Chapter 337: Xia De's Gift

After leaving the pirate ship, apart from still having a sense of hunger, Xia De's body and spirit all recovered completely within a few dozen minutes. But even with the fourth wish and the healing at the end of the maze, Miss Difa didn't recover so quickly, and coupled with swimming in the water for such a long time without stopping, this Five-Ring female sorceress, although looking strong, was actually almost unable to hold on.

The people on the small boat discovered the floating wooden plank and the two swimming over in time, and both sides quickly converged.

The maid on the boat reached out, wanting to pull Miss Difa up, but the female sorceress was already a bit exhausted, so Xia De could only lift her up first in the water, and then he himself climbed onto the boat.

Someone immediately handed him a dry towel and a blanket. At the same time, with a dull sound, the small steam engine at the stern of the boat began to operate. As the boatman added more small compressed charcoal, the ignited firelight made the surrounding air heat up. Bursts of black smoke merged into the night, and the boat moved on the sea surface, relying on the small steam engine as power, taking the group to move away quickly.

The steam engine used for small boats was also a strange product developed by the steam industry of this world. This brass machine that required expensive compressed charcoal, because of its high manufacturing cost and complex maintenance method, had not been widely promoted yet. Xia De had only seen related news in the newspaper; he didn't expect to be able to see this thing here.

The manufacturing cost of this kind of steam engine, just one machine, could probably be worth several hundred Little Mias.

Thinking of this, Xia De missed his cat ten thousand times, missed the warm four-poster bed and quilt at home.

Besides Xia De and Miss Difa, there were four other people on the boat. Two of them were dressed as maids, the older one being about thirty years old, and the younger one being about the same age as Miss Difa. The other two, one was an old boatman busy operating the boat, and the other was a middle-aged man with a firm expression, looking like he was from the military. He held a gun in his hand and looked at the warships in the distance that had surrounded the cruise ship. Because the distance was too far, those ships, even with lights on, were not clear in the night.

"Your Highness, Your Highness~"

Miss Difa was supported by the older maid, a blanket wrapped around her body, and the younger maid was trying to feed her water.

"She is injured; I'll do it."

Xia De wiped his hair and then moved over. The maids didn't know whether they should trust him, but Miss Difa's slightly pale lips moved, spitting out the leaves in her mouth, and then said in a low voice:

"Let Xia De come over."

Taking the water glass, Xia De tapped lightly, letting silver spiritual light emerge, and then drank a little less than half of it himself.

He was truly starving. Although the hunger had dropped significantly after leaving the pirate ship, he didn't drink seawater just now, but now if he didn't eat something, he always felt uncomfortable in his heart and body.

The two maids looked at the "bold" Xia De with some blame, but Xia De didn't care. Miss Difa's body didn't suffer too many injuries, and she had been holding the 【Youthful Immortality Leaf】 in her mouth, so she just suffered severe mental trauma, so she didn't need filling food.

"Don't speak for now."

Xia De whispered a warning, chanting the spell softly, and then a layer of silver moonlight appeared on his palm. This was 【Cynthia's Silver Moon Gift】, specifically for treating mental trauma at night.

Carefully placing his hand on Miss Difa's forehead, in the slightly awe-filled eyes of the others on the boat, the red-haired girl finally couldn't suppress her sleepiness and fell asleep. She was different from Xia De; having stayed in the bottom cabin for so long, even if she just stood still, her spirit had already been severely affected, coupled with the food of desire she ate, being able to hold on until now already showed that her mental strength was also extremely strong. At this moment, leaning on Xia De, after the trauma of body and spirit was wiped away one by one, she finally couldn't control herself and fell asleep.

And by the time Miss Difa woke up again, the pier of Cold Water Port City could already be seen in the distance. The familiar firelight of civilization made the suppressed feeling in the heart of the princess who had just experienced an adventure dissipate quite a bit.

She was covered with a blanket, and what she saw when she opened her eyes was the vast and brilliant galaxy above her head. Feeling the sea breeze, feeling the swaying boat, hearing the sound of waves, and then noticing who she was leaning on, and then noticing it was very soft. When she got up to look, it turned out to be her maid.

The small boat had entered the area of the seaport. The boatman shook a kerosene lamp high, and the inspection boat that received the signal immediately avoided it. But looking around, Xia De's figure was no longer on the boat. She wrapped the blanket around herself and signaled the maids not to worry. After a sleep, she felt much better.

