Chapter 578 – Goat Head’s Memory

Chapter 578 – Goat Head’s Memory
Light wind harbor offshore, the “luminous geometry” of the light can shine on the edge of the fog coalesced in the sea surface, a huge ghost ship is hidden in the fog, is slowly balking at the sea.

A green flame flickered in the fog.

The flaming doorway boomed open on the deck of the Lost Country, and the figures of Duncan and Alice stepped through it.

Familiar decks, familiar masts, familiar spirit sails, even though he had only been away for a short period of time, Duncan could not help but feel a wave of reassurance when he returned to the Lost Country, looking at these familiar sights on the ship and feeling the fishy, salty scent of the sea breeze as it blew across the decks, he slowly breathed out and felt his mind gradually calming down.

At the same time, he subconsciously recalled the “illusion” he had seen last night when he was exploring the huge vine, and the strange Lost Country ship sailing in the darkness and thick fog…

The scene in his memories and the scene in front of him naturally overlapped, as if there was no distinction between them.

“…… It is indeed exactly the same ……” he could not help but mutter softly.

“Huh?” Alice’s voice immediately sounded from the sidelines, “What’s exactly the same?”

Duncan shook his head and glanced at the naive mannequin that just wanted to follow him even though he didn’t know what he was going to do, and a smile couldn’t help but appear on his face.

“I’m going to go to the Captain’s cabin and talk to the ‘First Mate’, so go ahead and do your own thing.”

“Oh, good!” Alice immediately nodded, “Then I’ll go to the kitchen to take care of the fish and air-dried meat that I marinated earlier, Yukari and Nina said they wanted to eat~~”

Saying that, Miss Doll then waved her hand with Duncan and happily walked in the direction of the kitchen – obviously, her mood immediately improved after returning to the Lost Country.

But then again, she always seemed to be in a happy mood, on the ship and when she went into town – Alice’s head always seemed to be filled with “happy” and “happier”? Alice’s head always seems to have only two emotions, “happy” and “happier”?
Looking at Miss Doll’s brisk back, the corner of Duncan’s mouth also slightly curled up, then he shook his head and rectified the expression on his face, before turning towards the aft deck.

The door to the captain’s quarters came into view, and Duncan stopped in front of it, raising his head to look into the doorframe.

The words “Gate of the Lost Ones” came into view, ancient and powerful, with indentations that seemed to reveal the age of the past.

Duncan stared silently at the words on the door frame – the only difference between the Eerie Lost Country, sailing in the darkness and mist, and the ship under his feet seemed to be the words on the door to the captain’s cabin.

Of course, there may be other differences between the two ships, and there are more clues in the differences, but due to the haste of the last contact, he did not have time to discover those differences, and now the only thing he can be sure of is that the “Gate of the Lost Countrymen” is presented in different details on the two ships.

The “Gate of the Lost Ones” was extremely special – even on the Lost Ones ship, which was full of anomalies and evils, this door was extremely special.

It is the only “path” for Duncan to return to his bachelor pad, and a checkpoint for the ship to verify the “captain’s authority”. The writing on its frame does not belong to any known language, but anyone who sees it can read its meaning, even if they don’t know what it means at first. But anyone who saw it could read its meaning, even Alice, who was illiterate at the time, or the natives of a remote city-state, who only recognized the words of a remote, out-of-the-way language.

In different “versions” of the “Lost Country”, this door will also appear in various states – in the real world, this door can lead to the “bachelor pad”, the “bachelor pad”, the “bachelor pad”, the “bachelor pad”, the “bachelor pad”, the “bachelor pad” and the “bachelor pad”. In the real world, the door leads to the “bachelor pad”, in subspace, behind the door is a strange dark space, and in the mist, the words on the door are rewritten as “May He wander in dreams” – a familiar but unfamiliar “Lost Country”. A familiar but strange “goat’s head” sleeps in that door.

…… What is this so-called “door for the lost”?
With questions and thoughts in his mind, Duncan reached out and opened the door to the captain’s cabin.

In the shaking light, there is a familiar nautical table and shelves, the table edge of the goat’s head is squeaking and crunching activities, turn his head to this side, after seeing Duncan’s figure, that pair of obsidian carved eyes seem to light up for a moment, and then the pleasant and noisy voice into Duncan’s ears: “Oh! The great captain has returned to his loyal ship of the Lost Country! Your loyal following omit greetings to you! I didn’t expect you back so soon, did you enjoy your stay in town? Were you worried about the ship, or did you come back ……”

“I have something I wish to talk to you about.” Duncan said in a very solemn tone as he walked towards the sailing table.

Such a solemn statement from the captain instantly stopped the raucous behind the goat’s head, the eerie black wooden sculpture let out a creak and craned its neck upright just as one would instantly stand at attention, as if trying to look serious and earnest, while its voice couldn’t help but bring a hint of nervousness to its voice: “Captain, what’s going on? Something happened in Light Wind Harbor?”

