Land Ho!

Faraway from Bastion City, on the open ocean that separated the two continents of New Eden, a small boat floated on the waves smoothly.

This little sailboat, with only four people on it, was like a piece of driftwood, going up and down with the waters carrying it.

On the boat, Athena and I'die were looking forward, their eyes set on the horizon.

"Do you see it yet?" I'die asked.

"I won't see it faster if you ask every other minute, Yeobo. We won't sail faster if you just keep asking."

I'die choked on his saliva after Athena called him Yeobo, which he had learned meant darling, or honey.

She had started giving him sweet little nicknames like this only recently, and he still didn't know how to react. It wasn't to say he didn't like it, but he was quite unused to this.

I'die had never had a girlfriend, and never even entertained the idea, since his parents always hounded him with academic excellence.