"Ah, I can finally hear my voice again; thanks, Captain." Remarked Trenza with a happy smile as she stood up and raised her hands into the air while everyone ignored her and looked at the two sea kings following behind them.
"So, what do we do with them, Captain? Are we just going to ignore them while they follow us, or what?" Asked Scar curiously as he stood beside Sebas while observing the two sea kings, who were both doing the same.
"Hmm, that's a good question. I don't know." Said Diddy with a slight frown as he turned and eyed the sea kings while rubbing his chin with a thoughtful expression before shrugging his shoulders, causing everyone to stare blankly at him.
"How about we kill and eat it? It probably tastes good, right? I've never eaten a turtle before." Asked Grand with a wicked expression as he rubbed his hands together while eyeing the sea kings, who suddenly glanced, only to release a threatening growl.
"Heh, sure, go ahead, Grand; that is if you can kill it." Remarked Diddy with a smirk as he backed away while glancing between Grand the sea kings, seemingly having a showdown.
"I'll probably lose the fight, but I'm no coward!" Yelled Grand enthusiastically as he wore his gauntlets and ran towards the ship's edge before jumping overboard and swimming to the sea kings.
"Haa, what an idiot. He won't die, right?" Said Scar and Trenza, respectively, as the five watched Grand vigorously swim toward the sea kings, who were looking at him as if he were an ant.
"Whether he dies or not, he's earned my respect." Said Mael solemnly with a nod as he crossed his arms while gazing upon Grand, who had finally arrived before the turtle's shell.
Once Grand neared the turtle, he raised his hand and clenched his fist before aggressively hitting the turtle's shell, also known as the hardest part of a turtle; let alone Grand, even I wouldn't be able to break through that shell easily. Unsurprisingly, his attack did nothing; in fact, the sea kings probably didn't even feel it, though they did retaliate by the turtle flapping its flipper, hitting Grand and flinging back to our ship, though Sebas caught him before he could damage the hull.
"Y-You've won t-this time, but I-I'll be b-back!" Stated Grand with an injured body as Sebas set him on the deck, prompting him to lean on the mask while glaring at the sea kings with his half-lidded eyes.
Although the sea kings didn't understand what Grand said, the snake responded with a hiss while the turtle seemed completely unbothered by him.
"She said you're welcome to try, Grand." Remarked Trenza lightly as she glanced at the snake before looking at Grand, only for everyone to suddenly freeze as they all stared at her in shock, not even Diddy was exempt from this.
"EH!?" Exclaimed everyone in surprise as they all looked at Trenza in confusion while she tilted her head.
"What? Is my shirt not buttoned or something?" Asked Trenza in confusion as she glanced at everyone before looking down at her white, buttoned-down shirt, which was fully buttoned.
"Trenza, can you hear what it or she's saying?" Asked Sebas softly while gazing at Trenza, who calmly nodded as if it was obvious.
"Yeah; why are you asking that, Father?" Replied Trenza with a nod as she sat down on a barrel while giving Sebas a weird look; her words and expression only further confused everyone.
"Wait, wait, wait. Let's get this straight just so everyone here understands. Trenza, you can understand what those two sea kings are saying?" Stated Scar lightly as he and everyone else intently looked at Trenza, who frowned before nodding.
"Yes. Why do you keep asking that like it's something special? Can you guys not hear the sea kings?" Questioned Trenza with furrowed brows as she looked at Scar before looking at everyone else, who all shook their heads.
"No, you fool! If we could, do you think we'd be so shocked to learn you can understand the sea kings!?" Remarked Diddy in slight annoyance as he pointed at Trenza before gesturing to the sea kings, who both copied his actions, his words finally causing her to widen her eyes.
"Wait, y-you guys can't understand them?" Asked Trenza skeptically as she glanced between everyone, only to get no's from her crew mates.
"W-Well, it now makes sense why I was the only one initially complaining about all these voices; though, why can only I hear them?" Added Trenza with a slight nod before she rubbed her head in confusion.
"What I want to know is, why didn't you bother questioning anyone that you could suddenly understand the sea kings? Even if we all could, that should still warrant some form of questioning." Said Scar as he slightly frowned while looking at Trenza, asking a question everyone else wished to know.
