Chapter 217 – Hospitality on the Lost Country Ship
Chapter 217 – Hospitality on the Lost Country Ship
The sea was calm, the breeze was pleasant, the waves were gentle, the sunlight wasn’t very strong, if it wasn’t for the fact that there were great terrors underneath the deep sea, this could even be said to be a pleasant view.
It was as if the horrible nightmare of the city-state being dragged to its doom and burning in flames had never happened.
On the high platform at the stern of the Lost Country, the black and heavy steering wheel was automatically rotating at an angle without anyone’s control, and the sails not far away were also slowly adjusting their attitude.
Nina sat on the deck at the edge of the raised platform, her upper body slumped over the edge of the parapet, placing her legs out to sway gently, while Duncan sat beside her on a large wooden barrel.
“…… It’s a strange feeling, I know you’re my Uncle Duncan, I know you’re someone I can rely on and trust, but at the same time, the other ‘fact’ is so clear ……”
She seemed to be talking to herself, her voice was soft and slow.
“I have an uncle who is an ordinary man, he used to be a very good man, honest and hardworking, but then he became …… not so good anymore, he got sick, he started to drink, to gamble, to be cranky, and things got worse every day, and at that time I even thought that going home would be a horrible thing to do ……
“But all of a sudden my uncle got better again, like a dream, he was getting better, his temper was getting better, and the atmosphere in the house seemed to go back to the past …… it hadn’t even been that good in the past, and in fact from that time on… …I have often thought how wonderful it would be if you could really be my uncle forever.”
Duncan frowned slightly.
“And you had already sensed it then?”
“Vaguely, I guess …… but I’m not sure, and there’s one thing I can’t figure out,” Nina turned her head and tilted her face slightly, “If it really was one of those ‘evil spirits’ that the books talk about ‘ took over my home, then why would the evil spirit still be so nice to me?”
Duncan looked into Nina’s eyes, and after a moment, he suddenly smiled.
“I’m much better than the evil spirits.”
“I can see that now, and you’re much friendlier than evil spirits,” Nina smiled just as much, resting her head lazily on the guardrail next to her, “You’re Uncle Duncan, aren’t you?”
“Yes, and could always be.”
“That’s so good …… I’m so much more relieved,” Nina exhaled softly, then she was silent for a moment before she spoke hesitantly, “My other uncle . . did he leave peacefully?”
Duncan recalled the night he had actually set foot in the city-state of Prand.
An irredeemable cultist, taking his last breath in a cold, damp sewer, his shadowy compatriots plotting to plunge the body into the depths of darkness, while his muddled mind was filled with nothing but vicious resentment and a twisted, fervent worship of the dark sun.
But there was still a small vestige of humanity left, a memory of a loved one who was dependent on him.
Consider it for the sake of that humanity.
“He went peacefully, and must be at peace now,” Duncan said softly, “There were few things he held on to at the end, and there was you in there.”
“That’s okay,” Nina breathed a soft sigh of relief, as if she had let go of the last bit of her burden, she stretched hard and leaned straight back on the deck, while the translucent spirit sails of the Lost Country were reflected in her pupils, “A lot has really happened lately, especially today …… Can you tell me about it? Those things you haven’t told me yet, about the ship, about you, and …… about me.”
Duncan got up from the barrel and came over to Nina as well, slowly laying down, “That’s a long story, uncle I’m a man of many stories ……”
……
“All in all, Captain Duncan is just so awesome ……”
On the wide deck of the Lost Country ship, Alice was happily introducing the captain’s great deeds to the “visitors”, and she had been talking for quite a long time, and at least two thirds of these deeds were heard from the goat head, and these stories had been firstly spiced up by the goat head, and then now after the doll lady’s These stories have been twisted into something incomprehensible to human beings – not to mention that Duncan himself would be shocked if he heard them, and even if Alice were to retell them on the spot, she wouldn’t be able to guarantee that she would get it right.
But it is this kind of nonsense, in the opposite side of Shirley and Maurice but listen to extraordinarily serious, even the side of the dog have put down the newspaper, listen to the concentration.
They didn’t think there was anything unreasonable in Alice’s messy story – even if Alice insisted that there were actually two long legs under the Lost Country, and that she relied on running wildly all the way on the seabed in order to run so fast.
Subspace big brother, Lost Country ship, the number one natural disaster in the Boundless Sea – a little bit more outrageous to be reliable, the more unreasonable the more right.
This is the “Lady Alice” who has a place on the Lost Country, the one who follows Mr. Duncan, and even dares to pinch Mr. Duncan’s cheeks in the antique store, so she must be right.
