The Daughter of the King (English)

Chapter 29 - Trouble at the Cape of Twins

Hey guys, 

 it seems there was a little misunderstanding regarding the songs you could vote for.

Regarding the Davy Jones Lullabuy, of course it wouldn't last that long. I just haven't found a shorter music box version. 

 And when it comes to Song of the Sea, you have to imagine that it sounds like a normal music box, so no singing.

I apologize again for this confusion and if you want, you can of course change your vote regarding the song.

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Luffy couldn't stop grinning as the wind rushedpast her. She had to close her eyes for a moment as the Going Merry hurtledthrough the cloud cover. When she opened it again, she could no longer see thevast blue of the Grand Line. But this only meant that they were getting closerto it. Sanji, who had climbed into the rigging, had raised a hand over hiseyes, trying to see something in the thick clouds. "That's the greatestthing!" Usopp, who was still holding on to the mast, couldn't stopgrinning. A small smile was on Zoro's face while Nami screamed in joy. However,the black-haired woman remained still when a loud noise suddenly sounded. "Didyou just hear that too?" the green-haired man asked no one in particular. "Huh?What?" Nami shouted into the wind. "I just heard a strange noise!""That must have been the wind," said the navigator before turning herhead forward again, "There are lots of strange stone constellations herethat could be responsible for it." The noise sounded again, this time evenlouder than before. Luffy frowned. She couldn't say why, but to her the sound soundedsomehow...sad.

Before anyone could say anything, however,something suddenly began to rise from the slowly clearing clouds in front ofthem. Something big. "What is that?" Usopp wondered and pulled down one of theadjustable lenses. "Nami, I see a mountain right ahead!" Sanjishouted as he began to see it a little better. It almost seemed as if agigantic black wall was rising out of the middle of the water. "Amountain? That can't be true!" "But I see it clearly with my owneyes!" "Who cares? Let's go!", the straw hat wearer called over hershoulder. She couldn't get it out of her head that whoever or whatever wasresponsible for that noise sounded so sad. As if someone were calling out tosomeone, only to receive no answer. She shook her head vigorously to drive awaythe emerging memory. "Don't think aboutit! That's a thing of the past." "After the twins' cap, only thesea should be there!" Luffy was taken aback when the huge wall became moreand more clearly visible. She narrowed her eyes and raised a hand to block someof the sun. As far as she could tell, whatever was in front of them didn't looklike rocks or stone. "If I didn'tknow better, I'd almost say it's...skin." But that couldn't be thecase. Animals that big didn't exist. Although...when she thought about theanimals on Dawn or the sea kings... However, she didn't get any further withher train of thought when the clouds cleared completely in front of them andoffered a clear view of what lay in front of them. The five stared in shock atthe monster rising out of the water in front of them. "That's not a mountain!""That's a black wall!" "You're wrong! That's..." "Then what isthat?!" "IT'S A WHALE!!!" the black-haired man screamed inpanic.

The whale roarde again as the Merry racedunhindered towards him. "W-w-w-what do we do?!" "Fighthim?" "You idiot! We can't fight something like that!""T-th-th-the current is pushing us straight towards him! What should wedo?" "Wait a second," Sanji began, a lump slowly forming in histhroat as he realized something, "We're so close and it still looks like awall. So where are the eyes?" "You're right," Nami exclaimed,looking at the blonde, "It could be that it hasn't noticed us yet."Zoro had changed his stance before remarking: "If it continues like this we'regoing to ram right into that thing." His eyes darted to the side as henoticed something and quickly turned to the others. "Hey, there's an opening onthe left! Port side. Hard port!" Usopp had rushed to the galley as quickly ashe could, only to face the next problem. "The rudder is broken!" How could theyforget that?! "We have to do something, damn it!" Zoro shouted,jumping over the railing down to the deck before running towards the galley."Wait, I'll help!" "Wait, I have an idea!" Luffy shouted,jumping up and running down into the anchor room. "Luffy?" Namilooked after the younger girl before she disappeared from her field of vision."What are you planning to do?" Meanwhile, the boys tried to pull together onthe remains of the steering wheel to somehow change their course. They hadgritted their teeth when the brown-eyed man said: "Pull! Pull! It just doesn'tmove!" "There's no point!" "Don't give up!" But the rudder didn't move an inch.Their veins began to protrude as the Merry got closer and closer to the whale.Completely frozen, the orange-haired woman stared at her impending end when shesaid almost barely audibly: "It's too late."