Hello everyone, here is the next chapter

This is a really short chapter, but I hope it is good

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Marco moved over to Ace, who was by the railing. It was after breakfast now, and he wanted to know what kind of night Ace had had, if he had slept or not. When he asked, Ace said he had slept a bit and it was fine, he didn't need more sleep for today. Marco accepted it, but did say if he needed it, to sleep for an hour, to not be afraid to say that. He did also mention he didn't need to show up at breakfast, he could sleep through it. It had Ace blink, seeming shocked, and Marco said it would be fine, and Ace said he would think about it.

Ace then looked at Marco. "If you want, I can ask Vincent to come by, or one of the others, and they can speak to you about the immortal thingy." Marco gave a nod. "Would they do that, yoi?" Ace nodded, before he half-shook his head. "I don't know. But it can't hurt to ask. I've heard they are kind… in their own way." That didn't sound too good, but he wanted to know more. "It can't hurt. Maybe you should ask, yoi." Ace nodded. "I'll ask Aoba to ask Vincent. He knows him better." Marco nodded, that sounded to be a good idea. "I would appreciate it if you could." Ace gave a smile. "I am sure someone can speak with you." That sounded good, and he went on with his day.

It was a couple hours later Ace came over to him. "I spoke with Aoba, he has spoken with Vincent and the others, and Clear, who is the oldest, can come by and speak with you, if you want it." Marco nodded. "I would really appreciate that, yoi." Ace nodded. "Good. He will come by next week." Marco nodded, before he remembered something. "Wasn't Clear the one who walked on the ocean?" Ace nodded. "So I've heard. I'm excited for that myself." Marco nodded, this would be interesting to see. He spoke a bit more with Ace, before they parted and the day moved on.

When the next day came, Ace had his rings out, today being a blood moon apparently. He should ask for a date for these things, so they knew which day it would be. It would be nice to know these things ahead of time. Ace seemed to enjoy himself and Marco had even joined him for a flight, which was fun. It was nice to have someone to fly with.

As day moved by, Ace had his fun, before he took a break on deck, actually standing on his two legs. Ace usually hovered above the deck, probably enjoying the feeling of flying.

-x-

Ace had had his fun and was now relaxing on deck. He wanted to stand a bit, so he could relax his wings. Marco was close by, enjoying the day too. As Ace was standing, Marco moved to look at his wings. "They still look magnificent, yoi." Ace gave a small nod. "Yeah, I still like my new wings. They look nice." Marco nodded. "They do. I'm glad you got them, yoi. Even though it had a cost." Ace nodded, feeling a bit down with that. It had cost him his devil fruit. It had cost him his human side. Marco moved a hand to his shoulder. "Don't look down. I am sure Lance will figure something out, yoi." Ace nodded, he really hoped so.

-x-

Marco stood out on deck, enjoying a good day. There have been many good ones lately, the weather being nice and things being calm. It was nice.

As they were just enjoying the day, Ace moved towards the railing, a frown on his face, which had Marco move to be beside the vampire. "Anything wrong, yoi?" Ace gave a small sound. "Um, I think… I think Clear is close." Marco gave a nod. "What makes you think that?" Ace nodded. "I can smell it. It smells like Vincent, but not quite." Marco nodded, that made sense. "From where is it coming from, yoi?" Ace moved and pointed forward and a bit to the left. Marco nodded, he would keep an eye out that way, also informing those on watch and Pops, and everyone was a bit excited, to see if he really walked on water or not. And Marco had to say he was himself. This would be interesting.

After that, it was an hour before Kent came and said he saw something small in the distance, it could be someone who walked on the sea, it fit the silhouette of a person. Marco nodded and walked over to the railing and got a telescope, and had to agree, it looked like a person. After a few minutes, Marco looked again, and lo and behold, it was a person, who was walking on the sea. He got everyone's attention with that and everyone was excited to see this. When the person, Clear, was closer, he could make out his features. He had a white coat, shirt, and boots, A yellow scarf and an umbrella, a see through one, the reason he hadn't seen it before.

When he was close to the boat, he could hear small humming, Clear humming a slow tune as he walked, and when he was close, he simply got his wings out- he had forgotten Lords could use their wings when they wanted to- before they disappeared when he was on the deck. Everyone stared at him in amazement. Clear then looked towards Ace. "Hello, Ace." Ace gave a smile and wave. "Hi!" Clear then turned to look at him. "So, you wanted to speak with me?" Marco nodded. "If we could, yoi." Clear nodded. "Show the way." Marco nodded and headed to his room, Clear following. When they were in his room, Clear shut the umbrella and sat down in a chair, looking at him. "So, what do you wonder about?" Marco gave a breath as he sat down. "I wonder about my powers, yoi." Clear nodded. "I see. I know quite a bit, I knew the person who was before the person before you." Marco nodded, that was good.

Clear gave a hum. "Do you have any immediate questions?" Marco nodded. "Am I immortal?" Clear gave a half nod. "Yes and no. Yes, a phoenix is immortal, but no, since you can actually die, be it by seastone or the sea. If you are gravely wounded, you will simply be reborn. Not as a child, but as yourself. Think of it like shedding your body and getting a new one." Marco nodded, that made sense. "What can you tell me, about my powers, yoi?" Clean hummed. "I think you are stronger than you believe, nothing, beside the sea and seastone, can harm or kill you. Or, there is one thing, But that thing is locked away. That could kill a normal full phoenix." Marco blinked. "I thought they were immortal, yoi?" Clear nodded. "Everything and everyone has a weakness. Be it a common one or uncommon." Marco nodded, that also made sense. "But I am immortal? Since Ace said I tasted good, yoi." Clear hummed. "Right, young Ace's preference is immortality. Your blood is immortal, but not your body. I assume it took a few seconds before you could heal?" Marco nodded. "Yes, how did you know, yoi?" Clear nodded. "A vampire can disable a devil fruit. So, Ace can potentially kill you." Marco swallowed with that, not having thought about that. But it was true. He wouldn't heal right away, probably long enough to kill him. And Clear said his blood was immortal, so if he lost everything, he would probably die.

"Something else," Continued Clear. "Is that you are poisonous. Your saliva." Marco blinked. "What?" Clear nodded. "You bite someone, either as yourself or a phoenix, they will most likely die. This is not changed even if you are in seastone chains. So, spit on your enemy, they will die, or be gravely sick." That was really new information, something he didn't know. "Is a regular phoenix poisonous?" Clear nodded. "Yes, but very few know it. A phoenix is dangerous in itself, they rarely had to rely on their saliva. You have strong talons and wings, which they use the most often.

He sat and spoke with Clear for 2 more hours, learning a lot, before they headed out again. When they were out, Clear spoke a bit with Ace, before he moved on his way. He just walked to the railing and jumped over, his wings coming out and softening his landing, before he slowly started moving away, slowly humming again, umbrella out and open. He wondered why he used that, but he probably had a reason. This had been a very nice experience. He now knew a lot about himself, and he would be sure to speak with Pops later. He wanted to update the man on himself. He might not tell everything, but tell most of it. Clear was interesting.

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