When Ian followed Whitebeard to the royal palace of the Duchy of Salamis, he finally met King Carlos.

Originally, I thought that if I could become Whitebeard's friend, I should be a wise and martial king, but I heard about the deeds of this king from Marco, and I've always imagined it this way.

However, what surprised him was that after actually meeting this king, he realized that this His Majesty Carlos was simply a Humpty Dumpty.

With a height of less than one meter and four meters, and a short head and thighs, if he didn't wear a cloak and a crown, Ian wouldn't have believed that such a person was the king of a country.

If there is anything to praise about this king, it may be the beard on his chin, which is very individual, and his beard is also very straight, but it is upturned and pressed down, looking at it from afar, like a seesaw on his mouth.

So when he saw Whitebeard laughing and crouching down to hug King Carlos, Ian even wondered if the reason why these two became good friends was because of their beards, right?

When the two of them were catching up, Ian and they couldn't interject, so they could only watch the palace around them boredly.

The royal palace of the Duchy of Salamis, not very splendid, but after all, it is a royal palace, and it is quite large, Ian and they are in a carpeted hall, with bright corridors on the left and right, but there don't seem to be any guards.

When Ian was watching, he suddenly noticed that in the corridor on the right, behind a statue, there was a girl hiding there, revealing half of her face, secretly looking at herself.

This girl looks like she is only thirteen or fourteen years old, which is a big Lori, Ian saw that she was gorgeously dressed, not like a maid or something, and had some doubts in her heart, thinking that this would not be the princess of the Principality of Salamis, right?

Although he only saw half of his face, Ian still felt that this girl was very beautiful, and he didn't know why, half of this girl's face always gave him a very familiar feeling, as if he had seen it somewhere.

Especially this girl has been looking at herself with her big eyes, and her eyes are full of excitement.

Just as Ian couldn't help but want to sneak over quietly to see the girl's full appearance, he suddenly heard a burst of laughter and said, "Which one is the captain of the Dragon Hunter Pirates, Mr. Ian?" ”

Ian turned his head to look, only to see that it was Carlos who was speaking, standing side by side with Whitebeard, looking very short, but smiling.

To meet the king, of course, it is impossible for everyone to come in, so there are only Whitebeard, Marco, and Ace, as well as Ian and Fujitora, and Whitebeard is estimated to have explained to Carlos the true intention of the navy to come to Salamis, and introduced Ian to him, so although Carlos asked so, his eyes have been looking at Ian.

Seeing this, Ian had no choice but to put down the girl for the time being, stepped forward, came to Carlos, and said, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty Carlos, I caused you trouble this time. ”

After all, the navy came to hunt down the dragon hunter pirates, because of the battle between the two sides, the port of the Principality of Salamis can be said to have been completely destroyed, although this is not Ian's original intention, but it is reasonable, this apology must be said, Ian They are not the kind of ferocious real pirates, it is impossible to walk away.

Fortunately, Carlos is Whitebeard's friend, and with Whitebeard's father coming forward, Ian thinks that the Duchy of Salamis should not embarrass them, at most do a little compensation or something.

Sure enough, when Ian apologized, Carlos smiled and said, "No, you don't need to apologize, in fact, I've always been curious, and I want to see what kind of person you are, you know, there are not many people in this world who dare to rescue slaves from the hands of the Celestial Dragons." ”

Seeing that Carlos didn't even have the slightest intention of pursuing the Dragon Hunter Pirates, Ian was also a little surprised, although it was because the navy made the first move that the two sides fought, but Ian They also caused a lot of damage to the port, in Carlos's eyes, it only took a verbal apology to suffice?

Ian was surprised to forget Whitebeard's glance, could it be that his friendship with Carlos was so deep?

However, in the next second, Carlos said what he meant, and he smiled and said to Ian: "Actually, I want to thank you in person!" ”

There's nothing wrong with this Humpty Dumpty, right? He still wants to thank me?

"Sallyster, come out and meet your benefactor!" Carlos said with a smile.

With these words, the girl who was hiding next to Ian just now actually walked out and came to everyone, she saluted to Whitebeard very ladylike first, and said, "Uncle Edward! ”

Whitebeard also looked at Sally in some surprise, and then saw her look at Ian excitedly and said, "Benefactor, don't you remember me?" ”

Ian scratched his head and said suspiciously, "Are you ......?"

