Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 234
[Chapter 234 The Curse of the Family]
Valentine put away the piece of paper depicting the strange emblem.
“None of us recognize this pattern. It probably comes from a very old age, or from a secret organization that has never been exposed to the public,” the old bishop said while putting away the paper, “the corresponding one may be found in the archives.” In addition, I will also contact some academic friends to see if they know this thing.”
Fanna’s eyes returned to Tirian, and she looked curiously at the “pirate captain” in front of her: “Your father Was there anything unusual before the secret talks with those strange ‘ascetics’? For example, suddenly obtained a mysterious tome, or explored some secret places?” “It’s hard to say,”
Tirian shook his head, “You It should be known that a century ago, he was one of the most outstanding explorers in the world. Dealing with all kinds of strange relics or secret places was his daily job——he was in contact with you just mentioned almost all day long. and Lucrezia and I just started to help my father share some things at that time, and didn’t have many opportunities to learn about his ‘collection’ in detail, and…” Tirian paused when he said this
, Then he sighed softly.
“And at that time, Lucrezia and I didn’t even think about what would happen later. Although those weird ‘visitors’ were a bit weird, my father often received all kinds of strange ‘guests’, and when we noticed that my father When the situation was getting worse and worse, nearly a year had passed since that ‘secret talk’, and I couldn’t find anything if I went back to investigate.”
Fan Na nodded lightly, and at this moment, there was a burst of loud The sound of bells and sirens suddenly came from outside the window, interrupting the conversation in the living room.
“The evening bell is ringing,” Bishop Valentine looked up out of the window, and saw that the sun bound by double runes had gradually sunk into the sea level, and the phantom of the creation of the world could be vaguely seen in the sky, ” Let’s get here today.”
Then he looked back and nodded to Tirian: “If you don’t mind, you can rest in the cathedral tonight. We have prepared dinner and undisturbed guest rooms for guests.” “Thank you very much,” said
Tirian He readily agreed, and then said, “I plan to stay in this city-state for a few more days – I lived here briefly a hundred years ago, and I am still very interested in its changes.” “Of course
. “Valentin smiled, “Sea Mist is Prand’s friend, and we are always ready for friends—you can stay here as long as you want.”
Fanna got up from the sofa and said to Ti Ryan nodded and said, “I’ll take you to the guest room.”
After this special meeting, Tirian left the living room with Fanna, and joined several accompanying sailors who were resting in nearby rooms, and the group headed towards the cathedral. go deep.
“I didn’t expect His Excellency the Judge to lead the way in person,” Tirian said casually on the way to the guest room, “For a ‘pirate’, this is quite an honor.” “Is it just
a ‘pirate’?” Vanna asked Turning back slightly, with a smile on his face, “Your Excellency’s identity is not so ordinary – the son of Duncan, the general of the Frost Queen, the commander of the Sea Mist Fleet, if all the pirates on the Boundless Sea are like this… then we don’t either. What kind of city-state authority is needed.”
“…’Pirate’ is just a convenient identity, which is very convenient for me to trouble some people on the cold sea, and they also like my identity, which allows them to issue more arrest warrants , to pretend that you are still of some use,” Tirian said lightly, “but what you just mentioned are all things in the past, Your Excellency the Judge.” After a brief silence, Tirian continued: “I have
never Outsiders have disclosed so many things related to ‘him’, I hope you can understand that.”
“Of course,” Fan Na nodded slightly, “If I were in your position, I would not be willing to tell outsiders about my family. … ‘cursed’, sorry, I can’t think of another word.”
“It doesn’t matter, this is indeed a curse,” Tirian sighed, “If it wasn’t for such a weird and bizarre situation in Prand, you just mentioned the abnormal situation of ‘him’, there are some things I really don’t want to recall. As he
spoke, his gaze inadvertently swept over Fanna’s eyes, and the next second, he involuntarily lowered his gaze.
The palpable pressure was there again, and it was more pronounced than it had been on the pier.
Reminiscent of the young judge’s experience of communicating with “that person” several times recently, Tirian even had some terrible guesses about the indescribable pressure in his heart.
Fan Na noticed the strangeness of the other party.
“You look a bit reserved, Captain Tirian,” she asked directly, “I’m making you nervous?” “
No, Your Excellency,” Tirian shook his head, then hesitated, “It just occurred to me that Regarding the matter you just mentioned, you said that you communicated with my father several times… In addition to the communication, did he give you… other things, for example, power?” Fan Na’s footsteps stopped
suddenly down.
