The next day,
"Princess Lashara, it's an envoy from the Holy Land."
Kea's eyes lit up as she watched the approaching ship in the distance and reported to Lashara beside her.
"Oh my, oh my, I can finally hand over this burden of the Seikishin!"
Lashara exclaimed with a look of relief.
"I can finally hand over this burden of the Seikishin!"
Just as Lashara was celebrating finally getting rid of the burden, a sarcastic voice came from behind her.
Lashara turned to look at the source of the voice.
Zhong Chen was lying on a beach chair, holding a leibi, and mimicking Lashara's words with a playful expression.
Behind him, Sakuya, dressed in a maid uniform, was holding a tray filled with her homemade desserts.
"Hmph! I really don't know who the employer is between me and this Guy; he lives a more comfortable life than I do."
"Sakuya is such an excellent maid, I don't know why she's so devoted to this Guy."
Lashara glanced at Sakuya, who was quietly standing behind Zhong Chen, and spoke with seven parts envy and three parts jealousy.
Although she had only known Sakuya for a few days, in these few days, Sakuya had successfully conquered everyone in Hakucho Castle.
She was a master of all household chores, extremely quick to learn, picking up anything instantly, and her combat prowess was inhumanly strong.
Even her cooking skills were so exceptional that others couldn't even hope to compare.
Even the equally versatile Swordsman directly stated that he was no match for Izayoi Sakuya.
"You can just be envious, Sakuya is a woman you'll never have, because she only belongs to me!"
Zhong Chen teased Lashara with a proud expression, while Sakuya, standing behind him, blushed slightly.
"Tch!"
Hearing Zhong Chen's words, Lashara let out a displeased "Tch" and didn't continue to argue with Zhong Chen.
Because she knew that if she continued, she would be the one to suffer.
"Heh ya, the little girl is getting smarter."
Zhong Chen said with a surprised expression, looking at Lashara, who wasn't talking back.
"Mr. Zhong Chen, please stop teasing Princess Lashara. We're about to reach the Holy Land, so you should probably pack your things, right?"
Kea, seeing that they were about to enter the docking area, said to Zhong Chen with a helpless expression.
"Alright, alright, I'll give you face, little girl. Sakuya, let's go back and pack."
For some reason, ever since Zhong Chen had advanced to the Soul Transformation Realm, he felt like everyone else was a little girl.
Now that he was a Golden Immortal, he felt even older than everyone else, by an unknown amount of years.
He was clearly only 23 years old! No, he would be 24 soon.
Thinking of this, Zhong Chen realized that he had been transmigrated for almost a year without even noticing.
Many things had happened this year: he had his own family, countless loyal subordinates, and a country he had painstakingly built.
"I wonder what Rimuru is doing now. Clayman should have been dealt with by her a long time ago!"
At this moment, in the Pirate World,
"Hmph hmph! I am the Emperor of the world, what I say goes!"
Rimuru, with Milim and Ramiris, proudly commanded the figure standing by the grill.
"But, there are no ingredients left, Lord Rimuru!"
The figure explained bitterly to Rimuru.
"Eh? Didn't Shinobu prepare a lot of ingredients? How could they be gone so quickly? You must have secretly eaten them!"
Rimuru heard the figure's explanation with an expression of disbelief.
Seeing Rimuru's disbelief, the figure immediately pointed in another direction and said:
"All the ingredients were eaten by them. If you don't believe me, you can go ask them yourself."
Rimuru looked in the direction the figure pointed, only to see Guy, Veldora, Benimaru, and others drinking and frantically eating grilled skewers.
"Ah ah ah! Veldora, you Guys actually ate all the ingredients!"
"Indeed, Guy, how could you eat everything? There are no ingredients left! Damn it!"
"That's right, Master, you eat too much!"
The figure, having successfully shifted the blame, let out a soft sigh of relief.
In his heart, he kept complaining about his old man. He said, you, a former Four Emperors, went to be the security captain of Academy City, and I won't say anything about that.
But you can't screw over your son like this, can you? I, the dignified Fire Fist Ace, actually ended up working as a waiter in a barbecue restaurant.
Not only am I exploited by that hateful woman every day, but now I even have to grill meat for these little ancestors.
Are my abilities meant for this?!
Thinking of this, he envied his two younger brothers. Luffy traveled freely with his crew, adventuring everywhere.
His second brother, Sabo, was also rising steadily in the government department, but he alone had fallen to this state.
Whoosh... Souka's figure instantly appeared before Rimuru and the others.
Souka placed her right hand on her chest and first bowed to Rimuru, then turned to Ace and said:
"Ace, there's a mission. Lord Souei requires you to investigate the Germa Kingdom wandering in the North Blue."
"I hear they have some bad intentions."
Hearing Souka's words, Ace's face immediately lit up with surprise. A mission? A mission is good!
Doing missions was better than serving these little ancestors here.
That's right, being a barbecue restaurant waiter was just Ace's public identity.
His true identity was a member of the Covert Operations Unit under Souei's leadership.
As for why Ace joined the Covert Operations Unit, that's another story.
In any case, Ace would go to the orphanage every day after work to see Portgas D. Rouge, who was the director there.
"Yes! I'll depart immediately!"
"Lord Rimuru, as you can see, I have a mission to carry out, so I can only have someone else grill for you!"
After speaking, Ace ran towards the sea. When he reached the shore, he took a capsule from his pocket, pressed it, and threw it into the sea.
A puff of smoke flashed, and a single-person yacht appeared by the sea. Ace quickly jumped on it and sped away as if escaping.
"Are we that scary? He ran away so fast!"
Rimuru looked at the rapidly disappearing yacht with a speechless expression, muttering to herself.
"Lord Rimuru, if you don't mind, how about this subordinate prepares the meal for you?"
Diablo, who had been serving as a butler nearby, saw an opportunity and quickly ran over to volunteer.
"Eh? That's fine, but there are no ingredients left."
Rimuru said, pointing to the empty plates with a helpless expression.
Diablo, however, said excitedly:
"You don't have to worry about that at all, this subordinate has already prepared fresh ingredients!"
With that, Diablo waved his hand, and countless fresh vegetables and meats appeared before everyone.
"Wow! Diablo, you're amazing! I didn't expect you to have already prepared everything!"
Rimuru looked at the dazzling array of ingredients before her, praising Diablo with an excited expression.
"Ah! Thank you for your praise, this is all my duty!"
"I believe my cooking skills will not disappoint you!"
Diablo said loudly with a confident expression.
He had specifically consulted Sakuya to please Zhong Chen and Rimuru.
Sakuya's cooking skills, well, those who know, know.
"Alright! Then I'll trouble you, Diablo!"
"It's my honor..."