Chapter 444 Maybe She's Shy

After hearing the information Xu Lun told her, Rose gradually became frightened.

Although Heina had stayed in her own country for several years and was even named Duke by her father, it was unrealistic to say how much a young princess like Rose could know about a pirate of this level.

Rose wasn't even born at that time when Heina's Crimson Pirates were as powerful as the "Silver Axe", "Wang Zhi", "John", "Kaido" and other equally notorious pirates, only inferior to a few pirates such as Roger and Whitebeard.

As a pampered princess, Rose is not like Robin, who has a sense of crisis and always pays attention to intelligence and information in various fields.

Therefore, although Rose knew that Haina once had a bounty of 790 million berries, she was a powerful pirate far superior to Crocodile, who was also one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

But she didn't know about the four knights under Haiina.

Two years ago, when she was still in her hometown, she had never seen the four knights that Jolyne mentioned by Heina's side.

She had never expected that Haiina's men would be so highly regarded.

Does each of them have the strength to rival the up-and-coming Shichibukai Crocodile?

Such an enemy...

Can it really be defeated? How terrifying is Hai Na's strength? Rose's mind was in a mess for a while, until Xu Lun's voice woke her up:

"Gance should change his medicine."

“……”Rose raised her head and looked at Jolyne and Giorno.

The former had a calm expression, while the latter was sitting cross-legged on the table, casually playing with the long gold-inlaid iron rod in his hand.

"Why are you looking at me?" Lynch held the golden iron rod and passed it to Rose's mouth, "Do you want to eat it?"

Rose shook her head repeatedly and said, "I'll go change the medicine for Gance..." and ran away in a hurry.

Lynch and Robin were the only ones left in the castle's living room.

Robin sat on the sofa and took out a new book to read. "This time's opponent... is really powerful."

Lin Qi crossed his legs on the table and said seriously, "I'm also very good."

Robin flipped through the book and said "hmm".

"besides……"

Robin looked up and saw Lynch smiling brightly, "You are amazing too."

Robin raised the book and pretended to hit Lynch's head from a distance.

"Although I think it's interesting to let the navy really regard you as 'Kujo Jolyne'. But if the situation becomes dangerous, you don't have to hide your strength until the last minute...right?" Lin Qi laughed, "I'm also a little curious about that scene, the scene where you let go and use his Hua Zizai to fight against the heroes! The stronger the opponent, the higher the benefit of his Hua Zizai forcing a 50-50 situation. Haha, that must be more interesting!"

Robin shook his head and pressed the page of the book, "I'm not looking forward to that kind of scene."

Because if the two of them were forced to the point where she had to throw aside her scruples and use the Flower-Flower Fruit with all her strength, it would mean that they would be in the most dangerous situation...

Robin had the awareness of sacrifice since he was eight years old.

Although she didn't want to die, at least not before the truth of history was revealed; but she was not afraid of death.

But she didn't want Lynch to be in danger.

…

"It's really dangerous..."

In the castle room, Gance, who was wrapped like a mummy, changed the medicine with the help of the princess and sighed, "Princess, are you worried that Giorno and his captain will go back on their word and refuse to help us deal with Heina?"

"..." Rose didn't say anything.

"If they had gone back on their word, they would have kicked us out of this place." Gance smiled bitterly.

Rose still said nothing, silently dealing with the blood-stained bandage that had been replaced.

Gans took two breaths with difficulty, then said, "I have also heard about the terrifying strength of Heina's Red Pirates back then. The 'Silver Axe Pirates' that were destroyed by her four knights were said to have been one of the candidates for the Navy's Seven Warlords of the Sea... However, in the two years that I have been controlled by Heina's Rot-Rot Fruit, I don't seem to have seen the female pirates of the 'Four Knights' in the rumors..."

The captain of the escort frowned. "In Xikaier, Haina and her subordinates, including Steele who seems to have a high status in the Red Pirates, rarely mentioned anything about the Four Knights..."

"Haina and her four knights..." Rose couldn't help asking, "What kind of pirates are they? I know Haina is the user of the Corruption-Corruption Fruit, and she's very strong... But those four, Jolyne said, each of them is as powerful as Crocodile, who later became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea..."

