ONE PIECE: THE CHILD OF GOD - CHAPTER 6 (Patreon)

When Garp left the following day, after teaching me how to throw a proper punch, I was left to think about what was happening to me, or rather what I was capable of now. I was strong, too strong for a kid my age, for human for that matter, and while the scale of power obviously varied between worlds for rather evident reasons, my case seemed to be special in some way.

First, I was always calm regardless of the situation, frighteningly calm, and when I was not, any other emotion I was feeling was muffled so to speak, I could still get angry, but not like I remembered, and honestly I wasn’t sure I was even capable of being afraid anymore.

And that was just the psychological part of my change.

Physically, I was a monster.

I could crush rocks with my fist as if they were made out of cotton candy, and my speed was mind-boggling, to say the least, and the most shocking part was, I was a kid, meaning I was possibly at my weakest.

I needed answers, and I didn’t even know to what questions.

Unlike most isekai, I didn’t get to talk with a God to understand my situation and powers, all I knew was that I woke up under an apple tree in Dawn Island.

That and that I now hated apples for some reason.

Wait, now that I recall, I ate one of the apples, and it tasted like crap, could it be that that apple was a Devil Fruit? I mean, it could explain why I was so strong all of the sudden.

Then again, that theory didn’t feel right.

But it was worth a shot.

Sighing, I walked out of my room and informed Dadan I was going to the beach so that she could make the proper arrangements to take care of Ace. 

With that said and done, I walked out of the house, and venture towards the beach, leaving a crying Ace behind.

My reason for going to the beach was pretty clear, and it was to try and swim, this simple experiment would prove if my apple devil fruit theory was correct, if I could swim it would mean my prowess was a gift from whoever sent me here which considering the world, was highly appreciated, if I couldn’t, well, fuck me I guess.

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Ten minutes later, I arrived at the beach, which was currently full of people playing and stuff, for a moment, I pondered over the implications of this little experiment of mine, and what could happen if I happened to be a devil fruit user.

In short, if I was right, I could drown.

So, I needed insurance.

“Sir,” I said, approaching a random guy at the beach, “I will try to swim, but I have never done it before, can you go with me for a moment so that I don’t drown?”

The guy in question looked at me before he decided to shake his head, “Sorry kid, I’m here for the ladies~” with that said, he walked away, leaving me to select another target.

But before I could even think of asking someone else, a random lady approached me, patting me in the head, “I can help if you want,” she offered with a smile.

“Thanks,” I smiled at her, and together we walked to the water.

Two feet in, nothing, I was still able to move.

Four feet in… still nothing, I was still able to move.

I hummed at that, as the lady encouraged me to go deeper into the water with her.

Nodding, I pushed myself a bit deeper, and deeper, until the beach itself looked to be relatively far away.

“Well, you’re a natural!” The lady in question complimented me.

I looked at her, and then at me, and smiled, “I suppose I am,” I was fine, I wasn’t a devil fruit user, this power I had, was not given by a disgusting fruit.

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With the swimming test out of the way, I was back to square one, figuring what I was, if my powers didn’t belong to one piece, it would be safe to assume they belonged to another world, or perhaps they were simply new in a way.

To figure that out, I had to retrace my steps so far, from day one.

First, I woke up under an apple tree, naked, with but a fig leaf covering my private parts.

After that, I found Dadan on the beach, and well, here I am.

Now, what did that tell besides I was a walking biblical joke…

Wait a second.

A biblical joke… how could I not have seen that before. 

Oh fuck…

My name, my entire existence is a joke from whoever sent me here.

I’m a walking irony.

I am Adam… in more ways than one, the calm demeanor, the blonde platinum hair, the absurd strength, the good handle of babies… fuck, now I feel stupid for not noticing earlier.

I was Adam from Shuumatsu no Valkyrie.

No rather, I had his body.

I frowned.

No wonder I was so irrationally strong.

Though some points were missing from that theory, like The Eyes of The Lord, for example, but I reckoned it was something my body wasn’t ready to handle just yet.

“So, I’m Adam, that Adam and my name happens to be Adam,” I laughed, whoever had reincarnated me here had a very childish sense of humor, but I appreciated his gift.

Now, the question was, what to do now.

Now that I knew about my power and what it entailed, I knew I could live a relatively peaceful life, I was sure of it.

But was that truly enough.

This was a new world, with new frontiers to discover, with new things to explore, was settling down at the starting point of my new life what I truly wanted?

No.

I might have not been the greatest adventurer in my world, but right now, the mere thought of letting things go, felt wrong, my body craved something, and I didn’t know what, but I knew whatever it was, wasn’t here.

“I want to see the world,” I smiled, looking at the sky.