"What are your wishes? To claim an island with fresh water? Let me tell you, in the Land of Light, fresh water flows like seawater, and the people there even bathe in fresh water."
"Just... just like those Island Heart people?" Keno asked with longing in his eyes.
"That's right. As long as we reach the Land of Light, none of us will have to struggle on this mad sea anymore—everyone can live like the Islanders."
Charles's tempting words diluted the fear of death, and everyone began to discuss excitedly.
People who make a living at sea have always taken life and death lightly; those who fear dying wouldn't even make it onto an Exploration Ship.
But not everyone was blindly optimistic. The black-uniformed captain with the amphibious exploration ship calmly asked Charles, "Captain Charles, even if the surface is as wonderful as you say, how are we supposed to get up there?"
