Chapter 85 – Captain Duncan’s Sons and Daughters
Chapter 85 – Captain Duncan’s Sons and Daughters
Even ghosts were once part of the real world; the Lost Country, which had crashed into subspace a century ago, was a ship that had been built by real-world craftsmen, no matter how horrible it was today, just like that Captain Duncan, who had once been a human being before he had been transformed into a shadow of subspace.
For ordinary seafarers, everything related to the Lost Country must be covered with a veil of “curse” and “weirdness”, as if the horrible ghost captain was a creation directly from subspace, no one will think about whether a natural disaster wandering in the boundless sea has anything to do with it. No one will think about whether a natural disaster wandering in the boundless sea has any personal likes and dislikes, whether there is any interpersonal relationship, many people’s mind “Captain Duncan” is even like a symbolic natural phenomenon – the existence of it can be, no need to trace the origin.
Fear builds walls in the minds of mortals, making them subconsciously refrain from thinking about the details on the other side of the wall.
But as an Inquisitor who specializes in fighting that fear, Vanna knows how to discern the truth from a series of legends, exaggerations, and ravings.
That fearsome captain of the Lost Country …… had his own close friends and family members when he was still a human, before the events of the Thirteen Islands of Vesseland, and he had loyal sailors and mates under him, and he needed to go to the harbor to maintain supplies and deal with the city-state authorities.
He couldn’t have been a mobile natural disaster all his life.
Captain Duncan had a pair of children, his eldest son, Tirion Ebnomar, and his daughter, Lucrecia Ebnomar – and they still survive.
It is said that some cursed power has extended their lifespans, allowing the two captains to wander the world for eternity just as their terrible father did.
Each at the helm of a mighty ship and hovering on the fringes of the civilized world for so long, the two captains have had such a cold and even vaguely antagonistic relationship with all the city-states that many people can’t even begin to imagine that Captain Duncan has a pair of sons and daughters still moving about in the world, and only a fraction of the people who know enough about history to be sensible know anything about them.
On the other hand, despite their cold relations with the city-states, the two captains are at least on the side of humanity – the terrible curse of the Lost Country has not put them in Captain Duncan’s shoes.
Lady Lucrecia Ebnomar helms the Radiant Star, a mighty pioneering explorer ship, a woman so keen on exploring the limits of the world that she is said to have reached the very edges of the known world, where she has witnessed wonders the world could never have imagined.
No one knows exactly what she seeks at the edges of the world, but on rare occasions she sends emissaries to visit the explorer’s guilds of certain city-states and inform the world of some of the knowledge she has uncovered on her voyages – the only goodwill contact is proof that she is still on the side of humanity.
It is said that the Cold Harbor City-State’s Explorers’ Society even gave the mysterious lady an honorary membership medal, but no one knows if the latter accepted the …… “honor”.
Tirion Ebnomar, on the other hand, is a man even closer to the human world than his sister, but even more dangerous – more than half a century ago he served the Frost City State in the Northern Seas, and now he is the most powerful pirate captain in the Cold Seas! He is now the most powerful pirate captain in the Cold Sea.
This temperamental captain controls nearly half of the major routes in the Cold Sea, with the Sea Mist as his flagship and more than ten warships fighting for him, he has in fact become a semi-official force in the Cold Sea in addition to the Cold Harbor, Frost, and the islands he occupies have developed to the extent that they can be separated from the city-state, which is just like more than the concept of “pirate group”. It is more than the concept of “pirate group”.
As to how this Captain Tirion changed from a general under the Frost Queen’s command to a pirate leader, there are many opinions – some say that he is the same man who was born half a century ago.
Some say he was the mastermind of the Frost Rebellion half a century ago, the man who put the Frost Queen on the guillotine, and that he looted the wealth of the city-state after that, thus establishing a powerful pirate group.
Another theory is the opposite: a few scholars believe that Tirion Ebnomar fought for the Queen until the last moment of the Frost Rebellion, and that he became a pirate and frequently attacked ships between Frost and Cold Harbor because of his disillusionment and his obsession with avenging the Queen’s death.
