"Listen, Vivi. We'll give you twelve hours to think it over. Once we take our ship back on the Saint Doro River, we'll pass through East Harbor at noon tomorrow. We probably won't be able to stop there. If you want to keep traveling with us, that moment will be your chance to board. We'll have a warm welcome ready for you, to welcome you into the ranks of pirates."
"We're only inviting you so enthusiastically because you're a princess!"
"Yeah! Come on, Vivi! Definitely! You have to! Come with us right now!"
"Luffy! Don't do that!"
"Why? Don't you guys want Vivi to keep traveling with us?"
"Of course we do, but Vivi has to decide for herself..."
Noon tomorrow, at East Harbor...
It would take Black Duck four hours to get there. If I left at eight, I'd make it... I never thought about becoming a pirate. This is a huge decision in my life. If I miss this chance, there won't be another...
I've never found being a princess boring, either. Especially now, with the rebellion only just over. This is when the country needs all the strength it can get.
As Vivi thought about this, she rested her hand on Black Duck's face and gently stroked him.
"If I went, you'd come too, wouldn't you? What would you choose?"
Just then, someone knocked on the door...
"Igaram..."
Vivi naturally assumed it was Igaram knocking again. She walked to the door with a resigned sigh, only to find another face that often appeared in her thoughts.
"Mr. Barn..."
Barn simply smiled, then spoke.
"May I come in?"
"Did you hear that? That really was Vivi's voice..."
Zoro spoke with a look of disappointment.
"That's the celebration in Alubarna! Looks like she decided not to come..."
For once,