Xia Ya: Did I say I would only marry one person?!

"Ask Big Mom what her conditions are!"

Shaya said, sitting behind Stussy.

"Okay."

Stussy nodded at Shaya before looking at the bright pink Den Den Mushi in her hand. She opened it and gently said to the ear she had been pressing, "Linlin, name your price! I believe the Figarland family can afford any conditions you name..."

"MAMA! MAMA!"

Charlotte Linlin first let out a loud laugh, then her eyes sharpened. "I know the little brat from the Figarland family who wants to marry my daughter is listening beside you! Tell him now, if he wants to marry my daughter, he needs to make the Marines behave and not get in my way! I want a privateer license authorized by the World Government..."

Charlotte Linlin first gave Stussy and Shaya a show of dominance, telling them that her daughters weren't easily won, and even Celestial Dragons had to pay a price!

Then, Charlotte Linlin revealed what she wanted: a privateer license authorized by the World Government, which would legitimize the Big Mom Pirates...

After all, her Whole Cake Island didn't have the same natural advantages and defensibility as Wano Country, which Kaido occupied!

Nor did she possess the immense power of the current strongest man in the world, Whitebeard Edward Newgate, power that could seemingly destroy the world and stir up colossal waves.

In an era where the Marines were becoming increasingly powerful and executed legends at the drop of a hat, only a privateer license authorized by the World Government could protect her foundation...

Of course, this didn't mean Charlotte Linlin was afraid of the Marines or the World Government! This was merely a temporary measure between her, the World Government, and the Marines...

As long as she, Charlotte Linlin, could complete the alliance with the Giant Country and gain the support of the most powerful force on this sea, the warriors of Elbaf! She could then bid farewell to her cooperation with the detestable World Government!

At that time, she, Big Mom Charlotte Linlin, would not only become the Queen of Whole Cake Island but also the Pirate Queen of the entire New World, the Grand Line, and even the entire world.

At least, that's what Charlotte Linlin thought at the moment...

"Linlin, your conditions are..."

After hearing Charlotte Linlin's words, Stussy's beautiful, willow-leaf-like eyebrows immediately furrowed, and her eyes showed a hint of anger.

In Stussy's opinion, Charlotte Linlin's conditions were truly excessive! Charlotte Linlin was already a formidable power in the New World...

If a privateer license were issued to the already rampant Charlotte Linlin, who knew what kind of chaos the frenzied queen would bring to the New World?

At that time, it was likely that small islands within thousands of miles, centered around Whole Cake Island, would all suffer! Even passing Sea Kings would be caught, given a couple of slaps, and then released...

"That's it?!"

However, just as Stussy was about to retort to Charlotte Linlin, Shaya, sitting behind her, looked on with a hint of confusion...

No way, no way? Charlotte Linlin's conditions are too low? Who does she think she's looking down on here?

"Stussy, give me the Den Den Mushi!"

Shaya directly took the Den Den Mushi from Stussy.

"Here!"

Seeing that Shaya was about to speak directly with Charlotte Linlin, Stussy was too lazy to be the intermediary and handed the Den Den Mushi to Shaya.

"Hello! Charlotte Linlin, I am Saint Shaya, the man who intends to marry your daughter..."

Shaya held the Den Den Mushi and briefly introduced himself.

"MAMA! MAMA..."

"Why aren't you hiding behind a woman anymore, brat!"

Upon hearing the deep, authoritative voice from the Den Den Mushi, Linlin first laughed happily, then taunted Shaya.

"Charlotte Linlin, your conditions are also..."

Unfortunately, Shaya seemed not to have heard Charlotte Linlin's words and continued speaking to himself.

"Too high?"

"Hey! Brat! You listen to me..."

"I don't care if you're a Celestial Dragon or the son of that bastard Garling!"

"Who do you think I am? I'm Charlotte Linlin!"

"If you want to marry my daughter, you better show me some sincerity!"

"With me, don't think you can get what you want just by relying on your status without paying anything! Celestial Dragon privileges are invalid in Whole Cake Island..."

"Do you understand, you damn brat..."

