Chapter 94: “It’s Common Sense”

Chapter 94: “It’s Common Sense”

Duncan quickly adjusted his expression and state of mind, so that he did not look like a “foreigner” with a common sense error, but his mind could not be calmed down any more, like a shocking wave.

It has been proved that when you suddenly come to a strange and unusual world, then no matter how strong the adaptability and how well you disguise yourself in these initial days, you may be confounded by the local worldview at any time on some ordinary and strange “common sense” – the unusual! The common historical knowledge can be learned systematically, the difficult specialized knowledge in life need not be taken into account, but only the “common sense”, that is only when you meet face to face will make you exclaim “shit”.

It is common sense that there are no stars in the sky of this world.

It is also common knowledge that the stars of this world are in the deep sea, at the junction of the spiritual world and the deep sea.

Duncan could only lie down at this second point of the so-called “common sense”.

He had never touched this field, nor had he ever arrived at this depth – he had driven the Lost Country ship in the depths of the Spirit World, and he had also seen the disorganized light streams leaking from subspace at the bottom of the cabin of the Lost Country ship, but he had never seen the “starry sky” between the deep sea and the Spirit World. “…… This happens to be his cognitive “blind spot” so far.

While dealing with Maurice’s conversation, he was rapidly thinking in his mind.

The stars …… hidden in the depths of the sea water …… What kind of strange and bizarre light will this be? Morris mentioned the so-called “starry sky”, and his own knowledge of the “starry sky” is a thing? What is the form of the place where the Spirit World meets the Profound Sea? Was it a deeper, darker ocean? Or was it just a special spatial structure that had been given the name of an ocean?

For some reason, Duncan suddenly thought of the girl named Shirley and her inseparable pet and weapon, Dog.

Dog is a “Profound Hound”, which, according to this world’s terminology, is a kind of “demon” summoned from the Profound Depths to the real world.

Duncan can not imagine what kind of physiological structure of such a skeleton hound, but from its appearance, it is clearly not an “aquatic creature”…… then it can be boldly presumed that the so-called “deep sea The so-called “deep sea” is not necessarily the “sea”.

That may be an extremely vast strange space, and …… wrapped by the starry sky.

Duncan’s mind sketched out the possible space model of the profound deep sea, Morris noticed that the antique shopkeeper was suddenly a little distracted, the old man looked at Duncan curiously: “About astrology, do you also have dabbled in?”

“I just …… have some interest,” Duncan pulled the corner of his mouth, saying that after he has accepted the fact that there is no starry sky in this world, this suddenly heard the word “astrology” again. The feeling is really not the usual marvelous, “The starry sky is hidden in such a deep place …… it is not easy to explore it ah.”

“That is of course extremely dangerous, but the good thing is that we can also observe the projection of the starry sky through some indirect scientific means – this point should be thanks to the progress of technology, after the emergence of the Spirit World Lens, the navigators of ocean-going vessels went much less crazy during the navigation process. “Maurice laughed, it seemed like a long time since he had found someone willing to share these issues with him, and at the moment the conversation was in full swing, “You know, a century ago, the profession of navigator has always been the position with the highest mortality rate on ocean-going vessels …… Actually, I’ve have always wanted to collect a set of the earliest Spirit World lenses, but unfortunately there is really no access.”

Duncan blinked, he paid no attention to what the old gentleman was saying in his last sentence, he only felt that a long standing question in his mind had suddenly been answered:
In a world with no stars in the sky, how did ocean-going ships calibrate their routes?
The answer was that they still relied on “stargazing” – observing the projection of the “starry sky” reflected from the depths of the spiritual world through special scientific instruments.

Prior to 1800 BC, navigating a ship was even a deadly task.

After all, ordinary ships did not have “charts” like the Lost Country, which were updated in real time like satellite positioning, nor did they have reliable “goat mates”.

“You are truly a knowledgeable person,” after talking about many more issues, Duncan finally couldn’t help but exclaim sincerely, “Nina is lucky to have a teacher like you.”

“I’m glad to see she has an uncle like you too,” Maurice nodded haughtily, “Now all my doubts are gone, you’re not only a competent guardian, but you have a wide range of interests to dabble in and an inquisitive mind, and really… . it’s been a long time since I’ve had such a pleasant conversation with someone.”

The old man said, and sighed slightly, “My life now is good everywhere, quiet, peaceful, and much less trivial in the uptown area, the only problem is that most of the time it’s hard to find people who are willing to listen to me talk about these boring things …… Even the teachers who work together often can’t keep up with my I’m not sure if you’re a good teacher, but I’m a good teacher. It’s so rare that you even listen to me this much.”

