If Prince Blue would have seen these cards in the event, he would have surely screamed in frustration to the point of coughing blood. Who knew even the other players might attack them because of this?

Regardless, what Li Mae had done was just beyond their logical comprehension. Cheating by using magic was dangerous. What if someone had noticed it?

There were more than two dozen cards and it did not take long for them to turn into ashes after he threw them in the disposing tube, which burned all the trash before throwing it in the space.

After seeing that the evidence turned into ashes, the staff who was in the room felt seriously relieved, finally.

Then they looked at Li Mae with concern. In their hearts was a silent prayer for their captain to suddenly appear and reprimand her.

'Captain! Get back soon! The ship may vanish before you return if Chief Li continued to be left in charge.' They begged silently inside their heads.

Even though their captain was not the warmest person, at least they could be assured that they were in safe hands with him.

Li Mae was the current first mate, but most cruise staff called her 'chief'. She was mostly in charge of the entire deck security and operations. The shadows that occasionally appeared or moved on some parts of the ship were her main doings.

The staff who was part of the Cruise from the very beginning like Chief Engineer Huang Gu knew this and it was something they discussed discreetly.

No one could tell what the shadows could do, but having these untouchable and unknown entities inside the ship in the middle of space would make anyone follow all the rules regardless of what status or planet that being came from.

Li Mae always had the reputation of being unapproachable. Now, since their captain was not around, Li Mae was handling everything. That also meant she could do anything she wanted.

They were all on edge as most did not know how to deal with her. They even questioned silently to themselves why she was the 'chief' despite her not doing much. She was more like the guard compared to being the 'first mate'.

If she decided to play, sleep or go somewhere else for the entire day, they did not have a choice but to let her be.

Unable to resist, Chief Engineer Huang Gu asked, "Chief what happened? Is there something wrong?" He could not help but stare at Li Mae's face. Beautiful but emotionless like a mannequin. This was her usual appearance, which was completely different from how she was earlier in the casino as a dealer.

Li Mae was already seated comfortably in one of the soft chairs. She was still wiping the blood from her face that was also noticed by others earlier.

"Chief? Where did the blood come from?" Chief Engineer Huang Gu asked again since she did not respond.

"Captain," Finally Li Mae responded but it was not the answer anyone was expecting.

"Huh?" Chief Engineer Huang Gu could not believe that he heard. That was the case for the others as well. So he carefully and slowly asked again, "Is the blood really from Captain Lu?"

After she nodded her head, the originally silent crew of the ship forgot their awkwardness around Li Mae and started demanding questions.

"It was from the captain?"

"Where is she? Is she injured?"

"How could this be? We need to help her!"

*Bang!*

The door of the control room suddenly opened, showing the male manager from the casino floor.

"And what is going on here?!" He asked loudly while leaning on the door.

"Manager Wu! Something has happened to the captain!" One of the crew shouted.

Manager Wu's eyes bulged in surprise before he busts out laughing. "That is impossible!" He said it was an amusing joke.

"But.. But.. The Chief said so! The blood on her face was from the captain!" Someone replied.

With a snicker, "Li Mae can't tell a joke." Manager Wu said.

Then looking at Li Mae, "Why did you leave suddenly?" Manager Wu asked before stepping in the room.

Just like Li Mae had done earlier, as soon as the door was closed, light magic surrounded the manager. This time unlike Li Mae who used magic to change her clothes, Manager Wu's appearance slowly changed.

The originally short hair turned longer slowly. High and solid jaw turned smaller and softer more feminine.

His tall figure started shrinking slowly until the manager turned completely to a female.

She was still wearing her original male clothes, white polo and black pants that were the usual uniform in the casino. However, it was noticeable that they were bigger than her current size.

It was still a sight to behold and a mystery why seemingly powerful mages that could even change their entire appearance or gender without anyone noticing, were working on a Cruise ship.

Since the Cruise ship mostly catered to powerful beings from all the parts of space, it was understandable if they traveled with bodyguards. These bodyguards were mostly powerful warriors, shifters or even mages.

So far, there was no report of suspicion in any of the crew members of the Cruise ship which meant, all the secrets of the higher officers were well hidden. Yes, the original Higher Officers, were all special in their own way.

Sadly Chief Engineer Huang Gu was not one of them before since he did not work as a Chief Engineer at the time he started being part of the ship staff.

"Woooh! That's refreshing," Wu Jiao said as she shook her head and her long silver hair waving with it. The smile on her beautiful face looks innocent and contagious.

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