“You think she has slept yet?” “Nope… I can hear the water on her pool moving. Though her presence is a bit weak...” After having officially become an adventurer, Staas and Gytha went straight back to Riviera’s palace. Adra on the other hand spent his night drinking in the tavern, he needed to throw away some burden out of his mind. *Knock!* *Knock!* Gytha knocked on the giant double doors of the throne room. The response was silent for a while, the two got pretty worried that the sound wouldn’t actually reach her since the first time they came here they just barge in without any notification. “Come in!” But the Naiad invited them in, though her voice sounded a bit startled. Having her permission, Staas quickly pushed the door wide open. It was pretty dark inside, with only moonlight shining on Riviera’s pool throne where she lay comfortably in the water, gazing at the two enterings her room with her half-closed sleepy eyes. “Uh… did w

“So does that mean Staas is not the most powerful entity currently in our world?” Gytha threw her question with a sense of worry. “Right now… I don’t know. But after he gains back all his essence then yes. Weirdly enough, all the Castaway are mortals with human lifespan.” Weirdly enough, Riviera didn’t seem to even a bit saddened by their departure. “They are probably in heaven now, their main destination in the first place. But their arrival to this world carried so much impact that lots of adventurers actually worship them.” Her voice tone and body language gestured she wanted to move on from this topic. “What a bizarre being.” Rich words coming from Staas. The stream hastened their flow and another scene carried away among the three. The vortex, however, perished and invited back the blank space around them. The branch also unite into a single stream, showing an image of the Naiad just chilling on her pool throne, but her room was completely empty

“Morning Elen!” Gytha greeted the Azuresheet Tavern receptionist with a bright smile. It was quite early so the other two girls haven’t arrived yet. “Morning Gytha, Staas. Want to take some commission?” The elf girl leaned both her arm at her counter while glancing at the Commission Board. “Oh no no no, nothing that fancy. Both of us gonna leave for the next city since we now have an [Adventurer’s Badge].” Gytha's smile turned awkward. “Right… I forgot that’s the reason you join. So? Surely you’re not here to just say goodbye right?” Elen’s face got a bit bitter after getting reminded of their past interview. “Yeah about that… I think we haven’t received the money reward for yesterday’s commission yet. The Naiad reminded us about it last night.” It’s visible that Gytha wasn’t comfortable saying it. “Money? Adra already took it.” That shocked the two quite a bit. “But don’t worry, he’s right outside having his morning tea. Go through that door

“Adra, why does the sign say ‘Boat Shop’? Not ‘Blacksmith’?” Gytha asked as the four of them went near the waterway after heading out of the stable. “Huge one please,” Adra said to the seller. “Because the market we’ll be heading only accessible to water.” He then explained to Gytha. “Owh… I expect nothing less.” The sun was bright when the four of them stood curiously beside the waterway. Shortly after the transaction between Adra and the seller, a large paddleboat sailed itself to the shop right before them. It was a significantly lot bigger than the one Staas and Gytha use to enter the city, as it even has a space for a carriage and its horse, while still leaving some for other luggage. It has two turbines at the back to help it move in exchange for paddles. “Woah this one’s massive,” Staas commented in amazement. “Staas, get on the steering wheel up the front, Gytha, help me put Chesy to the boat,” Adra instructed the two. “Okay!”<

“Is everything set?” Adra asked from the [House Cart]’s driver's seat. “All set!” Staas reported from inside the house, with his hand poking outside giving thumbs up to the half-mer. “Is it really okay for us to ride at night?” Gytha asked from right beside Staas. The two of them currently stood on their knee on a red sofa they just bought, which is located right under the front window of the [House Cart]. “Nope, it’ll totally lead to a fight if we somehow get ambushed.” Adra glanced at Chesy in front of him who was already fully armored and attached to the cart. “And we need to train Chesy to get used to Staas Aura first before we used that aura to cease away all the surrounding danger (not that I'm used to it already).” “Hm?” The centauride turned her head at Adra with a curious smile, the face of her helmet was opened at the time. “Don’t worry girl, let’s start our journey.” The guy replied with an assuring voice. “Okay~” Chesy chee