The Pirate Princess Becomes Queen

If the pirate ship were to disembark, it would need to go to the Sabaody Archipelago to get its shell fixed and do a lot of preparation work. The whale Laboon doesn't need any of that. Its 400-meter-long body is a behemoth here. In the original timeline, the Kraken, the giant sea monster that Luffy tamed, only had 300-meter-long tentacles when it stretched out. Laboon is considered a big guy here.

"Quack quack..." As Laboon continued to descend, the duck lost all interest in playing cards and huddled with its shadow duck, trembling.

Vivi was also a little nervous because of it, and had to unleash her Observation Haki and the ability to hear all things to detect any sea monsters that appeared around her. At the same time, she reminded Lab to run away as soon as possible if they encountered something they couldn't defeat!

With her abilities fully activated, she quickly heard a multitude of sounds, some clear and some indistinct.

Indeed, enormous creatures lurked in the dark sea. Those clear voices told Vivi that there were sea kings in this area, and more than one.

Vivi didn't use her abilities to "make contact." It was best to keep to herself and avoid provoking those sea monsters. She couldn't swim right now, and even if she could, she wouldn't be able to fight sea kings in the deep sea at a depth of eight or nine thousand meters.

"Keep going down." Labu has a really good sense of direction and is very brave. It wags its tail and dives down happily.

Seven thousand meters, eight thousand meters, nine thousand meters, and when they reached the depths of the ten thousand-meter abyss, Vivi sensed a bright light through her Observation Haki, and a huge bubble enveloped Fishman Island.

The things one can observe with Observation Haki are ultimately limited. Vivi only "looked at" it briefly before taking out her Den Den Mushi.

Alabasta and the Ryugu Kingdom of Fishman Island have little to no official business with each other, but they do have some basic means of communication.

"Minister of the Left? Hello, I contacted you before. Ah, yes, I'm Nefertari Vivi. Okay, okay, I'll wait..."

Fifteen minutes later, the whale Laboon entered the giant bubble on Fishman Island, which looked no different from the land.

Vivi emerged from Laboon's body with the duck and saw that Fishman Island was filled with houses made of coral and seashells. She put a little pressure on her feet and realized that the "land" under her feet was actually a kind of coral. In fact, it could be said that the entire Fishman Island was made up of countless giant corals.

The Left Minister was a catfish mermaid, very old, wearing a purple top hat, and leaning on a cane in his right hand, looking quite frail.

"Welcome, Princess Nefertari of the Nefertari family, welcome to the Dragon Palace Kingdom. Wow, your pet is quite large."

The old catfish glanced at Labu; even on the seabed, whales of such size were extremely rare.

The whale Laboon blew a string of bubbles at him, and the old catfish smiled and waved.

Whether they are mermaids or fish-men, in the view of the Dragon Palace Kingdom, a person who can own a marine creature as a pet must be very friendly.

A desert nation and an underwater nation have no connection whatsoever, let alone friendly relations. However, the Dragon Palace Kingdom is in a difficult situation, and since a princess from a great power has come to visit, they naturally want to treat her well.

We arrived at Dragon Palace City, which is now the royal palace of the Dragon Palace Kingdom.

"It's amazing, you actually have sunlight here?" Vivi was particularly sensitive to sunlight, and she could feel that the light shining on her was not some kind of plant light, but sunlight.

The old catfish smiled smugly: "This is because of the Sun Tree Eve. Eve's roots go directly into the deep sea. The outside world is bright, and our place will also be full of light. If it is night outside, the Dragon Palace Kingdom will also be in the middle of the night. The air and the light are all gifts from the Sun Tree Eve."

Weiwei nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

A tree with roots tens of thousands of meters long? It can transport not only oxygen but also light? This is quite different from her preconceived scientific notions. This tree is so tall, will it eventually bear a chakra fruit? ...

Chapter 174 White Star

Ryugu Castle looks like a giant castle built with huge seashells as the main body, tortoise shells and barnacles as materials, and numerous coral reefs as decorations.

"Hohohoho! What a beautiful little girl! Your whale is beautiful too. Hmm, welcome to the Dragon Palace! We hope you enjoy our food, Neptune—!" The king of the Dragon Palace was a twelve-meter-tall mermaid with a robust physique, thick beard, and hair. According to the racial classification within the mermaid race, he should be considered a coelacanth mermaid.

This king had a hearty laugh, and he liked to add "Neptune" to the end of every sentence he spoke; in fact, his own name was Neptune...

King Neptune was nearly seventy years old, but occasionally one could still see a childlike side in his words and actions. His ministers were scolding him for running around, and the old king's arguing was rather endearing.

An old child—that was Vivi’s first impression of King Neptune.

