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Chapter 87: The Flying Princess

The fleet continues on its journey toward the commercial city of Livonia.

The Kingdom of Algeas’ galleys take the lead, with Princess Sophia’s large galley positioned mid-fleet, and we, the Barbar, bringing up the rear.

The great river flows downstream, toward Livonia, so we don’t need to row. It’s a relaxing ride.

From the bow, our captain Gauche voices his irritation.

「Hey, Gaia! Can we move ahead?」

「Hm? What’s wrong?」

「Algeas’ ships are too slow! Keeping pace with them is killing me!」

「Now that you mention it… they’ve been zigzagging.」

The Algeas Kingdom’s ships are trying to go straight downstream.

But our Viking ships are steering diagonally to the right, then turning left, sailing in a zigzag pattern.

Apparently, we’ve been adjusting our course to match their speed.

Gauche must be feeling the strain.

He frowns, continuing,

「Gaia! We’re far enough from the capital now. Don’t you think