Chapter 227 - Guide's guidance (part 3)

"Young lord...!"

"...!"

Although Ludier wasn't paying attention at the moment, Mizoe certainly was – the boy immediately noticed the child's movement and tried to catch him, but Zoemi anticipated that and dived head-first under his arms and rolled into the shipwreck.

"Benevi! What the hell?! It might be dangerous, think about the whole thing crumbling down!"

Ludier reacted – with a delay, but still – and rushed after the cheeky runaway.

The only time that Zoemi was in that particular shipwreck was in the previous timeline and he was actually dead or as close to death has it was possible, so even when he got himself under the deck, he still had no idea where exactly he should go.

Not to mention that he definitely didn't have night vision in this timeline.

The black-haired child realized that his daring plan to get to the star chart before Ludier or Mizoe would catch him was destined to fail from the very start...

~...here...~

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