Chapter 138 - Chapter 140

Amell was sitting inside his office and Sylvia was sitting on his desk with a pure and gentle smile on her face. "Are you sure you're not going to go see Robin? I know she's on some super-secret and dangerous mission and whatnot, but don't you think she deserves to at the least know that you have returned?" Sylvia said and put her hand on top of Amell's hand that was resting on the desk.

"I don't want to jeopardise her mission. And I don't know how she will react to seeing me, maybe she will lose her resolve to finish her mission." Amell gripped Sylvia's hand tighter. Robin was one of his soft spots. The disappointment and guilt he felt for leaving her all those years ago made it harder for him to approach Robin again.

"Give her some credit, Love. She is not a ten-year-old girl anymore. Now she is a strong and young woman, so stop expecting the worst and go see your granddaughter." Sylvia said with a little sterner tone of voice.

*sigh* "You're right. I have been expecting the worst, haven't I?" Amell almost laughed at his own irrational fear.

"On another note," Amell said and stood up, "Have you seen Orlando lately?" He looked at Sylvia, but she shook her head slowly.

"Maybe he found a good place to build a nest with Ms Gold. If you know what I mean." Sylvia said and hit Amell with her most seductive gaze.

"Yeah, imagine that," Amell said while dreading the thought of hundreds of Tiny Orlando's flying around everywhere.

"Well, I'll be off then," Amell said and walked towards the door, but not before giving a quick but meaningful kiss to Sylvia.

"have fun!" She yelled to him as he disappeared out of the room.

Outside of his building and on the edge of his island, he stood still with closed eyes. All around him, pirates stood ready and waited for orders or simply just to gaze at him since he was one of the worlds most mysterious dangerous individuals.

"Out of the way!" Minerva, one of the inner circle members yelled as she squeezed through the crowd of pirates. She pushed through finally and found herself behind Amell.

"What's up, Captain? Anything on your mind?" She said in quite the casual tone. Some pirate behind whispered something in line with, "Talking so casually to an emperor. As expected of someone from the inner circle." And Minerva with her pride and high ego smiled arrogantly after hearing that.

"I was on my way to meet my granddaughter," Amell said with his eyes still closed. He was searching for Robin around the world through his connection with the elements. And this act by itself proved how immensely powerful he was.

"Let me follow along, Captain. I can't let you go out there alone!" Minerva said in an odd show of loyalty which is something she usually never displayed. Maybe this behaviour was evidence for just how much she respected his power or the authority that his name represented around the world.

"Are you saying I can't protect myself?" Amell didn't need to look at her to know that she just started sweating. Thinking that she just insulted an emperor didn't exactly make her feel good.

"No, not at all, Captain. I just think it should be standard procedure to always have someone accompany you." Minerva tried to quickly ease Amell's anger, having no idea he was just screwing with her.

"haha, I'm just teasing you, Minerva. Of course, you can follow along, but I have only one question for you." Amell smiled evilly and said, "Can you swim?"

"Yeah, I don't have a devil fruit," Minerva answered with a respectful tone, but secretly she was a little annoyed that she fell for his teasing.

"Good," Amell reached back and grabbed a hold of Minerva's collar and with one smooth motion, pulled her towards him and threw her over the edge of the island and towards the sea below. "I'll meet you down there." He said and waved towards her with a smile.

"CAPTAIN!" Minerva's scream disappeared quickly as she pierced the clouds and free fell towards the ocean.

Amell smiled in success then jumped off and dove after her. Minerva came fastly approaching the water surface. And all she could do was to cover her body in haki and hope for the best. But death couldn't get to her this day as Amell had appeared below her and he was standing on the water surface. He performed a slight circular motion with his index finger and Minerva started slowing down until she was just hovering inches above the water and staring Amell straight in the eyes.

"I don't know what to say," She said in a stone-cold tone like she had no life left in her body.

"Well, you're alive, that's a positive." Amell turned the water under them into ice and he dropped Minerva down on it.

"What is this ability? I thought Aokiji had the only ice fruit." She looked at Amell in confusion.

"I haven't eaten any fruit. This isn't a devil fruit ability." He motioned with his hand and the ice platform started moving forward.

"Amazing," Minerva whispered as she stared at Amell with respect and awe evident inside her eyes.

"We have quite the distance to cover so hold on." The speed picked up and Minerva had to dig her fingers into the ice to not fly off it.

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