The First Meeting of Mother and Daughter

"Cover Serial-mère Arc 1 First Meeting of Mother and Daughter"

"Another war had ended. The Marines of the East Blue's 16th Branch had won a resounding victory, and pirate corpses lay everywhere. As a Rust-Rust Fruit user, Bell-mère had made tremendous contributions, and the lieutenant commander in charge of the warship's command spared no praise for her."

"Well done, Bell-mère!" the lieutenant commander said with a smile. He said that once this mission was over, Bell-mère, already an ensign, would be promoted at least two ranks to captain."

"Wouldn't that put me in the same position as old Mr. Romanov?" Bell-mère was delighted, yet she also found it somewhat strange."

"But she had no time to dwell on it. After a quick cleanup of the battlefield, the warship set sail once more at full speed toward its next target island. It had already been occupied by pirates, and their captain was said to be quite powerful. A fierce battle awaited them..."

More than twenty days later.

Grand Line, G-8 Branch.

The warship carrying Noah and the others resupplied here briefly before, under the warm personal send-off of Lieutenant General Buggy, the branch commander,

continuing its journey to Marine Headquarters.

Noah stood at the bow, smiling as he waved farewell to Lieutenant General Buggy on the dock, feeling somewhat emotional.

If he had come to the G-8 Branch and met Lieutenant General Buggy a little over a year ago, all he could have done was salute solemnly.

But now, having been promoted to a Marine Headquarters lieutenant general, his standing in the Marines had clearly become equal to those veteran commanders.

There was even a faint sense that he was an inspecting superior, standing half a head above them.

It was rather subtle.

Fresh water, food, and other supplies had