Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 548

[Chapter 546 Alice’s New Friend]

On the front deck of the Brilliant Star, Shirley held the guardrail at the edge of the ship, looking excitedly at the gradually clear coastline on the distant sea level, and shouted happily: ” Oh oh oh! I can see the port! I can already see the port!”

“Don’t get too excited and fall in,” Agou’s voice came from the side, “And don’t patronize Shale, don’t forget to go out. I promised the captain before, even if I go out to play…”

Shirley started waving her hands before finishing listening: “Oh, I know, I know, oh, Agou, you are so nagging, why are you acting like an old woman…”

Lying down The Deep Hound on the deck next to him suddenly became dissatisfied and started a new round of nagging. Lucrecia, who was standing not far away, looked at the movement on the deck with somewhat complex and subtle eyes, her eyes flashing. I don’t know what I was thinking.

Nina stood next to Lucretia. She looked nervously at this “sea witch” who had an elegant and mysterious temperament, a beautiful appearance but a disturbing sense of indifference and alienation, and whispered: “You don’t think Shirley is too noisy, do you? She has always been like this…”

“No,” Lucretia turned her face slightly and said calmly, “This ship is always very noisy, and my dolls will make fights. This is a bigger noise.”

“Oh…” Nina said oh, and then smiled a little shyly, “Well… thank you for letting us take this ship.” “

Father asked me to send you guys to Qingfeng Port, I will naturally do it,” Lucretia said. She glanced at Nina, as if she was a little uncomfortable dealing with strangers, but this discomfort and embarrassment would always turn into nothing in the eyes of others. She felt indifferent and arrogant, so she tried hard to adjust her expression to look gentler, “I remember your name is Nina, right?” “Yeah.”

Nina nodded immediately, with a look on her face. A bright smile.

“…You called my father ‘Uncle Duncan’,” Lucretia seemed to have a hint of curiosity in her expression, “Aren’t you…scared?”

“Don’t be afraid, Uncle Duncan is very nice,” Nina said with a smile, then she paused, her bright smile narrowed into a gentle smile, she looked into the eyes of the “witch” lady in front of her, “I know You don’t have to worry about what happened…but I think it’s good like this.” “

…That’s good.” Lucretia looked at Nina silently for a while and nodded lightly.

But then, she heard the girl named Nina next to her curiously ask another question: “Miss Lucretia, you… don’t have a good relationship with Uncle Duncan?” “Why is that so

? Ask?”

“I heard someone say that. They said that the Brilliant Star broke up with the Lost Home a century ago, and when Uncle Duncan brought us here just now, I saw that you were always avoiding him intentionally or unintentionally. Eyes,” Nina said, her voice gradually trailing off, “I’m sorry, did I say something wrong? It seems not polite…” “

We did take different paths,” Lucretia did not. He cared and just shook his head, “But that is in the past. As for now, the relationship between my father and I cannot be described as good or bad. I think… we just haven’t seen each other for too long. “

Nina blinked her eyes and listened. She seemed to feel the subtle regret and sentimentality in Miss “Witch”‘s tone. She hesitated for a moment: “You are different from what I imagined at first… I was quite cool before I actually met you. Nervous.”

“People in the world will speculate on things they don’t understand, and they never take responsibility for their guesses.” Lucretia smiled, “Besides, you don’t need to use honorifics when addressing me. Nina, you can just call me by my name.”

Nina was stunned for a moment: “But you…”

“My father is your ‘Uncle Duncan’,” Lucretia looked at Nina and finally smiled. With some real warmth, “Under this premise, you always use honorifics to address me, I feel very awkward.”

Nina thought for a while and nodded: “Oh, it seems so…”

The corners of Lucretia’s mouth turned up. She looked at the girl in front of her who was essentially a fragment of the sun, but her words and deeds were just like an ordinary girl. She then turned to look at the girl not far away who was lying on the edge of the ship’s side, looking forward to entering. “Demon Summoner” played in the city.

At the same time, the Morris University scholar was currently in the cabin, reminiscing with Taran El, whom he had not seen for decades. The two seemed to be planning to visit the city-state university in Qingfeng Port. The “Exiled Judge” named Vanna was in the middle of the deck, curiously visiting the ship’s unique “spiritual structure” under the leadership of Rabbit Rabbit.

As for the living doll named “Alice”, she must still be with her father at this time – as soon as her father got on the boat, he said he would introduce her to Luni, and then took her away.

