Chapter Summaries

Shanks and Garling reconciled after Gigue challenged Garling’s attempt to punish himself for their past. The family welcomed Shanks home, while Gigue ended the moment by revealing he was only angry that Gurando had not been beaten badly enough.

• Makino reprimanded Shanks for injuring Garling, but Garling defended Shanks and Gigue reminded them that the estate was protected.
• Shanks confronted Garling for treating his injury as punishment, and Gigue warned that Garling’s death would have hurt Shanks deeply.
• Shanks told Garling he did not need compensation and called him Father, prompting Garling to welcome him home.
• Garling and Shanks clasped hands and smiled as Makino and Sossia shared their happiness.
• Shanks tried to comfort Gigue about Gurando, but Gigue clarified that he regretted not beating Gurando harder.

Gigue gave Shanks the First Embrace, rejuvenating him and marking his forehead, while Shanks and the others joked about who was most handsome. The family discussed bringing Uta to join them, and Gigue said he would give the young Sossia the First Embrace when she was older.

• Gigue checked Garling's healing wound, then gave Shanks a diamond-shaped mark and the First Embrace.
• Shanks examined his rejuvenated appearance in Makino's mirror and declared himself even more handsome.
• Makino said Gigue was the most handsome, and Sossia showed affection for him, leaving Shanks feeling left out.
• Gigue said he would bring Uta from the Navy publicity department to join the Figarland Family.
• Shanks asked Gigue to give Sossia the First Embrace, and Gigue said he would do so when she was older.

Gigue gathered his companions and family for a dinner with Garling, Shanks, and Makino, introducing his many partners as Shanks’s sisters-in-law. The meal left Shanks reassuring Makino of his devotion, while Olvia quietly reacted to Gigue’s words and Gigue whispered to Lucia.

• Gigue arranged a dinner and went to the Royal Chamber to gather Lucia and the others.
• Gigue introduced his women to Shanks and Makino, then told Shanks they were all his sisters-in-law.
• Shanks reassured Makino that she was the only woman he loved, and Lily defended powerful men having multiple partners.
• Olvia asked Robin whether she had heard Gigue’s introduction, then concealed her discomfort by claiming she had been startled while thinking about an academic problem.
• Gigue whispered to Lucia as she blushed and nodded, while Lily listened and set down her empty wineglass.

After the family banquet, Gigue and Garling joked about expanding the Figarland Family, while Garling privately savored the family’s renewed closeness. Back at the Royal Chamber, Lucia encouraged Gigue to spend time with the newly arrived Kalifa, and the two retired together for the night.

• Gigue gave Makino the First Embrace, and Shanks promptly took her away after the banquet.
• Garling urged Gigue to help continue the family, but Gigue teased him about contributing too; the women laughed as Garling brushed them off.
• Gigue left with the women, while Garling felt lonely in the empty hall before heading back to his Royal Chamber with a bottle of wine.
• Lucia encouraged Gigue to take better care of Kalifa, and Kalifa stepped aside as Lucia embraced and kissed him.
• Gigue carried Kalifa to the bedroom, where she joined him beneath the covers and they spent the night together.

After becoming Gigue’s lover, Kalifa reflected on her loyalty to him and was allowed to call him Young Master. She told him she had a younger sister, Alpha, a CP8 agent, and Gigue recognized her as the agent assigned to monitor Bonney.

• Kalifa felt grateful and devoted to Gigue after he had rescued her from the World Government’s pursuit.
• Gigue told Kalifa to call him Young Master instead of my lord, and she eagerly accepted.
• Kalifa remembered that she had a younger sister named Alpha, whom she had nearly forgotten after they were separated as children.
• Kalifa told Gigue that Alpha was a member of CP8, and Gigue recognized her as the agent who monitored Bonney.
• Gigue asked Kalifa whether Alpha had a request.

