Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 248
[Chapter 248 Revisiting the old place]
The crisp bell rang with the opening of the door, and the afternoon sun shone into the old shop that was almost filled with all kinds of dolls. The elf store manager, who was concentrating on adjusting a set of doll skeletons behind the counter Hearing the movement, he raised his head and saw a tall, black-haired man wearing a one-eyed eyepatch walking into the store.
The elf old lady looked at this “customer” who didn’t look like she was going to buy a doll in the store, but after a moment of confusion, she still greeted her with a smile – after all, she didn’t recognize the tall one-eyed man in front of her. The man is the child who brought his younger sister to buy things in his store a century ago: “Ah, welcome to the Rose Doll Museum, let’s take a look.” Then
she paused, and said casually: “Like you. You don’t come often.”
Tyrian looked slowly around.
All kinds of dolls, shelves and carved stairs that look quite old, a warm and calm atmosphere, and the smiling old woman.
The yellowed fragments of memory gradually pieced together, turning into a familiar picture, which gradually overlapped with the scene in front of me.
It is indeed here, Lucrezia is pointing the right way.
The elf shopkeeper didn’t recognize him, which was normal—compared to a century ago, he had changed too much.
Tirian adjusted his expression a little, trying to make his face look softer—half a century of wandering and plundering on the cold sea had turned him into a hard-faced person, and he knew that there was always something in him. There is a kind of temperament that makes ordinary people uncomfortable, and this temperament has obviously affected the kind old woman who is the shop owner. The other party is smiling and greeting, but there is doubt and a little vigilance in his eyes.
“I want to inquire about one thing.” Tirian didn’t know whether his expression adjustment was in place. He could hardly recall what kind of expression and tone he should use to speak when he walked into the store like an ordinary person. “Your here is Didn’t you sell a doll called ‘Nilu’?”
He thought for a while, and added a few more sentences: “A three-point doll, about this tall-classic court style, with a very gorgeous skirt.” The
elf shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: “Indeed… yes I had a doll like this, and it has been in the store for many years, and it was bought by someone a while ago, but why did you inquire about it?” “Who bought it
?” Tirian felt his His heart beat a little faster. He didn’t expect to find the clue so easily. His father actually bought the doll from the store in a fair manner. “About when?
” Startled by Tirian’s overly excited reaction, he became more vigilant: “Sorry, I can’t disclose information about customers. This is our businessman’s rule.”
Tirian was stunned for a moment, but he didn’t expect the other Would it be such a response? He thought about it quickly and hesitated for two or three seconds, as if he had made up his mind: “…Didn’t you recognize me?” “Recognized
…?” The old lady who owned the store frowned Frowning, he looked up and down at the strange man in front of him suspiciously, “I don’t remember receiving customers like you – most of the people who come to my store to buy dolls are women, or young men who choose gifts for their lovers and choose gifts for their daughters. Father of the present.”
“That’s because it’s been a long, long time since I last came here,” Tirian smiled strangely, “Do you still remember that a pair of brothers and sisters took away from here a hundred years ago called ‘ Is it Luni’s doll?”
The old lady of the store was taken aback for a moment, then finally slowly opened her eyes wide, and looked at Tirian in disbelief: “Ah, you are…”
“I know you may not believe it. , but I have something that can prove my identity,” Tirian thought quickly, and he took out something from his arms while talking, “Elves like you are well-informed, you should listen I told you about me… Look at this.”
The old elf lady listened suspiciously and took a piece of paper handed over by the other party, opened it, and first of all, there was a big head portrait printed on the paper, and below it was The text of the arrest warrant, the bounty, and the official imprint of the Frost City State…
“I should still be famous,” Tirian said solemnly. “Strictly speaking, our family is relatively famous… although it may not be a pleasant reputation.” The old lady of the shopkeeper: “…” After
a
while After a long time, the elf old woman controlled her expression, looked up at Tirian, and said in a strange tone: “It’s really you.”
Tirian seemed to have noticed something wrong with this, and smiled awkwardly. She said: “It’s me.”