“I’m happy to be your listener,” Duncan instantly smiled at this, “I’m extraordinarily interested in history.”

“I can see that,” old Mr. Morris smiled comfortably, then he glanced in the direction of the window, only to be startled by the passage of time and hasten to his feet, “Oh Goddess above, I can’t believe I’ve been here all afternoon?”

“If you don’t mind staying the night,” Duncan said casually, “You can try my handiwork.”

“…… should still be able to catch the bus back to the Crossroads neighborhood,” Maurice politely declined Duncan’s kind offer with a glance at the sinking sun, “I appreciate the offer, but I think I’ll head home, it’s been a rough time in town lately. time in town has been rough, and staying out all night will worry the family.”

“Fair enough …… then I won’t keep you,” Duncan mused, getting up to see him off, “I’ll call Nina down first,”

Morris was just about to say something when Duncan had turned his head to the second floor and greeted, “Nina! Mr. Morris is going home, come down and see your teacher off!”

The sound of footsteps came from the stairs, Nina, who had changed into a long, homey dress, ran downstairs briskly, she greeted her teacher first, then glanced at the sky outside, and looked at Duncan in surprise, “I can’t believe you guys have been talking for so long?!” “We had a very nice talk,” Maurice said with a smile, “Your uncle is a widely read and willing learner, and we exchanged a lot of questions about history.”

Duncan kept a serious face beside him and nodded silently.

The so-called exchange was actually the old gentleman speaking unilaterally, and he pretended to understand very well while listening and fooling around, but since the old gentleman himself had said so, Duncan himself certainly wouldn’t say anything more – and in all fairness, he felt that he was quite qualified as a listener, and was able to ask some timely questions to keep it going, which was a good thing for the usually This is the best environment for old scholars who usually suffer from no one to listen to their own chatter.

Nina, however, looked at her uncle with suspicion, and then at the cheerful old gentleman, and wanted to say that her uncle had been so broad-minded and willing to learn, but she swallowed her words back down, and then she suddenly got a little nervous again, and tugged at Duncan’s sleeve, muttering, “Did you all say something about me?”

“Just a little school situation,” Maurice, not to mention his age, had good hearing and immediately heard the girl’s little mutter, “Your uncle will tell you – don’t worry, I’m not tattling. ”

As he spoke, the old man picked up the cane which he had laid aside when he entered, and confirmed the ancient dagger which he had placed in his bosom, before bidding farewell to his uncle and nephew, and walking slowly out of the door.

When he had sent the old gentleman away, Duncan glanced at the sky outside and simply hung up the closing sign and locked the store’s door – at this time of day, it was thought that there would be no more business coming through the door.

Besides, he’d just made a huge profit, so the usual “business” didn’t seem so important.

Nina watched Duncan busy over there, locking the door and tidying up the counter, and felt that she had a stomach full of questions, but before she could say anything, Duncan suddenly looked up and smiled at her: “In a couple of days, I’ll take you to buy a bike.”

“Huh?” Nina didn’t react for a moment, “Why ……”

“I got a bonus from the city hall before, so I have enough money, and then I made a big deal just now, so I think …… we’ll be able to live a little bit more generously,” Duncan raised the check in his hand, “At least a bike always comes in handy, doesn’t it?”

“Big business ……,” Nina finally responded, “Ah, did you really sell that dagger to Mr. Morris?”

“Sold it,” Duncan nodded, “for over three thousand solas.”

Nina: “……!?”

The girl, who had a good idea of money, was taken aback by the figure, followed by a strange expression as she looked at her Uncle Duncan.

“The teacher came for a home visit, and you dragged him around for an afternoon chatting, and sold him more than three thousand Sora’s worth of stuff …… What will happen when this gets out in the future!”

Duncan thought for a moment, with a serious face, “And our store becomes famous?”

Nina: “Are you serious?”

Duncan spreads his hands, “Well, what else, the old man has his eye on that thing, I can’t just give it away for nothing – it’s rare to find a real thing in the store.”

Nina thrust her hips and her cheeks puffed out, but finally, that held breath suddenly turned into a smile.

(Time to push the book~~The title of the book is “I Stand Beneath Billions of Lives”, and the synopsis is posted directly below:
What would you do if one day, you traveled to become a planet?
Would you be confused, horrified, or ecstatic?

In response, a certain traveler has something to say:
O children who live in me-!

You guys stop fighting!!!
Fight any more and I’ll teach you all to be human myself!
Ahem.

All in all, this book tells the story of a prudent and careful loving father who takes care of his children with care and concern.

(The lad’s cell phone number was transferred last book after a long period of inactivity, and as a result, his writer’s number was canceled, which was a bit pathetic)
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(End of chapter)