They are the father’s new “followers” – when countless smart people in the world are trying their best to guess the purpose of the lost fleet after reorganization, these people are almost like they are on vacation.

In a sense, these people are indeed very powerful, each possessing unique skills, and they are definitely worthy of a place in the Lost Home Fleet, but looking at it from another angle…

they are completely different from what Lucretia originally imagined. Same.

This is not a group of “subspace dependents” that are scary and depressing. On the contrary, they are very interesting and very easy to get along with. My father brought these people together… It seems that it is not because of any deep and long-term plan. It was just a coincidence that these traveling companions gathered together.

“After you dock, I will arrange a place for you to stay,” Lucretia calmed down her wandering thoughts, “I have several strongholds in Qingfeng Port, which are pretty clean. You go into the city. Do you have any goals in the future? I can recommend it to you.”

“Recommendation?” Nina’s eyes suddenly lit up when she heard this, “Then… do you know where the food is better in Qingfeng Port? I heard This city-state has the largest variety of delicacies in the entire Boundless Sea, and that’s what I came for!”

Lucretia’s expression suddenly became subtle: “…the ‘delicacy’ of Qingfeng Port?”

Nina nodded vigorously: “Yes!” “

…Didn’t my father explain the elves’ food culture to you in detail?” “

No,” Nina said with a blank expression, as if she vaguely noticed the tone of the other person’s tone. Subtlety, “Well, did I make something wrong?” “

…It can’t be wrong. You need to experience it yourself to understand.” Lucretia thought for a while and said seriously, “I I’ll take you to the Crown District later.”

Nina looked forward to it: “The food is much better over there?”

“…It’s closer to the hospital.”

Nina: “…?”

At the same time, the crew of the Brilliant Star In the rest area, Duncan found a place to sit down and watched the scene not far away with interest while resting.

There were two dolls standing there, both looking a little dazed.

Alice curiously looked at the strange “person” opposite her who looked more “humanoid” than herself. After thinking for a long time, she suddenly turned her head: “Captain! How do you make friends with strangers?” “Introduce yourself first

. “Duncan took out a few French fries from nowhere and threw them to Ai, who was strolling on the small table next to him. “Start with the name.” “

Oh,” Alice nodded and turned to look at the person standing there. Runi opposite her said, “Hello, my name is Alice, also called Anomaly 099.”

“Hello, I’m Rune,” the clockwork doll standing opposite Alice also bent down and said to herself extremely politely. Introducing, “I am the servant of Mistress Lucretia. Are you the servant of the old master?” “

I am not, I am the captain’s puppet! I am responsible for cooking and cleaning on the ship!”

Luni He tilted his head, and there was a slight sound of gears rubbing against a certain part of his body.

Alice continued to look at the new friend in front of her curiously: “There is no thread on your head!”

“Thread? What is that?”

“It’s something that everyone has. It floats out of the body. The captain said that only I can see it,” Alice gestured. “He said it might be the ‘soul thread’, but I couldn’t understand it either.” What does it mean? Anyway, when I grab it, the person stops moving…”

“It’s hard to understand what you said,” Lu Ni said in a dull tone, “I am a doll, I have no soul… But I do. Clockwork.”

As he spoke, the clockwork doll turned around and showed Alice the big bow-like clockwork handle on her lower back.

“Hey, I have a clockwork, too!” Alice suddenly became happy and turned around to show it to her new friend, “Did you see this location? There is also a clockwork hole under the clothes, but I can’t reach it myself. , so the key to the clockwork is in the hands of the captain…”

“Interesting, we have similarities,” a series of sounds of gears turning happily came from Luni’s body, and she seemed to be happy, “This is the first time I have seen and There is a similar existence to myself. Both the mistress and the old master said that you can be friends with me. It seems that they are right.” “

Right? The captain is awesome!” Alice said happily, “And you see, we The joints seem to be very similar, although your arm is harder than mine…”

Luni lowered her head and observed her arm: “Yes, we have similar joint structures.”

Alice suddenly became even happier, Then she reached out and held her head: “By the way, can your head be pulled out? Mine can be! Look–” “

Boo-er–” With a sound, Alice pulled it out in front of Lu Ni. She also held up her head with both hands to show off: “You, you, look, look, you can pull it out, pull it out…”

Lu Ni looked at the new friend in front of her in amazement at such a powerful move, and also held it with her hands. He held his head and pulled it down.

Click.

(End of chapter)