"Eh, well, I did think it was weird, but I just thought it was a Calm Belt thing, so I didn't bother to think about it much. I mean, we had taken a knock-up stream 10,000 meters into the sky to visit an island floating atop clouds; I felt like being able to understand sea kings wasn't that weird." Replied Trenza awkwardly as she rubbed her head while trying to justify her reasoning, causing them to look at her blankly.
"Haa, I can't even fault you for that, Trenza; your argument is just." Said Sebas with a sigh as he nodded in understanding while Diddy scoffed.
"Anyways, I'm more confused as to why she can suddenly hear sea kings; it probably has something to do with awakening her three-eyed tribe lineage or whatever. However, it's called the three-eyed tribe, not the sea king whisper tribe." Stated Diddy as he leaned against the ship's railing while looking between Sebas and Trenza, the only people who could possibly answer his question.
"We're just as confused as you, Captain. I may be knowledgeable, but I'm a far cry away from knowing everything, though your assumption is most likely correct." Said Sebas with a shake of his head as he rubbed his face before glancing at Diddy and nodding, only to look back at Trenza.
"Well, I don't mean to undermine your new ability, but I don't see how understanding sea kings could be that helpful; you're far too weak to be able to control or command one." Remarked Mael with a raised eyebrow as he glanced at Trenza before looking at the sea kings, who had been peacefully floating there the entire time, listening to their conversation.
"Hmph, why thank you, Mael? You didn't need to point out the obvious." Said Trenza with a huff of annoyance as she glanced at Mael before folding her arms and looking away.
"Hehe, Maels, right, but who the hell said Trenza needs to be the one to command a sea king? Are there not four people present who are strong enough to do so?" Questioned Diddy with a slight chuckle and a feral smirk as he glanced at himself, Sebas, Mael, and the Captain's quarter, where Freyja was still recovering from being fried from her butt.
"Hoho, that is true." Said Sebas with a hearty laugh, while Mael nodded in agreement, cracking his neck.
Looking at Trenza, I glanced at the sea kings before grinning as I leaped onto the ship's railing.
"Haha, join my crew!" Declared Diddy with a chaotic chuckle as he looked at two sea kings while everyone except Sebas and Mael was taken aback.
"Eh? For real, Captain?" Said Trenza and Scar, respectively, as they glanced at Diddy while both Sebas and Mael chuckled.
"Where you expecting this, Sebas?" Asked Mael as he folded his arms while glancing at Sebas with a raised eyebrow.
"Hoho, Captain had allowed a sea king to follow him back to the ship; I couldn't possibly think why else he'd do such a thing." Replied Sebas with a chuckle as he patted his chest while glancing at Mael before shifting his focus back to the Sea kings, who had tilted their heads in confusion.
Seeing the sea kings just look at me in confusion, I frowned as I expected to get a response, only to realize my mistake.
'Duh, they probably don't know what a crew is. Hmm, I just need to word it in a way that they understand.' Thought Diddy as he snapped his fingers before rubbing his chin with a thoughtful expression.
"Heh, how about this? Join my pack, flock, or pride!" Yelled Diddy enthusiastically with a grin as he eyed the sea kings, whose eyes immediately lit up before rapidly nodding while happily howling.
Seeing them excitedly nod, I couldn't help but feel slightly satisfied with myself; they were the first crew mate I got to join my crew without needing to beat them till submission, though I still planned to do so.; after all, I should keep the tradition alive.
"Hehe, good, you two are my fourth crew member. Now, what's your name?" Asked Diddy with a smirk as he stood up while getting blank looks from Scar, Grand, and Trenza, though he promptly ignored them.
When they responded, I glanced at Trenza since I obviously had no idea what they were saying; just because I'm a Mink doesn't mean I speak beast tongue or whatever.
"They said they don't have a name; their parents abandoned them before they got a name. They also said they'd like it if you could name them." Said Trenza with a sad expression as she glanced at Diddy while looking at the two eager sea kings in pity.
Frowning, I rubbed my chin while thinking of a possible name for them, only to glance at the turtle's large shell before glancing at our ship; coming up with a fantastic idea, I chuckled before finally settling on a name that suited our crew.
"I got it; you'll be called Pandemonium!" Declared Diddy with a large grin as he pointed at Pandemonium, who roared loudly in joy, causing the entire ship to shake.