Inside the palace banquet hall.
A long table covered with a white tablecloth stood across the banquet hall.
All kinds of sumptuous dishes were arranged neatly on the table.
The Straw Hat Pirates took their seats, their eyes shining as they stared at the food.
"Stinking okama, why are you still here?!"
Sanji stared at Bon Clay, who had somehow ended up sitting beside him.
Bon Clay said seriously, "Because I was hungry."
"Yeah, because he was hungry!"
Luffy, sitting beside Bon Clay, chimed in.
Seeing his own idiot captain singing the same tune as Bon Clay, Sanji rubbed his brow vigorously.
Left with no choice, he swallowed his pride and asked Zoro beside him, "Hey, Moss-Head, switch seats with me."
Zoro ignored Sanji completely, staring intently at Maud across the table instead.
It was not only Zoro. Several people seated at the table, including Cobra, as well as the soldiers standing like sentries along both sides of the banquet hall, were all looking at Maud involuntarily.
During the upheaval that had nearly brought Alabasta to ruin, it was this man who had turned the tide and played a crucial role.
If not for him, even if Luffy had "defeated" Crocodile, tens of thousands of people would have died in the war.
But this man, like Crocodile, was also one of the Shichibukai...
Maud did not care about the gazes coming from all around him. He first took several desserts for Perona, then scooped a huge pile of meat for Beli.
After that, Maud leisurely ate Alabasta's unique cuisine.
"How am I supposed to get back to Sabaody Archipelago afterward?"
While chewing on a pancake, Maud pondered how to return to Sabaody Archipelago.
Kuma's Plane Ticket was certainly convenient, but its drawback was that it was one-way.
Getting a ship