Finally, Cassandra returned to the Adrestia.
Barnabas, like he was avoiding the pursuit of Hades, quickly urged the crew to set sail, escaping the troubles of Megaliss.
The azure waves of the Aegean Sea surged into white foam beneath the ship's sides.
The Spartan camp on the shore, which had been slightly joyous from the victory in war, now spread a chaotic clamor.
Barnabas looked at the coastline gradually left behind by the Adrestia, a lingering sense of terror making him gasp for breath.
And he looked at Cassandra beside him.
Father Slayer.
Did Cassandra really kill her father?
Is this tragic character, like one from an Athenian playwright's drama, right beside him?
"Did you... did you really kill Nikolaos? Your father?"
Even when Cassandra saved him, Barnabas had already resolved to pledge lifelong loyalty to this friend.
But in the face of the grave sin of 'paternal murder,' a crime shunned by the gods, he couldn't help but ask.
