When Ian followed Whitebeard to the palace of the Principality of Salamis, he finally met King Carlos here.
Originally, he thought that to become Whitebeard's friend, he must be a wise and mighty king, and after hearing about the king's deeds from Marco, Yi'an had always imagined this in his heart.
However, what surprised him was that after actually seeing the king, he realized that His Majesty Carlos was simply a short and fat man.
He was less than 1.4 meters tall, and his head and thighs were short. If he hadn't been wearing a cloak and a crown, Ian couldn't believe that such a person was the king of a country.
If there is anything commendable about this king, it might be the beard on his chin. Looking over, it's like a seesaw is placed on the mouth.
So when he saw the white beard laughing and squatting down to hug King Carlos, Ian even thought that the reason why these two became good friends was not because of the beard, right
When the two were reminiscing about the old days, it was not easy for Yian and the others to intervene, so they could only watch the surrounding palace in a bored manner.
The royal palace of the Principality of Salamis is not very resplendent, but it is a royal palace after all, and it is quite big. Ian and the others are in a carpeted hall, with clean and bright corridors on the left and right, but there seems to be no guards .
When Ian was watching, he suddenly found that in the corridor on the right, behind a statue, there was a girl hiding there, showing half of her face, looking at him secretly.
This girl looks to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, and looks like a big lolita. Ian saw that she was dressed gorgeously and didn't look like a maid, so he was a little puzzled, thinking that this girl might be Princess of the Principality of Salamis, right
Although he only saw half of her face, Ian still felt that this girl was very beautiful, and for some reason, this half of her face always gave him a very familiar feeling, as if he had seen it before somewhere.
Especially this girl has been looking at herself with her big eyes, which are full of excitement.
Just when Ian couldn't help but want to sneak over to see the girl's whole picture, he suddenly heard a burst of laughter and said, "Which one is the captain of the Dragon Hunter Pirates, Mr. Ian? "
Ian turned his head and saw that it was Carlos who made the sound. He stood side by side with Whitebeard. Although he looked very short, he had a smile on his face.
To meet the king, of course it is impossible for everyone to come in, so only Whitebeard, Marco, Ace, Ian, and Fujitora were present. Whitebeard probably explained to Carlos that the navy is coming to Sara this time. Mies' true intentions, and introduced Ian to him, so although Carlos asked this question, his eyes were always looking at Ian.
Seeing this, Ian had no choice but to temporarily put down the girl, walked up to Carlos, and said, "I'm sorry, His Majesty Carlos, for causing you trouble this time."
After all, the Navy came to hunt down the Dragon Hunter Pirates. Because of the fighting between the two sides, the port of the Principality of Salamis was completely destroyed. Although this was not Ian's original intention, it was reasonable. This apology must be made, Ian and the others are not the kind of vicious real pirates, and it is impossible to just walk away.
Fortunately, Carlos is a friend of Whitebeard, and the father of Whitebeard came forward to deal with them. Ian thought that the Principality of Salamis would not embarrass them, and would at most make some compensation.
Sure enough, after Ian apologized, Carlos smiled and said: "No, you don't need to apologize. In fact, I have always been curious and wanted to see what kind of person you are. You know, you dare to rescue me from the Tianlong people." There are not many slaves in this world."
Seeing that Carlos didn't intend to pursue the Dragon Hunter Pirates at all, Ian was also a little surprised. Although the two sides fought because the navy fought first, Ian and the others also caused a lot of damage to the port. Well, in Carlos' eyes, only a verbal apology is enough
Ian forgot to look at White Beard in surprise. Could it be that his friendship with Carlos is so deep
However, in the next second, Carlos expressed his original intention. He smiled and said to Ian: "Actually, I still want to thank you in person!"
Is there anything wrong with the Humpty Dumpty? He also wants to thank me
"Shaliste, come out and meet your benefactor!" Carlos said with a smile.
Following these words, the girl who was hiding at the side and peeping at Ian just now came out and came in front of everyone. She saluted the white beard very ladylikely, and said, "Uncle Edward!"
Whitebeard also looked at Shaliste in surprise, but then saw her look at Ian excitedly and said, "Benefactor, don't you remember me?"
