Under Valencia's command, the Sea Devil flies into the storm around Blue Star's most dangerous and mysterious area.
The girls can't see anything amid that furious storm, and neither can the Sins feel the presence of any creatures within several miles due to how high Valencia takes the ship.
Due to strong winds, the Sea Devil loses more than half its speed; however, the rainwater is converted into energy for the ship, and Valencia does as promised, getting everyone safely through the storm.
Eight long hours later, the ship erges from the storm, and the girls see a beautiful open sky alongside the infinite blue and calm sea ahead.
"Phew…" Valencia wipes the sweat from her forehead as she steps away from the wheel and sits on the deck sofa. "This was harder than I thought."
Scarlett quickly takes control of the ship again as she looks at Valencia with an expression of gratitude. "You did a great job."
"Don't praise this snake, or you'll regret it later," Maya comnts as she gazes at Valencia. Due to her naturally naive personality, she has believed in Valencia in the past, only to be deceived by her, not once but three tis.
"Hehehe..." Valencia smiles at her. "Now everything is different. I'm no longer a pirate leader but just a woman in search of her man."
"Who is your man?!?" Alia makes a mocking expression. "I wonder who is really naive here..."
Pride shakes her head. "This is no ti for this shit; control your wet pussies because there are dozens of people coming our way, many in the Sky Realm, and even a few ones in the Immortal Realm."
"Enemies?" Wrath thinks aloud.
"Probably the rmaids." Maya comnts. "We are in their territory, and they must think we are Nagas, attacking them again."
"Stop the ship!" Eve orders as she flies in front of the Sea Devil after Daisy deactivates the barrier. "I'll talk to them."
Sophia flies after Eve on her floating pillow and takes Alia and Donna with her. They fly about half a mile before seeing a figure erge from the water.
That person is a woman with short blue hair. Her upper body skin looks covered in organic armor, and her demi-human traits, as well as her fish-kind long tail, swinging underwater, make it clear she's a rmaid.
Seeing that Eve is human, the rmaid speaks a common language and in a neutral tone. "Who are you? Pirates??"
Before Eve can say anything, Maya reaches her side and speaks to the rmaid. "They are allies of my Rising Phoenix Clan."
Maya's look is unmistakable, and the rmaid quickly recognizes her. "The Rising Phoenix Clan matriarch..."
"Our peoples have been allies for hundreds of years, so there's nothing to fear," Maya speaks.
That rmaid sighs as other rmaids erge from the water beside her, everyone holding weapons and ready to fight. "Tis are strange now... we are under severe attacks, so it is not easy for my people to trust others easily."
"I completely understand you," Maya responds. "But your Queen sente a ssage after my daughter was captured by Nagas when she tried to help your people. I am here to cooperate with you for mutual benefit."
That rmaid makes a thoughtful expression as she looks at her friends. "That sounds reasonable, but what about these humans with you? And that ship... it looks like the Sea Devil, the ship of the damn pirates who kidnap rmaids for years..."
"My brother took that ship and killed the pirates," Eve speaks in a proud tone. "But we parted ways next, and now we're looking for help to find him again..."
Maya nods. "We are all allies here."
"Hmm..." That rmaid actually believes Maya and Eve's words, but then another rmaid cos out of the water and whispers sothing in her ear.
She makes a confused and shocked expression. "Are there two vampires in your ship?? What does that an???"
Although the races of the Sven Stars are supposedly allies, their relationships vary widely. In the case of relationships with Vampires, things are even more complicated as they constantly try to persuade other races to accept them as the leaders of their alliance with policies and even so obscure thods.
So it's normal for the rmaids to get apprehensive when they notice Daisy and Rose's presence in Sea Devil.
Eve notices that and quickly thinks of sothing. "We don't respond to any particular race. We're just a family linked by one person and loyal only to that person."
The rmaid makes a dubious expression. "What person is capable of making humans and vampires live together?"
"Our husband." Astrid speaks in a proud tone as she flies to Sophia's side, followed by Angela, who brings the other girls onto the floating platforms.
The group of rmaids can't help but notice how varied the group of girls is. But they make strange expressions when they see Anne and Else among the girls.
The Sins notice those expressions, and Envy ntally comnts to her Sisters. 'I thought the Fox people had good relations with the rmaids...'
'It looks like sothing has changed.' Pride comnts.
'Does it have to do with Adeline's past and those cursed swords?' Sloth wonder.
'Anyway, Greed must know more about that than we do.' Gluttony also participates in the conversation.
anwhile, the leader of that group of rmaids looks again at Eve and Maya. "What exactly happened to your husband?"
Without losing their proud posture, they blush, and Maya quickly shakes her head. "He is not my husband."
"He is my brother." Eve complents and quickly continues. "And I prefer not to talk about it with anyone but your Queen."
The rmaid thinks for a few seconds before sighing. "Alright... but I can't take you to my Queen directly. Let's go to a fort, thirty miles from here, where we can send a ssage to her."
Eve and Maya look at each other before nodding to the rmaid. "Okay."
Then the group of rmaids escorts the Sea Devil to the fort they ntioned. It's easy to see that sothing big is happening in the rmaid Kingdom as only a hundred soldiers make up the group that defends an area of a thousand miles in that part of the border.
