〖The Great Line, the Kingdom of the Drum, the Village of Cocoawit〗

When we arrived at the inhabited villages, the wind and snow gradually became much lighter, and it seemed that even the climate was a little warmer, full of hot life.

Villagers were coming and going on the street, chatting and laughing in a sincere way. When they saw the young people walking at the entrance of the village, they greeted them warmly.

"Has the snow monster been driven away?"

"It's so scary..."

The young villagers holding shotguns or knives and forks comforted: "The snow monster has been driven into the mountains. It's okay. These two travelers from outside haven't encountered it either, so don't worry..."

The ones who followed them into the village were naturally Lynch and Robin.

The villagers looked up at Lynch.

What a tall man...and there was a woman sitting on his shoulders.

What's even more amazing is that these two people, whether they are the man carrying the woman on his shoulders or the woman sitting on the man's shoulders, don't care about the looks of everyone around them.

An old man who was wearing bloated clothes and had a red nose because of the cold was holding a cigarette in the corner of his mouth and wandering sleepily on the edge of the crowd. He couldn't help but take a second look at the tall man carrying a woman on his shoulders.

"Travelers from outside..."

Many of the villagers looked at each other with expressions of shame.

The Drum Kingdom was once a well-known medical power. People from all over the world did come here to seek medical treatment, seek treatment, or learn medical skills... But since King Valpo succeeded to the throne, he started the "hunting doctor"

Plan" to expel all doctors in the country, leaving only 20 top doctors in the palace as a medical team.

If everyone in the country is sick, they must go to the palace to make an appointment to get treatment...

Such a magnetic drum kingdom is no longer a major medical power. People who travel here will probably be disappointed...

…

[The figure walked out from the wind and snow. It turned out to be two people. Then everyone put down their weapons. 】

["Snow monster?" Robin, who was sitting on Lynch's shoulder, lowered his head and asked. 】

[The middle-aged villager carrying a shotgun described the terrifying image of the snow monster, "It is very huge, but it obviously does not look like a human being. It is covered with long hair, and its hands and feet are thick like a monster..."]

[It’s the deer that ate everyone’s fruit...Robin thought.]

[Lin Qi said: "I didn't encounter any snow monsters, I only saw a little deer."]

[Although they were confused, it was certainly a good thing for them to be lucky that they didn't encounter the snow monster, and the villagers didn't think much about it. 】

…

Lin Qi raised his hand and looked around, asking: "Excuse me, is there a restaurant?"

He put Robin down on his shoulders.

"There are," an aunt who was as strong as a bear nodded and pointed to a house not far away with a roof covered with snow. "That's the best restaurant in our town."

Bang, Lin Qi snapped his fingers and pointed towards the restaurant, "Thanks. Let's go!"

Robin nodded to his aunt and followed Lynch to the restaurant. He pushed the door open and entered, blocking the sound of the wind and snow behind him.

"..." Watching the man and woman enter the restaurant, the aunt and others turned around and asked the young men who came back with weapons, "Are they... coming from the mountains?"

"Yes." said the young men.

"Did you just come here like this?" everyone asked again.

It is difficult to walk in the deep mountains in windy and snowy weather, and those two people didn't look like they were fully prepared for mountain climbing... In fact, those two people not only didn't look like they were fully prepared for mountain climbing, they didn't even look like they were traveling.

!Except for the woman who was carrying a shoulder bag, they were basically walking empty-handed in the snow-covered mountains.

It's as casual as if you were strolling leisurely in the streets and alleys with your bulging belly after having dinner on New Year's evening...

The young men nodded again, "Yes..."

Bang, a cigarette fell to the ground, melting the snow.

The slovenly middle-aged man at the edge of the crowd stared blankly at Lynch and the two who entered the restaurant. He rubbed his eyes hard in disbelief. He tremblingly took out a crumpled newspaper from the arms of his big cotton-padded jacket.

.

………………

"Snow monster..."

After sitting down in the restaurant, Robin held his chin and looked out the window at the snow falling in the distant mountains, and spoke slowly.

