After several days of drifting through the air, Visseria finally arrived above the Sabaody Archipelago.
A group of old men stood at the edge of the island, seeing Lina and the others off.
"Goodbye, young man. Goodbye, young lady."
"Have a pleasant journey."
"Come visit whenever you have time."
Two years had flown by, and Lina and Nami's arrival had brought these "empty nesters" some companionship—not exactly the warm and cozy kind.
Summoning a falcon, Lina leaped onto its back and looked over his shoulder with a smile. "Take care of yourselves, everyone. Don't wait until we come back next time to die on us and make us put you in the ground."
"Say something nice for once, you idiot!"
Smack!
Nami slapped him on the head in exasperation, then climbed onto the falcon with Pisi and waved goodbye to Hareda and the others.
"We're off, everyone!"
Under the crowd's reluctant gaze, the falcon flapped its wings and left the place they had called home for two years.
"Whew... At last, those two little demons are gone."
Hareda lowered his head with a sigh, stroked his snowy white beard, and shuffled back to his empty house.
The master bedroom where Lina and the others had stayed had been cleaned out completely.
"How strange. It feels like the loneliness came all at once."
Looking around the empty room, Hareda slowly returned to the spare bedroom, ready to move his things in.
When he opened the door, a folded sheet of white paper slipped through the gap and fell to the floor.
"Hm?" Hareda bent down, picked it up, and unfolded it in confusion. It read:
``` [Leave the master bedroom for us, you old geezer. If you die early, make sure you leave the house to me in your will.
—Lina]