"Lord Tiger, do you know how to drive a carriage?"
Misu tentatively asked Tiger, pointing to the reins on the carriage. When Queen traveled, it was the henchmen who drove the carriage, but Misu had only borrowed the carriage and had the henchmen leave after they brought it back to Queen.
This was a private exchange between the Nun and the faithful, and it was ideal that no others got involved.
The carriage was built according to Queen's physique, which was even a size larger for Tiger, making it very challenging for Misu to maneuver it.
"I'm fine, I've had experience traveling before, it should be similar to driving a horse carriage."
The travel Tiger referred to was genuine travel. Although he was captured and enslaved by the Heavenly Celestial Dragon, he had free time before that, and as an explorer, he had learned quite a few skills.
"That's good, let's set off."
"Nun, aren't you coming on?"
"No, I have my own partner, look, it's already here."
Given Tiger's physique, he needed a transport to get around Wano Kuni, and Misu was no exception. As the only professional Nun currently, her mode of transport was quite special.
"Is this... a unicorn?"
In Tiger's eyes, a light yellow unicorn emerged from the Monastery. Overall, it looked like an ordinary horse, but
from its forehead along its back to its tail burned a fiery mane, and there was a very conspicuous horn on its forehead.
Unlike regional fairy tales like the one about Norland, legends about unicorns exist in both the Four Seas and the Grand Line, and even Fishman Island has heard of these land creatures.
Horses with horns could be seen on some islands, as the wondrous Sea nurtured various strange species, but the flaming mane on the horse's back had ventured into the realm of truly fantastical creatures.
"Rapidash, a creature created by the Lord's power. It usually resides in the Monastery, and the children all adore it."
Misu gently stroked Rapidash's mane, and it knelt down before her, standing back up only after Misu had seated herself on its back.
"Is this fire fake?"
Rapidash's mane got pressed down directly by Misu, appearing entirely different from an intangible flame. Out of curiosity, Tiger placed his hand directly on it, and a burst of heat immediately radiated from his palm.
The flames didn't shock him much, but the heat in his palm indicated one thing: it was indeed a flame.
Yet Misu, many times weaker than him, sat on Rapidash's back as if nothing happened.
"Come on, Lord Tiger is also a believer, it was just a careless remark."
"Neighhh..."
Rapidash's mane was not mere fire but flame-attributed hair. For those it acknowledged, they were simply ordinary hair, harmless, providing a cushion when sitting.
For those it didn't acknowledge, the mane turned to true flames, capable of causing burns upon mere contact. The word "fake" from Tiger had slightly displeased it, thus giving him a small lesson.
"Alright, Lord Tiger, you can touch it now, it won't burn you anymore."
Following Misu's cue, Tiger cautiously touched it again, this time feeling only the warmth of its mane without the stinging burn of a flame.
"What a truly magical creature..."
Rapidash's attributes left him marveling at the world's wonders. Perhaps he might have been puzzled by it before, but Misu's communion made him admire the force behind it even more. Anything related to that force was something he could accept.
Then, the horse and carriage embarked on their journey. Starting from Hakumai, Misu and Tiger traveled throughout Wano Kuni in a counterclockwise direction.
Squirtle in the fire brigade undergoing routine training, Chansey injecting patients with syringes, Audino listening to bodily conditions, and Comfey with floral wreaths soothing people's hearts.
Carkol strolling through Ringo's snowy land delivering coal, Jumpluff drifting through the sky with the breeze, and Whimsicott hiding in sleeves playing with people.
Ampharos leading Mareep through the grassland, with the passing shepherds' hair shaping into odd forms due to static, and newcomers curiously getting shocked by Mareep's fleece, sent to rest amidst laughter.
Tauros herds galloping through fields, while Miltank leisurely basked under the sun.
The enormous Altaria landed, carrying people from the sky. Once everyone safely disembarked, it flapped its cloud-like wings to ascend into the skies again.
Strange-looking bees gathered honey, with Wano Kuni residents tidying weeds under the fruit trees nearby.
From Hakumai to Ringo, passing through Shimotsuki, they finally reached Kuri. Along the way, Tiger witnessed numerous supernatural phenomena and peculiar scenes.
For instance, several children gathered around a small bamboo water park where some peculiar Bounsweet played, eventually taken away by an unusual girl, and the remaining water was distributed among the people.
The Bounsweet, naturally, were Bounsweet, and the quirky girl was the evolved Tsareena, showcasing the harmony between Pokemon and humans in an Otohime-dreamt kingdom.
"Truly wonderful..."
"This is the domain governed by the Lord, also our goal, to spread the Lord's glory to every corner of the Sea."
"If only all places were like this. I saw no discrimination against other races, no impoverished people, even pets have their own clothes."
"Not everything is perfect, next we'll go see... wait, pets?"
"Yeah, aren't they adorable little cats and dogs?"
Misu felt she heard some strange terms, glancing around but seeing no such pets, until a few figures appeared within her vision.
"Lord Tiger, those are not pets... your words could be quite offensive."
"I, a bottom-dweller, shouldn't even be on land, I should be buried in the seabed mud..."
Clearly, her words came too late, as Tiger looked dejected, staring at the soil beneath, and had begun to crouch down digging a hole.
Two Negative Ghosts hovered behind him, making faces at Tiger.
"Really, you big guy, who are you calling pets! Show a bit more respect to other people's siblings!"
In Spiritual Body form, Perona floated before Tiger, reprimanding him with pointing fingers. The so-called pet cats and dogs he mistook were precisely Setsuna and Zeraora's two children, and Perona was merely playing with them.