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Chapter 497 497: Mu Isn't Worthy of Being Your Woman?
Luna and Sharlia watched nervously as Doflamingo suddenly barged into the room.
"Doflamingo, how dare you!"
Having once been an arrogant Celestial Dragon, Sharlia felt tense but unafraid.
The moment Doflamingo intruded uninvited, she immediately stepped forward and coldly rebuked.
"You have some nerve, trespassing into Her Highness's chambers!"
"Fufufufu, Sharlia, no need to be nervous!"
Hunched over, Doflamingo walked directly to the chair opposite the two and sat down, then crossed his legs and looked toward Aqua—the person with the most esteemed status in the world—seated primly in the chair beside Luna.
"Sharlia, step back for now!"
Aqua, who had been snacking, patted her small hands and spoke up. "I was the one who summoned Doflamingo!"
"As you wish, Your Highness!" Sharlia respectfully retreated behind Aqua, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Luna.
Aqua hopped down from her chair and ran up to Doflamingo, her small face alight with excitement.
"Doflamingo, did Uncle Orion put on that cloak?"
Doflamingo shook his head. "He took it off and handed it to Fleet Admiral Gion. He also asked me a strange question—what comes after 'odd changes to even remains unchanged'? And where did I learn the practice of saying 'it's getting cold, please dress warmly'?"
"You didn't tell Uncle Orion that I taught you, did you?" Aqua blinked.
Noticing Aqua's unusual behavior, Doflamingo suddenly leaned in close and tentatively asked.
"Your Highness, are phrases like 'Odd to even remains unchanged' and 'It's cold, please add clothes' some kind of code between you and Orion-sama? Though I don't understand what's going on, I always feel you're hiding a great secret!"
Aqua curved her eyes like crescent moons, secretly gloating inwardly.
'Of course there's a secret! Because like Uncle Orion, I am also a transmigrator.'
Though she thought this, Aqua didn't show it outwardly.
Instead, she blinked her large eyes in confusion, "What secret? I just want Uncle Orion to become the sole ruler on the Empty Throne. After all, this is what everyone hopes for. If not for my Uncle Orion, this chaotic world would eventually collapse."
Doflamingo suddenly turned his head to look out the window.
The moment his gaze passed through the window to the garden, his pupils abruptly constricted.
In the garden of the Flower Room, three figures had materialized out of thin air - none other than Orion, Imu, and Gunko.
"They're not dead!"
The instant he saw Imu and Gunko, Doflamingo sprang to his feet.
After a brief moment of shock, Doflamingo suddenly grinned, "Fufufufu, so they were body doubles after all? But it doesn't matter now that the Holy Land is under the control of Orion-sama and us. Even if Imu returns to the Flower Room, she can't change anything!"
Having said this, Doflamingo didn't linger.
He decisively activated his String-String Devil Fruit ability and leaped out the window.
The three who had appeared out of thin air - Orion, Imu, and Gunko - didn't stay in the garden, heading directly toward Imu's bedchamber.
Just as they entered the chamber doors, Imu suddenly stopped and looked back at Gunko, commanding, "You stand guard outside the door. Imu has matters to discuss alone with Orion!"
Before Gunko could react, Imu lightly waved her hand, and the chamber doors closed silently.
"Need to talk alone?" Orion blinked in confusion, "With the current prosperous state of the Holy Land, the Grand Line, and even the four seas, what matters require closing the doors to discuss?"
"Of course there are!" Imu stepped closer to Orion while removing her veil, her crimson lips parting as she said, "Imu knows you have no interest in the Empty Throne, and you clearly won't allow Imu to become a dictator either! In that case, let our child take that position!"
Orion's eyes widened in surprise, "Our... child?"
Imu pressed forward, continuously closing the distance to Orion, "Does Imu not qualify to be your woman? Before, due to special circumstances, I could only let Sharlia and Hancock have you. Now that those special circumstances no longer exist, Imu naturally won't yield to them anymore!"
When Orion opened his eyes, he saw Imu lying on her side, already awake, blinking her dark red eyes as she watched him.
Having tasted the joy of being a woman for the first time in eight hundred years, Imu's cheeks carried a newfound humanity - her face flushed, still glistening with fine sweat under the sunlight streaming through the window, her black hair spread freely across the pillow with a wild beauty.
Before Orion could process this, Imu suddenly spoke, then unexpectedly flipped over in a move Orion hadn't anticipated, declaring happily.
"Let's continue."
Gunko arrived once more before the tightly closed chamber doors.
Noticing the hall had fallen silent, Gunko secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart and murmured softly, "Orion-sama and Imu-sama truly live up to being the world's strongest—it actually took them three days and three nights to finish!"
As soon as Gunko's words fell, the tightly shut bedchamber doors suddenly swung open.
Immediately after, an energetic Orion and a radiant Imu walked out side by side.
Before Gunko could react, Imu spoke first, "Gunko, pass down the order: Imu will be traveling to the Grand Line with Orion for a while!"
Gunko blinked slowly, then cautiously asked, "You... can leave the Holy Land now?"
Imu lifted her hand to link arms with Orion and replied lightly, "After eight hundred years, Imu can finally travel freely across the world without any restraints or limitations!"
"Buru Buru~"
Suddenly, the sound of a Den Den Mushi came from Gunko's embrace.
Gunko quickly retrieved the Den Den Mushi and spoke first, "This is Gunko!"
"This is Fleet Admiral Gion!" came Gion's voice through the Den Den Mushi, sounding somewhat urgent and excited.
"Mihawk just sent word—they've found and reached Laugh Tale."
At this, both Imu and Orion simultaneously turned their attention to the Den Den Mushi.
Gunko stepped forward, holding out the Den Den Mushi for Orion and Imu.
"Gion, it's me."
Without hesitation, Orion said decisively, "Order Mihawk to have them set up camp at Laugh Tale. Tell them the Thousand-Ship Patrol will conclude at Laugh Tale in ten days! I want to completely destroy Laugh Tale while the entire world is watching the Thousand-Ship Patrol!"
After speaking, Orion ended the call and turned to Imu.
"It seems we only have ten days for our trip away from the Holy Land."
Imu blinked and said firmly, "Gunko, quickly fetch Aqua. We're setting off immediately!"