"Ah, yes, you probably don't remember what I looked like!" Sally said, "Benefactor, it was you who rescued me from Mary Joa!" ”

Ian suddenly realized that this girl was probably one of the slaves he rescued from Mary Joy, but after reacting, he couldn't help but gasp and said, "You...... Are you a princess of the Duchy of Salamis? How can it ......."

"It's not surprising!" Carlos shook his head with a gloomy face and said: "Since he withdrew from the union country, Salamis has been robbed by pirates, my daughter Sallyster was also taken captive in a pirate invasion, all these years, I have been looking for her whereabouts, but I didn't expect that she was sold by pirates to the Draconians as a slave, if it weren't for Captain Ian, I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen my daughter in my lifetime!" ”

After saying that, Carlos actually bent down and bowed deeply to Ian, saying, "Thank you for saving my daughter!" ”

Ian was still a little dazed at this time, but he still quickly helped Carlos up and said, "This ...... I really didn't expect that even the princess of a country would be treated as a slave by the Celestial Dragons......"

He was indeed surprised, for he had no idea that he would meet here a slave whom he had rescued and who was also the princess of a country.

After hearing Ian's words, Carlos gritted his teeth and said, "I only learned about this after my daughter came back, these damn Celestial Dragons, one day, they will pay for it!" ”

Glancing at the princess in front of her, Ian asked her, "The ...... Sallyste, right? How did you get back? Did Jinping send you? ”

"Well, yes!" Shalis nodded, although she was still young, she seemed very sensible, and said: "It is true that the Fish-Man Pirates sent me back, but the boss of Jinping did not follow, and my father wanted to thank him, but he couldn't do it." ”

It seems that he asked Jinping to do it, and he did it faithfully.

"So Captain Ian, you don't need to apologize to us!" Carlos smiled and said, "You have found the princess for this country, but we should thank you instead." ”

When the matter came to this point, it was completely understood, and for a while, even Ian couldn't help but have the idea that a good person really has a good reward.

"Gula la la la!" Whitebeard also laughed and said, "This thing is really interesting! ”

But then, Whitebeard glared and said, "Seriously, Brother Carlos, you're too outward, why didn't you tell me about the disappearance of Niece Sallyste?" Do you think that Lao Tzu can't help you get her back!? ”

"Not really!" Carlos stretched out his hand and patted Whitebeard's calf, and sighed, "Because even I didn't expect that the Draconians would make the princess of a country a slave......"

"These Tianlong people are really ......" Even Fuji Hu, after hearing this, couldn't help but speak, but he couldn't say anything.

"That's it! Not to mention these unpleasant pasts! Carlos smiled and said, "Now that the two benefactors of this country are gathered here, it is a happy day, please stay here a little longer, so that my daughter and I can entertain you well." ”

As his words fell, the royal palace immediately resounded with the music of the Duchy of Salamis, which was specially used to welcome distinguished guests, and neatly dressed waiters poured out of the palace to lay out a large number of delicacies on the long banquet table.

And so began the reception banquet......

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And when Ian and the others were happily in the palace of Salamis and accepted the hospitality, at this time, the Warring States who were far away in the Red Earth Continent were in an extremely gloomy mood.

"What a joke!" Sengoku slammed his fist on his desk with hatred, he rarely lost his temper, but at this time he couldn't help it anymore: "Two admirals are out of the horse, and they can't even get a pirate group!?" ”

A naval intelligence officer, standing not far from the Sengoku desk, trembled at the sound of this punch, but still hesitated to report: "Marshal Sengokuro, Admiral Polsalino also sent a document just now, the content of which is ...... The content is an impeachment of the Zefa instructor, he said...... He said that it was precisely because of Instructor Zefa that the Hailou Stone bullet was used by the enemy......"

However, before he finished speaking, Sengoku stood up and glared at him, yelling, "Shut up! ”

"Ahh Be! The naval intelligence officer was taken aback, and quickly stood up and saluted.

Sengoku sat back in his chair, he found that it seemed to be a mistake to let the yellow ape and Zefa go out together this time, originally he just wanted to take this opportunity to repair the relationship between the two, however, the development of things was beyond his expectations, the rift between the yellow ape and Zefa not only did not repair, but deepened a lot......