The Mountain Road Has Eighteen Bends

This was truly an unexpected harvest. He had never expected to gain something like this on St. Poplar Island. There was no doubt that the island was famous, but no one would ever have imagined that it was hiding a secret as well. It was probably because of the old man's constant publicity that the World Government had kept an eye on this place too.

The old man had wanted to spread the story of the Holy Church, but he had no idea that it would lead to disaster. As for Roger's arrival, he probably had not told anyone else about it. After all, people would turn away whenever the story of the One Piece came up. At his age, the old man no longer cared.

After bidding farewell to the old man from Prosin, Enel and Rogge said a few words to each other. Rogge led his men into the cathedral, where a wedding was just being held. It was for a young couple who had come here in secret to pledge themselves to each other.

Their families had apparently opposed the wedding. The man was very poor, while the girl's family was made up of famous merchants in Carnival Town.

The two had fallen in love on St. Poplar Island and had known each other for nearly four years. Since the girl's family had forced her to marry the son of a nobleman she disliked, she had secretly come to St. Poplar Island and found the young man. The two had decided to hold their wedding here.

The plot was so melodramatic that Rogge had never expected to escape television dramas only to witness a real-life version of one here.

But would it have a happy ending?

The young man's family had no means at all. He was