That afternoon, Neptune prepared an unprecedentedly grand banquet for Lott to thank him for saving Fish-Man Island.
Many of Fish-Man Island's stars were also invited to perform at the banquet.
Of course, most importantly, Neptune announced at the banquet that Fish-Man Island would become a territory of the Lott Pirates.
He had thought many people would object, but unexpectedly, the decision met with unanimous approval. That saved him the trouble of explaining.
"This lousy crystal ball can't make a single accurate prediction! What do I even need you for?!"
Inside the café on Fish-Man Island, Shyarly held a crystal ball, ready to smash it.
All that talk about Lott destroying Fish-Man Island was false. Not only had Lott not destroyed Fish-Man Island, he was the hero who had saved it.
She strongly suspected something was wrong with this crystal ball. Fortunately, this incident had let Lord Lott show everyone that he was not the person who would destroy Fish-Man Island.
Otherwise, she would have been a terrible sinner who had slandered the innocent Lott.
Now that Fish-Man Island was Lord Lott's territory, she wondered whether Lott would blame her.
She looked at the heavy crystal ball in her hands. It had never made a mistake before. She had no idea why it had made such an enormous error this time.
Although it had been passed down for over eight hundred years, she had no intention of keeping it any longer.
Just as Shyarly was about to smash the crystal ball against the floor, a voice rang out behind her. "Madame Shyarly, don't!"
Shyarly turned and saw Lott standing behind her. "L-Lord Lott? You..."
Lott pointed at the crystal ball in Shyarly's hands. "Could you let me take a look at that crystal ball?"
Seeing the horror on Shyarly's face,