"Whatever, asshole," Boara scoffed, rolling her eyes before walking away.

As Saem continued to stare at the girl in Jade's arms, his eyes widened in sudden recognition. "That girl... she's Princess Aurianna Vanluad, right?" he asked, his mind racing. ‘I’m sure it’s her!’

“Yeah, how do you know her?” Jugi inquired.

‘Now that I think about it, it’s been four years since I last saw her. She should be around twelve years old by now,’ Saem thought, nodding to Jugi’s question.

“We met a few years ago. I was captured by a group of pirates, but she technically saved me,” he admitted sheepishly, scratching his head.

‘But why does she look sixteen or seventeen? Something isn’t adding up here… well, whatever,’ Saem sighed, knowing that overthinking it would only give him a headache.

“Jugi, where are the rooms? I can’t keep carrying her forever,” Jade stated with a frown.

“Just give her to me,” Eva said as she appeared in a shadow form from thing air, her golden eyes glowing. Aurianna instantly vanished from Jade’s arms and reappeared in Eva’s before they both disappeared.

Jade, Avriel, and Jugi immediately tensed, dropping into battle stances with nervous expressions, while Boara, Kiana, and Hadina remained unbothered.

“That’s Eva. There’s no need to get so worked up,” Boara remarked.

“Who’s she?” Jade asked, staring at Boara. ‘I didn’t sense her at all…’

“How would I describe her? Well, among all of Aurianna’s servants, she has the highest authority, second only to Aurianna herself. That’s all I know about her,” Boara shrugged.

“That’s all you know?” Jugi asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Yes, that’s all.”

“So if we hadn’t joined that kid, we’d probably be dead.” Avriel chuckled nervously. Just meeting Eva’s eyes had been enough to send shivers down her spine.

‘They’d be even more shocked to see that second world, pfft,’ Kiana giggled. Boara glanced at her, as if understanding what Kiana was laughing about, and they both giggled, covering their mouths.

“What’s so funny?” Jade asked, displeased.

“You’ll find out soon enough,” Boara said with a smile before walking off.

“I’m going to rest. I’ll be back when Aurianna wakes up,” Boara added, heading through the ship’s doors.

“Damn that Eva, how dare she take Aurianna? Wicked, wicked woman!” Hadina bit her lip, frowning.

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“Y’all can resume your work and pretend we aren’t here,” Jade instructed. All seven crew members nodded eagerly before scrambling away.

“What the hell did they do to my damn ship?” Saem wondered as he stared at his ship, sighing. “Well, I won’t complain because it looks better than before, but maintaining it will surely be difficult,” he speculated, crossing his arms.

The once rugged and weathered deck surface of the ship had been transformed to be more defined, larger and appeared as a newly bought ship.

He looked up to see the once former old sown sails, were now larger, new and seemed thick that caught hold of the winds easily.

Saem rushed to the ship side as stared at the waters to see the ship moving fast, speeding through the waters. Compared to how it formerly moved, it was clearly faster now. He then noticed some strange objects propelling the ship forward, moving like an underwater turbine.

‘Seems the ship appears more like those crazily expensive advanced ships I saw on the market. Could be a blessing,’ he thought with a smile as he really did admire the ship, despite its invaders.

Suddenly he heard a soft sound, similar to that of fabric dancing around. He looked up to see the sails shifting on their own, adjusting to the wind without any need for the manual labor of the crew mates.

‘They really made my ship theirs huh,’ Saem cried inwardly at the realization.

Saem then turned to Jugi and asked, "Where are you all heading?"

"We'll just go wherever you're going. The rest, Aurianna will decide when she wakes up," Jugi replied, patting Saem on the shoulder. He then waved at the others and opened the door that led to the lower rooms of the ship.

Hearing Jugi's words Saem sighed before walking to the wheel of the ship, which was now protected with some sort of covering as well as making him easily see the ocean.

He saw a chair before the wheel and sat upon the seat before taking hold of the wheels.

"Hadina, how strong is that Eva woman?" Jade asked, curiosity evident in his gaze as he looked at Hadina.

Hadina stared at him for a moment before raising her tentacles from the sea, revealing one wrapped tightly around a sea monster. The creature had already suffocated to death in her grip. She then brought it near her and stuffed it into her mouth, chewing slowly while blood dripped from her lips, her eyes fixed skeptically on Jade.

"Well, from what I’ve heard from the adults in the domain prison, she was a monster in her younger days. But something happened… I dunno," Hadina shrugged. "But she’s definitely stronger than anyone in the domain prison, apart from Neil, of course. I heard she used to help Regals destroy worlds. But, as always, something bad happened. No one’s told me yet. How frustrating, frustrating, frustrating!" Hadina gritted her teeth with a mad expression, but she immediately calmed down. "But I’m sure with my darling Aurianna, that annoying woman will be fixed—not that I wish for that, anyway. But I guess she has some usefulness to Master Aurianna." She smiled, then frowned. "I still wish she’d die off already."

"I see," Jade murmured before turning to face the chaotic sea ahead as the ship sailed smoothly.

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"I didn’t think her Regal form would affect her this badly. Her body is in shambles, but luckily, she’s healing quickly. Slower than usual, but better than nothing," Eva sighed with relief, her fingers tracing a golden seal on Aurianna's head. The seal traced over her body before retracting back into its main point.

Once done, Eva patted Aurianna on the head.

"Hey, Aurianna, wake up!" she yelled, giving her a hard knock on the head.

Aurianna jolted awake, jumping off the bed and wincing in pain as she rubbed her head. "What the hell was that for?!"

"What did I tell you about using White Hole in your Regal form?! That’s a Germaris skill—it clashes with your Regal half, which is why it went berserk! You're lucky that skill specifically protects you!" Eva scolded, her voice sharp with anger, before she sighed and shook her head.

"I’m sorry," Aurianna pouted, looking up at Eva.

"Don’t try that again. And if you do, use your normal body for better control!" Eva warned.

"Yeah, yeah, I hear you," Aurianna replied.