Just as Nami was explaining things to Zoro...
Down in the plaza, Pell also let out a sneer.
"Koza, not only are you an ingrate, you're a legally illiterate fool who doesn't even understand the most basic laws of the kingdom!"
Pell tapped the duck's head with the flat of his sword and mocked him with words almost identical to Nami's.
"What do you think you are, daring to use age to pressure our kingdom's legitimate princess, Her Highness?"
After being publicly humiliated with basic legal knowledge, Koza's face instantly flushed crimson, like a slab of pig liver.
"T-Then there's still reason and sentiment!!"
Seeing that he could not argue law and principle, Koza immediately shifted fronts, raising his voice in grief and fury as he accused her.
"Who doesn't know that filthy history from back then? It was that woman, Queen Mother Didi, who secretly conspired with the World Government and caused King Cobra's death. Only afterward did she give birth to you, this bastard, in such a disgusting way."
"Is that not the greatest betrayal of Alabasta, of King Cobra? How could a bloodline born carrying sin like yours be worthy of ruling us?"
Those treasonous words echoed across the plaza, frightening many commoners into backing away, afraid they would be splashed with blood by this death-seeking speech.
Yet in the face of an insult enough to drive any royal family into a rage, Vivi merely tilted her head slightly. On that breathtakingly beautiful face, there was even an extremely obvious trace of boredom and impatience.
"You say my mother conspired to kill the former king, Cobra. Where is the evidence?"
Vivi looked at Koza as if she were looking at someone mentally deficient.
"The World Government already reached a clear conclusion about my birth long ago. Back