King Arthur, Apprentice of Roger’s Company Chapter 153

Character name suggestions:

Kozuki Hiyori – 光月日和

Kozuki Toki – 光月时

Kozuki Oden – 光月御田

Kozuki Momonosuke – 光月桃之助

Kozuki Sukiyaki – 光月寿喜烧

Orochi – 黑炭大蛇

Kurozumi Higurashi – 黑炭暮蝉

Kin’emon – 锦卫门

Shimotsuki Ushimaru – 霜月牛丸

Fugetsu Omusubi – 风月御结

Uzuki Tempura – 雨月天麸罗

Rayleigh – 雷利

Shakky – 夏琪

Neptune – 尼普顿

Arthur – 亚瑟

The new Shogun of Wano Country: Kozuki Hiyori.

Although!

The current Kozuki Hiyori is only 2 years old, clearly knowing nothing, yet! Despite her young age, she has already been revered as the supreme Shogun of Wano Country, implying supreme status. She looked at the fervent citizens below, and the various families of Wano Country, and couldn’t help but look up at her mother.

Kozuki Toki gently whispered, “Hiyori, look closely at these people. They don’t truly wish to accompany you. For them, all they want is Wano Country, which you represent. By obtaining you, they obtain Wano Country.”

“I understand.”

“Mother!”

Kozuki Hiyori nodded seriously and said, “I will definitely not let them get Wano Country!”

“Mm!”

Kozuki Toki nodded gently. The succession ceremony continued, and after a long and complicated ritual, everything drew to a close. At the same time! The news of Ashura Doji becoming the Daimyo of Kuri was announced to everyone.

Regarding this!

Mm!

Indeed, no one had any objections. Undeniably! Among all regions of Wano Country, Kuri’s strength was absolutely the strongest. However! A huge problem was that Kuri was simply too chaotic, and the local customs were truly ‘simple and honest.’ In such a region, if you wanted to do some research?

Hehehe~~~

Then!

One can only say you’re truly overthinking it. If you want to research the territory and people of Wano Country’s Kuri region, then! It’s completely meaningless. As the saying goes, apart from Kozuki Oden, Kozuki Toki, and Ashura Doji, even Kozuki Momonosuke and Kozuki Hiyori cannot make those people submit. That’s simply unrealistic!

Precisely because of this!

Under such a special situation, anyone who isn’t an idiot knows what’s going on. Precisely because of this! Even if some people truly have some special thoughts about the Kuri region, yet! It’s utterly meaningless. Such thoughts are completely meaningless.

This matter has temporarily come to an end. As for other things?

Hmm~~~

There aren’t any other matters. After all, the Oniwabanshu are the Shogun’s private ninja troops, not something outsiders can meddle with. Of course! Historically, there haven’t been people with ideas, but! It’s completely meaningless. However! At this point in time, some people certainly have other ideas.

After all!

Wano Country is truly just an orphaned daughter and a widowed mother right now. Under such a structure, what will the outcome be? In fact! This is already self-evident. Many people’s goals are actually self-evident.

As long as Kozuki Hiyori is controlled, everything in Wano Country in the future will belong to them. In other words, isn’t this getting both wealth and beauty? Although! Kozuki Hiyori is only two years old, yet! Beauty, this thing, can truly be seen from a young age. This isn’t something that can only be seen in the future; it can be seen now.

Kozuki Toki understood all of this. She was a clever woman, but precisely because of this, Kozuki Toki felt helpless. It was truly a frustrating helplessness! In such a situation in Wano Country, no matter who it was, they would find it extremely difficult to handle.

…

Splash, splash~~~

Splash, splash~~~

As the water slowly flowed, Arthur was quietly sipping tea in the Shogun’s residence, smiling, “Lady Kozuki, it seems! In Wano Country, there will still be many troubles ahead! With the deaths of Mr. Kozuki and Momonosuke, those people have now set their sights on you and your daughter.”

Arthur naturally saw it very clearly, but! To be honest, he himself found it absurd. How did Kozuki Oden just die? This is simply his mother opening the door for absurdity, it’s absurd to the extreme!

This is truly too absurd. Such an almost guaranteed victory in war, yet the final outcome turned out to be a two-for-three situation?

