Saint Saturn did not answer that question at all.
Instead, he looked at Valthior and asked seriously, "Valthior, has the power of your eyes been passed down to Robin?"
Those words made Valthior freeze on the spot.
After a moment, he hesitated and said, "I think it is quite possible…"
In the original story, Robin had already been extremely intelligent. She had become a scholar at eight years old, so her early intelligence was not necessarily because of Valthior. But that head of silver hair had indeed come from him.
After all, although Olvia had silver hair, Robin had not inherited it in the original story.
On top of that, when Valthior held Robin earlier, he could also feel that stirring from their shared bloodline.
His Sharingan was not truly something he had been born with in the usual sense, but it had indeed come with him.
Its functions were complete, without being weakened in any way. Even the side effect of blindness existed. He was simply able to recover through the healing power of his Mythical Zoan.
So Valthior felt that the power of those eyes was rooted in his bloodline.
There was no reason it could not be inherited.
"I think so as well," Saint Saturn said with emotion. "The moment I saw her, it was as if I saw you when you were young… Do you know what the power of those eyes represents?"
"What do you mean?" Valthior asked softly.
"It means the Jaygarcia family may produce strong people no weaker than you for generations to come… This is a power that truly belongs to us, and one that is naturally worthy of trust," Saint Saturn said, looking closely at Valthior.
In truth, Saint Saturn and Valthior saw the matter of Imu from very different angles.
Valthior intended to deal with Imu in his own lifetime.
But Saint Saturn had lived for too long. He was not the kind of person who chased quick success.
From his perspective, as he had said before, if anything changed in the future, he would immediately abandon Valthior and preserve himself.
So he did not seek to solve the problem in a short time. Instead, he wanted to look farther ahead and act more steadily.
If the power of those eyes could continue flowing through the Jaygarcia bloodline in the future, that would be extremely important to him.
It meant that even if Valthior failed one day, Saturn could still place his hopes on future generations of the family producing a few more talents no weaker than Valthior.
"Your most important task now is to give me more children. I have already arranged for Alfred to search for suitable young women with clean backgrounds. Later, I will have ships send dozens of beauties to Frost Island…" Saint Saturn suddenly changed the topic.
Valthior froze.
Wait, what are you treating me as?
But before Valthior could speak, Saint Saturn continued.
"The five of us have already discussed it. After this, we will continue building momentum for you and shape you into a Pirate Emperor of the New World on equal footing with Whitebeard and Shiki. In other words, after this, you will certainly face an even greater wave. I naturally trust your strength, but your Valthior Pirates are still too young. Letting Robin stay by your side would be no different from placing her in danger. So I must bring this child back to Mary Geoise!"
Pirate Emperor?
Good grief.
So the Emperor system was being pushed by them?
Looking at it from that angle, once those rumors rose, Shiki, Whitebeard, and Valthior would all face a new wave.
After all, to sit firmly in that position, public opinion alone would not be enough.
The throne had to be built with blood.
Considering the current situation of the Valthior Pirates, aside from Valthior himself, they were indeed still somewhat awkward.
The old man's words were not without reason.
"I already said, Mary Geoise…" Valthior said helplessly.
"She is still young. With me watching over her, there will be no problem," Saint Saturn said in a deep voice.
"You also told me that the young ones in your crew are all outstanding talents. Within five to ten years, they will rise with the tide. So I will make an agreement with you. Once the Valthior Pirates truly develop into a stable major power in the New World, Robin may leave Mary Geoise at any time," Saint Saturn added after seeing Valthior fall silent.
"Old man, you really are not planning to use her as a hostage?" Valthior asked directly after thinking for a moment.
Saint Saturn froze.
A moment later, a smile appeared on his face.
"Valthior, have you forgotten what I once taught you? Bonds and feelings are the best way to win people over. Using hostages is far too crude. Are you looking down on your grandfather?"
Five to ten years.
Bonds and feelings.
Valthior instantly understood what the old man meant.
He wanted to use these five to ten years to build an emotional bond with Robin.
That way, even if Robin left Mary Geoise in the future, she would still remember his kindness. Once Robin returned to Valthior's side, she would naturally influence Valthior's judgment when he faced the old man.
In other words, Saturn was deepening the bond between himself and Valthior.
"Except for that person, no one in this world has greater authority than me. I will let her live the best life in the world and enjoy everything this world has to offer. So there is no need for you to worry," Saint Saturn said again.
After a pause, however, Saint Saturn became angry again and cursed.
