Above Pirate King - Chapter 108
Early in the morning,
In the king’s bedroom of the palace,
“Hmph, women!”
Arthur let out a disdainful laugh as he dressed and walked towards the door.
On the large bed behind him lay two beautiful figures.
It was Satomi and Ophelia.
When Satomi learned about his upcoming marriage again,
She didn’t throw a tantrum or act spoiled. She knew very well that as a king, Arthur couldn’t have only her as his queen.
If she were to throw a fit over this, not even her father, the Minister of Finance, Kensaburo, would support her.
Moreover, her position as the first queen was secure. She was not only childhood friends with Arthur but also gave birth to the Crown Prince. Even if Arthur married a hundred more times, her position wouldn’t be shaken.
However, as a woman, she would naturally feel jealous about such matters. But instead of resorting to means like preventing Arthur from sharing the bed with his other wives, she chose to take revenge by exhausting him.
Unfortunately, she underestimated Arthur’s stamina. She thought that bringing Ophelia along would be enough to tire Arthur out. But as it turned out… just like now, the two of them were lying on the bed, exhausted and fast asleep!
Arthur walked out of the room, looked at the rising sun in the distance, twisted his head, and stretched his hands.
“Crack, crack!”
Right at the door, he loosened his muscles.
“Ah…”
After a while, Arthur took a deep breath and felt refreshed.
“Go and have the kitchen staff bring breakfast to the study. I’ll have breakfast there!” Arthur instructed the maid waiting at the door.
“Yes, Your Majesty!” The maid respectfully nodded and left!
He arrived at the study.
Just outside the door, he heard a burst of playful laughter.
“Chuu!”
“Chuu!”
“Chuu!”
…
Opening the door, he saw two Raichu floating in the air, chasing and playing with each other, happily amusing themselves.
As soon as they saw Arthur entering, the two Raichu immediately stopped playing and looked at him.
“Chuu!”
They happily called out and both Raichu pounced into Arthur’s chest.
Arthur smiled and rubbed the heads of the two Raichu in his embrace.
“Your Majesty!”
At this moment, Robin, who had already been reading in the study, respectfully spoke.
Robin’s biological clock was terrifyingly precise. She would wake up at six in the morning, read in the morning, train in the afternoon, continue reading in the evening, take a bath, and fall asleep promptly at eleven. The next day, she would wake up at six again.
“Good morning, Robin. Have you eaten?” Arthur asked with a smile.
“Not yet!” Robin shook her head. Her morning routine was to read for a while before having breakfast.
“That’s perfect. I just had someone bring breakfast here. Let’s eat together later!” Arthur said.
“Alright!” Robin nodded indifferently. For her, eating was not important as long as she could fill her stomach and not be delayed in reading.
Arthur sat on the desk and played with the two Raichu. Before long, someone knocked on the door.
“Knock, knock!”
“Come in!”
A group of servants filed in.
They carried plates with various types of food on them.
Once the servants left, the whole room was filled with a delightful aroma!
The large desk was also filled with food.
A large pot of lean pork congee with century eggs, a plate of fried dough sticks, a plate of meat buns, taro rolls, durian pastries, sticky rice chicken, chicken and onion rolls, chicken nuggets, cream-filled fried mantou, durian puffs, sesame balls, shrimp cakes, coconut milk golden cakes…
A series of breakfast items with Eastern characteristics were laid out in front of Arthur.
These foods were not found in this world!
But Arthur was the king!
He had wealth, power, and was willful!
And so, these foods appeared in this world!
“Robin, it’s time to eat!” Arthur called out to Robin, who was reading, to have breakfast together.
“Okay!” Robin nodded, put down her book, and came to the desk to focus on eating breakfast.
After a short while, they finished their breakfast.
“Burp!”
Just then, the phone rang.
“Hello!” Arthur casually picked up the phone.
“Uh… uh… I see!”
After a few sentences, Arthur hung up the phone.
The call was from Aldebaran. After escorting Strala back to the Marine Headquarters and receiving their rewards, he had returned and was now approaching the waters of the St. Martin Kingdom!
This time, in addition to the reward from the Marines, they obtained two Devil Fruits from the people they killed along the way. One of them was the Smoke-Smoke Fruit, and the other was an Zoan-type Devil Fruit.
On their way back, they also brought back a new Marine Commodore.
Originally, after observing the St. Martin Kingdom for some time, based on Strala’s information, the Marines had started to relax their vigilance and were planning to downgrade the St. Martin Kingdom’s Marine Branch to a regular branch.
But at this time, Tsuru, the Marine Rear Admiral who was chasing Doflamingo, intervened. She planned to use this branch as a stepping stone to give Gion, whom she considered as her sister, a boost. She wanted her, who had just been promoted to Colonel, to become a Commodore in this branch and stay here for a year or two before being transferred back!
Considering Tsuru’s position in the Marines, and the fact that Gion was not ordinary either, she just had fewer achievements, or else based on her strength alone, becoming a Commodore or even a Rear Admiral would not be a problem.
So Arthur didn’t think too much and agreed. After all, it was just a small matter and not a violation of any rules!
After all, although the rank of Commodore was nominally higher than that of Colonel, in reality, they were almost the same, not to mention the difference between a Marine Headquarters Colonel and a branch Commodore!
Of course, if one didn’t have a strong backing or lacked strength, becoming a branch Commodore after being a Marine Headquarters Colonel would be considered a demotion, while the opposite would be considered a promotion!
“Gion…” Arthur murmured.
Gion was not an easy character to deal with!
She even became a candidate for Fleet Admiral in the future!
“It seems like I have to change the plan and make the Marines in this branch more vigilant!” Arthur frowned, thinking.
Originally, Arthur planned to wait for the new Commodore to arrive and have Shaka brainwash him then!
But unexpectedly, it was Gion who came!
As the younger sister of the Chief of Staff Tsuru, her intelligence was undoubtedly high, and she was also a future candidate for great achievements. Her current strength was hard to say, but it shouldn’t be weak by any means!
In order to prevent her from discovering the true nature of this Marine branch and inadvertently discovering Strala’s identity, Arthur made a decision on the spot. He would have the branch fully cooperate with her and treat themselves as Marines!
Immediately, Arthur picked up the Den Den Mushi and made a call.
“Purupurupurupuru!”
Inside the office of the St. Martin Marine Branch, a middle-aged man in Marine uniform with a gloomy expression answered the phone.
“Hello!”
“It’s me!”
“Your Majesty!” The middle-aged man respectfully replied.
He was the second-in-command of this branch, Strala’s assistant, Marine Colonel Holt. His strength was at the level of a Commander, and if it weren’t for the Marine’s airdrop of a Commodore, he could have naturally become the person in charge of this branch!
“The new Marine Commodore is about to arrive. I believe you have received the news, right?” Arthur asked.
“Yes, Your Majesty. Should I just deal with this Commodore on the way?” Holt’s voice carried a hint of killing intent.
“No need!” Arthur paused and said, “After she arrives, you must fully cooperate with her and consider yourself as a Marine!”
“Yes, Your Majesty!” Holt didn’t ask why and directly agreed!
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