The old lady thought for a while: “I haven’t seen you for so many years…there are so many zeros after your name…”
Tirian twitched the corners of his mouth: “The bounty…is indeed a bit much, but It’s just a formality, they add a zero at the end every four or five years, and no one will go to claim the reward anyway.” “… This is the first time
I saw someone who would carry his arrest warrant as a proof document People, and he’s a great pirate,” the old lady’s expression finally returned to normal, she folded the wanted warrant and returned it while muttering, “I’ve heard the news that the Sea Mist is calling at the port, and I’m still thinking about it when I have time I went to the port to see the excitement, but I didn’t expect you to come here first. Is your sister okay?” “
She…has a better life than me,” Tirian said, and then glanced at her with a strange expression. The old woman on the opposite side said, “I thought you would be afraid. Most ordinary people have this reaction after seeing me—even if it is outside the cold sea.” “The weirdest things I have
seen There are too many things, and you are not the only big pirate, and the city-state has issued a document explaining that the Sea Mist is a guest invited by Prand, and the affairs in the northern seas have nothing to do with us,” the old lady walked towards the counter while muttering, Then the mumbling turned into nagging, “But I still have to tell you, being a pirate is not a serious business, it’s not a long-term business, and it’s not nice to say it, look at your sister, she can still be around The Explorers Association has a lifelong honorary title, of course I have heard that your relationship with the northern city-states seems to be quite complicated…”
Tirian’s mind suddenly started to buzz. He felt that he had now seen the calmness of the long-lived race, so he had to quickly interrupt the old lady’s chanting: “The Sea Mist Fleet is already undergoing changes, and the revenge on the northern city-state Behavior and looting are a thing of the past, and now we mainly rely on collecting protection fees…”
Then before the old lady could respond, he ended the topic neatly, dragging the topic back abruptly: “What are you doing now? Can you tell me, who bought that doll?”
“Oh, it’s a middle-aged man who looks similar to you…or maybe a little shorter, looks thin, and seems to be in poor health look,” the old lady didn’t hesitate this time, and said casually, “but I don’t think you can find it, there are so many people in Prand. You want to get another doll that you couldn’t buy back then Take it back to your sister? Hey, that’s a pity, if you came earlier… Wait, I just realized, how do you know that someone bought ‘Nilu’?” Tirian didn’t
answer The other party’s question, but subconsciously frowned.
A man shorter than himself, with a thin body and poor health… This cannot be the father.
Could it be… is father’s subordinate? !
After regaining his humanity and sanity, he has even started looking for subordinates again? What does he want to do? Is it to rebuild the lost fleet? !
Tirian thought about a lot of things for a while, and he didn’t wake up until the old elf lady called his name twice, and then he thought of something else, and asked immediately: “Then besides buying dolls, what about that?” What else did the guest say? Did he take anything else?”
“What did he say… just had a normal chat,” the old lady owner recalled, “It feels like that is a guest who likes dolls very much. He is very concerned about the repair and maintenance of the doll, and learned a lot from me, oh yes, he also bought a wig and matching hair accessories, which seem to be for his own doll.” Tirian’s expression
changed Dazed: “…wig? What kind of wig?”
“Long straight golden hair, one-to-one size, I am quite impressed,” the old lady owner said, and suddenly remembered something, “By the way, I have a similar one here, you can take a look.”
While speaking, she turned around and went to the storage room under the stairs to search for it.
Tirian wanted to say that there was no need to be so troublesome, but he didn’t have time, and at this moment, another strange knocking sound suddenly came from not far away, attracting his attention.
It sounded like someone was knocking on a window outside.
Tirian turned his head in surprise and looked in the direction of the voice.
He saw a beautiful lady with blond hair and waist was standing outside the window, tapping on the window.
Tirian didn’t react at first, but after seeing the lady’s face clearly, he froze in place like a lightning strike.
The lady’s appearance…is exactly the same as the Frost Queen Leh Nora half a century ago!
(end of this chapter)
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