The Daughter of the King (English)

Chapter 10 - He's gone too far!

"I'm sorry about before," said Nami, who had come next to Luffy. "Hm?" "I lost control of myself." Luffy looked up at her with a smile. "It's okay! I'm sure you had your reasons." She stood back up and started brushing the dust off her clothes. "You don't have to explain yourself." "I'm so useless!" growled the mayor, clenching his hands into fists. He suddenly had a spear at his back. "Both ChouChou and these young one fought so hard and I, the mayor, am completely powerless to save this city!" The girls ran in front of the angry mayor. "Now calm down, Mr. Mayor!" said Nami. "There was nothing here 40 years ago. We worked together to make this land livable. We built homes, opened businesses, and created a community. This city and its people are my treasure! I won't let these Vandals go on like this anymore!" An explosion and more rows of houses were in ruins. "That was my house." Luffy suddenly remembered something scalding hot. She screamed and said, "Ahhh! Zorro was in there!" "I wonder if he survived." "Hey, Zorro, are you still alive?!" Nami looked at the ruins in shock. There was no way Zoro could have survived that! "Did you have to wake me up so rudely?" came a sleepy voice from the rubble. Luffy's face lit up and a wide grin spread across it. "Damn, I'm still tired," Zoro said, holding his head. A bandage had been tied around his stomach. "How come he's not dead?" Nami asked, stunned. "Great. You're still alive!" "That's unforgivable. I have enough! They have no right to destroy our 40 years of hard work just like that! I am the mayor! It is my duty to protect this city!" Luffy and Zoro looked at him silently while he spoke. He grabbed his spear and was about to charge when this time Nami grabbed him. "W-wait, Mr. Mayor!" "There are fights from which a man cannot run away! Isn't that true, kids?!" Luffy smiled. The man had the right spirit, but it would be certain death if he did it alone. "You're right, old man." "Don't goad him! What could one person do alone? It's too risky!" Nami gritted out the last sentence. "I'm aware of that." Surprised, Nami let go of him and watched him disappear. "Here I come, Buggy the Clown!" "He was crying." "Really? I didn't notice." "It's going to be really intense." "Shishi, yes, it will be." "It's not something to laugh at!" "It's okay. I like the guy. I won't let him die." "I assume that's an order." Nami looked after the two in disbelief. "You're going too?! You're hurt!" Zoro grinned and tied his headscarf around his head. "They may have wounded my body, but it's nothing compared to the wounding of my pride if I allowed myself to be defeated!" As Luffy ran past her, she said, "We're on our way to the Grand Line! I'll get the map back! Join us, Nami!" She held out her hand. "I refuse to become a pirate!" She slapped the hand offered to her and said smiling. "But why don't we form an alliance and help each other?" Luffy grinned broadly at her.

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~ Camp oft he Buggy Pirates ~

The three arrived just as Buggy had grabbed themayor by the throat with his severed hand and was holding him in the air. Shegrabbed the hand and ripped it from the mayor's neck. She held the gasping manin one hand while squeezing the hand in the other a little tightly. "It's theStraw Hat brat!" Buggy shouted. She looked up, grinning. "I'm here tofinish you off, like I promised!" Behind her stood Zoro and Nami. Buggyreached for his arm where his hand was missing, we seemed to be trying hard tofree his missing body part from the woman's grasp. Grinning, she let themtwitch and fidget a little before she took pity and let go. The hand flew tothe roof towards its owner, who looked down grimly. "Straw hat!" Coughing, themayor knelt behind her. Behind her on the right stood Zoro, his hands in thepockets of his pants and on her left had Nami positioned herself. "You brat!You really dare to come back," the clown nose said, before screaming,"and challenge Captain Buggy?!" Nami looked at the grinning Zoro andsaid, "Listen! All I want is the map and the treasures. That's all.""Yes, I know." "What are you doing here, children?" askedthe mayor, coughing, "You outsiders should stay out of this!" Luffywatched as the man slowly pushed himself back to his feet . "This is my fight.This is my city and I will protect it!" He reached for his spear. "Don'tinterfere!" The next moment Luffy had smashed the mayor's head against thewall of the next house. "Wha...?" Nami looked at the black-hairedwoman in shock. Zoro just watched this quietly from the corner of his eye. Eventhe Buggy pirates were surprised by the action of the straw hat wearer. Themayor fell unconscious to the ground while Luffy patted her hands together. Hereyes were in the shadow of her straw hat. "What the hell are youdoing?!" Nami shouted, "Why did you do THAT to the mayor?"Smiling, Luffy turned to her. "He was in the way." Nami looked at herwith her mouth open. THAT was her reasoning?! "Good idea. If the old manfought, he would only kill himself. It's better this way," said Zoro. "Don't beso hasty!" Luffy looked at the fanning orange-haired woman, a little confused.When Nami was like that, she reminded her a little of Dadan. "That could havebeen handled differently!"