The Celestial Dragons not only controlled this world.
They also controlled all the books and knowledge in it!
Pangea Castle housed the largest library in the world.
It contained even more books than Ohara's Tree of Knowledge.
It was even crammed full of books forbidden to ordinary people.
Books forbidden to ordinary people came with no restrictions for the Celestial Dragons!
It was just that most Celestial Dragons were too lazy to read them.
After awakening the system, Shaya began immersing himself in books...
This made Shaya's servants suddenly realize that their young master of the Figarland family—innately wicked and usually impossible to serve—seemed to have changed.
He was no longer as lawless as before, instead spending all day absorbed in study.
The servants were rather pleased by this...
At least, if Young Master Shaya was immersed in learning, he would not be like the other Celestial Dragons, obsessed with whipping them and competing over the number of slaves killed each day for amusement...
Amid the servants' apprehension, CP0's indulgence, and the neglect of his own father, Garin Saint Figarland, Shaya lived a full and happy life.
Time flew by. A year later.
Marineford Year 1495.
After a full year of study, Shaya had quietly raised all his attributes to level six.
Over that year, Shaya had been exceptionally disciplined, running back and forth between his home and the Celestial Dragons' library.
As Shaya visited the library more often, the Celestial Dragons of the Holy Land all came to know that the Figarland family's young master was unlike the others—an oddity obsessed with knowledge.
He was similar to his father, who was obsessed with swords, yet completely different.
Naturally, this news reached the ears of the Five Elders as well.
"The Figarland brat is obsessed with knowledge? Interesting..."
Jaygarcia Saturn Saint, the "Scientific Defense Warrior," a beast among beasts with curly hair, a black hat, and a luxurious handmade suit, stroked his beard and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Since he is from the Figarland family, let him read!"
"After all, the children of the Figarland family have always been different!"
"At least this child is better than his twin brother. He did not run off to become some damn pirate and cause trouble for us Celestial Dragons, right?!"
Unlike Saint Saturn, Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, the "Finance Warrior," spoke indifferently. In his view, since Shaya was already a member of that inherently strange Figarland family, it was perfectly normal for him to be a little odd.
After all, everyone in the Figarland family was eccentric...
"Sigh..."
At that, the expressions of all five Five Elders took on a trace of sorrow.
"Then let him read! But we still need to keep an eye on him..."
"At the very least, we need to know what kinds of books he has been reading in the library..."
Saint Saturn added.
"Fine!"
"Let CP0 keep watch over him."
"If they find any sign of him going astray, we can stop him early..."
"Have CP0 remove some of the useless books from the library in advance."
As Saint Saturn finished speaking, the other Five Elders all agreed and echoed him.
Meanwhile, Shaya remained immersed in his studies.
He was not worried about anyone investigating him.
Because the books he read and the knowledge he learned were different every day.
There was no pattern at all to what he studied each day; it depended entirely on his mood.
Today he would study "Quantum Mechanics," and tomorrow he would study "Postpartum Care for Sows."
If they wanted to investigate, then let them investigate.
"Young Master Shaya, I have brought you today's newspaper."
Just as Shaya was studying insect knowledge and gradually becoming engrossed in it...
A young maid with a delicate, adorable appearance, one that seemed easy to push over...
With short golden hair, a stunning figure, a lovely face, and beautiful sapphire-blue eyes so clear and bright they inspired pity, she approached Shaya with a smile and delivered a newspaper.
"Thank you, Stussy."
After thanking the woman, Shaya took the newspaper from her.
Then, looking at the blonde woman named Stussy before him, Shaya said meaningfully, "You have really been a huge help."
At present, aside from going to the Celestial Dragons' exclusive library every day to study, Shaya's daily hobby was probably reading the newspaper.
That was because the most frequently reported news at the moment concerned the Roger Pirates.
"Oh?! This is explosive."
"The Roger Pirates and the Golden Lion Pirates actually went to war."
"What a pity I could not go and witness firsthand the battle between these legendary great pirates."
As he spoke, Shaya casually tossed the newspaper aside.
That was right...
