Since they still had to head to Wano Country to check on the situation, the Whitebeard Pirates did not linger for long.

After finishing the banquet and playing with the Felynes for a while, their fleet departed from the island.

With the Whitebeard Pirate departure, Sherwin naturally had no reason to stay on the island any longer. They subsequently returned to the Dodo Advance and set sail for the next island.

"Hehe... hehehehe..."

Sherwin was currently comforting the Dodo Advance, who had been hiding earlier, when he suddenly heard a strange burst of laughter coming from nearby.

Turning his head, he saw it was that little fool, Sanji Meow.

"What are you giggling about?"

Sherwin curiously tugged at his ear.

To his surprise, Sanji Meow didn’t retaliate against him as usual. He maintained that same silly grin and answered with a face full of bliss, "Hehe... Sister Sasha Conqueror Haki awakened because of me, meow~"

Sherwin: "..."

Isn’t your reaction time a bit too long?

Just as Sherwin was thinking about how to discipline this over-the-moon little yellow cat, Dodo Advance, crouching on Sherwin head, and Klee Meow, perched on his shoulder, tilted their heads in unison.

"Is Brother Sanji planning to take Sister Sasha as his mother, meow?"

"Is Brother Sanji planning to take Sister Sasha as his mother, meow?"

"Eh? Mo-mother or whatever... that too strange, meow!"

Sasha Meow shook her head frantically, her small paws waving back and forth like windshield wipers.

Yamato and Kaido Meow, who felt collateral damage from the comment: "..."

Sanji Meow: "..."

(ω)

If those words had come from Sherwin, the yellow Felyne would have delivered a flying kick without a second thought.

But since they came from Klee Meow and Dodo Advance, the two most beloved little sisters on the ship, Sanji Meow could only remain silent in a fit of gloom.

Equally frustrated and embarrassed, Sasha Meow hurried to change the subject. "By the way, Klee, what was that about Naruto you mentioned earlier? Can you tell me about it, meow?"

"Yes, yes!"

(=＞＜=)

Klee Meow leaped down from Sherwin shoulder, grabbing Sasha Meow arm as she began to rapidly recount the tale of Naruto the Ninja Felyne. "Naruto is the protagonist of a story Sherwin told us, meow..."

Listening to and telling stories were among Klee Meow favorite hobbies.

In fact, judging by the little ragdoll behavior, she seemed to enjoy the telling even more.

Despite having repeated stories like Naruto the Ninja Felyne to several of the newer Felynes already, she remained as enthusiastic as ever.

Furthermore, with every retelling, Klee Meow would constantly add details she had thought up herself, causing the explosion-related scenes in Sherwin stories to scale up significantly.

Despite smuggling in her own little additions, it had to be admitted that Klee Meow was quite talented at storytelling.

Her rendition of Naruto the Ninja Felyne was full of ups and downs, leaving Sasha Meow and Yamato—who was also hearing it for the first time—crying out in excitement, completely immersed in her tale.

Even the Felynes who had heard it before, like Dodo Advance and Jinx, and even Sherwin himself, listened with great interest.

...

After the battle with Kaido in Wano, Sherwin and the others enjoyed a relatively peaceful period. It wasn’t just them the entire sea seemed remarkably calm, as if everyone had suddenly decided to behave.

Originally, Wano might have attracted the greed of the World Government and other pirates without Kaido "protection." However, once the Whitebeard Pirates arrived, Wano immediately began flying Whitebeard flag.

Fujitora, who was originally meant to provide backup, didn’t even get a chance to act before all the various monsters and demons eyeing the country were scared off.

On Sherwin side, in addition to mapping out several more islands, Haibara Meow experiment regarding "a Zoan-type fruit user eating a duplicate Devil Fruit" finally yielded results...

Nothing happened. It was harmless, but there were no other effects. For Yamato, the duplicate Okuchi-no-Makami fruit was simply a very foul-tasting apple.

Then, when Sherwin placed the feline-made Okuchi-no-Makami fruit in front of the Felynes, it was met with the usual cold shoulder.

For Huamei and the other Felynes who disliked bathing, even a Mythical Zoan fruit more precious than a Logia was less attractive than a Paramecia-type "Pseudo-Logia."

Even the few Felynes who didn’t mind the water had no interest in the Okuchi-no-Makami subspecies...

"I don’t want to turn into a Palamute meow! And didn’t I say it before? I actually quite like swimming, so I don’t want to become a landlubber meow."

Sanji Meow folded his arms and answered Sherwin question with a look of utter disdain. Nearby, Link Meow nodded his little head in full agreement.

Yamato, who had quite a bit of blood drawn by Haibara Meow to create this fruit, remained silent.

Sherwin had considered eating it himself. After all, it was a Mythical Zoan, and the Okuchi-no-Makami powers weren’t bad—the freezing ability was on par with Kuzan, and it offered the powerful recovery speed unique to Zoan types.

However, considering the ship already had Yamato, Purah Meow, and Suika Meow using ice-attribute abilities—and Kaido Meow could be counted as well—there was really no need for him to join them.

Of course, it absolutely wasn’t because a certain Hunter was worried about turning into a "Palamute" and being laughed at by the Felynes.

Consequently, the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit (duplicate), which would be incredibly precious to the outside world, ended up being tossed into Sherwin storage bag to gather dust.

"Sherwin, Klee wants to hear a new story meow~"

(=ω=)

After resolving the issue of the cat-made Devil Fruit, the little ragdoll immediately rubbed her head against Sherwin to act spoiled.

While Sherwin and the others were wandering around exploring the map, Klee Meow hadn’t been idle either.

She had retold all the stories Sherwin had mentioned before to Sasha Meow, Yamato, and Touma Meow.

After thoroughly satisfying her urge to be a "storyteller," Klee Meow urge to "listen to stories" returned.

"You haven’t told us a new story in a long time! When Bonney called last time, she was even asking Klee Meow~"

"That right, that right! You have time to update the Travel Guide, so you must tell us a new story today, Meow!"

(=`н=)

Sanji Meow keenly noticed that Sasha Meow was also interested, so he immediately jumped out to chime in: "Otherwise, I won’t be your food consultant anymore, Meow!"

"Alright, alright."

Sherwin shrugged indifferently. He didn’t have much to do lately anyway otherwise, he wouldn’t have released the "Gran Tesoro Chapter" and the "Wano Country Chapter" of the New World Travel Guide in succession during this period.

But...

What kind of story should he tell?

Sherwin scratched his head, and his gaze suddenly landed on Sasha Meow.

"I’ve got it!" He scooped up Sasha Meow and squeezed her little paws, saying, "How about I tell you a story based on Sasha—Saint Seiya Meow!"