The vast and boundless sea, with waves rolling high, separates two magnificent lands.
The Nine Countries are borderless, the Seven Seas limitless!
Atop an isolated peak rising from the midst of the mysterious Seven Seas, sat a petite figure.
She was a girl with an exceptionally beautiful face, exuding a charmingly lovely aura, her soft purple hair cascading down her back as she sat on the peak, her slender legs gently swaying.
At the girl's waist hung two strings of delicate little bells that chimed crisply and pleasantly as the sea breeze caressed them.
Gazing out across the sea, her eyes seemed to pierce through the vast expanse, looking towards the distant lands of the Nine Countries.
"Soon, we'll be there; I wonder if there are any interesting fellows in the Nine Countries," the girl said with a smile that also held a touch of anticipation, as the sea fog rolled in and her figure quietly vanished.
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