Watching Gion leave, Rosse finally walked out of the cabin.
Yesterday, he had spent the entire day by Gion's side.
Others were around all the time, but Gion was hard to see. That 1.8-meter-long pair of legs, he especially liked them.
And toward Gion, Rosse's attitude was completely different.
In this chaotic world, Gion was someone who could truly help him by his side.
By comparison, people like Stella and Olvia were only slightly better than Zannie in status.
Of course, after spending these past days together, Rosse still especially liked Stella. If nothing unexpected happened, he would always keep her by his side.
"Master!", Stella came up with a bright smile.
Even after being in the darkest places for so long, she seemed to have never given up hope, nor did she choose to embrace darkness.
"They didn't make any trouble yesterday, right?", Rosse didn't stop walking, allowing Stella to drape the cloak over his shoulders.
With his physique, he wasn't really afraid of the effects of the weather.
But just because he wasn't afraid didn't mean he didn't like Stella's actions.
"Nope, Robin kept following Zannie around, pestering her to teach her martial arts. Olvia stayed in her room studying materials and didn't even come out for meals," Stella bowed and reported, her arms holding two orbs that shook twice, as if they almost fell to the ground.
Rosse stepped forward to help support them, propped them up, and continued walking out while saying, "Any other news?"
Gion was responsible for intel from CP's side, but since she temporarily left, some matters related to him were temporarily handed over to Zannie.
Stella was responsible for his daily life and needs, so when Rosse asked, Stella knew what he meant, "News from the Holy Land said that your exclusive travel ship has been prepared. It adopts the latest technology of the World Government, powered by mechanical propulsion, and the bottom of the ship is coated with sea stone, allowing it to pass through the Calm Belt easily."
Stella explained in detail. The biggest matter on her side was Rosse's ship.
"Alright, once we're done at the Holy Land, we'll change ships," Rosse nodded in satisfaction. He would definitely travel frequently in the future. It wasn't possible to always use Navy warships.
In a world that was 90% ocean, how could one not have their own ship?
His demands weren't high. Something like the large cruise ship that Tesoro used before would be nice.
But a ship of that level, even if he had enough money, would take one or two years to build.
So earlier, he had Stella contact someone to get a temporary ship first.
As long as it could freely pass through the Calm Belt, that kind of ship was enough for the short term.
After leaving the cabin, Rosse had no intention of looking for Zephyr or Sakazuki.
No need to even think, those two were either training or handling affairs. He had no interest in watching men stay busy.
Robin was arranged to stay in Zannie's cabin, which was also Rosse's first stop.
"Saint Rosse?"
When Zannie saw Rosse enter, there was an unusually rare hint of panic in her tone. At the moment, she was still holding a white bandeau, her movements slightly stiff.
Facing Rosse's admiring gaze, she quickly dealt with the item in her hand and picked up the white suit next to her, putting it on herself.
Observation Haki was an active skill. Keeping it on consumed a lot of mental energy. Usually, no one kept it on all the time.
Plus, on the warship, Zannie wasn't particularly alert and didn't think anyone other than Rosse would barge in, so...
Even so, Zannie remained calm, and after putting on her clothes, she stood before Rosse with her head down.
Rosse was the person she had been taught since childhood to be loyal to. No matter what Rosse did, she could accept it.
If Rosse could give her a few days off because of it, that would be even better.
"Saint Rosse, do you have any orders?"
Zannie slightly bowed her head. If she had activated her succubus form at this moment, her tail would probably be wagging involuntarily, expressing her inner unrest.
"Nothing much. Where's Robin?", Rosse shook his head. Getting such an eye feast early in the morning felt pretty good.
He really misjudged her before.
'Didn't expect it, really didn't.'
Zannie's figure was even better than Stella's. He didn't know how she could move so quickly while carrying such a heavy burden.
Previously, Zannie had tightly restrained it, which led him to make the wrong assessment.
"Robin overused her Devil Fruit ability yesterday and is still resting."
Zannie didn't avoid Rosse's gaze, leading him to the bed at the innermost part of the room, about to wake Robin up.
"No rush," Rosse stopped Zannie and glanced at the curled-up Robin, "She asked you for martial arts training yesterday?"
"Yes, but without your permission, I didn't teach her. So yesterday, she kept practicing the Hana Hana no Mi, trying to improve her strength," Zannie nodded slightly.
"That's reasonable," Rosse said.
After experiencing a big change, people always want to become stronger.
Especially since the one who hurt Robin the most was Olvia, which probably made her even more eager for strength.
However, whether in physical talent or Devil Fruit ability, Robin wasn't very suitable for combat.
With Robin's potential, even if resources were invested regardless of cost, at best she'd reach the level of an elite Vice Admiral.
The pirate world was one that relied heavily on bloodline and talent. The only variable was the Devil Fruit.
If someone had none of those, unless a system fell from the sky, there was no way they could become strong.
All that "200 times the effort" stuff, just forget it.
If hard work could make someone strong, the sea would be full of Whitebeards.
As for the whole "taught by a famous master," that's just talk too.
If teaching really worked, the number of strong people in the Navy and World Government would have multiplied by ten.
"Since Robin wants to improve her strength, you'll be in charge of teaching her. Just arrange it as you see fit."
"Understood!", Zannie nodded seriously. As long as it was Rosse's command, she would definitely carry it out.
She had been trained since childhood to be loyal to the Jaygarcia family. Since Rosse was a member of the Jaygarcia family, then he was the one she should be loyal to.
As for the other members of the Jaygarcia family...
Zannie had her own little thoughts. The ideology instilled in her from childhood meant she never even considered betraying the Jaygarcia family.
But as to which specific person to be loyal to, no one had told her how to decide that.
To the current Zannie, being by Rosse's side felt much better than carrying out missions under Saturn.
Zannie could still feel that Rosse treated her more like a person most of the time, rather than a cold, lifeless weapon.
In the Holy Land, she looked like a person, but was actually a weapon.
That kind of life, she'd lived it for over 20 years and had even gotten used to it.
Wasn't it normal for the masters not to treat slaves as people?
At least her situation was much better than those other slaves.
But by Rosse's side, she could feel that unintentional respect, which was enough to make ripples appear in her icy heart.
Not all respect could make her feel moved.
Only members of the Jaygarcia family were worthy of having her all.
And Zannie firmly believed that Rosse would become the most noble one in the Jaygarcia family's future.
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