Chapter 269 – Alice with a Solid Head

Chapter 269 Alice with a Solid Head
Looking at Alice’s confident stance with her neck straightened, Duncan’s emotions were instantly incoherent – and instantly realized that this naive stance was not confident and proud ah, it was completely stereotypical of the inability to move ……

But the doll lady herself seemed not to realize the seriousness of the matter at all, and was still looking smug, handing Duncan the newspaper while giggling, apparently very happy that she had managed to shop alone: “Here you are, the newspaper, and I remembered to make change!”

Duncan finally took the paper with a blank face, and it took two or three seconds before he reminded the simpleton, “Alice, nod your head.”

“Eh? Why?” Alice froze for a moment, but still immediately chose to do the Captain’s bidding, and as a result, her head only bobbed slightly in place, and a strange noise came from the vicinity of her neck before she could no longer move.

After two seconds of stupefaction, the doll finally reacted and exclaimed, “Mr. Duncan! I can’t move! Help me, help me!”

Duncan physically and mentally looked at the mannequin and turned towards the antique store, “Stop yelling outside and go back to your research.”

Alice panicked to follow Duncan’s footsteps, followed by the same a bit baffled to the point of being at a loss for words Nina, the three entered the door of the antique store, walking in the end of the Nina turned back again, the store door carefully closed, but also did not forget to put up the temporary rest of the wooden sign.

Duncan casually threw the newly purchased newspaper on the counter and was about to check on Alice’s condition when out of the corner of his eye he suddenly swept over a line of headlines on the front page of the newspaper.

His attention was instantly drawn back to the newspaper.

There was a sentence printed on it in the largest bold letters:

“Storm Cathedral to Arrive in Loyal Prand at Noon Tomorrow – The Glory of the Storm Lord Blesses Us All.

Storm Cathedral? The mysterious maritime headquarters of the Church of the Deep? A messenger from the storm goddess Gemona is coming to this city …… for the previous historical contamination incident? Or is it for the Lost Country? Or both?
Duncan frowned, picking up the newspaper and scanning over the front page article.

Alice, on the other hand, was anxiously balled up on the side, finally realizing that dunking glue in her neck joints wasn’t a wise move, and after noticing that the captain had no time for herself she turned her pleas for help to Nina: “Nina-san, help, help help help save save save save save save save save save save save save …… “

Nina also a little panicked, went up and grabbed Alice’s head and shook it from side to side, and found that the glue had long since completely solidified, “This …… this also can not pull off ah! This look is quick-drying glue!”

“Think of a way ah,” Alice seems to be on the verge of tears, two hands holding the head, “Nina Miss you are not learning what repair what mechanical it, so complex steam core you will repair, you repair repair me ah.”

“I also do not repair dolls ah!” Nina is also anxious, and finally turned the gaze of help to Duncan, “Uncle you think of a way, Miss Alice’s head is completely stuck ……”

Duncan finally put down the newspaper in his hand, twisted his head to look at the two girls who were making a lot of noise around him, and his eyes fell on Alice, “How much glue did you fill it with, and what kind of glue is it?”

“A bottle, about this big,” Alice reached out and gestured, “From your room, small brown glass bottle.”

“…… You poured it all in?!” The corners of Duncan’s eyes visibly shook, “How did you manage to get a bottle that big?”

“Just pulled the head off and laid it upside down first, poured the glue in and shook it around, then snapped it right on,” Alice sounded as if she were crying, “Shirley said it was secure ……”

Duncan stared at the other man in disbelief, he could feel the beautiful doll’s grief, but the doll had no tears to shed, all the sadness could only flow in her empty heart – it felt poetic to say this, if you ignore the detail that “the reason the doll was grieving was because she had glued her head back together”. If you ignore the detail that “the reason for the doll’s grief was that she had glued her head shut”.

Duncan sighed, tossed the paper aside, stepped forward to undo the lace trim around Alice’s neck, examined the hardened glue around the edges of her joints, and after a moment’s silence turned to Nina, “…… Where did Shirley go?”

“She …… said an hour ago that she had a headache from memorizing vocabulary and went outside to get some air,” Nina said, scowling, “Did she abscond?”

“I highly doubt she didn’t even think about it that much, the most common thing going through her head right now is just skipping class,” Duncan sighed and shook his head, “No, it’s completely dry, it’s been dry for at least half an hour, that’s fast glue, you can’t pull it off with brute force right now. ”

“Then what to do!” Alice looked at Duncan hand and foot, “I …… have to take my head off when I brush my hair, I don’t brush my hair with my head.”

“…… So that’s all you worry about after your head sticks?” Duncan glared at Alice, then waved his hand with a tired face, “Okay, don’t look so worried, this glue is very strong, but the heat and water resistance is not good, use hot water to soak it, and it will soak away in a while.”