The moment Charlotte Linlin finished speaking, a powerful Conqueror's Haki erupted from her fierce eyes. The terrifying Conqueror's Haki shook the entire central island of Whole Cake Island.

"Mama! Please retract your Haki! Your younger siblings can't take it anymore..."

It wasn't until Katakuri, Charlotte Linlin's second son, spoke up to dissuade her that Charlotte Linlin calmed her temper and suppressed her Conqueror's Haki.

"I said, Charlotte Linlin, your conditions are too low?"

Just after Charlotte Linlin finished speaking...

Shaya, with a calm and elegant expression, softly uttered the words he had left unfinished.

"Huh?!"

Charlotte Linlin's expression suddenly froze upon hearing Shaya's words.

For a moment, she thought she had misheard and asked Shaya's Den Den Mushi in disbelief, "Hey! Kid, what did you just say?"

"Aren't the terms you're offering a bit too low?"

"Who do you think I am? I'm a Celestial Dragon!"

"It's merely a privateer license authorized by the World Government. How could that possibly match the bride price befitting my status as a Celestial Dragon?"

"From today onward, Whole Cake Island will be a recognized member nation of the World Government!"

Shaya stated his terms to Charlotte Linlin.

"Are you kidding me? I'm not paying Heavenly Gold!"

Charlotte Linlin was stunned for a moment before angrily exclaiming.

"Calm down! What's the rush? Let me finish speaking before you react!" Shaya frowned and retorted before continuing, "As for becoming a member nation of the World Government, the Heavenly Gold you pay annually, no matter how much Whole Cake Island contributes, will be matched by the islands protected by the BIGMOM Pirates and all surrounding World Government member nations! Then, your contributions will be returned in full, and the Heavenly Gold from other nations will be split between us, eight-two..."

"Regarding the privateer license you mentioned, you can go all out! As long as it's not a nation protected by the World Government, you can plunder as much as you want, and the Marines absolutely won't interfere! However, of the spoils you acquire, our Figarland family will take eighty percent, just like the Heavenly Gold..."

Immediately after, Shaya unilaterally approved Charlotte Linlin's privateer license.

"MAMA! MAMA!"

"Kid, you're as greedy as your old man..."

Charlotte Linlin laughed maniacally after hearing Shaya's words.

"You disagree?"

Shaya asked Charlotte Linlin.

"Of course, I agree!"

"Then let me congratulate us on our successful cooperation in advance, kid from the Figarland family..."

Charlotte Linlin naturally agreed to Shaya's request.

With the incredibly generous terms Shaya had offered, she had no reason to refuse.

"Heh, then I wish us a successful cooperation."

"I'll have Stussy contact you later regarding the details of the marriage alliance."

Shaya said, then hung up the Den Den Mushi.

"Shaya, isn't this bride price of yours incredibly generous?"

After Shaya ended the call, Stussy couldn't help but ask him.

"Generous? I think it's a great deal, actually."

Shaya looked at Stussy with a smile and asked back.

"A great deal?"

Stussy was taken aback. She suddenly became curious about Charlotte Linlin's fourteenth daughter! She wondered how beautiful the other party was to have captivated Shaya so much...

At the same time, Stussy wanted to ask Shaya what kind of woman was worth him offering such substantial terms just to marry her.

Besides that, Stussy felt a pang of jealousy, thinking indignantly, "Damn it, is my bride price going to be too low?!"

"Since my bride price is making Whole Cake Island a member nation of the World Government and granting the BIGMOM Pirates a privateer license, then as a dowry for marrying into our Figarland family, the entire Whole Cake Island is quite reasonable, isn't it?!"

Shaya looked at Stussy and asked.

"Shaya, are you planning to scheme for the entire Whole Cake Island?"

Stussy was stunned for a moment and asked Shaya in shock.

"The word 'scheme' sounds too harsh..."

"No matter how powerful BIGMOM is, she will eventually grow old!"

"When she gets old, or for some special reason, can no longer protect Whole Cake Island, what will become of her children who remain there?"

"I've always been kind-hearted and can't bear to see the fortune my mother-in-law worked so hard to accumulate be plundered like that! I can only keep it safe for her..."

Shaya said calmly and composedly.

