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"Robin?"
Hearing Robin's familiar voice, Arton looked over at Uta with a hint of puzzlement.
"When did you call her over, Uta?" Arton asked.
"Hehe, just a little while ago, using my ability," Uta replied.
"I see—so you used your Devil Fruit ability, huh. Mm… your fruit really is suited for calling people over from far away." Arton nodded.
Uta smiled faintly and didn't say anything more. After all, she had no way to tell Arton that she'd actually contacted Robin through the diary copy.
"Come in, Robin." Arton turned his head toward the door as he spoke.
"Sorry to intrude." Robin gave a brief apology and pushed the door open.
"How could you be intruding?" Uta said. "You coming here is a huge help to us."
She walked up to Robin, took her by the hand, and pulled her fully into the room.
"Being able to help you is my honor," Robin said with a gentle smile. "But, Miss Uta, I'd like to ask something of you in return—please bring me into the dream world sometime as well, so I can see it for myself."
The message Uta had sent earlier hadn't spelled things out; all she'd said was that she wanted to bring Tashigi and Arton into a dream so they could rest for a bit, but with Robin's intellect, it wasn't hard at all to guess what Uta actually planned to do with Arton and Tashigi in that dream.
If possible, Robin naturally wanted to enter that dream world too and use her own methods to deepen Arton's impression of her.
That way, there'd be a greater chance of Arton writing her name and drawing her image in the diary in the future.
"Don't worry, don't worry~. If there's a chance, I'll definitely show you what my fruit can do," Uta said, patting her chest, then looking back at Arton. "But for now, I'm going to have to trouble you to stand watch up here for us."
As she spoke, Uta got ready to activate her Sing-Sing Fruit.
Robin nodded slightly, walked over to the window, and took the telescope from Arton's hand.
A moment later, a melodious song echoed throughout the lookout room.
Under the power of the Sing-Sing Fruit, Arton didn't bother to resist and quickly slipped into a dream, Tashigi along with him.
As for Robin, Uta could now control her Devil Fruit ability quite well, so although Robin heard the song, she was not drawn into the Sing-Sing world.
After giving Robin one last nod, Uta went over and sat down beside Arton, who was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed. She rested her head on his shoulder and slowly closed her eyes as well.
By the time she opened them again, the scenery around her had completely changed.
Not only the scenery—Arton and Tashigi's states were vastly different too.
Tashigi, who had been properly dressed before, now looked entirely different. She was kneeling very frankly at Arton's feet, doing everything she could to bring him pleasure.
"Honestly, I just got here and you two are already going at it," Uta said, hands on her hips. "And hey, didn't we agree we were going to dance?"
Hearing that, Tashigi's face flushed bright red. A little embarrassed, she said to Uta, "I–I just thought that maybe Captain needed me like this."
Uta waved her hand and sighed. "Alright, alright, I more or less get what you mean. You're doing it because you care about him."
"Hold it—me understanding doesn't mean you get to just keep treating Arton like that. Stop for a second; what we're supposed to be doing here is dancing."
"Well, fine… if it's to get Captain in the right mood, then I'll join in too."
In the end, Uta chose to give up on scolding her and, in one quick step, moved to Tashigi's side.
Meanwhile, in the real world.
After leaving an eye-bearing hand by the window using her Devil Fruit ability, Robin crossed the room on her long legs and came to stand beside Arton, who was still sitting there with his eyes closed.
"Captain must be having a wonderful dream right now," she murmured. "I wonder if he'll still react to things happening in the real world."
Curious, Robin gently took Arton's hand and placed it over her chest.
Chapter 476: Marine Admiral Kuzan Appears
"No reaction? It seems all of Captain's attention really is focused on that other world…"
Seeing that even when her chest shifted in Arton's hand he didn't react at all, Robin couldn't help murmuring to herself.
She had originally thought that, with Arton's personality, he shouldn't stay completely unresponsive after feeling that kind of touch in his hand.
"Could it be I need… something a bit more stimulating?" Robin let go of the arm she'd been holding and slowly let her gaze slide down along Arton's shoulder.
"Mm, it might be worth a try."
The corners of her lips curled up slightly as she gradually lowered her head toward his groin.
According to Arton's diary, the Flameblade Pirates were about to head for Skypiea. And up on that sky island was a Poneglyph she had been pursuing for a very long time.
To see that Poneglyph with her own eyes, she didn't mind putting in a little extra effort.
Besides, she'd already done quite a lot to obtain a template from Arton in the first place.
At moments like this, Robin couldn't help feeling glad that the fruit she'd eaten was the Hana Hana no Mi.
Thanks to that power, she could still create eyes to monitor the outside world while she… busied herself with other things.
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Meanwhile, in another place.
The dream world.
Arton's body suddenly shuddered, his expression turning very serious.
"Hm? What's wrong, Arton?" Uta, sitting in front of him cross-legged like a little delinquent girl, felt Arton move. She paused what she was doing, stuffed the "toy" in her hands back into Tashigi's mouth, then looked up in confusion.
From what she knew of Arton, this wasn't the timing where his face should suddenly get this solemn. Normally, it took a very, very long time for him to get like that.
"Ahem, it's nothing, nothing at all. Just keep doing what you're doing; you don't need to worry about me. We still have a dance to do later, don't we?" Arton coughed twice as he spoke.
"…Alright."
Seeing nothing truly off about his expression, Uta decided she must have been imagining it and buried herself back in her work.
Once Arton saw that Uta and Tashigi's attention was completely locked on what was right in front of them, he closed his eyes.
Robin really goes all out. All this, just for a Poneglyph… she's pushing herself pretty hard. Once we reach Skypiea, I'll have to give her a proper reward.
That was what Arton was thinking.
Neither Uta nor Robin knew that, with Arton's abilities, he could clearly sense what was happening both inside the dream and outside of it.
It was just like how Uta could perceive things in both worlds at once.
He had to admit, feeling simultaneous sensations in the dream and in reality was quite the experience for him.
If it weren't for Robin, even he wouldn't have thought up this kind of "playstyle."
Not even in his own works had he ever drawn something like this.
In the future, I should really come up with more ways to use Uta's ability like this…
Once Arton had made that silent decision, he stopped overthinking it and focused on what was in front of him.
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In that state, an entire hour slipped by before they knew it.
Robin wiped the corner of her mouth, then looked at Arton as he slowly opened his eyes, a lovely smile blooming on her face.
"Good morning, Captain." As she spoke, Robin helped straighten out his clothes.
"It's not morning right now," Arton grumbled.
Robin just laughed softly and was about to say something more when her expression suddenly changed. In a blur of motion, she flashed over to the window.
Her face immediately turned grave.
"What is it?" Seeing Robin react like that, Arton stood up as well and walked over.
"Marine Admiral… Kuzan."
Robin's hand, resting on the sill, clenched tight as her voice trembled.
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