Now you can fuck off!

At hearing that question of Ian, Sanji saw fit to tell him about Pekoms and what he had said before he was shot in the back earlier.

"Ian, that guy lying there unconscious is his crewmate. He said that their first goal was to get Caesar to Big Mom. But he also said they had another goal here. But he was willing to go back without any conflict since he knew you were here, and that we helped his people. That is until his scum of a crewmate shot him in the back! And decided to proceed!" Sanji explained.

Ian raised a brow and looked at Pekoms for a bit. As far as he knew this guy was somewhat good, even though he was part of the big mom pirates. So he made a mental note to heal him later.

He then looked at Bege.

"What is this second goal of yours?" Ian questioned him.

Bege tried to think of something to say, but in the end, just sighed and brought out an envelope.

"I was asked to give this to Black-Leg!" He said. And then threw the invitation towards him.

"It's an invitation to Mama's tea party!" He added.

"Cut the crap! Why would I want to go to a stupid tea party?" Sanji asked annoyed.

At this, a smug grin was plastered over Bege's face even while knowing that Ian was here.

"The highlight of this tea party is a wedding!" Bege said grinning.

And when Sanji replied with "Screw it!" Bege knew he had him now.

"The groom, in this wedding, is the third son of the Vinsmoke family, Sanji!" Bege's statement was, met with shocks from all around. Except for Ian and Elene.

Who already knew that.

But for the rest, this was new to them.

All the straw-hats, excluding Sanji, yelled out loudly in shock.

Bege seemingly ignoring them continued on with that same smug look on his face.

A look that Ian promised he would help him get rid of, right after he finishes.

"The bride is the thirty-five daughter of the Charlotte Family, Pudding!" He said.

Again the straw-hats screamed out loudly.

They couldn't imagine that their friend and crewmate was somehow roped into a marriage.

But the most shocked of them all was Sanji.

This had brought out some very unpleasant memories to his mind.

He was so shocked that even his cigarette fell off his mouth.

Bege was about to start gloating completely forgetting where he was when all of a sudden a chill went up his spine.

Turning his eyes towards the source he saw Ian glaring at him, so he wisely chose to just keep his mouth shut.

"Who the hell made the decision without even consulting me?" Sanji asked furiously.

But nobody answered him. Still, it was obvious that he knew that answer himself.

Ian asked him.

"You are part of the vinsmoke family?" He asked testing the waters.

His reply was just a nod.

"A long time ago!" He said.

And Ian left it at that. He didn't press him on the matter.

Caesar at the back had been explaining to the straw hats about the Charlotte surname. And the repercussions of Sanji marrying into them.

But then Sanji butted in.

"Don't jump to conclusions!" He said.

"I'm under no obligation to go to such a tea party!" He said in distaste.

His wedding? Marrying a woman he doesn't know? How ridiculous!

He threw the invitation back at Bege.

"And our captain is not the type that would work under someone else anyways!" Sanji said.

"He is the person who would become the pirate king!" He declared.

With his crewmates nodding their heads.

Bege's reply was just a snort.

Meanwhile, Ian just smiled at that.

Sanji discreetly was relieved to see Ian not getting angry at that. After all, he was also a pirate. And he might want to become the pirate king himself.

Bege by this point had given up on taking Sanji by force but there was still one card left that he could play.

"Black-leg. You cannot refuse this wedding. If you do, you will end up regretting it!" He yelled out. He could threaten Sanji to come willingly. That was his plan at first, although he had wanted to rough him up a bit first… but Since Ian was here he settled for just threatening him.

But then Ian looked at him and he shut up.

"You… You have delivered the invitation, now you can fuck off!" That was all he managed to hear before all of a sudden Ian appeared near him and swung his sheathed sword at him throwing him directly to the sky very… very far away from Zou.

Would he survive that? Who knows.

Ian was already getting irritated, and this asshole still kept smiling smugly in front of him so he was getting on his nerves.

Ian took a breath and looked at Sanji.

"Sanji, I'll tell you what he was going to say!" Ian assured him as he saw he was getting worried.

"He was going to say that Big Mom would send you the head of someone close to you in a box! And yes they would know about any person close to you like that!" In the end, Ian addressed them all with that last line.

"Don't underestimate an emperor of the sea," Ian said.

When Sanji started panicking about whether they knew about Zeff or not, Ian added.

"However, you can relax," Ian spoke confidently.

"I happen to know about Germa 66! And if I know them well enough, I can confidently say they are still going to go with this wedding. But when they hear about you being friends with me, the groom will no longer be you!" Ian confidently stated.

"Listen Sanji, I know what is probably going through your mind. You think you should not implicate your crew in your problems, but if you leave the crew thinking you are protecting them you'll just be making a mistake. You know your captain best, but I can confidently say that he would absolutely follow you towards Big Mom. At that time he would probably anger her and she would then do what she threatened you with, and the whole point of you acting alone would have served no purpose!" Ian told him calmly.

"But…" Ian dragged his words. "You don't have to worry about Big Mom, let's just say that she won't be doing anything to any of your families, in case it resulted in a clash with another emperor! It just would not be worth it! Later I'll be giving the old man whitebeard a call to join me in warning her, so you can rest assured and don't do anything rash! Wait for your captain first and discuss things with him!" Ian said.

He knew that his word alone to Big Mom would just be like an insult to her since she would feel he was not yet at her level. But a call from both him and Whitebeard? Yeah, no one would dare do anything after that.

Sanji closed his eyes for a second. Truthfully as he heard about the danger Zeff could be in, he knew that he might have to make a hard choice and leave the crew just like Ian guessed.

He was already implicating the whole crew with his family problems, and now even Zeff… but at Ian's words, he somewhat calmed down. There was no way Big Mom would pick a fight with two emperors.

He releases the breath he didn't know he was holding. And then he reached for a new cigarette and lighted it up.

"Would the old man agree?" Sanji asked after a few seconds.

"I saved his son. Not to mention that said son is your captain's brother!" Ian replied with a grin.

And at that Sanji gave a smile.

"Now just sit back and wait for your crewmates to all gather and discuss everything. At that time I'll find you to discuss what we do from here on after!" Ian told him before he started to leave with his crew and the straw-hats following him.

Ian knew that he had changed a lot of things with this, but at this point, he couldn't care less.