"You brat! Are you trying to usurp the throne?" Neptune straightened his tail and "stood up," looking like he was about to hit someone.
"No, it's the 'Sea King' that His Majesty was thinking of." Sig ignored Neptune's attempt to change the subject.
Neptune knew perfectly well what Sig meant by "Sea King," but... he didn't want this to be exposed, so he deliberately pretended to understand Sea King as "the King of the Ryugu Kingdom."
But seeing how clearly Sig had made his point, Neptune could no longer play dumb and muttered, "Damn Roger, damn Red-Hair!"
Sig defended Roger and Shanks, saying, "It wasn't Captain Roger and Shanks, it was something I saw in the Poneglyph of Sky Island... Every few hundred years, Sea King will be born, he will be the king of the Sea King, and he will be the hope for the Fish-Man Race to return to land!"
"Yes, as you've seen, we were brought here by the Sea King. You two should have heard about the naval battle in the Calm Belt."
"So you're saying... you're Sea King?" Neptune's tone was somewhat sarcastic.
Although he was surprised that Sig could understand the Poneglyph, he was convinced that Sig had subtly made some mistake...
After all, Roger had mentioned "Sea King" to Neptune after learning about it, so Neptune also knew that "Sea King" should be the Fish-Man Princess, who is now only four years old, Shirahoshi.
"Of course, otherwise... what else could she be but the 'Fish-Man Princess'?" Sig looked into Neptune's eyes and asked rhetorically.
Neptune's gaze froze upon hearing this—he immediately understood that Sig knew about the Fish-Man Princess, so he was thinking...
"I see..." Neptune's tone softened, even showing some gratitude.
He understood that Sig wanted to "take the fall" for the Fish-Man Princess... who was also his daughter, the real Sea King, and even for the entire Ryugu Kingdom!
This will ensure that the Ryugu Kingdom will not be placed in danger due to the existence of the "Sea King".
"Can you read the Poneglyph? Well... Fish-Man Island also has two Poneglyph, Shanks mentioned them before, and later... you can go and take a look." Neptune didn't continue the topic of "Sea King," but his attitude towards Sig softened considerably.
Upon hearing this, Sig was both excited and somewhat apprehensive—if Fish-Man Island has "two" Poneglyph, that means... the red Coordinate Poneglyph is still on Fish-Man Island!
In the original story, when Roger arrived at Fish-Man Island, there were two Poneglyph there.
One piece is "Joy Boy's Apology," written roughly eight hundred years ago by a man known as "Joy Boy," who apologized to the then- Fish-Man Fish-Man Race Princess his promise to lead the Fish-Man Race to settle on land, a promise he could no longer fulfill...
Based on subsequent information, "Joy Boy" is likely not his real name, but rather a title that carries connotations of "savior," and Kaido is aware of the "Joy Boy" claim.
It's most likely the story between the previous generation's Joy Boy and the previous generation's "Sea King".
The other one is one of only four Coordinate Poneglyph —unlike the other Poneglyph, this Poneglyph is red. Knowing the four coordinates will reveal the location of Laugh Tale!
However, in the original work, when the Straw Hat Pirates arrived at Fish-Man Island, the Road Poneglyph were no longer there; only the apology text remained.
Sig initially thought that Whitebeard had hidden the Poneglyph for some purpose.
After all, Roger had told Whitebeard the secret of Laugh Tale, and as the current backer of Fish-Man Island, the Ryugu Kingdom probably wouldn't object if Whitebeard wanted to take away that important Poneglyph.
But now it seems that the Poneglyph is still on Fish-Man Island?
What made Sieg uneasy was... Sig wasn't sure if he could understand the Coordinate Poneglyph!
However, since Neptune had already brought it up, Sig had no reason to refuse.
"Then thank you very much, Your Majesty."
Sig then offered some suggestions to King Neptune and Queen Otohime... Afterwards, Neptune asked Sig to leave first, promising to later give him and Shanks an easy way out— Shanks knew where the Poneglyph were kept, but they were usually guarded by the King Neptune's Army.
As Sig left, Otohime watched his retreating figure with a touch of sadness.
"Darling, was I really wrong?"
Seeing Otohime's sullen expression, King Neptune roared, "Of course not! It's all that brat's fault! I'll have him arrested right now!"
However, Otohime pouted as she looked at her husband—this lie was far too perfunctory.
"Ahem, what I mean is... of course it's not your fault. He's just an arrogant brat who doesn't know his place. I can't be bothered with him at all..." Neptune said, trying to calm him down a bit.
"But you were moved when he said such terrible things. You weren't moved at all when I talked to you about my ideal 'future'!" Otohime pouted upon hearing this.
Neptune blushed instantly, realizing that lying to his wife was not a wise thing to do.
"Indeed... terrible words," Neptune remarked.
Otohime continued to stare at him—if you know it's terrifying, why are you still "moved"?
"You know I don't agree with him, but... judging from the contents of the Poneglyph, it is indeed true that eight hundred years ago was the time when the Fish-Man Race had the best chance to enjoy the earth and sunlight!" Neptune said with emotion.
Neptune had no idea what happened during the "Void Century" eight hundred years ago; Roger, however, had relayed the translation of the apology to Neptune...
Neptune deduced from the Poneglyph of Fish-Man Island that a great war must have taken place that swept the entire world, and neither Joy Boy nor Fish-Man Island emerged victorious.
Meanwhile, seeing Sig return to the banquet hall alone, the Minister Right immediately went to check on the council chamber, which was also surrounded by the King Neptune's Army.
However, as long as they did not actually launch an attack, the Red-Hair group continued their banquet, completely unaffected by the tense atmosphere.
After a while, the Minister Right returned and told Shanks with a strange expression that he could take him and Sig to the Coral Forest in the Sea Forest —where two Poneglyph were parked!
"Huh? I thought you guys were fighting!"
"So you didn't knock her out after all..."
"Don't talk nonsense. Even Sig isn't such an unreasonable person."
The Red-Hair group also whispered in surprise, with Sig feeling that they seemed to have a subtle misunderstanding about their companion.
"Of course not! His Majesty Neptune said... I am the man who will become Sea King!" Sig said deliberately.
Anyway, Neptune probably won't actively deny such a thing...
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