"You're Admiral White Dove, Roya! But how is that possible?!"
Carina stared at Roya in shock.
Her expression was filled with disbelief.
Roya did not mind in the slightest. He took a bite of the grilled Poseidon meat and said to Carina, "So what? Does that conflict with my identity as the leader of Dawn-and-Dusk Bird?"
Hearing Roya's words, Carina froze where she stood.
At that moment, Roya asked Carina, "Tell me, how did you meet Nami?"
"You know Nami?"
"She's undergoing special training right now."
Roya did not hide Nami's whereabouts and told Carina directly.
"Special training?"
"Of course. She's one of mine."
"Is that so?"
Carina's expression dimmed slightly.
Then she said to Roya, "Actually, meeting Nami was an accident too. At the time, I'd just stolen the treasure from a ship and was about to leave when I ran into a shipwreck."
After a pause, Carina lay atop a thick branch of the tree holding the Orange Grove on Noah's Ark. "The waves washed me ashore, and it was high tide then. I even thought I might just die like that."
"But then, Nami and Nojiko appeared. They saved me, and from then on, I stayed with them. I guess we truly became good friends!"
However, when she reached this point, Carina gritted her teeth and said, "But that Nami actually took every last bit of my meager savings when I was preparing to leave! And she even had the nerve to call it lodging fees!"
Looking at Carina's furious expression,
Roya could imagine Nami acting like the little money-grubber she was.
"It seems your relationship is pretty good. In that case, you may be spared from death, but not from punishment!"
Carina's expression changed at Roya's words.
"Please, no. For Nami's sake, can't you really spare