The jump was over, Homeloss and Brilliant Starship emerged from the uniform grey-white "background color" and, with a slight shaking and trembling, the two ships entered a water surface calm as a mirror.
After such a long pilgrimage to the edge of the world, both ships finally returned to where everything began—to their initial arrival node—the resting place of the Leviathan Queen.
Compared to when they left, it seemed as though nothing had changed here; the sea was still tranquil, and the dark-colored archipelagos floating on the Endless Sea remained concealed in fog, with the largest island revealing its vague silhouette deep within the mist, almost dream-like in its appearance.
It was just much quieter than before—because even the smallest ripples had vanished on the water surface, and the faint murmurs that had persisted in the mist were now gone; even the sound of the wind passing over the deck seemed vague and distant as it reached their ears.
