May You Find Happily Ever After

As for Sanji,

in his own words, he had sampled every restaurant in the city.

But the hollowed-out look on his face made it hard to believe he had merely been eating and drinking.

As for Brook and Hermione, they had simply wandered around.

Hand in hand, they strolled along the golden streets, watched performances, ate snacks, rode the Ferris wheel, and soaked in the golden hot springs.

Hermione even dragged Brook to a concert.

Although Brook could not appreciate that so-called new music, he still found it nice to watch Hermione's profile as she listened intently.

A week later, it was time to leave.

When everyone arrived at the harbor to board the ship, Tesoro was already waiting there with his people.

Behind him stood a row of attendants, each pushing a golden cart.

Neatly stacked metal cases sat on the carts. They were sealed, but everyone knew what was inside.

A total of seventy-seven large cases.

Tesoro bowed slightly, his manner still respectful. "These are the remaining funds from your expenditures in this city. As per your request, they have all been converted into cash. Each case contains one billion Beli, for a total of seventy-seven billion."

This was the usual procedure for leaving Gran Tesoro.

When entering the city, cash was exchanged for digital currency in the wristbands. Upon leaving, the digital currency was converted back into cash.

Normally, however, such work was handled by ordinary staff.

Yet today, Tesoro had come to see them off personally.

Not many people in the entire sea had enjoyed such an "honor."

Brook looked at the cases and quickly did the math in his head.

When they had arrived on the island, Tesoro had given them 2.3 billion. Adding the 81.91 billion they had later "won," that came to a