"
"Ah, it' s nothing. A fly just surprised me", I replied with an embarrassed smile and scratch my head. Dad raises his brow and then shakes his head lightly. Maria starts to laugh and Roy just smiles.
"Don't be scared, Kaiser. I will protect you to against the big fly", Maria pats him on the back, still laughing.
"Yes, Yes, thanks Maria", I murmured, mostly to myself, sitting on the chair again with my head down.
Sometimes, it is really difficult to pretend to be a 3 year old child, so that the adults do not become suspicious of me, because how do you explain, that your child is in reality a 21 year old adult. The only way for me to explain my knowledge and matured speech is to slowly establish an image of a genius, who learns quick and surpasses all the expectations of what is normal. So that in the future I do not have to act like a child.
I lift my head and look at my dad before I ask my question, "Dad, who is he? He looks funny." I pointed at the frontpage of the newspaper. He starts to laugh with a tipped head backwards and looks back at me. "Son, this man is...no wait... was the most feared and wanted man in the world, the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger." I pretend to be impressed, hearing who Gol D. Rogers was, by opening my mouth in a round shape and wide open eyes.
"Now he is dead. His public execution was a few days ago and it was a big event, but also a very troublesome one. At first I thought, that his death will bring peace to the seas and reduce the number of pirates, because they would be scared to be the next one. Damnit it! No, it has a reverse effect on the people. In his last words, he encourages them to search for his treasures, the One piece.", Dad said angry, banging his fist on the table before he continues, "He is practically motivating the people to become pirates and is ringing a new age.The next years or decades will be chaotic and frightening with pirates everywhere. Fortunately, we, citizen, still have the marines, otherwise we would be helpless without them."
"Dad, don't worry. I wil become a marine and protect you", Maria yelled proudly, holding her fist in the air. "Yes, I will be proud of you, my little one", Dad laughed while Maria's cheeks blushed. "Yeah, next year, I'll be old enough to get to enter the Marines and then I will kick their asses"
"Maria, you are too weak to be a marine and it is too dangerous for a girl. Stop this stupid idea and help me and dad in the bakery", Mike mocked her. "Beh", Maria sticked her tongue out towards Mike, "You're the stupid one!", she yelled, running out of the kitchen. Mike shakes his head and sighs while Dad just laughs.
Meanwhile, I am thinking about what I should do today. "Status", I summoned in my mind and a blue screen appears in front of me.
Status Name Jagger D. Kaiser Age 3 years Race Human Skills
Gamer's Mind (Max)
Language of the world One Piece (50%)
Money 0 Berry Shop ...
"Hmm, my language skill is at 50%. That is the result by listening in on conversations from the surroundings. Now, to improve my language skill further, I'll have to learn to read and write.", I thought and sighed, "Learning a new language is truly exhausting. Luckily, with the mind of a child, it is quick to acquire knowledge or else it would take me more than a decade to learn a complete new language from zero to hundred."
Coming back to the reality, I realize that Dad and Mike are already at the bakery, while Mom is washing the dishes.
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"Mom, I need your help!", I called her.
"Yes, Kaiser wait until I finish washing the dishes, then I will come help you"
"Okay"
A few minutes later, she walks towards me to pick me up and holds me, so that we can face each other at the same eye level. "So, what do you need me for", Mom asked smiling at me, which I returned.
"I want to learn how to read and write", I answered and try to be serious, but to her it looks more cute than serious, because I am still a child.
"Are you sure?", Mom asked amused by my acting.
"Yesh, and I will learn it really fast too", I shouted, acting motivated.
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll fetch a exercise book and a pen for you" Mom chuckled and puts me on a chair facing the table.
Every day, Mom would teach me how to read and write after breakfast for a few hours, then I would practise alone for the rest of the day.
It took me six month to increase my language skill to 90%. My parents were amazed, how fast I learned to read and write and called me their little genius. Even Mike was astonished while Maria was telling me that she could already read and write.
One day, I asked Mom, whether we have books or not. She replied that we only have books about cooking and plants, because that is her hobby. I did not care and started to read them. After reading them, I gained two new skills, cooking (beginner) and botany (beginner). I realized that I could gain more skills just by reading some books. So I asked for more to read.
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5 years later:
I am 8 years old now and sitting crossed-legged on my bed, trying to meditate. It calms my mind and helps me to remember important events that will happen in One piece, which I tend to forget.
"It is 6 years after the execution of Gol D. Roger: Year 6 of the Great Age of Pirates (G.A.P.). Ace must be 3 years old and Luffy will be born this year. How time flies!", I thought and sighed. "Mom, Dad and Mike are still exactly as before. Our bakery got even more clients and Dad thinks about expanding the business. The only change in the family is the absence of Maria, because as unbelievable it sounds, she got recruited by the Marines 4 years ago. Sometimes, I miss her brightness in the morning. But nowdays, I get really scared, when she is coming to visit, cause they're nightmares for me. She always wants to beat me up for no particularly reason. She justifies her beating me up as training in the case some pirates raids and plunders the town. What pirates in the East Blue is stupid enough to attack a small town with a marinebase? So I did what everyone else would do in my situation, I hid myself as soon as I heared her comming to visit us. But thanks to her, I've got 2 new skills Hide and Silent Steps, which are already at the intermediate level, cause she learned how to feel my present, the beginning of observation haki. She is naturally gifted for learning this type of haki. I'm even a bit envious of her, because I tried to learn how feel the pesent of the people around me for 1 years and It's not working for me. Maybe I'm more talented for Armament Haki, so I should try to learn it first, but that is not possible, because my body is not strong enough."
I get up and walk to the garden in the backyard. Standing in the middle, I stretch my arms and legs to warm myself in order to avoid injuries.
"I think my body is grown up enough to start physical training. I will have to train my speed more than my strengh, because my body leans more to a athletically physique than a sturdily built. But I still have to build enough muscles.", I thought, looking at my body.
I started with 100 push-ups, 100 jumps, 100 Sit-Ups and 100 squats.
Since then, I woke up early to run around the whole town and had breakfeast afterwards. Then I help in the bakery and increase my cooking level until dinner. After dinner I train some martial arts moves, that I remember seeing in my past life, or go into the forest outside of the town to explore, gather some plants to study or hunt some animals. In the evening, I meditate, sitting cross-legged on my bed, trying to feel the presence of my family, in hope of awakening my observation haki. So far, I have not unlocked my observation haki. In the manga, it is portrayed easy to master, but I call it bullshit.
I even tried to imitate the Rokushiki techniques of the CP9 without any result, because I can not remember how the CP9 trained to do these techniques. Sometimes, I wished that I had a photographic memory in my past life, then I would be already overpowered at a young age. Money would also make me strong already as I could buy skills, Devil Fruits, weapons in the shop, but my family is only a ordinary one, so they do not have the money to buy, I would need. I also can not go bounty hunting, because I am still in a body of a child, which is weak. These stories about a child killing monsters and pirates are unrealitic, because they are not in a ordinary body like me without any inborn talents. So the only chance to survive in One piece is to train and even train harder than anybody else, so you do not get killed on the sea.
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Spoiler: Status Screen
Status Name Jagger D. Kaiser Age 8 years Race Human Skills
Gamer's Mind (Max)
Language of the world One Piece (90%)
Cooking (Beginner)
Botany (Beginner)
Hide (Intermediate)
Silent Steps (Intermediate)
Money 0 Berry Shop ...