"Mamamama..."
Charlotte Linlin's laughter echoed through the cloyingly sweet air, but what burned in those enormous, abyss-like eyes was a greed far fiercer than anything she showed toward her favorite desserts-a pure desire to possess a "treasure."
Her gaze swept over Boer with an almost tangible weight. Detailed intelligence on this brat had long since crossed her desk: he possessed the techniques to forge "Pseudo-Black Blades" and even Great Grade Swords, an ability to plan economic development that bordered on turning stone into gold, and political skill in governing his territory that put all her children in Totto Land to shame.
She cast a discreet glance at Kaido.
Who didn't know that, under this white-haired brat's reforms, Wano Country had long since ceased to be a burden on the Beasts Pirates? Instead, it supplied Kaido with a steady stream of well-trained samurai, allowing him to make sweeping advances in his territorial expansion across the New World.
But more importantly-his strength.
Nineteen.
At just nineteen, he could nearly match both her and Kaido in a clash of Conqueror's Haki. Not to mention that terrifying ability that could work with her Soul-Soul Fruit to create "Devil Fruit weapons."
A monster.
If she could keep him in Totto Land, if she could make him a member of the Charlotte Family...
Linlin's enormous body leaned forward slightly, her thick palms pressing against the long table of chocolate and biscuits with a faint creak. An almost kindly smile appeared on her face-the tender expression of a mother choosing a good match for her daughter.
"Little Boer~ Mama knows all about it~"
Her voice was sweet as honey, her gaze sliding toward the daughters attending along both sides of the palace:
"Your women... some died, and the others ran away. Drifting alone on the sea must