To a young woman of Milady's age, a year-long voyage had sounded practically endless. Her duel with Dao Mingke, the encounter with the Tear of Chaos—it all felt like yesterday. Yet in what felt like the blink of an eye, she realized she had already been sailing on the sea for six or seven months. Over half a year had passed without her even noticing.
In that half-year, Milady felt as if she had experienced a lifetime's worth of danger.