Kozuki Momonosuke died, and his death was just that. Indeed! Although he had guessed it, it was too late to react, and it just ended like that. And what’s more! Kozuki Sukiyaki and Kozuki Oden actually traded two for two with Kurozumi Higurashi and Orochi? Good heavens! This is truly absurd!

Arthur truly didn’t know what to say about this. All in all! This situation can be summed up in two words: absurd!!!

“Alas.”

Kozuki Toki sighed lightly, softly saying, “Yes! I can see it too. Now, in Wano Country, with Oden’s death, many people! Even those families who once served the Shogun, who were once his retainers, now! They all have different ideas.”

Shimotsuki Ushimaru, Fugetsu Omusubi, Uzuki Tempura.

These people!

Every Daimyo of Wano Country was once a retainer of Kozuki Sukiyaki. And what do they represent? In fact! It’s already self-evident. However! With the death of Kozuki Sukiyaki, and the death of Kozuki Oden, do they truly submit to Kozuki Hiyori? Not really! After all, in Wano Country, the status of women is actually not high, regardless of how wise or capable Kozuki Toki is.

A woman is a woman, this point! Is absolutely undeniable. And Kozuki Toki and Kozuki Hiyori, this mother and daughter, inheriting the position of Shogun of Wano Country, many people are not satisfied. However! Although dissatisfied, they don’t plan to get involved. But…

If there was an opportunity, some small actions would be considered. One can only say! These things are right before their eyes, and all of this is what makes people feel most helpless!

“Alas!”

Kozuki Toki sighed again, “Sometimes, power is just like this. Clearly! They have no intentions, but! When the person they serve encounters problems, then! Naturally, problems will arise!”

Kozuki Toki saw this very clearly. In fact! That’s how it is in ancient families.

Retainers, subjects, these people, they pay more attention to the master’s or emperor’s offspring than to the master himself. After all! In an era where human lives were cheap, who knew when the master would die? If there were no offspring to pledge loyalty to, then! Everything would almost instantly collapse, and that wouldn’t be an exaggeration at all.

Precisely because of this!

The situation throughout Wano Country is the same. They are loyal to the Kozuki clan, and now? Kozuki Hiyori is a girl! If she were a wise and brave empress, that would be one thing, but! Kozuki Hiyori is just a child! And what will be the outcome of such a child?

This is something no one knows! Everyone is very worried, precisely because of this! This is what makes it most troublesome and difficult.

After all!

No one knows what the outcome of this matter will be. What will happen if it’s handled well? What will happen if it’s not handled well?

This!

Is what makes people feel most helpless!

“Hoo~~~”

Sipping his tea, Arthur exhaled a warm breath, smiling, “Indeed! Looking at it now, it is truly so! The situation in Wano Country has fallen into such turmoil. Lady Kozuki, apart from your retainers, you truly have no one else you can trust.”

Arthur smiled and shook his head. For those former retainers, the Five Great Families! In fact, everything is meaningless. When the Shogun is truly weak, facing the power of the Wano Country Shogun, not everyone can maintain their original intentions.

Of course!

Arthur was truly not interested in these things, completely uninterested from beginning to end. You can do whatever you want. Although! His goal was also to control Wano Country, the problem was, should he bully an orphaned daughter and a widowed mother?

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Arthur felt he couldn’t stoop that low. So! He could protect Wano Country, and through such means, incorporate Wano Country as a vassal state, but! To bully Kozuki Toki and Kozuki Hiyori like everyone else?

Forget it!

Forget it!

It’s not about trying to have his cake and eat it too, it’s mainly too embarrassing! Arthur’s goal isn’t just focused on this one Wano Country. What will Wano Country be like in the future? That’s a future matter?! But! No matter what, Wano Country is just Wano Country, right?

This is something you must admit! The entire structure of Wano Country is like this. Precisely because of this, under such circumstances, naturally! In the outside world? He hasn’t even fully explored this vast and boundless ocean yet, and he’s just fixated on one Wano Country?

Don’t talk about Wano Country having abundant resources, don’t talk about Wano Country having this or that. Arthur understands these things very well, because! These are truly meaningless to him!

No matter how you look at it, these are simply laid out before him. He knows what’s going on, and he understands what it means! It’s just! Completely meaningless! The future path is still the future path! It’s just the path under his feet! Truly meaningless!