“Why do you ask this?”
“I don’t mean anything else,” Tirian suddenly realized that his question just now might conflict with a devout and steadfast saint, and immediately explained, “I just want to remind you that I Father… the power he brought back from the subspace is very strange and difficult to get rid of, and like other chaotic erosions from the subspace, the power is extremely polluting, if you are accidentally contaminated too deeply…” “Thank
you Reminder.” Fan Na took a deep breath and sincerely thanked her.
But in fact, what she thinks in her heart is that the other party’s reminder may be a bit late-the influence of Captain Duncan is more serious than anyone imagined, and now she can only hope that the captain will really knock on the next time he comes to find her. The door opened…
Tirian didn’t know what the judge was thinking, but felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, but the embarrassment didn’t last long—Vanna took the initiative to break the silence.
“I’m curious about one thing,” she asked suddenly, “about that ‘countdown’ that your father mentioned before going crazy…do you know any more information? Did he mention any other details?” Before
asking When asking this question, what Fan Na recalled in her mind was the previous communication with the storm goddess Gamona, and the incomprehensible words that the goddess conveyed to herself—time is limited, and it is about to be critical
.
This sentence, which she couldn’t understand at the time, now sounds like it is inextricably linked to the “countdown” mentioned by Tirian!
Tirian met Vanna’s gaze.
After a few seconds of silence, he said in a deep voice: “In the last days, he once said a word to Lucrezia suddenly, he said – ‘Our world is just a bunch of fading Embers’.”
The hallway came to an end. ”Thank you for leading the way,” Tirian nodded to Fanna
, “I want to stay with my subordinates for a while.”
In a few words, he nodded subconsciously and said goodbye to the great pirate.
The door of the guest room was closed, and after the surroundings became quiet, Tirian was really relieved.
He recalled the last conversation he had with the young judge just now, and recalled the pressure he felt on the other party that seemed to be absent, and a kind of belated heart palpitations pervaded at this time.
In a daze, he recalled the last moment when he made eye contact with that judge… At
that moment, he actually felt that he was standing under the gaze of “father”!
“Captain, are you okay?” A trusted sailor looked at his boss with a little worry, “You have been nervous since you came ashore.” “…I’m fine,”
Tirian calmed down and waved to his subordinates , walked towards the table not far away, “Bring the things.”
A sailor immediately stepped forward and put a suitcase from the Seamist on the table. Tirian opened it with a key, revealing its contents.
It was a lens device with a complex structure, composed of many small lenses and curved connecting rods, and a large crystal ball was placed in the center.
“Keep an eye on the door and don’t let anyone disturb you.” Tirian instructed his subordinates.
After several sailors left, he turned his attention to the crystal ball, slightly moved the angle of one of the lenses, and called in a low voice: “Lucrecia.” After a while
, The lens group started to tremble slightly, and the crystal ball in the center also began to emit a faint light, and with a burst of disturbing noise, Lucrezia’s vague figure appeared in the crystal ball: “I am here. “
Why so blurry?” Tirian frowned, “Where are you now?”
“I… the border…” Lucrezia’s voice came from the crystal ball, crackling and disturbing , but barely able to distinguish, “Here…environment…interference has become stronger, I…adjust…are you okay now? Can you hear clearly?” The
interference sound finally disappeared, and Lucrezia’s figure also disappeared. gradually became clear.
“The environment here has changed a little bit, and the spiritual world has produced strange disturbances to the dimension of reality,” the voice in the crystal ball explained, “What’s the matter, brother? The Bright Star is passing through the unstable sea area, if nothing important It’s…”
“I’m in Purland now,” Tirian said straight to the point, “The Seamist was severely damaged in the exchange of fire with the Homeless, and the situation in this city-state seems to be not quite right.” Opposite the crystal
ball The figure froze for a moment.
A few seconds later, Lucrezia’s slightly nervous voice came: “You really met the Lost? Are you okay now?” “…
Frankly speaking, I was beaten hard, but now It’s all right,” said Tyrian, in a low voice, “but the problem is… something doesn’t seem right with ‘him’.”
“What’s wrong with ‘him’?” Lucrezia frowned, “Have you seen him up close?” “
Yeah.”
“Then…” Lucrezia opened her mouth, seemingly hesitant, “Then what you saw this time was our ‘father’?”
“…Not all of them.”
(End of this chapter)
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