Chapter 271: (271): Velator (8)

Elizabeth entered the Locomotive, it was her first time and many people were inside the VIP cabins, the majority of them were merchants.

She tried to snatch her eyes off the men who couldn't handle a woman among them, those eyes were swallowing her. Robert emerged on her left side and shielded his now voluminous body while passing by the cabins and she let out a breath in relief, he just avoided a fight. She smiled back at his stern face.

"Thank you."

"Don't mention it."

He opened the cabin's door. Entering their place, she speared on her seat and opened her backpack. 

"Come out, breathe." 

Rof obeyed her and while chewing a piece of dry meat, said, "I can't believe that we are going to Vita."

"Faeries must go there a lot!"

"No, only royals go there for necessary stuff. Our kinds are different. They are mostly birds and other races of faeries."

"Hm, their marriage between faeries and humans is forbidden too yet they have many hybrids, at least they don't burn the hybrids like your kinds..."

He nodded.

"They have a different history than us."

"I am not curious about this mysterious continent," Robert stated, after adjusting the bags.

"Why?"

"Do you like the land that you know nothing about it?"

Elizabeth shrugged, anyway, they were going to find out. She was frightened too but her curiosity won the battle.

"They are powerful and developed, they are not like us, if you accepted this job you should have guessed that you must go through many unacceptable changes."

Rof snapped.

"You hate me!"

"I do, butler."

Robert bared his teeth for him.

The locomotive began to move as soon as the server man announced the last chance of getting in.

The door rolled away and master Hamoon looked at them.

"Are you comfortable?"

"Yes, Master, please don't worry about us."

"We will arrive within five days, there will be a stop on the way."

He declared and closed the door to leave.

"I'm so enthusiastic." Elizabeth widely smiled and clenched her skirt.

"Why are you happy to leave this continent? There will be an ocean between us and even with those faeries' gems William can't come to you!"

Rof teased her.

"I thought you are happy but how come you bite me?"

"I meant danger, if it were a dangerous threat close to you, he might not come over fast through those limited duration portals."

"Stop spoiling my mood, I can take care of myself."

"Glad you can!"

He continued chewing his meat.

To avoid the time, she took a book out and warmed her head with it...

Days later, they were getting up the ship, on the deck, she was looking back at the land she was leaving. The breeze clawed her hair and made the fur caress her neck. For a moment, she felt the butterflies in her belly danced up. If Luna needed her she could not come over and assist her. 

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"Lady Elizabeth don't you come?"

Asked Robert who was waiting for her with a pale face. She could swear that he couldn't handle voyaging through the ocean.

"Coming, give me a minute," she replied him, but quickly looked back at the harbor. 

"Rof, we are truly leaving."

"We do, are you nervous now? It is not too late, I see it on your face."

"Why do you persuade me to come back?"

He quickly shook his head in denial!

"I just want to know if you are certain about leaving the continent."

Ell didn't say a word, as her sister wished, she would go and travel the world to become stronger. She hoped that Luna got the letter she had written for her.

Going inside the captain's cabin, her face blushed, it was a spyglass on the table beside the compass, wow! She always wished to have one.

"Come here, it seems I must teach you how to read a map, using a compass."

Elizabeth has learned this in the books but now the chance was rare.

"The ocean is dangerous in this season so we must use the safe canals. We don't want to get hit by the savage waves.

The merchant explained and put his forefinger on the first canal.

"This is Omega canal and as you see it looks like an omega sign. Here is the safest canal but our problem is this one. Beta canal, pirates mostly stroll in this area."

Elizabeth swallowed, well, now things were more touchable. If they crossed the bad weather still there were actual menaces.

"What if the ship goes out of the line?"

"This map had been illustrated exactly for orientation. The captain always set the compass with this one and you see it is constant on the map, no one is allowed to touch this one though."

He noted before she touched it, already she bent on it with sparkling eyes.

"We have a scanner man that will record every channel we pass. I had set my own terms so you might find things here a bit strict."

She nodded, she was here to learn from him who was one of the bests.

"But what is this constellation map for? Should I learn astronomy?"

"There are areas that have a strong magnetic field that the compass might not be able to work so we use stars to pass but if the sky is cloudy, we use this one."

He put the golden gyroscope out of a chest, "this one can help,"

Elizabeth grabbed it carefully and scanned it.

"I will teach you how it works but for now go change your dress, I am introducing you to the crew and the captain."

Elizabeth gave the gyroscope back and followed Solar's lead. It was hard to be inside a moving room on the waves but she bore it as a new experience. But could not deny that her stomach was burning and it was just the beginning.

Going inside the small cabin, she saw her luggage there. 

"Rof, stay with Robert."

The Alux quickly left and she closed the door. Changing her dress, she went to the deck, the ship was ready to begin the voyage and the captain was in front of the helm.

The sails were released and the anchor was pulled off the harbor.

"We are ready."

She felt master Hamoon's hand on her shoulder.

"Your crews are young, master."

"Yes, I hired them two years ago and we had three voyages with each other."

She smiled, it meant this ship had passed three lessons and succeeded to reach its destination.

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