Rosse did not stay long in the Drum Kingdom. After more or less settling the matters regarding the dical academy, he had Vanessa take him away imdiately.
After returning to the Holy Land, the world's balance gradually returned to calm.
Dragon was being tracked by both the whole world and Kaido. As long as he appeared anywhere crowded, soone would imdiately go to make trouble for him.
The NEO Marine continued its slow expansion in the New World, occupying the ecological niche that had originally belonged to pirates. It had now beco the force that pirates and rebel factions had to face after entering the New World.
As for the NEO Marine, the World Governnt adopted an attitude of non-interference.
As long as the NEO Marine didn't go too far, the World Governnt wouldn't deliberately make trouble for them.
After all, compared to the legendary pirates of the old era, the territories under NEO's rule could already be considered paradises.
However, because the NEO Marine did not engage in production and had no fixed base, they could only exploit their subordinate regions to so degree, making their reputation sowhat worse than the original Marine's.
In contrast, after Sakazuki took control of the Marine, the military discipline was rectified under Sora's proposal.
After two years of reform, though it could not be said that every command was obeyed without fail, at the very least, both Rosse and Sakazuki had beco figures of faith for them.
Rosse hadn't used any brainwashing or fancy psychological tricks, his thod was simple and direct: Money, money, and more money.
Every marine's salary, since the day Sakazuki beca fleet admiral, had increased by at least fivefold.
This was because, after the World Governnt ca under Rosse's control, the world's total productivity almost doubled every year.
So, the additional money diverted to military funding wasn't even that much.
———
[Holy Land, Mary Geoise]
"Papa!"
Inside the palace, Rosse reclined on a lounge chair with a little girl with a fish tail sitting on his lap, babbling sweetly and calling out to him.
This was Rosse's child with Otohi, her na was Shirahoshi. Rosse hadn't planned to change her na.
Although she had a different father now, this Shirahoshi was far more gifted than the one from the original tiline.
Not only was she blessed by the sea itself, but her talents in every aspect were first-class.
She was even born with both Observation Haki and Conqueror's Haki. From birth, her gifts had already surpassed most powerful individuals.
Even though she was barely over one year old, Otohi could already easily kill a tiger.
"Haha!"
Rosse laughed as he played with the child in his arms. Compared to before, his sharpness had sowhat softened.
Standing beside him were a girl with blue hair and a boy with golden hair.
They too were Rosse's biological children.
At present, both Conia and Rouge were also pregnant, and it was expected that six months later, two new mbers would be born into the family.
For the girl in Conia's belly, Rosse still planned to na her Conis.
But compared to the delicate little angel from Skypiea, this Conis, carrying his bloodline, would surely not be weak in any sense.
As for Rouge's pregnancy, Rosse was not surprised. With enough "planting," fruit was bound to appear sooner or later.
He was also quite curious about what kind of path his and Rouge's child would take.
And regarding this child, Ace was even more excited than Rosse himself.
This year, Ace was already over four years old, an age in the pirate world where one could run around everywhere, and if gifted, even bully wild beasts.
As Roger's son, talent was not sothing to worry about.
However, under Rouge's care, Ace hadn't displayed that kind of raw wild talent. Instead, Rouge kept him focused on early education, teaching him to think and use his mind from childhood.
Elsewhere, Vivi and Sanji were also learning basic education under Rouge's guidance. Their combat and ability developnt were overseen by Zephyr and Sora, who designed balanced training regins.
After two years of effort, Rosse's university was finally completed, built in a fortified city adjacent to the Holy Land.
That fortress city was called Rosse University.
For now, Rosse University had only eight departnts: dicine, Finance, Science, Physical Arts, History, Swordsmanship, Devil Fruit Research, and Haki Research.
Because most people were still illiterate, the Science Departnt didn't subdivide into specific fields like physics, chemistry, or biology.
Further specialization would have to wait for the future.
Currently, Rosse himself was the principal, though he practically never handled affairs. The one who actually ran things was Zephyr, head of the Physical Arts Departnt.
Sora served as dean of the Finance Departnt and concurrently as vice principal.
There was no helping it, Rosse simply didn't have enough capable people yet.
It would take years before this batch of people could truly be useful.
———
"Master!", While Rosse was playing with the children, Stella entered with a smile.
"You're back, huh. How are things in Flevance?", Rosse nodded to her and asked casually.
For the past two years, Stella had spent most of her ti managing family affairs, but she still made ti for her research on the Amber Lead disease.
The royal family of Flevance had been completely annihilated after offending him, but the country itself still existed.
Amber Lead ore, being a special mineral, was sothing Rosse had no intention of discarding.
However, once the truth about its toxicity spread, it had to be dealt with. Otherwise, no one would dare to mine it again.
It was only because the World Governnt promised to dedicate itself to developing a cure that Flevance hadn't completely collapsed.
At the very least, they'd been given hope.
Recently, Rosse had heard from Stella that the Amber Lead research had reached its final stage.
"It's thanks to Dr. Trafalgar and Dr. Kureha," Stella said happily, "Dr. Trafalgar's son contracted Amber Lead disease and volunteered to be our test subject. Combined with Dr. Kureha's dical expertise, we finally developed an effective cure."
Although Stella had long since regarded Rosse as her only reason to live, achieving success in dicine was still sothing that brought her joy.
After all, her ability to study dicine at all was entirely thanks to Rosse.
That she could go this far in the field was further proof of his insight.
"Dr. Trafalgar, huh... If his son was willing to offer himself for research, then give their family so special privileges at Rosse University," Rosse said, thinking.
In his mind, the na Trafalgar Law surfaced, 'It should indeed be that young Trafalgar.'
Unexpectedly, by a twist of fate, this future Supernova and his whole family had joined the World Governnt.
It was worth noting that participation in the Amber Lead research required passing selection into Rosse University and serving as a dical professor.
Dr. Kureha, although not teaching full-ti at Rosse University, was still given an honorary professorship in recognition of her dical prowess.
In this regard, Dr. Kureha truly embodied the "proud old woman" archetype, growing more and more tsundere with age.
"Law wants to beco a doctor," Stella continued explaining, "But Dr. Trafalgar hopes that Law can first learn under them, then at age twelve go to the Drum Kingdom for advanced study, and ideally return to Rosse University before turning sixteen."
Currently, Law was only eight years old, yet already had a solid grasp of dical concepts, Stella had high hopes for him.
At least in terms of talent, Law was much stronger than she was.
She was, in the truest sense, soone who had entered the dical field halfway through life, and her talent was not exceptional.
But then again—
Well, it's because she t a benefactor.
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