After leaving the waters of the "Fourth Epoch Ruins," the Future continued eastward. The other ships of the "Star Pirates" had long since remained in the Beluga Whale Sea, watching their flagship depart. Even in this area, which was already close to the limit of safe waters, there were still quite a few fishing boats and whalers trying to dredge up more spoils from the uninhabited deep sea.
Seeing the conspicuous markings on the Future, those fishing boats scattered nervously like startled birds. Their cannons and harpoons all turned toward it, yet no one dared to open fire.
The slender, utterly unscientific Future sailed through the final stretch of safe waters under their flanking welcome, entering mysterious seas no one had ever reached.
Of course, saying that no one had ever reached them was not entirely accurate. At the very least, Admiral of Stars had clearly been here before. Under her command, the Future plunged headfirst into the dark clouds gradually spreading to the horizon and sailed through the suddenly erupting storm.
Hurricanes and thunderstorms ravaged the sea in turns, but faint gaps existed between them. The Future seemed to dance on the edge of a blade, constantly changing course along those gaps and advancing with difficulty as if navigating a maze.
In such weather, it was difficult even to tell whether it was day or night... Angel hid in her room and looked outside through the porthole. Lightning flashed across the distance and struck the surface of the sea directly, but it was too far away for any thunder to reach them, making the strangeness of these waters even more pronounced.
Shaking her head and no longer bothering with the weather outside, Angel prepared to go to the dining room and get some dinner to fill her stomach, which