Ian scratched his head and said doubtfully, "You are..."
"Ah, yes, you may not remember what I look like!" Salist said, "Benefactor, you were the one who rescued me from Marie Gioia!"
It suddenly dawned on Ian that this girl might be one of the slaves he rescued from Marie Gioia, but after realizing it, he couldn't help but gasped, and said, "You...you are from the Principality of Salamis." The princess? How could..."
"It's not surprising!" Carlos shook his head with a gloomy face and said, "Since he withdrew from the franchise country, Salamis has been robbed by pirates. I was taken away during the pirate attack. Over the years, I have been looking for her whereabouts, but I did not expect that she was sold by the pirates to the Tianlong people as a slave. I won't see my daughter!"
After finishing speaking, Carlos actually bent down, bowed deeply to Ian, and said, "Thank you for saving my daughter!"
Ian was still a little dazed at this time, but he quickly helped Carlos up and said, "This... I really didn't expect that even the princess of a country would be treated as a slave by the Tianlong people..."
He was indeed very surprised, because he had never thought that he would see a slave who he had rescued at the beginning, and he was actually a princess of a country.
After hearing Ian's words, Carlos gritted his teeth and said, "I only found out about this after my daughter came back. These damn Tianlong people will pay for it one day!"
Glancing at the princess in front of her, Ian asked her, "That... Sharist, right? How did you come back? Did Jinbe send you here?"
"Well, yes!" Shariste nodded. Although she was still young, she seemed very sensible, and said, "It was indeed the Murloc Pirates who sent me back, but Boss Shiping didn't follow me. I wanted to thank him, but I couldn't."
It seems that what he asked Jinbei to do, he really did it faithfully.
"So Captain Ian, you don't need to apologize to us!" Carlos said with a smile, "You found the princess for this country. Instead, we should thank you."
When the matter came to this point, it was completely understood. For a while, even Ian couldn't help but have a thought that good people will be rewarded.
"Gula la la la!" White Beard also laughed, and said, "This is really interesting!"
But then, the white beard stared and said: "Seriously, brother Carlos, you are too out of touch, why didn't you tell me about the disappearance of niece Shaliste? Could it be that I can't help it?" Help you rescue her back!?"
"That's not the case!" Carlos reached out and patted Whitebeard's calf, sighing: "Because even I didn't think at the time that the Tianlong people would make a princess of a country a slave..."
"These Tianlong people are really..." Even Fujitora, after hearing this sentence, couldn't help but speak, but he couldn't say anything.
"Okay! Let's not talk about these unpleasant pasts!" Carlos said with a smile: "Now the two benefactors of this country are gathered here. This is a happy day. Please stay here for a long time. Stay for a while, let me and my daughter entertain you well."
As soon as his words fell, the music specially used by the Principality of Salamis to welcome distinguished guests rang out in the palace. The neatly dressed waiters came out in a file, and placed a lot of delicious food on the long banquet table.
That's how the reception started...
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While Ian and the others were happily receiving entertainment in the Salamis Palace, the mood of the Warring States, far away in the Red Earth Continent, was extremely gloomy.
"What are you kidding!" Zhan Guo punched his desk bitterly. He seldom loses his temper, but at this time he couldn't help it anymore: "Two admirals came out, but they couldn't handle one Pirates!?"
A naval intelligence officer was standing not far from the Sengoku desk, trembling with fright at the sound of the punch, but still hesitated to report: "Marshal Sengoku, General Borsalino just heard A document, the content... the content is the impeachment of Instructor Zefa, he said... He said that it was because of Instructor Zefa that the Hailoushi bullet was used by the enemy... "
However, before he finished speaking, Zhan Guo stood up and stared at him, shouting: "Shut up!"
"Ah! Yes!" The naval intelligence officer was startled, and hurriedly stood at attention and saluted.
Zhan Guo sat back on his chair again. He realized that it seemed a mistake for him to let Huang Yuan and Zefa go out together this time. Originally, he just wanted to take this opportunity to repair the relationship between the two. However, the development of the matter , but to his surprise, the rift between Kizuru and Zefa was not repaired, but deepened a lot...