A cool breeze that seemed to have not completely escaped from Nami's control just now passed by, drying the tears from Vivi's face, leaving only two embarrassing marks.

"Why?"

An arrogant question, like an ethereal voice, pierced Vivi's young heart like a sharp sword.

Because, she really didn't have a reason to convince the person in front of her.

Nami didn't have any pity, looked at the beautiful blue-haired girl who was prostrate in front of her, and continued to ask:

"Why should we help you?"

"What qualifications do you have to ask us?"

Weiwei, who heard Nami's answer, immediately shouted again:

"Nope! It's not a requirement! Yes request!! ”

However, she was still greeted by Nami's uninterested tone:

"And what qualifications do you have...... Come and ask us? ”

After following Luffy for so long, Nami has already learned Luffy's way of thinking.

Everything in the world is very plain.

is not in the accident world, everything else, what does the misery of others have to do with them.

Also because of ......

For so many years, they have never met a good person in the true sense of the word.

The air fell silent for a moment, as if it was once again under Nami's control.

The heavy air made it unusually difficult for Vivi to breathe.

“………………”

Tears gushed down the tip of Vivi's nose again, dripping into the fluffy sand.

Weiwei's body, stung by Nami's cold voice, trembled slightly.

Ten fingers with sharp nails were fiercely inserted into the soil.

Weak and powerless, her face darkened completely.

It was the despair after hope, the veil that had been transformed, obscuring the last point of light in the human heart.

"Money ......"

An extremely slight voice suddenly remembered.

"What?"

Nami looked at Vivi, who suddenly stopped crying, as if she didn't hear clearly, and as if she didn't care, she asked indifferently.

“…………”

Weiwei's palms clutched more and more deadly, and finally, as if compromised, suddenly spread out completely.

The whole person was completely prostrate on the ground, as if there was endless grief, but he couldn't tell it.

The princess of a country, in the posture of a servant, completely abandoned her dignity.

Only the gritted teeth and painful tears can know Vivi's humble heart at this time.

The grief-stricken face, held to the ground, did not want to be seen.

But when I thought of the people who had just died for her, including the captain of the Kingdom Guard who had nothing to do with the matter, but resolutely supported his partner, Ikalem, who had taken care of him since he was a child.

She had no choice!

From between her teeth, Vivi hated her weakness and said with all her hopes gathered on top:

"I've got money! I have a lot of money!! ”

"I am the princess of the kingdom of Alabastan! As long as I can save my people! No matter how much it is! I'm willing to give ......!!! Woo... Woooooo

As the helpless words came out, the suppressed crying could no longer be held back.

Whispering sadness, helpless begging.

"I ...... I can pay a billion Baileys!! ”

Weiwei, who was helpless in the face of her situation, couldn't stop surging out of tears of hatred.

She hated the Seven Martial Seas that disturbed her country, she hated those who didn't understand the reason, and killed to stop killing, she hated ......

She hates her weakness! In the face of difficulties, there is nothing I can do!

However, Nami, who has no interest in money, refuses again:

"Money...... We don't need ......."

Only this time, her tone suddenly softened a lot, and she was no longer as condescending as she was just now.

But Nami's words still made Princess Vivi feel cold.

The air, once again, fell silent.

Only little Lori Merry, staring at a big eye, was held by Nami's hand, looking at Vivi curiously, and then curiously looking at Nami.

A confused look that doesn't know the situation at all.

I don't know why, Nami, who has always hated weakness, saw the girl who was kneeling on the ground and shedding helpless tears, and there was a throbbing in her heart that she had never felt before.

looks like he is the same age, but he has to endure this great pain.

Unconsciously, Vivi's experience reminds Nami of herself.

If, that day......

It wasn't Luffy's sudden appearance to save himself from the hands of that fish-man pirates......

Where do you go from here......

Maybe she will live a more miserable life than the girl in front of her.

OK!

This kind of if, it didn't happen!

It's just that......

Nami looked down at Vivi, who was lying there crying, and for a moment, she couldn't help but feel a trace of compassion.

……

……

Vivi, who was rejected by Nami again, was already completely desperate at the moment.

Even if his life was saved by the inexplicable strong man who suddenly appeared, he still couldn't change Weiwei's anxious mood.

I have to say that as a generation of royal family, Weiwei is really a good princess who worries about the country and the people, and understands the feelings of the people.

If it is really a time of peace, Vivi can definitely create a prosperous kingdom.

It's a pity that in the era of supremacy of power, the power of the royal family must always be maintained at the highest level in the country in order to stabilize the rule of the royal family.

Otherwise, as long as you fall behind slightly, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Alabastan is a prime example.

Because of the cowardice of the royal family, the whole country was actually played by a killer organization between applause.

If it weren't for the fear that Klokdal would have secretly plotted the ancient weapon Hades to be discovered by the world's political and legal authorities, he might have entered the palace and taken down the Neferutari clan in one fell swoop.

There is no need, as it is now, it is also necessary to privately cultivate rebel troops to guide the country's public opinion.

However, none of this has much to do with Nami and them.

Time is ticking.

The sun rises high in the sky, bringing dawn and successfully breaking the tranquility of the seaside.

The golden sun shines on the bottom of the sea.

The gentleness of the warm day successfully attracted a large number of fish who were concerned about the light, and they came to the sandwich between the sea and the air, struggling to breathe in the fresh air.

Ignorant and poking its head out of the water, the fish was once again tempted back by the seagull that had just been scared away by Nami's might.

A lucky seagull managed to grab a fat lunch under the carnival of the herd, and happily, it flew towards the shore with all its might, ready to find a place to enjoy a good meal.

However......

Burst!

A fluttering sound that the seagulls had never imagined suddenly sounded.

"Nami, Nami, look !!"

The excited Mei Li suddenly laughed happily, and the cheerful voice instantly broke the contemplation of the two.

"I caught a big chicken! After a while, Sanji can make it delicious! ”

Merry held the seagull in her hand, which had been caught by flying past them, and the corners of her mouth were already glowing with crystalline liquid.

The fowl that kept struggling in Merry's hands let out a strange and ugly scream, which also made Nami and Vivi walk out of the silence.

Just when Vivi was about to give up this useless begging and look for another way, Nami suddenly said unusually:

"You...... You're going to the Kingdom of Alabastan, right? ”

In the tone, in addition to the arrogance that should be there, vaguely, you can also feel a trace of unusual gentleness.

It was the first time for Xiao Meili to see Nami like this, like big eyes that wanted to know everything, blinking at Nami's already slightly reddened face.

As if she was a little embarrassed by little Merry, Nami quietly tilted her head up, so that Merry could only see her white neck.

And Weiwei, who heard Nami's question, suddenly trembled in her heart.

The gray eyes regained their brilliance again.

His wide-eyed eyes slowly lifted his head, as if he couldn't believe his ears, and he stumbled in surprise:

"You...... You...... What did you just say......!? ”

“…………”

Nami, who was arrogant, changed her face again, put on a look of ignoring her, and said again:

"Our route will also pass through Alabastan, and if Luffy agrees, we can take you for a while......"