One Piece: I'm Mihawk's Son

"Instead of a marriage contract, I'd be more willing to establish a treaty of commerce. Robin has told me about minerals you have in this country that could be worth something to me. I wouldn't mind taking some land outside Alubarna to make some tests too... we can work together, Cobra. But you should know I'm currently the World Government's deadliest enemy."

"I know… I'd have to announce this during the reverie, but we don't intend to keep our allegiance to the World Government any longer. I intend to speak to Riku Doldo for advice in this matter."

"Perfect. In the meantime, we can stabilize a treaty of commerce that would help us both."

"By all means, please settle everything down with my daughter~ although I know you are a busy man, there is a banquet to celebrate in the palace, and we'd love to have you present there. Now, if you would excuse us."

Cobra took his leave together with his ministries. The meeting ended on a good note, but he's still trying to increase my interactions with Vivi. A gust of frozen breeze hushed past Robin and Vivi, arriving next to me and materializing in the form of a lady.

"Are you finished, master? Can we leave now?"

"You don't like it here?"

"I don't like the attention I'm getting... also, the whole city is covered in snow now as you ordered me."

"I understand if you don't like the attention, but you better get used to it. You will be attending the banquet in my stead."

"Master..." Her face looked so reluctant, but since that was my order, there was nothing she could do about it. I'm afraid I don't like the attention either, Monet... so every time I'm the focus of attention from now on, you will be taking that spotlight away from me.

"There will be lots of delicious food, so go and have fun. I'll call you again when I need you."

"I understand..."

She left with a sad countenance; I'm sure she's going to feel better once she tastes the food. In any case, my experiment with her this time around was a success. I wanted to know the extent of her powers. She can turn a whole city into a snowland with enough time, and the temperature has dropped considerably, all within her control.

I'm going to use this power for my experiments in the future, so I have to help her master it even further, if possible help her awaken it.

"Sweetheart, do you think she will be okay on her own? Should I go?"

"She seems like a very secluded person, just like Sugar. I want them to be more outgoing, so it is okay. Let's see how she fares."

...

"Lord Veyron. Once again, thanks for everything... thanks for saving my country and thanks for giving me power... although I still don't know how to use it. Thanks to you too, Big sis!" Vivi then took the chance to approach before I left to meet Dragon with Robin.

"It was nothing. Although I don't know the fundamentals of that fruit, I know its previous use was very powerful. So work diligently to become someone powerful enough to protect your home."

I stated, patting her head as she smiled. The devil fruit I gave her was precisely the one that Donquixote Doflamingo had. Robin identified it as the Ito Ito no Mi, a Paramecia that allowed the person in question to control strings.

I don't know how powerful this Doflamingo was... but I know he was powerful enough to fight Hancock before he succumbed to her Mero Mero. According to Hancock, his fruit was awakened and allowed him to turn the world into strings.

"I know you will be very powerful in the future, especially if you hang out with Robin."

"Don't worry sweetie, I'll make sure to TRAIN her properly~"

Goosebumps originated from Vivi's heart and were transmitted through my hand and to my chest, yeah... she's going to suffer.

"By the way, Lord Veyron… why did you reject? Could it be… I'm not attractive?"

"Vivi... you don't even like me, do you? Why would you like to go through a forced marriage? Once you're powerful, you will be free enough to choose for yourself who you want to be with."

"That's right, but... at the very least, I'd like to get to know you better...I can't?"

Here it comes, the goddamn helpless puppy face that princesses seem to be adept at; I hate it!

"O-Of course you can..."

"Yes!~ Then I'll head to the banquet; I'll try to help Lady Monet just so she doesn't feel so uncomfortable."

"..."

I watched her go with a bright smile after having gotten her way.

"Sweetheart, you're just unable to reject pretty ladies~"

"Correction, cute ladies. I'm sorry Robin."

"Fufu~ you know I don't mind what you do with her as long as you let me watch."

"Eh?"

"Eh?~"

I better not let Dragon know that his beautiful and pure daughter is a perverted voyeur; he will get a heart attack.

We started heading towards the meeting room where Dragon was.

"By the way, I didn't know you trust Monet that much."

"I don't trust her; I trust her survival instincts. The brief discipline I inflicted on her and Sugar seems to have affected her the most; she doesn't even behave like my slave... she behaves like a pet."

"Isn't that good?~"

"I don't know... I didn't want a slave or a pet. But both Sugar and Monet have powers I'm interested in, potential... I also can't treat them too well after what they did to the Kuja; they won't ever be accepted in Amazon Lily... I'm frankly confused about how to treat

 them. For now, slave seems to be the best choice."

"Just like Ali is now your slave?"

"I'm just trying to mess around with her."

I drifted with a laugh and faltered just in time when Lady Crocodile appeared, resting around a corner with a completely different outfit. She had a black long dress that accentuated all her curves and a furry coat that still gave the Crocodile vibes. She was in her forties, and although you could tell, the insane attractiveness of a mature woman was there, just like Mom, just like Primrose and Gion.

No, she went even further. If I had to say a phrase to describe her, it would be Mafia Queen.

"That's good to know, brat... I don't intend to be your slave anyway... I have my pride. I'm at most your retainer, right-hand woman if you push it."

"Hehehe, pride~"

"What's wrong with having pride?" She frowned, but I was laughing about something else from back in my previous world.

"Nothing. Let's go... do you want to attend this meeting?"

"I work with you now; I used to work for Dragon before... why not?" She lit up a tobacco and joined us. The three of us then headed to the spot; it was the fifth floor of the palace in one of the most secluded halls above the Banquet area.

"You worked for Dragon?" asked Robin with a frown.

"I lived a miserable life for the first thirty years of my life. Being a woman... a beautiful woman, was just a nightmare for me. I learned how to use this beauty to my advantage... but it didn't stop me from losing everything at the end of the line. When I was at my worst, I asked Ivankov to change my gender and adopted the name Crocodile... obviously, this wasn't going to be free."

It was amazing that she was opening up to us; a part of me wanted the room we were heading to to be farther away just so I could hear the whole story.

"I learned how to control my powers and did some intelligence jobs for him. At that time the revolutionaries were more like two groups of five members each, unlike this wide organization it is today that spreads across the world. Even now, although you are more powerful, Dragon defeats you in numbers. When Gol D. Roger was executed... that's when I sailed on my own and left them."

"How did you meet the revolutionaries at first?" Robin inquired; she was way more curious than me.

"Gol D. Roger."

"... did you sail with him?!"

"No, he saw me at my worst one time in Hachinosu, the pirate island, and recognized me... according to him, I looked a lot like my bastard of a father. Instead of taking me on his ship, however, he took me with Dragon... those two were doing some shady business together, to this day I still don't know what they were up to."

Dragon and Gol D. Roger? What could those two be doing together?

"We're here; you can ask anything you want later." She tossed her tobacco away and nodded at me; I opened the door, and there they were.

Time to face my brother-in-law & father-in-law.