A coin bounced off the bars of a few cells, and knocked the admiral off Kagaku, who gasped deeply. Julio pushed Mozu back with a spread of coins from the shotgun he had, pulling Kagaku back. "C-careful... She has some kind of thing, I couldn't use my power," he informed, Julio scoffing as he looked up at her. "Yea, I can't even use my haki right now, what is that..?" he groaned, and Mozu chuckled as she jumped in and tried kicking Julio in the shoulder. Instead, Minx came in and slashed at her, forcing her back. "Considering I don't feel any worse, I'd say your ability only works on abilities," Kagaku thought out loud, sticking his pinkie in his nose while smirking confidently. "But even without haki, Minx's skills are all physical, which you can't nullify," he chuckled, and a bead of sweat fell down below her bangs. "Bingo~" Kagaku remarked, snapping his fingers triumphantly. She scoffed, throwing up her haki as Julio and Kagaku felt theirs return. "But are you really able to fight with an Admiral?" she asked, putting her hands up and hopping like a boxer.
The prison alarms start blaring as Kiwi and Zii got spotted, and they ran down to the other end of the cell room. "Over here!" Harmony called out, in one of the cells closest to the door. "Remarkable..." the maroon haired man muttered, sitting up and looking at Harmony in awe. "Many a men said their crew would save them in days... None did. Here comes you, and your crew is in the prison hours later." He hopped down, and standing up they could really see his presence as a seven foot tall behemoth of a man, but he was toned more than huge. "By the way, I'm Akio," he finally said, reaching to shake Harmony's hand. "Break me out and I'll be in your debt," he said as she took his hand which was almost twice as big as hers. Zii swayed her hands to create wind that sliced through the bars like butter. Kiwi was about to call into the snail, but stopped when his ears twitched. "I think one of us got caught!" he cried out, bolting towards the commotion. Guards started charging inside, drawn in by the noise. But then, royal knights wearing fully golden armor charged in, pushing the guards, Akio, and even Mozu away, but neither resisted. "Good job, you brought attention to yourself," she chuckled as Akio growled. "Midas... you bastard..."
"Gol D. Harmony!" one knight yelled out, but she scoffed. "Cleoma. At the very least it's Cleoma D. Harmony," she corrected, glaring at the knight. "Forgive me ma'am," he said, continuing. "AU has only ever had one break out, and that was by a... circumstance. But you just had your crew break in," he said, pulling out a rather fancy golden scroll. "His royal highness wishes to speak with such a foolhardy crew." Harmony blinked, processing what he said. "Wait, he's not mad?" she asked, and the knight shrugged. "It's unheard of, any pirate willing to break into a prison. Even the strongest of the seas wouldn't try and break into Impel," he answered, and started to lead the crew out of the prison. "Wait, where's the others?" Harmony asked once Julio's team got pushed into theirs. "They came from the back," Kagaku said, but a knight overheard this and gave them an answer; "The other three members of your crew were already led to the castle, and they have talked to our highness." She nodded, but there was an uneasy look in Harmony's eyes as they got outside.
Once at the castle, Harmony sighed once she spotted the rest of them standing outside the gates. "Yo Harmony! He's super chill!" Kasai called out, shooting her a thumbs up. Lia and Arlos seemed more on edge, but she was just happy they weren't executed or anything. Walking inside once some knights opened the castle gate, they reached the throne room. The knights each bowed on one knee as a man sitting on the throne stood. He was only about middle aged, but was completely bald. "Your Majesty, we have brought the rest of the crew, as well as the captain," the captain of the guard announced, and the king chuckled heartily. "So, you got balls," he said bluntly, causing Harmony to just start laughing. "I'm probably supposed to kill ya, but I know who you are really. You saved that kid from the fire, and as such you are a hero in my eyes." He walked down, putting his hands in his pockets on the golden robe he always wore, and a third arm came down from his back, offering to shake her hand. "King Midas formally welcomes you and your crew to Golden Egg~" he said, chortling with happiness.
The crew were asked to spend the day at the castle, and of course they took the opportunity to rest themselves up. Later into the night, Harmony got herself in the throne room, as she had questions about a specific prisoner. "You mean Serizawa Akio? Sorry, but he's a violent pirate who attacked one of my royal guard," Midas sighed, looking rather sympathetic but even Harmony; full of knowledge about royal workings and the like, knew there was nothing they could do. So she started scheming as she headed back to her room, but finding Kiwi wandering got her curious. "Hey cap," Kiwi waved, but a look of worry was in his eyes. "Hey bud. What's up?" she asked, and he let out a sigh. "I can't find Kasai... The guards say he had to go do something, but he never even said anything," he said, and she patted his head. "I'm sure whatever he's doing, he'll come back," she reassured, and he nodded before heading back to his room, and Harmony did the same.
Earlier, Kasai was pacing in his guest room, lost in thought before a knock on the door pulled him out of his trance. A golden knight was waiting there as he opened it, saluting as he did. "King Midas wants to thank you personally," the guard said, dropping the salute and heading for the royal kitchen. Kasai followed, finding Midas using his many arms to fix up something. "There you are young man, I hear you're good with food," he chuckled, waving him over with an arm on his back. Kasai offered to help, and Midas accepted it, and they just talked about food for a bit. "Say, could you check that pot over there?" Midas asked, and Kasai nodded as he walked to it. "Oooh that smells amazing~" Kasai complimented as he pulled the lid up, steam wafting around him. "Just take that scent right in~" Midas chuckled, pulling one of his main arms from his pockets, gently patting Kasai's back with his real hand.