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Nefertari Vivi had never thought that her days as a bounty hunter and member of Baroque Works would turn out like this. 

Her purpose for joining this organization was good, and that was because she felt a suspicion toward this organization was related to all the tragedies that had happened in her country, the Arabasta Kingdom.

As the princess of the Arabasta Kingdom, there was no doubt her act was simply the kind one never expected since who would imagine the princess, who stood above many, would become a bounty hunter and member of Baroque Works and because of that, while many were reluctant, they decided to believe in her, especially when she had someone she could trust to follow her. 

More importantly, Vivi wasn't a weak princess who needed to be protected, and because of that, her infiltration was successful. Even though she wasn't the most powerful member, she had made a name for herself as "Miss Wednesday."

By gaining such a nickname, naturally, she was acknowledged, and she felt that she had become closer to the mysterious boss behind this organization, who appeared in her country.

Still, she had to admit that this job suited her well since she only needed to fight the pirates and rob them. Naturally, some of her actions couldn't be said to be a good thing as she also stole from many, especially those gullible nobles and many other types of people. 

The pirate aside, her other action was bad, she knew that, but she didn't kill them, which was good, right?

Her job was good, and the more she entered this role, the more trust she could gain from the organization, which made her closer to the truth. The next target happened to be the Drum Kingdom, which was quite close to her country. 

"Stealing a ship?" 

When Vivi heard that quest, she felt confused since what kind of a ship had made the organization, and many people wished to steal. 

Yet, she didn't have much of a thought at that time; she just thought about finishing her job as soon as possible. Her quest was just to steal a ship, so it should be easy, right? 

As she thought so, she couldn't help but marvel at the ship that her organization was about to steal. 

"What a magnificent ship..." 

"It's so huge!" 

"Is it made from a metal?" 

When all the ships in this world were made from wood, there was no doubt that Venus, Masa's ship that was built with metal, was something that caused many to marvel, especially when its appearance could be appreciated by all genders. 

Beautiful, yet majestic. 

Venus. 

This single word somehow made all of the people nod, thinking that this name was suitable. 

"Still, how do you sail it?" 

"Just like how a normal ship, right? Look, it has masts." 

"The masts are kind of different, though." 

"Yet, I have to say, the owner is kind of careless." 

"If I had such a ship, I would keep it guarded 24 hours a day!" 

Yeah, if all of them had such a ship, they would stay on this ship forever, but the fact that no one was around and no one appeared to protect this ship showed how careless the owner was. 

Still, if someone could own such a ship, then it could only be one person, right?

"Is it owned by King Wapol?" 

"It doesn't matter, right?" 

"Yeah, who cares about that evil king!" 

Vivi also nodded, thinking of her past experience during the meeting between the kings when Wapol slapped her deliberately. When she thought of that, thinking that this ship was owned by Wapol, she became even more excited, thinking what kind of a face that guy would show when he saw his ship had gone.

"Then, let's start!" 

As everyone was ready to move and rob this ship, all of a sudden, many things came out from under the snow and stuck to parts of their bodies. 

"Ah!"

"It hurts!"

"W-What's happening?!" 

Everyone was startled when all of them had lost the feelings of their bodies. After intense pain, their bodies could only lay helplessly like a dead fish on the chopping board. 

"W-What is this?!" 

Vivi tried to escape, trying to observe from a distance, but it was too late. Part of her body was stuck, and she couldn't move. 

Yet, even if everyone couldn't move, they hadn't lost consciousness, and they found the mysterious attackers were a group of cute cats. 

"It's done, nyaa~!" 

"Well done, nyaa~!" 

"I am going to report to Masa-sama, nyaa~!" 

"Wait, nyaa! Let me, nyaa~!" 

"No, it's me, nyaa~!" 

Those group of cute cats somehow fought each other on the snow, which made all of them show a silly smile. 

'Cute~!' 

All of them thought, but when Masa and his group appeared, it was like the sun; the day quickly turned into a night without any hope, especially when the cats started to kill all of them with happy smiles on their faces. 

This wasn't the land of dreams, Vivi thought. 

"Let's make the fish fat, nyaa~!" 

"Fish is good~! Fish is nice~!" 

"Fish~! Fish~! Fish~!" 

As the cats danced, shaking their tails and buttocks, they killed the members of the Baroque works, then worked together to throw them into the sea. 

"Oh, burying them in the earth is also good. It can become nutrients for the earth." 

"...is that something you should say now?" 

"We shouldn't be wasteful, right?" 

"Well, that's true." 

"...." 

This was a nightmare, yet even so, she couldn't look away from Masa, and her eyes kept staring at him in a daze until she heard the voice of Igaram, the one who was in charge of protecting her. 

"P-Please don't kill us! No, just don't kill her! She is the princess of the Arabasta Kingdom, Nefertari Vivi." 

As expected, when those words fell, the act of killing stopped and attracted the attention of Masa and the three women by his side. 

Masa looked at Vivi for a moment, then looked at the cats. "Continue." 

"Okay, Masa-sama~!" 

While Igaram was nervous, he was glad that Vivi wouldn't die, but Vivi quickly begged, "Ah, please don't kill Igaram, too!"

"Leave the old guy, too." 

"Okay, nyaa~!" 

The cats then left Vivi and Igaram alive and continued to kill the others. 

"Ah, please help me, too!" 

"Princess Vivi! Help us!" 

"Princess!" 

Everyone thought that they had hope as long as Vivi asked Masa to save them, but unfortunately—

"Please, let—" 

Masa had already left as he talked with his women about something else, letting the cats handle the rest. 

Yet, because of that, Vivi had to endure the resentment, anger, and cries of despair from many who begged her to save them, including her partner in the Baroque Works. 

"Vivi!" 

Vivi couldn't do anything; she watched the cats kill those people like they did nothing much, causing her heart to be shaken slightly until Igaram said, "Just close your eyes, Vivi-sama." 

"No, I won't..." Vivi took a deep breath and said, "I... will hold on." 

Why was she saved? 

Why couldn't the others be saved?

Well, it was simple, because they were all just normal people and she was the princess of a nearby kingdom, and because she was a princess that she was—

"Princess Vivi, is that you?" 

In the prison where Vivi and Igaram were kept, Dalton looked at Vivi in surprise. 

"You are..." Vivi was confused, then remembered. "You are... Dalton?" During the meeting between all the leaders of the countries and kingdoms, Levely had seen Dalton by Wapol's side. 

"Fortunately, you are alright..." Dalton thought for a moment and said, "I will save you from here!" 

"...." 

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Why is Masa here? 

Well, a certain pirate will come soon. 

Also, there are a total of 70 advanced chapters now~! 

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