"Are... are you Lord Sherwin?"
Just as Shirahoshi was dealing with the "marriage proposal group" and Sherwin was leading the Felynes in a feast near the dining table, a crisp voice rang out from nearby.
Sherwin turned his head to look. A young girl with beautiful blue hair was looking at him with a nervous expression.
Princess Vivi was only two years older than Shirahoshi, so in terms of appearance, she looked similar to Shirahoshi—about the age of a middle school student. However, in terms of figure...
He wasn't sure if it was the racial difference between humans and merfolk, but the current Princess Vivi was still a flat-chested young girl, unlike Shirahoshi, who had already "lost" her private airfield.
"So it Princess Vivi. Where is King Cobra? Even though this is Mary Geoise, it not very safe for a child like you to be running around everywhere," Sherwin said with a gentle smile, quietly averting his gaze from Vivi nearly flat chest.
"Lord Sherwin knows who I am?!"
The young girl asked with a look of pleasant surprise. She then pointed toward the crowded area behind her, answering Sherwin question:
"Father is over there discussing matters with King Ham Burger. I was bored and wanted to come grab some food when I happened to run into you, Lord Sherwin."
Princess Vivi had no idea that her father had once been pinned to a desk by Robin and then coerced by Sherwin and the others into entering the royal tomb.
In her understanding, Sherwin was the great hero who had saved the Kingdom of Alabasta from Crocodile without asking for anything in return.
Therefore, Princess Vivi actually admired Sherwin immensely it was just that Sherwin had been busy fleeing with Robin at the time, so she hadn't met him.
Now, not only had she met her idol, but the other party actually recognized her, which made the little princess incredibly happy.
After her initial excitement, Princess Vivi solemnly straightened her dress and gave Sherwin a deep bow.
"Thank you very much for your help to Alabasta!"
"Brother Sherwin, who is she? Klee Meow doesn't remember her, meow?"
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The little puppet, who had been thinking for a long time but still couldn't remember when she had seen Princess Vivi, tugged at Sherwin clothes.
As for the "King Cobra" mentioned by Sherwin and the "Alabasta" mentioned by Princess Vivi... since they weren't the names of bombs or bomb ingredients, Klee Meow had long since forgotten them.
"Princess Vivi! How could you run off here all by yourself... Ah! Lord Sherwin!"
Just at that moment, Pell the Falcon, acting as a guard, came running over in a hurry, only to see Sherwin surrounded by a group of Felynes.
And seeing him, Klee Meow finally reacted.
"Oh! You're that guard who was knocked out all at once by Haibara hypnosis bomb meow! So it that country full of sand Klee knows where that is now meow!"
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Pell had a look of sheer frustration on his face.
Although what the little puppet said was indeed the truth, for Pell, as a royal guard, being knocked out without knowing a thing was a source of great shame.
But it just so happened that Sherwin and the Felynes were the great benefactors who had saved their country...
More importantly, he couldn't beat them anyway.
"Hypnosis bomb?"
Fortunately, Princess Vivi confusion at that moment timely relieved Pell embarrassment.
"Cough, cough... Because I wasn't a Warlord back then, and I had taken in Nico Robin, I needed to hide my tracks when going to see King Cobra, so I used a few little tricks."
Sherwin explained quickly.
Princess Vivi mind was quite sharp she had actually realized what was going on even before Sherwin answered.
To prevent Pell embarrassment from continuing, she didn't press for further details and instead turned to chat with Klee Meow.
"You must be Lord Klee, right? You're much cuter than the photos in the newspapers."
"Hehehe~ Of course meow!"
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The praised little ragdoll put her hands on her hips and tilted her head back without a hint of modesty. "Brother Sherwin likes Klee Meow the most!"
"Father! Grandfather! Aunt Violet, come quickly! Mr. Sherwin is indeed here!"
As she spoke, another young girl with pink hair ran over, waving her arm toward those behind her.
