One Piece: Shadow monarch? I'm Just Logistics!

Chapter 229: Harmony and War

The royal dining hall was luxurious, but not in an opulent, extravagant way.

Rather, it was spacious and grand, with intricately carved beams and painted rafters that showed fine and careful workmanship.

Before the long, rectangular stone table, looking at the exquisitely carved stone pillars, Nami felt a slight envy and said to Vivi:

"Having been to so many places, visiting again still makes me feel your home is super magnificent."

"Hahaha, I am royalty, after all."

At the head of the table, Cobra smiled serenely. "It's not to boast, but not all past kings have been as frugal as I am."

"Mm, Father will surely be the best king," Vivi praised from the heart.

She then cast a curious glance at Nami across the table, her eyes filled with some anticipation as she asked, "What places did you guys go adventuring in later?"

"I was so surprised when I saw that Nico Robin had become your companion! Why didn't the others come? And also, the Summit..."

The excitement in Vivi's heart had not yet faded. She spoke quickly, asking a string of many questions.

Nami was a bit overwhelmed and quickly waved her hands to stop her. "Wait, wait, I'm getting dizzy listening to you."

"First, after we left Alabasta..."

Nami pondered for a moment. "The first thing was Robin getting on the ship. To be honest, everyone was shocked when she appeared on the ship at that time."

"Except for Sanji," she added.

Her expression changing, Nami smiled at Vivi. "But after spending some time together, everyone found out that Robin is actually a very nice person."

"Some time? Besides Zoro, the few of you were tamed on the spot, right?"

Reiner, at the side, suddenly spoke up, teasingly saying to Vivi, "At that time, Robin took out a few gems, and a certain someone started calling her 'big sister' so affectionately."

"Hehehe~~, that could only be Nami," Vivi said, covering her mouth with her hand, unable to hold back her laughter.

Hearing Reiner expose her, Nami glared at him fiercely. "You're the one who knows! Why are you interrupting when girls are talking!"

"Ahem!"

Reiner turned his head back sheepishly. "I won't interrupt, I won't interrupt."

Just as he was preparing to eat, as if provoked by something, Nami suddenly swept his chair leg out from under him with a kick.

Bang!!

Seeing Reiner suddenly and inexplicably fall to the ground, Vivi was startled and quickly started to get up.

"What happened, Reiner! Are you alright!"

"Ah, I'm fine."

With one hand on the stone table, Reiner slowly poked his head up, clutching it. A shoe print had mysteriously appeared on his back. He said with a sheepish grin, "I'll just change chairs. Don't worry about it."

Pell, who had been standing silently behind them, saw the entire process. He timidly stepped forward to help Reiner up and even thoughtfully dusted off his back, moving a nearby chair over for him.

"Thanks... Oh! It's the bird-man!"

Seeing the newcomer, Reiner was also quite surprised. "Long time no see! You helped us a lot on our journey. Come, have a drink with us."

"How could I? Please continue your meal. I will serve you from the side," Pell said, taking two steps back repeatedly.

"Honestly, what's the big deal?"

Vivi looked at him irritably. "All day with this 'princess' and 'guard' stuff. It's just a meal. And Chaka too."

"No, no, no, as a subject, how could I—"

"Oh, stop it. Put away that old-fashioned stuff."

Before Pell could finish, he was interrupted. Reiner waved his hand with a look of disdain. "I'm a pirate. If we're going by that logic, do I have to kneel and watch your princess eat?"

"N-no!"

Pell panicked a little upon hearing this and hurriedly explained, "That is absolutely not what I meant! Lord Reiner, you are great benefactors of Alabasta! How would I dare to offend you!"

"I say, you fellow."

Reiner rubbed his chin and teased in a low voice, "The expectation in your eyes is about to overflow. You should seize the opportunity and not be so unenterprising. Or do you have a guilty conscience?"

"You-you-you!"

Bang! Bang!

These words scared Pell so much that he tumbled backward several times until he hit a corner of the wall and stopped!

Pell, who was usually serious and solemn, had his face turn red all the way to his neck. He looked up and shouted in a panic, "What are you talking about, Lord Reiner! No, no, no, it's not what you think!"

"Eh? What did I think it was?" Reiner was a bit bewildered.

"Huh?"

"What's wrong with him?"

Nami and Vivi were still a bit confused. Chaka, on the other hand, standing in the corner, couldn't help but snicker as he looked at the flustered Pell collapsed at his feet.

Since Vivi was a child, they had always treated her as a younger sister.

It was fine before, but as Vivi slowly grew up and gradually entered the public eye, they also had to hide this feeling.

After all, their statuses were different. Vivi was now a figure of national attention and shouldered the responsibility of governing the country. To maintain the princess's noble image, she naturally couldn't fool around like before.

Although Pell usually had a cold demeanor, it was actually because he was very bad at hiding his inner feelings that he deliberately acted so serious.

In comparison, Chaka was much calmer. He smiled gently and helped Pell up.

Sitting at the head of the long table, Cobra smiled serenely.

These two had been with him since they were children. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were like his own sons. It was just that their minds were even more rigid than his old one.

"Chaka, Pell."

Cobra's face turned serious as he spoke, "Come and sit down. Don't let our guests see a joke, thinking I'm usually very strict with you."

"Your Majesty, this..."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Chaka agreed, then turned and patted Pell's shoulder. "Alright, let's go."

"I..."

Pell hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but glance over and found that Vivi was also smiling at him.

He unconsciously clenched his hands, walked forward somewhat reservedly, and sat down beside Vivi, with Chaka on the other side.

Soon, the dinner gradually became more lively.

Reiner and Nami, one after another, shared their adventures with Vivi and the others.

From the sky island in the clouds, the water city of Water 7, the giant ship in the fog, to the bubble-blowing archipelago of trees.

They talked all the way up to storming Impel Down with the Supernovas and participating in the Summit War—information they could only see in the newspapers.

"Everyone is training in different places now, preparing for the adventure of entering the New World in a year."

"Reiner and I are on the small sky island Weatheria right now. We just happened to come here to do meteorological research. By the way..."

Speaking of this, Nami thought of something, changed the subject, and asked, "Do you know the legend of the Goddess of Life?"

"Rainbase? You're talking about the goddess Nephthys, right? That's a very ancient legend. Do you guys research that too?" Vivi's expression was puzzled.

"No, it's just that we didn't find anything in Rainbase today, and then we thought of the rumor we heard from the locals," Nami sighed.

Then she briefly told Vivi and the others about Weatheria, and they roughly understood the reason Reiner and the others had come here.

"So that's how it is. Although I probably can't help you much, the royal family actually has detailed records about that legend," Cobra suddenly spoke.

Vivi then added with a smile, "I've read it too. When I was a child, I thought it was a true story."

"Nephthys, the Goddess of Harmony and Life, and Set, the God of War and the Desert. A story from before the founding of Alabasta."

(End of chapter)

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