284- Gloriosa

"He built a good relationship with the crew in just a few days." A beautiful blonde-haired girl who was standing beside the Empress spoke seriously while looking at Ethan.

"It's rare to talk to guys and interact with them so all the girls are curious so it's easy to form a good relationship." The empress looked at the girls with amusement as they gathered around Ethan and chatted with him enthusiastically.

It's not that they've never seen men before, they've seen a lot of men, but only when they're fighting pirates and navy or stealing from merchant ships and there's no real communication between them and they don't talk to men often.

"But it's a good thing to have a good relationship with the most powerful man in the world." The Empress let out a chuckle as she looked at Ethan.

After looking at Ethan for a long time, her cheeks turned red, remembering how he saved her from falling into the sea, and her heartbeat began to increase, her temperature was rising, and she began to feel dizzy. 'What's going on with me, am I sick?'

"Hebihime-sama, are you okay?" The blonde girl was worried upon seeing the empress' condition, "Should I call the doctor?"

The Empress took a deep breath and spoke seriously. "It's okay, I'm fine."

After a while, Ethan walked toward the Empress, "Gloriosa, when will we get to Amazon Lily?"

Yes, the current Empress is Gloriosa, the same old woman who acts as Hancock's advisor.

But at the moment she looks much prettier and she is tall, unlike her old short version.

She has white skin, black eyes, long black hair and a pink flower on the top of her head on the right, and she wears red clothes and her body is sexy, especially with her clothes that show a lot of her body.

It is really unfortunate that time destroys such beauty.

"We will get there in a few hours." Gloriosa smiled and answered Ethan honestly.

"Gloriosa, I'm curious about something." Ethan sat next to her, "Amazon Lily is an island of women only, isn't it?"

"Yes that's right." Gloriosa nodded, "But what are you curious about?"

"How can you maintain your numbers over the years? If the island were only women, the Amazon Lily Island population would be extinct in 100 years or less." Ethan knew the answer to that question but was planning something after hearing her answer.

"We send women over the age of 40 to the outside world to mate and have children, and if the baby is a female, it will be delivered to Amazon Lily."

"Normally every female will have five children and then lose her ability to have children because of age. Sometimes all five children are female and sometimes they are all male but this is not important."

"Sometimes we take orphaned girls from other islands."

"In this way, we will maintain our numbers." Gloriosa didn't hide anything even though she could have avoided answering his question.

Ethan has noticed something over the past few days, which is that whatever question he asks, Gloriosa will answer honestly and not hide anything. Also note that she often looks at him with a red face.

Ethan knew that this Empress had a Love Sickness.

This disease occurs when an empress falls in love with a man. If they suppress their emotions, it weakens them and causes extreme pain. Their health continues to decline and eventually leads to their death. This disease has killed many Kuja empresses in the past.

In order to cure the disease, the empresses must accept their emotions and follow the loved one.

"So is the empress included in this or only ordinary citizens?" Ethan asked as he puts his hand on hers and smiles sweetly. His mask only covered his eyes so his smile was visible, causing Gloriosa' heart to quickly beat and her face turning red.

"The empress has no right to leave the island to do such a thing, and if she does so and leaves the island, she will be considered a traitor." Gloriosa sighed.

Ethan thought for a long time, then smiled at her, "I actually have a way to solve your problem and the women of your island do not need to leave in order to have children."

"what?!" The Empress looked at Ethan in shock but after a moment she looked at him seriously, "If you're telling us to bring men to our island, that's an impossible thing to do."

"No, I have another way." Ethan brought his face close to hers. "But let's discuss it more on Amazon Lily Island."

Her face turned redder and then she distanced herself from Ethan but when she did she could feel her heart pounding, urging her to come closer rather than walk away, but she controlled herself, "Let's talk later. I want to rest a little."

Ethan nodded and left her hand.

Ethan closed his eyes and contacted Emma, ​​'Emma, ​​the plan worked and I'll be arriving at Amazon Lily Island in a few hours.'

After waiting a moment, Ethan heard Emma's voice in his mind, 'Okay, use Teleport to get me near the ship when you see the island.'

...

After a few hours.

Ethan stood at the bow of the ship and saw the island of Amazon Lily, and the Empress stood beside him. "Amazon Lily does not allow men on the island, but you will be the only exception."

Ethan nodded and when he wanted to talk he saw a white-haired woman with rabbit ears moving towards the ship quickly.

Ethan didn't have to bring Emma in person, he could just use the space mark on Emma's body to take her to here.

The Empress and all the members of the Kuja Pirates became wary and were about to shoot arrows at Emma.

"Don't worry it's not an enemy." Ethan quickly stopped the girls even though their attacks wouldn't hurt Emma in the first place. "It's my wife. She must have come looking for me because I haven't been back for a while."

A frown appeared on the Empress's face upon hearing this and she began to grit her teeth, she didn't know why she was so upset when she heard that Ethan had a wife.

"How did she find you? And why is she alone and didn't bring a ship?" The blonde girl who is always beside the Empress asked Ethan in doubt.

"Of course she used the life energy to find me. Also the use of the ship would be very slow and it would be much faster if it moved alone." Ethan laughed lightly as Emma landed beside him.

Emma ignored everyone and looked at Ethan anxiously, "Arthur, are you okay? I was so worried when I sent out an emergency signal using Den Den Mushi."

"I'm fine, my log pase was destroyed so I lost my way at sea." Ethan hugged and kissed her in front of everyone, then separated the kiss and pointed at the Kuja Pirates. "Fortunately I found this ship and the Kuja pirates were kind enough to let me ride with them and were planning to bring me home."

The Empress's face was red not from shame but from anger and she felt her blood boil upon seeing Ethan kiss Emma in front of her.

"Thank you for looking after my husband." Emma smiled and nodded at them, "Now excuse us, I'll take my husband home."

The Empress' body was trembling as she looked at Emma.

Ethan looked at the Empress and Emma and then sighed, 'This girl is deliberately provoking the Empress.'

"Emma, ​​let's rest at Amazon Lily for a while, you must be tired after traveling a long way here." Ethan smiled toward the Empress, "Also, I have important business with the Empress not finished yet."

For some reason the Empress was happy that Ethan would stay, but she didn't show it on her face.