Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 160

[Chapter 160 Who is not persecuting whom?]

After the arrival of the Deep Sea Age, humans are not the only intelligent races that have survived from the old world and established city-state civilizations—besides humans, there are also three of them, the Jepulos, the Senjin, and the elves. Races live in this world and develop their own civilizations.

This is the knowledge written in Nina’s textbook. Duncan has known it for a long time, and he has been very interested in these “alien races” mentioned in the textbook since a long time ago, especially the elves-this always appears In all kinds of fantasy stories, the race surrounded by a mysterious aura actually lived in this world, which once made him full of curiosity.

The illustration in Nina’s textbook once described the appearance of elves to Duncan. The illustration was the same as the elves in his impression, with long pointed ears, slender figure, and beautiful appearance, so beautiful that it was almost indistinguishable.

This directly allowed him to establish an initial impression of the “elf” in this world: a long-lived species with a lifespan of up to a thousand years, a generally high-value appearance, elegant and mysterious.

And in his rough initial impression, he didn’t seem to have outlined the aging appearance of elves with a lifespan of a thousand years… He didn’t even think that this race would have the same appearance changes after aging as humans.

But now he knows that his knowledge of the “elves” in this world is too superficial.

The owner of this “Rose Figure House” is an elf, a chubby old elf woman with a kind smile—except for the iconic pointed ears, green pupils, and faintly recognizable brows and eyes, the beauty of her youth Besides, she looked just like an ordinary old lady next door.

It is impolite to stare at other people.

Duncan quickly reacted, quickly withdrew his overly curious and prying gaze, and touched his chin with some embarrassment: “This is the first time I have seen an elf.”

He was not worried that his “ignorance” would expose anything , because it is true that elves are rarely seen in the city-state of Puland.

All major races have their own city-states, and due to the inconvenient transportation in the deep-sea era, most civilians rarely leave their homeland in their lives. Only brave ocean explorers and caravans shuttle between the city-states, and they are just passers-by. They will not settle down in city-states of different races—this is the case in all major city-states, and more than 99% of the residents are “main ethnic groups.”

A person who lives in his own city-state and doesn’t go out very much may never see the “foreigner” who lives on the other side of the city in his whole life.

“It’s normal,” the old elf lady laughed. “I’m afraid there are no more than a hundred elves in this city, and the dozen or so who have been studying in the Institute of Mathematics for two hundred years are not worth mentioning.” Squat at home when you go out—is there anything I can do for you?”

Hearing the old woman’s reminder, Duncan finally realized his original purpose, and he glanced back at the dolls that crowded the windows, counters, and stair spaces. , while thinking about it, he said: “I want to buy some things for dolls, and if possible, I would like to ask some questions about dolls… But when I came in, I was picky.” “Oh, it seems that you

are A ‘novice’,” the old woman nodded, “is it a female doll? Is it your own collection, or…” “

Female, I have a ‘collection’,” Duncan replied casually, but just said After I finished, I felt that something was weird, and the corner of my mouth trembled subconsciously, “Isn’t this a strange hobby?”

As a result, it was fine if he didn’t ask, but it felt even weirder when he asked…

“Of course it’s not strange, collecting and taking care of dolls A tasteful interest.” The old lady didn’t respond, probably because she had accumulated a lot of knowledge and experience from running an old store for hundreds of years. “Do you want to buy some clothes or accessories for your doll?”

Duncan After thinking for a while, “Let’s get a wig first…”

“Here,” the old woman led Duncan to a corner of the store, and asked at the same time, “What is the size of the doll? Four points? Or three points? “

Duncan: “…as big as a real person.”

The old woman’s footsteps paused unconsciously, and she turned her head: “This… is rare. A doll the size of a real person? Is it worth a lot?” “…Actually, I do

n’t I’m too sure how much she’s ‘worth’,” Duncan tried to keep a straight face while enduring the awkward feeling in his heart, “It was given by someone else…” “It seems that you have

a friend who spends a lot of money,” the old woman smiled Laughing, he opened a wooden box near the circular counter while talking, and put the contents inside on the counter next to him, “Large-sized dolls are rare, and there are even fewer matching items, all of which are here—— There are also wigs and hair accessories.”

