One Piece Quest Fruit - Chapter 54

While Eust and Kaya were talking, he also mentioned having Merry help modify the ship’s cabin. Merry was very willing to help, and Eust’s primary goal was achieved. Eust trusted Merry’s skills completely.

Thus, Eust and his crew temporarily settled down in Syrup Village, with Kaya and Merry arranging their food and lodging. That very afternoon, Lyra was invited to copy medical books and other related texts.

Kaya had learned about Lyra’s aspiration to become an excellent navigator and generously offered her access to her family’s library, even allowing her to borrow and copy any books she found interesting.

Meanwhile, Eust and Sunny accompanied Merry to the beach to analyze the current state of the ship’s cabin and discuss modification plans.

Eust wanted to convert a large cabin into 3-4 smaller rooms, ideally including a kitchen where they could cook and live without worrying about fire hazards. He emphasized that the modifications should not compromise the ship’s structural integrity.

Merry immediately understood Eust’s vision. He suggested converting the cabin into three rooms: a combined kitchen and storage room and two other rooms for Eust and Lyra to use. The workload wasn’t significant, and a few people could complete it in two or three days.

Eust agreed with Merry’s suggestions and entrusted him with the cabin modification project.

With Kaya granting Lyra access to her family’s library and Merry agreeing to help with the cabin, Eust felt his few medical books paled in comparison to their assistance.

Eust didn’t want his friends to feel shortchanged, so he thought of ways to repay Kaya and Merry. However, Kaya didn’t lack for money, so giving her financial compensation wasn’t appropriate. He had to think of something else to offer them.

In the end, Eust decided that during their stay on Syrup Island, he would go fishing for rare seafood during his free time and have Lyra cook delicious meals to show their gratitude to Kaya. Lyra would likely be happy to do so.

One must not think Eust was stingy. Kaya’s family was indeed wealthy, or Captain Kuro wouldn’t have targeted their fortune. Kaya didn’t need money, so Eust had to find other ways to repay them. Fishing and fighting were his strengths.

It wasn’t feasible for Eust to stay and protect Kaya or Syrup Village, so he focused on catching rare and delicious seafood to host a fEust for Kaya. Completing Sunny’s fishing task would simultaneously help prepare food for Lilith and gather ingredients, making it a win-win situation.

Eust wouldn’t easily reveal Lilith’s existence to anyone, including Kaya and Merry. It wasn’t about distrust; it was for their protection. Knowing about Lilith brought them no benefit and could endanger them.

That day, Eust caught a lot of fish, giving most to Lilith and bringing a portion to Kaya’s estate for Lyra to cook a sumptuous meal. Combined with other food from Kaya’s estate, they enjoyed a grand dinner.

The next day, Eust asked Sunny to assign tasks to him and Lyra. Eust wanted another hunting task related to fish, while Lyra requested a book-copying task, hoping for some unexpected gains.

Sunny assigned excellent tasks this time. Eust’s task was again related to fish, with a reward of improved swimming skills. Based on past experience, such rewards often significantly exceeded basic physical enhancements, which excited Eust.

Lyra sought strength improvement. After consuming Lilith’s fruit, she had noticed a 2 cm increase in her height the next day, which thrilled her. One of Lyra’s goals for going to sea was to find treasures that could help her grow taller. Eust was happy for her and fully supported her efforts.

Eust’s task was fishing, with a reward of improved swimming skills, while Lyra’s task was copying books, with a reward of enhanced physical abilities. They both began their tasks.

Sunny continued his military cat training, aiming to become the strongest military cat and never slacking off.

In the evening, Eust and Lyra shared their rewards. Eust’s swimming skills had significantly improved, giving him an advantage in underwater combat.

Lyra felt stronger but hasn’t noticed any height changes yet, so more data is needed.

On the third day, with Sunny’s task ability on cooldown, Lyra completed part of Kaya’s family library copying, and Sunny continued his training.

Eust trained in swordsmanship, gaining some insights into Iaido but still feeling something was missing.

That day, Eust also met the three “Usopp Pirates” members, Usopp’s little followers.

Eust explained to them what pirates, bounty hunters, and marines were, emphasizing that all groups had good, bad, and mixed individuals.

When talking about his seafaring dreams, Eust said he loved exploring and wanted to see the vast world.

The three kids also had dreams: the steady Carrot wanted to run a tavern, the cheerful Pepper aspired to be a top carpenter, and the bespectacled Onion dreamed of becoming a novelist.

On the fourth day, Eust’s task was swordsmanship training, with a reward of slight physical enhancement. Lyra’s task involved navigation knowledge, with a reward of improved navigation skills.

Sunny managed the tasks well, directing training towards specific goals. He was becoming more familiar with his task fruit abilities.

On the fifth day, Eust focused on swordsmanship training while Lyra delved into navigation knowledge, and Sunny concentrated on his training.

Additionally, Merry’s cabin modification project was completed, and everyone loved the newly renovated cabin.

On the sixth day, Eust asked Sunny for a hunting task to gather food for Lilith, simultaneously enhancing his strength.

Lyra’s task remained navigation-related but with a reward for strength enhancement. She was keen on gathering data to observe any correlation between her strength improvement and height increase.

That day, Eust completed his task and provided enough food for Lilith, ready for her next transformation.

Lyra vowed to continue collecting data on strength and height correlation, and Eust supported her, believing there was no harm in increasing her strength.

On the seventh day, Eust decided it was time to leave Syrup Island. Their goals were accomplished: the cabin modifications were done, and Lilith’s energy was fully charged. Their training and tasks had significantly improved their strength, making it time to set sail again.

That morning, Eust and his crew bid farewell to Kaya and Merry and set sail, eager to continue their adventures. After all, the world was vast, and they wanted to explore it.

Eust had also secretly left small gifts for Kaya and Merry, hoping they would find them useful.

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