I was relieved to find that while I may get seasick, I didn’t have any issues with flying. The only one who seemed to have too many issues being high up was the one who was the most grounded, Terra. The other girls took it in stride, but once she entered the ship and was shown her room, she immediately hid there. The rest of us returned to the main deck and watched as the lines were undone and the ship started to rise into the sky.

The ship seemed to only be able to move in one direction at a time, so it rose straight up into the air until it reached some predetermined height, and then the ship adjusted whatever constituted for magical engines, and it began to move in a straight line, heading north of Lord Duran’s territory. I supposed I was being too optimistic when I thought it would fly like an airplane. It could move faster than walking, but that was only the level of a boat, maybe a bit faster.

To cross Dioshin and visit the capital of Jespain, the entire journey would take a bit over a day. At first, the girls excitedly pointed or made comments as we flew among the clouds, but the novelty only lasted a few hours. The ground below was mostly trees and forest. The ship wasn’t so high in the air that I could see the border of Aberis or over mountains or anything like that. It was only about the height of a tall building. It was enough to clear the trees, but the higher someone got, the colder and windier, so they stayed only twice to three times the height of the tallest trees.

Celeste still would have been able to fly this high on her own, and even I could have made it to the ship from the ground floor using my steps and barriers to push off of. Perhaps the only remarkable thing about the ship was that it moved consistently at a pace that exceeded all methods by land. The ship could sail day or night, meaning there was no need to take breaks. I don’t think I could have hopped or portaled my way to Jespain any faster than this ship allowed.

Thus, I decided to do what I came to do, and pulled out a lounge chair and relaxed on the deck, getting some sun as I relaxed and took my vacation. This was something I couldn’t do on the boat where I got seasick, but in the air, it felt almost like I imagined a ship cruise back home would feel. As for where I found the lounge chair, it was one of the many items I had snatched on Earth because I thought it might come in handy one day. I also had air mattresses and various other means of comfort.

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As the girls noticed me laying in the sun with my shirt off, they naturally became curious. The one time we had gone to the beach, things had been so frantic I had never had a chance to sunbathe. In my old world, I had never had the body nor the confidence to do such a thing, but the feel of the radiant heat was pretty soothing, especially for someone who spent so much time in dank and dark dungeons. Such a concept didn’t exist in this world, where even things like vacations didn’t exist for any but the rich and noble.

I ended up having to bring out many more lawn chairs, and soon the entire deck of the ship had become a line of beautiful women lying without their shirts on. Of course, I used a barrier so the sailors running the ship could only see the silhouette of the girls. That alone was enough to distract many of them. One guy even fell over when he wasn’t paying attention. This ship really should have safety rails. Well, I moved quickly and caught him, bringing him back to the ship. He was embarrassed and apologetic. In the end, the sight of being held princess-style by a tanned, half-naked muscular man who towered over them in height was enough of a deterrent that the other men focused much more on their jobs to prevent another mishap.

A lazy afternoon passed by. This was more like it.

“Master!” Lydia had sat up, her bare chest which was just starting to show signs of darkening on full display. “Look at that!”

I looked into the distance to see colorful lights rising from the ground. It resembled an aurora borealis in some respects, although the colors were more directional and gave off mana feeling to them.

“It looks like we’ve reached the Abyss.”