My Brother's Keepsake (Sabo x Reader)

Chapter Four: Baltigo

"No, this island is very small. I mean we have buildings, we have a town but it's very small because the only people who really live here are us, executive members of the Revolutionary Army, and most of us aren't even here all that much because we have missions to go to all the time." She explained. "There are many officers who live here too, as well as soldiers and refugees at the refugee camp. This long stretch of buildings, is known as Mesland village, and the town is Mesland Market."

Koala drove on and eventually after the residential area, you reached a Mesland Market.

"This is the only town we have on the entire island." She told you.

There weren't many shops, you saw two supermarkets, a few small restaurants and some clothing shops. There were a few other places that provided the necessary services, but for you, coming from a huge merchant island, this place was really small.

After the Mesland Market, there was a fork on the road, where Koala turned the corner and there was a large building, albeit much smaller than the headquarters.

You got out of the winrot and stood by the fence.

"This is Mesland School. Sabo-kun did his learning here. I joined later than he did, so I was way behind all the others in the beginning." She told you.

As she was speaking, a group of children of mixed ages exited the building and ran to what looked to be a training ground. There was a blue haired fishman waiting for them there and as soon as they saw him, they fell in line.

"A school?" You asked astonished.

"Yeah. This is like an orphanage, school and training ground for future soldiers of the Revolutionary Army." She said. The fishman spotted her and she waved at him as he began his lesson.

"That's my friend Hack."

"Oh, I see. So, are all these children, victims of war?" You asked sadly.

"Yeah, and war criminals too. We don't force them to stay. We relocate most of the children we find along with all the other refugees."

You followed her as she started walking away from the school. "It's getting late, so I won't take you any further, but over there is the refugee camp." She pointed in the distance.

In the distance, you could see tents along with actual houses that seemed to make up a much larger residential area than Mesland village. There were plenty of people moving around over there.

"Many of our soldiers stay there, guarding the refugees. We only keep any refugees here until we find a safe place to relocate them to. Of course there are others who choose to join us instead." She explained.

"This place is even better than I imagined." You gasped at the sheer scale of it all. How may people had they helped?

"We should be going back. Come on." Koala took your hand and dragged you back to the winrot.

"That school, what kind of teachers work there?" You asked her.

"Volunteers. Mostly family members of the executive officers, and when we get the chance, we help too. Hack is in charge of the training, but I help out too." She told you as you were heading back. "Robin-san also teaches History sometimes."

"So, if it's like a home, are the nurses and cooks and the orphanage directors all volunteers? What about the refugees? I'm sure some of them have nothing to their name when they come here, does the Revolutionary Army provide for them too?" You asked curious.

Koala laughed. "You sure ask a lot of questions! Yes, it's all volunteers, donations from our supporters and money we get from bounties and stolen treasures. We'd like to do more, but it's not easy getting our hands on money and weapons without catching the attention of Cipher Pol." She said parking in front of Sabo's house.