"Kaido's wife was actually a giant from Elbaf? And despite having that dwarfism, she remained so optimistic."
Linlin was deeply moved.
Yamato stared unblinkingly at Filina, learning for the first time her mother's name and origins.
"Filina. My mother's name is Filina."
Yamato's heart ached as she watched the sorrowful woman in the scene.
"Mom said she had an illness and her lifespan was only one-tenth that of a giant's. Giants live around 200 to 300 years, so doesn't that mean..."
....
Several more nights passed.
When Kaido woke from his sleep, he saw Filina busily working on the beach, carrying bundles of tree trunks and vines.
"What are you doing?" Kaido blinked, puzzled.
"Building a raft! Without a boat, how am I supposed to get to Elbaf?" Filina tied the raft together roughly, haphazardly bundling everything, making Kaido frown.
"You're going to Elbaf? Didn't they abandon you? Don't you hate them?" Kaido walked over, pushed Filina aside, and started helping her tie the raft properly.
Filina straightened up, wiping the sweat from her forehead.
"I used to hate them a little, but not anymore. My late foster parents told me, no one is..."
"My foster parents, and everyone else in the village, were all very kind people. Hehe, and you too, Oxy. I won't forget you."
"In the limited time I have left, I want to find my biological parents and take care of them for a few years. Haha, maybe I'll die in Elbaf in the end, buried along a mountain path."
Kaido's heart twisted.
He suddenly felt an overwhelming heaviness in his chest, and his hands tightened around the vines, snapping several of them.
After working all morning, Kaido finally helped Filina finish a large raft, pushing it into the shallow water by the shore and making two oars for her.
Filina looked up at the towering Kaido, a bright smile on her face, her black hair dancing in the wind.
Suddenly, she ran up to Kaido.
Under his stunned gaze, she stood on her tiptoes, placed her hands on his thick arms, and pressed her crimson lips to his.
"Hehe, this is my thanks to you, Oxy. Thank you for helping me build the raft and preparing the roasted meat."
Filina kissed Kaido on the cheek, her face flushing with a hint of shyness before she hopped onto the raft and picked up the oars.
She waved vigorously at Kaido.
"Goodbye! Goodbye, Oxy! I'll miss you! If I'm still alive in two years, I'll set sail to find you!"
Kaido stood frozen, silently watching as Filina rowed the raft, gradually disappearing into the vast expanse of the sea.
He remained rooted on the beach for a long time as the sky darkened overhead.
In the distance, the sea began to churn with rising waves, a prelude to an approaching storm.
Kaido snorted in frustration.
"That foolish woman, so stubborn. Thinking she can sail the seas on just a raft, searching for that elusive giant village—she's practically begging for death."
With that, he stomped his foot, his body rapidly transforming into a massive azure dragon that coiled upward into the sky, soaring in the direction Filina had gone.
Kaido moved with incredible speed, and before long, he spotted the shattered remains of a raft floating on the turbulent waves!
His heart lurched, panic setting in as he twisted his enormous body, scanning the sea frantically.
"No way… Did that idiot already run into trouble? Did she fall into the water?"
Kaido felt an unfamiliar sense of dread.
He didn't understand why he was so agitated.
After all, nothing significant had happened between him and Filina.
They had merely spent a few days together on that deserted island.
That lively, carefree, and reckless—
Aboard the unknown pirate ship, Filina bit her lip, despair filling her eyes as she stared at the leering, vicious pirates surrounding her.
She never imagined that shortly after leaving that island, she would encounter this pirate vessel.
The moment the pirates spotted her, they closed in, deliberately ramming her raft with their ship and flipping it over.
Then, they seized her and tied her up.
"What are you going to do with me? Can't you let me go? I won't live long anyway—I'm sick. Please, I beg you, let me go. I need to find Elbaf!"
Filina pleaded desperately.
A towering pirate, standing over four meters tall, burst into laughter.
"Sick? What do I care about that? A six-meter-tall female giant—hehehe—she'll fetch a hefty price! Those eccentric nobles will love her!"
"Exactly, boss! We're really in luck today—just setting out and already bagging a fine slave. The next few days are gonna be profitable!"
While the underlings fawned over their captain, the navigators manning the telescopes suddenly shrieked in terror.
One unlucky soul, scared out of his wits, even tumbled from the crow's nest, landing on the deck with a sickening crack as his neck snapped.
"What's going—?" The burly pirate barely had time to shout before his eyes widened in horror.
Against the pitch-black sky, a monstrous azure dragon wreathed in crimson flame clouds was descending upon their ship.
"What the hell is that… a dragon?"
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