Gans lay dead on the bed, shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying, "Maybe it's exaggerated, or maybe not. However, I don't know how strong Crocodile, who is also one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, is, and who is stronger and who is weaker among them... All I know is that the four female pirates who are second only to Haiina are indeed not scary characters who can be easily provoked. Before Haiina became a Seven Warlord of the Sea, the bounty of each of the Four Knights exceeded 100 million Baileys..."

Rose's eyes turned pale after learning that Giorno had chased Crocodile all over the sky. She also learned that before Crocodile became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, his bounty was only 81 million berries!

And even Hai Yina's subordinates have bounties exceeding 100 million? !

"Kamui... Gabord... Lasha... Koyatel... these are the names of the four knights." Gans recalled, "Among them are devil fruit users, three of them are swordsmen, and they seem to have learned the swordsmanship of their captain. But I heard that the remaining one, Lasha, the only one who doesn't use a knife, is the master closest to Haiina in strength..."

"Lasha...Lasha..."

As Gance was muttering, the silhouette of a woman with a scar on her face suddenly appeared before his eyes. He had seen her from a distance next to Steele.

Could it be her...

If the three of the four knights learned Heina's swordsmanship, then Lasha is rumored to have completely inherited Heina's superhuman fighting ability in addition to swordsmanship! "You were wrong just now, Gans." Rose suddenly said, "I'm not worried that they will regret it, but I myself..."

Gance looked at the princess, who sighed, "It's because of me that they have to face such a dangerous enemy..."

“…”

Gance looked helpless, then looked at the ceiling and said with emotion, "Princess, you underestimate them!"

Rose was stunned. Gans raised his bandaged arm and pointed at the castle room, "Look at where we are, and think about the experiences of those two people... They were pirates with bounties of 330 million and 400 million berries respectively. Even in the second half of the Grand Line, in the dangerous sea where the emperor of the sea resides, they are definitely powerful characters who can be ranked among the top!

"Do you think... can anyone easily influence two people like this to decide what they want to do and what they don't want to do?"

Rose smiled bitterly and said, "Are you saying that I think too highly of myself?"

"No..." Gance looked into the princess' eyes seriously, "I want to say that the reason we are here now is because they think highly of you, Princess!"

Rose pursed her lips, and Gance sighed, "So Princess, since they have promised us, no, they have promised to help you, then you should abandon other distractions!"

"otherwise……"

Gance's words made tears well up in Rose's eyes.

"This is simply an insult to them who risked their lives to fight a powerful enemy!"

…

In the cabin, strands of golden fluid swirled around BIB at the helm. This was the gold left over from paying the bill.

The JOJO Pirate Ship is moving straight forward along the direction of the permanent pointer on the ever-changing Grand Route.

………………

[Kraikana Island, Kingdom of Sikaial]

The residents of the port town would occasionally look towards the huge pirate ship quietly docked in the port... Everyone recognized the meaning of the pirate flag.

The red skull flag was the ship of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Laut Heina! Because they were legal pirates, they wouldn't have any trouble even if they docked their pirate ship at the shore of a member country.

Not only that, out of gratitude for the nationally beloved Shichibukai Kaiina, many people in the port town took out their free time and volunteered to serve as guards to help watch over the pirate ships in the port.

"No matter what, they are still pirates!" someone in the tavern said angrily, "This is outrageous. They actually..."

Before he could finish his words, the person sitting next to him hit him on the head with a wine bottle.

"How dare you speak ill of Lady Haiina! What is a person like you doing in this world?!"

A melee soon broke out in the tavern and intensified. Passersby outside the tavern heard the noise and rushed in. They didn't even bother to ask what was going on, but rolled up their sleeves and joined the fight.

An unshaven uncle took a sip of wine and smashed the bottle drunkenly, "This country is hopeless..."

As he said this, he slit his throat with the sharp spike of the wine bottle.

"Someone committed suicide! Hahahaha..."

"Good death!"

"What? You said it's good to die? Go die first!"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Loud laughter, shouts, and roars rang out in the tavern... The fight became more intense and blood soon splattered.

At a table in the corner, a girl who looked like a white-haired girl raised her glass and said in a delicate voice: "Hehehe... Hai Yina did a good job. This place has become much more interesting."

The companion next to him snatched the wine glass from the person who looked like a white-haired girl, "Lord Kamui, the captain said that you can only drink one glass of wine a day. You have already drunk one glass today."

"I'm not a child anymore!"

Kamui grinned angrily, and his teeth became as sharp as a beast's.

Not long after, the tavern in the port town collapsed with a loud bang...