"Where did Xia De go?"

Her expression was serious, and her tone was a bit cold, not because she was angry at Xia De's departure, but because she was usually like this in front of servants.

She stood up and looked at Cold Water Port City in the night. Although it was late at night, the seaport was still illuminated by gas lamps, and the shadows of ships and buildings couldn't cover the firelight of civilization. Cold Water Port City under the starry sea was incomparably shocking at this moment.

"Your Highness, that gentleman jumped into the sea and left five minutes ago. He said that getting off the boat from that side was closer to the direction he was going back, and he also said that he would come to find you on Wednesday, the day after tomorrow."

The older maid said in a low voice.

The sea breeze blew the young girl's hair, and the long hair dyed golden by magic potion had completely returned to the red unique to the royal family.

The color of her lipstick had long faded in the water, and her slightly pale lips moved, her emerald green eyes looking at the seaport:

"What else did he say?"

The boatman lowered his head, operating the boat with the middle-aged man, and the two maids looked at each other. Finally, it was the older maid who lowered her head and said:

"That gentleman said, he knows who you are. Also, he had a very pleasant day today and left you a gift..."

The princess turned to look at her in slight surprise:

"A gift? The clothes he was wearing were all given to him by me; what gift could he have?"

The two men on the boat hoped with all their might that they weren't here at this moment.

The maid lowered her head, carefully took out a small box from the pocket in front of her skirt, and said in a low voice:

"That gentleman said, he bought a seashell bracelet for a friend at the souvenir shop (Note), and bought this for you. He originally wanted to give it to you after the tour guide mission ended, as a souvenir of two strangers meeting in a strange city. You said you liked this..."

The maid didn't dare to look at the princess's expression, while Lei Qianya Cavendish took the box, opened it with a click, and saw that inside was a mermaid-shaped ruby earring.

"He..."

Taking the earring, she thought of the excited meeting in the alley at noon, thought of the card gambling in the tavern, thought of the casual chat on the side of the pier road, thought of the sunset at the lighthouse by the sea, thought of the story blown by the sea breeze, thought of the dance on the deck under the night, thought of the look at each other in the cold cabin, thought of...

Her long red hair was swaying slightly in the wind, her eyes squinted slightly, dimples appeared on her fair face, and the corners of her mouth curled up.

She gripped the earring tightly, standing on the small boat and looking at Cold Water Port not far away. Wrapped in a blanket, the skirt that hadn't dried yet stuck to her body, although very uncomfortable, but Lei Qianya Cavendish, the female sorceress of the Zalas Academy of Literature, the Third Princess of the Empire, the Red Rose of Tobesk, the eternal guardian of Rosier, was in a very good mood at this moment:

"Dorothy, at least this time, I admit your eye is really good. However, when I fell asleep just now, I didn't let you come over to replace me temporarily; you shouldn't be angry, right?"

The boat sailed quietly into the brightly lit Cold Water Port. Although they encountered danger, for the princess, this was indeed a "Cold Water Port Holiday" worth remembering for a lifetime.

Especially, this romantic story she experienced personally was not the tragedy she hated (Note). ===== CHAPTER 338 =====

Her long red hair swayed slightly in the wind, her eyes narrowed, dimples appeared on her fair face, and the corners of her mouth curled up.

She gripped her earrings tightly, standing on the small boat and looking toward Coldwater Haigang not far away. Wrapped in a blanket, her dress, which had not yet dried, clung to her body; although it was very uncomfortable, Lei Qianya Cavendish, the sorceress of the Zalas Academy of Literature, the Empire's Third Princess, the Red Rose of Tobesk, and the eternal guardian of Luo Saier, was in a very good mood at this moment:

"Dorothy, at least this time, I admit your taste is truly excellent. However, when I fell asleep just now, I didn't let you come over to take my place temporarily; you shouldn't be angry, right?"

The boat sailed quietly into the brightly lit Coldwater Haigang. Although they had encountered danger, for Her Highness the Princess, this was indeed a "Coldwater Haigang Holiday" worth remembering for a lifetime.

Especially since this story, which she had experienced personally and which possessed such a romantic color, was not the tragedy she loathed (Author's Note).