Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 782

[Chapter 764 Before the voyage]

Chapter 764 Before the voyage,

the sailor became a special new resident of this “Witch Mansion” – but his joining did not seem to have the slightest impact on the daily operations of this mansion.

Most of the time, this mummy can stay in one place just like a real corpse. He doesn’t need to eat or sleep. If no one talks to him, he can even stay silent for two or three days. He always stayed in his quiet corner as if thinking about something. He would find a place and stay in a daze all day without moving at all.

This made everyone else in the house almost forget that there was a new “guest” here.

Only when Luni was cleaning did she exchange a few words with the mummy. The main content of the exchange was just a few words –

“Ah, move to the side.” “Hey.” “Okay, move back. Let’s go.” “Oh.”

The days passed like this day by day, and on the third day, the hostess of this house finally couldn’t bear it anymore – Lucretia found the baby lying among the debris in the storage room in the basement. “Sailor” pretending to be a corpse: “I heard your father describe you as not being like this on the White Oak. There was a lot of jumping up and down every day. Why is it so quiet here?” “Would you like to be quieter

?” The sailor sat up from among the pile of debris and looked into the witch’s eyes in the darkness. “As far as I know, you are a person who likes peace and quiet.”

Lucretia paused for a moment: “That’s not so… no, no. Okay. No, what I want to say…”

But she was interrupted in the middle of her words.

“I’m recuperating for the voyage,” the sailor suddenly said, and the eyes of the mummy became serious for some time. “We are about to have a historic voyage, madam. Although the captain didn’t say it, you should also know that he plan – then in the coming days, I have to make good adjustments to my condition. The captain asked me to rest more these days, and then try to recall as much as possible about the “Song of the Sea”. I have been Do this.”

“Voyage…” Lucretia’s expression changed slightly, but she recovered immediately, “Then what did you remember?” ”

Captain Kalani is a good man, on the Sea Song The mess hall is terrible, the crew of the second shift are always noisy, and besides that there is fog, a fog with no end in sight.” The sailor stretched his body, and those dry and twisted joints made a string of noises as if they were about to There was a terrible snapping sound, and then he fell back and lay in the debris again, “I’m sorry to disappoint you. I didn’t think of anything related to the ‘route’, although the captain seemed to have great confidence in me. …”

Very few people would dare to behave in such a lazy and rude manner in front of the “Sea Witch” – Lucretia’s eyebrows raised involuntarily, but she soon returned to her usual expressionless expression. Appearance: “Father always has his way.”

The sailor lay in the debris, smacking his lips in disbelief, and suddenly the conversation changed: “What about you? Is your Brilliant Star ready to sail?”

Lucretia didn’t respond, just frowned.

“You are still dissatisfied, I can see your wavering,” the sailor said calmly, “I probably know what you are dissatisfied with… but please be prepared, this may be the greatest ever. The voyage may also be the last voyage. At least this time, you can choose to set off with your father…”

A calm and stressful look made the mummy shut his mouth.

“Has anyone ever told you that you talk too much?”

The sailor thought for a while: “…I have been here with you for three days, and I have only talked so much today…Okay, I won’t talk anymore.”

Lucretia looked at the mummy quietly for a while, then finally withdrew her gaze and turned towards the door: “The Brilliant Star is always ready for a long voyage.”

But she was stopped by the sailor as soon as she took half a step. “Hey, wait

a minute, there is something else…” Lucretia stopped and turned back in confusion: “What else is there?”

“Help me connect the lumbar spine and shoulders…” The sailor continued With that arrogant posture lying in the pile of debris, unable to move at all, “Just now I stretched my waist and stretched my head, and the joints were pulled off…”

Lucrecia’s expression finally changed slightly, and she calmly After looking at the mummy quietly for two or three seconds, he finally turned around and left without hesitation: “Lie down.” …

Duncan

stopped writing in his hand and looked up to the side – the night outside the window was still the same, but the bright electric lights were still there. The study was illuminated, and Alice was sitting quietly on the armchair near the window. The light fell on the doll’s shoulders. She half-closed her eyes, as if she was about to fall asleep.

But after noticing the gaze coming from the direction of the desk, the doll immediately opened her eyes. She looked at Duncan with a happy smile on her face: “Captain! Have you finished writing?” As she spoke, she stood up from the

backrest He stood up from the chair and came to Duncan’s side.

“It’s done,” Duncan said casually. He did not put away his diary, but spread it out on the table generously – because he knew that no one in the world could understand what he had written. “If you’re sleepy, go back to your room and rest. You don’t have to stay with me all the time.”

