"Is this Whole Cake Island?"
Minos and Talon looked at the distant islands, like something out of a fairy tale. Rainbow-colored fruit juice drifted across the sea, clouds played and frolicked in the sky, and the rainbow encircling the islands shifted through its colors as it let out bursts of laughter.
Even from so far away, a sweet fragrance washed over them. Cream roofs, chocolate houses, cookie roads... it was a fantastical sight that could not even be found in fairy tales.
Unfortunately, at the sight of that beautiful landscape, Minos only felt his teeth ache—anyone who ate sweets for three meals a day for nearly half a month would react the same way!
Oh, perhaps people in the Pirate World were just slower to react to that sort of thing. Especially Big Mom and her children, who treated sweets like their very lives—why hadn't any of them developed high blood sugar, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or cavities?
"Ahhh, isn't this place way too girly?" Talon's booming voice rang out beside him. Minos turned to look at Talon, who was standing beside him, and helplessly curled his lips.
It was fortunate that people in the Pirate World were so broad-minded. Otherwise, that one sentence alone would probably have gotten him beaten senseless by the Charlotte Pirates.
Hmm... it was probably related to Charlotte Linlin still having a childlike heart as well... Minos glanced at her. Charlotte Linlin was smiling, her cheeks even slightly flushed. Was she taking Talon's words as a compliment?!
"Mamamamama! That's right, this is the most beautiful country, the country with the most maidenly heart! Whole Cake Island, where all races can gather together!"
After hearing Charlotte Linlin, Talon rolled his eyes and was about to say something else, only for Minos to stomp on his toes. He let out a pained howl and ultimately failed to say anything.
Did this guy really think Charlotte Linlin was easy to talk to? Her reaction time was simply too long, so she had not processed it yet. Among the Four Emperors, Charlotte Linlin was the hardest to reason with!
Even Kaido was far easier to talk to than Charlotte Linlin! Kaido was rough-tempered, but he was still quite patient with fighters he valued, and their treatment was always good. Unlike Charlotte Linlin, who was so emotional. Once she got angry, she did not care about anything—she could even tear apart her own biological sons!
Fortunately, Talon was not truly stupid, or at least not that stupid. After Minos stepped on his foot, he seemed to come to his senses. He shut his mouth and said nothing more.
The ship gradually approached Whole Cake Island. A great number of flower Homies were welcoming them at the shore, where three of Big Mom's children stood waiting, each imposing and distinctly different in appearance.
The one wearing black leather and covering his mouth with a scarf should be Katakuri. The one with the absurdly long tongue who constantly licked his lollipop should be Big Mom's eldest son, the Candy-Candy Fruit User and Candy Minister whose name Minos did not know.
There was also a woman with extremely long legs—truly extremely long legs. Her legs alone looked to be three meters tall, making up nearly three-quarters, perhaps even four-fifths, of her entire height. She was clearly a woman of the Longleg Tribe.
That had to be Charlotte Smoothie, one of the Sweet Commanders, the Dehydrator who could squeeze all moisture out of anything.
Seeing her children, Big Mom was clearly delighted. Then she grabbed Minos, who had been watching the excitement on deck, stepped onto Zeus, and flew toward Cake Island.
"Mamamamamama! My dear children! Your Queen has returned!"
Charlotte Linlin arrived on the island with booming laughter, her voice making Minos's ears ring.
"Welcome back, Mama. Hehehehehehe." The bizarre-looking Candy Minister stepped forward first and said to Charlotte Linlin with a grin, "We've prepared a grand banquet for you. There'll be your favorite cake at the banquet!"
"Mamamamamama, as expected of Perospero, my smartest eldest son." At the word "cake," drool immediately ran from Charlotte Linlin's mouth. Startled, Minos, still held in Charlotte Linlin's hand, quickly dodged. Looking at the saliva that landed on the ground and corroded it like sulfuric acid, sending up wisps of smoke, Minos swallowed.
Was this woman really human? Looking at the little holes corroded into the ground, Minos had serious doubts. That stuff was far more potent than concentrated sulfuric acid. If a normal human had that in their stomach, they would have been dissolved completely long ago, right? M.
Charlotte Linlin could not spare any attention for that. She had been at sea for some time, and although the chefs aboard her ship were top-notch, they could never match the conditions on Cake Island. Now that she had heard the word "cake," she could no longer endure it.
Minos, whom she had originally treasured like a jewel, was casually tossed toward Charlotte Katakuri. "Katakuri. This is a new member assigned to your ship! Oh, and that little brat from the Oni Clan too."
Minos felt the world spin. By the time he came back to his senses, he found himself lying against Katakuri's chest.
Katakuri was a towering giant four or five meters tall. At that moment, he held Minos up in one hand. Their gazes met, and then the Mochi Fruit user directly set Minos down.
He even thoughtfully crouched down. Otherwise, Minos's feet would not have reached the ground at all.
Were these people not absurdly tall? Looking at Big Mom's three children, Minos sighed inwardly. Compared to them, even Talon counted as a little dwarf, while Minos could only be called a tiny runt.
"A newcomer brought back by Mama? That's rare." Katakuri spoke, then asked, "You're probably a special race too, just like that little brat from the Oni Clan?"
That was easy enough to figure out. With Charlotte Linlin's personality, she could not be bothered with ordinary people!
Either someone was powerful, or they belonged to a special race. Otherwise, when Charlotte Linlin was in a good mood, she might save an ordinary person's life, but she would never allow them to join the Charlotte Pirates.
As for Minos's strength... Katakuri had already roughly assessed it when he came into contact with him. With that level of strength, being a captain of a Ten-Man Squad would already be his limit. He was absolutely not worth their Mama personally mentioning him before a banquet.
"Uh..." Minos scratched his head, then pulled off the white cloth covering his head, revealing his Third Eye. "I'm a member of the Three-Eyed Tribe!"
Katakuri stood still and looked at the Evil Eye on Minos's forehead. "I see. You're actually a member of the Three-Eyed Tribe. That's rare."
"Brulee should be very happy. She has a true companion now. However... your eye seems somewhat different from those of ordinary members of the Three-Eyed Tribe."
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