Well, Three-Five Dou, you're really playing at a love story between the living and the dead, huh?

"Ahhhhh!"

A piercing scream rang out from high above. Even the howling storm couldn't drown out the terror and panic in it.

The little mermaid being carried on Three-Five Dou's back as they plummeted from the sky was about ready to lose her mind. Miss Caterina had never imagined that the battle to support her elder sisters would begin with such an excessively "cool" entrance.

She really was unlucky.

Her fish tank had been aboard Airship 013, the very one that had just been struck by lightning. If Three-Five Dou hadn't gone out of his way to rescue her before jumping, the paralyzed mermaid girl would have been blown to bits on the island beach along with Captain Serakfenda's suicidal attack.

But being carried down from such a height by Three-Five Dou wasn't exactly a pleasant experience, either.

The main problem was that Airship 013 had already crashed, and the blessing the Wanderers had placed on it had vanished. As a direct result, Three-Five Dou and Caterina no longer had the blessing that would protect them from injuries caused by the fall.

Still, that wasn't really a big problem.

As an elite among elites, the Big Bird Squad always had some of the best weapons and gear available to players. Three-Five Dou had his own Swift Eagle exoskeleton. He only needed to deploy his flight pack at the right moment to land safely. The problem was that the little mermaid on his back was terrified.

"Don't cover my eyes! I can't see anything!"

Three-Five Dou shouted, trying to get Caterina to calm down. But becoming a "flying fish" wasn't part of the career plan Caterina had laid out for herself. How was she supposed to stay calm now?

With no other choice, Three-Five Dou reached back, pulled the little mermaid