Azure Dragon Arrives (13)

Dressrosa, Royal Palace.

After the great explosion, the King's Highland in the central district had been blasted into four pieces, and the original royal palace had suffered severe damage as well.

The palace where King Riku and the others now lived had been rebuilt afterward. No matter how repeatedly he refused, the people had still tightened their belts and chosen to build a palace for the royal family first.

At that moment, Princess Rebecca, having returned to her true form, was trimming flower branches in the garden when a graceful purple figure suddenly flashed through her vision.

"Aunt Violet?"

At her call, the figure stopped and turned around.

"Oh my, Rebecca? You didn't go to the flower fields today?"

"No. Who could stand staying there?"

Rebecca puffed out her cheeks in resentment and complained, "That idiot Father held a banquet with Leo and the others yesterday. The whole house reeks of alcohol—it stinks!"

"Hehe, I see."

Violet smiled and waved a hand. "Then come back and rest for a few days. I was just about to send someone to notify Kyros to stay at the palace for a while too."

"Hm? Did something happen?"

Rebecca asked nervously, a sharp aura unique to a warrior bursting from her not particularly sturdy body.

Having experienced so many tragedies, Rebecca could now be called the least princess-like princess imaginable.

"Don't worry. A major figure from the Navy is merely coming to our country to arrest a few criminals... Father felt it was necessary to gather everyone back to meet them and show proper courtesy."

"A major figure... from the Navy?"

Rebecca frowned silently.

The relationship between Dressrosa and the Navy could hardly be called good, but as an Affiliated Nation, it made sense in theory.

Still, who could be coming to make King