One Piece: World Conquest Begins with Creating a Little Empress

"Don't you mermaids always wish to live in the sunlight?!"

"Regarding this, our Figarand family can help you achieve it."

Rouge smiled, ignoring the feigned authority on Neptune's face, and spoke softly.

"Oh?! You world nobles are so kind?"

"Could it be that we, the merfolk, are required to pay some humiliating or terrible price?!"

Neptune was slightly taken aback at first, then asked Rouge.

"Ha ha……"

“Our Figarand family would never do such a despicable thing…”

“We all know that the fish-men have wanted to live on land for a long time. Over the years, you have paid a heavy price and suffered great losses in order to live on land! So we intend to fulfill the fish-men’s long-cherished wish, nothing more.”

Rouge looked at Neptune, her words filled with the Figarand family's concern for Fishman Island.

"real?!"

Before Neptune could speak, Otohime became excited first.

"of course it's true……"

"In order to create a win-win situation for both Fishman Island and the Figarand family, our Figarand family intends to arrange a small marriage alliance with your Fishman Island..."

Upon hearing this, Rouge looked at Otohime and continued her sermon.

"Marriage?!"

After Rouge spoke, both Neptune and Otohime's expressions changed. They now knew exactly what Figarand was plotting!

"Our current head of the Figarand family, Xia Yasheng, intends to marry your mermaid princess to declare to the world the eternal friendship between humans and mermaids..."

Rouge looked at Otohime and Neptune with a smile and said softly.

"..."

As soon as Rouge finished speaking, Otohime's expression changed drastically. She said with a ferocious look, "Shirahoshi is only six years old!"

"It's alright! It'll be fine in twelve years..."

In response, Rouge looked at Otohime and said with a smile.

Chapter 141 Xia: That's right! I'm going to become the King of Arranged Marriages! I can rule the world through arranged marriages!

"you……"

After hearing Rouge's incredibly abstract statement, Otohime's eyes twitched incessantly. If Otohime hadn't known that Rouge was a Celestial Dragon, she would have rushed over and slapped Rouge's delicate cheeks hard with her slender hands.

"Fine, let me be a little more direct!"

"Poseidon, one of the three ancient weapons..."

"She alone must be taken in by our Figarand family!"

Rouge seemed to sense Otohime's dissatisfaction. She narrowed her eyes slightly and directly pointed out Shirahoshi's identity.

"..."

Upon hearing Rouge's words, Otohime's pupils constricted. The words she had intended to say stuck in her throat, rendering her unable to utter another word...

Otohime glanced deeply at Rayleigh, who stood beside Rouge, and thought to herself, "Besides a few fish-men, the only people who know Shirahoshi's identity are the members of Roger's pirate crew who once visited Fish-Man Island..."

"Could it be that the mighty 'Dark King' Rayleigh really betrayed Fish-Man Island?! He reported to the World Nobles that the Ancient Weapon 'Sea King' was actually Shirahoshi? Is that why the World Nobles landed on Fish-Man Island at this particular moment?"

"What should I do? Should I protect Shirahoshi, who is an Ancient Weapon, for my daughter's sake, or should I compromise with the World Nobles for the benefit of all the Fish-Men?!"

"You seem to have misunderstood..."

Rouge naturally saw through Otohime's misunderstanding of Rayleigh. She smiled first, then said softly, "Rayleigh didn't reveal a single thing about the mermaid princess Shirahoshi being the legendary ancient weapon 'Sea King' Poseidon!"

"what?"

Otohime paused slightly upon hearing Rouge's words.

What Rouge just said was completely different from what she had thought...

"Queen Otohime, you have seriously underestimated the intelligence of our World Government..."

"Our World Government has been able to rule the Earth for eight hundred years, not because of those childish games between the Navy and pirates! But because of absolute strength and a powerful intelligence network!"

"Our world has no secrets from the World Government or from the Celestial Dragons, who are descendants of gods!"

"So please rest assured, even without Rayleigh, our World Government will still come to Fish-Man Island to discuss the oversight of the Ancient Weapon 'Sea King' Poseidon..."

"Of course! Precisely because of Rayleigh's involvement, we intend to give Fishman Island a chance out of respect for him..."

"If the most esteemed person in the world, the head of the Figarand family, one of the world's most powerful families, were to marry a mermaid princess who is subject to discrimination and prejudice from humans, would anyone in this world dare to discriminate against mermaids or fish-men?"

"After all, even the head of the Figarand family, who is a direct descendant of God, has accepted the merfolk. So what reason do others have not to accept them?! Can any other human be more noble than Xia Yasheng, the son of God?"

Rouge explained the pros and cons of Char marrying Shirahoshi to Otohime, who was sitting on the queen's throne.

Of course, the reason why Rouge's words seem to have no drawbacks is...

The reason is that the union of Shirahoshi and Char is the best way to help the Fish-Men, Mermaids, and ordinary humans put aside their hatred!

Once achieved, it will be a time of universal celebration and world reunion...

"Please let me think about it some more..."

Princess Otohime frowned, still pondering whether the revival of a race should be built upon the happiness of a young girl.

"Stop thinking about it! Let's at least get engaged first!"

"As for the union of Shirahoshi and Char, it can be scheduled for twelve years from now."

"We don't need to rush at all..."

Rouge looked at Otohime and continued her sermon.

"What do you mean?"

Upon hearing this, Otohime looked at Rouge with a puzzled expression.

"Don't you understand yet?!"

"Who will Char marry...?"

"Who Shirahoshi marries doesn't matter!"

"The important thing is that we must get the fish-men, mermaids, and humans to put aside their hatred!"

"First, spread the word to force the fish-men, mermaids, and humans to unite and compel them to put aside their differences!"

"Of course, we will also enact laws to prohibit human trafficking later!"

"The Little People, the Long-Legged People, the Fish-Men and Mermaids, Humans, Giants..."

"All these human and demi-human races, all races without reproductive isolation, are subject to this law!"

"We can't do it secretly right now, but at least on the surface, we need to do it well and make everyone feel comfortable..."

Rouge seemed to have been with Char for quite some time; she was quite the seasoned politician. With a slight furrow in her brow, she gazed at Otohime and began to speak eloquently.

"Original, that's what it is!"

Upon hearing this, Otohime jumped up from her seat, her eyes fixed on Rouge with a fervent gaze and a fluttering smile on her face.

"I didn't know you could do it like that..."

Although Otohime didn't understand, she was deeply shocked.

"How about that?! A marriage alliance, isn't it amazing?"

Rouge looked at the excited Otohime, smiled slightly, and spoke softly.

"It's absolutely amazing..."

Princess Otohime looked dazed. The problem she had been unable to solve could actually be easily resolved through a marriage alliance! Yes, marriage alliances were the easiest way to tightly bind power together…

It can achieve effects that violence and conquest cannot!

The most important thing is that marriage can make all rule legitimate.

After all, although the rulers here have changed in name, the blood in their veins has not changed! The blood of the former king still flows within them…

Yes, Char doesn't need to do anything; he can make the Figarand family rule the entire world simply through arranged marriages! He, Char, is destined to become the king of arranged marriages…

"Aside from the arranged marriage..."

"There's one more thing I need to tell you!"

Rouge seemed to have thought of something. She looked at Otohime and spoke softly.

"whats the matter?!"

Upon hearing this, Otohime paused for a moment, then asked Rouge a question.

"Regarding the Seven Warlords of the Sea..."

"To make the fish-men and mermaids more acceptable to humans!"

"We need to find a way to create a hero who represents Fishman Island."