Meanwhile on the far distant lands of Whole Cake Island, a letter had arrived in the hands of Big Mom along with the news of Alyssia being appointed as the new Warlord.
The newspaper was already torn to pieces once Big Mom had read the contents of it.
She held the envelope and opened it taking out the letter inside bringing it close to her face. "Dear Charlotte Linlin, I am writing to you to inform you that I have chosen to take up someone else's offer.
I cannot be tied to the Charlotte family due to my new status so I hope you will be able to understand my situation. I cannot be affiliated with anyone that is branded as a wanted criminal if I wish to maintain my current lifestyle.
I am mainly writing to you to convey my sincere apologies for declining you in this way but to also make you aware of my position towards marriage so that you understand why I must decline an arranged marriage like you have proposed.
I have just made my way to my current position of power through my own efforts and as someone that possesses such power, I believe it is my right to choose my own mate who I will share my life with.
First, they must be not too much older than me. Second, they must be strong enough for me to acknowledge them or for them to be able to fight me without breaking after a couple of exchanges.
Third, they must not be in a position to betray me with the example of them having their loyalties in another place. Fourth, there must be some attraction on both sides. Fifth and finally, they will only marry me in their lifetime.
I am sure you must think I am being greedy huh? I do not blame you if you think so but I am a one partner kind of woman and I would not settle for just anyone. If you think that you can really meet my high demands in some way then i will let you know this…
In the future, I will be hosting a big event inviting people from all around the world to participate in a big event. If someone happens to arrive and fights me there then perhaps that could lead to something. Signed Alyssia Lucine.
P.s. If you have grievances to settle over being rejected then you should come to me first so that we can avoid any unnecessary losses on either side."
The intent of the letter was to apologise enough to try to sway her away from taking any kind of actions against those around Alyssia but it included more information that could buy some time.
There were many restrictions involved in the choosing of her mate which disqualified many of her children from being potential partners with Alyssia and there was the information about a potential chance to take advantage of if she still had the intentions to try anyway.
Since Alyssia had been reincarnated into the One Piece world as someone who had already lived past twenty, she did not specifically set an age limit so long as it was not too ridiculous of a gap for her present bodies age and was preferably limited to her mental age.
Alyssia had several countermeasures in place just in case of emergencies to protect those under her but they would be useless if Big Mom and her strongest moved out together.
If there was going to be hate between them anyways then it was better to give them a reason to go after her before anyone else so she could settle it herself.
The main issue was that she was dealing with pirates and they never really played by the rules.
If that was the case then Alyssia did not mind playing the same tactics they would employ even if it meant targeting her vast resources, territories and even her children if it came to that.
While Alyssia may possibly suffer losses, it would be Big Mom that would be far worse off once it was all over.
"Mamamamamaa." The letter was thrown aside as she cursed. "Damned brat! How dare she reject me. Not many can so confidently talk to me like that and get away with it but I will play your little game.
I remember back in my youth when I was running all around the seas, I could have had any man I wanted simply because I could take them as my own. Now I have such a big family full of all kinds of races united under their mother.
Although I do not like how this girl has boasted like this… it does bring back some old memories and it is not a flat out refusal. There is still an opportunity to be taken advantage of."
She turned her gaze towards one of her aides that was a chess piece animated by her Soul Devil Fruit abilities and ordered. "Bring me all the unmarried children from ages eighteen to hmm… how about forty? We can figure out those details later once I filter out the weaklings."
A animated chess piece bowed before leaving the room. "Yes master!"
It took a little time for those family members to be called back all of a sudden away from their current duties.
All that were lined up one after the other for her inspection were many males and even females ranging from eighteen to forty as she had requested.
She looked over towards a large figure further off in the distance and sighed. 'Katakuri.. it would have been good to send you but I doubt that you meet the age limit. How unlucky..'