Phuket Island lay on the essential route between Sonia Island and the Rorsted Archipelago. It was a small island with freshwater resources, producing mainly various fruits, as well as housing two spice plantations. With no mineral deposits, Phuket Island had never received much attention or development.
Its role was more that of a supply stop along the route, but because it was too close to Sonia Island, there was little need for it. Most ships did not stop at Phuket Island.
Phuket Island's rather dispensable location and meager natural resources made it difficult for it to develop like other colonial islands. To this day, it had only one town with five hundred permanent residents and two fishing villages.
Only pirate ships, or vessels with other purposes, occasionally used Phuket Island as a private port. These ships brought the small island some income, but that income was not only limited, but unstable.
The Explorer stopped at sea more than an hour's voyage from Phuket Island. Sifa took Caven and Chik aboard a small boat and headed for the island.
Naturally, Kardashian continued accompanying Sifa in her attached form.
At dusk, they came ashore at an old pier, where many fishing boats were moored. People were carrying that day's catch ashore, filling the pier with the stench of fish and running wastewater.
Sifa and the others naturally attracted the fishermen's attention. After all, Phuket Island was rarely visited. However, these people only glanced at Sifa a few times before lowering their heads and returning to work.
After arriving at the town not far from the pier, Sifa spent a few copper pennies to have a local lead the three of them to a passable inn. Sifa rented two rooms, and after putting down their luggage, they headed out again to find a