Chapter 67: The Arrival of All Parties

Grand Line, Amazon Lily Kingdom, Royal Palace.

"How was the preparation? Are you finish?" Hancock asked casually while looking at one of her sisters, Sandersonia.

"Preparations are complete, Sister" Sandersonia replied, "We can start our voyage"

"Hebihime-sama" Nyomba suddenly said, "Please pay attention to your attitude. You are now officially out of the Shichibukai. If the cooperative relationship with the Fortis Kingdom is destroyed because of your attitude. The Navy will definitely attack us."

"Hmph! You don't need to lecture me, Nyomba" Hancock said in a proud tone, "Even though I'm like this. Why? Everyone will still forgive me. Because why? Because I'm beautiful"

Hancock immediately got up from her seat namely her partner, namely Solome and said, "Let's go"

"Hebihime-sama!" Nyomba was very worried to see Hancock's indifferent attitude.

"Don't worry, Nyomba" Sandersonia suddenly said, "Even though Big Sister doesn't seem to care about that. However, Big Sister knows very well the attitude she has. Moreover, King Fortis has rendered us a great help. Big Sister will definitely take care of her attitude"

"Help?" Nyomba raised her brow.

Nyomba did not know about the healing of the scars on Hancock and her two sisters' backs. This is because Hancock and her two sisters did not tell this and also Hancock and her two sisters prefer to keep it to themselves.

"What are you still doing there, Sonia?" Hancock's voice sounded quite strong, "Let's set sail immediately. We have to get there before 7am"

"Okay, Big Sister" Sandersonia immediately turned and left Nyomba in the empress's room with a confused look.

Nyomba then sighed, "Hopefully Hebihime-sama doesn't throw a tantrum that can cause destruction to this kingdom"

The Royal Ship Amazon Lily finally started departing from their kingdom at 4am. The Amazon Lily Kingdom is a kingdom located in the territory of the Grand Line. While the Fortis Kingdom was an empire located in the New World territory. The distance between the two is very far. Hancock was lucky to gain access to the Fortis Kingdom's connecting channel.

If Hancock does not have access to use the connecting line. Hancock probably won't be sailing on the day of the meeting but will be sailing from yesterday because she needs to go through the underwater route, namely Fish-Man Island to reach the New World ocean area.

10,000 meters under the sea.

At the bottom of the ocean, there are several fish-man races that are currently sailing up to the sea using a fairly large ship. Meanwhile there was also a creature standing quietly on a satisfied body. That figure was King Neptune and the fish-man race that was on a ship was Otohime and the others.

"Oka-sama, can I really make friends there?" Shirahoshi has now got her freedom after Jinbei captured Vender Decken who had always terrorized him.

After listening to various stories about the Fortis Kingdom and the mainland from Otohime, Fukaboshi, Ryuboshi, Manboshi, and Jinbei. Shirahoshi had a feeling that she couldn't wait to see the land and also see the Fortis Kingdom.

"You can definitely get it, my dear" Otohime said with a gentle smile, "The people of the Fortis Kingdom are very friendly especially to the higher ups of the kingdom. You can definitely make a lot of friends there."

"That's right, Princess" Jinbei said with a smile, "You can definitely make a lot of friends there"

Jinbei is one fishman who can't wait to attend this meeting. Because he was able to meet Hashirama Senju.

Jinbei is someone who has a very close relationship with Hashirama Senju. It could even be said that their relationship is more like a friend. This happened because Hashirama had a very sociable and approachable attitude.

"Shirahoshi" Fukaboshi suddenly called out to him, "You sure can make a lot of friends there. Also, there are many interesting things in the Fortis Kingdom. You will definitely be able to see everything that Oka-sama taught us in the past."

"That's right, Shirahoshi. I can't even wait to come back there. Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-si-do" Ryuboshi added.

"There are many interesting things in the Fortis Kingdom, Shirahoshi. Everything in there is so much fun and you will definitely love the place." Manboshi also added.

Neptune who heard and saw the conversation that was made by his family smiled very happily. Neptune has been waiting for this day to come. The day when he could sit down with other high ranking royals and then work hand in hand to advance his kingdom. Neptune didn't even have a single remorse for breaking up with the World Government. Even Neptune himself thought that the decision made by him at that time was the right one.