While Shaya hid away in the Holy Land, living as the king of newspaper readers...
The outside world, out on the seas, had already been turned upside down.
Roger and Golden Lion, two of the most ambitious and powerful pirates on the sea, standing alongside Whitebeard in fame, had finally clashed!
The details were that Golden Lion had invited Roger to conquer the world.
But Roger refused. Roger simply loved adventure, and he truly wanted to find the legendary Great Treasure. As for conquering the world, he had no interest in it.
And so, an earth-shaking battle began...
Originally, the Golden Lion Pirates held the advantage!
After all, whether in the number of ships or Devil Fruit abilities...
Golden Lion was better suited to naval warfare than Roger's crew of Devil Fruit-less men.
Unfortunately, human strength had its limits, and plans could not overcome fate!
In the end, a fateful, natural-disaster-level storm descended...
And the invincible, advantaged Golden Lion Pirates suffered a crushing defeat.
It became known as the "Battle of Edd War." After that battle, Golden Lion Shiki's head formed an inseparable bond with his ship's wheel.
Yes, they grew together—the kind that could never be removed again.
Honestly, as a pirate fan, Shaya was quite regretful that he could not witness this battle in person. But for the sake of his life, he gave up on the idea.
"Oh my."
"It seems that you really do like reports concerning the Roger Pirates, Young Master."
Just as Shaya became absorbed in that report...
The little maid named Stussy spoke beside Shaya in a voice as crisp as a lark's. Perhaps it was Shaya's imagination, but when she spoke, she seemed to deliberately blow several warm, moist breaths against his ear.
Shaya simply ignored the little maid breathing fragrant air beside him...
And continued reading the report in his hands with full concentration.
Yes, Shaya had directly ignored the blonde little maid.
As for the reason, Shaya naturally knew exactly who this little maid was...
A former member of the Rocks Pirates, and also Whitebeard's former lover...
The woman who claimed to be the mother of Whitebeard Jr...
A clone of Bakkin Gohm Stussy, the number-one freeloader in MADS, the illegal research organization previously founded by Vegapunk.
Incidentally, she was currently a member of CP0.
Shaya did not know who had sent such a powerful CP0 agent as Stussy to serve as his little maid...
It was truly a waste of her talents.
But whether it was his cheap father, or the Five Elders, who had nothing better to do all day and were either in meetings whenever they appeared or on their way to meetings...
Or Imu, who hid in the garden growing flowers and watching butterflies, it did not matter.
Shaya had always welcomed anyone who came.
Once his "little Shaya" grew a little more, he would definitely show this gorgeous little maid a good time.
He would let himself experience the joy of Whitebeard, the "World's Strongest Man."
Besides being truly beautiful, Stussy had other uses in Shaya's eyes.
Since the "Battle of Edd War" had begun...
That indirectly meant Roger should already know that he did not have many years left to live.
That meant Bullet would soon leave the Roger Pirates.
Or perhaps he had already left the Roger Pirates.
According to Shaya's memories, after Roger's death, Bullet would be unable to achieve the goal he had set for himself—to surpass Roger...
And would fall into a period of confusion and madness as he searched for himself.
Until he was defeated by the Buster Call brought by Garp and Sengoku's Marine warships and imprisoned on the sixth level of the great deep-sea prison, whereupon he finally settled down...
After that, Bullet would train in the great prison while remaining lost.
Until Marineford Year 1519.
Bullet, who had finished training in the great prison, perhaps had his brain short-circuit.
He came to the bizarre and absurd conclusion that as long as he killed every Marine Admiral and every Emperor of the Sea in the world, he could prove that he had surpassed Roger and become the strongest in the world, thereby firming up his resolve.
Then, one year later, in Marineford Year 1520, when Blackbeard and Luffy caused havoc in Impel Down, he successfully escaped.
At the same time, two years later, using the Eternal Pose to Raftel as bait, he launched the Pirate Expo—the plot of the film Stampede.
In Shaya's view, there was plenty of room to maneuver here. He could use his knowledge of the future and his status as a Celestial Dragon to gather, from behind the scenes, people who would be useful to him in the future.
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