"If you had behaved properly these past few years, I might have had a reason to convince myself to let little Robin stay by your side and be raised there. But look at what you have done over the years! As far as I know, including today, you have only seen your daughter twice in more than three years. What kind of father are you? Have you learned every filthy habit pirates have? With a record like that, how do you even have the nerve to tell me you want to take little Robin away? No matter what Mary Geoise is like, even those bastards you look down on know how to be fathers better than you!"
Valthior had no way to refute that.
The Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise really were protective of their children.
And he could not say it was because Olvia had her own work to do.
That would be meaningless and would only deepen the old man's dissatisfaction with Olvia. There was no need for that.
So Valthior could only accept the blame.
After a long while, Valthior finally said, "The power of the Sharingan needs Haki to activate. The support of Conqueror's Haki is especially important."
Saint Saturn raised his brow, then said, "Understood."
The hidden meaning in Valthior's words was very clear.
Among the Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise, how many could awaken Conqueror's Haki?
So in five to ten years, when Robin was old enough, if Saturn still refused to let her leave and gain experience on the sea, he ultimately would not get the result he wanted.
As for whether Robin was born with Conqueror's Haki?
Valthior still felt the probability was quite high.
On the surface, Conqueror's Haki was something only one in a million people had. Whether someone could awaken that power depended on fate.
But thinking carefully, it was hard to say it was not affected by bloodline.
In most cases, a heroic father had a remarkable child.
With the support of the Sharingan as well, Valthior felt there was a very high chance Robin could awaken Conqueror's Haki.
"Then I will leave her to you," Valthior said after taking a deep breath.
"She is my own great-granddaughter!" Saint Saturn said unhappily after hearing that.
You are leaving her to me? I should be asking you to be a proper father!
After a pause, Saint Saturn said, "Remember. Have more children. Do not forget. I think that Charlotte Linlin is quite capable of bearing children too. The two of you…"
"Stop, stop, stop. Where are you going with this?" Valthior said, somewhat annoyed.
Perhaps because Valthior had agreed to let Robin go with him, Saint Saturn's mood had improved a lot. He had already started imagining what kind of gifts he should prepare for Robin after returning.
Seeing his expression, Valthior quickly warned him, "Do not randomly give her a Devil Fruit. I have my own plan!"
"What plan?" Saint Saturn asked curiously.
"The Sharingan has serious side effects. The more it is used, the greater its effect on vision. If used without restraint, it can cause blindness very quickly…" Valthior did not hide anything and spoke directly. "To change that situation, she will need strong life force and healing ability. Generally speaking, only a Mythical Zoan has a chance of withstanding that side effect…"
"There are still some good Mythical Zoan fruits in Mary Geoise…" Saint Saturn thought for a moment, then said, "How about the Kirin Fruit?"
That fruit had been offered not long ago by a kingdom in the East Blue.
"Not good enough." Valthior shook his head. "I plan to make Robin the user of the Bat-Bat Fruit, Mythical Zoan Model: Vampire. That thing has extremely strong life force. If developed properly, its abilities will also be very powerful. In short, old man, do not arrange things blindly!"
"Oh?" Saint Saturn raised his brow. "Do you know where it is?"
"I do. As far as I know, that fruit should be on a lost island. There is an ancient ruin there called Sleepy Town. As long as that island is found, the ability can be obtained," Valthior said with a nod.
"You still have not found it?" Saint Saturn asked in surprise.
"Not yet…" Valthior said awkwardly.
"As a father, you have not put little Robin's matters in your heart at all. Fine, fine. You do not need to worry about this matter anymore. I will find that fruit!" Saint Saturn said unhappily.
He had just spared those scholars' lives. Perfect. They could now do some work.
When it came to finding ancient ruins, they were the real professionals.
Once he returned, he would arrange for Sengoku to handle this matter and have him cooperate with the scholars to immediately search for this Sleepy Town and bring back that Mythical Zoan as a gift for little Robin.
What? Had he not said the scholars were not allowed to leave Punk Hazard?
What a joke. Could that compare to the importance of little Robin's Devil Fruit?
He was one of the Five Elders.
What he said was what mattered. Power meant he could be willful.
The old man had no need to pretend in front of him, so at this moment, Valthior truly believed that Saturn really did favor Robin.
Before long, Valthior and Saint Saturn walked out of the Tree of Knowledge.
Saint Saturn looked at Olvia, who was holding Robin. For the first time, he carefully examined Olvia's appearance and found that Robin looked extremely similar to her.
Perhaps he now felt some fondness for her because of Robin.
After thinking for a moment, the old man said, "From this day forward, Nico Olvia is granted the Jaygarcia family name!"
Although Valthior also had the authority to elevate Olvia into a Celestial Dragon, having Saint Saturn personally speak naturally carried far more weight.
Starting today, Olvia had also become 'Lady Olvia.'
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