Chapter 198: There and Back Again, Part 1

It turned out I missed quite a lot by the look of it. 

Just beyond Liara's elfin ear, I caught a glimpse of a familiar three-mast ship floating on emerald clouds. 

I knew for a fact that this flying ship was a two-hundred-meter frigate with a hull made of Yggdrasil's hardened leaf and a keel made from a wyvern's spine. It had a single-gun deck with thirty rune cannons, fifteen to each side. 

"When did the Red Pearl arrive?" As I asked her this, I tucked a strand of Liara's chestnut hair behind her pointy ear which I was now beginning not to see as an object of hate. 

Was this being a little too intimate? 

Maybe. 

Truthfully, I just wanted to push the envelope a little bit and see how Liara would react. Thankfully, she didn't punch me for being too friendly. She even smiled. It was weird. I wasn't used to a Liara who wasn't quick to punch most of the time. Although I kind of liked this kinder side of her.