Chapter 89: Catching Up and Proposition

Chapter 89: Catching Up and Proposition

_________ POV Narration_________

The Revolutionary Army soldiers didn't stand awkwardly for long after their captain confirmed Enel's objectives.

Everyone was glad that they didn't have to fight an Emperor. Not one person thought themselves powerful enough to do anything to Enel.

In the end, Enel was also given a room on their ship, one right beside Robin's, as the captain didn't think he'd be a threat to her at that point.

Robin and Enel didn't speak much at first, both of them retreating to their respective rooms and resting.

Enel spent most of his time catching up on some books and reading a few random parchments. His sleep schedule was already quite bad, so he rarely felt sleepy during the night.

So, he kept reading till morning all until he felt Robin knocking on his door. Before even the first knock was heard, he got up.

Walking to the door slowly and opening it just as slowly.

Robin's calm gaze scanned him, and he also looked at her with a bored smile.

Robin had already changed out of her prisoner attire, changing into a more relaxing summer dress.

Enel also noticed that the slight tan on her skin was already gone. Spending a few weeks on a winter island seemed to be enough to make her skin forget about the sun's warm embrace.

It was rather strange to Enel, but he decided not to look that deeply into it. What he looked deeply into were her dark eyes, she was one of the people he had been most curious about, as their interests seemed to be somewhat aligned.

"Robin, how nice to see you drop by~," Enel said as he gestured for her to enter his room.

It was barebones, with a comfortable bed, a chair and a table with reading materials spread all over it.

Enel turned the chair and sat down, facing the bed, as Robin ended up sitting down on the bed.

"We do have quite a bit to talk about..." Robin said as she smiled a bit, her calm expression not changing for one second.

It was clear that she wasn't feeling stressed or scared being near Enel, despite the fact that he was arguably more dangerous than all of the people she had met previously.

At the very least, he wasn't a danger to her.

"Hmm? I guess there might be a few subjects I can think of. But what exactly do you have in mind?" Enel's words had a melodic undertone to them, as he leaned back on the chair and crossed his legs.

"I should probably start by saying this... I am truly sorry for what happened back on the Sky Islands..." Robin bowed her head slightly, much like her captain. Enel's calm smile trembled a bit in awkwardness as he wondered why she was even bothering to apologize.

But it wasn't like she had any idea that Luffy had already done so. In the end, he simply sighed.

"I appreciate the thought. Your captain had already apologized, so there's no need to bow your head."

One of his earlobes patted Robin on the shoulder as he leaned back and spoke with a reassuring smile on his face.

"Luffy did?... That's unexpected..." Robin said as she rubbed her chin for a few seconds.

"Well, I guess he felt bad about it... Either that or he wanted to soften me up and invite me into his crew..."

"... I guess?" Robin's confused gaze managed to get a chuckle out of Enel, but that didn't last longer than it should've.

"Now, onto more important business... I've not looked into any Poneglyphs recently." Enel said as he yawned a bit, turning his head slightly to the books on his table.

They were all history books, but none of them had the information he really wanted. And he had no way of knowing if they were truly portraying the truth.

In truth, it was hard to tell what exactly those weapons were. But they were powerful objects of mass destruction capable of changing the tides of war in seconds.

The fact that the Government had pieces of those weapons made Robin's spine tremble a bit.

"No need to be too scared at this information... I was curious if you had any idea about this, but I guess not." Enel laughed a bit as he remembered the Pluton Canon shooting a hole through the sky.

"N-No... I didn't know about this. I had assumed all of the Ancient Weapons were lost, and their location was only recorded in various Poneglyphs."

"Well, you are right, but plenty of people have tried to look into them across the decades. The World Government obviously confiscated everything related to them."

"I see..." Robin looked a bit discouraged, as she remembered her efforts to make sure that the Ancient Weapons didn't fall into the wrong hands.

'I guess I was a few decades too late to gatekeep them...'

"Don't look so downtrodden, there isn't much a single person can do against such a massive power."

Enel's reassuring words made her sigh, but she also raised an eyebrow as she started thinking about whether or not Enel was able to do anything against the World Government by himself.

Enel smiled knowingly, guessing her thoughts just from her expression and opening his mouth to answer.

"Personal strength is important... But it's not everything.

There were others stronger than me, and not one of them managed to take down the World Government, or even come close to it... At least in known history."

Robin narrowed her eyes a bit at those words, not liking the fact that Enel had basically just read her mind.

That was when she also took a closer look at the books on his table.

"Common History, huh?" She asked with an amused smirk.

"Heh... Good for a light read, but it's hard to tell what is correct and what is 'modified'." Enel turned around slightly and grabbed one of the books with a bored expression.

"I could help you... If you want." Robin smiled when saying those words.

Enel raised an eyebrow, remembering that Ohara was known to have the largest library in the whole world.

'I guess she's the one most likely to know about history, both recent and before the Dark Century.'

Enel gestured for her to go on, realizing that there was likely a catch to her proposal.

'No way anything is free in this world...'

"In return... I want you to help me get stronger!" Robin's confident smile shined in the sunlight that entered his small window.

With new sunrise, came new adventures, it seemed.

'... This is interesting...'

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