Chapter 27

"It doesn't matter, I just did it because I wanted to do it." Ragna said calmly.

The princes quickly offered their thanks to Ragna and Law.

"Thank you for saving my mother." The pink-haired giant mermaid said shyly. Despite her size, it was obvious from her appearance that she was still a kid.

Ragna looked at her and thought, 'So this is the famous Mermaid Princess Shirahoshi, aka Ancient Weapon Poseidon.'

It is already clear that Shirahoshi will be a very beautiful woman in the future.

Ragna involuntarily wanted to pet her head when he saw her cute behavior. But of course, it was quite hard. Especially as Shirahoshi gets bigger, it will be even more difficult.

Also, please don't get him wrong. Ragna just found her cute. Please don't call the FBI.

"You're welcome." Ragna said with an involuntary smile on his face. Later, he felt awkward as he felt that he was smiling. But luckily he remembered that he was wearing a mask.

"You guys are Jimbei's friends, right? I want to invite you to the palace. Do you want to come?" Otohime said gracefully.

Ragna glanced briefly at Law, then said, "Then I accept your invitation."

"Then come with us." Otohim said with a smile.

By that time, the fire had already been extinguished and many signature papers had been recovered.

Then, they mounted the Royal Family's mount and went towards Ryugu Palace.

Fukaboshi slowly approached Law and said, "Thank you again for helping us out there. I'm Fukaboshi, what's your name?"

Law replied briefly, "Trafalgar Law."

"Nice to meet you Law-san. From what I've just seen, you are very strong. I want to fight you if you want too." Fukaboshi said with a smile and then looking at Ragna added, "Of course I want to fight you too."

Obviously, Fukaboshi liked to fight strong people.

Law said, smiling candidly, "Of course I'd like to fight you."

Ragna just nodded. He was thinking that he could simply beat Fukaboshi without much difficulty. He agreed to fight him just because he was curious about the Merman Combat style.

Fukaboshi had a satisfied expression on his face because he got what he wanted.

At that time, Shirahoshi asked with a curious expression, "Ragna-sama, why are you wearing a mask?"

"I have to hide my face because I have a curse on my face." Ragna said.

"Curse!? What is that?" Shirahoshi asked with sparkly eyes. It was clear that this topic caught her interest.

As Ragna looked into her big sparkly blue eyes, he felt being drawn towards them.

"If someone stares at my face for too long, he turns to stone." Ragna said in a mysterious tone.

At that moment, Law looked at Ragna with a strange expression. It was the first time he had seen Ragna act like this.

When hearing this, Shirahoshi quickly ran away to get behind her mother. But because of her huge size, she was clearly can be seen. That's why she covered her face with her fingers. But she was still looking at Ragna through her fingers out of curiosity.

The others were also looking at Ragna strangely. Frankly, no one believed what he said.

Seeing her behavior, Ragna said with a laugh, "Hahaha! Don't be afraid, I'm just kidding."

Otohime smiled, trying to calm her daughter. After a while, she came out after her mother with a shy expression.

Later, they finally arrived at the Ryuga Palace.

When they entered the palace, they saw a gigantic merman speeding towards them. His size was even bigger than Shirahoshi.

Ragna thought, 'So he is King Neptune. He is truly the biggest person I have ever seen.'

Neptune quickly came near Otohime and said worriedly, "Otohime, are you okay!? I heard someone attacked you!"

Otohime tried to calm him while smiling, "Calm down, I'm fine. We successfully caught the perpetrators."

"What!? Where are they!" Neptune said angrily. It was easy to see from the expression on his face that he wanted to kill them.

"Neptune, calm down. You must not kill anyone, no matter what happens to me. Even if they kill me." Otohime said seriously.

Neptune had only to bow his head at her words. He could try to do what she wanted right now, but what if she died? Then could he really stand to not kill them? Frankly, he knew he would smash them to pieces without a second thought.

"Let me introduce you to people who have helped us a lot." Otohime said.

Then, she said as pointed to Ragna, "He is Ragna. He saved me just when I was about to get shot. Next to him is his friend Law. He also helped us a lot in catching perpetrators. Frankly, I don't know exactly what would have happened had it not been for them."

Neptune bowed his head slightly and said gratefully. "Thank you for saving my wife. Please stay here and I will organize a banquet for you."

"You are welcome. Of course, we will accept this banquet." Ragna said and then continued as pointed to Jimbei next to them, "I've been hearing about Fishman Island food from my friends for a long time. I cannot miss such an opportunity."

At that moment, Neptune said with a very loudly laugh, "Hoh hoh hoh hoh! Good! Then I will tell them to prepare the best foods tonight!"

[AN: According to the wiki, he is laughing like this.]

Ragna was surprised at his rapid change of mood. He was just about to cry, but suddenly he was able to laugh. But then he remembered the people laughing before he died and realized that it wasn't so strange after all.