323- Golden City and The palace of the god of lust and sex

In Upper Yard.

Gan Fall has taken the Roger Pirates to the Golden City. "This is the City of Gold, Shandora!"

All buildings were covered with gold.

Also, unlike the anime, this place has been well taken care of, so there are no trees or algae growing above the golden buildings.

"Wow!" Everyone was amazed and delighted to see the City of Gold. The sight of the city cast in gold was truly dazzling.

"Follow me! I'll show you the location of the Poneglyph." Everyone followed Gan Fall.

Everyone looked expectantly at the Poneglyph as Oden read it. "Hold our true motive in your hearts and speak not of it. We are the ones who weave history... With the sounding of the grand belfry..."

"Is there another Poneglyph here?" Roger looked at Gan Fall. Roger can sense another Poneglyph but he wants to hear what Gan Fall says and it would be good if he showed them to him instead of wasting time searching.

"Yes, there is another one, but it talks about a weapon called Poseidon." Gan Fall sighed, "I wasn't going to show it to anyone but since Kami wanted me to show it to you, I will."

The little girl asked. "A weapon? How do you know that?"

Gan Fall: "Kami taught me how to read a Poneglyph."

The little girl: "Oh! The kami seems to know everything."

Gan Fall: "Of course he is!"

After that he escorted them to the Shandorian Golden Belfry which was brought back to Central City of Gold by Ethan.

Everyone was dazzled upon seeing the Golden Belfry because, unlike the city, it was made of pure gold.

Oden walked up and started reading the Poneglyph and then looked at Roger, "It's really written about a weapon called Poseidon."

"I see... Oden, you can also write the script, right?!" Roger rubbed his chin and then looked at Odin with a smile.

"Yes, of course." Oden placed his hands on his waist and spoke proudly.

Roger looked at Gan Fall, "Can you let Oden carve a message next to the Poneglyph?"

"Yeah, that's okay." Gan Fall readily agreed.

While Oden is carving Roger's message, the little girl approaches Gan Fall.

"This was so easy!" The little girl tilted her head as she asked Gan Fall, "Did Kami know about this too and let the captain carve his message? But what's the point of putting up the letter if you won't allow anyone but Captain Roger to get here."

"Yes, Kami knew about this and agreed to it." Gan Fall nodded, "As for the message, it will be read by people twenty-five years from now and it will be an incentive for them to walk the same path."

"kami seems to know everything. It would have been fun to meet someone like him, but unfortunately he passed away." The little girl is beginning to like Ethan more and more the more she hears about him, but she feels sorry that she will not be able to meet him.

Gan Fall bowed slightly and whispered in the little girl's ear, "He's not dead, he'll reappear twenty-five years from now."

The little girl looked at him in shock and watched him smile at her while placing his index finger to his lips, "Keep this a secret."

Since they found the Poneglyph early on thanks to Gan Fall, the crew had some time to explore the island before they left. But they will only spend a few hours because Roger wants to sail as fast as possible.

"There are some off-limits places here, so each of you must be accompanied by at least one soldier. I know you pirates love freedom, but I don't want you to break the law by mistake." Gan Fall was worried about them causing trouble. "You can consider them your guides on this island."

With this, Roger's crew begins to disperse to discover the island. Some of them went alone and some of them went in groups.

The little red-haired girl formed a group with the red-nosed boy, Oden and his wife, and began exploring the island. Of course, four soldiers followed them, three of them male and one female.

After they went deeper into the forest, a giant snake appeared.

"Run!!!" Oden shouted and wanted to run away with the group but one of the soldiers who was with them spoke with a smile, "No need to worry!"

"Nola, they're guests you don't need to attack." Nola is an extremely massive light blue snake who is hundreds of meters long and large enough to swallow multiple humans and even buildings whole with ease; its width rivals that of the immensely large trees on Upper Yard.

Everyone stopped running and looked at the giant snake stopping attacking at the request of the soldier.

"Cool!! Can you control this giant snake?" The red-nosed boy looked at the soldier with admiration.

Soldier: "We don't control it. The giant snake has its own will and it understands our words. "

Red Nosed Boy: "Then why did it try to attack us?"

Female soldier: "This is because Nola is responsible for protecting this area. It will attack any male that tries to enter this area."

"Hmm, why is that? Is there a treasure more valuable than the Golden City found here." There was a smile on the face of the red-nosed boy as he thought of a plan to sneak in and steal what was there.

The female soldier shook her head. "No, there are no treasures there. Nola protects the Palace of the God of Lust and Sex and does not allow any males to come near here."

Oden: "God of Lust and Sex? Do you mean Arthur?"

The female soldier nodded, "Yes, in that palace his concubines live, that is why only females are allowed to enter this area."

"Why does he have concubines when he is already dead?" Oden's wife was curious but no one answered her which made her feel embarrassed, 'Why did they answer everyone's questions but when I asked them they were silent.'

The red-haired girl remembered Gan Fall's words to her, 'Is he really not dead?'

The little girl grabbed the female soldier's arm, "I'm a girl. It's okay if I go inside right?"

"Yeah, that's okay."

"Good!" A big smile appeared on the girl's face and she looked at Oden's wife, "Come with me, Kozuki-san."

"Ok!"

Among the four soldiers, there was only one female, so she was the one who would accompany them to the palace.

Oden and the red-nosed boy tried to sneak in, but they were stopped by the three soldiers and the giant snake. Oden was not very serious about his infiltration, otherwise some soldiers and a giant snake would not be able to stop him.

They followed the female soldier and after a few minutes a large white palace made of the finest solid clouds appeared in front of them.

The palace was very beautiful, especially the garden in front of the palace, which was full of beautiful roses.

There were women, young girls, and little girls everywhere, either working in watering the flowers or guarding the place, and the little girls were playing with each other happily.

The atmosphere here was very happy and they didn't seem to be lacking anything.

The little girl's eyes were shining as she looked at all this while thinking, 'All the women are so pretty here!'

After the little girl looked around more, she found that some of the females here had dark skin and black wings, contrary to the common description of the inhabitants of Sky Island. "They look different."

The female soldier noticed the little girl's curiosity, "They are not native to the island. They were brought here by Kami."

"As far as I know, they are a race called the Lunarians, and they are on the verge of extinction, but thanks to Kami, they were given the ability to reproduce without the help of males."

Oden's wife almost did not believe what she was hearing, while the little girl did not understand it well and focused only on the fact that this race was about to die out and that Arthur saved them. "Arthur is a really good person."

"Yes, he is. Now let me show you the palace." The female soldier took the little girl and Oden's wife on a tour of the palace, and after they finished exploring the palace, she took them to the back garden.

The garden here was more beautiful than the garden they had seen earlier, which made the two of them dazzled, but Oden's wife saw something that made her wonder, "Isn't it supposed to be forbidden for men to enter here?"

The female soldier and the little girl looked at where Oden's wife was pointing.

There were many young girls of the Lunarians playing around a tall man and clinging to him or climbing on his back. The man was smiling and playing with them.

The man appears to be about 25 years old, about 10 feet tall, and has a slender, muscular body. He has fair skin which women envy for having such skin without cosmetics. He has short black hair, thin, sharp eyebrows, and beautiful grey eyes like a sparkling gem. He is so handsome that all women and girls who look at him will fall in love with him.