When Roy got up that morning, he discovered that all the wounds left by the fishhooks had completely healed.
After soaking in warm water, the scabs fell off one after another.
Only a few scratches left by the naga assassin had not fully healed. Even so, they had scabbed over, and the wounds even felt a little itchy.
Roy changed into a fresh, clean set of clothes and walked out of his bedroom.
There was still bread and jam on the dining table, probably carefully prepared by Ms. Belinda...
Ms. Belinda was in the courtyard, listening to news that the neighbor, Ms. Jillian, had brought back from the harbour docks.
Roy ran upstairs. From the second-floor terrace, he could see one corner of Castleton Harbour.
Only then did Roy realize that the harbour docks were still under martial law. Although fishing boats were docking one after another, the Fish Market remained closed.
Over the courtyard wall, Ms. Jillian told Belinda that a ship trafficking Naga Sea Clan mermaid slaves had been investigated at Castleton Harbour. The entire ship had sunk into the sea, and the Fish Market at the harbour docks had suspended business that morning because of it.
So Ms. Jillian had the rare chance to take a day off...
She had also learned at the harbour docks that the Seventeenth Legion and the harbour Guard Squad had jointly seized twenty-three chests of treasure from the ship. They were said to be filled with gold coins and Kole, as well as gems such as pearls and agates.
They had also reportedly carried a bronze coffin out of the ship, along with several strange bronze mirrors draped in black cloth.
In addition, the ship had left behind a total of one hundred and fifty-seven sailors' corpses, most of them of