New World, Whole Cake Island Sea, Whole Cake Island.
Inside the palace, the family's main officers had gathered together today.
"So, brothers and sisters, does anyone know why Mother summoned us today?"
Charlotte Smoothie asked curiously, her absurdly long legs resting on the table.
"Mother is getting married again."
Perospero, the family's eldest son and the one responsible for gathering everyone, spoke calmly.
None of the family's children showed any change in expression.
"Right."
Smoothie even nodded. "Delserej and the others are already a few months old. It's about time Mother wanted to have some new younger brothers and sisters."
Their mother getting married again was something they had long since grown used to.
"Then who is she marrying this time?"
Charlotte Oven, who had always been blunt and rough-tempered, said, "Some country's noble? Some big shot from another race? Who's going to snatch him?"
That was something they were used to as well.
"No, this time, he's already on Whole Cake Island, right by Mother's side."
Perospero's expression was somewhat strange. "Mother had me call you all here only to prepare for the wedding."
"That's right!"
At that moment, Charlotte Linlin's laughter suddenly rang out. "This time, I want a wedding that will draw the attention of the entire world!"
The family's children turned their heads.
Then they immediately understood why Perospero's expression had been so strange.
Like she was holding a doll, Charlotte Linlin cradled the disheveled Doflamingo in her arms, one arm wrapped around his waist.
Doflamingo looked as though he had already lost his life, his head hanging limp and his body utterly motionless. If not for the faint rise and fall of his chest, he could easily have been mistaken for a corpse.
"Doflamingo?"
Cracker nearly burst out laughing in schadenfreude.
He did not seem