“Not sleepy, not sleepy!” Alice immediately waved her hands, and then her eyes fell involuntarily on the captain’s diary out of curiosity, ” Is this your diary? Um…why can’t you understand a word…”

Duncan smiled and shook his head, without explaining anything, he just asked casually: “Do you want to try writing a diary?” ”

Me?” Alice was startled for a moment, but quickly shook her head, “I can’t… I don’t know what to remember, and it requires knowing a lot of words…”

Duncan laughed: “Remember something you think is useful Just meaningful or interesting things. You don’t need a lot of words to write a diary. The vocabulary you have now should be enough – if you really don’t know it, you can draw it.” The

puppet listened quietly, with a look in its eyes. Gradually some light appeared.

“I can draw!” she said happily.

Although the upper limit of what she said “can draw” is that people can tell whether the drawing is a man or a woman, a human or a dog – but ever since Duncan taught her the most basic painting skills, she has been very proud. I think I already “can draw”.

Duncan just smiled, then reached out and took out a new diary from the desk, put a pencil in the diary, and handed it to the puppet in front of him.

“Here you go, I brought this from the ship,” he said. “You can write down the things you want to remember on it.” Alice happily

accepted the “new gift” the captain gave her. “, she flipped through the blank diary, and then lay down directly next to the desk, as if she was about to write something in the notebook, but as soon as she picked up the pencil, she thought of a new question, and looked up at Duncan: “Why are you doing this? You suddenly want me to write a diary?”

Duncan was stunned for a moment. He didn’t expect the doll to ask this suddenly. After thinking briefly, he nodded: “We will set off soon. This time we will go to a place far away. Places, you may see all kinds of things on the journey…Memory is short, if you don’t want to miss the scenery during the journey, it is necessary to record them securely.” Alice listened to the captain’s words with a vague understanding. ,

I don’t know what the doll was thinking at the moment. After a few seconds, she nodded “Oh”, then lowered her head, and carefully wrote a few words with a pencil on the title page of the diary – “Ally” Silk’s diary”.

“It’s done!” She happily showed the name she had just written to the captain.

That line of letters was crooked, but it was indeed the best she had ever written since learning to read and write from Duncan.

“Very good,” Duncan smiled and nodded, but then he couldn’t help but remind him, “But the diary is usually not open to others. You have to keep it…”

Alice tilted her head. Pointing to Duncan’s diary on the desk: “But you showed it to me.”

Duncan’s expression froze: “…This is because I know you can’t understand the words on it.” ”

…Oh,” Alice He scratched his hair and looked at his diary with some confusion, “Can’t I show it to you?”

“No,” Duncan said seriously, but then he noticed the confusion and helplessness in the doll’s expression. After thinking for a while, he added, “But if there is some content that you really want to share with me, that’s fine – other than that, I won’t read it, that’s your secret.” The

puppet was happy again. Standing up: “Okay!”

Duncan felt a little helpless, but in any case, being interrupted by this doll made him feel a lot better.

Alice didn’t think much about it, but she could feel that the captain’s mood was getting better, which made her very happy. She watched Duncan put away the diary on the table, thought for a while and asked casually: “Captain, what are we going to do next?” Are you going to the border?”

Duncan glanced at the puppet in surprise.

“Miss Vanna told me,” Alice said immediately, “She also said that we will leave in two days – we need to bring enough food and water on the boat this time, because the place we are going to may be very special…”

Duncan nodded slightly: “Yes, it will be very special there…a place where even I don’t know what it looks like and what will happen.” ”

…farther than the previous ‘Holy Land Island’ ?”

“It’s further than that.”

“Oh——”

Alice prolonged her voice, as if she was trying to imagine what a place further than Holy Land Island would look like, but she couldn’t imagine it.

“Aren’t you worried?” Duncan looked at the puppet in front of him curiously. In the other person’s clear eyes, he didn’t seem to see any uneasiness.

Alice held her head and shook her head vigorously.

Duncan thought for a while and deliberately made the matter a little more serious: “We may get lost beyond the border, and we may encounter a time gap. Even if we are fully prepared, it may take a long, long time for us to return…or, we may not be able to return at all. ”

But Alice still shook her head, and then suddenly burst into a smile –

“Don’t be afraid, I will bring you back.” ”

You? Take me back?”

“Yeah!”

Duncan laughed in surprise and helplessness. : “How are you going to bring me back?”

“I don’t know!” Alice replied without hesitation.

Duncan: “…”

He looked helplessly at the puppet in front of him who always seemed to be confused, and looked at the other person’s obviously confused head but an extraordinarily confident smile on his face.

But suddenly he seemed to think of something, and when he looked at Alice again, there was a hint of thoughtfulness in his helpless expression…

(End of Chapter)

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