Shota didn't think about returning to his new friends' ship as he walked through the port town. He worried about having to stay a boy. He'd concluded that he must keep every one of his lucky trades until he found the next thing he needed. He certainly couldn't abandon the fabric and money! He'd need both when he found Azuki. Time was flying by and there was so little of it left! From the charts, it looked like it could be as much as a month's journey from here to where he suspected ...