The sun had long been settled at the western horizon and up above the sky the shining moon that was shaped like a sickle took its place. Captain Styles was with Audrey's squad, inside one of the quarters to share a meal with them.A scrumptious meal was prepared by a crew as a welcome gift to the new people on board. However, these young sorcerers appeared rather reserved."There is no need to stand on ceremony, no call to impress anyone."Captain Styles insinuated when he noticed that the youngsters were being too modest in front of the table. It was his idea to invite them to dine with him, to begin with. He figured this was a nice gesture considering that this would be their first night at his ship.At first, outsiders would be fooled to believe that this was all an act of goodwill on the other party's part. Only those with the keenest sense of awareness would think otherwise. Unfortunately for him, Audrey and her friends belonged to the latter. They may be young at age, but there

When Audrey tried opening her eyes again, the gray sky greeted her. Raindrops keeps pouring on her face as she lied on her back . Her body was facing the sky and is currently soaked with rainwater mixed with her own blood. But for some reason, she could not feel any pain; it was as though the blood around her was not hers in the first place. Nonetheless, a gasped escaped her lips when it dawned on her where she was actually lying. The pool of blood surrounding her convinced her that everything that transpired were for real.“I though it was all but a dream. But how could it explain this?”She mumbled underneath her breath as she tried to make sense of the situation. Little did she know that she was still inside the dreamland; she woke up from the previous dream only to find out in the end that she was still within another dream of her own. “What am I doing here? What is this place?”She thought out loud. Confusion was clearly written all over her face because even up until that poin

Considering that it was already halfway through the day when Audrey’s group came across Captain Styles and his crew, plus the considerable amount of time it took for them to keep the negotiation rolling to their advantage, it did not come as a huge surprise when the lots of them only started sailing back into the open water when dusk was already closing in. Not that they have any complaints against it; after all, it was not like they have a say on the matter. They were not exactly in the position to be calling shots, in the first place. They could already count themselves lucky to meet someone who could rescue them from the underwater cave. Otherwise, there was no telling how long they would stay trapped in that god forsaken place.However, as the wind carried their sail forward, Steve suddenly realize an anomaly.“How come this ship is doing this?”He muttered under his breath. At this point, the guy was already wearing a conflicted expression as a result of his perplexion. So when A

“You dare make a fool of people?! You must be seeking death!”The queen roared as soon as Audrey and her friends were brought to her presence. The news of them escaping the imprisonment by using sorcery and tricking her constituents to do their bidding enraged to the monarch.“Do you think my kingdom is a joke?”She went on to throw them a rhetorical question. But even without them answering her, she was already fuming with rage.“This is unforgivable. A blasphemy to the highest degree! And because of that, I sentence you to be the lowest of my slaves. Now, I will turn you people into fish to exfoliate my royal feet!"Everyone was like…The heck?When they heard the sentence given to them. At first it sounded petty and lame for them. However, when realization hit them, that was when they understand how dreadful was the punishment they were about to receive because if that were to happen, then they would be bound to forever servitude doing nothing but eating the callus off of the queen

Audrey appeared more anxious than before and this was the exact opposite of what Nero wanted to happen. To begin with, his sole purpose for speaking to Audrey was to make her feel better. All he wanted was for his master to confide in him in order to lighten her burden; in case the pent-up emotion was weighing her down. However, from the current looks of it, his probing questions only agitated the other party and made her more stressed than she already was. Thus, the cat no longer said anything afterward lest his words ended up adding to Audrey’s growing anxiety. He was afraid that the more he talked, the more perturbed the other party would become. Of course, it goes without saying that this was the least of his intention right now.So to avoid blowing things out of proportion, Nero just left Audrey to her own devices in the meantime. Sporting a look of defeat on his tiny furry face, little Nero returned to his previous post where he and Monami were sitting. Meanwhile, Audrey watch