Who Would Assassinate You?

On July 25, Lorist boarded the Blue Seagull with his family and set off for Qilin Port, preparing to attend the Second Prince's coronation ceremony in the Imperial Capital. Of course, when passing through Xidege Province, the territory of the Kemais Family, they would stop at Platinum Beach for half a day to pick up Duke Kemais, who was planning to travel with Lorist.

The Blue Seagull was a new large ocean-going passenger ship specially designed for carrying passengers, built as a trial vessel by the Ox Horn Bay Shipyard. It had 124 cabins and could carry 470 passengers at a time. It was the first dedicated passenger ship in the history of the Galintea Continent. The Norton Family was preparing to build three more ships of the same model to open a route between North Sea City and Hidden Gold Bay, instead of having to rely on cargo ships to travel to either location as they did now.

This was the Blue Seagull's first official voyage. After transporting Lorist's party to Qilin Port, it would continue on to Hidden Gold Bay. Lorist had brought nearly two hundred people aboard, including his family, guards, and servants, leaving more than half the cabins for Duke Kemais. However, he had not expected Duke Kemais to bring more than two thousand people to the Imperial Capital. Fortunately, Duke Kemais seemed to have anticipated this situation and had summoned half of the Kemais Family's large ocean-going merchant fleet, solving the problem of overcrowding and overloading.

"Locke, you're taking only this few people to attend His Majesty the King's coronation ceremony?" Those were the first words Duke Kemais spoke after boarding.

Lorist was taken aback. "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

This time, Lorist had brought only a hundred-man guard unit, along with his five