My Years Among the Dead at Sea

Check out my upcoming story, Pixel RPG in One Piece. Blurb below.

After playing the full-dive life simulation game The Grand Line, Yulia became the sort of Celestial Dragon everyone loves to play, breathing in the air of privilege every day in Mary Geoise.

Then she died at the age of one, before she could put any of her grand ambitions into action.

Oh, right. Her name was Donquixote Yulia.

[Begin the sea voyage of the Pirate God! I am determined to become the Pirate God!]

To rebuild her body, to prevent the world from being destroyed, for love and peace, and for all sorts of other reasons, she set out to earn the title of "Pirate God!"

Wait just a second, something doesn't seem right!

[You need to collect emotional energy, or whatever. Trust, affection, hatred, it all counts. After all, a devoted follower of a true Pirate God will have all sorts of complicated, wonderful feelings for you.]

Yulia: ...?

It's a little strange, but I guess the Pirate God is just that amazing.

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◎ The first stop on her journey to become the Pirate God: the Moby Dick.

Yulia became a member of the Moby Dick's crew and sailed and traveled with the Whitebeard Pirates.

She was Whitebeard's youngest, most fragile daughter, with a tragic past. Stubbornly, she returned to her homeland to search for something, yet in front of her family, she was always cheerful, optimistic, and friendly.

They did everything they could to make her feel the warmth of home, hoping Yulia would forget her past suffering and form deep bonds with them.

[Congratulations, player. You have obtained the Whitebeard Pirates' Blessing.]

◎ The second stop on her journey to become the Pirate God: Whole Cake Island.

Yulia became the queen's most beloved child and gained many older brothers and sisters. Unwilling to stay behind, she chose to stand up to her mother.

"Will you give up a hundred years of your lifespan, or leave Whole Cake Island?"

Her brothers and sisters in the Charlotte family planned an escape they'd been scheming for a long time. Amid deafening cheers and blessings, they sent Yulia out of her prison.

[Your bonds have grown stronger.]

◎ The third stop on her journey to become the Pirate God: the North Blue.

◎ The fourth stop on her journey to become the Pirate God: the East Blue.

Yulia visited island after island and crossed many oceans.

She watched her followers form bonds with her and develop deep feelings for her, offering her a generous amount of faith energy.

As for that inexplicable red and black faith energy, well, Pirate God followers just have complicated feelings like that!

The progress bar was almost full, and she would soon have a body of her own.

Wait, wasn't she playing a game called The Grand Line?

Great!

After decades, she could finally start playing!

P.S.:

1. The journey to becoming the "Pirate God" is just her playing a game, lol.

2. Everyone has a one-sided crush on her, with romance, familial love, and friendship all included. Familial bonds feature more heavily in the early part.

3. The cast includes but isn't limited to the characters mentioned in the blurb. Many characters will appear.

4. A lighthearted read. Apologies for any out-of-character moments and plot holes.

Here's another upcoming story: Pixel RPG in One Piece.

Kefu opened a pixel RPG game that combined exploration, construction, combat, and management. The goal was to turn the uninhabited island she owned into a wonderful, fully developed home.

A wild, untamed forest, farmland in desperate need of cultivation, a wine cellar in urgent need of reconstruction... There was a mountain of work, but fortunately, she could summon helpers.

She summoned three children to help her farm and clear weeds.

She summoned a powerful swordsman to clear out monsters and explore the forest.

She summoned a kindhearted red-haired crew to build houses and gather materials.

Oh, and the Lingling family to help sell desserts, the Doffy clan to help assemble weapons...

With their help, Kefu's island flourished and grew, eventually reaching a perfect ending.

Satisfied, Kefu uninstalled the game and quit, only to discover that she had transmigrated into it.

And this wasn't some harmonious, wholesome construction game at all. It was a pirate world full of adventure and battles!

Those kind little helpers had become the Four Emperors of the sea, the world's greatest swordsman, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Navy Admirals... None of them were people you wanted to mess with.

Kefu broke into a sweat. Only then did she remember that she'd proposed marriage to more than one helper while playing the game, and they'd all accepted.

Oh no, she was in trouble now.

*

Somewhere along the Grand Line, a small island appeared out of nowhere. Its owner was a strange woman who could use summoning magic.

In Mihawk's eyes, she was following a wilderness-survival scenario, and every time he saw her, she was running for her life. He adventured with her, surviving and killing monsters to grow stronger.

In Shanks' eyes, she always appeared smelling of alcohol, obsessed with puttering around in the wine cellar. He helped her build it, and they drank and celebrated together.

In Doflamingo's eyes, she bustled around a steam-filled workshop, and every weapon she made was a masterpiece. He helped her improve the weapons and run the business.

She was beautiful and steadfast. Though she loved giving gifts a little too much, she was direct about saying she loved someone, and most of those she confessed to accepted her feelings.

But after they agreed to marry, she suddenly vanished one day, and the whole island disappeared from the Grand Line with her.

*

By the time Kefu transmigrated into the game, her island was already famous throughout the world, and she herself had become a notorious evil island owner.

Rumor had it that she was ruthless and ambitious, monopolized resources, crushed people's dreams, and randomly summoned people to her island.

No one knew what really happened on the island. All they knew was that everyone who had visited it went mad, searching the world for the island owner to take revenge, only for them all to suddenly fall silent one day.

Newspapers even interviewed them, hoping to get the story firsthand.

Reporter: The evil island owner must be plotting something unspeakable!

Shanks: What? I don't know what you're talking about. We don't have a grudge. (smiles) How do you know I'm getting married next month?

Reporter: Oh, okay.

Mihawk: It has nothing to do with me. We're not enemies. (pauses) I'm getting married next month.

Reporter: Huh? You too?

Doflamingo: You have no right to know about my fiancée and me... But you're welcome to come to the wedding next month.

Reporter: Wait!

The island owner's reputation gradually turned around. She became a good person in the public's eyes, someone who assigned a wife to everyone who came to her island. More and more people even began hoping to be summoned and get a wife.

Kefu: ???

"My many marriage partners saved my reputation"

*Once I'm done marrying you, I'll marry the next one. One here, one there. Don't rush, there's enough for everyone.*

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Theme: Setting sail for a new life through adventure and love