After Caelan and Olvia had been connected for about two and a half minutes, her body was filled with magic power.
Just like with Nami and Robin, Caelan had given Olvia a year's worth of magic in one transfer.
If he really wanted to pursue Olvia, doing so under the pretext of replenishing her magic would be far too despicable.
Time was eternal. It would be more enjoyable to take it slowly.
All he could think was, woman, you have successfully caught my attention.
"However, I really need to research a wireless magic replenishment technique."
Caelan thought to himself.
Kissing Olivia felt pretty good, but he didn't plan for all of his Heroic Spirits to be women, and not all female Heroic Spirits would be suited for this method either.
If he summoned Roger and Rocks, two powerful men, they too would urgently need magic replenishment.
Wouldn't it be ridiculous to see two burly, bearded men trying to awkwardly approach each other?
Forget kissing, even shaking hands would make him uncomfortable.
Fortunately, with the magical knowledge he had inherited from the Saintess of the Winter and the complete understanding of the Third Magic, it would only take a little time to design a contactless magic replenishment device.
Two or three days, maybe a week at most.
Such a simple technique wouldn't take long.
While Caelan was thinking, Olvia stirred in his arms as she woke up.
The scenes of her desperately clinging to him just moments ago kept replaying in her mind.
Who am I?
Where am I?
What did I just do?
Oh my god!
She had just passionately kissed Robin's man. Was that something she should have done?
Olvia cracked her eyes open slightly and glanced at Robin, only to see her daughter's gloomy face, looking on the verge of breaking down.
Damn it, Robin's angry!
In an instant, Olvia quickly shut her eyes and curled up in Caelan's arms, motionless like a corpse.
Her years of life experience told her that pretending to be unconscious was the best way to get through such an embarrassing situation.
Just like when a captain and vice-captain had been caught in an "accidental" romantic moment, as long as everyone pretended to know nothing, then nothing had happened.
As she thought this, Olvia secretly nudged Caelan's stomach with her hand hidden in his arms, hoping he would play along.
Already awake?
Caelan sensed her actions and was momentarily stunned.
Just as he was about to speak, he noticed her hand trembling slightly.
So she's embarrassed.
Caelan immediately understood and covered for her. "The magic I transferred just now was too much. Olvia's body is too weak to handle it. She needs to rest for the night before she wakes up."
"I see."
Robin gave a wry smile.
She could tell at a glance that Olvia was faking. Her face was red as a monkey's backside. How could she possibly be unconscious?
But, for her mother's pride and for the sake of their relationship with Caelan, Robin decided to play along.
This family will fall apart without me.
"It's late now. Let me take her back to rest."
Robin calmly took Olvia from Caelan's arms.
It had only been five hours since Tesoro and his men evacuated Dressrosa. By now, it was two or three in the morning. It was just the right time to return and sleep.
"Yeah, it's getting late, haha."
Nami, Vivi, and the others nearby had enjoyed watching the drama, but they also knew when to stop.
Even Hancock, usually the most self-centered, understood how awkward the atmosphere was right now.
As for Nami and Nojiko's earlier thought of asking Caelan to resurrect Bell-mère, that would be better left for a private conversation later.
If it were them in this situation, how mortifying would it be?
"Well, good night, everyone."
What else could Caelan say? He silently opened the exit of the Reality Marble.
One after another, Nami, Vivi, and the others left without hesitation.
Robin also stepped out with Olvia in her arms and returned to her room.
"Hey, how long are you going to keep pretending?"
Robin tossed her mother onto the big bed, dissatisfied.
Even while carrying her, she could feel Olvia's heart pounding furiously. It was impossible to hide.
"Robin, I was wrong!"
Olvia stopped pretending, hugging Robin and sincerely admitting her mistake.
It really wasn't her fault.
Sensing Caelan's overwhelming magic, she simply couldn't help herself. She wanted to be closer to him, to stick to him, to absorb his energy.
"If this happens again, will you still do it?"
Robin asked with her hands on her hips, unrelenting.
"No!"
Olvia's tone was firm at first, but her voice weakened at the end.
If it happened again, she probably wouldn't be able to resist.
What else could she do? She was desperate too.
She had already been poisoned by Caelan, unable to control herself.
Seeing Olvia like this, Robin understood. If it happened again, her mother would definitely dare to do it.
"Ah, I'm going to kill you!"
Robin shouted, throwing Olvia onto the bed.
Normally calm and mature at twenty-eight, she now showed her childish side in front of her mother.
"Mercy, I was wrong!"
Olvia raised her hands in surrender, completely abandoning her dignity as a mother.
She was clearly at fault, so she couldn't be forceful.
What's more, in this moment, Robin seemed like the eight-year-old girl in her memories again, leaving Olvia completely powerless to resist.
"What's the point of having a boyfriend, little girl? Why don't you let your mother take care of him for you first?"
Olvia teased, like a parent justifying confiscating their child's New Year's money.
"Haha, you old woman!"
Robin bit Olvia's lips in embarrassment.
This mother truly had no remorse at all.
"How can I be old? I'm only twenty-seven, which means I'm even younger than little Robin."
Olvia said unhappily.
Age was the one taboo women couldn't touch.
She had died at twenty-seven, and that was the age she had been preserved at.
So in terms of age, she was the winner.
"Ahhh, you still dare to say that!"
Robin scratched her head frantically, utterly exasperated.
She activated the Flower-Flower Fruit, sprouting several arms to pin Olvia down, and began teaching her a more vigorous lesson.
Inside the room, the mother and daughter who looked so alike played together.
If no one explained, most people would have thought they were sisters.
Even with her silver hair, Olvia looked more like a mischievous younger sister teasing her elder one.
During this playful scuffle, the twenty-year gap between Robin and Olvia faded away, and even the earlier awkwardness seemed to vanish.
The two eventually fell asleep while fooling around, faint smiles lingering on their faces.
(To be continued.)
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