The Water Magician

"Kubevasa, I've returned!"

As the water attribute mage stood at the bow of Public Ship No. 10, he shouted when he saw the massive bridge of the Autonomous City of Kubevasa.

The king's swordsman standing next to him shook his head in confusion.

"Isn't this just the usual classic development stuff?"

It seemed he muttered this casually.

There were various discrepancies, but they say this has been said since ancient times.

If you let it get to you, you've lost.

"If we sink about six to eight ships, it will surely be called the nightmare of Kubevasa."

"Those are the enemy ships, right? If you sink our allies, you'll get scolded."

"Ah, of course! Sure, if you sink our allies, they would call it a nightmare... from our side."

Ryo seemed to want to sink many enemy ships and be referred to as 'the nightmare of XX' with fear.

"But we're not at war right now, so that's impossible."

Abel's reply was as lackadaisical as usual.

However, he seemed to recall something.

"Remember when Ryo sank about five ships on the way from the Komakyuta Vassal Kingdom to Sujay Kingdom?"

"Oh, yes, that happened."

Lord Protector Kavui Somaru had come aboard the Rain Shooter to pick up Princess Iliriaja, who was in asylum in the Komakyuta Vassal Kingdom.

On the way back to Sujay Kingdom, the Rain Shooter was ambushed.

"By the way, was that the Go-War ship from the Duchy of Atinjo?"

"That's right."

Abel confirmed Ryo's recollection.

"That's not good."

"Why not?"

"That should be remembered as the achievement of the queen of ships, the Rain Shooter. It should be a legend of the queen. Having my name associated with it is tactless."

"Is that so...?"

Ryo nodded repeatedly.

Seeing that, Abel shook his head slightly.

The sensibilities of people are often incomprehensible.

"That's amazing, we arrived four days early!"

"The winds were favorable."

As Ryo said happily, Captain Ra Woo of the Tenth Ship responded with a smile.

These four days should be precious for Ryo.

Because...

"I now have time to explore the Autonomous City of Kubevasa after a long time!"

"Isn't it more accurate to say you're going to eat your way around?"

"In a broad sense, it's the same thing!"

Abel looked at him with narrowed eyes, and Ryo countered.

In fact, if they had arrived as scheduled, they would have been in meetings from the next day onward...

It was true that they had more time now.

However, they came for the meetings, not for play!

The Darwei Negotiation Group, having arrived at Kubevasa Free Port, began to disembark.

"The port is still large, isn't it?"

"With ten public ships, we can disembark all at once."

As Ryo and Abel tried to disembark, Captain Ra Woo called out to them from behind.

"Please follow the previous group to your lodging. It seems you two have rooms prepared at the same inn."

"Thank you!"

With that, Ryo and Abel disembarked.

In fact, both of them had considerable luggage this time, but everything was to be unloaded from the public ship and transported to their inn.

As such, they were almost empty-handed as usual.

The two followed the Darwei Negotiation Group.

They arrived at their inn quickly.

It seemed it was very close to the free port.

It was a large wooden two-story building, and even just the part facing the main road must have been over a hundred meters.

It was only natural for such a large inn, as it was accommodating around two hundred members of the Darwei Negotiation Group... but it was also a familiar place.

"Huh? Wasn't this the inn we stayed at before…?"

"Yes, it's the same inn."

"I believe it was called the Inn of Free Winds..."

It had a splendidly luxurious yet elegant entrance, and the manners of the inn staff were perfect.

Without a doubt, it was one of the top-class inns in the Autonomous City of Kubevasa.

"The food was delicious too."

"That's right. Soushi Head Chef from Rondark said he used to come here often. The tradition of delicious food at this inn may have continued for a long time."

However, Ryo suddenly remembered.

"By the way, didn't you say this place was funded by the Sujay Kingdom?"

"Ah, you did mention that."