Duncan took a seat at the sailing table, his eyes first fell on the charts on the table, seeing the familiar mists and routes, and immediately afterward he heard the goathead’s words, and frowned, “Why the ‘also’?”

“Something happened to both Prand and Frost just before ……”

Duncan stared into Goathead’s eyes, “You make it sound like I’m a mobile natural disaster.”

Goathead seemed a bit baffled, “…… Isn’t it?”

“I have been working to improve the official image of the Lost Country on the Boundless Sea, and have had great success in Prand and Frost, the leaders of both city-states are now very friendly to me, and I have received no complaints or grumbles from any of them so far – as my first officer, I hope you will look at our endeavors with a developmental perspective on our endeavors,” Duncan said, waving his hand, “Of course, that’s not what I wanted to talk to you about today, I wanted to know what you were doing last night.” “Last night?” Goathead sniffed, wondering why the conversation had suddenly turned in that direction, but answered quickly, “Last night I was looking after the ship as you instructed me to, ah, we’ve been drifting through the waters away from the official routes and taking care to hide ourselves with the mists in case we spooked any of those who were making a fuss… …”

Duncan wasn’t surprised by the reply.

Because from the exchange he had with the “creepy goat head” last night, the other party did not recognize him, and the two goat heads were obviously not the same.

But there must be some other connection between them.

After a moment of thought, he once again broke the silence: “I want to know about you – your origin, your past, and your …… nature.”

His tone was extremely serious, his complexion was unusually grave, and his body, which was slightly leaning forward, seemed to release some kind of wordless oppression.

He chose to use the most open and honest way to discuss this matter with his “first mate”, rather than choosing to carry out a hidden investigation or sideways interrogation.

He did not need these tactics – at least on this ship, he already knew the operating rules of the Lost Country, but also summed up his own words and deeds here “guidelines”, in fact, he had already known that as long as he did not take that overly dangerous step, then no matter whether it was the head of the mountain goat Or this lost country ship, will be in some kind of “stable” state, this is like …… some kind of “shelter” means.

Vision can not be like anomalies “shelter”, but this world will always exist beyond the “law” of anomalies and visions: vision 005 – Lost Country, in fact, is now in a kind of sheltered state – Duncan himself, is the ship of the Lost Country. -Duncan himself is the ship’s condition.

The goat head seems to be frightened.

It has been accustomed to the captain’s usual gentle and friendly, it knows that although the captain has an extremely scary side, but on the ship when facing their own people, the captain has always been a reliable and friendly person, and now Duncan showed the attitude and asked the question, let it feel some kind of …… uneasiness.

“Why …… are you asking this all of a sudden?” It spoke subconsciously.

“I haven’t asked because there was no need to know about this before,” Duncan said slowly, “And now that something has happened, in Lightwind Harbor, and there are bizarre phenomena related to you, I was compelled to seek you out and ask.”

The goathead’s neck wiggled slightly from side to side, as if to ease the tension.

Duncan, for his part, remained staring into its eyes while slowly pressing his hand down on the nautical table.

Wisps of green flame spread from the palm of his hand, seeping into the floor and walls of the captain’s cabin, seeping into every crevice of the entire ship, a low creaking sound from the depths of the cabin, as if the entire ship’s “atmosphere”…… is quietly changing.

“I am Duncan Abnormale, captain of this ship,” Duncan spoke, his voice low, as if he had returned to the day he first took the helm of the ship, emphasizing his identity to the entire ship, “I am at the helm of this ship, sailing it on the infinite sea, and I ask my first mate, as captain of the ship, “This is just a casual conversation – it’s just a casual conversation. , and this is merely a casual conversation – this ship will not sink back into subspace as a result, nor will anything else happen in this conversation, for – I am Duncan Ebnomar, the captain of this ship.”

Roaring spectral green flames rose and filled the air from all over Duncan’s body, his body transforming into an illusory and ghastly spirit in the flames, while his voice seemed to echo throughout the ship-

“My first mate, where the hell did you come from?”

Goathead raised his head and calmly met Duncan’s gaze, “I come from subspace.”

“And specifically? Subspace is an overly generalized concept, and you know that’s not what I’m asking.”

“Subspace is a generalized concept, and the only one; there is no ‘place’ in subspace, Captain, and there is no past or future for beings in subspace,” replied Goathead, who seemed to suddenly be free of hesitation, and there was no more hesitant trepidation in its answer, “I don’t know where I came from, or what happened in the past, and you want to know my ‘essence’ – but even I don’t know my ‘essence’ ‘, I …… don’t even remember.”

“Then what do you remember?”

The goat’s head fell suddenly silent, and in Duncan’s gaze it lapsed into stillness as if it had been transformed into a real wooden statue, and it was some time before it suddenly resumed its activity, and a hoarse, dark voice came from its throat, “‘Remember them’.”

“Remember them?” Duncan was suddenly startled, his brow furrowed, “What does that mean?”

Goathead shook his head gently, “I don’t know, but it’s the only phrase I remember. I have to remember them, I have to remember them, but …… I don’t know who they are, I really …… don’t remember.”

(End of chapter)