A few days later.
At the harbor on Campbell Island.
A merchant ship bound for the Old World slowly set sail.
As the merchant ship sailed farther away, Campbell Island soon vanished from sight.
In a cabin aboard the merchant ship, Dunn and Annie sat facing each other.
"Why are we suddenly going back to the Old World?"
Annie asked in confusion.
A few days earlier, after taking out the Silver Mirror, Dunn had returned to the city ahead of schedule and secluded himself for a while.
After coming out, he had begun making arrangements and giving instructions, saying he would be leaving for a while.
Then, without giving her any say in the matter, he had sought out Annie and asked her to accompany him on a trip back to the Old World.
Annie knew Dunn might not tell her anything involving that Silver Mirror, so she had held back from asking. But after holding back for several days, she had somehow found herself already at sea today without knowing what was going on. She really could not hold back anymore, so she asked outright.
"To find something."
Dunn calmly adjusted the disguise on his face. As a Pirate King, and one currently enjoying considerable fame at that, his appearance was still fresh in the memories of many factions.
So Dunn had put on a slight disguise for this journey. He did not expect to keep his identity hidden forever; he only hoped to delay its exposure.
Ideally, that would happen after he reached the Old World.
After all, aside from his throne not yet being particularly secure, he was a key figure who had previously ruined the United Navy's strategic plan. If they learned that Dunn was going to the Old World...
They would most likely lay an