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Before this farce even happened, Gawain, Kuro, and Gin had suppressed it with their absolute power.
Zoro curled his lips, feeling bored for a moment: "In the end, there's not even a decent opponent left?!"
"Boring."
He slowly sheathed the three swords, yawned, and turned to leave.
Seeing that the crisis was over, the other people gradually returned to the cabin.
To them, what happened tonight was far less important than their own training.
Only Sanji, looking at Vivi's figure, felt his heartbeat speed up.
… … …
"Vivi!"
The next day, when Igaram woke up, he felt indescribable pain all over his body.
Even though he was not a doctor, he could tell that many of his bones were broken.
Igaram endured severe pain all over his body and stood up while looking around in confusion.
Only then did he realize that he had entered the cabin without knowing when, and the wounds on his body had been bandaged.
But the first thing that came to his mind was not his own safety but Vivi's.
"Lady Vivi?!"
"Are you okay?!"
Igaram's tone was full of panic and urgency.
After all, in the situation last night, even a powerful person like Jabra had no power to resist Gawain.
What will happen to Vivi without their protection?!
"Igaram, I'm fine."
Accompanied by the sound, the cabin door was pushed open.
Igaram also saw Vivi's figure, and when he saw the girl's smile, he sighed.
But in the next moment, Igaram's heart was lifted again.
It was because not only did he see the smile on Vivi's face, but he also saw the reluctance beneath that smile and the traces of tears that had not yet dried.
"Vivi... Sama?!"
"What happened?"
"If those pirates continue to act recklessly, I will fight them even if I—"
"I'm fine."
Vivi shook her head and pursed her lips tightly: "The White Knight Pirate has decided to escort us back to Alabasta. We are going back home now."
This should have been good news for Igaram, but at the moment, he just felt like he had a lump in his throat.
Even someone as tolerant as Cobra could not sit idly by and watch Vivi mess around a second time.
Therefore, returning to Alabasta's capital, Alubarna, means that Vivi's plan to save the country has been completely shattered, and the country will soon fall completely under Crocodile's control.
"We... we can start over."
"As long as you are still here, we still have a chance to defeat Crocodile!"
"Um."
Vivi responded reluctantly.
The cabin fell into silence for a long time until there was a knock on the door.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Who?"
Vivi turned around.
Then, a thin blond figure came in with a bowl of thick soup and some bread, and the rich aroma instantly filled the whole room.
Vivi's nose twitched subconsciously, and her stomach growled a few times, making her face immediately turn red: "You were last night..."
"Sanji, my name is Sanji, I'm the chef on this ship."
Sanji bowed to Vivi with a smile on his face: "Only when you are full can you have the energy to think about other things, right?!"
Igaram was alert, subconsciously stretched out his hand to protect Vivi, and looked vigilantly at Sanji: "How could the princess be allowed to eat food provided by a man of unknown origin?!"
"Leave if you don't want to die!"
The large movement caused the wound on his body to split, and bright red blood oozed out from under the bandage.
Cold sweat instantly broke out on Igaram's forehead, but he still managed to stand back up and stand in front of Vivi. However, in the next moment, Vivi forcefully pushed him back to the bed.
"Igaram, he has no ill intentions. If he had, we wouldn't be alive today."
"But..."
"He, no, Mr. Sanji is right; only when you are full can you have the energy to think about other things."
Vivi raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and her eyes regained their original spirit: "We haven't lost yet; there is still hope."
Between her words, she reached out and took the plate from Sanji, shared half of the food with Igaram, and then sat aside and swallowed the bread in her hand.
As the soup entered her mouth, Vivi's breathing stopped: "Tasty!"
"The flavors of mushrooms, beef, and lemon are mixed together. The combination should conflict with each other, but it is unexpectedly very... Very unique!"
"That's right."
The hunger in her stomach and the delicious food in front of her made her drop her guard temporarily, and she couldn't help but eat with relish.
Igaram, on the side, was slightly stunned when he saw this. Then, he looked at Sanji, simply gave up thinking, and started eating with big mouthfuls.
Sanji stood aside, watching the scene silently while smoking a cigarette.
After a few minutes, Vivi ate all the food on the plate. Then she let out a long sigh, turned to look at Sanji, and asked.
"Why do you want to help me?"
"We should be enemies, and just last night, I wanted to take your heads off."
"Enemy?"
Sanji smiled faintly: "In the eyes of the captain, the enemy must be at least the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the four emperors, or the marine admirals."
"It may be hurtful to say this, but you are not a big problem."
Such straightforward words made Vivi's face turn pale, but she was unable to refute it because she knew the truth of what Sanji said.
Sanji continued: "As a chef, I can't let the people on the ship go hungry."
"Speaking of..."
Between his words, Sanji looked at Vivi.
He overheard the conversation between Vivi and Gawain last night, and since he was standing outside the door just now, he was able to barely hear the conversation between Vivi and Igaram and basically reconstructed Vivi's experience.
A princess who is devoted to saving her kingdom, a little reckless but brave.
Sanji has respect for such people.
And when the other party is still young but has gradually grown into a princess with a visibly beautiful appearance, this respect will be greatly doubled.
"If you want to persuade the captain to take action, it is not impossible."
Vivi's eyes lit up as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw: "What can I do?"
"Mr. Sanji, if you can tell me, I can do anything you ask me to do."
"Is it okay to go on a date with me?!"
Sanji's nostrils widened.
Igaram, who was standing beside him, was slightly stunned, then he blushed instantly and directly slammed the plate in his hand on Sanji's face: "Really!"
"This guy had ulterior motives from the beginning!"
Vivi did not hesitate at all and said with a firm look: "No problem!"
"Lady Vivi..."
Igaram froze in his tracks and turned to look at Sanji, a hint of humiliation flashing through his eyes.
"Well..."
Sanji took out a handkerchief from his arms, wiped the soup off his face, turned to look at Vivi, and said seriously: "Captain Gawain may seem a little unkind, but his heart is kinder than anyone else's."
"Everyone on this ship knows this very well, from Raven Harbor to Cocoyasi Village to the Drum Kingdom..."
"As long as he sees the suffering of the local people and witnesses the civilians struggling to survive, he will take action."
"After all, he is a man who is the chief knight of the kingdom. Even though he has gone to sea and lost this identity, those rules are still engraved in his style of doing things."
Vivi was stunned, but what appeared in her mind was the scene of Gawain defeating Jabra in an instant last night and the scene of him rejecting her directly and unkindly.
She pursed her lips tightly: "How can a guy like that be a knight recognized by the kingdom?! Compassion, kindness, integrity... Which one of these does he have?"
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