Time was a great author, capable of writing countless endings for the future.
Dawn neither knew nor wanted to know what the future held, but he was living in the present.
After Roger's death, Dawn and the others arrived in the Ishtar Kingdom under Aokiji's lead. A month had already passed since then.
At first, their days were indeed as Sola and the others had hoped. Every day, they sampled delicious food in the royal palace or the city, wandered the streets, or played to their hearts' content in the forest.
This was far better than their time at the training camp. Although Dawn kept urging them to train, and getting beaten up every day was unavoidable, such things hardly mattered in the face of good food and fun.
Yes, it was purely one-sided beatings. Ever since Dawn awakened Observation Haki, he had constantly practiced it, and completely dominating his companions was no problem at all.
As for Sola and the others, whenever Dawn tested his Observation Haki on them, they also got some practical combat training out of it.
Overall, life here was much better than their monotonous routine at the Marine Training Camp of studying, training, eating, and sleeping.
To this group of brats, this place was practically heaven.
They were not afraid of training or getting beaten up, but being able to skip academic classes was worth celebrating—especially now that they had escaped the rigid training schedule.
Once their natures were set free, everyone went wild. Aside from the training Dawn supervised each day, they spent all their remaining time experiencing things they had never experienced before.
As for Aokiji?
The day after Dawn was declared the heir, he had borrowed a bicycle and leisurely pedaled off somewhere to hassle some unlucky fools.
The warship, meanwhile, had