Alice was saved, Nina who was anxious at the side also reacted immediately and hurriedly went forward to pull Alice’s hand, “Then I’ll take you to the bathroom, I’ll burn hot water very quickly now!”

The sun shard stomped upstairs with the mannequin whose head was stuck, while Duncan sighed helplessly and once again picked up the newspaper that had just been put aside by himself.

According to the news that came out publicly, the Storm Cathedral’s docking at Prand was just a normal mooring for refurbishment, and Pope Helene would briefly visit the Prand Cathedral during this period and discuss some ecclesiastical matters together with the Archbishop and Inquisitor, and the newspaper didn’t bring up the previous historical contamination incident or words related to the Lost Country ship at all.

But even if the newspaper didn’t mention it, anyone with a discerning eye would know that the Deep Sea Pope was definitely aiming for these two major events. Duncan didn’t care about the issue of the Storm Goddess’s beliefs, but he couldn’t help but think about how this incident would affect him.

Or, can he take this opportunity …… to gather any intelligence?

He remembered the “thank you” message he had received from the suspected storm goddess, and even without that incident, he had a certain curiosity about the world’s gods themselves, as well as an interest in the Storm Cathedral, which was rumored to be a year-round cruiser on the infinite sea.

On the other hand, he also wondered if the Supreme Spokesperson of the Storm Goddess came here, if she would notice something strange about the city-state of Prand, if she would find him, the “Subspace Shadow” hidden in the city-state.

Things were getting interesting.

Duncan put down the paper and sat down next to the counter, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

It was quiet in the antique store, and the commotion of Nina and Alice in the second floor bathroom even came down faintly, most clearly in Nina’s voice as she fussed:

“Hey! These joints are really awesome …… so pretty!
“Ms. Alice, can your wrist rotate three hundred and sixty degrees …… really?!”

“Ms. Alice, there is a keyhole on your back hey, ah? You don’t know what it’s for?”

“Is it okay for water to enter the keyhole? Oh, that’s a relief ……”

Duncan rubbed his brow with a bit of a headache.

He was beginning to wonder if those two upstairs had forgotten all about business.

Soon enough, however, the voices upstairs quieted down, followed by a somewhat hurried stomping of footsteps to the stairway, followed by Nina’s voice: “Uncle Duncan! Uncle Duncan! Come and see, it won’t come off at all!”

Duncan: “……?”

He went upstairs, confused, and saw Nina standing in the hallway with a helpless look on her face, and he looked up to the bathroom at the end of the hallway to see Alice poking her head in a bit of embarrassment.

Then Miss Mannequin stepped out, dripping wet, with a towel wrapped around her body and her head still steady.

“Captain, still no.” Alice said with a cry.

“It hasn’t loosened up at all,” Nina muttered in a low voice, “Half a dozen times with hot water.”

Duncan looked at Alice, then at Nina, who was clutching at her coat next to him, and finally sighed half-heartedly.

“Use boiling water.”

“Huh?” Nina was instantly taken aback, “Really …… really? Miss Alice can stand …… it.”

“She has fried her own head with oil, this temperature is not afraid at all,” Duncan spread his hands, “Now look at this situation with hot water is useless, with boiling water is still a little hope.”

Nina’s eyes seem to be a little blinded, she vigorously pondered this operation process for half a day, and spoke with some hesitation, “Boiling water is simple, I can quickly get it out, but …… our family does not have such a big pot ah, and there is no tub that can soak the whole body into it. If you want to soak your head into the water and boil it, at least Ms. Alice will have to squat her whole body in the water, right?”

She said and gestured at the same time, despite excelling in school, at this moment, Nina still felt that her imagination was having trouble keeping up with reality.

But Duncan clearly does not have such limitations as Nina in terms of thinking, he just looked up and glanced at the pathetic gothic doll wrapped in a towel not far away, and then twisted his head and said to Nina, “It’s not that simple, just find a random cauldron, and let her plant her head down in it …… Big deal, I’ll hold it up from the side. ”

Nina imagined for a moment, there is a scene in her mind, but her tone was extraordinarily hesitant: “I always feel that this Miss Alice is a bit pitiful ……”

“Poor a hammer!” Duncan finally didn’t hold back and exploded in an unprecedented manner, “She let an illiterate fool her into pouring a whole bottle of glue into her joints, this is for her to learn a lesson!”

(Bad news, wife yang, the child is also yang, their own is not too comfortable, this period of time should be difficult to maintain the writing state …… do not know if you can still maintain the update, in short, try your best. Try to write some when you have the energy, and strive to constantly.)
(End of chapter)