One Piece Chapter 31, page 5: THE TRUTH

Merry, crying and bleeding, confirms her worst fears: "HE... HE TRIED TO KILL ME..." Kaya is stunned, stammering, "!!? WHA...?! HOW... THIS COULDN'T BE REAL!!" Merry continues, explaining that if anything had happened to her, he would feel as though he had betrayed her parents, before delivering the final shocking truth: "HE'S A PIRATE!"