Chapter 658 - 369: Preparations Before Slumber (Two-in-One)
Demihuman Sea Area.
The disaster of the great tide had just receded, the sky still gloomy, Rogel brought Lina and Noemi to a small island covered in chaos.
The Demihuman Sea Area, being the habitation of demihumans, saw various tribes generally living separately, each minding their own, like Noemi who used to belong to the wolf race demihumans, accustomed to dwelling on islands abundant in plains and mountains, with a lifestyle akin to ancient tribes.
This was somewhat similar to the Barbaric Sea Area Rogel had visited before.
However, the Demihuman Sea Area still had a loosely organized alliance.
Only, after the great tide, there were no traces of demihumans on these islands now.
And the three of them were now on a secluded island in the Demihuman Sea Area near the Royal City Sea Area.
Noemi seemed quite familiar with this island, wandering around to find a gravestone beside a broken house at the foot of a cliff.
Perhaps due to the storm, the gravestone was knocked tilted by debris.
Seeing the chaos before her, Noemi was unusually silent.
She began to tidy up everything, correcting the gravestone.
After finishing everything else, she squatted down and gently cleaned the dirt off the gravestone.
Rogel and Lina naturally understood, neither spoke to disturb her, just quietly accompanying her.
"This was my teacher..."
Noemi said softly.
Her experiences weren’t actually complex.
Where she was born as a child was the location of a wolf race demihuman tribe.
But the demihumans in the Demihuman Sea Area highly valued lineage and appearance, any slight flaw would lead to disdain, let alone demihumans like Noemi who retained few wolf race features.
Therefore, discrimination and humiliation filled Noemi’s childhood.
To put it bluntly, the discrimination by her peers from the wolf race demihumans towards Noemi reached a level where they weren’t even interested in insulting her.
After all, to them, Noemi was simply a freak, not even worthy of residing on this island.
In such circumstances, young Noemi was very reticent, silently enduring the strange gazes.
If nothing unexpected happened, she might have died in humiliation her entire life.
Until the arrival of a slave ship, which changed Noemi’s life.
After being captured by the slave ship, Noemi was sold to other sea areas.
Generally speaking, her subsequent experiences wouldn’t have been good.
But she was lucky.
The one who bought her was an elderly disabled hunter in seclusion, also a demihuman ostracized by his kind.
He bought Noemi merely to tend his herb garden, and thus taught her many hunter skills, which enabled Noemi to become a competent bounty hunter.
The old hunter taught her happiness and optimism, bringing color to Noemi’s world.
And the old hunter destroyed his beloved herb garden to prevent Noemi from being stuck here like him her whole life.
"He said if I kept returning, he’d come as a ghost to spank me in my dreams..."
"He also wanted me to clean his favorite hunting bow, to be buried with him..."
At this point, Noemi broke into a smile through tears, wiping away her tears.
"But I didn’t listen."
Saying that, Noemi took down a well-maintained hunting bow.
Rogel and Lina had never seen her use this bow either.
"Thank you, teacher... I am living happily now."
Noemi wiped her tears and gave a smile towards the gravestone.
...
Half a month later.
The boundary fog nowadays posed little threat to Rogel.
After building enough ships on Ozuric Island, he soon led the fleet back within the Sea of Confession and handed these matters over to Sharo.
Although the citizens of the Thousand Islands Kingdom weren’t strong, they had a large number of administrative staff, which provided considerable assistance under the governance of the Black Tide Secret Society as the population increased.
As for Kadi the King, he laid down the burdens on his shoulders and began preparing Mira’s grand library.
Lina, Noemi, and others also resumed their life rhythms.
But recently, Lina’s after-work escape speed significantly increased.
Because...
"Oh, don’t pinch." After pushing away the restless hand, Lina looked at him, pursing her lips: "When will you enter sleep?"
Rogel smiled slightly, stroking her head: "In a few days, I have some matters to arrange."
After a brief silence, Lina nodded seriously: "Alright, I’ll wait for you."
Upon hearing this, Rogel seriously stared at her for a while, until she looked puzzled, then laughed heartily, cupped her face, and gave her a kiss: "Don’t worry, only the main body falls asleep."
He still had Heisatan as a clone.
With the main body falling asleep, he could still descend through the clone using the Black Tide Incarnation, but in that case...
"...But then we couldn’t get intimate."
He chuckled again, reaching out his hand.
"What are you saying! So annoying! No intimacy!"
Hearing Rogel’s words, she reacted, her face slightly flushed, involuntarily showed a smile, and angrily punched him twice.
...
After explaining to Lina and the crew.
Rogel transformed into black mist, arrived at the Black Tide Cathedral, and found Sharo busy with affairs.
"Sharo, next my main body might sleep for a long time, my fabricated clone will stay in the Church, but cannot engage in high-tier battles."
He explained.
Sharo naturally didn’t know his true relationship with the Master of the Black Tide.