New World, Prodance Royal Ship.

"Today's meeting has caught the attention of the whole world" Iru said seriously, "Some of my troops even saw a large number of representatives from various groups have arrived in our kingdom to be able to take a live catch of the upcoming live broadcast"

"That is a natural thing" Dagama said, "This meeting is a gathering organized by the Fortis Kingdom. The current Fortis Kingdom were all of the kingdoms that had been at the center of all sorts of recent events. Information about this kingdom is also very minimal. There were many people who wanted to know information regarding the Fortis Kingdom. They used this opportunity to get it."

"It's hard to get information about the Fortis Kingdom" Elizabello II said, "Though this meeting will be broadcast live. Not necessarily there will be a useful information that they will get. The King of Fortis had always hidden the information of the Fortis Kingdom very well. There's no way for him to leak information about his kingdom that easily."

Iru and Dagama nodded.

"By the way, Your Majesty" Dagama suddenly turned his attention to Elizabello II, "How are your preparations? Are all the preparations ready? The cooperation plan that we want to arrange is already prepared, right?"

"Sure" Elizabello II nodded seriously, "However, even though I have thought about the plans for the cooperation that will be built later. I 'll likely ask King Fortis for help in directing it. Because I believe, the decisions made by him are better than mine."

New World, Fortis Kingdom, Guild Building.

The Fortis Kingdom has also finished preparing all the things needed for this meeting. Gin and also the servants who will later be in charge of handling food and needs are all in their respective positions. Hashirama had also currently been assigned to welcome the arrival of the representatives and was currently waiting outside the fog.

It didn't take long for the first representatives to finally arrive. The representative who first arrived was the Ryugu Kingdom. They were immediately greeted by Hashirama with great enthusiasm. Hashirama by making his clone then the clone will direct Neptune and others.

The clone immediately brought Neptune and the others into the Fortis Kingdom and then parked the ship they were using in the previously prepared port. The port is a port located in the area where residents live.

"Wow! Is this land? Extraordinary!" Shirahoshi, who saw the land for the first time, exclaimed excitedly.

Shirahoshi's voice immediately pulled the clone away from Hashirama and his gaze fell on Shirahoshi. Shirahoshi who got Hahsirama's gaze immediately became nervous and scared.

"Jinbei… I saw her for the first time, who is she?" Hashirama's clone asked with great interest.

"She is Princess Shirahoshi, Hashirama-san" Jinbei said with a smile then looked at Shirahoshi, "You don't need to be afraid, Princess Shirahoshi. Hashirama-san is a good person"

"Ah! So you are Princess Shirahoshi that His Majesty said. Wow! You are really beautiful" Hashirama immediately complimented her by writing, "This is your first time coming to our kingdom, isn't it?"

Shirahoshi nodded and the previous feeling of fear and nervousness slowly disappeared upon seeing Hashirama's carefree attitude especially when Hashirama was praising him.

"Then welcome to the Fortis Kingdom" Hashirama said with a smile, "You don't have to be afraid. We will not treat you badly. I hope you like our kingdom"

Seeing the look in Hashirama's eyes that had no malice towards him, Shirahoshi nodded calmly then asked, "Ano~ Hashirama-sama… Does your kingdom have female high-ranking officers? Oka-sama, my older brother, as well as Boss Jinbei-sama said so"

"Sure" Hashirama nodded and continued, "There are many female higher-ups in our kingdom. They will be very happy to see you coming. I hope you can be friends with them."

Shirahoshi's gaze showed joy at hearing this and immediately nodded.

Soon everyone was led directly by Hashirama's clone towards the fellowship building. During the trip, Shirahoshi asked many questions about various things, especially about various things on the mainland. Everyone patiently explained things to Shirahoshi until they finally arrived at the fellowship building and saw Ars and the others were already there while some of the higher-ups of the Fortis Kingdom were carrying suitcases containing several royal flags.

Lowellmina - Kingdom of Fortis.

Shinomiya Kaguya - Ryugu Kingdom.

