"Aye! Charles! Long time no see, where have you been?" William raised up the wine glass in his hand in greeting. He was just like how Charles remembered him to be—intoxicated and disheveled.0

Charles' eyes landed on the ordinary-looking young woman next to Elizabeth and asked, "This is…?"0

"Charlie's daughter. He died, so she took over her father's ship and became the new Explorer Captain," the enthusiastic chubby man by the side answered.0

Charlie? Charles instantly recalled the grim-faced, middle-aged man with his distinguishable hawk-like nose.0

"How did he die?" Charles asked with a stunned expression. Despite being an Explorer for so long, he still couldn't get accustomed to others dying so easily.0

William belched as he let out a light chuckle. "He's dead. Period. Does it matter how he died?"1

Charles was...1