After Adrian tactfully expressed to Judge that he wanted to take Sanji away from Germa Kingdom in the North Blue, the other man hesitated for less than half a second before giving this straightforward reply.
To be honest, if this had happened several years ago, when Sanji had just been born, Judge's response would not have been so quick.
Back then, Judge had been full of confidence and expectations for the children he had painstakingly cultivated!
But after years of continuous "cultivation," Judge believed he had completely seen through Sanji's so-called potential.
Regardless of whether Sanji's talents had been affected by Sora, the result was obvious. (Dissatisfied that Judge had turned the children into emotionless superhuman machines, their mother had taken medicine during pregnancy that could affect their Lineage Factors. Although the other three children were unaffected, Sanji was.)
In Judge's eyes, Sanji was a complete and utter "failed experiment"!
If Sanji had not been his child, and if Sanji could not be remade, Judge would have abandoned him long ago. All these years had completely worn away his patience.
Even taking the most charitable view, even if Sanji had no supernatural abilities derived from Lineage Factor technology, as the heir to Germa Kingdom, he should at least have displayed the bearing and abilities befitting a "prince."
But young Sanji was not only introverted and timid.
What was even worse was that he actually liked cooking!
The Germa royal family had always upheld the traditional belief that "royalty must never serve others"!
Although Judge did not quite understand why White Ghost had suddenly proposed taking Sanji away from Germa Kingdom, he still felt greatly relieved at the thought of discarding such a useless burden.
Moreover, from another perspective, White Ghost's willingness to accept Germa Kingdom's "work" and promise to make