"What do you mean, suspended?!"
Hearing that, not only Crocodile, who had only recently returned to the group, but even Mihawk raised his eyes and silently stared at Austin.
That phrasing...
Why did it sound so much like 3D2Y?
"What kind of looks are those?"
Austin swallowed the steak in his mouth. Feeling a little choked, he picked up the orange juice beside him and gulped it down.
"You mean... we're splitting up?"
Mihawk felt that Austin's words this time were different. It wasn't as if Austin had never gone off to have fun by himself before,
but this time, Mihawk had a feeling that it was probably not that simple.
Combined with what Austin had said before about setting them all free...
"Why does that sound so heartless?"
Austin did not agree with Mihawk's wording. Calling it splitting up was far too hurtful.
It made it sound like
if they stopped sailing together, they would stop spending his money.
"Well... how should I put this? I just think you all have ambitions of your own. There's no need to keep traveling with me forever."
"For example, you, Little Hawk. Most of the time, I'm just chasing after all kinds of excitement. In the vast majority of cases, I won't run into famous swordsmen around the world.
Compared to staying with me, you'd definitely prefer a quieter life, challenging master swordsmen from every corner of the world."
That left Mihawk speechless.
As a cold and aloof Little Hawk, he preferred a life where he planted vegetables and cooked every day in a quiet old castle, then practiced swordsmanship in peace.
Of course, he did not dislike Austin. In fact, if Austin were willing to live that kind of life with him and spar with him in swordsmanship, that would be