The Daughter of the King (English)

Chapter 08 - The man with three swords

In a panic, Corby waved his arms around andalmost fell down the wall. He quickly held on and said to Luffy: "If youaccept him into your crew, you'll not survive this!" A noise caught thetwo attention and they looked to the side. Someone had put a ladder against thewall. This someone climbed up and turned out to be a little girl with brownhair tied into two small pigtails. The two looked at her in surprise. The girlwas wearing a blue striped dress with a hood. She motioned to the glasseswearing boy and the straw hat wearing woman to be quiet before she threw a ropeover the wall and slid down it. Luffy could see that the girl was holdingsomething in her arms. She watched carefully as the girl ran towards Zorro,while Corby screamed in panic and said: "Oh, no! Luffy, you have to stop her!Otherwise she will be killed!"

The little girl was now standing in front of theprisoner, smiling. "What do you want?" he growled at her. "You must be hungry. Imade some rice balls (Onigiri) for you." She started to unwrap the Onigiriwhen Zoro said, "You're got yourself killed, lass. Get lost!" "You haven'teaten anything in weeks." She smiled and held out the Onigiri to him."Here! This is the first time I've made them, but I tried really hard."He looked at her in surprise before saying emphatically: "I'm not hungry!You get on my nerves! Go away!" "But...," the disappointment in her voice was clearlyhear. "I said I don't need them! Now get out before I hurt you!" he almostshouted at her. At that moment the iron gate to the courtyard opened and a mansaid: "You shouldn't be so mean to little children." Growling, Zorolooked over at the men. Luffy had to hold herself together not to burst outlaughing. There were three men, two marines, and in the middle a young man witha cleft chin. He had a combed, very snazzy blonde hairstyle and matchingeyebrows. He wore a purple suit with a fuchsia collar and matching sleeves. Therewere also six gold buttons sewn onto the suit. He wore a gold chain around hisneck and a gold ring on his middle finger. He held his collar with two fingersas he walked toward the middle of the yard, laughing. "You have morefighting spirit in you than I expected, Roronoa Zoro." Luffy didn't knowwhy, but there was something about him that she couldn't stand. His demeanorsomehow reminded her of the nobles in the capital. "That guy is weird." Corbybreathed a sigh of relief and said: "Thank God! The Navy will take the girl tosafety." The blonde walked towards the girl who was still holding the Onigiri,his hands in his pockets. "Oh, these Onigiri look delicious." He grabbed oneand took a bite. "They're not for you!" protested the girl. The man widened hiseyes and screamed in disgust, "Disgusting! They have sugar in them!" He angrilyturned to the girl and snapped at her. "Don't you know that they are made withSALT?!" The girl looked up at him, intimidated. "But...but I thought theywould taste better sweet." The man knocked the last Onigiri out of herhand and started stomping on it. The girl fell to her knees and shouteddesperately: "No, stop!" Corby watched the scene in disbelief as hesaid: "What a mean act." He didn't understand it. The man apparentlybelonged to the navy, so why was he so mean to the girl? With tears in hereyes, the girl looked at the ruined onigiri as she sobbed and said: "I...Itried so...so hard." The man put a hand to his head and scowled down atthe girl as he pulled a piece of paper out of his suit. "Didn't you read thisnotice?! 'Anyone who helps the prisoner will be executed immediately! – Captainof the Navy Morgan." The little girl was startled when Morgan'sname was mentioned. Laughing, the guy said cockily, "Hehehe. Even little bratslike you know WHO my daddy is." "Daddy?" Luffy asked confused. Was that amother's...father's boy? She couldn't stand guys like that! "Does that meanhe's Captian Morgan's son?" Corby asked, stunned. Morgan's son looked overhis shoulder at one of the soldiers and pointed with his thumb at them beforesaying, "Hey you! Throw the brat out!" The soldier looked at him inhorror. The blonde grabbed the soldier by the collar. "I gave you an order!Throw the brat over the wall! Or do you refuse?! I'll report this to my daddy!"The soldier nodded. "Yes, sir!" he said, frightened. The girl backed away infear as the man leaned down towards her. "No!" Luffy could see thesoldier saying something to the girl, but couldn't hear it due to the distance,before he picked her up and carried out his order.