Her small nose was almost pressed against the thick porthole. Her warm breath had condensed into a thin layer of mist on the glass, blurring the endless pale-gray sea of clouds outside. The girl hurriedly wiped it with her sleeve when her companion reminded her, "The airship meal is here. Time for lunch."
She turned around and saw an utterly ordinary face. Its owner was a girl about her age, with short chestnut hair and black eyes. A dark trench coat wrapped around her somewhat slight frame. She looked sleep-deprived, and even her voice sounded weak and listless.
She took the meal box and spoon her companion handed over, tucked her red hair behind her ear, and made a strange face. "Did you really have to change yourself into this?"
"What's wrong?" The chestnut-haired girl yawned lazily.
"I'm really not used to it."
"You'll get used to it."
"You only changed yesterday. How could I adapt that fast..." the red-haired girl muttered. She opened the airship meal box, took a bite of the seafood fried rice, and grimaced. "This tastes awful too..."
"Normal."
"The ticket was so expensive, yet they can't even provide decent food. What a rip-off."
"I told you to buy luxury cabin tickets."
"They're way too expensive."
"I could just pay for you."
"I don't need you to pay for me—"
"So you made me squeeze into ordinary cabin with you?" The chestnut-haired girl glanced at her.
"Hehe."
The two girls seated by the window in the ordinary cabin of the airship were, naturally, Lucia and Ivette.
More than a month ago, the two had left Sanglun Village by carriage and traveled from place to place until they reached the royal capital of the Kisul Kingdom. There was no other reason—the capital had an airship route operated