Saint Shaya: This Child Will Become the Man Who Inherits My Great Will!

After Shaya and Doll completely broke through that final barrier.

The two of them became utterly uninhibited and inseparable...

Every day, they practiced Rokushiki in the garden during the day, then continued practicing in the room at night.

This continuously improved Doll's mastery of Rokushiki. She had already become capable of standing on her own.

Another week passed.

Shaya gently held Doll's cheeks, his face full of reluctance as he said, "Doll, I have nothing left to teach you! From here on, it depends on your own efforts. I know a girl like you must have justice in her heart and want to make something of yourself in the Marines, so I won't hold you back too much! Go, fulfill your dreams! I will support you unconditionally..."

"Shaya..."

A blush colored Doll's face as she looked into Shaya's eyes, her gaze shimmering as though tears might spill over at any moment. She held Shaya's face, gave him a deep, forceful kiss, then said solemnly, "Shaya, wait for me! I won't disappoint you. I'll rise to a high position in the Marines as soon as possible, then come to your side openly and proudly!"

"Mm! I'll wait for you. When that time comes, both our ideals will finally be realized."

Shaya held Doll's hand and escorted her to the elevator at Mary Geoise. Only after watching her board the lift and disappear from sight did he put away his reluctant expression, his face gradually returning to calm—as if the man who had just been so attached to Doll and unwilling to part with her had not been Shaya at all.

Inside the lift.

Doll clenched her fists. She absolutely would not disappoint Shaya. She would certainly make something of herself in the Marines—at the very least, she had to attain the rank of Vice Admiral...

Only by gaining a foothold in the Marines and displaying sufficient talent would she be qualified to stand beside a man like Shaya! Ever since arriving in the Holy Land and meeting Shaya, she had been drawn in by his talent and charm, and had always admired him...

Unfortunately, the young Doll did not understand that admiration was the emotion farthest from understanding! Once you began admiring someone, you became unable to understand them...

"Third Madam! This way, please..."

As for the CP agents operating the lift, they looked at Doll with some envy. They clearly understood that Doll, having received Shaya's favor, no longer held the same status as them. From now on, she counted as half their master.

At the same time, these CP agents knew that Doll's future in the Marines would be smooth sailing. She would not need any background checks to gain promotions and wealth—the Third Madam of a Celestial Dragon was the best background check there was. All she needed to do was accumulate some achievements alongside the other Marines, and then she would rise through the ranks one after another!

By then, aside from the position of Marine Headquarters Admiral—the face of the Marines and one of the World Government's highest combat powers, a post requiring top-tier strength and carrying an extremely demanding threshold—Doll would likely encounter few obstacles before reaching the rank of Headquarters or branch Vice Admiral...

For instance, when Doll returned to the sea this time, she skipped straight from Major to Brigadier General! She directly replaced the former Brigadier General and became the second-in-command aboard Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Jaguar D. Saul's warship...

"Mm~"

Doll was not surprised by CP0 calling her the Third Madam. For Celestial Dragons, who often had seventeen or eighteen wives, Shaya having only three was still far too few. Besides, Shaya had told her that his other wives were all political marriages. Only she, Doll, was Shaya's true love. Only she understood Shaya best.

Thinking of this, Doll's pretty face reddened again. Shaya, just wait! I definitely won't let down your trust in me...

Meanwhile, at Mary Geoise.

The old scumbag Shaya sat outside the villa, a hint of anxiety on his face.

"Saint Shaya, the First Madam has given birth!"

Just as the scumbag Shaya was fretting, the medical staff finally emerged from the villa's sterile ward, carrying an adorable baby...

The infant resembled Stussy by seventy or eighty percent, with the same short golden hair and a pair of beautiful sapphire-blue eyes!

It had to be said, Stussy's genes were truly powerful. If there was anything about the baby that resembled Shaya, it was probably the hints of red mixed into his golden hair...

"Is it a boy or a girl?"

Shaya looked at the adorable infant and asked the medical staff.

"Congratulations, Saint Shaya. It's another little prince!"

The medical staff immediately smiled and offered Shaya their congratulations.

"Another boy?"

At that, Shaya's eye twitched slightly.

There were already enough boys in the Figarland family...

Shaya had originally planned that if Stussy gave birth to a girl, he would name his daughter Sapphire—the sapphire of the Figarland family.

But if it was a boy...

Shaya looked at the boy's short red-and-gold hair and his beautiful face, which had fully inherited his mother's beauty and shone beneath the sunlight like a glittering gem. After thinking for a moment, he said to the medical staff before him, "Call him Figarland Hasaway Noah. He will become the man who inherits my great will!"

"Hasaway Noah? What a lovely name..."

The medical staff all praised it.

"I'll go see Stussy."

With that, Shaya headed into the ward on his own.

"Oh! Look who it is?"

"Not going to keep accompanying that Doll of yours, the only person in the entire world who understands you?"

The moment Shaya entered the ward, Stussy mocked him.

Yes, Stussy now dared to mock Shaya!

After all, she had given the Figarland family a child, and her position as Shaya's First Madam had been firmly secured. Stussy was feeling quite proud of herself now!

To be honest, the only thing that surprised Stussy was how skilled Rouge had been. Without anyone noticing, that woman had beaten her to it and given the Figarland family a child first, stealing the status of eldest son from her own son...

"You understand me best too~"

The old scumbag Shaya held Stussy's soft little hand and said gently.

"Enough with the empty promises..."

"Do you take me for some little girl like Doll?"

Stussy's delicate brows knit slightly as she spoke coldly.

"..."

Shaya fell silent for a moment at her words.

After a while, Shaya held Stussy close and said softly, "I'll give you ten percent of the profits from the company Crocodile and I are working with."

"Now that's more like it!"

Stussy's tightly furrowed brows immediately relaxed, and her face blossomed into a smile.

"How are things going with Moria?"

As if something had just occurred to her, Stussy turned to Shaya and asked.

For the past two months, she had been recuperating and had not paid much attention to Moria's situation.

"He's currently in the West Blue, expanding into the mafia market! In a while, I'll send him to the Grand Line to search for the cluster of islands that that monster Golden Lion Shiki used the Flutter-Flutter Fruit to throw from the West Blue into Paradise during the battle at God Valley..."

Shaya replied as he played with Stussy's silky golden hair.

"Moria actually agreed to join us?"

Stussy froze at his words, then turned to Shaya and asked.

"Heh, there was no room here for him to refuse!"

"If Moria had dared say no to me, forget about returning to the West Blue alive—Crocodile would've thrown him into the seabed off Wano Country to feed the koi long ago..."

As Shaya said this, a vicious glint flashed through his eyes.

After a moment, Shaya continued speaking to Stussy in his arms. "Besides, if Moria still has any fighting spirit left—if he wants to rebuild and challenge Kaido once more, to avenge his dead companions—then he has no choice but to rely on me! Ever since Kaido broke that guy's pride, Moria has had nowhere left to turn..."