The girls had heard the sound of the sea breeze for several days . The s.h.i.+p was a little too small for their lively natures and cheerful laughter . Their interest in the ocean soon faded . While the ends of the ocean were nowhere in sight, it was still boring . It was just a ma.s.sive body of water . The s.h.i.+p was fast, but it was seemingly still too slow for the ocean . Though the sound of the s.h.i.+p tearing through the ocean waves was heard daily, they eventually found it boring . The girls were already so bored that they felt blue .

The youngster, to the contrary grew more and more eager . He went up to the watchtower and peered toward his nation every day . Of course, no matter how high he went up, all he could ever see was the blue ocean . The youngster probably already saw his homeland, the place he returned to with hope, nevertheless . Last time, the youngster’s departure almost qualified to be defined as an escape .

The closer they got to his homeland, the clearer the outline of his homeland . His confidence and hope rose as they closed in . As he said, he was akin to a ball of air that was being filled up bit by bit . He lacked courage before . He felt despair after rejection . He didn’t want to ever return again, but he was back with hope .

Liu Yue yawned . She wagged her tail back and forth behind her . She knew she wasn’t allowed to wag her tail, but there was n.o.body here to tell her off at the end of the day . The four sisters maintained their graceful mannerisms when they first boarded the s.h.i.+p, but their true personalities eventually came out . They were dressed in clothing similar to the youngster’s simple clothing for men . Ying and Tanya didn’t care what the girls wore . All they cared about was their well-being . Liu Yue still wore a skirt, but she poked a hole through the back of it, allowing her tail to hang outside . After all, it was hot and uncomfortable with it against her body .

“So bored . I wonder when we’ll arrive . I never thought it was this far . I want to get to sh.o.r.e already . ”

Nona was also sprawled out to the side . She meekly looked at the water below and lazily replied, “Yeah . I agree . I want some sweets, too . ”

There was a lot of food on board, but sweets took up too much s.p.a.ce, and they didn’t bring any since it was worthless . Moreover, the temperature was gradually rising . A summer with no ice and no cold drinks bordered on a nightmare for the four sisters .

Thanks to being close to snowy mountains in the North, the girls had ice blocks even in summer . In addition, the snowy mountains functioned as an insulator of sorts; therefore, it wasn’t very hot in the North . The heat and moist aboard frustrated the four sisters, particularly Liu Yue . Her fox fur was moist .

“Fuu…”

They heard the sound of a door open and a cool breeze . Daisy came out wearing a simple camisole . She couldn’t offer the n.o.ble view that Nona could; but nevertheless, she had decent goods . Her a.s.sets perked up her black camisole, while the droplets of sweat on her collarbones would stir a man’s urge to commit a crime . She tied her hair into a simple ponytail, thereby revealing her neck . She gulped down a gla.s.s of water . The sword at her waist had just been used .

“I feel so happy after being freed from sea sickness,” commented Daisy .

An aforementioned statement required an amendment . The four sisters weren’t bored . It should be three sisters were bored, while one had yet to enter their mode . Said sister was Daisy, who had just recovered . She was literally reborn . She was in a fabulous mood, therefore lively . Her three sisters considered the view of the ocean a scene they’d been looking at for ages, but it was Daisy’s first time seeing it, and she was evidently livelier . Consequently, lively Daisy became her three sisters’ nightmare…

The three sisters were so bored they didn’t want to move, so they were in no mood to play with Daisy . Having nowhere to expend her energy, Daisy asked practiced her swordplay with either Ying or Tanya daily . She was the only one who could find the motivation to train in the heat .

“Please, can you please stop coming close to me . I’m as hot as can be already . Seeing you only makes me feel hotter,” whined Liu Yue .

Seeing Daisy was comparable to seeing a plague to Liu Yue . She took two steps back to maintain a distance from her youngest elder sister . Daisy giggled, and then tightly hugged her sister . She rubbed all of her sweat onto her sister . Liu Yue shrieked and tried to push her sister away, but Daisy wouldn’t let her have her way, especially since she recovered her energy .