She accepted invitations to meals without hesitation.

A huge, bright red lobster was served—it was a full two meters long! The meat was tender and juicy, and paired with a slightly spicy broth, the sweet flavor hit your taste buds.

The sumptuous feast reminded her of a meal she had in Northeast China in her previous life. To be honest, the chef's skills might not have been that great, but the ingredients themselves were exceptionally delicious, and the portions were generous, making it a very satisfying meal.

The same is true now. The chefs in Ryugu Palace might only be average by world standards, but the ingredients here are just too delicious.

Weiwei didn't care about being elegant anymore. When you're eating someone else's food, what's there to hesitate about? She once again demonstrated her traditional "eat-it-all" nature, eating whatever looked delicious.

King Neptune laughed heartily: "Hehehehe! Watching you eat makes me happy too, Neptune—! My poor daughter..."

"Your Majesty!"

Before he could finish speaking, the old catfish-like Left Minister and the seahorse-like Right Minister spoke up at the same time. Realizing he had misspoke, he covered it up with a "hohohoho" laugh.

This attempt to cover it up would be completely superfluous. Weiwei hesitated, wondering whether she should pretend not to hear or not.

She ultimately chose to pretend she hadn't heard and continued eating! Meanwhile, the duck Karupi was busy, wrestling with a crab that looked delicious.

"Ho ho ho ho! What an energetic young man, Neptune—! How delightful! My poor daughter..."

"Your Majesty!" His ministers interrupted him again.

Weiwei felt that the lobster in her mouth wasn't so delicious anymore.

When King Neptune mentioned his daughter for the third time, she could no longer pretend to be confused.

He could only ask, amidst the expressions of his ministers who seemed to have lost their king, "Do you also have a daughter? How old is she?"

"Hehehehe—Neptune! Actually, well, my Shirahoshi is about your age, you...you see, could you..." King Neptune stammered for a while before finally revealing his intention: "You're about the same age, you see, could you play with her for a while?"

Vivi breathed a sigh of relief. She thought it would be a lot of trouble, but it turned out to be just this one request. It's too simple. Karu, get out the cards, let's play some cards!

The group arrived at the inner city of the Dragon Palace, where there was an extremely secluded room called the Hard Shell Tower. The Left Minister ordered the soldiers to remove the bolts, dismantle the various nail boards, and open three large locks in succession before finally pushing open a thick steel door.

"Hohohohoho! Shirahoshi! Father has come to see you, Neptune! I have also brought a distinguished guest, Her Highness, who is also a little princess on land, hohohohoho, Neptune!" The burly mermaid king entered the door and chattered incessantly like a child.

You could tell that there was crying inside before they pushed the door open, but the crying stopped immediately as they arrived, though there were still occasional sniffling sounds.

Vivi thought for a moment, then felt it would be unreasonable for her not to speak up. She asked, "Your Majesty, why... why are you treating Her Highness the Princess this way?"

No sooner had she finished speaking than a cry came from the dark room: "Waaaaahh ...

To be fair, this guy's crying was actually quite beautiful; his voice was clear and his emotions were genuine. Vivi had darkvision, so she could see the fluorescent tears shooting out in all directions at an exaggerated speed, like rain...

Seeing his daughter crying so hard, the 12-meter-tall, 70-year-old King Neptune also shed tears, and even the Minister of the Left had tears in his eyes.

While the king, his subjects, father, and daughter were all crying, Vivi and Karu the duck felt incredibly awkward. The owner and the duck looked at each other, and Karu the duck quickly stuffed the playing cards he had taken out back into his backpack, standing there blankly as if nothing had happened. They waited for quite a while before the scene of the father, daughter, king, and subjects all crying together finally ended.

King Neptune did not explain why he had locked his daughter up; he simply wanted Vivi to play with her for a while.

The lights came on, and a giant mermaid princess was kneeling on the soft bed in the center of the room.

As expected of King Neptune's daughter, this guy was eleven meters tall, with a beautiful face, a full bust, and long pink curly hair. However, he looked a little timid and initially looked at Vivi with fear. Only after seeing that she was also a girl did he feel a little relieved.

"Hi, I'm Neferutarie Vivi, what's your name?" Vivi extended her right hand.

The giant mermaid princess very carefully extended her finger and gently touched it with hers: "I...I am called Shirahoshi."

The two exchanged their ages and birthdays. Weiwei was born in the 1504th year of the Haiyuan calendar, on February 2nd, and is 14 years old this year. Baixing was born in the 1506th year of the Haiyuan calendar, on April 4th, and is 12 years old this year. Weiwei is two years older than Baixing.

Shirahoshi is too timid and wary of all strangers, but she still enjoys playing cards.

