Chapter 269 (1/2)

Chapter 269

Max received it with her hands, it was a small hand ware of his nose while speaking shyly

“You’re not thinking of coift”

“…Thank you, Alex”

Max aardly expressed It was at that moment that she realized she had to say farewell to the friends that she hadMax’s shoulder as she stood there in a daze

“Be well Take care of your health If you ever have the chance, please send us a letter”

“I’ll definitely keep in touch Take care everyone… and be well Thank you, for everything”

“If you’re thankful, then that’s good enough”

The twins spat arrogantly and went to nag their own sister Meanwhile, Max bid her farewell to the other trainees who had co one after another Max leaned out of theand gazed at the well-e devices, and the huge towers standing tall in the hazy ht that she would feel relieved leaving, she unexpectedly felt lonely and there was an emptiness in the corner of her heart She had iet affectionate towards the island because of the guilt she felt towards Riftan, but in the end, she had undeniably grown to like her stay

Max radually faded as they moved farther away “… Thank you for all this time”

Their journey on sea went sh on the first day the waves hit their shi+p hard, which caused her to suffer fro caaze at the foggy sky and the dark sea covered in white foaic books in her cabin It was the first ti to the World Tower, but she didn’t feel at ease nor satisfied As their shi+p sailed forward, she felt the anxiety building up inside her Yes, she would do anything she could to reunite with Riftan, but as that e to run away haunted her

The conversation they had the day before she left Anatol played in heruntil she realized that Riftan had revealed a weakness he had kept so tightly hidden so he could hold onto her However, what she did was turn her back on him and leave the room, and Riftan did not coht of that day, it felt like her heart was breaking Riftan’s expression, the light in his eyes, his voice, everything was as vivid as if she saw him the day before Every tiive her, fear sunk deep into her bone marrow, but on the other hand, she also resented hi that she had no choice but to leave

“The weather’s getting cloudy”

Max, as lost in thought, was snapped out by Annette’s glooirl sat on the bed with an ashen face as she ruh, then looked out at the sea through the round porthole

“I think snoill fall soon This season of rest is really strange We are in the middle of the southern sea, it’s not time yet for the temperature to drop like this, yet there’s already sleet…”

“Will the waves be getting harsher?” Max asked as she looked out at the gray, cloudy sky

Annette frowned as if the ht of that already made her shi+ver “I sincerely hope not If this damned shi+p shakes as much as it did the first day, I’d rather jump into the sea and swie by her bedside and flopped down on the bed Perhaps because of their ancestry, whose people lived h et used to life on a shi+p Unfortunately, Annete’s desperate prayer was not heard Frorew harsher, and the shi+p began shaking violently Annette laid in bed and voroans while Max’s anxious cat went under the bed and did not co time The bad weather lasted several days Even if the sea calain The winds also grew stronger by the day Even Max, as so on a shi+p, felt seasickness As her dizziness got worse, she gave up on reading books and curled up in her bed, praying that the sea would calm down Fortunately, the turbulent sea see, a sailor knocked on their door and exclaimed in a cheerful voice

“We expect to arrive at the Anatoliuht on the shi+p”

“A-already?”

Max, as getting up fro waking up in an instant With her surprised expression, the sailor then spoke brightly