"Lord Longinus, there's no need to worry about the prohibition. It's merely a measure Amazon Lily uses to avoid harassment from outsiders." Granny Nyon spoke respectfully. "Naturally, Lord Longinus is exempt."
Longinus remained noncommittal. "By the way, where's Hancock?"
"Lady Snake Empress, she's..."
"Ahem, ahem..."
Before the Kuja warriors could finish, Granny Nyon suddenly began coughing furiously.
"Hancock has contracted a serious infectious disease and has no way to appear here."
Seeing the puzzled looks from the warriors, Granny Nyon continued without batting an eye, "For the sake of your safety, Lord Longinus, I'll represent the Snake Empress in these talks."
With his Observation Haki, Longinus easily detected everyone's thoughts.
Are you trying to keep me from meeting Hancock? For the future of this country, you really are working hard! Unfortunately, I came here in the first place to test her reaction. I can only apologize to you. Longinus thought this, but his expression remained unchanged.
"Is that so? What a pity."
Seeing that Longinus had not noticed anything wrong, Granny Nyon breathed a sigh of relief. "Yes! What a pity!"
"Lord Longinus, please follow me to Kuja Castle!" Although she wanted to settle everything here and send him away as quickly as possible, doing so would make her intentions far too obvious. All she could do was pray that Marigold could stall for more time.
"Then I'll trouble you." Longinus smiled warmly.
On the way to Kuja Castle, Longinus experienced the charm of this land of women: being surrounded by tens of thousands of women in the streets and stared at like a monkey.
"So this is a man?"
"He's so tall!"
"Why does looking at him make my heart race? It's like... being watched by a powerful beast!"
"Men really are terrifying creatures!"
"Everyone, spread out! Don't crowd