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With breakfast proceeding as normal after that point Vivi eventually steers the conversation around to more proper topics.
"Speaking of our duties as nobles, when is the Levely happening? It's this year is it not?"
"Oh. You intend to come with me again?"
"That's correct!"
She gave him a thumbs up.
"You're gonna need all the support you can get!"
"Um."
Cobra swallowed hard.
"About that."
A half hearted explanation later Vivi slammed her hands on the table.
"WHAT?! YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THE LEVELY?! But father! You remember what we discussed! What about the plan?! We can't let things slide like that! The world needs change!"
"I know Vivi, I know. But we need to be reasonable! People are nervous. I've exchanged letters with numerous other kings and queens, many of whom agree with me. It is simply too dangerous. This years Levely may not happen. After the unthinkable happened and the holy land was compromised we just can't risk going there. Cavalier Silver haunts those waters and he's known to attack ship belonging to nobility. We could get robbed or worse, captured and ransomed."
"So what? Are we supposed to endure the current broken system for another four years?! If the location is the problem then let's move it somewhere else!"
"You know that's impossible. It can not happen anywhere else. Pangea is the only place where it can take place for symbolic and geographical reasons! We can't expect rulers to cross into different seas! And what would that mean if it was held on the Grand Line or one of the Blues? That this particular sea is more important than the rest! It'd undermine the already shaky balance that there is."
"Tch!"
Vivi angrily sits down with her arms crossed.
"Well I'm going! With or without you! Some pirate is not going to scare me into submission!"
"Ugh. There goes that pirate talk again. You know, I'm beginning to think spending time with Luffy and the others may have had a bad influence on you."
Cobra falls back in his chair and taps his temple.
"Look Vivi. Think about it rationally. Even if we went there what would we achieve? The proposition to dismantle the Shichibukai system was unlikely to go through. And now anyone who opposes it just has to point at Cavalier. For years it was all fearmongering. But now they have a perfect example to point at and say "This is why we need the warlords". Something truly outrageous would need to happen for our proposal to be accepted."
"Argh! I can't believe it! Because of that... monster we must put up with madmen like Crocodile! It's infuriating! But you know what? I'm still going! I will not waste this opportunity even if it's futile."
"Sigh. Why did I know you were going to say that?"
