"Captain Roger, we're heading out! Come visit me on Oran Island when you have time!"
Half a year had passed since Lind's wedding.
(Putting myself in the readers' shoes, I realized I probably wouldn't be all that interested in Lind's honeymoon, so I won't go into detail. Let's focus on the main plot.)
Half a year earlier, on the day after Liana ate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Lind learned that the Red Count had left Oran Island.
Lind immediately threw himself into preparing for the honeymoon. Tempted by the prospect of having the world to themselves, he finished settling everything and handing over his duties in just half a day.
They stepped through the Teleportation Gate and began their honeymoon.
Over those six months, the three of them traveled all across the seas, with the sole exception of the mysterious Laugh Tale.
They even reached Lodestar Island before Roger did, along with the Mokomo Dukedom on Zou, which constantly wandered the seas, and Elbaf, the Giant Kingdom.
Lind visited both kingdoms and struck up good friendships with their kings.
Thanks to Oran Island's reputation, both kingdoms even sent more than a dozen students to study at Oran University.
While in the Mokomo Dukedom, Liana studied the Mink Tribe's Sulong transformation and used the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and her human-beast form to develop a new transformation, giving her strength another substantial boost.
In Elbaf, Lind also learned the Giants' Elbaph Spear, adding a new explosive finishing move to his arsenal.
Then there was trade. Lind exchanged Oran Island's various specialty products with the Giants for large quantities of Treasure Tree Adam branches and trunks for shipbuilding.
There were also mercenaries from the two kingdoms. Both the Mink Tribe and the Giants were highly capable warriors, and recruiting some of them as mercenaries could