Daisy laughed . She then snuggled up: “It’s fine . It’s fine . It’s just a little hot . You’ll feel a lot better after you break a sweat . Liu Yue, you won’t feel cooler lying here . How about doing some exercise with me?”

“You know, you convincingly look as though you’re trying to seduce my young youth from me . Unfortunately, I don’t have any energy right now . I just want to stay here alone, sunbathing and s.p.a.cing out, so keep away from me . I feel all sticky with you touching me with your sweaty body . You’re a girl . Can’t you behave like one?”

Liu Yue desperately struggled free of her sisters demonic grip . Daisy released her, and then looked to Nona . Nona shuddered . It was just as her sister said . She had no motivation to move about . The once comfortable sun was mercilessly hot; hence, she couldn’t stay in her room . If it was possible, the four wanted to sleep on the deck .

The youngster strolled over from the watchtower . He froze when he saw the sisters . He quickly bowed to salute them: “h.e.l.lo . ”

“Oh, h.e.l.lo . ”

Three of the sisters froze . The first to respond was Liu Yue . She had a good relations.h.i.+p with the youngster, relative to her sisters . At night, he’d sometimes go sit at her door, and the two would converse through the door . He never asked her to open up . Similarly, Liu Yue never opened up for him . The two enjoyed their conversations . He also told her of things she never heard of but piqued her interest, painting an exciting future Liu Yue looked forward to as well as reducing her hostility for him .

To be blunt, the youngster had no idea what to say . He was nervous when he saw the four sisters . Firstly, what happened between them couldn’t be considered friendly . Secondly, they were his saviours, so he couldn’t be rude . To just leave after being noticed would be impolite . Thus, after withholding it for a long time, he asked a very, very, very idiotic question: “Are you looking at something here?”

What else would there be to look at other than the ocean? Nothing . That was why three of the sisters looked at him as if they were looking at a moron . They soon realised he was just looking for something to say . The youngster scratched his head with a helpless smile . He had been called a block of wood that didn’t know how to socialise before, and he learnt just how pitiable his socialisation skills were . It was pointless to say anything in that situation, nonetheless . In saying that, the three sisters didn’t appear to mind . He, therefore, awkwardly stood there for two seconds then planned to leave .

“Your swordplay looks decent,” Daisy suddenly commented .

“Oh… I guess… I guess… I am a guard, after all . I can’t be too bad,” the youngster responded with a dry chuckle .

Daisy scanned the youngster . She discerned he was actually being modest . After all, he did defeat the two guards in the dungeon, indicating he could hold his own weight . Ying and Tanya were meaningless opponents to Daisy since she couldn’t defeat them no matter how she tried . As such, the only benefit she derived from them was sparring to exchange pointers . She didn’t feel the exhilaration of defeating a powerful foe .

“You ambushed me in the dungeon last time, so I don’t admit defeat to you . I hereby challenge you . At any rate, there’s nothing to do; how about a duel? We aren’t exchanging pointers but duelling . You, therefore, best be serious . You might get hurt, otherwise . ”

The youngster was stunned . Daisy wasn’t tall, but her valiant aura let him know she was serious about fighting . Blades didn’t know mercy, however . How would he explain himself if an accident happened? Furthermore, getting injured would end up being a handicap once they reached the sh.o.r.e . Consequently, he wasn’t too keen . The young girl, however – Liu Yue in particular – nodded, hoping he’d agree . He hesitated for a bit, and then replied, “We can, but I think we better use wooden swords . It’s too dangerous with these swords . What do we do if an accident happens?”

“It’s fine . There aren’t any wooden swords on board anyway . Let’s just use our metal swords . Trust me . I’ve been training since I was young . I won’t get hurt, but I can’t guarantee the same for you . ”