Once they had confirmed their course, the group set sail for the Island of Love and Flowers.
They were heading there for more than Anita's request and the chance to have the dragon hide processed.
There was another, more important reason: the Island of Love and Flowers lay almost halfway between Werther's current position and the Sabaody Archipelago.
They also needed to replenish the ship's supplies. They had run out of fruit, vegetables, and other such foods—not because Werther and the others had eaten them all, but because the heat in a sea they had crossed earlier had made them spoil faster.
Such foods were vital at sea. Living on dried fruit or meat for too long could leave a person short of vitamins and eventually cause scurvy.
Even Werther could still get scurvy. Only certain Devil Fruit Users were immune to it. Luffy, for example, had nothing to worry about with his rubber body.
A few days later, Werther was sitting on the gunwale fishing when he spotted a row of buoys ahead.
The neatly spaced buoys looked strangely familiar. Then it struck him: weren't they markers for the Sea Train tracks? Did the Sea Train run to the Island of Love and Flowers too?
"Anita, I found the Sea Train tracks up ahead. Are you sure you've got the right route? Why would the Island of Love and Flowers have a Sea Train?"
At Werther's call, Anita came thumping out of the training room. Lately, the little girl had become obsessed with swordsmanship and kept pestering him to teach her, though her talent for it was rather ordinary.
Anita leaned over the gunwale to look at the markers, clearly delighted.
"That's right! We must be getting close to the Island of Love and Flowers. Timney told me they