"I'm back!"
"Hahaha, hahahaha~ Kawamatsu's back! Kawamatsu's back!"
"Kawamatsu, you're back. Did you find a job?"
"I already found one, Princess Hiyori, Toko!"
The short fellow who always wore a straw hat and a red scarf took off his hat, revealing his frog- and kappa-like appearance.
Then, grinning at the beautiful woman and the little girl who kept laughing in front of him, he said, "The armory just opened and is hiring like crazy. They need a lot of sword forging workers, and I happened to catch the opportunity. The benefits are pretty good too!"
"Sword forging? Kawamatsu, do you know how to forge swords?"
"I don't, but they aren't only hiring swordsmiths over there, so even people who can't forge swords can apply. And when they heard I knew Armament Haki, they said I was High-Level Technician Talent. The factory happened to need someone like me, so I passed the interview right away!" Asked by Princess Hiyori, Kawamatsu embarrassedly scratched his head with his webbed hand. "And the pay is pretty high too. We won't have to go hungry anymore!"
"Kawamatsu is amazing! Hahaha~ Now Toko and Sister Hiyori can eat their fill, hahaha!"
"Is that so?"
Hearing Kawamatsu's words, Hiyori smiled softly.
But then she suddenly fell silent, as though she had remembered something. She looked at Kawamatsu with complicated emotions in her eyes and said, "How is... the Land of Wano now?"
"The Land of... Wano?"
Kawamatsu could not help falling silent as well.
After a short while.
He raised his head with a grin and looked at the worried Princess Hiyori. "It's become quite good now. Everyone is working hard, and the Land of Grass promised... that as long as they work hard, they'll be fed! So everyone is very happy now!"
He knew why Princess