"Everyone, please accept the baptism of knowledge."
The White Agate, the next day.
The captain, Fair Elvin, looked at Benjamin and asked again, "Are you sure you looked everywhere?"
"Really! We really looked everywhere. It's like the two of them suddenly vanished."
"..."
Elvin's expression shifted uncertainly. He had a rough guess as to what had happened.
As Aldrich's former comrade-in-arms, he had agreed to do him this favor before the White Agate set sail-partly out of their comradeship, and partly because he did not want anything to happen to those women aboard his ship.
Sigh, I just hope those two... weren't after those women. After all, one of them was Gehrman Sparrow, and the other was an even bigger "big shot" with some connection to Queen Mystic.
Elvin shook his head, turned, and walked away.
A moment later, two figures stepped out through a gap in the Spirit World.
One wore a silk top hat and a black formal suit. He had bronze skin, a medium build, black hair, and brown eyes. The other wore simple black everyday clothes, and her previously cropped hair had grown down to her ears.
They were Azik and Priscilla.
"Thank you, Mr. Azik."
Priscilla thanked Azik sweetly.
Azik smiled and walked to the edge of the deck to gaze out at the distant sea.
Priscilla tapped her forehead. "Well? Have you found her?"
The mark symbolizing the Underworld Gate appeared on her forehead. With a gust of wind, Medici appeared, clad in bloodstained black armor.
He frowned, looked around, and sniffed. "Not sure. She must have used some method to conceal her presence. We'll have to get close to know."
At that, Medici shot her a disgusted glare. "It's all because you're dragging me down, you stupid girl!"
Priscilla immediately planted her