Should We Snatch a Princess for Fun?

"What... what are you saying? How could that be possible? How could you do this? I still... I still haven't repaid the kindness you showed me. How can this happen?!"

"Actually, ever since that day, the moment you stood before me... mmph!"

Her breathtakingly beautiful face was flushed crimson. A pale fingertip gently pressed against her soft, uncreased pink lips, briefly silencing the words about to spill out.

"I know."

As those words fell, a dangerous glint flashed in those sapphire-blue eyes. In the blink of an eye, less than a few millimeters separated them.

The collision between youthful vitality and cool, stunning beauty sent her racing heart into utter confusion.

"No, you don't know. All this time, what I've wanted was never the throne of the Kuja, nor the praise of others. It was that ray of light that descended from the sky that day..."

"Hanazuki, what I've always wanted was you!"

In that instant, every onlooking citizen of Amazon Lily stood dumbfounded. Hiyori instinctively tightened her grip on the candied apple in her hand, her delicate body trembling.

"Eh, eh, eh?!"

"What is going on? What exactly is this feeling?"

"This atmosphere is so strange. My face feels so hot, like a freshly picked tomato..."

"Without a doubt, this is love! What they call romance is something that arrives as suddenly as a raging storm!"

At the sound of that aged voice, everyone turned around, surprise filling their eyes.

"Granny Flame Flower! Why are you here, Granny Flame Flower? What does romance mean?"

Having sensed trouble long ago, Flame Flower had rushed toward Kuja City the moment Uchiha Hanazuki disappeared. She was panting heavily, nearly exhausted to death in her frail old body.

That damned bastard. From the very first moment she saw Boa Hancock, she had felt