novelraw 4: Eat the fruit
4: Eat the fruit
"This depth... should be about right."
Oro manipulated the gold to push aside the falling dirt and rubble from above and looked up—
The cave walls, which we had crawled through, were crumbling, and the light at the cave entrance seemed to resemble stars.
Oro knew that the official source material of his previous life had stated that "the rebirth mechanism of Devil Fruits is that the user is reborn randomly somewhere in the world after death."
However... there's a reason why the original work is called the "King of Setting".
From the Fruit King to the Overbearing King to the King of Relying on His Father's Favor, and then to the Repressed King before his transmigration.
Even the original author couldn't understand his past self, so how could Auro, who had actually traveled to this world, be content without giving it a try?
In particular, he remembered a plot where, like the Punk Hazard salamander fruit, the creature could be reborn on nearby fruit.
Oro wrapped himself and the long bread in layers of gold he had collected along the way. The maximum range he could control was now 50 meters in diameter.
With layers of high-density pure gold isolation layer 50 meters in diameter, plus a large basket of various plant fruits, can it capture and eat the fruits?
You'll only know after you try.
Oro waved his hand to release the restrictions on the long bread's throat and mouth, allowing him to speak.
Using nanoscale gold wires to penetrate the other person's brain and read their thoughts is a very difficult and tiring operation.
Just now, I was only trying to show off and satisfy my long-suppressed vanity. The long bread's performance... was so-so.
"After all, I have no grudge against you. Is there anything else you want to say?"
"You still know I have no grudge against you! Who exactly are you?!"
Oro casually spoke up, and the long bread retorted angrily, but Oro didn't care:
"Heh, as a pirate, are all the people you've killed on the high seas people your sworn enemies?"
"Hahahaha, looks like I'm doomed, kid! How far can this luck, relying entirely on your Devil Fruit ability to play dirty tricks, last?"
"Then you won't need to trouble yourself."
Without another word, Oro raised a thin layer of gold in front of him, followed by countless golden spikes that slammed into the long bread.
The next second, a stench and the smell of rust filled the air.
Oro disdainfully isolated the contaminated area, looking at the unchanging apple in his hand, somewhat speechless but not yet discouraged.
He took small bites of the apple, and it took him quite a while to finish it before he walked over to the large basket of fruits and plants and began to inspect them one by one.
Indeed, practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
Oro picked up an orange fruit from the basket; the spiral patterns covering the fruit's surface formed a large mouth.
……
"Oh! It's Oro! Orogo!"
While explaining solid-state sound transmission to Lingling, Oro suddenly heard someone call his name. He turned around and saw Gails rushing towards him.
Giant girls are always more lively than girls of other races.
"It's Gails. What brings you here? Are you alone?" Auro asked, somewhat surprised.
"I came with Uncle Leif. You haven't been back to Elbaf for almost half a month! Everyone was very worried about you!"
Gails ran up to Oro and Lingling, twirling her hair by her ear with her fingers.
"Hey, Gals~ Did you bring any snacks~"
Charlotte Linlin's silly and goofy voice chimed in.
"Hmph~ Call me 'big sister' and I'll tell you~"
"Oh~ Sister Gails~ Can you tell Lingling now? Strawberry cake or blueberry mousse?"
"...It's a banana Black Forest cake! I made it myself. It's huge! It's on Uncle Leif's boat. Let's go get it together later."
"Great! The pastries Gails made are even better than the ones the nun bought from outside! Hehehe..."
The big, goofy Lingling grinned widely, drooling as her mind was probably completely filled with thoughts of Black Forest cake.
"Hey, Oro, what are you guys doing?"
Gails skillfully dismissed Lingling, then looked at the hollow wooden tube in Auro's hand and got to the point of her visit.
In Elbaf, she basically managed to win over all her peers, whether they were giants or other races.
She wouldn't bother Lingling whenever she was with Oro, except for Lingling, who was too naive and wouldn't listen to reason.
But it's alright, she has already mastered how to deal with Lingling, just like now.
Although there were three people present, one of them was so engrossed in the cake and desserts that he couldn't notice the outside world at all. How could that not be considered a private time for two?
"You mean this?"
Oro waved the hollow wooden tube in his hand: "I'm explaining to Lingling the principles of sound generation and sound transmission through solids."
Gails: ? ? ?
"Sound is produced and transmitted through solids? What are those?"
Gails looked bewildered. Auro smiled, gently took Gails's hand, and placed it against his throat.
Oro is indeed not a giant, but his height is not much different from that of a giant girl who is a year younger than him. Perhaps this is his talent.
"Just say something, Gals."
Gails blushed crimson, and stammered, "T-what did you say?"
"That's it, can you feel it? Your throat is vibrating when you speak."
"Huh? Oh! It really is!"
Oro loosened his grip on Gails's hand: "Vibration is what causes sound, and sound transmission through solids means that sound travels further in solids."
Gails looked at Oro's loosened hand with a hint of disappointment: "I see..."
"Imagine Gale, what if two people who are far apart need to talk? Shouting would disturb others, wouldn't it?"
Seeing Gails nod in bewilderment, Oro continued, "But sound traveling through solids travels farther than sound traveling through air... or even more than shouting directly."
"So all we need to do is connect two people with an object, like a string, so they can talk quietly without disturbing others."
"Oh, I get it! Oro is amazing!"
Gails did understand, but she didn't grasp the significance of it. However, it didn't stop her from supporting her idol, Oro.
Oro tossed the hollow wooden tube in his hand: "Sister Carmel is going out shopping tomorrow. Lingling and I have arranged to try out solid-state sound transmission. Gails, do you want to come?"
"Okay, okay! Let's go together!"
Oro smiled as he watched the girl cheer.
Lingling's birthday is in two weeks, which means that Carmelo's last dirty deal will also be in two weeks.
What else could someone be doing going out at this time?
Of course, it's about showing the products to customers and negotiating prices.
The giants have some methods, but few and crude ones, so much so that they have gained almost nothing in this matter over the years.
"Damn it, the giants are incompetent! It seems I must come out of seclusion!"
Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.
P.S. First of all, pedophilia is impossible; it's impossible for the protagonist, a transmigrator, to fall in love with someone when they were still a child.
As for the issue of precociousness, let alone in the world of anime and manga, my cousin in second grade came home from school saying she had arranged a marriage for herself and had a boyfriend, and her mother scolded her for it...