"Huh?"
She puffed out her cheeks. "I thought we already were?"
Edward was silently cursing himself for being an idiot when she smiled again.
"All right!"
Priz Harbor.
As the largest and busiest port in the Loen Kingdom, it handled enormous volumes of people and cargo every day. Every few minutes, a freighter laden with goods left the harbor, while another sailed in.
These freighters carried Loen's specialty products, either heading south along the coastline through Desi Bay to Feynapotter and Intis, or sailing southeast to the Rorsted Archipelago, or farther south to the Southern Continent.
Passenger ships, by contrast, ran relatively infrequently, since few people were willing to brave seas full of pirates just to go sightseeing.
In a café, Klein, dressed in a light-colored waistcoat and white shirt, stood beside the window. From time to time, he gazed outside at the several passenger liners docked at the distant harbor-these were all the ships that would be leaving Priz Harbor today.
In the hour or so since he had arrived in Priz Harbor, several liners had already departed, yet Edward still hadn't shown up. Klein couldn't help grumbling inwardly. Young couples like them are such a hassle. They always have to spend time being affectionate and reluctant to part. Not like me-one man, one bag, ready to leave whenever I want. Free and easy.
Sighing, Klein returned to the walnut dining table, picked up his coffee, and drained it in one go. Then he took out some paper and wrote Mr. Azik a letter, recounting everything he had experienced over the past two days.
"...Finally, I have another question. Is there any way to remove the residual mental corruption from Beyonder characteristics that have already solidified?
"...I will soon be setting out to sea. May your journey to