Bright truly had not expected that Lola's first words after recovering her shadow would be a proposal to him.
All he could say was that Lola had ultimately become the marriage-proposing Lola from the original story.
He just wondered whether she had been rejected thousands of times within three years, as she had in the original story.
Later, he remembered that this woman's husband in the original story had been one of Capone Bege's underlings. But Bege was probably still knocking around the West Blue, so Lola still had a long way to go before getting married.
"Katakuri!"
However, Miss Lola had no time to concern herself with Bright now. Her attention had been completely drawn to Katakuri's voice coming through the Den Den Mushi.
"Seeing that you're still so full of energy puts my mind at ease."
Katakuri said from the other end of the line, "Lola, you idiot, don't go running off to dangerous places anymore. I can't always find someone to save you."
His tone was full of concern and warning.
Tears streamed from Lola's eyes as she wiped them away and choked out, "Yes, I understand, Katakuri."
She could never make her brother worry again.
"Then, let's get ready to leave this place."
Bright said, "If we stay in these waters, there will still be some danger."
The danger was not the utterly helpless Moria, but rather the companions Zunesha had mentioned before, lurking within these waters.
Those monsters, left here long, long ago to lie in silent wait, were the true reason ships had vanished from these waters year after year.
"By the way,"
Katakuri spoke up again at that moment. "Bright, how did you deal with Moria?"
"I beat him up and left him where he was."
Bright answered casually, "If you want to