Daughter's Country

The pleasant two days passed quickly, and Milim's daily life returned to its usual dull routine. Many Countries continued to develop, though the pace had slowed.

The population of Many Countries had now exceeded six hundred thousand, but fewer and fewer people were arriving from abroad.

Ever since the war between Many Countries and the other nations, every country on the Grand Line had kept its distance from Many Countries out of fear.

Though they did not dare provoke Many Countries, controlling their own citizens was simple enough. As a result, fewer and fewer people escaped from other countries.

Milim was flying through the sky, looking down at the Eternal Pose in her hand. Once she had confirmed the direction, she accelerated at full speed once more.

Milim's destination this time was Nine Snake Island, known as the Daughter's Country.

Also called Amazon Lily, Nine Snake Island was located in the Calm Belt beside the Grand Line!

And every Empress of Nine Snake Island was also the captain of the Nine Snake Pirates.

The Nine Snake Pirates were an immensely famous pirate crew. All of its members were women, and at the time, they were seen by people across the world as an "idol group."

Captain: Gloriosa, later known as "Old Hag." She was breathtakingly beautiful and immensely powerful, and excelled at using a crystal ball to predict the future.

Vice-captain: Shakky, also known as Shakuyaku. She was stunningly beautiful, bold in personality, and incredibly popular. Later, she retired to the Sabaody Archipelago with Rayleigh and ran Shakky's Bar.

This included Toritoma, who served as a messenger at the time. She later became the third captain of the Nine Snake Pirates and the Empress before Hancock's era.

Thinking over this information, Milim soon arrived at Nine Snake Island. As usual, she had not informed anyone on the island of her arrival.

After sensing the person with the strongest aura, she transformed into a crimson meteor and sped toward it.

Within a mist-shrouded bathhouse stood a lovely figure faintly visible through the hazy steam. Her beauty was enough to bewitch every man in the world!

She was Shakki, vice-captain of the Nine Snake Pirates!

Even Roger, the future Pirate King, had been unable to resist Shakki's charm. The entire crew had fallen in love with her after seeing her.

Only Rayleigh had managed to suppress the stirrings in his heart and keep his expression calm.

Not only that—even Rocks, who would later aspire to become the king of the world, had been unable to resist Shakki's charm. After Shakki came to Hachinosu Island, she herself became known as "Hachinosu Island's Treasure."

A faint sense of foreboding rippled through Shakky's heart, as though something terrifying was about to arrive.

Without hesitation, she grabbed the clothes beside her and swiftly dressed herself.

At that very instant, something seemed to plummet from the sky like a meteor, crashing into the bath with a SPLASH!

The steam filling the bathhouse wrapped around the intruder like a thin veil, and through the haze, only the outline of a short figure could be made out.

"Charging so bluntly into a woman's bathhouse—you're quite rude, aren't you?" Shakky tugged at the corner of her mouth, her eyes like icy stars as she stared directly at the figure shrouded in steam.

Milim straightened up and looked around at her surroundings, an awkward smile she could not conceal hanging from her lips. "Sorry, sorry. I was flying too fast and didn't notice at all."

A crisp female voice cut through the air, and the steam in the bathhouse gradually receded like the tide. Shakky narrowed her eyes and could now clearly see Milim standing in the bathhouse.

Shakky secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Just moments ago, she had thought that another one of those men pestering her had barged in. In that instant, Shakki had even wanted to kill the intruder.

But the person who had come was no ordinary person either. As the vice-captain of the Nine Snake Pirates, Shakki naturally recognized this great figure whose name shook the seas.

"Milim!"

Milim raised her chin and proudly planted her hands on her hips, looking exactly like a smug little cat. "That's right! It's me, Destruction Demon Lord Milim!"

The moment she finished speaking, Milim's figure abruptly vanished. Shakky's heart tightened, and she hurriedly looked around in search of her.

Yet Milim had somehow already appeared at her side, staring at her with eyes full of curiosity.

"You're Shakky, right? You look decent enough, but to me, you're still quite a bit inferior to Lingling."

Shakky was secretly startled by the strength Milim had displayed, but upon hearing those words, her heart stirred. This Lingling must be Charlotte Lingling, the king of Many Countries!

With that thought, a charming smile appeared on Shakki's face. "That's right, I am Shakki. I assume Milim came to Amazon Lily this time to discuss a commercial partnership?"

Milim lowered her head in thought, considering how she should state her purpose. The place immediately fell silent.

But in Shakki's eyes, Milim's silence was deafening.

Even the charming smile on Shakki's face had stiffened somewhat. "You came to discuss commercial cooperation, right?"

"That's right, but we also want to know how everyone in the Amazon Lily Kingdom learns Armament Haki." Milim tilted her head and thought for a long while. Unable to come up with any better way to say it, she simply stated it directly.

"How about we have a fight? If I win, hand over Amazon Lily Kingdom's training method to me. What do you think?" As though she had suddenly come up with a brilliant idea, Milim spoke excitedly, her eyes gleaming with eagerness.

Shakki's mouth twitched as she inwardly cursed, Fight Milim? What kind of joke is that?

Just as she was about to refuse, Gloriosa suddenly burst in from outside and, without a word, kicked at Milim.

Milim reacted swiftly, catching the incoming leg with one hand. Then, with a casual fling, she threw Gloriosa away.

At that moment, a smile suddenly spread across Milim's face as she called out, "Since you attacked first, does that mean you've agreed?"

"Wait!" Shakki hurriedly called out, trying to stop the fight.

But Milim turned a deaf ear, and even Gloriosa, who had just climbed back to her feet, paid no heed to her words.

Gloriosa's body flashed, and she was already in front of Milim. She lashed out with a fierce roundhouse kick. Milim neither dodged nor blocked, taking the blow head-on.

Her body did not even sway, clearly having suffered no injury whatsoever.

Then she grabbed Gloriosa's thigh with her backhand and pulled her into her embrace, locking both arms tightly around her and leaving Gloriosa unable to move.

"Hehe!" Milim let Gloriosa wriggle and struggle in her arms, a triumphant smile spreading across her face as she called out, "Looks like I won this time! According to what we said before, you can teach me the training method now, right?"