Chapter 8

The next day I woke up early in the morning. I had breakfast at the bar and decided to explore the settlement, I was still curious about what interesting places there are.

After half an hour of sightseeing, I still couldn't find anything interesting. As I was about to go to the forest for training, I came across a small shop, it was not very remarkable, but rather well-groomed. The shop was painted red, with a small sign that said, "Fine Fabric."

* Dilin *

Opening the door, I heard the doorbell ringing. Going inside the shop, I was met by a petite girl with black hair and rather large breasts ... A pleasant voice distracted me from admiration:

- Hello.

-Oh, hi, is this a clothing store? - I think I should buy myself something. My clothes after yesterday's training are all in a terrible state.

- Yes sir, we sell clothes and make them to order.

- To order? Hmm, how can you place an order? - I liked this proposal. Why not? Every famous pirate should have a style of clothing. But I don't think I need it now, for these two years I will definitely grow up. And with this kind of training, I'd better go naked, hehe.

- Oh, do you want to place an order?

- A little later, now I just wanted to buy regular clothes. - After looking around a bit, I bought a T-shirt and shorts. I think that's enough for the first time.

After leaving the shop, I decided to continue training and went into the forest.

After yesterday, everything hurt terribly, but this is no reason not to do anything.

Taking a few heavy stones, I began to use the power of the fruit on them.

At first everything was very simple, but when I started increasing the number of stones raised, the process became quite difficult. Gradually everything was harder and harder, and after about twenty minutes my head started spinning and I lost concentration, all the stones fell.

- Heh, looks like this is my limit. - I said smiling.

I think we need to continue.

After a little rest, I repeated the process again, but this time I did not last even ten minutes. Thus, I continued to train until the evening. Then, having rested, I went to workout with Rotret.

When I came to training, I saw the same picture as yesterday. Rotret sat cross-legged on a stone. He looked at me and said:

- You look rumpled, did not get enough sleep?

- No, I trained.

- What are you missing training with? I can increase the difficulty. - Rotret said with a strange smile.

- Uh, no, no, I trained the strength of the fruit, that's different.

- Fruit? Ooh, do you have a devil fruit? You didn't tell me what kind of power he has? - Rotret said in surprise.

- Well, I'm not sure, it's like Paramecia, its power in controlling gravity. - I don't think it's worth talking about what was written in the talent tree. How can I know the stages of development if I am an ordinary fruit? And I think that ordinary fruit trees probably do not have developmental stages as such. At least I haven't seen this in anime. Unless they have an awakening, but in my opinion, this is not related to the stages of development.

- Gravity? Wow, this is interesting, show me something.

I picked up the nearest small rock and threw it at Rotret.

* Clap *

Rotret caught the stone and said:

- Hmm, good ability. Are you spreading a field around you to use gravity?

- Yes.

"Okay, you're in luck, we can say that your Paramecia is very good.

- Good? Why? - I asked a little surprised. Although of course he's right, the power of my fruit is definitely very useful, to control gravity, what's wrong with that? Besides, there are other stages ... I am still curious what kind of power of the nebula it is. My devil fruit is definitely not a paramecia of gravity, since there are words "orbit" and "universe" in the stages of development, then this fruit seems to be somehow connected with space, or something similar.

- Controlling gravity, isn't this force good? I think this power will be very useful in battle. How did you train?

- I lifted stones and gradually increased the amount.

- Amount? Why not the weight of the stones? - Rotret asked with interest.

- The more stones you need to lift, the more you need to focus, it is more difficult than lifting more weight. For example, I can lift only one stone of about a hundred kilograms, but I can lift no more than thirty small stones less than a kilogram, and if I still try to manipulate them, it is even more difficult. I think it's better to develop concentration than just brute force, in the end the enemy won't wait until I throw a bigger stone at him, but the more such stones the better. And the faster they fly, the more chances of hitting the enemy.

Rotret looked at me a little, and then nodded.

- Hmm, well, the more small stones the more difficult it is to defend against them. Okay, then train the strength of the fruit during the day, and come to workout an hour later. Now take a little rest and we'll start.

After resting for about an hour, Rotret got up and said:

- Let's go.

We did not walk long, not even five minutes passed as we arrived at a clearing on which there were strange objects. At first I did not understand what it was, but when I looked closer, it dawned on me. These were weights, dumbbells, barbells, there was different iron with different weights.

- I usually train here. Although I left the patrol, I have to maintain my form. You will train here. So far, your strength is not very much, you can immediately see that you haven't lifted anything particularly heavy. We can start sparring in a year, but for now, raise the base. Once you're done here, go develop your will. This will be your training for the coming year. Find me later and see your results. Well, be there. - With these words Rotret began to walk out of the forest with a calm gait.

Eh, pulling iron and training will, it will be boring.