Tohsaka Rin - Amazon Lily Kingdom

Shiina Hiyori - Kingdom of Prodance.

"Welcome, King Neptune and others" Ars happily greeted the arrival of Neptune and others while walking towards them smiling.

"Thank you for the welcome, King Fortis" Neptune also said with full of happy emotions then looked towards the front, "Is this the building we will use later?" Neptune asked with great interest.

"Of course" Ars nodded, "This is the fellowship building that we will later use to hold the meeting this time. We will later use the room in the middle of the building to have a conversation."

"Hmmm?" Ars' gaze then looked at Shirahoshi and this immediately made Shirahoshi a little nervous, "I've been wanting to see you for a long time, Princess." Ars immediately said politely, "Welcome to my kingdom. I hope that while you are here, you enjoy everything that is here."

"Oka-sama…" Shirahoshi muttered nervously.

"Shirahoshi" Otohime said with a smile, "The person who greeted you was King Fortis"

"King Fortis-sama?" Shirahoshi was quite surprised to hear this then looked at Ars.

Ars immediately walked up to Shirahoshi and said, "Nice to meet you, Princess. Introduce my name is Ars. I am the King of this kingdom. I hope you can enjoy the things that are here while you are here."

"Ano~ King Fortis-sama… Oka-sama told me, I can make friends here. Is that true?" Shirahoshi asked a little nervously.

"Friend? Of course" Ars nodded, "You can make friends here, Princess." Ars' gaze then looked at the royal officials especially the women, "Princess, they are the higher-ups of my kingdom. As long as you are here, you can befriend them."

Lowellmina immediately stepped forward and saluted with a gentle smile, "Hello, Princess. Introduce my name is Lowellmina. I am one of the Fortis Kingdom's higher-ups and hold the position of Head of the Department of Foreign Relations. I hope we can be friends from now on."

After Lowellmina introduced herself. Kaguya and the others started to follow introducing themselves one by one even the male higher-ups also introduced themselves one by one to Shirahoshi.

Shirahoshi was overjoyed at the friendly welcome and quickly the women began to gather and start talking to one another excitedly.

"I think it was the right choice to bring Shirahoshi to come here" Neptune said with a smile, "She finally got the friend she wanted"

Everyone who was there while waiting for the other royal representatives to arrive, everyone was talking to each other. The happiest person there was Shirahoshi because finally her dream of making a friend finally came true.

It didn't take long after the arrival of the Ryugu Kingdom. After the Ryugu Kingdom arrived, 15 minutes later, the Amazon Lily Kingdom finally arrived there. With that said, currently all the representatives from each kingdom had gathered in the Fortis Kingdom. Hashirama, who previously had the task of welcoming the representatives, had been pulled back by Ars and got a new task, namely installing den-den mushi that could broadcast live meetings in the meeting room.

"I think it's time to start" Ars muttered while looking at everyone.

*Clap!*

The sound of applause made by Ars was quite strong and it immediately stopped all the talking activities that were being carried out by everyone.

"All parties have now gathered. Let's start this event by raising the flag then continue to look around the fellowship building" Ars said calmly, "Jinbei, Iru, and Sandersonia"

Ars' gaze stared at the three people. The three mentioned immediately stood up straight, "Could the three of you be the three people who have the honor of flying the flags of each of the kingdoms?" Ars asked with a smile.

The three people were shocked to hear this. However, in their hearts they were also very happy. The three people immediately accepted gracefully.

"Well then, the three of you will help each other in raising the royal flag. We will start with my kingdom, continue with the Ryugu Kingdom, then the Prodance Kingdom and finally the Amazon Lily Kingdom. We will do it in order from the Kingdom that established the first cooperative relationship with our kingdom to the last."

Jinbei, Iru, and Sandersonia then started doing these activities. Sandersonia will receive a flag from one of the higher-ups of the Fortis Kingdom then give it to Iru and tie it to the flagpole rope. After the flag was tied, Jinbei then slowly pulled the string and when the flag reached the highest point of the flagpole, Jinbei would immediately tie it.

This action was carried out four times and now all the royal flags had been raised at the same height as the Fortis Kingdom's flag. This means that all kingdoms are equal . No one is lower than the other.