…

【"That snow monster has appeared many times and it's really annoying."】

[The young men who led Lynch and Robin back to town put away their weapons and enthusiastically educated them on the deeds of snow monsters along the way. 】

[Some people recalled: "The snow monster has a weird temperament, and he especially likes to run to places where people gather... The most troublesome thing is that he has thick skin and thick flesh. He will not die even if he is hit by a shotgun. At the same time, he is extremely powerful and ignores the wind and snow."

And the harsh environment in the mountains... it’s really scary!”]

["..." Robin sitting on Lynch's shoulder was speechless, thinking of the tearful little reindeer he met before. 】

[At this time she heard Lynch ask: "When did the snow monster first appear?"]

[The middle-aged villager carrying a shotgun recalled it and said: "More than a year, almost two years ago!"]

[Lynch nodded. He had already checked the "B.I.B" encyclopedia before coming here... Chopper is almost three years old now. ]

[In other words, Chopper was only a year old when he ate the Everyone Fruit, which is in line with his positioning as an immature boy in the comics... After all, female reindeer reach sexual maturity at an average of 1.5 years old, while male reindeer reach sexual maturity at an average of 1.5 years old.

It will be a little later but not too late. The time when Chopper eats the Devil Fruit is most likely before he matures as a reindeer...]

[And it met the quack doctor Siruluk when he was nine years old. 】

[That is to say...as a little reindeer of a snow monster, he wandered alone in loneliness and grievance for eight years. 】

["Life is already difficult, and we have to face the harassment of snow monsters," the young villagers sighed, "Oh..."]

…

The waiter brought over the steaming hot soup and hot dishes that had been ordered.

"Please enjoy."

"Thank you." Robin nodded, took a sip of hot tea, shook his head holding the cup, and said to Lynch, "That little reindeer doesn't look like a cruel animal..."

And judging from its true appearance after Lynch took away the Renren Fruit, it seemed that it was still a young deer...

I like to go to places where people gather, probably just out of my instinct to yearn for warm crowds...

In Robin's mind, he recalled how he felt when he was a child, after finishing the housework, watching children of the same age playing with family and friends through the window from a distance.

"'Snow Monster'," Lin Qi took a sip of hot soup and said with a smile, "Does it remind you of your childhood? You were also called a 'monster' by a bunch of idiots who didn't know about devil fruits, right?"

Robin was startled and sighed: "They are indeed very similar."

"I don't understand something," Lynch said while eating. "You have such a big library, but you don't even know about devil fruits?"

Robin drank the hot soup, shook his head and said, "We are just doing academic research. And..."

She paused, showed a complicated smile, and looked at the flying snow outside the window, "People colorewhattheywanttocolore..."

A girl who can grow arms, a girl who has no parents, a girl who is not welcomed even at her foster aunt's house, a girl who got a doctorate in history at the age of eight and is 180 times smarter than other children of the same age.

The girls on the street... the little brats of the same age who bullied her really had more than one excuse for being "monsters".

"Monster" may just be the one that sounds most righteous among them...

Lynch reminded: "You should know that as long as I can understand the English you speak, right?"

Robin stretched out his slender green fingers, lightly tapped the tip of Lin Qi's nose, winked and said with a smile, "Isn't this good?"

It didn't take long before the simple meal was finished.

Robin warmed up his body, and Lynch also rested his belly a little, and called the waiter to come over and pay the bill.

"The customers are very unfamiliar," the waitress said with a smile.

Robin took out a few Baileys from his shoulder bag to pay the bill. Lynch said casually: "We are here for a trip, and we are looking for someone..."

"Hmm." The waiter nodded while paying the bill and agreed casually, "Looking for someone..."

"Yeah, yes, find someone." Lynch crossed his legs, "The guy named Valpo, find him and kill him!"

He snapped his fingers.

With a "pop" sound, the waitress's expression froze, and soon the entire restaurant slowly became quiet.

The waiter was shocked: "What did you just say?"

"The change fell." Lynch caught the few coins that fell, put them back into the waiter's hand, and patted her shoulder, which made the latter tremble. "What's wrong? Are you Valpo?"

The waitress's legs went weak and she almost fell down.

Lin Qi laughed and stood up, looking around at all the villagers in the restaurant who had expressions of disbelief on their faces, "Why are they all looking like this? Are you not going to eat?"

"It's not because of what you just said loudly!" Everyone in the room shouted in unison.

Lin Qi covered his ears and said dissatisfied: "So what?"
To be continued...