A ship sailed in the vast blues. Men worked hard on the sails and kept it in the direction of the winds.

“Ahoy mates! I see land in the distance” shouted one man from the top of the ship with a telescope in his hands.

“Yeah!” shouted all the other men on board.

“How much more time to reach shore?” asked the captain. He was dressed in a suit which looked appropriate for a noble. His aura commanded authority and he carried a special air around him.

“Fifteen more captain, twenty at most!” shouted back the man.

“Yeah!” shouted all the 100 men on board with cheerful expressions. You couldn’t blame them for acting rowdy. Travelling for almost 600 days on a ship wasn’t easy. They were finally going home to their families.

The captain smiled at his crew and let them do their thing for a while. He looked at the  odd ball of the crew, a kid wrapped with grey colour beast clothing all around his body. He had black hair and his most prominent feature – his dark blue eyes which reminded the captain of the sea. They had found him captive on a pirate ship.

“Alright, that’s enough! Get on with the work if you want to reach the coast fast enough.” The captain said. He walked back into his office in the ship.

The stupid salty air had plagued Aether’s nose for around 400 hundred days. He smiled wide, celebrating that he was one step closer to pay off his debt and go home. A pink pig suddenly appeared on his shoulder with a ‘poof’. It was tiny and was just about the size of a palm.

“UGH, you smell as rotten as always. Wearing all this beast clothing…… don’t you get tired of it?” said the pig as it made a disgusted face which was almost humanlike.

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The men around Aether had already gotten used to this weird pig appearing out of nowhere and it could talk too. They had seen many strange things; a useless talking pig didn’t seem to interest them at all.

“Shut up pig, we are finally about to reach Baiblic, don’t ruin my mood.” Aether replied ignoring the pig while he started at the horizon.

“Oye oye! How many times have I told you not to call me a pig?! I’m Titan! Do you hear me?! A Titan!” said the pig angrily. The crew cracked up watching this hilarious pig and its master having their daily fight. It never got old for them.

(Note: the pig claims to be a Titan who is named a Titan.)

“A Titan he says!” laughed a man while pointing his finger toward the pig. The crew started laughing even more. “If you’re a Titan then we are the rulers of the universe mate.”

“Shut up fools. Don’t you look down on me!” roared the pig.

Aether wasn’t paying attention to any of that gibberish, he just looked at the beautiful scenery of the buildings that were ahead.

“The architecture is a mix of Persian and French. It’s a beauty.” Said Aether. His eyes couldn’t have enough of the beautiful port they were about to arrive to.

“You say some strange stuff mate but you are right, it is beautiful. I heard it’s a work in progress.” Said a man. He was also quite surprised by the changes they had made to this place since the last time he had seen it.

When the ship was finally docked at the port, all of them rushed out.

“We will gather supplies and meet here in about two hours. Make sure all of you come back in time! Men, start the repairs!” said the captain. He walked to Aether.

“Here” he said with a pouch in his hands, “it contains quite a few gold coins. It’ll come in handy. Besides we have a lot of them left after pillaging pirates.”

Aether looked at the pouch but he didn’t want to take it. “I only did a little work on the ship, I don’t deserve the gold coins. Plus, you saved me from those pirates and gave me food and means to travel.”

The captain knew Aether wouldn’t accept it so he put the pouch away. “if it is what you wish. You are still young don’t waste your time and train properly.”

Aether felt a chill go down his spine. It was as if he was naked in front of this man, it never felt comfortable. It was as if he could see through everything.

“This is where we part. I wish you the best in whatever you wish to do in Baiblic. We will be going through the river Tune to the country Helion. It’s a long journey I’m afraid we won’t be able to stay here for too long. Goodbye.” Said the captain and walked away to instruct his crew

“Goodbye”

Aether walked from the ports and into the streets of the city. People looked at him strangely and blocked their noses. He was just ecstatic to finally be on land with decent people around him. The clothing, the buildings, everything was just like he had travelled back in time.

“Hey pig, what’s Helion?” Aether asked, recalling his conversation with the captain.

“It’s only the largest country on the human continent you retard. Although you do not care about what people think, I do ok? So please take a damn shower and get a change of clothes.” Said the pig while watching the people covering their noses.

“Whatever” Aether said.

“The journey hasn’t even begun yet.” Said the pig hysterically. He tried to imagine what the future would be like and sighed. One thing he knew was that this wasn’t going to be easy.