After thinking it over, Erza ultimately decided to eat a Devil Fruit.
Compared to the drawback of losing the ability to swim, she cared far more about protecting her companions.
So Rowan gave Erza a list of Devil Fruits, detailing the abilities of each one, and let her choose for herself.
The More-More Fruit might suit Erza well, but it was definitely not the perfect match.
This was also the first time Erza realised there were so many kinds of Devil Fruits.
Even Mirajane and Cana were shocked.
"Paramecia, Zoan, Logia… Isn't this a little too ridiculous?" Cana could not help commenting. "And Zoan Devil Fruits can even transform people into kirin and azure dragons? Isn't that going a bit too far?"
Mirajane could not help nodding as well.
This made her even more curious about Rowan's origins.
If Devil Fruits were this powerful, why had she never heard of them before?
Could Rowan perhaps come not from this continent, but from some other continent?
Rowan had no idea Mirajane had thought so much in such a short time. He gently said to Erza, "Don't agonise over it too much. You can actually choose more than one Devil Fruit. Just pick a few you like and tell me."
"Huh? You can choose multiple ones?"
Cana's heart was stirred as well.
If she could choose several, then by eating multiple Devil Fruits, wouldn't her strength shoot upward?
Passing the S-Class Mage Promotion Trial would only be a matter of time.
That sounded amazing.
"Hey, Rowan, can I choose too?"
Cana's gaze became unusually watery as she looked at him, and even her voice turned deliberately sweet.
"You can, but are you sure you can afford one?" Rowan asked. "These things aren't cheap. One costs at least several tens of millions of J."
The currency in the world of One Piece was Berries, but this was not the world of One Piece. It was the world of Fairy Tail.
The currency here was J.
And J had fairly strong purchasing power.
For example, in the original story, Lucy rented an independent apartment in Magnolia, the city where Fairy Tail was located, for only several tens of thousands of J per month.
Magnolia was a historic magical commercial city.
Rent there certainly would not be cheap.
From this, one could see that J had far greater purchasing power than Berries.
Therefore, Rowan's price of several tens of millions of J per Devil Fruit was actually quite fair.
The moment Cana heard the price, the excitement in her eyes vanished and they became perfectly clear.
After all, completing one ordinary request only earned her a little over a hundred thousand J, perhaps several hundred thousand at most.
Requests worth over a million J were usually S-Class missions.
She was not even qualified to accept those.
So a price of several tens of millions of J was simply far too expensive for her.
One year?
No, forget one year. Even three years might not be enough for her to save that much money.
"Hey, hey, that's way too expensive."
Hearing Cana complain, Rowan countered, "It may be expensive, but tell me whether it's worth the price."
Cana immediately closed her mouth.
If Devil Fruits were truly as powerful as Rowan claimed, then several tens of millions of J genuinely was not expensive.
There would be countless people who could afford them.
She simply was not one of them.
"Can't you make it a little cheaper?" Cana asked unwillingly.
"I suppose I can. Since we're guildmates, how about ten million J each?"
"Forget it. Ten million is still too expensive."
Cana shook her head and ultimately gave up.
She genuinely had no money.
Erza, however, had a thoughtful gleam in her eyes. She put away the list of Devil Fruits, planning to carefully choose after returning home.
As for Mirajane, she had taken an interest in the Strong-Strong Fruit and the Warp-Warp Fruit.
Those two fruits seemed perfectly suited to her younger brother.
With them, perhaps her brother could also become an S-Class Mage.
However, a price of twenty million J for both was not something an ordinary person could afford.
Perhaps she needed to think about how to earn more money.
That afternoon, with Erza's help, Rowan found a house on a scenic street in town and intended to rent it as his base.
As for the rent, Erza initially wanted to pay it for him. She knew Rowan had only just arrived in this world and did not possess its currency.
However, Rowan refused.
Although he did not have this world's money, he possessed a currency accepted across countless worlds.
Gold.
In the vast majority of worlds inhabited by humans, gold was valuable.
So with Erza's help, Rowan exchanged some of his gold for this world's currency and effortlessly purchased the house outright.
That was right.
He bought it rather than rented it.
Rowan had little interest in renting, but buying a home was necessary.
After all, Chinese people had a particular attachment to owning property. No matter where they went, they wanted a home of their own.
This world was no exception.
However, Rowan did not spend that night in the world of Fairy Tail.
Instead, he returned to the world of One Piece and found Vegapunk.
"Long time no see, Lord Rowan," Vegapunk said. "What brings you here?"
