The ship that Pixel had gotten on had been lowered into the water below Zou that Zunesha was walking within.
The ship looked quite old but it had more than enough room on it for to carry many people and transport many kinds of supplies.
Pixel was standing by the edge of the ship and was looking down towards the sea with glittering eyes. "Finally I can see more than my homeland."
Pixel had always had an adventurous spirit and endured a long time during the time that she was growing up.
It was not that she did not love her home and that she disliked those she had known but there was a limit to what she could experience.
A lot of her cooking, clothing and medicine based skills had hit a wall along with her various fighting abilities due to a lack of danger being in her life and there being a lack of variety in what could be learned or experienced.
There were only so many books that could be read and there was a limit to what supplies could be brought into Zou.
There had been very few attacks on Zou since her joining of the Night Guards and none of them were considered as a real threat by her after they had been easily brought down by a thunderbolt or another one of her moves that used her Electro.
On the ship along with her were a couple of groups which were formed by each of the heirs and some Minks of the family that had accompanied Rufus.
Due to the importance of the test and the safety of the heirs being of a great importance, Rufus had made preparations in advance to mark the island which they would travel to and would oversee most of what the heirs were doing.
In one part of the ship was Pixel who was looking over the edge of the ship and there was old Swifty, Harley, Liquorice and Misty.
Each of them were allowed to accompany her during the test but her mother was not allowed to be involved just like the other mothers.
Ash was very uneasy to see her daughter go without her but she had eventually come to accept that her daughter had grown up and that she could not stop Pixel from leaving Zou forever.
Old Swifty was just like any other guard that would accompany her to protect her so his age or involvement in the trial was not breaking the rules.
His only duty was to protect her and he could not interfere in the trial in any way just like the others that had been assigned to the heirs as their 'sword'.
The aids or study partners of the heirs could assist the heirs but there was a limit to the number that could accompany them and they had to be close enough in terms of age.
Misty, Liquorice and Harley were all within the range of the conditions set for the trial so they could be brought along.
On another part of the ship there was a group which had been made up of Felice, her 'sword', a study partner and her best friend that was from one of the other noble families that were of equal ranking to the Meridian family.
Felice had a standard setup that was made up of what was required while she had brought her friend along who was valuable to her for their close friendship and political ties.
Her friend wished to see the outside world and had found out about it through talks with Felice so she had requested to come along.
Her friend was dressed up in an elegant dress just like Felice
Another group was made up of Maximillion, his 'sword' and two of the friends he had been spending time with lately..
They were friends that came from lower ranking noble families and were not next in line to inherit so they had less expectations placed on them which made them more playful.
In the strict Meridian family, it was easy to wish for another kind of life and Maximillion had come to take a liking to the more carefree friends he had made.
It was not long before he started playing around more and slacking in his studies while he spent more time outside of the family home.
On another part of the ship was Milo who was accompanied by two adults, a study partner that came from a lesser noble family and someone who had come from his mothers families side that he had been making contact with.
Not much had changed with Milo in the way he had treated various things or people as his own and the 'sword' that belonged to Cleo had been by his side instead of hers.
There was another cold and merciless looking Mink that had previously been rejected by Pixel which had seemed to have grown in terms of murderous aura since he had accepted the role as Milo's 'sword.'
His study partner was from a smaller vassal family that had stuck around during his most difficult times when others had abandoned him and the other person had been placed by his side by his mothers side of the family after she had lost her contact with her son and there was not many ways for them to make contact with him since she had been put in a more confined part of the Meridian family.
One final group among them was the group of Cleo which was the smallest and there were only two young teenage Minks that had walked from one side towards Pixel.
Unlike the other groups that were less sociable with their competitors, Cleo had walked up to Pixel's group and revealed a sweet smile. "Big sis Pixel. Do you not feel strange at sea? I feel a little sick already but Micah keeps teasing me about it. Can you do something about him?"
Pixel rolled her eyes and replied. "You handle your fiancé yourself and no I think I am fine for now."
She turned her gaze towards the person beside Cleo and nodded. "Welcome Micah."