This guy is so naive, so naive that Vivi is embarrassed to team up with the duck to beat her.

Playing with money is out of the question; Shirahoshi has no idea what money is. Sticking notes on paper is also inconvenient; this guy cries so much that short notes are pointless, and long notes are easy to break because of his tears.

After thinking it over, Weiwei finally decided to slap her palm!

The punishment was just right, neither too severe nor too mild.

"Smack!" Weiwei picked up a wooden stick more than three meters long, swung it violently, and hit Bai Xing's palm.

"Waaaaahh ...

Goodness, this guy's tear ducts are way too developed!

Weiwei wiped her face, then suddenly remembered something and immediately gave the duck a task. A second later, when she saw the light spot the duck had picked up, she felt like she had found a treasure.

A special ability called "Summon Sea Kings" appeared on her panel, currently at level 1.

Chapter 175 The Flying Battle Axe

While Shirahoshi was pouting and blowing air into her palm with a long face, Vivi carefully examined the "Summon Sea Kings" ability she had just picked up twice.

This isn't a Devil Fruit ability, so there's no such thing as summoning out of thin air. If she wanted to summon Sea Kings to attack Mary Geoise... that would be quite difficult to do. It would only be feasible to communicate with and summon them if there were Sea Kings nearby.

Vivi thinks the success rate of this skill is very low. At present, it can only achieve the level of effective communication. It is difficult to directly command sea kings to do this or that.

Let alone Vivi, even Bai Xing herself probably couldn't command the sea kings. If she could summon seven or eight giant sea kings with a wave of her hand, she wouldn't be trembling in her room, hugging her pillow and crying.

Vivi believes this is a prerequisite skill for Shirahoshi "Sea King".

This "Summon Sea Kings" skill is very simple to use: just cry!

Vivi imitated Shirahoshi's pose from the skill's glowing effect, sitting like a duck. She imagined herself with her family destroyed and homeless, then rubbed her eyes, crying out, "Who can be more miserable than me? Waaaaaahh ...

Bai Xing was stunned at first, then felt both embarrassed and angry, and said angrily, "You...you actually copied me? I'm so angry, so very angry! Waaaaaahh ...

She started crying too.

Karoo the duck, holding a deck of cards, stared at them with a strange expression, feeling like a cartoon character who had accidentally wandered into a romantic comedy...

Weiwei wailed for half a minute, and seeing the skill progress bar lengthen a little, she knew she had learned this skill... This move didn't consume much energy, but it was a bit hard on her eyes. After crying for a while, her eyes were dry. Could this be considered a kind of alternative eye technique?

Perhaps in the future, Shirahoshi will be able to command the Sea Kings through language or other means, but for now, this naive girl can only reach the peak of her emotions when she cries, thereby influencing and communicating with the Sea Kings. Vivi doesn't know the principle behind this and can't innovate, so she can only imitate Shirahoshi by crying like her.

Although this move is called "Summoning Sea Kings," it actually has varying degrees of effect on all aquatic creatures.

Vivi observed for a while and found that there was no reaction from the duck Karu.

"Karu, Karu, it seems you really can't swim. As a duck, you're such a failure..."

Karu the Duck: "???"

Can't you just get over the fact that you can't swim?

Vivi looked out the window and saw the whale Laboon giving her a bright smile. What did that mean? It meant that her crying had an effect on the whale. However, since the whale Laboon had always been friendly with Vivi, she couldn't really judge the extent of the effect.

She could only turn her head to look at the other side. Shirahoshi had a pet shark named Mecaro, who was staring blankly at Vivi, seemingly wondering why this land dweller was crying so much like her owner.

This move is different from Listen to All Things. Listen to All Things mainly focuses on "listening." With the guidance of the old ship doctor, it is possible to transmit some simple sentences, but it has great limitations. It can only transmit point-to-point and requires concentration. Unlike the "Summon Sea Kings" move picked up from Snow White, this move targets all fish within a certain range.

In case Weiwei ever falls into the water and no one is around to rescue her, she can use this method to call for help! She'll start crying as soon as she falls in! She'll cry until a fish comes to her rescue...

This move is definitely a life-saving skill for Devil Fruit users.

No matter how powerful Kizaru and Akainu are, do you dare to fight me in the sea?

By listening to all things, she received some feedback from Shirahoshi's shark pet: her skill level was still not high enough, and the fish's perception of her was somewhere between whether to save her or not. This wouldn't do.

I must level up this move as quickly as possible, to the same level as Shirahoshi!

This is more important than saving Yamato. If I fall into the water, Yamato definitely can't save me, but fish can. No question. Let's keep playing cards and pick up attributes.