Chapter 2: Dinner at the Royal Palace

　　"Awww," tearing off a piece of meat in one vicious bite, Lily looked at Kaido in front of her and

　　"Say, did that Doro guy call on you?"

　　"Which do you mean?" Kaido said as he gulped down a mug of beer, there was no such thing as an adults only drinking rule in the Kingdom of Wokka, let alone the fact that this was the military.

　　"The banquet at the palace tomorrow night, didn't Doro tell you?" Lily, who had casually let the bone sit on the plate in front of her and grabbed a second piece of bone-in meat, said.

　　"Ah, it's been said that a dinner party is supposedly being held in honor of our feats," Kaido said as he similarly grabbed a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth.

　　"Say, I feel something's not quite right, there's been no recent wars, no festivals, and no pirates, so why is there suddenly a dinner party for a good reason? And also designated us two to attend." Lily rested her hands on her cheeks, biting a bone in her mouth and speaking indistinctly.

　　"Who knows? Maybe there's going to be another war, doesn't the king talk about becoming some kind of franchise every day? I asked around, becoming a joining country requires payment, maybe the king wants us to go wherever to fight a war to grab money, I really don't know why we have to listen to the words of those nobles that we've never seen before." Kaido waved his hand indifferently.

　　"Idiot, we're supposed to be a Franchise, the king shouts every day to become a member of the Supreme Council of World Government Franchises." Lily gasped at Kaido's look of indifference and reached out to rub Kaido's hair.

　　"Hey hey hey! You have oil all over your hands asshole muscle girl!" Kaido said in annoyance as he opened Lily's oily hands.

　　"What muscle girl! You unattractive idiot! I call this healthy! Fuck you stupid Kaido!" Lily instantly pulled out her long knife

　　"Oh, want to fight? I'm always up for it!" Kaido also instantly drew his Hachisai Ring.

　　As it looked like the two were about to have a big fight

　　"You two! If you want to fight go out and fight! This is the cafeteria!" The chef stepped out with a pot in one hand and a spatula in the other to stop the two from fighting.

　　"Che," X2, Lily and Kaido simultaneously bristled, put their weapons away, and together they got up and walked outside the cafeteria.

　　Seeing that the two didn't fight, the crowd inside the cafeteria simultaneously sighed in relief.

　　"Lieutenant Commander Kaido and Lieutenant Commander Lily are too intimidating."

　　"Yeah, I thought the two were going to fight again."

　　"It's worthy of Chef Blake to stop the two of them."

　　"That's awesome Blake!"

　　"That's right! Here's to Chef Blake!"

　　"Oh!" XN

　　Just as a cheer went up behind her, Lily whispered in Kaido's ear, "Anyway, be careful Kaido, my gut tells me something is wrong with this."

　　Kaido glanced at Lily before slowly nodding his head, he couldn't be clearer about Lily's magical intuition, this magical intuition had avoided enemy ambushes in several wars, for tomorrow's dinner party, Kaido's heart had a few more points of vigilance.

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　　The day passed quickly, Lily and Kaido walked towards the royal palace wearing the clothes provided by the royal army, and after showing the invitation letter to the guards at the entrance, the two of them stepped into the royal palace.

　　Along the way, the two secretly observed the surrounding, they had been to the royal palace before, as the strongest warriors of the kingdom, after every strongest warrior challenge, the victorious person would be able to enter the royal palace and receive the rewards bestowed by the king.

　　But this time the two of them simultaneously felt where strange, in the past when they entered the royal palace, there were guards standing on the long corridor heading to the banquet hall, but this time none of them were there.

　　Things out of the ordinary must be evil, the two people unconsciously tightened the ceremonial sword on the side of the waist, although this thing is just a broken piece of iron in vain, but in the hands of the two of them are still able to be used as a weapon.

　　Walking to the end of the long corridor, the two finally saw a familiar person

　　"Doro, there you are." Lily smiled and greeted Doro in front of her, they knew that Doro's family was a noble, Doro was also the first captain of the two, it was normal for him to appear here.

　　"Yeah, I'm dreading another fight between you two here." Doro snorted casually as he wore a tuxedo.

　　"Let's go inside, I'm hungry." Kaido said as he looked at the doors of the ballroom in front of him.

　　"Let's go." Doro nodded and the three of them pushed open the doors to the banquet hall.

　　Inside the banquet hall, a round table was covered with a neat white cloth, candles burned quietly on silver candlesticks, various delicacies were placed on trays, a gentleman or lady in a dress held champagne and talked to each other, and most of the people just glanced at the trio's arrival and then turned their eyes away.

　　Kaido and Lily did not care much, looked at the podium, the king has not yet arrived, take advantage of the time to eat more food to fill up the stomach is the right thing, otherwise in a while the king came, I'm afraid that another long speech.

　　Duo Luo looked at the split action, big cup of wine, big mouth meat two people, helpless forehead, these two guys really do not have a proper form ah.

　　Just as the two of them were eating heavily, with the ringing of the bell, the king of the Voca Kingdom - Vodka III entered the banquet hall.

　　Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the king to pay attention, even Lily and Kaido, although it was clear from their eyes that the two were more interested in continuing to find a place to eat.

　　"Ah, my dear fellow countrymen." Standing at the podium, Vodka III spoke into the microphone, "I apologize for being late, just moments ago, I spoke with the World Government's special agent and the Navy's Rear Admiral, and they told me the good news that yes, just moments ago, we, the great Kingdom of Vokka! Officially became a member of the Supreme Council of World Government Franchises!"

　　As Vodka III raised his arms, the whole room applauded, for joining the World Government's recognized Franchise Nation Supreme Council, this was the expectation of every noble present, and I didn't expect it to be successful just now.

Kaido and Lily casually clapped a few times as well, unconcerned about it.

　　"However," suddenly Vodka III's words changed, "the World Government comes with conditions."

　　As Vodka III's words fell from her lips, Lily's heart instantly tightened, and without a trace she made a few dodges to Kaido's side, her instincts were frantically alarming her that something wasn't right, associating it with the naval warships she'd seen this morning, the disappearing guards on the promenade, and then glancing at the unrecognizable person beside the king, Lily was certain that what came next definitely wasn't a good thing.

　　Sure enough Vodka III's next words verified Lily's suspicions.

　　"The World Government has decided to send Rose Lily and Kaido into the Navy! Men, take them down!"

　　Clang! A huge iron cage fell from the sky.