Chapter 165
Thinking about going to the port to play tomorrow, Vivi tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
Because every time she closed her eyes, she would recall Vilin's heroic face.
She felt Vilin was as majestic as a knight from a fairy tale.
Realizing she couldn't sleep, Vivi immediately got out of bed.
She picked up her paintbrush and, recalling the intimate moments between them, carefully sketched the image in her mind stroke by stroke.
After finishing, Vivi looked at the beautiful picture of a princess embracing a heroic knight in a tender kiss.
Her pretty face unknowingly became burning hot.
Somewhat shyly, she pressed the drawing underneath the stack of newspapers, afraid someone would discover her little secret.
After doing all this, she finally slipped back into the soft blankets with a satisfied expression and closed her beautiful eyes.
The next day, early in the morning. Vivi put on the carefully chosen white dress and headed toward the hotel where Vilin and Otohime were staying.
When she saw Vilin and Otohime sitting in the hotel restaurant eating breakfast, a beautiful smile immediately appeared on Vivi's pretty face. She waved happily at Vilin.
"Vilin, I'm here."
Seeing Vivi dressed especially beautifully and charming today, Vilin's eyes instantly lit up. He couldn't help praising her:
"Whoa, which family's beautiful princess is this!"
Hearing Vilin's teasing, Vivi's pretty face immediately blushed, and she couldn't help giving him a playful glare.
Soon she sat down next to Otohime and began chatting happily with her.
Hearing the two women occasionally let out bell-like laughter, Vilin also felt extremely comfortable.
After accompanying Vilin to finish breakfast, Vivi immediately selected three excellent breeds of Karoo ducks from the palace as their transportation for this trip.
The three of them rode the Karoo ducks, racing across the yellowish-brown desert.
This was Otohime's first time riding such a bouncy, extremely fast duck.
Seeing the scenery ahead being quickly left behind, Otohime immediately let out an excited scream.
"Ah!" "Vilin, this is so thrilling!"
Hearing Otohime's exclamation, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Vilin's mouth.
He spread his arms, feeling the wind rushing past his body at high speed.
While Vilin was leisurely enjoying the ride, his extremely sharp senses suddenly picked up Vivi's startled cry.
He immediately opened his eyes and looked behind him, only to see Vivi, having failed to hold the reins tightly, being flung off the speeding Karoo duck.
Seeing this, Vilin instantly jumped from his duck's back and accelerated toward Vivi.
In just one breath, Vilin appeared behind Vivi.
Seeing Vivi's panicked expression, he quickly reached out and gently pulled her soft body into his arms.
Originally still panicked, Vivi immediately calmed down after feeling the familiar embrace behind her. She opened her beautiful eyes and looked at Vilin's concerned expression in pleasant surprise.
"Hehehe!" "Vilin, thank you!"
"Hehe, saving a princess — isn't that a knight's duty?"
Seeing Vilin being so humorous, a happy smile immediately appeared at the corner of Vivi's mouth, her beautiful eyes glistening with mist as she looked at him.
Seeing Otohime had already run far ahead, Vilin didn't linger. Amid Vivi's startled cry, he held her and jumped onto the back of a Karoo duck, chasing after Otohime.
Feeling her body pressed tightly against Vilin's solid chest, Vivi offered no resistance.
She smiled happily, watching the scenery flash past ahead, listening to Vilin's strong, powerful heartbeat, feeling an incredible sense of security inside.
"Vilin, you're too slow!" "Come catch me!"
"Alright, I'm speeding up!"
Hearing Otohime's provocation, Vilin immediately accelerated and chased after her.
Before long, the figures of the three disappeared into the desert.
Because the news of the Rocks Pirates defeating the Iron Wall Pirates and dominating the New World had spread over half a year from the New World to the Grand Line and the four seas, the number of pirates setting sail recently had noticeably increased compared to previous years.
This also gave the Navy quite a headache.
These pirates, after rushing into the Grand Line, caused serious threats to the countries along the way to varying degrees.
They rampaged across the sea, constantly plundering passenger and merchant ships along the route, causing considerable losses to trade between countries in the Grand Line and the four seas.
After half a day of travel, Vilin and the two women finally arrived dusty at this bustling port city.
This was already Vilin's second time coming to this port.
Thinking back to the scene of his battle with Garp here, he couldn't help but smile knowingly.
Seeing Vilin still smiling, Vivi immediately gave him a playful glare.
After all, Vilin and Garp's battle had caused significant economic damage to the Alabasta Kingdom.
However, that huge crater had long been turned by her father into a seaside park. This also brought some extra income to the Alabasta Kingdom.
"Come on, I'll take you two to eat seafood!" "The seafood here is really excellent!"
"That sounds perfect!"
Hearing Vivi's invitation, Vilin immediately held her smooth little hand tightly, brought Otohime along, and followed her toward the lively street.
The strange combination of the three attracted quite a few curious glances.
To prevent his identity from being exposed, Vilin had slightly altered his appearance. Unless someone was very familiar with him, it was almost impossible to recognize him.
He didn't want to bring any trouble to Vivi's kingdom.
When they saw Otohime resting on Vilin's shoulder, some people recognized her identity.
Seeing such a precious mermaid here, a pirate minion immediately hurried away toward the pirate ship docked at the port.
Soon he arrived at a hundred-meter-long pitch-black pirate ship.
Looking at the black sail hanging on the mast, he quickly climbed up the ladder. Before long, the pirates guarding the ship recognized him.
"Little Henry, didn't you go to buy supplies?" "Why are you back so early?"
Hearing the crew member's question, Henry smiled faintly and lied:
"I left something on the ship — came back to get it."
Hearing Henry's words, the pirate didn't suspect anything and let him onto the deck.
After moving away from that crew member, Henry took a detour and came to the captain's room door. He knocked carefully and said:
"Captain Rob, I have something very important to report."
"Come in."
Hearing the hoarse voice from inside the room, Henry immediately looked delighted and respectfully walked in.
"Captain, while I was buying supplies earlier, I saw a beautiful mermaid girl and a beautiful princess at the port!"
Hearing Hunter's words, a greedy look immediately appeared on Rob's cold, stern face.
Everyone knew mermaids and princesses were extremely valuable in the black market.
In the four seas, a single mermaid was worth hundreds of millions of Berries — and they were priceless, with supply never meeting demand.
As for princesses, although their value wasn't as high as mermaids, they were still quite valuable.
At the very least, she could become his woman.
Thinking of the scene of pressing the lofty princess beneath him and playing with her at will, Rob immediately licked his lips excitedly.
"Gather all the men and follow me!"
"These two are mine — anyone who dares compete with me will see how sharp my scythe really is."
"Henry, you did well this time. Catch them, and I'll make you an executive of the Black Scythe Pirates."
Hearing he had a chance to become an executive, Henry immediately let out happy laughter.
"Captain, don't worry!" "I'll definitely lead you straight to them."
Full story (Chapter 216) is already complete and
available on Patreon: patreon.com/arthursink