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The nine snake women, including Gloria Osa, immediately changed their expressions drastically.

That's how things have come to this.

From now on, no matter how much we negotiate, all that's left is wrangling and stalling.

The argument continued until noon.

Negotiations between the two sides have been suspended.

Marco and his five companions went back to the ship for a meal and drinks.

The Snake Princess seemed completely unconcerned about the progress of the negotiations, and had a sumptuous lunch prepared, inviting the Loya siblings to eat together.

It's not that she doesn't care about internal affairs because of Loya. Snake Princess has always been like this, dealing with troublesome internal affairs haphazardly or completely leaving them to Gloriosa and others.

"Snake Princess, I have something important to discuss with you!"

Gloriosa approached the Snake Princess, snatched the wine glass from her hand, and said with a serious expression.

"Hey, you..."

When her wine cup was snatched from her hand, Snake Princess almost flew into a rage on the spot.

But because Loya was there, she tried her best to hold back and maintain her ladylike demeanor in front of Loya.

"Okay~"

The Snake Princess forced a smile as she stood up and apologized to the Loya siblings, "Lord Loya, I have some matters to attend to, so I will take my leave for a moment."

The Snake Princess was then taken to a large tent by Gloriosa.

Here are a group of elders from Kuja, along with the Snake Princess's two younger sisters, the guardian warrior Kikyo, and other high-ranking members of the Women's Kingdom.

"Hey, old woman, what's wrong? Speak up!"

"I must go back and properly entertain my benefactor~"

"I don't have time to listen to your nonsense!"

As soon as Snake Princess left Loya's side, she completely revealed her true colors.

"Now, Snake Princess, listen carefully. We've discussed it and are about to make a decision that goes against our ancestral teachings!"

Gloriosa said with a serious expression, "But I need your permission! After all, you are the emperor of Kuja!"

"We must appoint Lord Loya as—"

"The Martial Queen Protector of the Kingdom of Women!"

"Also grant Lord Loya, as a man, the right to reside permanently in the Kingdom of Women! And build him and his sister a palace, and arrange servants to take care of their daily needs!"

"We will bind this man to our Women's Kingdom's warship forever!"

Chapter Thirty-Two: Cruel Yet Great! (Seeking flowers and monthly tickets)

Chapter Thirty-Two: Cruel Yet Great! (Seeking flowers and monthly tickets)

After Gloriosa finished speaking,

Before the Snake Princess could make a decision, he explained:

"Snake Princess, I know you have always hated men, and our Women's Kingdom has never allowed men to reside here in the hundreds of years!"

"But you must understand that times have changed!"

"You were utterly defeated and captured by just three captains of the White Group!"

"Under the threat of the Whitebeard Pirates, if our Amazon Lily wants to maintain its independence and the right to plunder freely as a Shichibukai, we must change the rules set by our ancestors!"

"Let Luo Ya, as the Protector of the Nation, become the pillar of our Women's Kingdom!"

"In this way, Loya will have a prominent status in the Kingdom of Women, and Marco will no longer be able to attack us."

"Do you understand these principles...?"

"Snake Princess?"

As Gloriosa finished speaking, he noticed that the Snake Princess's expression was not quite right!

He seemed lost in thought about something!

"Snake Princess? Snake Princess?"

Gloriosa called out loudly twice more.

The Snake Princess suddenly woke up and quickly said:

"Good, good, good! Let Lord Loya... become the Guardian Martial King!"

"Great! Let's do it!"

"Is everything alright? If not, I'll go and speak with Lord Loya~~~"

The Snake Princess, her face beaming with extreme excitement, ran off as soon as she finished speaking.

"Snake Princess, you..."

Gloriosa stared blankly at the Snake Princess, who was excitedly behaving like a little woman.

It took me a while to suddenly realize what was happening.

"She's... I understand! The Snake Princess, she too..."

Gloriosa finally understood the reason for the Snake Princess's excitement, and for a moment, he didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

However, given the threat posed by the White Group, it was imperative to establish Luo Ya as the Protector Martial King of the Women's Kingdom.

Only by giving Loya this identity can Marco be unable to bypass Loya when attacking the Kingdom of Women!

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"The Martial King Who Protects the Nation?"

"Permanent residency? And they want to build a palace for us siblings and arrange servants?"

When Loya heard the Snake Princess say these things with an excited expression...

He then knew that his goal had been perfectly achieved.

In the initial conception.

Loya actually came up with two strategy plans.

One option is the current plan.

The other option is to go to Kuja alone without the Whitebeard Pirates' intervention, conquer the Empress by force, and marry the Snake Princess by removing the "Heavenly Dragon's Hoof" mark from her back as a favor and by eliminating the Celestial Dragons as a promise.

However, the latter has many drawbacks.

If it's only for the Empress, it's not a bad solution.

However, if we want to bring the Kingdom of Women under our control, we're still not quite there yet.

The Kingdom of Women has had a "ban on men" for hundreds of years. This tradition is deeply rooted, and trying to change it directly would likely only incite conflict.

Throughout history, female emperors who wanted to find men always resigned from their positions and went off with men on their own.

The previous Empress Gloriaosa was like that.

The same was true of the previous Empress Shakky (Rayleigh's lover).

What reason is there to think that simply winning over the Empress would allow one to take over the Kingdom of Women?

Even in 2023, the China where Luo Ya lived before his transmigration still retained remnants of feudalistic thinking.

Traditional ideas and conservatives are not so easy to get rid of.

Here's another example.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, warlords vied for supremacy, and the Han emperor was reduced to a plaything.

However, Cao Cao was still able to "hold the emperor hostage to command the feudal lords"!

After Cao Cao rose to power, he humiliated the emperor, and many people came to assassinate him.

Why do so many people remain loyal to a useless emperor?

Because of the deeply ingrained traditional ideas that have been held for hundreds of years, the emperor of the Han Dynasty was the legitimate ruler!

The power of traditional thought should never be underestimated.

If Loya really adopted a simple method, the so-called favor of removing the "Heavenly Dragon's Hoof" and the promise of eradicating the Celestial Dragons, it might be feasible for the Empress, but what good would it do for the Women's Kingdom?

First of all, the Empress herself had to keep the matter of "Heavenly Dragon's Hoof" a secret from the people. Otherwise, if the people found out that she had once been a slave of the Celestial Dragons, it would be enough to give her a hard time!

Needless to say, the promise to eliminate the Celestial Dragons is something no one wants to do directly with. They are the rulers of the world, wielding the strongest forces in the world, such as the Navy. How could a small matriarchal society possibly stand against them?

If the people of the Women's Kingdom knew that Loya had such a plan, they would probably not only not be grateful to Loya, but would also drive him away to avoid him incurring the Celestial Dragons' revenge!

Therefore, if you want to bring the Kingdom of Women under your control, simply winning over the Empress is not enough.

If she disregards the people's opposition and insists on using force with Loya to suppress dissenting voices, it will only cause turmoil in the Kingdom of Women.

Force is the foundation of rule, but force alone cannot rule the people, and no one will be loyal to you.

Only interests matter.

While Boa Hancock's rule was somewhat tyrannical, she was arguably the strongest female emperor in history. With her petrification ability, she enabled the Kuja Pirates to plunder resources at minimal cost to supply the people of Amazon Lily.