Not far away, he saw Grayfia and the others.
'It worked.' Although he already expected this to succeed, he was still happy to see that it was indeed working.
When they noticed Zaydas arriving, he was instantly surrounded.
"Zaydas-sama."
"Zaydas-san."
"Did it work?"
"Calm down first and give me some space." Zaydas said, helpless, but he understood why they were so anxious.
Doing as he asked, they fell silent and gave him some space.
"First of all." Zaydas smiled: "Yes, it worked perfectly. Although I haven't tried going back from here to there yet, it's almost certain that it will work. And soon, I'll let you all try it too and get to know a new world~!"
"Is it that world full of pirates?" Shion clapped her fist into her palm with a smile full of energy.
Hakurou only opened his left eye, but in that glance, Zaydas could feel his fighting spirit.
Even with just a brief introduction, he had talked about the excellent swordsmen that existed in One Piece.
And unlike the girls, they hadn't been to another dimension yet. Saying that they weren't curious about it would be an outrageous lie!
"First of all, I need to explain how things work and how to go to Little Garden." Zaydas said slowly: "First, touch this tree with your hand. Then, mentally give Little Garden a command with the intention of entering."
He paused before continuing: "Inside Little Garden, you will appear directly in the room that is connected to this dimension and to the other world. Inside that room, you can choose whether you want to return to this dimension by commanding Little Garden, or leave and explore the dimension that Little Garden is currently in."
"Zaydas-sama." Ravel raised her hand.
"Ravel, any questions?" Zaydas looked at her.
"Like… Will we only have access to our home planet and the planet where Little Garden is? The one you mentioned before that was living in an era of pirates?"
"Basically." Zaydas said: "Later on, I'll let you travel to other dimensions more freely. But for now, I will limit access only to the world of One Piece, where Little Garden is currently located."
"One Piece?" Ravel murmured the name, feeling something familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before.
'Wasn't that the name some boys in my class were talking about? What was it again… Oh yes, anime. Yes, they were talking about how the new episode of One Piece was awesome or something like that.'
Since she didn't pay much attention to that conversation, she didn't hear much about it. She only overheard it and remembered now.
From Zaydas's shadow, Jade, Shadow, and Maylon came out.
When he saw their looks, Zaydas understood something and threw a piece of the golden fruit from before towards them.
Under everyone's confused gazes, he made a generous piece float in front of each of them.
"Try it."
Without needing him to say it twice, they started eating.
At the first bite, their eyes sparkled even more than his.
Luna, who had also come out from Asia's shadow, after eating, howled regretfully because she had swallowed it all at once and hadn't enjoyed it like her siblings, Shadow and Jade, who were slowly chewing their piece of golden fruit.
"Don't worry, Luna." Zaydas said: "There's more where that came from, but I'll have to control how much each of you can eat. After all, unlike the other golden fruits, this one is even more special."
Coming up to him, tugging on the sleeve of his button-up shirt, Rikoto, one of the elves, with her naturally soft voice, said with stars in her eyes: "It's a waste to eat it… Wine, we should make wine with it."
"Yes, yes!"
The other elves protested in agreement.
The elves weren't the only ones—Rurushi and Tia had the same opinion.
"I agree~!" Even Grayfia raised her hand with a gentle smile.
"But, Grayfia-nee, you can't drink." Zaydas reminded: "After all, you're expecting my child."
"Ours." She corrected him, showing a bit of disappointment, but soon smiled as she rubbed her still-flat belly: "But yes, you're right."
When they heard this, the protests in favor of making wine with that golden fruit stopped.
But Zaydas could feel their disappointment.
"Don't worry. I'll still make wine for us later with this. Be patient." Zaydas reassured them.
Since there was still hope, their eyes regained their light.
"A wine made from something so nutritious and tasty... Hoho, I can't wait~" Hakurou commented.
"Okay, enough talking." Zaydas clapped his hands together and said: "Aren't you curious to see what the planet I mentioned earlier looks like? Don't you want to go to Little Garden? Then, follow me, I'll take you there~!"
"Zaydas-san, you sound like a tour guide~" Asia laughed warmly.
"I agree with Asia." Shizue laughed a little as she said it.
After a round of laughter, Zaydas wasn't bothered by their words or laughter. After making Shadow, Jade, and Maylon return to his shadow, he took them to Little Garden.
With the Great Sage with him at all times, he prepared to intervene at any sign of malfunction.
Even though he was confident that nothing bad would happen, he decided to be prepared.
But his worries proved unnecessary.
...
One by one, they started to appear in the Little Garden room destined for the TSSDK dimension.
Although not everyone belonged to that dimension, since they came from there through the 'clone' of Little Garden in TSSDK, they appeared in this room.
As they arrived, they looked around the room, curious.
"Is this sky really fake?" Ria couldn't believe it, pointing toward the sky.
"Yes, it is." Zaydas nodded.
"Wow~"
Amazed, Ria wandered around with the others.
The space was huge, but there was nothing interesting in that place for now. Soon they would understand.
"Can we go outside?" Rurushi asked with expectation.
"Of course." Zaydas agreed.
Then, he commanded Little Garden to open a door to the outside.
When the door opened, one by one they started to go out, with Zaydas being the last to leave.
Outside, stepping on the ice ground, they looked at the vastness of the ocean, and they could even see the nearest islands in the distance.
Well, it was no surprise that they could do that—none of them were ordinary.
"Zaydas." Rurushi asked: "Can I go out there?"
"Wait a moment, I'll create a telepathy network first." Zaydas said, and she nodded.
It didn't take long for him to create it and add everyone to the network.
"Done. You can go and act freely." Zaydas smiled and said: "I don't mind if you kill cruel pirates, or even deal with some nobles. I trust you enough to know that you won't kill indiscriminately. Also, if you need any help, just communicate through the telepathy network."
""""Yes!!""""
After agreeing, everyone started laughing and in an instant, pairs of wings appeared on the backs of many of them and they flew off.
The fastest to leave were Tia and Rurushi.
Then it was Ria and the elves.
"Zaydas-sama, we're going too."
"Mhm."
Benimaru, Hakurou, Souei, and Kurobee flew together toward the northeast.
Their destination must be the Land of Wano.
Shion and Shuna seemed reluctant to leave his side.
Zaydas understood that Shuna wasn't that interested in exploring, but Shion was different.
"Shion, go with Benimaru and the others." Zaydas said: "Go have some fun and when you're tired and want to come back, just let me know and I'll pick you up."
Pressing her lips together, she smiled beautifully: "Thank you, Zaydas-sama~"
Then, a pair of wings appeared on her back and she shot off at great speed toward Benimaru: "Guys, wait for me!"
Laughing with her hand in front of her mouth, Shuna softly commented: "That Shion is hopeless~"
Besides Shuna, Grayfia, Shizue, Ravel, and Asia stayed.
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