Having obtained Shusui, the goal of their trip, Ye Chuan and Robin officially left the Florian Triangle.
Their ship sailed across the azure sea once more, and everything seemed to have returned to its usual calm.
Only, there was one more person aboard.
Perona huddled alone in a corner of the cabin, clutching her teddy bear and occasionally stealing glances at the two people on deck, neither of whom looked easy to deal with.
"Damn it... to save Lord Moria's life, I somehow ended up as this guy's hostage..."
Perona muttered to herself:
"This black-haired kid is as monstrously strong..."
"That black-haired lady always smiles, but she feels really dangerous too..."
"Could these two be a couple? Still... they do look pretty good together..."
"...Pfft, pfft, pfft! What am I thinking?!"
"I wonder what they'll do to me... will they sell me off, or..."
Just as Perona's thoughts ran wild, a calm voice suddenly came from above her head.
"Hey, pink hair. Stop spacing out over there and go cook."
At some point, Ye Chuan had appeared behind her and was looking down at her.
"Huh?! Cook?!"
Perona bristled instantly. She jumped up, pointed at Ye Chuan's nose, and protested indignantly:
"What do you take me for?! Are you treating this princess like a maid..."
Before she could finish, her eyes met Ye Chuan's indifferent black gaze.
"Aah!!!"
Perona instantly remembered the feeling of being consumed by terror.
She screamed, nearly scared to tears, then hastily nodded and bowed before rushing into the kitchen faster than she ever had in her life:
"I... I was wrong! I'll do it right away! Right away! Just tell me whatever you want to eat!"
"Hehe..."
Watching Perona's comical change from arrogance to servility, Robin couldn't help covering her mouth and chuckling.
She walked