Unknowingly, a year passed.
Under York's governance, the entire Sky Island underwent tremendous changes.
Simply put, it was flourishing.
Dragon saw all this with his own eyes. While shocked inwardly, he also developed a strong sense of identification with York.
Even though a privileged class still existed under York's rule in Sky Island, far from the idealized fairness Dragon craved most.
But just as York once said.
Meals must be eaten bite by bite, and roads walked step by step. Leaping directly from the age of slavery to an era of absolute fairness in one step is impossible.
For their generation, abolishing slavery completely, sweeping old nobles into the dustbin of history, and ensuring everyone in the world could eat their fill—completing these three tasks was enough.
The truly idealized fair world should be left to future descendants to complete.
Thinking of this, Dragon retracted his gaze from a construction site on Sky Island and looked up at the sky.
At the top of the giant beanstalk, there was a man-made Island Cloud platform.
After completing his daily administrative work, York spent most of his time there training with Kaido and others to improve their strength.
*Zzzzt!*
A punch infused with Conqueror's Haki hit Kaido, knocking him flying.
York stopped follow-up actions, looking at Kaido slowly getting up in the distance.
"Did you see it clearly? The technique of Conqueror's Haki coating."
Kaido rubbed the area just hit, closing his eyes to carefully comprehend the sensation transmitted by York's punch.
"Seem to have caught a bit of the knack, but also feels like something is missing."
York frowned slightly. He didn't expect Kaido still hadn't mastered Conqueror's Coating after so long.
Obviously, Kaido's talent should be stronger than his; why was it so slow?!
Could it be... because the world version hadn't updated?!
Before protagonist Luffy was born, the cultivation and growth of the entire world had to proceed step by step. Only after Luffy was born would the era of super-speed improvement truly begin?!
Assuming the World Will truly existed, perhaps this conjecture might also be real.
*If so, I seem to be a bit hasty...*
"Forget it, since it's just a bit off, let's continue."
York stretched his muscles and bones, wrapping his fist with Conqueror's Haki again to spar with Kaido.
...
After today's training ended, Kaido chose to stay and meditate, while York returned to his residence.
His current residence was the former God's Shrine, slightly modified. He also dismissed the maids and attendants who provided free services, replacing them with paid hires, reducing the number significantly.
Taking off dirty clothes and enjoying a comfortable shower, York wrapped a bath towel around himself simply and headed to Gloriosa's bedroom, intending to have a heart-to-heart talk with her.
But upon opening the door, the familiar figure wasn't there.
Instead, a small note was left on the table.
[Come to the Mirror World.]
York looked at the full-length mirror in the bedroom, laughed lightly, and stepped through.
One step out, space switched.
The Mirror World with countless mirrors hanging on the left and right walls appeared before him.
York didn't stay put, walking forward, finally stopping in front of a small cottage standing in the Mirror World.
This was a cottage they built manually in the Mirror World during this period.
After all, although the Mirror World was an independent spatial world, its space was too vast and exposed.
Playing directly here always felt like being in the wild.
Building a cottage prevented worries about being peeped at.
The reason York stopped at the cottage door now was simple.
He sensed three auras from inside the cottage.
"Is it Shakky?"
"Hehe, those two really know how to surprise me."
Laughing softly, York temporarily retracted his Observation Haki perception and opened the wooden door of the cottage.
"Welcome home!!"
Three voices, specifically rehearsed, sounded simultaneously. York, having retracted his Observation Haki, was truly stunned at the entrance for a moment.
He saw.
On the single step of the entrance, three figures dressed in maid outfits knelt neatly.
On the left, Stussy.
Blonde hair and blue eyes, fair skin catching the eye.
On the right, Gloriosa.
Full of amorous feelings, her towering chest making York gulp involuntarily.
In the center, Shakky.
She was the only one among the three maids present wearing a normal maid outfit, revealing nothing.
But at the same time, her cheeks were the reddest among the three.
Even more, she was forcibly blindfolded, hands tied behind her back.
"This... you guys are..."
York licked his dry lips, silently closing the cottage door.
Gloriosa winked at him with a smile.
"Sister Shakky couldn't prepare herself mentally, so we are giving her a special hand today."
Stussy was the first to stand up from kneeling, hugging York's body with both arms.
"Time is tight, you have work tomorrow. Let's start now."
...
Two hours later.
Gloriosa and Stussy lay on Shakky's left and right sides respectively.
The girl who had been blindfolded all along moved her legs, numb from kneeling, uneasily.
Finally, the scorching breath that had tormented her for two hours gradually approached.
"Relax, I'll be gentle."
Lips met, and Shakky gradually lost consciousness.
...
A full year after rescuing Shakky from God Valley, York finally succeeded in winning the beauty's favor.
Before today, he wasn't incapable of using force, he just didn't want to.
After all, Shakky wasn't an enemy, unlike Gloriosa back then. Moreover, Rayleigh was still in her heart.
Having her submit willingly was always better than forcing it.
Two days later.
York, who had been on strike for two consecutive days, lay on the big bed in the cottage, hugging Shakky's smooth and delicate body. Feeling the beauty in his arms waking up, he raised his hand to gently hook her nose.
"Regret it? You probably haven't forgotten Rayleigh in your heart yet, right?"
Shakky was silent for a moment, finally sighing softly.
"I don't know... I was forced by Gloriosa and the others..."
York narrowed his eyes and smiled wickedly.
Shakky was playing the scumbag girl card.
Not admitting, not initiating, not refusing; she was forced, responsibility all on Gloriosa, Stussy, and York.
"Truly a greedy woman, wanting me but unwilling to discard Rayleigh."
"In that case, I will definitely make you inseparable from me! Make you unable to have any thoughts about Rayleigh again!"
Feeling her body about to be overturned, Shakky quickly raised her hand to block York.
"Wait! You haven't handled government affairs for two days!"
"Doesn't matter. The hardest time has passed; current work is just trivial matters. Gloriosa and Stussy can finish it for me..."
"Wait more... Mmph..."
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