Gigue and Kalifa spoke about her estranged father and her time caring for Makino before their intimacy led Gigue to offer her a chance to replace her Devil Fruit. He summoned several powerful Zoan fruits, and Kalifa said she preferred the Bubble-Bubble Fruit.

• Kalifa told Gigue that she had not kept in touch with her father, Rasuki, and had ignored his attempt to contact her after she went to Windmill Island.
• Gigue praised Kalifa for caring for Makino and said he had rewarded the Marines stationed there with three years' additional salary.
• Kalifa admitted that she had dreamed about Gigue since the night they first met, and Gigue confirmed her feelings with his mind-reading ability.
• After they became intimate, Gigue offered to replace Kalifa's Devil Fruit and listed several Mythical Zoan fruits he had available.
• Gigue summoned several Devil Fruits from dark vortices and remarked that Makino should choose one to strengthen her fragile body.
• Kalifa told Gigue that she liked the Bubble-Bubble Fruit.

Kalifa woke after spending the night with Gigue and spoke with Robin and Pudding, whose talk about sisters reminded her of her younger sister. She called her father and asked him to help her contact Alpha.

• Gigue reassured Kalifa that she did not need to replace her Bubble-Bubble Fruit and told her to rest.
• Kalifa woke late and found Robin and Pudding reading together in the hall.
• Robin and Pudding teased Kalifa about her night with Gigue and discussed Pudding's sister Galette.
• Kalifa remembered that she had not contacted her younger sister in some time and went to call her father.
• Kalifa asked her father to help her get in touch with Alpha.

Gigue and Shanks persuaded Makino to eat the Phoenix Fruit, and she awakened its sky-blue flames. As Makino began testing her new power, Gigue announced that he was heading to the moon.

• Shanks offered Makino the Phoenix Fruit, and Gigue urged her to accept it as a fitting gift.
• Gigue and Shanks traded jokes about their family, Dragon, Whitebeard, and Charlotte Linlin while Makino listened.
• Makino ate a bite of the Phoenix Fruit, gagged at its terrible taste, and swallowed it with Shanks's help.
• Makino manifested sky-blue flames that gave Shanks a comfortable, reassuring feeling instead of heat.
• Gigue told Makino to get used to her new power, then said he needed to go to the moon.

Gigue traveled to the moon to find Enel and confronted him among the Mechanical dolls. Enel’s lightning and electromagnetically launched spear failed to harm Gigue, who caught the spear between two fingers.

• Gigue flew from the Blue Sea to the moon, where he sensed Enel’s Mantra and located him among the Mechanical dolls.
• Enel struck Gigue with a massive lightning bolt, but Gigue evaded the attack and taunted him from hiding.
• Enel unleashed a storm of lightning across the moon, but the Mechanical dolls remained unharmed and continued praising him.
• Gigue emerged from a dark vortex after Enel’s lightning carved craters into the ground, and Enel’s next bolt also failed to hurt him.
• Enel heated his Golden Trident into a spear and launched it with electromagnetic force, but Gigue caught it between two fingers.

Gigue killed Enel on the moon, erased the Mechanical dolls, and decided to have Vegapunk transform the ancient lunar site. Back at the Figarland Clan Land, he joined Ginny and Shirahoshi in the pool, where Shirahoshi became shy as he examined her tail.

• Gigue ripped out Enel's heart and took the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Gigue erased the Mechanical dolls and Enel's corpse, then discovered machines that had kept the moon supplied with oxygen.
• Gigue planned to bring Vegapunk to the moon to study its technology and remodel the site into something greater than Holy Land Mary Geoise.
• Gigue returned to the Figarland Clan Land and joined Ginny and Shirahoshi in the pool.
• Gigue asked whether Shirahoshi could turn her tail into legs, then touched her tail as Ginny teased her for its restless movement.

Gigue gave Ginny the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which she ate while they were in the pool with Shirahoshi. Later, Ginny used her new electricity powers to catch Sugar after she stole Robin’s unfinished book.

