Shaya: Sister-in-Law, You Should Change How You Address Me!

"..."

As Shaya's words fell, the graceful figure behind him immediately trembled.

"Those government officials are all experts, aren't they?"

After a long while, the figure seemed to have steeled herself and softly asked Shaya.

"Yes."

"They are all members of CP0, the World Government's highest intelligence organization!"

"Even within the entire CP system, they are top-tier experts!"

"They are each proficient in the Marine Rokushiki, Observation Haki, and Armament Haki!"

Hearing this, Shaya answered the figure behind him truthfully.

"With their strength, using the sensory abilities of Observation Haki to perceive every movement of everyone aboard this warship shouldn't be difficult, right?"

The figure continued to ask Shaya in a hushed voice.

"Naturally..."

Shaya still answered truthfully.

"Then, if you don't touch me for this entire week, won't they become suspicious?"

"Won't they report it to the Five Elders? Won't it arouse suspicion?"

"After all, in name, I am one of your wives now..."

The figure continued questioning Shaya.

Over the past week, Stussy had already explained the major forces of the Holy Land to Rouge. Rouge also knew that once they reached the Holy Land, it would no longer be Shaya's sole domain...

In the Holy Land, there were eighteen other families equal to Shaya's!

These eighteen families, alongside Shaya's family, were equally renowned! They were all descendants of the twenty families known as the creators of the world, the World Government's original members...

And among those twenty families, all nineteen except the Nefertari family had gone to the Holy Land, becoming what were now known as the Celestial Dragons...

Furthermore, the Celestial Dragons had nominal leaders: the Five Elders, hailed as the World Government's highest authority!

And once a Celestial Dragon violated the laws of the Holy Land!

They would be arrested and judged by the enforcement organization known as the Divine Knights...

That was why Rouge was afraid. She feared that the efforts of Shaya, Garp, Roger, and the others would be wasted. She feared their plan would be exposed. Not only would she and the child in her womb be unable to survive, but even Shaya would be judged by the Divine Knights. If that happened, even in death, she would be too ashamed to face Roger in the afterlife...

"Don't worry! They wouldn't dare use Observation Haki to probe my room."

Shaya softly reassured her.

"But what if they do?!"

Rouge's voice trembled slightly.

"..."

Rouge's words made Shaya pause.

"To be safe, we absolutely cannot let all our efforts go to waste like this!"

Before Shaya could speak, Rouge's voice sounded behind him once more.

"Then..."

Hearing that, Shaya slowly turned around.

Perhaps afraid that Shaya was nervous, Rouge took the initiative to offer him a soft kiss and said gently, "Come to think of it, I'm the one taking advantage of you. You don't mind, do you?!"

"Ah, sorry, Brother Roger!"

"Sorry, my son, Ace..."

"This is all for your birth!"

Shaya sighed softly. Inwardly, he cursed the Five Elders as beasts a hundred times, then painfully pressed himself onto Rouge.

"I..."

Before Rouge could finish, under the moonlight streaming through the window, Shaya and Rouge's shadows had already tightly merged together~

"You should change how you address me now!"

Shaya looked at Rouge and spoke firmly.

They could not leave behind the slightest flaw...

Outside the cabin, the CP0 agent standing guard let his imagination run wild, the corners of his mouth constantly curling upward. "Damn, as expected of a Celestial Dragon! How did they put it? Celestial Dragons really know how to have fun!"

The next day, at noon.

Shaya supported Rouge, whose legs had gone weak, while holding Stussy, who wore a white women's suit, and swaggered back to the Holy Land~

As for Garp, he had already returned to Marine Headquarters along the way...

After reporting on the past month's itinerary to Fleet Admiral Kong, he had once again set sail with Bogard aboard his personal Marine warship without anyone's permission!

He said that if he did not capture the 'Pirate King' Roger this time, he would not return~

In response, Fleet Admiral Kong flew into a rage yet again...

It was said that this time, Fleet Admiral Kong, known as Steel Bone, had smashed half his office with a single punch, then called in Sengoku, a Marine Admiral, and gave him a harsh dressing-down~

Sengoku: "I surrender! I was just sitting at home, and disaster fell from the sky..."

Not long after Shaya returned with Stussy and Rouge~

The Five Elders immediately summoned the World Government agents who had traveled with Shaya~

"Did that brat from the Figarland family do anything strange during the months he traveled with you?!"

Saint Saturn, one of the Five Elders and the Scientific Defense Warrior, coldly questioned the agents before him.

"Reporting to Lord Saint Saturn, over the past few months, Lord Saint Shaya did nothing aside from capturing a large number of pirates. He also stayed for one month on Baterilla Island in the South Blue. During that month, only Stussy and Vice Admiral Garp accompanied Lord Saint Shaya..."

After hearing Saint Saturn's question, the agents answered truthfully.

As the agents' words fell, the expressions of the other four Five Elders—the Warrior Gods of Environment, Agriculture, and Finance—did not change~

Only the Warrior God of Justice slightly furrowed his brow, but quickly relaxed it. Shaya's actions had not violated the laws of the Celestial Dragons, so he had nothing to say.

"Hm?"

Saint Saturn, the Scientific Defense Warrior, furrowed his brow again.

"What did you do during that month on the island?"

As Saint Saturn spoke, he looked at Stussy.

"Making babies~"

Stussy's pretty face reddened slightly as she answered truthfully.

"Huh?!"

Saint Saturn's eye twitched slightly.

"On Baterilla Island, Lord Saint Shaya took a liking to a pink-haired woman and spent a month discussing reproductive knowledge with her..."

"Incidentally, that woman is already pregnant. She'll likely give birth in about nine months~ Oh, and it seems I'll be due soon as well!"

"After all, while that woman was on her period, dear Lord Saint Shaya also favored me during that month~"

Stussy truthfully reported to the Five Elders.

"Then why didn't Shaya bring the others along?"

Saint Saturn asked Stussy suspiciously.

"Lord Saint Shaya said he disliked government agents using Observation Haki to perceive his every move. It made him feel as though someone was peeping on him~"

Stussy answered without changing expression, her face neither red nor her heart racing.

"Then why did he specifically bring Garp?"

Saint Saturn looked at Stussy and continued questioning her.

"Saint Shaya said that bringing Garp was for his own safety!"

"It was also a punishment bestowed upon Garp, the Hero of the Marines, for refusing promotion to Marine Admiral and refusing to become a shield protecting the great Celestial Dragons!"

"The less Garp wishes to become a follower of the Celestial Dragons, the more Lord Saint Shaya wants Garp to stand guard for him! He must make Garp understand that the Marines are merely the World Government's facade. The Marines exist to serve the Celestial Dragons. Garp should not become too arrogant and overstep the rules!"

Following Shaya's instructions, Stussy answered Saint Saturn and the others.

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