The vast, boundless ocean stretched out beneath splashing azure waves, while the ship swayed.
"Cassil, are you all right? I told you long ago that you'd get seasick on a ship, but you insisted on coming along. Hmph—when your father finds out you snuck out again, he'll scold you to death." Captain Sadan stood on the deck, lecturing someone.
In his eyes, the fellow before him was plainly the sort who brought trouble upon himself. What was wrong with living a carefree life at home? He had to run out to see the world, and now he had not even seen it yet before vomiting until heaven and earth spun.
"Ugh... ugh..." Before him, a youth clung to the ship's railing, his face white as he vomited in great heaves. In truth, he had long since reached the point where there was nothing left to throw up, yet the nausea showed no sign of easing, leaving him no choice but to keep retching dryly.
"Hehe, he's just a kid. Didn't we also yearn for the wonderful world outside when we were young?" The first mate passed across the deck at that moment and said with a grin.
"Yes, you're right. When I was young, I also dreamed of leaving my hometown and taking a good look around the world outside. I thought the outside world had to be endlessly wonderful. But after going out and drifting around for several years, I learned that reality was nothing like that. The outside world is indeed wonderful enough, but that wonder has nothing to do with us! People are happiest when they are home. Only little fellows like this still yearn for the outside world." Captain Sadan sighed sentimentally as well.
"Uncle, if you don't like the outside world, why do you always