Published: July 4, 2025
"The underground large bath was amazing too."
"That’s true. I can’t say I don’t understand the appeal of staying here."
Ryo and Abel experienced the astonishing side of the 'Azure Orb Pavilion Wannya.'
The two were in the café of the 'Azure Orb Pavilion Wannya.'
It was called 'Cafe Blue,' and it could be used by those who were not staying at the inn.
However, it seemed quite expensive, as the people utilizing it clearly looked wealthy...
"Here... we can eat and drink as we please, right?"
"Yeah. The Azure Orb Company is incredible."
Ryo trembled at the generous treatment, while Abel was astonished by the Azure Orb Company's generosity.
And, of course, in front of the two, there was the specially blended coffee from the Azure Orb Pavilion.
They inhaled its perfect aroma.
They enjoyed its rare smoothness.
They swallowed it all...
"Wow..."
A satisfied sigh escaped both of their lips in unison.
It felt like this coffee could be one of the peaks of excellence.
Such was its level of perfection.
The two were seated by the window.
Beyond the window was the Wanya Second Central Square.
Ryo suddenly looked out the window.
He noticed that there was quite a tight security at the inn located at the edge of the central square.
It surely hadn’t been like that yesterday, so something must have happened.
Seeing Ryo's expression, Abel also followed his gaze.
"Ah, that seems to be an inn called 'Peaceful Sea Pavilion.'"
Abel remarked as he looked at the inn with the strict security.
"How do you know about that, Abel?"
"I overheard other guests talking about it in the large bath earlier. Apparently, some important person from another country suddenly arrived, and the government rented out the inn."
"That… feels like I’ve heard about it somewhere."
"There was something similar in the City of Manyamia too."
"That’s right! They had rented the inn for Princess Iliriaja. I wonder if it's someone from the Sujay Kingdom again..."
"Who knows?"
Ryo made a casual guess, and Abel deflected it with a casual response.
It was a rare instance where Ryo's truly casual guess turned out to be correct...
"That’s an amazing ship, isn’t it?"
"That's the one docked at the trading port, right? It seems that the people who arrived at the 'Peaceful Sea Pavilion' came by that ship."
"What? So it’s some important person from another country? That design is a bit too aggressive for a government-made ship, isn't it?"
"Don't ask me..."
As Ryo and Abel sipped their coffee while enjoying the view of the square, they overheard a conversation from a table not too far away.
Originally, three people were discussing the sales of the conference hall and about membership fees, but somehow the conversation had shifted to the topic of the ship docked at the trading port.
Though they wore fine clothes, they seemed to be men of the sea.
They were getting excited over the discussion of the unusual ship.
Naturally, that piqued the interest of the two.
"Abel, it seems there's a ship that’s too aggressive."
"Really? What do you mean by aggressive?"
"A ship that looks too aggressive to be made by a country... I’m curious."
"The Bashteek was a large ship, but it didn’t have an aggressive appearance..."
Both Ryo and Abel were intrigued by the idea of such an aggressive ship.
What exactly could a ship be that even seamen would consider aggressive...?
The two decided to get up and see the aggressive ship.
Weaving through the crowd that had gathered at the trading port, Ryo and Abel finally spotted it.
"Abel... I feel like I’m dreaming."
"Ryo... what a coincidence, I feel like I’m seeing an illusion too."
The ship they saw was...
"It looks like the Rain Shooter..."
"Yeah, it looks that way to me too."
Yes, docked there was the Rain Shooter, a ship once constructed at the Naitorei Kingdom's Whitnash, which was even called a revolution in ships.
It was a trimaran, a three-hulled vessel that was remarkably elegant, setting it apart from other ships.
It had no sails, oars, or screws... Below the waterline, it used water attribute magic, and on the surface, it used wind attribute magic for a hybrid navigation.