On Amazon Lily, in the palace bedchamber perched atop a cliff that was easy to defend and hard to attack, Boa Hancock—the Empress and one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea—was sitting alluringly in the middle of her large bed, chatting intimately with the "bratty bear" pirate Annie, who was sitting beside her on the bed.
Having been warmly welcomed at the evening banquet and thoroughly enjoying the food, Annie had gladly accepted the Empress's invitation. She planned to sleep well for the night in her host's palace, on her host's comfortable bed, then take Luffy to meet up with the Flying Fish Riders' Duval and the others tomorrow after they woke.
Hancock had invited Annie because she wanted to learn more about Annie's "great achievements" and get the details on certain things—such as the Celestial Dragons, whom she both feared and hated, yet was powerless to do anything about.
"Annie..."
Wearing only a thin red gauze robe that left the deep valley of her cleavage and her snow-white, graceful figure fully exposed, the Empress had chatted for a while before reclining slightly on the bed. Resting her head on one hand, she turned onto her side and tried to sound casual as she softly asked Annie,
"Why did you dare to stand up to the Celestial Dragons? What were you thinking at the time?"
"After all, they're the world nobles..."
"If anyone offends them, an admiral from Marine Headquarters or CP0 has to come protect them. That's why they can act so arrogantly and without restraint. Weren't you afraid back then?"
Hancock's hatred for the Celestial Dragons was clearly intense.
She had even thought about taking revenge on those terrifying people—the Celestial Dragons who had once enslaved her and her sisters!
But...
Whenever she thought of how a