"I just saw Shirahoshi-neesan figure and guessed that you and Mr. Sherwin must be here too!" Rebecca ran to Vivi side, first greeting Sherwin and the others, then turning to politely greet Princess Vivi. "Hello, I am Rebecca of the Kingdom of Dressrosa. It a pleasure to meet you."
Although Rebecca was younger than Vivi, she was actually a bit taller and had a more developed physique...
Perhaps it was because she had been practicing swordsmanship with Kyros since she was a child?
"Hello, I am Vivi of the Alabasta Kingdom."
Vivi was naturally aware of the "Dressrosa Incident" that had occurred not long ago. Since her own country had also been targeted by one of the Seven Warlords, she felt an immediate connection to Rebecca.
Furthermore, Princess Vivi believed that Alabasta situation had been much better than Dressrosa after all, Crocodile plan had barely begun before Sherwin took him down, whereas Dressrosa had been ruled by the Heavenly Yaksha for several years.
Therefore, in addition to feeling that she and Rebecca shared a lot in common, Princess Vivi also felt great sympathy for the Riku family and the citizens of Dressrosa.
"Great, Haibara Land isn't here!"
Leo, who had been hiding in Rebecca hair and looking around for a while, finally crawled out cautiously and greeted Sherwin and the others: "Sherwin-land, Huamei-land, Klee-land, Sanji-land... we meet again!"
At this moment, King Riku, Kyros, and Viola, who were a step behind, also arrived in front of Sherwin. Sherwin also saw King Cobra not far away, leading that curly-haired uncle and Chaka the Jackal, walking quickly toward them.
"Mr. Sherwin!" "Lord Sherwin!" "Hunter-sama!"
Facing the greetings of these people, Sherwin, who had only managed a couple of bites, could only helplessly put down the food in his hand and respond to each one.
"Hahahahaha! Boy Sherwin! You're quite popular, aren't you?"
Just as he finished exchanging pleasantries with the people from the two kingdoms, a vigorous female voice rang out from behind him...
"Hmm? Do you two little girls want to ask me the secret to maintaining my youth?"
With such a familiar catchphrase, it could be no one else but that hundred-year-old lady, Dr. Kureha.
Since she had appeared in Mary Geoise...
Sherwin turned around to look, and as expected, he did not see Wapol stupid face, and those two lackeys were nowhere to be seen either. Replacing them was Dalton, the former captain of the royal guard.
It was obvious that the Drum Kingdom and the Revolutionary Army had made the same choice as in the manga, believing that Dalton was the most suitable king to take over. As for whether they had renamed it the Sakura Kingdom like in the manga, Sherwin wasn't quite sure.
And as for that guy Wapol...
Since the Revolutionary Army had taken action, based on his past deeds, he likely wouldn't have a good end.
Sherwin had previously complained about the unreliability of the Revolutionary Army because of King Bekori of the Sorbet Kingdom.
If they were still acting like that, Dragon shouldn't even consider overthrowing the Celestial Dragons he might as well go back to Foosha Village and farm.
"Oh ho ho ho ho, isn't this little brother Sherwin and little Klee Meow? It been a long time. I heard you went with Kuma to deal with the Heavenly Yaksha a while ago?"
Speak of the devil, and he shall appear. King Bulldog of the Sorbet Kingdom and the Queen Mother Connie—who looked exactly like an "aged Bonney"—had walked over at some point.
Although these four royal families did not care for pomp and circumstance, unlike other countries that brought large numbers of attendants, and the number of royal members wasn't large, it still added up to about twenty people in total.
With so many people gathered together, Sherwin surroundings suddenly became crowded.
And this was not the end...
In addition to these four countries that appeared in the original story, Sherwin had also reached out to help other nations over the past few years.
The difficulties encountered by several of these countries were not any smaller than those of the Drum Kingdom or the Sorbet Kingdom.
So soon, Sherwin and the Felynes, much like Shirahoshi, were surrounded by a large group of royal family members.
In terms of sheer numbers, there were actually even more people surrounding Sherwin side.
At that moment, Sherwin suddenly felt a gaze full of resentment coming from behind him...