At the boundary between illusion and reality, upon a sea surface seemingly severed by a gigantic rift, the Black Pearl remained at the end of the real ocean in a bizarre manner, against the seawater cascading like a waterfall into the dark fissure.
"Oh, thank God, you finally changed your mind?" Watching the dark fissure that seemed capable of swallowing every living creature, Helene chattered as though she had been granted New Life. Sno rolled his eyes at her, pulled out his pocket watch, and glanced at it.
"I'm going to take a nap. When I wake up, we'll enter these waters. I hope you've memorized everything in that booklet."
"A nap? It's already afternoon!" Helene glared at Sno with an awful expression. Then, to her surprise, the Black Cat that had always been inseparable from him had actually returned to human form. Lily obediently found herself a seat and began reading quietly.
"How strange..." Lily's unusual behavior left Helene unable to keep her thoughts straight. Throughout her life as a maid, manservant, butler... aside from Sno, the one she had dealt with most was this cat. And now, the cat was not clinging to him...
This nap was probably not going to be simple.
Realizing this, Helene, who wanted to live a little longer, immediately shut up. She likewise took out the God War Ruins precautions booklet Sno had given her after she boarded the ship and began reading. Although she had already memorized everything in it, considering they were about to enter those damned waters, she decided to review it once more, just as Sno had said.
Without caring whether Helene was actually putting in the effort, Sno returned to his cabin. He shut the door and set up a spiritual barrier. As the second hand ticked away,