Vanna didn’t know how much of this chaos of speculation was true, and considering the character of the two captains, they shouldn’t be interested in explaining themselves to the world, but one thing was for sure: the reappearance of the Lost Country ship to the world was definitely a big event for them to pay attention to, and even need to be vigilant and ready for war.
After all, the siblings had betrayed the Lost Country with their respective ships more than a century ago – and now, their furious father had returned from subspace.
Of course, as Dante Wayne had said, this was just a spare card – all the better to be of use, but one couldn’t bet one’s hopes on it.
The only thing you could really count on was your own strength.
……
As the bell tower of the neighborhood church chimed and the special rhythmic sirens broke the silence of the night in synchronization, the city-state that had been silent all night gradually awoke. The sunlight is spreading along the distant buildings, the “World’s Creation” in the sky fades and disappears in the sunlight, the sound of carriages and pedestrians passes through the streets, and the city, surrounded by the infinite sea, experiences the night once again and welcomes the sunrise peacefully.
Nina had risen early to prepare breakfast, and the aroma of mushroom sauce and toast helped Duncan dispel the sleepiness of this human body in the early hours of the morning, and listening to the bells of bicycles ringing from the street outside, he said suddenly, “Would you like a bicycle?”
“A bike?” Nina froze for a moment, then immediately waved her hand, “That’s expensive …… and I won’t be able to use it.”
“It’ll be easier to get to school,” Duncan said, “Don’t worry about the money, I’ll figure something out.”
He’d given the issue some serious thought – the antique store didn’t look like much, but judging by the stacked rotations of goods in the warehouse and the cash stored in the store, it should actually have steady sales on weekdays, and feeding at least two people was something that was definitely more than enough.
Nowadays, Nina’s poor state of life is entirely due to the fact that her original uncle donated more than half of his family’s wealth to the cult, and a large portion of the remaining money was squandered on spirits, casinos, and medicines.
Now that this depraved life is over, and after the wasteful spending has been plugged, he doesn’t have to do anything else but keep the store running normally to make Nina’s life a little better than it was before.
Of course, he didn’t know how to open a store, and the few channels of purchase he knew from memory were somewhat vague, but …… this could all be adapted slowly.
The most critical thing is to let Nina really settle down, let her get used to the change that her “uncle” has become reliable again.
Nina lowered her head, nibbling on the somewhat hardened bread in small bites, and after a while still repeated, “That’s expensive ……”.
Duncan opened his mouth and was about to say something when he suddenly heard a knock on the door from the first floor.
“Someone is coming this early …… before the door is even opened?” Nina froze for a moment when she heard the knocking, and subconsciously chanted, then immediately got up and walked outside, “I’ll go down and see what’s going on!”
The girl flew downstairs, while Duncan casually broke a piece of bread and threw it to the pigeon who was pacing on the table, “You say …… in addition to the normal opening of the store, what is the faster way to make money …… if you don’t need to you open a logistics company? ”
This pigeon immediately jumped away two steps to the side, furiously flapping its wings, “but not specifically to amuse me”
Then it began to chatter up, what “that Daiyu angry, swung up eight snake spear”, and “Tang Elder double fist offering, straight hit that Qiu Qian Ren gyroscopic spinning”, and then “to look up, RuLai head now a blood bar The three brothers are sweating coldly.”……
Duncan the whole person is stupid: “……”
He can understand Nina in the time this pigeon can not speak, so suffocated not light, but he can not understand this bird after holding half a day brain into what structure – it this thesaurus in what mess!
But before he could open his mouth to speak to the pigeon, Nina’s voice suddenly came from the first floor – her tone sounded quite a bit nervous: “Uncle Duncan! There …… are two Mr. Sheriffs here to see you ……”
Magistrates? Two magistrates came to see themselves early in the morning?
Duncan froze, and immediately ordered Dove to go to his room and stay there, and immediately after that, he got up and flew downstairs.
Just as he reached the first floor, he saw Nina, who was looking back at the stairs with a nervous face, and the two magistrates standing in front of the antique store, wearing dark blue uniforms.
(End of chapter)