"Shaya, do you think the Charlotte family will really allow you to do that?"

"Even if Linlin can no longer protect her children on Whole Cake Island..."

"Linlin's second son, that child Katakuri, is not simple either!"

Stussy said seriously to Shaya.

"Katakuri? That guy is indeed quite formidable!"

"However, Katakuri has a fatal weakness!"

Shaya said softly, looking at Stussy.

"What weakness?"

Stussy asked Shaya, confused.

"He deeply loves his younger brothers and sisters!"

"Since he cares so much about his family!"

"Then I'll just marry all of her sisters!"

"Stussy, did I say I'd only marry Charlotte Smoothie?"

Shaya looked at Stussy and asked.

"..."

Stussy fell silent upon hearing this.

"It's just that Smoothie is the most suitable right now!"

"If I can get Whole Cake Island, I don't mind marrying all of Smoothie's older and younger sisters! For every child Linlin has, I'll marry one!"

"In the end, it's just about giving them a title. Even if I do nothing and just keep them in Mary Geoise, my Figarland family can afford to raise them!"

Shaya crossed his arms in front of him, his expression unusually stern.

Honestly, if Katakuri wasn't a woman, and if Katakuri was a woman, why would he, Shaya, go through all this trouble? He would just marry Katakuri directly!

Hmm, speaking of which, using the sickness-sickness fruit to turn Katakuri into a woman, and then having him be responsible for awakening Katakuri's inner femininity, doesn't seem like a bad idea! Cough, cough...

"To be honest, if it weren't for Charlotte Linlin's ambition being too great, and her talent and strength being too strong and completely uncontrollable! My most desired marriage alliance would still be with that monster, Linlin..."

"If it were my child with Charlotte Linlin, the possibility of inheriting Linlin's steel skin trait would be much higher genetically than with my daughters, wouldn't it?!"

Shaya calmly looked at Stussy beside him and spoke to himself.

Yes, Shaya never cared whether Charlotte Linlin's daughters were beautiful or not. As long as they were Charlotte Linlin's daughters, it was enough! After all, no matter how beautiful Charlotte Linlin's daughters were, they couldn't be more beautiful than Empress Boa Hancock...

What Shaya needed was a title, a title that would allow him to interfere with the Charlotte family and enable him to take over the entire Charlotte family at a crucial moment!

As for anything else, those who achieve great things never quibble over minor details...

The so-called marriage alliance is about a win-win situation for the forces behind both parties, not about whether the man or woman is good-looking or ugly. Everything prioritizes profit~

"..."

After hearing Shaya's words, Stussy's eyes widened in shock. She had never seen a Celestial Dragon play the game of identity and political marriage so clearly.

"If I calculate the time, Vinsmoke Reiju should have been born already..."

Without waiting for Stussy to think further, Shaya looked at the fan in his hand, as if he had thought of something. He narrowed his eyes slightly, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"Hey! Stussy, go contact Vinsmoke Judge of the Germa Kingdom and tell him that the Celestial Dragon Figarland family intends to arrange a marriage with his daughter..."

Shaya said with a smile, looking at Stussy beside him.

"Ah? Vinsmoke Judge? He has a daughter?"

Stussy was stunned and looked confused upon hearing Shaya's words.

"She's either just been born or is about to be born..."

"Even if he doesn't have a daughter now, as long as he knows that if he has a daughter, she can connect with the Celestial Dragons and the Figarland family, he'll immediately have a daughter next year!"

"Don't forget, Judge is an expert in Lineage Factors! As someone who was born in MADS, you should know this better than I do..."

Shaya yawned and replied.

"You're truly a beast!"

Stussy silently cursed in her heart after hearing Shaya's words.

"As for the wedding ceremony, let's set it for after his daughter comes of age!"

Shaya was a law-abiding person; he wasn't interested in minors.

Of course, even after marriage, he, Shaya, might not do anything...

What he needed was the support of Vinsmoke and Germa 66. The marriage alliance and Judge's daughter were just a bonus; they shouldn't be the main focus.

Once married and with a legitimate title, he, Shaya, wouldn't care what the other party did! After all, he already had too many women around him; he couldn't possibly manage them all.

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