…

Outside the town, two teams of people in armor were fighting.

A tall woman wearing glasses and dressed like the mayor's secretary passed by.

"Woman! Don't you have eyes?"

"Or do you want to die too?"

…

"Where's Lady Koyatel? Why is she running around again?!"

"Her personality... is very dangerous!"

In the royal city, a group of people were searching everywhere, and on the street, a group of people, who were not sure whether they were gangsters or bandits, forced a broad-minded and pitiful-looking blonde woman into a corner.

"Sweet-smelling woman..." The leading sturdy man, whose left arm was amputated due to rot, grinned, "It really makes people jealous!"

…

[Royal Palace——]

The guard hurried in, "Your Majesty..."

"What's wrong? Who started the war today?" The king wearing a golden crown was drinking and laughing drunkenly, "Let them fight! Going crazy is better than dying from rot and turning into a pile of rotten meat! Hahahaha..."

After saying this, the king waved his hand and continued drinking.

The guard said, "Your Majesty, it's not..." He stopped talking because he couldn't guarantee that there was no war on the island. He then changed his words and said, "It's the ship of the Red Pirates, which has docked at the port."

The king's drinking slowed down.

"I heard that the 'Four Horsemen' are on that ship," the guard lowered his head, "...all of them are here."

The guard was startled by the sound of a thud. He looked up and saw the king knocking the wine bottle on the table. He stood up with a gloomy face, wearing only the palace uniform, with the long tail dragging on the carpet woven from precious sea beast hair. He walked step by step to the floor-to-ceiling window in a very Gothic style.

In front of the palace, near the high steps, the Duchess Lauter Heina, who was personally conferred the title by him, the once vicious female pirate, was waving her arms high in the direction of the steps, followed by a tsunami-like cheer that could faintly reach the king's ears.

Even for him as a king, there has never been such enthusiastic support...

A flash of anger and pain flashed across the king's eyes, but soon the anger slowly died out, and he suddenly felt a sense of dejection in his heart, thinking that there was no point in living like this, and there was no point in dying either...

"It's better than the whole nation perishing because of rot..."

The king murmured and went back to drinking.

Hai Na looked back and caught a glimpse of the king's back as he left the French window and smiled slightly.

"Heina!" "Heina!" "Grand Duchess!"... Many people gathered on the steps and at the foot of the mountain, and there were waves of cheers.

"...The princess who betrayed you is about to return here. This is all I know. I am only a pirate after all." Hai Na raised her voice to the crowd, "It is up to you to decide what to do."

Soon, Haiina left amid a wave of cheers, followed by Lasha in a white cloak.

Lasha looked in the direction of the port town and said dissatisfiedly, "They haven't rolled over yet. Those three bastards are having a blast in the New World. How dare they neglect you, the captain, like this..."

"Call me Haiina." Haiina smiled and looked into the distance, at the distant view of the island below the palace. "I haven't seen you for a few years. Maybe you are shy..."

…

In the ruins of the port tavern, the shadow of a huge monster slowly shrank in the dust.

The companion brushed off the dust on his body, followed the white-haired female pirate out of the ruins, and said calmly: "The captain said you are a child, so you are a child. Lord Kamui, there is nothing we can do if you are dissatisfied."

"Hmph!" Kamui strode away angrily.

Idiot! Who said she was dissatisfied? ...

Hundreds of people from both sides fell to the ground.

The woman with the aura of an intellectual elder sister drew out the soft sword from her belt and looked back at the distant view of the palace on the high slope. She pushed her glasses, suppressed her excited breathing, and said seriously: "Sorry, I'm a little excited now. Please let me chop it a little to calm down..."

…

An entire street in the royal city was razed to the ground as if it had been swept by a storm.

Koyatel put down his hand. Not far away, his companions hurried over. Seeing this scene, they shouted, "Master Koyatel! Why are you messing around again!"

The broad-minded Koyatel uttered an "ah" and said softly, "I didn't mean it. Forgive me..."

Her pitiful appearance frightened her companions who came over so much that their legs trembled and they were about to burst into tears.

"Lord Koyatel! Don't scare me with that tone! It's scary!"

………………

A small sailboat approaches Kraikana Island...

Lin Qi glanced at the coastline ahead, weighing the golden iron rod and asked Rose, "Are you really going ashore?"

"Huh?" Rose asked in confusion.

(End of this chapter)