May 1, 999, Saint Laurent Calendar.
Rikaner Kingdom, Saint Olysses Harbor.
The Titan Winchester, an ocean liner hailed as "the rising star of world industry" and "unsinkable," was about to embark on its maiden voyage.
Banners fluttered above the bustling harbor. In a small Tavern by the docks, Annan and Michael had just won tickets from a Dwarf who was still beating her chest in frustration.
The whistle sounded, and the Titan Winchester set sail with several thousand passengers and nearly a thousand crew aboard.
Meanwhile, a young noblewoman named Maria stood at the bow, overwhelmed by despair. Her family had fallen on hard times, and her mother was forcing her to marry Morgan, whom she did not love. She wanted to throw herself into the sea.
Annan saw her from the Deck and rushed over to save her. That was how the two young people met.
Maria found a sense of freedom in the easygoing, cheerful young man, and affection stirred in her heart. Annan, too, fell for the girl whose reserved exterior hid a passionate soul. Then Maria took off her clothes, put on the gemstone necklace Count Morgan had given her, and let Annan draw her. When he finished, they kissed deeply...
Just then, the ocean liner struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage and began to sink. Morgan, having discovered his fiancée with Annan, angrily accused Annan of stealing her gemstone necklace and locked him in a Ship's Cabin. He took Maria up to the Deck and told her the ship was sinking and they had to escape in a lifeboat.
Unable to abandon the Lover she loved, Maria returned to the Ship's Cabin and freed Annan. They struggled through the freezing seawater flooding the ship and made it back to the Deck. The bow had