• Gigue gave Ginny the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and told her he had obtained it after killing Enel on the moon.
• Ginny ate the fruit despite its disgusting taste, while Shirahoshi warned her that Devil Fruits tasted awful.
• Ginny refrained from testing her electricity powers in the pool because the water could conduct them and endanger Shirahoshi.
• Robin chased Sugar through the Royal Chamber after Sugar stole one of her unfinished books, but could not catch her wind form.
• Ginny appeared in a burst of electricity, pinched Sugar’s cheek, and forced her out of her elemental form.

Ginny revealed that she had eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, while Robin caught Sugar after she stole Robin’s book and tickled her as punishment. Sugar escaped by tricking Robin, but Monet caught and scolded her before Gigue arrived and offered to protect her.

• Ginny appeared before Sugar and Robin, revealed her lightning ability, and Robin identified it as the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Robin restrained Sugar with Haki-coated arms after Sugar stole her book, then tickled her until Sugar promised to stop.
• Sugar tricked Robin by pretending Gigue had arrived, escaped in her elemental form, and perched on a chandelier with her skirt exposed.
• Monet pulled Sugar down from the chandelier and twisted her ear while Sugar argued with her and Robin about stealing Robin’s unfinished book.
• Sugar threatened to find Gigue when Robin prepared to punish her again, and Gigue appeared with Shirahoshi and asked who wanted to bully Sugar.

Gigue arrived to find Sugar complaining that she had been bullied, then watched her and Robin compete for his attention. Ginny overheard their plans for the night and teased Gigue before fleeing to Lucia, leaving Sugar and Robin unaware of each other’s intentions.

• Sugar threw herself into Gigue’s arms and exaggerated her account of how Robin and the others had treated her.
• Robin and Sugar traded insults, then competed to act cute for Gigue until he made them reconcile.
• Sugar and Robin each privately arranged to visit Gigue’s room that night, without knowing about the other’s plan.
• Ginny overheard the pair and called Sugar and Robin rivals, then fled when Gigue invited her to join them.
• Ginny appeared in the training room with Lucia, Hyakka, and Snake Princess and complained that Lucia should keep Sugar and the others in line.

Gigue discussed his trip to the moon with Princess Lily, who revealed that she had introduced lunar technology to Vegapunk. The chapter left Gigue learning that Vegapunk’s Artificial Devil Fruits had been made possible by that technology.

• Lucia encouraged Ginny after hearing about her recent encounter and offered to help her practice her new abilities.
• Princess Lily joined Gigue and the others, teased him about flirting, and asked what he had found on the moon.
• Gigue said he had gone to the moon for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and discovered technology that could provide breathable oxygen there.
• Princess Lily revealed that Vegapunk had studied lunar technology she had shared with him, which helped him create Artificial Devil Fruits.
• Princess Lily said she had chosen Vegapunk over the Celestial Dragons because even Saturn’s scientific talent was limited.

Gigue and Lily argued about the Five Elders before their quarrel turned into a playful struggle. Lily escaped when Lucia, Ginny, and two Seraphim interrupted them, and Ginny hinted that she and Lucia wanted Gigue’s attention that night.

• Lily criticized the Five Elders, and Gigue told her they should have been replaced before they ruined the world.
• Gigue teased Lily and struck her backside, prompting her to attack him with her fists and then try a high kick.
• Gigue restrained Lily and teased her about joining him that night, but she refused and struggled against him.
• Lucia, Ginny, and two Seraphim arrived and distracted Gigue, allowing Lily to break free and flee.
• Lucia praised Lily’s effect on Gigue, while Ginny hinted that she and Lucia wanted him to spend the night with them.

Lily confronted Gigue about his treatment of her and demanded that he respect her dignity, especially in front of others. As they reconciled, she reminded him that she had quietly helped protect his family from Warcury, leaving Gigue unable to refute her.

