Slime reader x Rosinante (Corazon) || One piece

Chapter 22 (Losing the old man?)

~Corazon~ 

'I seem to have lost y/n too' Corazon thought while standing in the middle of a snow as it started heavily snowing again as the weather, it never changes.

He then looks behind him, not sure where to go, and then he thought that maybe he can find some evidence back in the house, and so he made his way towards the shack.

He run, files of snow being left behind with trail and the scrunchies sound the snow makes with his every step he took.

Bursting into the door when he finally finally arrived he started searching for clues opening through their door where he and y/n shares a room before he suddenly noticed a strange door leading to somewhere he hasn't known yet.

He knew he shouldn't be going into the old man's private stuff but, if it's a clue to finding him then it's the only way, though as he glance again at the room, he noticed an unfamiliar footsteps, it's like someone tried cleaning the evidence of someone being here.

Again his eyes started looking around, the chair the old man likes to sit on is nowhere to be found, and there's also a few small wood's on the floor as if a fight have broke out, and someone tried to clean the place but it wasn't really good clean up case, as he kneel down to check it for sure.

"... So someone did kidnap the old man.. and there's not been a human in sight in this island.. except for that ship" Rosinante mumbled as he stood up, and finally decided to go towards the old man's private room, even though it's been a few days since he stayed here, this was the only room that has never been opened, and he wandered if y/n knew of this.

Grabbing onto the doorknob expecting it to be locked as he twisted it and opened the wooden door, ashes came flying towards his face making him cough in response and closing his eyes he then started waving his hand around in front of his face to get rid of it.

Opening his eyes back again, he felt the coldness of the place a cold wind hitting him, as he noticed an open door, a few snow has already gotten in.

"A backdoor?" Rosinante muttered to himself as he finally got the image of the room, and it was a mess, chaotic even with broken things like the window that's already broken...yeah.

And with the carpet full of dirt and snow and shoe footprints with a broken table on the side, and bookshelves? It seems like the old man is actually treating this room as his storage area.

Rosinante started checking everything before he walked up towards the door, checking any sign of life that there might be before looking back inside, caching something in the side of his eyes, a smoke coming from a chimney of the mansion on top of the mountain, where he has taken the devil fruit of ope ope no mi for law.

'thinking about it.. I hope he survived just fine.. I'm worried for him' he's expression becomes determined.

"But there's no time thinking about law right now, I trust he would survive.. but right now I need to make sure y/n's grandpa is alright" he nod his head in determination before running towards the mansion in the hill, not noticing a certain someone has been watching his movements.

~back to y/n~

You panted as you run towards the mansion up in the hill why does it have be always the old man getting in trouble? What is wrong with the old man to be attracting so much trouble?! Y/n thought in frustration.

He sprouted her wings to fly instead towards the mansion, only to arrived late outside not noticing any enemies nearby as she landed against the snow, wishing she have a mask to contain her true emotions.

'I can't believe I'm giving y/n another problem' Yamamoto cough as he tried to stand up, he also already know that he have a sickness that let him forget anything that happened for some time in past, because of that accident with his grandchildren.

He looks all battered up, wounds and bruised all over his body, almost in deaths door, though he already expected this, he had already lived long enough, it's time to let the young slime go on her adventures.

And not locked up in this snowy island, he didn't think y/n even tried adventuring out of the island.

Yamamoto look up not expecting y/n to be standing in front of him, a few hours ago the tall guy named Corazon, he saved with y/n also arrived to help and save him, holding a gun in hand to try and fight off the enemies by using himself as a bait so that the old man could escape.

'Yamamoto-san! I'll be your bait so please look for y/n and escape!'

 As he remembered those words while that guy just smiled without a worry in the world as he ran being chased by the pirate's.

"Gramps!.. are you alright? Who did this?" You knelt down in front of the weakening old man on the snow, he might have been cold all this time, as y/n wrapped her arms around him to try and warm him up 

"Y/n.. Corazon.. that man.. you need to save him" the old man spoke as he looks at you with a smile, blood dripping on his head and lips, whoever did this to the old man had made him suffer for some reason.

"You know.. I'm really glad.. to have met you y/n.. and that man.. but I think it's time I let you free.. cooping you up in this cold winter island with me, you need to find yourself out there and find out who you really are.." Yamamoto spoke as his hand weakly came to press a hand against your chest where your heart lies.

Yamamoto even know it, he knows your curious about yourself, you want to know how you got sent in this world, and he's also curious about it on where you came from, because never In this world that a beast like you with such a massive and pure hearted kindness could exist in this piracy world.

"Yamamoto Gramps.. what are you talking about?.. come on, we need to go home.. and I'll find corazon in no time.. but you need to be treated immediately" you groand as you tried lifting him up, be he refused grabbing onto your arms.

"Please y/n.. it's my last wish for you.. and I'll be also giving you.. my treasure.." he said trying to lighten the mood even just a little, with a warm and weak smile, you didn't know how to react to his response.

Although you are confused what the old man has been talking about, why does he sound like he knows something you didn't know?.

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[I literally wrote the 22, and 23 chapter's while having an stress and depression attack.. last night so uh.. I don't remember what I wrote in this chapter's and I'm afraid to re-read]

(And now I'm editing this while having a cold, fever? Is it the same thing? 🤧)