Chapter 129 - Overboard (1/2)

Life on the sea didn't get any easier. If anything, it got rougher. Sleeping at night was difficult because of the rocking of the boat and the fact that Abby was sharing a tiny room with four other women and children.

They didn't even have proper beds. All of them slept either on the floor on a primitive futon or in hammocks hanging from the ceiling.

They maximized on space that way but it made getting out of bed in the morning very difficult. Usually you managed to bump multiple people in the process. There wasn't really any room for luggage either. That was stored elsewhere on the ship and could only be accessed at certain times of day.

When it got particularly stormy and the boat was tossed to and fro Abby felt a bit seasick too. It was even more difficult to sleep on those nights because she was in a hammock and the stupid thing would swing back and forth like a pendulum due to the force of the waves.

”I think I may die before we reach Annalaias,” she said with a groan on day after weeks at sea. ”How far away are we?”

Blaise raised an eyebrow at her. ”How would I know? I have never traveled this way before either. If you truly wish to know, I can speak with the captain.”

That wouldn't help. She would be like the annoying little kid on road trips constantly asking the parents ”are we there yet?” until everyone's ears bled. Provoking the captain would not be a wise move.

”It's fine,” Abby sighed.

It wasn't though. She was sick to death of the rations and the toilet bucket and the constant rocking of the ship. Her roommates' snores didn't help matters either.

”I thought you said you liked to travel,” Blaise said lightly.

Was he teasing her? How novel. He had never done that before. She wouldn't have thought he had it in him.

”Traveling in my country is nothing like this,” she said crossly.

Abby was willing to bet that it would take less than ten hours to travel to Annalaias by plane if they existed here. In her world even traveling by ship didn't take this long. And they had comfortable cabins, almost no interference from the water, and real bathrooms. Oh, and buffets. Cruises always had buffets.

”Tell me more about traveling in your world then,” he requested. ”I am quite curious what the differences are.”

She couldn't explain things like technology…but perhaps she could pretend it was magic? Magic did technically exist in this world even though it wasn't common. So she told him about trains, planes, cars, and cruise sh.i.p.s as best she could using terms he could understand.

Blaise seemed quite intrigued. He asked plenty of questions and listened even more intently than usual to her answers.

Abby suddenly got the feeling that he would truly enjoy living in her world. He wouldn't have to sign up to be a Warrior to see new things. All he would have to do is take a vacation. The concept of vacations didn't seem to exist here.