Near Jaya Island, Grand Line.
An ethereal, beautiful bell rang down from the sky. The man with the diamond-shaped face and chestnut-like hair suddenly froze. He looked up at the heavens, tears unknowingly soaking his clothes. "That was the bell, wasn't it? The bell you had been searching for all this time, Noland."
"So the Golden City hadn't sunk into the sea. It had... flown into the sky!"
"The bell that fulfilled a promise spanning four hundred years may have been far too late, but I truly heard it!"
"Only dreams can give rise to romance!"
Skandia Village, Cloud Hidden Village.
"Ha! Ha!" The little boy holding a wooden stick viciously knocked another boy holding a wooden sword to the ground.
"Kamakiri, get up!"
"Wyper, why did you hit him so hard?" The little girl watching from the side helped Kamakiri up and shot Wyper a dissatisfied look.
Yet what Wyper did next sent chills down her spine.
Because Wyper, who was as fierce as a demon among children his age, was actually... crying?
And he was crying miserably!
"Ah?" Laki stared blankly for a moment, then quickly bent over to apologize. "Sorry, sorry, Wyper. I didn't mean to scold you. Don't cry."
"Sniff... idiot..." Wyper snapped with the lonely fury of a lifelong bachelor. "I'm not crying because you scolded me. It's because I finally heard the bell that Great Warrior Calgara never stopped thinking about, even on his deathbed!"
"Did you hear it, Mont Blanc Noland? You've waited a long time. I hope this bell can reach Heaven—and reach your descendants too!"
"The bell that proclaimed the end of war is truly beautiful!" Gan Fall sighed. He no longer had the slightest doubt about the Divine Envoy's identity.
If not for the guidance of the gods,