"Hey, Brown, is this all it takes?"
Werther looked at the bubble surrounding the entire ship, then turned to Brown curiously.
"That's it. As long as it doesn't take hits in several places at once, the water pressure won't burst the bubble.
"Well, that concludes our deal. Have a good voyage."
Brown took the money Werther had paid him, handed him a Diving Guide, and left.
"Let's see what this guide says. I didn't expect it to come with instructions."
Werther followed the steps in the guide, and his ship actually began to descend.
Before long, seawater surrounded them.
"I never imagined it would be so beautiful beneath the Sabaody Archipelago."
Werther and Tuski watched the Sabaody Archipelago slowly rise before their eyes, both full of wonder.
More precisely, they were sinking.
Soon the Sabaody Archipelago vanished from sight. But as it did, Werther found himself entering an even more breathtaking region.
They had not descended far, so he could still make out a faint glow overhead. All kinds of strange fish swam around the ship.
But Werther noticed that Tuski had worn an odd expression ever since the ship began to descend.
Tuski usually looked like that only when he had done something wrong.
"Tuski, you've been acting strange for a while now. What did you do this time?"
At Werther's words, Tuski's face stiffened, and he turned away.
Werther was now certain Tuski had done something wrong.
Just then, a thud came from inside a cabin, as though something had collided with something else. A cry of pain followed.
Sensing something was wrong, Werther went straight to the sound and opened the cabin door.
"Hi."
Werther's face twitched when he opened the door. Inside was someone he knew all too well.
"Anita? What are you doing here? Didn't