• Lily returned to her bedroom, where Gigue appeared and drew her into his arms.
• Lily said she wanted to preserve the Flower Chamber as a reminder of choosing Gigue and being bullied by him.
• Lily told Gigue not to treat her disrespectfully in front of outsiders, and he admitted he should not have forced the matter.
• Gigue told Lily she was not a gift to him, and Lily said she wanted to receive the tenderness he showed the other women.
• Lily accused Gigue of having regarded her as an enemy from the start, then explained that she had helped keep Nusjuro neutral between Gigue and Warcury.

Gigue and Lily talked about Lily’s past and the Clan of D before their conversation turned into an intimate encounter that lasted for hours. While the women waited for them at dinner, Robin quietly asked Kalifa whether she had a younger sister named Alpha.

• Lily told Gigue that the flowers in the Flower Chamber had come to feel like mocking faces and doubted anyone would remember what the Clan of D once stood for.
• Gigue praised Lily as the true leader and said Joy Boy’s soul had completely scattered, then Lily tried to interrupt him to share something important.
• Gigue kissed Lily and continued their intimate encounter, while Lily gave in and embraced him.
• Lucia told the women waiting for dinner that Gigue and Lily likely would not come downstairs that night, and she arranged to keep food available for them.
• Robin noticed Kalifa’s embarrassment and asked her privately whether she had a younger sister named Alpha.

Robin admitted to eavesdropping on Kalifa’s phone call, and Kalifa later explained how her upbringing as an agent had left her estranged from her younger sister, Alpha. Monet and Lucia reassured Kalifa that she could seek out Alpha, though whether Alpha could stay would be up to Saint Gigue.

• Robin confessed that she had secretly listened to Kalifa’s call, and Olvia scolded her before Kalifa asked her to forgive Robin.
• Monet asked Kalifa about her younger sister, and Kalifa revealed that her name was Alpha.
• Kalifa explained that she and Alpha had been sent to different agent training institutions and had never been close.
• Kalifa admitted she had once sought her sister partly in hopes of earning Saint Gigue’s favor, and said her new life still felt unreal.
• Monet encouraged Kalifa to see Alpha, and Lucia said Kalifa could invite her, but her ability to stay would depend on Saint Gigue.

Gigue and Lily discussed the moon people and the descendants who migrated to the planet, then Lily revealed that some moon people had traveled elsewhere using a spatial transportation device. She left Gigue wondering where those travelers had gone and why they mattered.

• Lily teased Gigue about smoking and the women downstairs, while Gigue explained Kalifa’s insecurity and mocked Lily for seeming jealous.
• Lily told Gigue she wanted to discuss the moon and asked whether he had inspected the equipment left there.
• Gigue said he had found only mechanical dolls, and Lily explained that moon people had used spatial transportation devices to migrate in large numbers.
• Lily said she was not an original moon person and that the original moon people had died out, leaving descendants among the planet’s inhabitants, including Vegapunk.
• Lily revealed that some moon people had instead built spacecraft to travel through space, while another group had used spatial transportation devices to go elsewhere.

Lily explained to Gigue that the Devil Fruit Tree was a lunar biotechnology experiment, and that his ancestor Cassius stayed behind to eat the final fruit it produced, the Dark-Dark Fruit. She revealed that Joy Boy had already awakened the Rubber Fruit and seized the moon people's Void Mark, plunging the world into chaos while Cassius studied his power.

• Lily told Gigue that the moon people created the Devil Fruit Tree and destroyed it after Joy Boy's ordinary Rubber Fruit disappointed them.
• Lily explained that Cassius had helped develop the tree and stayed behind because he believed its split-off fruits contained great power.
• Lily said Cassius chose the Dark-Dark Fruit because it was the tree's last fruit and appeared as the tree's roots emerged to begin its transformation into an animal.
• Cassius kept and ate the Dark-Dark Fruit after the moon people departed, becoming its first Ability User.
• Lily revealed that Joy Boy had already developed the Rubber Fruit's true power and seized the moon people's Void Mark, throwing the world into chaos.