Voyage Of The Villainess

"As you already know, I came to this island a month ago. And to be honest, I was truly surprised when I realized the people here spoke the same languages of the Sahaya empire. Not only that, they worshipped Bradimyll. But despite that, I don't know anything else about the hidden information about this island yet. Ah, the islanders call this island as Sun." Oliver said. "Just like you, I'm still hunting for some beneficial information about this island."

"Sun, huh," Malaya remembered the Sahaya. 'The flag of Sahaya also had the sun that symbolizes the empire. "Other than that you don't have much idea of what this island could be," Malaya continued. "You said the people here are Bradimyll worshippers, then perhaps you are aware that there are only four groups of those believers. And if we narrowed it to that four, the Estevas and Isard. Do these islanders belong to any of those two perhaps?"

"It seems you already have your own observations. I thought that you don't care about your situation." Oliver maintained his grin. 

"Well, even if I don't look like it, it's a habit of mine to observe things even in very small details," Malaya said nonchalantly. "Alright enough about me, answer my questions now about the worshippers."

"I see," Oliver started to speak. "It is unfortunate for me to say, but the islanders don't belong to any of those groups." 

Malaya held her chin as she submerged herself in her thoughts. "Well, that sounds interesting. None of those huh? If that is so then how come the empire was not aware of these unknown groups of Bradimyll worshippers? No more like the church, they should have hold records of this."

"I only hold mostly some knowledge about the empire." Oliver just simply responded. "But when it comes to the church, the empire doesn't much have power over the church. There was information that was completely blocked to the empire and only the church have. Even with how many kingdoms the empire swallowed, the emperor could never control the church completely. Or rather that cunning man is careful enough not cause any dispute to the church."

"I see when it comes to the church. I think everything makes sense if this information will be hidden." Malaya said. 

'Hmm the church huh.  It is true that compared to the empire, the church's power also couldn't be trifled that easily. They hold the mass not only to the Empire of Sahaya but also to the other parts of the continent of Heliyas.'

"You indeed have greater knowledge than I do in this world. How come you are oblivious about this? Are there any specific books you read or someone tell you all of this kind of stuff?" There was a hint of sarcasm in Oliver's voice, although he was still smiling.

'Ah right, this guy also knows now. If only I can erase his memory about everything that transpired in that space that time, then this will not be troublesome as well.' Malaya sighed inwardly. 'Though he only saw me reading about the book and the things I discussed with Ms. Gina. But I can't say either that he knows completely about the entire story. Even so, if not for Hyun Jae, maybe I should have killed him back there to avoid these unnecessary troubles.'

Oliver's smile became wry when he continued to observe Malaya. She was now completely looking at him with a murderous aura. 'What is she thinking right now? Is she planning how to silence me now?'

Oblivious with Oliver's thoughts, Malaya continued with her thoughts. 'But based on our situation right now there is nothing I can do now but to let him be part of this journey. It's not like he knows the Fate of the Stars that well. And besides I'm pretty sure if he started telling this to others they would just think of him as someone crazy especially since he tried to become the demon king. Ah, perhaps I could use that as well to completely crush him if he really does that.'

"Well," Malaya started to speak after a long silence. "In every story, there are so many things that were left untold. So in that case you can't expect me to know everything either. Anyway, so for the overall, despite your one month stay here, we almost have the same clue to what this island could be. And I'm just here for almost one and half days.." She released a deep sigh. "I can't believe it will be as hard as I thought." she added.

"It seems I overestimated my expectations about you, Sir Oliver," Malaya said with a bit of disappointment laced in her tone.

This ticked Oliver inside but he maintained his smile. "I apologize for disappointing and being the useless me." He said, trying to sound calm. "And stop with the formalities now, if my brother reached the empire, I'm already a wanted criminal or traitor in the empire."

"Well, I guess so." Malaya said. "Then Oliver, how do you really intend for us to escape with only this information we have?"

"Assist me in building a ship."

"Ah, a ship, no...eh what?" Malaya rubbed her ears. "Can you repeat what you've just said?"

"Help. me. build. a. ship." Oliver slowly repeated." Is that now clear to you?"

'Ah. So it was like that. What he meant by assisting to escape this island is literally to build a ship and sail away from this island. Well, seeing that this place has water on all sides, I guess that is the only way we can get out of here. If only the great dragon chooses a better place for us. Or perhaps...being here is not a mere coincidence. Then if that's the case just what does he want for us to do and along with this man?'

"Excuse me, Lady Malaya?" Oliver called out disrupting Malaya from her thoughts. 

"Oh yeah, I'm sorry for that. Well, I can certainly do that." Malaya said. 

"And I indeed trust you that you will be able to navigate well through these unknown islands and the sea," Oliver said.

"I can sense from your tone that you really have high hopes for me. But the location is still a problem." Malaya said and both of them fell into contemplation. 

'Ah, if Rein is here, he could just simply look at the stars and we will know the coordinates of our location. Since this world has entirely different stars and constellations, I just let Rein study it all since he already has basic knowledge about it. Hays, I wonder how they're doing at this moment. Those irritating voices of Iris and the support I always received from Dorris. Though it was a brief time with the group, I never felt lonely with them. The Bituins as well, I hope she was still healthy and strong. Well, of course knowing Rein he would always be sure to maintain the ship's good well-being. I wish they are all doing. I promise I will come back again and see them.  I still have to pursue my dream to be the best Voyager in the world  but I need to deal with this first.'

'If I know that there will be a time that I'll depend on myself like this, I should have also studied it myself. But life truly loves to play by putting some challenges and unexpected events in my life.' Malaya sighed. 'They truly want to surprise me huh. Well, there is no time for the victim mindset. I'm pretty sure that there are still other things other than constellations to navigate your way. But it would be far harder and would be based on instinct and some things that I needed to create as well.' Malaya sighed inwardly again.

'Tss at this moment the trust and belief in myself truly tested by these situations, I have right now. Before I always let Rein lead the way, let Iris and Dorris do things just for me but now this is my time to find the solutions based on my own instincts. This phase of my life needs to be done as soon as possible. I need to end this immediately.' 

'It feels like I'm back to square one from all the preparations I have done before. And now, I don't know if the materials, manpower, and money that Oliver probably has with this island would be enough.'

"The distance is around four hundred sixty kilometers. Then something blinding flashed. The next thing I knew, I was tied along with that girl and dragged into the village."

Both Malaya and Oliver glanced when Kayden suddenly spoke. He was now leaning quietly on the wall with his eyes closed. It was as if what they heard was just a figment of their imagination and he didn't speak anything at all.

How could they forget about this factor? Among the three of them, both Oliver and Malaya arrived here due to the dragon. But Kayden, how did he arrive in this place? They still didn't ask him about anything.