Chapter 550 Three Years Later: Arrival in Wano Country

In the year 1514 of the Sea Calendar, a super-sized ship with a double-dragon bow and decorated with many gold pieces on the stern and sides sailed on the seas of the New World.

The morning sun shone on the deck as Natsume Rock and Shanks jumped from the lookout tower of a massive pirate ship onto the deck using ropes.

"time to eat!"

A sweet woman's voice rang out over the new world's ocean.

The two rushed toward the magnificent kitchen, only to bump into a wall of fluffy feathers.

"Slow down, what's the rush for you two?" The enormous Cooper, with a two- or three-meter-long piece of meat in his mouth, sternly reprimanded the two.

"Sorry, Uncle Cooper!"

The two quickly bowed and apologized to it, then rushed into the kitchen.

An eagle is in its thirties, which is equivalent to a human being over a hundred years old.

Inside the kitchen, Leia, who already looked like a mature woman with a full figure, was serving food to the two of them with an iron ladle.

"Aren't you going to call your boss over to eat?"

Even wearing an apron, holding an iron spoon, and wearing a white headscarf, she couldn't hide her toned figure honed over the years.

“Lai Ma, you know how he is lately, he hasn’t said a word for several days.”

Shanks, chewing slowly with the roasted meat in his mouth, said to Leia.

"That's strange, what happened all of a sudden?"

Shamlock sipped his seafood porridge and chewed on the delicious sea monster meat as he responded to Leia.

She raised the two of them for most of their lives, and they treated her like their own mother.

Naturally, Arthur was like a father to them, except that Arthur made them call him Boss and Captain, and forbade them from using the word "Dad".

"Why don't you try to persuade them?" Leia shouted, slamming her iron spoon into their heads upon hearing their reply.

“You’ve been with us for thirty years, don’t you know his personality? He’s the kind of guy who’s cold on the outside but warm on the inside! Just a little bit of sweet talk and he’ll soften up.”

Upon hearing this, Shamrock and Shanks, with food in their mouths and heads covered, exchanged a glance, strongly disagreeing with Leia's statement.

"That's only for you guys. If two grown men tried to act like that in front of him, they'd be beaten to death!"

"Exactly! If he says he won't let us use Haki and makes us swim 100 kilometers in the sea, that would be really painful."

Upon hearing this, she turned around and busied herself, secretly chuckling to herself.

Outside the kitchen, Gion, who is 2.56 meters tall, strode into the kitchen.

Her figure and appearance were already quite mature, and she wore light makeup. She sat opposite the twins, holding a golden garland in her hand.

She was beautiful, strong and gorgeous like a Valkyrie, and had a fantastic figure.

She had her hair tied up in big, curly curls, with her bangs completely exposed, and she stared at the twins in front of her.

"Gion, didn't you go talk to him?" Leia asked, serving her a bowl of ochazuke (rice with tea) and a balanced meal of dishes and snacks.

"Arthur listens to you the most."

“He…” Gion picked up her chopsticks, her expression somewhat grave, “He’s ignoring me.”

"You're ignoring me too?" Leia was surprised, not expecting that Arthur, who used to be so talkative, would become so cold.

Gion lamented, "When I was a child, I didn't quite understand what he was saying to me. Now that I'm 36, I understand everything, but it seems like it's all too late."

"Yeah, the boss has been so cold lately, what's going on?"

A middle-aged man with a full beard and some good looks walked in.

Everyone instantly became alert, looking at him as if he were a monster.

"Feng! You...you don't have any bombs on you, do you?"

"Don't sit over here! You blew up the whole kitchen last time!"

Shanks and Shamrock were terrified when they saw him.

Feng was dressed in denim clothes, with a pistol tucked into his waistband and a pocket full of small bombs.

He went to the opposite side of Gion, performed a very respectful worship ceremony towards Gion, and then sat down next to the twin brothers.

"Last time it was an accident caused by a technical error."

"It was an accident! You scary guy!"

He ignored the twins and beckoned to Leia, "Give me a beef brisket rice bowl as usual."

"Sigh, I'm serving you like a nanny." Leia sighed, and after making everyone's favorite food, she slowly began to eat her own breakfast.

Apart from the twins and Kaede, Gion and Leia's appearances have remained at the level of 25 to 30 years old.

The best and most perfect age.

Outside the deck, at the bow.

The massive Cooper tossed the two-meter-long piece of raw meat onto Arthur's head.

"Eat up, Arthur, you bastard."

Cooper was very large and muscular, with six blue tufts of hair on the top of his head.

For thirty years, Arthur has used plans and strategies to wipe out all pirates of the old era and their descendants.

It includes Roger, Rocks, and everything about Whitebeard.

The only pirate crew that can be called by name on the high seas today is the Extreme Ice Pirates, which he has just created.

The others were all petty thugs who naturally fled the war and chose to escape by sea.

Therefore, some irreparable relationships were formed, such as the hatred between female emperors throughout history.

However, hatred is hatred, and to find a sense of peace in this new era, one must submit to his will.

Therefore, the previous empress Gloria, the previous empress Shaki, and the previous empress Toritoma all became his sex toys.

The seas are engulfed in war, resources of various countries are about to be exhausted, countless people are dead and wounded, and the people are suffering.

"What are you thinking about!" When Cooper saw that Arthur ignored him, he used his mouth to slap the two-meter-long piece of meat on Arthur's head again.

"Life after peace," Arthur replied to Cooper in a flat, hoarse voice.

Once the war is over, all that's left is to clean up the mess.

How to live became a contradiction and a problem in his heart.

Should we have a baby, or create one?

Or should he have every woman he's involved with give birth to a child?

Or should we do something?

Soon, Arthur had his answer: he would do it all.

Not only should they have children, but they should have a whole bunch of them to ease those strained relationships.

"Do you think that if they had my child, they would stop being so cold to me?"

"..." Cooper was somewhat shocked. "You mean, the empresses?"

"Yes, I hurt Gloriaosa, and after that, Torituma hated me. In the subsequent plan, I killed Roger and killed Rayleigh, which caused Gloriaosa and Shakky to hate me as well."

"I don't know!" Cooper's head was spinning after hearing these words.

"In my opinion, I am the king! They are just wives and concubines! My harem."

"Uh..." Arthur was stunned after hearing this. "How could you think like that? Toritoma is one thing, but the other two... I killed the people they liked, and then..."

For some reason, Arthur felt a strange sense of satisfaction. After doing this, he felt no guilt or remorse.

Rather, it's the extreme self-satisfaction and explosive sense of accomplishment that comes from dominating something.

“Let me give you an analogy, listen carefully, Arthur,” Cooper said to Arthur like a teacher.

"If I were the king of a forest in my homeland, leading a flock of eagles, and I happened to kill the eagle king of another territory, all the females in his harem would become mine! That's the principle I know."

"So you're saying I'm contradicting myself!" Arthur was very unhappy after being lectured by Cooper.

"Ku!" Cooper, with the piece of meat still in his mouth, turned and left, his face full of disdain.

"Otherwise what? Although you are very responsible and capable, you don't understand life or governance at all. If it were me, my descendants would be running around calling me 'Father' by now!"

Upon hearing this, Arthur felt a lump in his throat and turned around to slam his hand on the side of the World Tree.