After leaving the Hainas King's Zone, the Star Moon Floating Ship headed straight for the border between the Zhili King's Zone and the Harmonia Hunting Zone, preparing to use the formal letter of state Theolis had given them to claim land...
Well, they should be reasonably leasing land, then building an island and waiting for Duke Moravia to arrive.
On the deck of the Floating Ship, Velin lay in a lounge chair, sometimes reading the Adventure Storybook in his hands and sometimes looking at his uncle-in-law, curiosity written plainly across his face.
He really wanted to know what had happened inside the Seahorse Carriage that had left his uncle-in-law wearing that helpless yet resigned expression.
Faced with Velin's prying gaze, Odor simply turned sideways and presented his back to him, choosing out of sight, out of mind.
Besides, the only good thing about this journey was that the kid had not discovered any other secrets about this identity of his.
If he had, given the kid's personality, he would not have been sitting there so peacefully right now.
Thinking of this, Odor suddenly remembered something else.
After leaving that mysterious space, he had secretly returned to the Hainas Mermaid Kingdom and left Sheryl a letter at the place where he had once lived.
The result was obvious. His mother had found the letter first.
Combined with the way his mother had seemed to want to say something several times during this journey, it only made him more certain of his guess.
"What a mess!"
"What's wrong?"
Flora, who was sitting beside him, turned toward him and asked softly after hearing that.
"Nothing." Odor raised his right hand and naturally wrapped his teacher in his arms. "It's nothing."
Seeing this, Flora did not press him further.
If she truly wanted to