Book 13: Chapter 10
The ocean here in this world was the same as the sea in the world I came from. I don’t know if they were the same in every world. The ocean was forever blue. We stood out on the ship on the water and looked around. The end of the ocean and the sky seemed to meet as one entity. If it wasn’t for the white clouds lazing around, the ocean and sky must’ve been connected.
It wasn’t peaceful on the ocean. Perhaps our ships tore through the ocean, which was why we had waves. I stood at the bow and looked at the water. The ocean breeze blew against me. My breaths felt moist. I randomly felt overpowered as if the ocean belonged to me. Once one expands their vision, they’ll feel as though things are expansive and grand. I guess that was how you feel on ships. Seeing the vast sea did, indeed, make me feel stronger.
The modifications to the ship were apparent. There was a big, flat platform at the front of the ship. The rails were simple wooden rails. It was a little risky, but I didn’t think anybody would fall overboard; we weren’t that stupid. The bridge had been modified to be our living quarters. The servants and maids resided there. The dining hall, activity room and bedrooms were practically the same as the way they were in my Imperial Palace. Only a few rooms belonged to the crew. They lived in the cabin below. The ship was quite large. It looked decent from outside; however, standing at the bow, I thought it was the size of Ling Yue’s body.
I’d assume it’d pack a lethal amount of firepower if it was a warship. That was not to mention it was mana-powered, so it was a lot faster than current warships, and they could replenish energy at night. Therefore, you could live at sea forever on the ship as long as you had food and water.
If it was an elven warship, it would be a monster, because Vyvyan’s time magic could preserve the food and water as well as let it float on top of the water surface without needing to be replenished. That meant it wouldn’t need to resupply at ports and could travel as it pleased. Fortunately, such a formidable weapon was in my hands.
We didn’t have many ships guarding us. They were all mid-sized sailing ships. The mid-sized agile ships could perfectly subdue pirates. Pirates of this world didn’t have these mid-sized ships; they didn’t have ports that they can stop at whenever they liked to resupply, after all. I really wanted to find out where the pirates came from on this journey, as well. There might be some strange small island at sea that the pirates originated from. If it existed and I cleaned it up, I might’ve had myself a private island to spend vacations at.
I didn’t see any small islands, sadly. That said, we had only left for a few hours, so it was only normal I hadn’t spotted any. I turned around to look at Lucia sitting on the edge looking at the sea as well as Nier, who was lying underneath an umbrella. Nier’s lips were somewhat pale. Nier, who was commonly wearing a cold and fearless look, met her most terrifying enemy aboard the ship. Aforementioned enemy was sea sickness. Nier was defeated after staying on the ship. She went from a cold Princess into a weak Princess shivering in the corner. Thus, she had no choice but to lay down behind us.
I felt sorry for Nier. She was on her own ship to have fun, and it was a rare opportunity to be out on the ocean water, yet she was incapacitated and had to lie down for the entire trip due to sea sickness. Lucia, who sat to one side, relished Nier’s misery. She had completely adapted to the sea, so she didn’t have any struggles. However, little Lucia was really sly. She completely ignored Nier, who was sea sick. She even forcefully dragged Nier to the deck. Suffice to say, the elf, Lucia, was full of hatred for the woman who stole her man.
Lucia was very interested in the sea below. Every time there was a trace of a fish, she’d exclaim in surprise the same way a child did. Who would’ve thought such a cute girl with a small body was the mother of two kids?