Mr. Tanaka in Hiding

Sea Circle Calendar, February 1528.

New World, Dressrosa.

Music and the aroma of grilled meat drifted along Lovers' Street. People clinked their glasses together, and laughter surged toward the star-filled night sky like waves.

This country known as the "Land of Love and Passion" seemed never to tire.

King's Plateau, on a terrace deep within the royal palace.

The evening breeze gently stirred Scarlett's long pink hair. Leaning against the railing, she tightly held a wanted poster whose edges had begun to wear.

Moonlight spilled across the paper, illuminating that young, resolute face: golden hair cascading like a lion's mane, and aqua-blue eyes so clear that they made one's heart tremble even on the rough print.

After all these years, that figure was still etched deep in her memory, as clear as if it had been yesterday.

"Looking at that wanted poster again, are you, Sis?"

A cheerful female voice sounded from behind her. Like an agile cat, Violet silently approached, wrapped her arms around her sister's waist, and craned her neck to look at the paper in her hand.

"N-No, I wasn't! I was just... looking at the moon."

Scarlett hurriedly hid the wanted poster behind her back, her cheeks flushing crimson beneath the moonlight.

Violet blinked those eyes that seemed capable of seeing through people's hearts. "The moon wouldn't make you blush like that. But Sis, a big shot like him must have plenty of women around him, right?"

Scarlett fell silent for a moment. Her gaze passed over the glittering lights of the royal capital and settled on the pitch-black sea in the distance.

"I don't care. No matter who's by his side, no matter what he becomes... my feelings won't change."

"But he might not even remember you anymore. That was six years ago."

"As long