On the Sonia Sea, along the route to Oravi Island.
"If I'm being honest, I'm actually running away from an arranged marriage."
Sophia spoke somewhat awkwardly.
"My father, the current Feysac Emperor Ivan IV, arranged a match for me. He wants to marry me off to a member of the Feysac royal family."
A classic reason.
Silas thought to himself.
"Isn't that pretty good?"
He said.
"A different place, continuing your peaceful upper-class aristocratic life, far from suffering and famine."
In this world, there were probably many people who would gladly trade lives with her.
"It's not good at all."
Sophia glanced at Silas and shook her head firmly.
"I've had enough of this caged canary lifestyle."
So she began to take action.
First, she escaped from Feysac's capital, Saint Millom, then headed east all the way to Laos City on the empire's eastern coast.
From there, she boarded a steamship bound for the Sonia Sea.
According to her, this was because she found the sailors at sea quite free and greatly yearned for that kind of life.
A runaway aristocratic young lady coming to the dangerous seas.
Silas shook his head.
If she weren't a Beyonder, she would probably have been sold to a red mill on some island long ago.
"I originally planned to be a sea hunter for a while."
Sophia said with regret. "But I'd just reached Bayam when I was caught up by a demigod they sent after me.
He locked me in the Governor's mansion, waiting for the royal family to send a ship to pick me up. Thank goodness you came!"
So now I've become a criminal who kidnapped an imperial princess.
Silas thought to himself.
The good news was that before long, he'd have a new wanted poster.
Besides the Loen royal family, after today's incident, the Feysac royal family would probably issue a bounty on him too.
"Um, can I ask you for a favor?"
Just as Silas was reflecting on this, he suddenly heard Sophia's somewhat cautious voice.
"Could you let me stay on your ship? Don't worry, I can be useful.
After all, I'm a Sequence 7 Pyromaniac. I can at least work as a pirate on your ship, right?"
Her confidence grew as she spoke.
"Having a royal woman work for me... I can't afford such an expensive crew member."
Silas shook his head.
"Then at least let me stay for a while, okay?" Sophia rolled her eyes and settled for less.
"At least until my father loses patience and terminates that marriage contract. I'll pay you well!"
Payment? Can it offset the trouble you'll bring?
Silas thought to himself.
"Keep her."
Inside his body, Medici suddenly spoke up. "This is what we agreed on back then."
"Beg me."
Silas responded to Him mentally.
Although Medici had kept his promise and told him some knowledge about that tidal wave, what he said was all vague and ambiguous content, which left him somewhat holding a grudge.
"For the sake of our pleasant cooperation in the future, I think we should be more accommodating with each other."
Medici didn't beg him, but just smiled.
"If you really don't plan to keep her, at least draw a vial of her blood. If you won't even agree to that, then I might have to try some little tricks."
Blood?
Hearing the Red Angel evil spirit's words, Silas's heart stirred.
Previously, He had also asked for blood once, which was to escape the seal of the Fourth Epoch underground ruins.
Now asking for blood again, was it to break free from the constraints of his own body?
"I'm not going to let you get what you want. I'm going to make her stay."
Silas retorted mentally, then looked at Sophia who was waiting for his answer.
"Alright then."
He said. "Just remember not to cause me trouble."
A big smile gradually spread across Sophia's face.
"I understand, Captain!"
She said happily.
After a lively night, by morning, they were not far from Oravi Island.
On the ship, except for the Beyonders, basically everyone was drunk, lying sprawled across the floor.
The chubby pharmacist Darkwill wore a pained expression as his teacher, Roy King, kept kicking his ample backside while forcing hangover medicine down everyone's throat.
"We're almost at Oravi Island. Get ready."
Silas said to Roy King.
"Alright, thank you very much for your help."
Roy King pushed up the glasses on his face and said gratefully, though his leg never stopped kicking his disciple's behind.
"I've already contacted Councilor Ricciardo. He'll meet me at the port."
"What about me?"
Darkwill asked reflexively.
"You stay on the ship."
Roy King glanced at his disciple and coldly delivered his verdict.
"Councilor Ricciardo said they need someone to relay messages between the school and the Blood Reverend. I recommended you."
"No!"
Darkwill jumped up and shouted.
In his view, being a pirate was truly boring and dangerous.
It was either sitting on a ship all day or fighting to the death.
How could it compare to his life of running an herb shop next to the red mill, selling tonic potions during the day and seeking pleasure at night?
"Quiet!"
But Darkwill's protests were quickly suppressed by his teacher.
This seemingly refined, slender man suddenly exploded with surprising strength, pinning him down so he couldn't move.
"You've been out here all this time with no progress whatsoever. You're making me look bad.
This is the perfect chance for you to properly digest your potion and push for an advancement. Got it?"
"Yes..."
Crushed under Roy King's grip, Darkwill could only answer with a miserable look on his face.
"So, can you take me away?"
On the dining room's hanging lamp, the owl Mr. Harry that he kept suddenly spoke.
Compared to when it boarded the ship, its feathers were much more disheveled.
At this moment, it was vigilantly glaring down with yellow eyes.
"Meow?"
In Silas's arms, the black cat Luna tilted her head with a look of feigned innocence.
Ever since she advanced to Sequence 8, her movements had become even more agile, far surpassing an ordinary cat's.
Even when Mr. Harry landed on the mast, he couldn't avoid being caught.
Luna hadn't eaten it, just played with it for fun, catching and releasing it repeatedly, which had caused the owl no small amount of suffering.
"What? You stupid bird, you're actually betraying your master!"
Darkwill flew into a rage. He didn't dare argue with his teacher, but scolding his own pet came without pressure.
So this person and bird began verbally attacking each other, creating quite a lively scene.
"Take this and keep it safe. I won't be entering the port."
Silas paid no more attention to that pair and instead took out the die from his pocket.
"Relax, I only scared it a bit. It should behave for quite a while."
This item transformed from a Uniqueness returned to the hands of the Life School of Thought.
That unborn chairman should be relieved.
"Alright."
Roy King carefully examined the die's condition, tucked it into his chest, then looked at Darkwill very cautiously.
Only after confirming he was far away did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"I'll discuss that matter with Councilor Ricciardo."
Before disembarking, he added.
That matter naturally referred to the "Evil Offspring" and the "Mother Tree of Desire's" surveillance.
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