Now it was the noble's turn to look at Luffy with wide eyes, he definitely didn't think the new king would give him the highest rank one could give to a pledger… Bowing his head low Trafalgar thanked the king. "Thank you Your Majesty, I am honored to receive such post."

The younger male just huffed at sat on the sofa motioning for Marquess to do the same on the sofa in front of him. "No problem, you seemed like a nice guy."

Law raised an eyebrow. "Most people don't trust strangers to help them carted their life for as long as they live, because the other party seems like a 'nice guy'."

Once again Law was left astonished as Luffy simply waved his hand sinking into the comfortable sofa. "I said I was going to break any written and unwritten rules, this one seems to be one of them."

Blinking several times the taller male let out a quiet chuckle. "Your Majesty will be able to tell me more about that later, now we have a different problem at our hands. It would be the best for your public image not to mention that there were no hidden meanings behind your speech."

The young king frowned. "But I don't care, I just told it because I felt like it and it was easier than to explain all of them one by one that I will do as I please…"

Grasping how it would be better to word his suggestion Law nodded. "But it would be easier to interact with those nobles who thought that you're an unknown and complicated character they need to act carefully around."

Luffy's eyes became sharper. "Easier you say?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The smaller male waved his hand while scrunching his nose. "None of that 'Your Majesty' nonsense at least while we're alone, call me Luffy, we will be spending a lot of time together from now and it will only be easier to communicate."

Law bowed his head showing gratitude. "Thank you, Your Ma-…" Seeing Luffy's glare Law quickly corrected himself. "Thank you, you may call me however you wish."

Luffy grinned. "Great! I will call you… Traffy in private!"

Taller male blinked. "That's a really ridiculous nickname."

The king just grinned and shrugged. "Then it's a good thing no one besides you will hear it! So what do you want me to do considering my speech?"

Marquess Trafalgar's face became serious and thoughtful. "As I said before, such people as myself – the ones who observe, search for right answer and never jump to first opinion conclusions – saw your speech as a very heavy message. A message that challenged their loyalty and wisdom, the one I thought you left – that you're going to redo the council workings and kick out the corrupt ones."

King Luffy frowned. "But I will be doing that, no way I'm going to sit with a council that only cares about filling their money pouches, I will make this kingdom great!"

Relief flowed though Law's face as let a tiny smile show on his face. "That is great, when someone approaches you in polite way as me and asks about that tell them exactly that."

A somewhat wicked grin appeared on younger male's face. "Oh, I will tell it to anyone who will approach me. And those who will want to join me in such job will be in the council. Maybe you already know someone who is like that?"

Trafalgar nodded. "That will work too, if they resist the change too much you can accuse them of not wanting all that is best for the country. And there is at least one person that will definitely want to join you in this, he wasn't at the coronation as he refused to support I quote him: 'A kid from farms who doesn't know what to do.' It seems he was wrong and once he gets to know of what you did he will want to talk with you, I recommend agreeing to it, you won't be disappointed."

King of Libretas tilted his head in somewhat childish manner. "And what is his name?" Though thinking about it, the king was in a way childish, the way he spoke, acted. Law's first impression wasn't the greatest one after all, but the speech improved it making him look like he was ready for it. Right now Marquess wasn't sure how it really was – the king was a mix of childishness and experience unlike his years and showed it in the most immature ways. Was this mix in a perfect balance? Trafalgar had yet to find out, but no matter his conclusion in that he will serve his king and in places the king was unfamiliar he will give his help and in matters that needed discussion he will be the logic voice. He will help to make this kingdom great.

Remembering King Luffy's – because they had to retain formal distance at least in his head - question Law almost missed the tall man answered. "Duke Redhead Shanks. He is probably the most sensible duke of the Council and also extremely wise, he's known for his forgiveness, but if you cross the line too much he will be merciless."

The short male nodded looking thoughtful. "I would like to meet him."

With his eyes wide open and filled with anticipation Marquess Law watched king Luffy take the rule. The latter did it without hesitation or even a drop of doubt, he made very clear rules the moment Council sat down for its' first meeting – Law, as king's personal adviser, was finally allowed in such meetings – and clearly showed that not a word from his speech was a lie. Ruler of Libretas kingdom only proceeded to be more unique from any other human he had ever met.

Life at the castle wasn't just amusing anymore, it was downright FUN. Never in his life had Trafalgar that much fun, and the reason for it all was called Luffy. That young man simply never stopped surprising the older nobleman, every day there would be something new in his actions, every day he was the same cheerful person, he never seemed to start a day in a bad mood.

One would think that with cheerful personality and talking habits like that Law would already know everything about Luffy after those four months since coronation, but that wasn't the case. Young king talked about wine in his free time, how it's made, what summer is the best for grapes and so on, he was quite passionate about it, but kept quiet about most of his personal life before.

King Luffy would gossip about his observations, about people he met and things he heard rather than talk about his past. Marquess Trafalgar was fascinated with the king. Being personal adviser he had to spend more time with the king than average noble, and so Law grew closer to king. Instead of living in his own apartments he lived in the ones appointed as personal adviser's, if he really wanted he could spend time with king only during meals and meetings, instead he followed king around like a shadow almost everywhere… He chose to be close to the king – as close as possible – to become his – Luffy's – friend, the one person king would always seek out for honest company.

There were many words that could describe the small build king and heartbreaker didn't fit in there at all. But that word still somehow found its way on people's lips. And it looked like Luffy was oblivious to why it was like that. He was oblivious to the very obvious women who threw themselves under his feet – not literally, mind you – trying to get his attention and earn his grace.

When word spread that the king planned on being anything, but how the others used to be, the bigger part of the kingdom's women – even the teenagers and already married women – decided that it meant Luffy was going to marry whoever he wanted. Truth to be told Law asked Luffy if it was like that once and received a positive response, so the women weren't that far from the truth. It didn't help that Luffy smiled to every woman and acted the same gentleman way, with every one of them.

It all made the tattooed male as amused as it made him annoyed. He wanted to be the one who cracks every secret about the king, he wanted to know him best and understand what made him so thick. And all those women were just getting in his way and maybe even potentially destroying his chances! He could never know what could happen, especially when it came to young king and a mix of Luffy and females was completely unknown to him and for some reason not appealing at all…