Chapter 40: A long journey
After their experience at the Money Pit, Sophitia and Cassandra hired a sailor on that island who brought them back to the port they had left first.
Once there, they looked for the family of the sailor who had died helping them.
His only relative they found was his son, who was a young man of about 20 years old.
When they told him what had happened, he reacted unexpectedly. He took it easy. He seemed to understand that his father's time had come.
The young man even offered himself to take them to Japan, as his father would have done if still alive.
Sophitia reluctantly agreed, fearing the man could also die because of them.
However, Cassandra was glad with the idea, and she couldn't take her eyes off him.
He managed to convince some men to accompany them.
They set sail a few days later.
The journey lasted about ten months. When they arrived in Japan, Sophitia decided they should continue on their own, despite Cassandra wanting the young sailor to accompany them.
The two sisters went into the mainland while the men waited for them on the ship.