Koshiro sighed softly.
"Although I don't know what you've been hiding from all these years, Father."
"Kuina really likes you."
"Come back and visit often."
Shimotsuki Kozaburo nodded as he gazed toward Kuina's room and said softly:
"Mm..."
North Blue, Pado Island, where the World's Edge Kingdom stood.
Dragon had once visited this island.
It was also the final stop on Rolka and Robin's journey through the North Blue.
Everything here seemed out of place in the martial North Blue.
There was none of the scheming and infighting. Everyone here had suffered persecution at the hands of the Celestial Dragons and gathered together to find comfort in one another.
Ginkgo leaves danced through the air, making it feel like another world.
Seated at a table on the second floor of a restaurant.
Robin watched the people outside the window and sighed softly:
"This really is a fairyland."
"Everything is so beautiful and peaceful."
"If only everyone here didn't have such a tragic past..."
Along the way, they had learned about the tragedies that had befallen each person.
And the cruelty of the Celestial Dragons sent chills down their spines.
How... could people be so cruel?
Seated across from her, Rolka said casually:
"Why dwell on sorrow?"
"Most people in this world have no control over their own destinies."
"You're no different, and neither am I."
"Obviously, we can't undo tragedies that have already happened."
"But we can work toward the future."
"This world is rotten. One day, a great fire will come and burn all its filth."
"Until nothing remains."
Listening to Rolka, Robin grew a little distracted:
"Do you mean revolution...?"
Rolka chuckled without answering, but inwardly, he murmured:
It's Sakazuki...
The first half of the Grand Line.
Aboard an enormous warship, Borsalino reclined on a sun