"Idiot! I already said, whether it's sunshine or land, why not just come to Niccus?"
"It's useless for you to believe it. Most of those idiots in Mary Geoise still don't acknowledge you as humans, believing you are closer to fish."
"Just honestly hand out flyers... What?! You're going to the Holy Land? You idiot! Are you crazy?...Huh? Neptune also agreed?"
"I knew that damned old beard wasn't reliable. Forget it, I'll also say hello to the Gorosei on my end. Perhaps it's a good thing for you to witness the cruelty there firsthand."
"Mhm, what are you saying! It's so cheesy. As for Shirahoshi, I'll bring her with me this time when I go back."
"Mhm... Mhm!"
The den den mushi hung up, and Nero let out a long sigh. Otohime, that idiot!
"Hathaway, remember to tell the Gorosei about this later!"
"Ah, that's no problem, but for Lady Otohime to go to Mary Geoise like that..."
"It's fine! Although that woman is weak as can be, she has more perseverance than you think."
Nero's attitude was very relaxed, lounging on a deck chair, sunbathing.
"Ah, I know that too, but that's not what I meant." Hathaway shook her head, also not optimistic about Otohime's trip to the Holy Land.
"I just think that if Lady Otohime returns from the Holy Land, she'll probably cling to His Majesty even more, right?"
"Eh?" Nero sat up abruptly from the deck chair, her bikini still on the chair, a ray of holy light shining across her bare chest.
"There's such a consequence? I don't want to be pestered by that idiot!"
A cross mark appeared on Hathaway's forehead, and she quickly covered Nero with a jacket: "Your Majesty, please be mindful, even if no one is around."
"Don't dwell on the minor details. Now... now... Mhm..."
Looking at Hathaway's dark face, Nero's voice grew weaker and weaker.
"Put on your clothes! Sit properly!"
"Hathaway, I am currently... I'm sitting very properly!" Nero's attempt to refuse was cut short, her actions more honest than her thoughts.
"Ah, logically speaking, Your Majesty is already an emperor, so I shouldn't be like this." Hathaway pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses, which she pulled out from who knows where.
"Mhm, then I..." Nero cautiously probed.
"But!!!" Hathaway's eyes sharpened: "Your Majesty's behavior is too disrespectful and shameless!"
"Shameless is a bit much, isn't it?"
"No lady would be so exposed outdoors!"
"But there's no one here now, is there? I used my Observation Haki to sense it carefully..."
"That's still not allowed! This isn't just a simple matter of whether or not someone is present! A true lady..."
Otohime's matter was completely set aside, and what followed was Hathaway's long-awaited lecture, which lasted for two whole hours.
By the time it ended, Nero had completely forgotten Otohime's story.
"Mhm, alright! Alright! I know! Where's the next stop?"
Nero lay on the table, looking utterly lifeless, almost as if she was half-melting.
Hathaway was still the same, liking to force people to listen to these lengthy discourses, completely disregarding the feelings of her listener, me.
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