But the people who had just been beaten up said, "But they really were incredibly cool. Sorry, we'll never say something so naive again."
Sicilian immediately got angry. "Good that you understand." Wanda smiled, and Sicilian instantly reacted dramatically. "What is it? Say it."
Wanda introduced Luffy. "They're the Straw Hat Pirates." Sicilian immediately charged at them in excitement.
Then he suddenly dropped to his knees before them. "Thank you for lending us your aid and saving our country. We will never forget this debt for as long as we live."
Wanda said, "Sir Sicilian gives his all in everything he does."
Lu Yu looked at Sicilian, kneeling before him, and felt utterly speechless. He had no idea how to handle something like this. This guy was far too enthusiastic. He had never seen anyone take their admiration of him to such an extreme.
Luffy commented, "A lion who's way too fired up."
Nami immediately punched Luffy in the face.
Sicilian instantly stood up. "Who's your captain?"
"It's me," Lu Yu said.
Sicilian suddenly rushed up to Lu Yu in excitement, grabbed Luffy by the shoulders, and said passionately, "So you're the captain Nami and the others told me about! Wonderful! I've always wanted to meet you! Garchu! I'm deeply, deeply grateful to you!"
As he spoke, he roughly and rapidly rubbed his face against Lu Yu's. Lu Yu's whole face was squashed out of shape. "Can you stop rubbing your face against mine?"
After rubbing against Lu Yu, he immediately moved on to rub his face against Luffy's, chattering away as he did so.
Sicilian immediately opened a door. "The Duke is waiting for you all. Hurry inside, don't dawdle."
Luffy rubbed the right side of his face where Sicilian had just nuzzled him. "What's with that guy?"
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