"I can't shake the feeling that Lady 'Blaze' looked rather flustered as she left..."
On the broad deck, Christina gazed at the receding docks of Bayam and spoke to her elder sister Dorothy beside her.
"Really? She was smiling so foolishly that I thought she was happy to see us go."
Dorothy answered, turning to look at the deep-black deck, which had grown somewhat hot in the sunlight, and the integrated gun turret several times their height, practically a massive building in its own right.
She was growing increasingly curious about this ironclad, which appeared to have no one steering it and had shown no sign of any crew since they boarded. They had only accepted because the "magic lamp" in Tina's shoulder bag had quietly told them upon reaching the docks that this ship would get them to their next destination as quickly as possible; otherwise, their caution and wariness would have made them refuse.
Now that they had left the docks, it was time to question the Genie properly.
As though sensing her thoughts, a strand of golden light, thick as liquid, emerged from the shoulder bag Tina had been clutching tightly. It swiftly formed that human silhouette before them, its edges now sharply defined.
After reaching their third destination and further loosening the seal, this being seemed able to leave the Sealed Artifact and appear outside without being summoned!
"It's a good thing we left that city," the Genie said, likewise gazing at the outline of Bayam, the "City of Generosity," on the horizon. His voice was less majestic and imposing than usual. "Do you realize that more than one angel had their eyes on us just now?"
During today's brief yet eventful journey, Tina had already received quite a few lessons in mysticism, with the knowledge