"Oh!!!"
"These demon wings and tail are pretty unusual!!!"
Ignoring the furious glare from those icy ringed eyes, Austin curiously reached out and touched them, acting as if they were already familiar.
As for Imu, he was merely the king of a country at this point. He was still far from developing the disdainful attitude that eight hundred years of accumulation would later forge.
Though proud, he had no way of dealing with Austin, who forgot heaven and earth existed whenever something amused him.
After all, Austin possessed an unsolvable Devil Fruit ability and Conqueror's Haki no weaker than his own.
Austin was not worried that Imu would turn against him or anything.
After all, the gap in strength between the Twenty Nations and the Great Kingdom was not particularly vast at present, and the future course of the world had yet to be decided.
A Mysterious King like Austin, someone capable of influencing the course of the war to a certain extent, was still a highly valuable person to win over. Imu could distinguish what mattered more.
Naturally, Austin would not go too far either. For the time being, he favored the side of the Twenty Kings.
After a brief exchange with Imu, he smiled and stepped aside to introduce himself to King Donquixote.
Although he possessed no actual territory or army, Austin's presence did not seem out of place among the Twenty Kings, the leading figures of this era.
His strength, bearing, and appearance made him more deserving of the title "king" than anyone present, so no one felt inclined to reject him.
Even Imu, that immensely ambitious and self-important "demon," both acknowledged and feared Austin.
As for Austin,
he had naturally noticed Imu's gaze and was equally curious about his magic.
Possession, ultra-long-range teleportation, turning others into