An insolent wretch?
Austin was a little surprised by that tone. It had been a long time since anyone had dared speak to him like that.
But considering the Empress's personality...
"You really have no manners, Hancock."
Austin's tone was calm, without the slightest hint of aggression, yet it somehow carried an intimidating force.
Especially for Hancock.
In the steamy bath,
Boa Hancock let her long hair hang loose as she washed her flawless, fair, slender body. As the Empress of Nine Snake Island, she had always presented herself to the outside world as lofty and untouchable.
"Whatever I do will be forgiven,
because I am simply too beautiful!!!"
There was some truth to those words, because she truly was one of the world's greatest beauties.
She had every right to be that arrogant.
Yet this Empress, who had always looked down on everyone else, had leaned her head back more than ninety degrees in a perfect pose of disdain.
The moment she heard that man's voice, however, her delicate body trembled. She fell straight into the water, her silky hair scattering wildly from her panicked movements.
But she had no time to care.
Looking at the Den Den Mushi by the poolside, its expression calm and indifferent, Hancock's pupils shook violently, and her exquisite face instantly turned deathly pale.
"Hello? Are you listening?"
Austin received no reply, so he called out again.
"...L-Lord Saint Austin..."
Even though Hancock had only heard that man's voice a few times, she could never forget it.
That figure was like a nightmare!!!
Without even bothering to get dressed, Hancock climbed out of the pool and shakily made her way to the Den Den Mushi. Kneeling on the floor, she held up the Den Den Mushi that represented an authority she could not defy.