Duncan coughed twice, leaned over and muttered, “I don’t know if he’s rich or not, but he’s a captain anyway… It’s complicated.”

His eyes fell on the old woman on the things that people took out.

Exquisite workmanship and proper care, it is obvious that a lot of effort has been devoted to the maker.

He carefully selected, while imagining what Alice would look like wearing these things in his mind, and then he couldn’t think about it halfway.

… The elegant, beautiful and mysterious cursed doll will one day become bald and have to live on a wig.

Fortunately, this is what he came up with.

But soon Duncan changed his mind and chose a pleasing one…

a gorgeous golden wig with matching silver hair accessories, out of the desire to persecute him to the end.

Yes, silver hair accessories——as a luxury that only the upper class are entitled to touch, the things that go with the doll are really not cheap at all!

Looking at the wig set in front of him, Duncan couldn’t help but imagine how Alice would react after receiving these things… That fool may cry, or turn around and run away, just like everyone who faces fate when it comes to hair volume Like other people, this requires a little psychological adaptation process, but no matter how Alice reacts at that time, anyway, he himself has begun to feel happy now.

And in the process of choosing things, he said casually: “By the way, can I inquire about the maintenance of dolls?” “Of course,” the old woman smiled kindly, “

Dolls need to be Take good care of it.”

“That’s… what should I do if the joints of the puppet are often loose?” Duncan gestured while organizing his words, “It’s mainly the place where the neck connects to the head, the spherical joint. For some reason, it becomes loose, and the head keeps falling off. Come down.”

“The wear and deformation of the ball head and bowl will cause the joints to loosen—if it is not due to neglect or violence in the later stage, then the original design or material is not up to standard,” the old woman said immediately, “If it has been When it comes to the point where it falls down frequently, ordinary repairs are useless, you can consider replacing the joints directly.” Speaking of

this, she thought for a while and added: “However, it is not easy to replace the joints of large dolls. Maybe you can’t figure it out yourself, so you can bring the doll here, and I can help replace it—only the cost of parts.”

Duncan thought about it after listening, and felt that this was not very reliable.

Alice’s “guillotine” ability is secondary, the main reason is that abnormality 099 is not an ordinary doll! Are her joints replaceable?

At that time, when I told her that she was going to have an operation in the city-state, she had to remove the neck and replace it with a new one, and she might turn around and run away… So Duncan brushed off the topic, and then asked about hair

transplant techniques for dolls …

The old lady of the store owner patiently explained a lot of things to him, and after explaining, she added: “… Listen to what you mean, your doll has its own hair. If this kind of doll has hair transplanted later In other words, unless the producer does it himself, it is difficult to achieve the most perfect state, and you just said that her head joints have problems, I suggest that you directly re-customize a head sculpt…” Duncan

: “…”

The old lady who is the owner is quite enthusiastic: “Your reaction is that you don’t want to? Please rest assured that our craftsmanship has always been very good. We have never disappointed customers for hundreds of years. None of the old customers have complained… …”

Duncan said in his heart that the old lady’s “old client” might not even be able to find his bones now, so there was no one who could complain, but he definitely couldn’t say this, so he could only smile awkwardly and find an excuse to excuse it : “That’s not true, the main thing is… the head is changed, so she is not her, right?”

He just said casually, but he didn’t expect the old lady’s eyes to light up, and even her smile became more sincere than before. : “Ah, your idea is really not simple. Many people only regard dolls as objects. Even if they like them, there are few who think like you.” Duncan was a little embarrassed: “Ahem, so to

speak I’m a little embarrassed…”

“I’m telling the truth,” the old lady sighed, “Dolls need to be taken care of carefully, and the moment they are given human form, they should no longer be regarded as dead. There is a saying among puppeteers—a puppet that has been treated with care has its own soul, and you should even think that they have their own joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys…” Duncan suddenly appeared in his mind

. Alice nodded with a harmless “hehe” and said, “You’re right, you’re right.”

(End of this chapter)