The days aboard the ship flowed like water, tranquil and without a single ripple.
Katrina remained in the captain's cabin the entire time, paying no heed to the apprentices.
Xiao Yun also often stayed in his room, only coming out occasionally to fish and chat with Sophia for a while.
Catherine, on the other hand, had become quite the prominent figure aboard the ship and had formed her own little circle.
Splash!
On the deck, as Xiao Yun pulled up his rod, a one-meter-long fish was hauled aboard. It thrashed and rolled across the deck before Xiao Yun kicked it into the water bucket beside him.
"Brother Hill, you're amazing! You caught another big fish!" Sophia crouched beside the bucket, staring at the fish inside with delight all over her face.
For Sophia, who had grown up in the royal palace, life aboard the ship was instead quite novel. She especially enjoyed accompanying Xiao Yun while he fished. Whenever he caught a large fish, she would be overjoyed.
"Hehe, out at sea, this hardly counts as a big fish," Xiao Yun said with a smile. He liked innocent, sweet Sophia very much too—of course, in the way one liked a younger sister. After all, Heavenly Emperor Xiao was a proper man.
"Then how big are real big fish?" Sophia asked curiously.
Xiao Yun smiled. "In the sea, only fish as large as our ship can be called big fish. Whales, sharks, and the like—some are even bigger than our ship."
"Wow!" Sophia cried out in astonishment. There were fish larger than the ship they were on? Could those still be called fish? That was simply terrifying. Just imagining it in her mind left her deeply shaken.
"Eh! Brother Hill, is that a big fish?" Sophia suddenly pointed at a dark