The Daughter of the King (English)

Chapter 03 - New acquaintances

~ Jungle of Mount Corbo, East Blue ~

The sun slowly began to set. Shanks had sailedaway a few weeks ago. On the path behind Foosha Village, which led deep intothe jungle of Mount Corbo and which no one dared to enter because it was saidthat death lurked there and only the strongest would survive, walked the nowgray Vice Admiral Garp. In his hand he held the young Portgas D. Luffy by her cheek.She fidgeted like crazy, and with each step her face stretched beforecontracting back to its original shape. Her straw hat hung on a string aroundher neck and over her long hair. "Let go of me, gramps! I told you before, Iwant to be a pirate," her voice sounded a little incomprehensible. But whocould express themselves clearly when their face was drawn out? Garp stoppedand said angrily: "What are you saying?!" He continued walking,ignoring the seven-year-old's nagging. "L-l-let me down!" Now she started tohit him too, but it had no effect. "First you eat a devil fruit, then I findout from Makino that you revealed your origins to a pirate and now you'retalking nonsense. It is enough! Listen. I want you both, you and Ace, to becomegood marines." Slowly, the constant stretching and contracting of her facestarted to hurt and she let him know that. "Ah, that works. Why does it hurt somuch, I'm made of rubber? Now let me go!" "It was my mistake that I let you inthe village and now you want to become a pirate of all things?" "Yes." "Youmust be crazy!" he didn't notice Luffy leaning against a tree and even wrappedher arms around it as he continued to walk. "I won't allow you to hang aroundthese Red Hair any longer!" She stubbornly continued to hold on to the tree,but she noticed how its roots were slowly beginning to loosen and she shouted:"Look out!" The tree was ripped out of the ground along with its roots, herbody was pulled towards her cheek and Garp got the tree in his back. During thecollision he felt like his eyes would pop out of his skull and he let go of thegirl. Where the tree hit his skull, it broke in two. The lower part of the treeremained standing, Luffy was still holding on it. She had turned her facetowards Garp as she said, "I'm going to be as strong as Shanks!""Shut up!"

A long walk later they found themselves in aclearing. In the middle of it stood a large hut. There was a clothesline on atree that led to it and various items of clothing hung there to dry. Luffystood off to the side when Garp knocked on the door. She had now put the hatback on her head. "I'll take a look around," she murmured to herself and beganto walk around the hut. As soon as she passed the entrance, the door was openedby a tall, stocky woman. She had curly, orange hair and brown eyes, which youcouldn't see because she had them closed. She wore a white blouse and greenchecked pants with a thick brown belt. There was also a red pearl necklacehanging around her neck and two large earrings on her ears. There was acigarette in her mouth. She shouted fiercely: "Don't make such a noise here!What idiot is disturbing this early evening?!" "It's me, Dadan" Garp repliedjust as loudly and forcefully. Shocked, the woman, Dadan, opened her eyes andstared at him before taking a few steps back and starting to stutter, "I-i-it'syou." Behind the curtain that was stretched between the entrance and theactual room of the hut, two more people appeared. One was a short, broad-facedman. He wore a white turban around his head and a white sweater. Over these hewore pink dungarees decorated with purple dots. He had a sword strapped to hisback. The other was rather tall. He was wearing a white shirt and greenknee-length pants. He had a yellow-brown scarf tied around his waist while hewore a kind of yellow tie around his neck. Blue and white striped tights couldbe seen under the pants. He wore a brown jacket over his shirt. He had a brownbeard and a red cockscomb on his head and under his chin. The two were calledDogura and Magura. The three of them stared at Garp in shock. "You lookgreat," Garp said as the three of them walked out the door. "Stop thejokes! Isn't it about time you take Ace with you? It's enough. I mean the boyis already ten years old," while Dadan spoke, Luffy ran around Garp andmade happy noises. "Ten already?! The years just fly by. How is he doing?Hehe." Meanwhile, Dadan had noticed the running girl with the straw hat andwatched the laughing child in amazement. "Hey, what's there to laugh about?"Dogura asked, "We can't handle this boy anymore! Take him back with you, he'syours after all!" "That can wait." "That can wait? Thatbrat is a total pain in the ass!" Dadan said when she couldn't standwatching the girl anymore. Garp grabbed Luffy's collar without looking as she runpast him again and held her up so she could see the three of them. She wasinstantly silent. "You'll get another one." The three looked at Garpfor a moment, confused and speechless. "Come on, Luffy," said Garp, looking ather from the side, "say hello!" Luffy raised her right hand in greeting andsaid, "Yoh." "Who is that? Who is that girl?" Magura asked, scratching hishead. Dadan, in turn, just looked at Garp with her mouth open and blinked a fewtimes. "She's my adopted granddaughter." The three of them looked atGarp in shock before Dadan started screaming, "Another one?! Garp has...Garphas another brat?!"