"A friend of mine wants a Devil Fruit, so I came to get a few from you."
Vegapunk immediately understood and brought Rowan to a storage room.
The storage room contained a huge pile of artificial Devil Fruits.
There were all kinds of them.
Vegapunk had manufactured every one.
Whenever he ran short of money, he would sell some of them. After all, in the eyes of others, Devil Fruits were still extremely desirable.
Because of this, Vegapunk never again had to worry about funding his experiments.
After all, the world of One Piece truly had no shortage of wealthy people.
When Rowan said he had come for Devil Fruits, Vegapunk told him to take whatever he wanted, as many as he could carry.
Rowan did not stand on ceremony.
He selected several of each type and took them with him.
Before leaving, Rowan also asked Vegapunk how the world of One Piece was doing.
Vegapunk replied, "Although things are still chaotic, everything is moving in a better direction."
He told Rowan that although the Celestial Dragons and Imu had been eliminated, Rowan had left the world's future to its own people rather than forcibly ruling it himself.
As a result, the world of One Piece remained chaotic.
However, Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, seized the opportunity and reached an agreement with Fleet Admiral Sengoku.
Nico Robin also contributed greatly to the negotiations.
Together, the two sides established a new World Government and invited every nation in the world to join.
They solemnly promised to abolish the Heavenly Tribute and end all policies connected to the Celestial Dragons.
No one would ever be allowed to become a Celestial Dragon, nor would the Celestial Dragon system ever be permitted to return.
At present, many countries had already joined the new World Government.
Fish-Man Island was among the most enthusiastic.
However, some countries were still observing the situation and had yet to join.
Dragon and Sengoku did not force them.
Instead, they actively guided the various nations in preparing to resist the coming disaster.
Meanwhile, the Marines were cleaning up problems left behind by history.
When the old World Government still existed, many Marines had sided with it. Others had accepted bribes, embezzled funds, or colluded with pirates.
In the past, Sengoku had been forced to turn a blind eye to such things.
Because the Marines depended upon the World Government's support.
But now that the old World Government had collapsed, the Marines could naturally begin purging the corruption within their ranks.
Those who had gone too far in the past all became targets.
Garp became the sharpest blade, eliminating every one of those parasites.
The integrity of the Marines improved tremendously.
As for former Admiral Black Arm Zephyr, although he had not returned to the Marines, he continued working to eradicate pirates.
Having returned to his prime, he travelled everywhere attacking pirate crews. Aside from the Four Emperors, nearly every pirate of any reputation had been crushed by him.
As for the Four Emperors—Kaido, Whitebeard, and Charlotte Linlin all had close relationships with Rowan, so they were not included among Zephyr's targets.
Red-Haired Shanks, however, had fought Zephyr several times and had never been able to gain the upper hand.
Because Zephyr had eaten several Devil Fruits, his strength had increased tremendously, allowing him to fight Shanks evenly.
This left Shanks completely helpless.
After hearing Vegapunk's explanation, Rowan roughly understood how the world of One Piece was developing.
Although the seas were still chaotic, they were improving with every passing day.
That was perfectly normal.
Even after Rowan killed Imu and the Celestial Dragons, it was impossible for order across the seas to become perfectly organised overnight.
After all, everyone had their own ideas and demands.
Forcing all of them to pull in the same direction was not easy.
The transition from chaos to order required time.
Dragon and Sengoku were handling it well. They were changing the world one step at a time.
Perhaps within a year or two, the entire world would become peaceful.
At that point, everyone could unite to resist the coming apocalypse and save the world.
Rowan felt extremely gratified.
His efforts had not been wasted.
After finishing his conversation with Vegapunk, Rowan left the world of One Piece in satisfaction and returned to the world of Fairy Tail.
By then, the sky in the world of Fairy Tail was already bright.
Rowan washed his face, put on clean clothes, and leisurely left his house.
He found a decent breakfast shop nearby and sampled the food of this world.
A glass of milk from some unknown species, along with an enormous meat pie.
The milk tasted sweet and sour, making it extremely appetising.
At first, Rowan thought something had been added to it. Only after asking the shopkeeper did he learn that it was completely natural.
Naturally produced yoghurt?
What an oddly niche phrase.
For a moment, Rowan did not even know how to comment.
Since when could yoghurt be described as naturally produced?
However, considering this was a magical world filled with all kinds of magical beasts, an animal producing yoghurt instead of milk did not seem impossible.
Rowan quickly accepted it.
After finishing breakfast, Rowan headed to the Fairy Tail Guild.
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