Migo Town.
After nearly a month at sea, the Marine G-ICE warship finally arrived at the harbor.
The docks of Migo Town were bustling with people, all of them townsfolk who had come to welcome them.
Kuzan sat on a stone bollard by the dock, watching the warship come to a stop. A faint smile appeared on his face, but it vanished after only a few seconds.
"They're here! It's G-ICE's warship!"
"Can you see them? Is my child on that ship?!"
As the warship pulled alongside the shore, the crowd immediately surged toward it, gazing expectantly up at the deck. Though they could not actually see anything, their anticipation did not lessen in the slightest.
Thud!
A long wooden gangplank was lowered from the warship's deck. Tsugikuni Yoriichi slowly walked down from the ship, and the moment he stepped onto the dock, the surrounding townsfolk crowded around him, their eyes full of both hope and anxiety.
"Bring the children off the ship!"
"Be careful. Don't let the children get hurt."
"Everyone, please don't rush. Reclaim your children in an orderly manner, and make sure to register first."
As Yoriichi spoke, he spotted the figure sitting on the stone bollard behind the crowd. After giving a few instructions to his subordinates, he pushed through the crowd and headed toward Kuzan.
The moment Yoriichi left, joyous cries rang out across the dock.
Under the Marines' guidance, the children were brought off the ship one by one. The parents who had lost their children anxiously searched through the crowd. A few who had already found theirs ignored the Marines' attempts to stop them and rushed forward to embrace their children.
The excited crowd began to lose control somewhat, but the Marines reacted quickly enough. Through a combination of persuasion and restraint, they