Sunlight had found a gap in the clouds and streamed down through it.
The sun over the sea was an almost bewitching red. Water stretched everywhere, yet the air carried a strange mingling of dryness and dampness that felt distinctly odd.
Knight Kaikuanxi slowly climbed out of bed. His limbs felt stiff and numb, but his mind gradually cleared.
The damp air around him did nothing to settle him. Instead, wave after wave of nausea rose in his chest again. The urge to vomit when he had nothing left to bring up almost suffocated him.
As though a disgusting snake had coiled around his body, he leaned over the bedside and retched with his face down. He desperately wanted to vomit again, but his stomach was already empty, making the sensation all the more unbearable.
Even knights could get seasick, it seemed.
"Knight Kaikuanxi, are you awake?" A voice suddenly came from outside. Someone had come to see him.
Knight Kaikuanxi looked toward the wooden door, his expression shifting several times. In the end, his pride won out.
He panted for a little while, then seized the headboard with both hands. It took almost all his strength to force his upper body upright.
Sweat broke out on his forehead, and his face turned even more sallow, but he endured it without a single complaint.
Seasickness was common at sea, especially among people like him who had spent their entire lives on the mainland. Those who had never boarded a ship before were particularly susceptible.
Several of the other knights traveling with him had developed similar symptoms, but Knight Kaikuanxi's condition was far worse than theirs.
His injuries had not fully healed before he boarded the ship. Given the situation in the Feisi Kingdom at the time, however, getting everyone out