“Hoo~~~”

Exhaling a turbid breath, Arthur pondered, “Lady Kozuki, because of our transaction, for a short time! I can help you protect Wano Country. However! This is not a long-term solution. You need to consider letting Hiyori grow up. Not only that! Are Kin’emon and the others loyal? Perhaps! They are loyal enough, but! As time passes, will they still be so loyal? These! Are all things that need to be considered.”

Arthur’s words weren’t pleasant to hear, even! Very blunt, but such blunt words were the most direct.

“Mm!”

Kozuki Toki also pondered slightly and nodded. Indeed! Just as little Arthur said, that’s right! Now Arthur has a transaction with Wano Country, and as long as the transaction is ongoing, then! Naturally, Wano Country can be protected, but…

What if Arthur leaves in the future?

Clearly!

This situation is normal, and! Are Kin’emon and the others truly eternally loyal? This is also a problem! Don’t find it strange, the human heart is the most fickle! All so-called loyalty is actually meaningless. Only true interests and strength are the most important things.

Arthur is very clear on this point, even extremely clear. He trusts the Knights of the Round Table not just because they are the Knights of the Round Table, but also because they cannot betray him once summoned, possessing endless loyalty. This is the true reason he trusts them!

“So!”

After clarifying the topic, Arthur continued, “Lady Kozuki, you have many things to consider next, but! There won’t be any problems in the short term, and as long as the transaction continues, I will also send people to Wano Country to be stationed! In that case, helping you stabilize the situation will not be a problem.”

Arthur was very calm. These things, to him, were truly nothing. He still had 20 Devil Fruits in his hand that hadn’t been summoned! If he were to summon them, who knew what he would summon, what if he summoned some monster?

Now!

Arthur had already figured out his broken, three-no-system. He summoned not only his Knights of the Round Table but also Knights of the Round Table from the Fairy Country Britain and other people. One could only say! This system was gradually going off track, but of course! Whether it was going off track or not, that was a minor issue, truly nothing to be too concerned about.

“I know.”

Kozuki Toki also nodded seriously. She looked at Arthur and knew that merely relying on herself and her daughter, protecting Wano Country would not be an easy task.

At the same time!

Kozuki Toki had an idea. She naturally knew some things, for example! Rayleigh and Shakky’s promised wedding for Arthur, Arthur’s wedding with the next Empress of Amazon Lily, the island of women.

Arthur’s wedding with the Ryugu Kingdom of Fish-Man Island, and Neptune was like crazy, willing to stake all his cards on Arthur. At this moment! Pondering these things, Kozuki Toki seemed to understand something, a smile appearing at the corner of her mouth. She also understood that, if that was the case, then this choice seemed to be the best!

Yes!

Choosing Arthur…

Hmm~~~

Such a choice, in many people’s eyes, is actually nothing strange. After all! If one chooses Arthur or chooses other people in this country, it’s actually no different at all! After all, Arthur also has greedy ambitions, (Nord’s) and will also control Wano Country, and aren’t others the same?

But!!!

Kozuki Toki had a different idea, the reason was very simple! In Kozuki Toki’s opinion, Arthur’s ambition was even greater, so great that it could devour everything. And if that was the case, then! What would the final outcome be?

In fact!

This is already self-evident. Although Arthur might have ideas about Wano Country, he wouldn’t truly value it that much. Or rather! In Arthur’s eyes, Wano Country is probably just like this. As long as it nominally belongs to him, it will still belong to Kozuki Hiyori in the future.

Precisely because of this!

This is the most important core. Kozuki Hiyori can still control Wano Country, but there will be someone above her, instead of being completely devoured by others within Wano Country, ultimately leaving nothing behind!

These two points are very important.

“Hmm?!”

Arthur keenly sensed something strange. His brow furrowed. He felt like something was wrong, his intuition told him something wasn’t right, but! His Observation Haki swept over and found nothing amiss?

“Did something go wrong?”

Arthur secretly narrowed his eyes, starting to ponder in his mind. Finally, he shook his head, secretly saying, “Forget it! Forget it! This matter, for now, is not important, no need to think about it further.”

Arthur still shook his head, simply assuming his intuition was mistaken, although he knew it would absolutely not make any mistakes.

At this moment, Kozuki Toki suddenly smiled and said, “Arthur, I know you’re already engaged twice! So! How about getting engaged a third time in Wano Country? I hope you can get engaged to Kozuki Hiyori!”

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