John was blocking Adrian's path. The latter had intended to blend into the crowd and take a downwind ship to Obscura. However, this plan had gone up in smoke.

"Didn’t you see me coming out of the sea?" Adrian said plainly.

John was speechless. Of course, he saw Adrian come out of the sea, but no normal person would do such a thing.

"You should be a guest of our ship, but I'm in charge of the upper-class cabins and I've never seen you before." John’s confusion stemmed from this.

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