Voyage Of The Villainess

Malaya\'s brows kneaded. Though the guy was a distance away from her, it seemed that the wind carried the guy\'s message to her very clear for her to hear.

But what made Malaya paralyzed with fear and dread was when she saw a sharp knife pressed to Dorris\' neck. "What are you going to do with her?" She screamed as she could feel the cold sweat dripping at her back.

"You don\'t need to know that." The young man simply answered. A strong gust of wind started to envelop him. As he outstretched his arms, the wind went towards the sails and started to push the ship away from the dockyard.

\'They will get away at this rate!\'

Malaya still tore the talisman without a moment to waste. And reappeared in front of the mysterious kidnapper. "If you\'re going to kill her, you will not answer that question!" 

Malaya\'s movements had taken the mystery guy by surprise, and he responded by raising his right hand in front of her.

"That won\'t work on me," Malaya said, having previously seen the action that blasted both Nicholas and Rein. She promptly tore another talisman. Callan was even more shocked when Malaya vanished in front of him again. But suddenly he felt a presence behind him.

\'Dorris!\' Malaya reached out to grab Dorris away from Callan who was caught off guard. But then...

\'Ah, crap...\' The only thing that came from Malaya\'s mind was when suddenly, a powerful blast of wind blew out from the entire being of Callan.

Malaya crossed her arms. But the wind was too powerful for her to stop. She was hit directly and blasted up in the air like a cannonball.

*Splash!* And fell straight to the sea. 

*Gurgle, gurgle...* 

Malaya found herself drowning rapidly with how heavy the clothes she was wearing. She immediately remove the cloak tied to her body. And swam right up right away.

*Gasp!* She hungrily breathe the air as soon as she raised up. \'That was close! cough! cough!\'

But her line of sight saw the ship going farther away. \'Dorris! My ship! And My investments!\' 

Malaya\'s mind went completely blank. Foolishly enough, the thing that came first to her mind was to swim after it but before she could do anything...

Cards started to envelop her and put her back in the harbor.

"Are you seriously going to swim after the ship?" Nicholas was able to go back on his feet as he landed beside Malaya. Malaya didn\'t reply.

"The ship was stolen."

"I could see that," Malaya said as all of her items got drenched. Though she was drenched and the wind was painfully cold but now the dismay and anger inside her were more profound than the cold.

Nicholas brought out a card but before he could do anything unnecessary, Malaya sense what he intended to do.

"Stop. Dorris will be harmed if you do something unnecessary."

"Dorris?" Nicholas paused for a moment. "Ah. That blunt girl with a scythe."

"And with his wind magic, we will be just blasted away." The ship was getting farther away now. Malaya then sensed someone behind her. She turned around and started walking away.

"I apologize Milady." Rein deeply apologize. "I failed to foresee this."

Malaya paused just beside him. "None of us foresee this." They were facing the opposite direction. "What is ahead in that direction?" 

"The country of Aravan." Rein simply answered with calmness though his eyes were in conflict.

Malaya held the single thing she grab from Dorris. The hairclip that she gave Dorris yesterday. "Then we will head there right away." Malaya started to walk ahead of him.

"Sir Nicholas, I\'ll buy another ship from you. Make sure it will be the fastest around."

"As you wish, dear customer." Sir Nicholas said with a wide grin on his face. \'My cards really never fail me to earn a lot today. But for this noble to even save her maid? How amusing.\'

He pulled a whistle from his pocket and immediately blew it. Nothing occurred for a little period, but suddenly everyone on the job began to flee.

"The boss blew the signal!"

"Hurry up!"

Malaya and Rein watched everyone who seemed to be in a hurry. The bulkiest men went at the end of every dock and pulled out some big anchors to the shore. Malaya glanced to the sea in front of her, when the other ship started to sway in the water as if there was something huge beneath it that was swimming.

The movement of the water stopped in front of the dock where Malaya was situated. But then, boiling bubbles started to pop above the waters. And something was now emerging on it. It was first only the top of a huge mast, the top of a ship and at the end was what surprised Malaya.

It was a medium-sized ship but only a little bigger than her ship. And the said ship was tied on the top of a huge black whale with plenty of scars on it.

"This is our fastest ship here." Nicholas gestured his hands to the whaleship.  "But sorry to disappoint you, this ship is a private property of ours and can\'t be sold. But since I don\'t want that stolen ship to be used just like that, I\'ll let you rent this."

"Very well," Malaya responded immediately.

"Good." Another sly smile formed on Nicholas\' face. "Ah. Since I\'m the only one who could drive this, my services are not that free either."

Now, Malaya was really starting to get irked by this guy. "I\'ll cover that too."

"And another one there is also the maintenance fee after use..."

"Just list it all down, I\'ll cover every cost needed," Malaya released a sigh. "We don\'t have any more time to lose. Let\'s go after them."

"Alright! As you wish my dear customer. Your wish is my command" Nicholas bowed his head and put his hand on his stomach. He began now to take massive action toward the front of the boat to turn over the motor.

She tore the talisman this time and landed at the deck of the ship. Rein also did the same.

With his cards, Nicholas flew at the top of the whale and patted it. The black whale released a merry sound. 

\'Dorris...\' Malaya clenched her fist that was holding Dorris just a while ago.

"Dear customer, there might be a change of clothes for you inside the cabin. Go change there first before we go." Nicholas said. "It would be unfavorable to me if you got sick when you still aren\'t able to pay for my services."

Malaya nodded her head without saying anything and quickly went to the cabin.

Rein could only strain his eyes as he watched Malaya proceed towards the ship\'s lone cabin.. His coat, which he had removed in order to give to Malaya, was still hanging in his hands.