Elliot was amused. "He gave you five manors?"
"One! Only one! Boohoo, I risked my life to earn that manor! I haven't even seen it yet! At least let me see it before I die!"
Cora was already so frightened that she was babbling. Who knew what she had imagined?
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and spoke as though clutching her last lifeline. "My lord, I, I'll offer you five... one manor! Please don't kill me!"
"Do I look like I need that one manor?"
Cora let out a mournful cry. If he didn't want the manor, he apparently wanted her life.
Elliot watched Cora with interest. This girl did have some courage.
She just had too little work experience. At a time like this, she should have reported to the Old Duke immediately. If Sidney and Michel were truly looking for him, that was fine, but if they intended to harm him in secret, her deception might end up hurting him instead.
Hmm, I'll have to observe her a little longer.
The two walked through the compartment one behind the other, not because of any etiquette concerning rank, but because the corridor was too narrow for them to walk side by side.
Elliot surveyed the compartment.
He had surfaced from the Seabed, and naturally, he had not lost his memory as he claimed. He had been watching carefully the entire way.
These compartments, or rather, the "Dock," looked somewhat like a submarine to him.
Although the Ascent Curse existed in these deep waters, there seemed to be no water pressure, so these compartments had square walls rather than round, pressure-resistant hulls. Walking inside them reminded Elliot of cargo containers.
"Do we all live here? Including the soldiers?"
"That's right!" Cora hurriedly answered. "The Sea of the Moon lies