"Good work, Abu. Keep training with Brand."
"Yes."
If it had been an ordinary person returning from field duty, Oran would have told him to go rest. But Absalom was an exception.
More precisely, he had become an exception after returning from Wano Country. Oran knew very well what he had done there.
Still, Absalom worked diligently and understood his priorities. Oran did not take such a minor matter to heart.
"Zou's Vivre Card, huh?"
The Vivre Card Absalom had left behind twitched from time to time and even changed direction. After all, Zou was a living elephant that had been punished for some unknown crime and forced to walk the seas forever.
Its route was impossible to predict, and only this Vivre Card could point the way there.
In truth, reaching Zou was even harder than reaching Merfolk Island. Merfolk Island did not run away; as long as one reached Sabaody Archipelago, they could dive down to it. The journey was simply more dangerous.
As an "island" that moved about and could not be recorded by a Log Pose, Zou did not exist on most nautical charts. Only the Mink Tribe had ever possessed a way to travel back and forth.
The few Vivre Cards that had made their way into the outside world had also appeared because Minks traveling abroad had met with misfortune.
In the past, Oran had never seen anything similar in the outside world. If Absalom had not stolen one back, it might have taken much longer.
"Kate, do you want to go back and take a look?"
The Reverie had ended only recently, and the Power Gear had not set sail again during this period. Kate had naturally been quite relaxed.
Oran had no need for a bodyguard in the royal city. When he