In the guest cabin, only Lanchi remained, sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Hughberlian, where are you?"
Feeling the ship sway gently and recalling his drifting ordeal over the past few days, Lanchi lowered his head and sighed.
He had been enjoying traveling with her for more than a month. Who could have guessed that a Magic Storm would suddenly rise over the sea, blotting out the sky and sun, and swallow the ship they were riding?
Just as Lanchi was sighing idly, the shadow beneath his feet suddenly rippled and changed. A Little Black Cat separated from the black pool like water, nimbly sprang onto Lanchi's leg, and gazed at him with bright, Night Sky-like cat eyes.
"It's probably because the Dimensional Bishop and Destruction Bishop started fighting somewhere across the sea, reacting with the natural Magic Disasters over the ocean and affecting us over here, meow."
Cat Boss said this.
It was hard to say whether this was a natural or man-made disaster, because the Cardinal Bishops of the Rebirth Church had always been known as human-shaped disasters.
They had been caught up in it simply because they lacked sufficient strength, and there was nowhere to seek redress.
No one dared stop Bishops from fighting. Anyone too weak would only die by getting involved, while anyone strong enough to interfere might end up being besieged by the two Bishops.
Every nation hoped the two Cardinal Bishops would fight until both were badly wounded, so they simply let them fight.
The result had triggered a butterfly effect that had blown all the way over to this side of the sea.
"Lanchi, meow, I told you I should come with you."
Cat Boss looked pleased with itself as it wagged its tail smugly.
It had used Telekinetic Magic to