Arka was on his ship, watching Anastasha and all her knights board the ship. He didn't know that she would board the ship until a few minutes ago when he received a letter from her.
Arka wondered what Thalior wrote to Anastasha, and why she decided to join him and wanted to take refuge under the South Neva Union. However, he remembered what she said to him earlier about the two snakes sharing the territory rather than competing against each other.
Arka didn't want to think about it too much because he wouldn't be able to understand Rasmus and Anastasha's minds. They both had a similar air around them, having no moral compass, yet they weren't the type who were blinded by emotions.
Anastasha and her knights were escorted down into the cabin, but Anastasha decided to stay on the deck. Her personal knight, the man who held the quarterstaff, stayed by her side like her shadow.