Lucien's wives only see a tall tower in the middle of the sea, but the rmaid Fort is a large subrged castle. Marie and Lena are curious about the place, but they ignore the urge to explore it as all they want now is to find Lucien.
The Fort Captain orders the other rmaids to watch over Eve's party as she sets up a magical chanism to send a quick ssage to the capital of the rmaid Kingdom.
The response of Nea, the rmaid Queen, cos back in just a few minutes, ordering the Fort Captain to escort Maya and Eve's party to the capital imdiately and to treat them with all possible respect, making it clear that they are already her honored guests.
As apart from Angela and her daughters, the other girls don't have any advantage in the water, the Fort captain joins the Sea Devil crew, and together they head to the capital of the rmaid Kingdom.
Away from Lucien, everything seems extrely boring for his girls, and that, added to the fact that they can't satisfy their female needs without him, makes the journey excruciating for everyone.
And in that sad and concerned atmosphere, the girls resist for a whole week. That ti should be much longer, even for Immortal Realm people from sea races.
Still, with Valencia's advice, Scarlett and the other girls manage to make the Sea Devil cross that vast distance with extre speed, turning air and water into energy to recharge magic crystals.
At the start of the eighth day, the Fort captain approaches Eve and Maya on the deck. "No one will believe we made a journey of usually a month in only a week..."
Eve is confused as she looks at the horizon but sees only water. "Are we there yet? I don't see anything."
"Maybe the city is subrged since they are a sea race." Marie comnts.
"In part." The rmaid Captain smiles. "Half of our cities are underwater, but the other part is above the sea as we like fresh air and the warmth of the sunlight."
"So why can't we see anything???" Donna is impatient. In fact, her mood is getting worse the longer she is away from Lucien.
"There is an illusory barrier ahead." Pride explains as she and the other Sins can see the giant city behind that barrier.
After being surrounded by a large group of rmaids, the Sea Devil moves on and crosses the illusory barrier, allowing the girls to see that city as well.
Made with very detailed and refined architecture, tall crystal buildings create a beautiful image of the ocean.
These crystals seem to be made of running water that magically moves between buildings just like columns of water rise up to beyond the clouds.
"The water seems to be alive!" Lena exclaims as she likes that place more and more.
"It's really magical..." Ghilanna comnts, also impressed, as well as all the other girls.
Even concerned about Lucien, the girls cannot help but be fascinated by the beautiful capital of the rmaid Kingdom. And they all wish he were there to enjoy that view with them.
The rmaid people are also very curious about the group as it is very rare for a ship to enter their capital, especially with humans.
And as a commotion quickly rises up, big creatures erge from the front of the great royal castle. However, those creatures are not made of flesh and bones but just water.
Drawing everyone's attention, those creatures fly around the Sea Devil, announcing the arrival of the rmaid Queen. Dolphins, whales, stingrays, and other peaceful sea creatures made only from crystal clear water make a beautiful show.
Then Nea erges from the water in glowing armor that only covers small specific parts of her body but creates a powerful protective barrier over her skin.
She holds a beautiful crystal blue spear in her hand and maintains a neutral posture as she gazes at Eve's group. She doesn't try to do anything special; however, just her normal way of standing already radiates grace like a real Queen.
And Nea doesn't contain her aura as she notices the presence of strange energies coming from Lucien's girls. She doesn't feel any hostility from them, but she also doesn't want to show any weakness in front of outsiders.
'Immortal Realm peak.' Pride ntally comnts to Eve and the other Sins while keeping her presence hidden. They have no intention of hiding anything special but revealing that they are the Seven Deadly Sins could create problems, making it difficult for them to find Lucien faster.
'She is really powerful by a dium world's standards.' Wrath comnts.
'She is probably one of the oldest people in this world.' Sloth responds.
While most of the Sins are focused on Nea's strength, Envy is more interested in the treasures on her body, especially the beautiful jewelry she has.
'Look at those jewels... I bet Greed is around.' Envy comnts.
'It's very likely.' Gluttony comnts. 'Since she wasn't with the pirates, she must be with the rmaids because the other option would be with the Nagas in the dark part of the ocean.'
While the Sins speculate about their Sister, Lucien's other wives look at Nea in the face. Many of them also have that royal aura of a Queen; though, they have the advantage of being influenced by the aura of Pride.
A strange silence makes everyone confused, but then Nea's neutral expression quickly turns into a gentle and friendly smile, just like Maya's.
"Welco to Crystal City, Maya, my friend!" Nea exclaims as she flies towards the Sea Devil's deck.
"Nea!" Maya also greets the rmaid Queen as she flies towards her and they hug in the air like close friends.
The rmaids are extrely gentle and naturally peaceful creatures, so it's natural that they get along very well with soone kind and loving, like Maya.
By seeing that scene so sweaty, the hearts of most of Lucien's wives also get warm. But the smartest among them, especially the Sins, are perplexed by that.
'How did they survive for so long being like this???' Envy asks her sisters.
'Well, the Phoenix can reborn from her ashes...' Sloth comnts.
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