"What!!!?"
At those words, even Austin, who always faced others with a smile and calm demeanor, could no longer keep it together.
Veins bulged across his forehead as he stared sharply at the Den Den Mushi with its fiery red lips, his teeth clenched tight.
Yet Big Mom beside him seemed not to notice anything unusual about Austin's expression and continued laughing smugly.
In her mind, she seemed to have already imagined a pink-haired boy freely unleashing Conqueror's Haki, sweeping aside everything in his path and pushing her onto the throne of Pirate King.
"Ma ma ma ma~ A child who inherits both our talents will definitely become an even greater monster than you, Austin.
"The power to rule the world is right before our eyes!!!"
Apparently believing herself highly persuasive, Big Mom looked expectantly at Austin, who showed no sign of excitement.
She had absolutely no idea
that Austin was cursing like mad inside.
If she had been in her twenties or thirties, he might actually have considered it.
But Charlotte Linlin had already become a baby-making machine, and her figure had begun to go out of shape. Though she was not yet as exaggerated as she would be in her fifties or sixties, she had already completely lost her former beauty.
Austin considered himself rather picky, and he did not think he could bring himself to do it.
Besides...
What the hell was a bride price?!
What did she take him for...
A breeding machine?!!!
The anger marks on Austin's forehead kept multiplying as he said with a chilling expression,
"Then wait for me on Whole Cake Island, Charlotte Linlin. I'm coming for you right now."
"Ma ma ma ma~ If you've come around, then that's naturally for the best..."
Before Big Mom could finish, Austin abruptly hung