[Crossover] The Philosophy of Laying Eggs

[Complete] The male lead is Marco. If you've finished reading, please leave a rating, thank you, lovelies!

Does every powerful species on the brink of extinction have a duty to fulfill?

The Dragonkin: only three remain in the world.

Hecate is the only one of them who wants to reproduce. A fierce beauty with a bounty of one billion.

Her identity is complicated.

She's Admiral Zephyr's adopted daughter, a member of the Pirate King Roger's crew, and a childhood friend of Red-Haired Shanks and Buggy the Clown.

Her dream is simple.

To marry and have children with the person she loves, then live a simple life as a homemaker at sea.

Fate seems to have other plans for her.

Other women are irresistible to straight men. Hecate is obsessed with marrying the Seven Warlords, the peaks of male beauty.

And the Four Emperors, and the Navy's mainstays, too.

If love only takes sincerity, why is it so much more complicated than fighting?

She gets fooled by a yandere, fooled by a tsundere, and even fooled by a mama's boy.

In short, her sincere love gets her nowhere...

"It gets you somewhere! To a pineapple!"

No matter if the pun costs her money, Hecate says with a grin, "I love pineapples most of all."

A story about the bond between a dragon and the sea, and a generation growing up in the gap between the old and new eras.

Someone hopes you'll always be safe, looking after you like a father;

Someone is grateful you came along, because you showed him that freedom was possible;

Someone wants to drag you into hell, yet is captivated by your purity and innocence;

Someone waits for you to understand your own feelings, so you can retire to the countryside together after the great battle;

Someone teaches you to be yourself and is grateful for your unconditional sincerity;

Someone travels across mountains and rivers for you, leaving a secret at the journey's end;

And someone gives you all their heart, wanting to witness the dawn of a new era with you.

Everyone has their own time to make an entrance. Hecate believes that she is the one who decides when hers comes.

It has nothing to do with fate or prophecy.

You should be the one who decides how to live.

"Content warnings"

Slow burn, extremely slow burn. Other romances in the early chapters. A long story of 146 chapters. Many original settings. The heroine is beautiful, powerful, and silly, and is not a conventional everyone-loves-her heroine.

An idealistic fairy tale, a wish-fulfillment story written for the author's own enjoyment. The lovely characters belong to Oda, and any out-of-character portrayals are mine.

P.S. This is one of three stories in a shared universe series. Take a look at my collection!

P.P.S. The alternate-timeline bonus stories are also in my collection. Please follow!

Theme: Companionship and protection, family and freedom