“It’s worthy of being the Lost Country ship ah ……” Maurice caressed his palm and exclaimed, he studied all his life to learn, to Alice’s face to realize how short his insight, “I’ve seen a lot of research on this ship in the books, those who The people who wrote the books sat in their rooms and relied on their imagination to write a whole book, but now it seems that more than ninety percent of them are really outrageous ……” As soon as the old gentleman’s words fell, a dignified voice suddenly came from the side: “I would highly discourage you from taking Alice’s words seriously – the extent of her outrageousness is much more serious than those made-up books.”
The instant this voice rang out, Dog scurried behind Sherry, while Maurice hurriedly got up and looked toward the tall figure that was striding down the stairs not far away, “Ah, Captain Duncan ……, you’re done?”
Duncan nodded and stepped down the stairs, followed by another petite figure who also stepped down the stairs behind him.
“Nina!” Sherry jumped at the sight of the figure and greeted her happily, “You’re fine! You’re back!”
Along with this rise to greet the action, the black chain on Shirley’s arm instantly tensed, originally was burying his head pretending that he did not exist, Dog was suddenly chain hooded forward rolling and crawling, while bouncing while yelling, “Hey slow slow slow …… Crouching X you’re still dragging me it …. . hey mom I got a ……”
“Shirley,” Nina, with a broad smile on her face, stepped forward and grabbed Shirley’s arm, shaking it vigorously twice, then bent down again to look at Dog, who happened to hit his head on the stairs, and reached out to pat the latter’s skeletal head, “And Mr. Dog, I’m back. ”
Morris also went up and greeted his students, and immediately afterward he turned his head to look at Alice next to him, “Ms. Alice, what you just said …… that was all made up?”
“I didn’t make it up! That was what Mr. Goathead said!” Alice immediately glared, “He said that he has served on the Lost Country for a century, and he knows more about this ship than anyone else!”
Morris looked confused, “Goathead?”
“My first mate – you won’t like dealing with it.” Duncan said casually, followed by a look around at the few people standing in front of him at the moment.
Maurice, Shirley, Dog – unplanned boarders, long lost visitors on the Lost Country.
The situation in the city-state of Prand was urgent at that time, although Duncan already had a plan to use the special nature of the Lost Country to strip away the historical pollution, but as a precautionary measure, he still transported the “guests” who had taken refuge in the antique store to this ship urgently, but now that the matter in the city-state had been settled, it was necessary to think about But now that things have settled down in the city-state, it’s time to think about what’s going to happen in the future.
At the very least, Mr. Morris still had relatives in the city-state, so he wouldn’t want to stay on this ghost ship forever.
After a short period of thought, he withdrew his gaze.
“I think you already know where you currently are, and who I am – as you can see, this is the Lost Country, and I’m the captain of this ship, and there are at least half a dozen frightening legends on the Boundless Sea from the past century… . pretty much all of them have something to do with me.
“I won’t comment on the veracity of these legends or their exaggerated descriptions, but one thing is true: after boarding the Lost Country, it will be very difficult for you to sever your ties with the ship, and in a sense, after Aey’s teleportation and the Lost Country’s ‘spiritualization,’ you are already In a sense, after experiencing Ai’s teleportation and the ‘spiritualization’ of the Lost Country, you are already considered to be members of the ship’s crew.
“Unfortunately, this process is neither reversible nor inevitable.”
Duncan got right to the point of that fact – and it was a lesson he had learned in recent times, in relation to the Lost Country and his own power.
Those who encountered the Lost Country, those who encountered the Phantom Blaze, would inevitably establish a connection with Duncan, even if he himself was oblivious to it – the earliest example being the White Oak, the most recent being Vanna.
Maurice and Shirley, on the other hand, reacted more calmly than Duncan expected, with only Dog drooping his head and mumbling something no one could hear.
It looked like they had expected this situation and were somewhat prepared for it.
Duncan purposely paused for two or three seconds before suddenly smiling and shaking his head.
“But one thing is different from the legend,” he said as his tone became lighter, “this ship doesn’t only have a one way ticket, and I, the captain of …… the ship, as you can see, is not a wildly out of control as the legend tells of a natural disaster.
“Your boarding was due to the urgency of the situation, so I am not restricting your freedom.”
This time, Shirley and Maurice finally widened their eyes slightly, especially the latter; the old gentleman, who a moment before had been struggling with how he would be able to return to the city-state, how he would be able to exchange his qualifications to return to the earthly realm from the hands of a Subspace Shadow, but had never imagined that it would be so simple, was astonished, “That means… . we can go back?”
“Of course you can,” Duncan smiled, “The crisis in Prand is over, you are free to come and go, but ……”
Maurice instantly tensed again.
“But eat before you go,” Duncan said casually, “it’s my hospitality – the food on the Lost Country is simple, but there are some specialties, especially the aquatic products, which are good things you won’t have access to in the city-states ……”
(end of chapter)