Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 26

[Chapter 26 The Starless Night]

To be honest, Duncan suddenly found that when the pigeon on his shoulder spoke, even if he had a nerve thicker than a pillar, it would be difficult for him to walk calmly.

At this moment, he wished so much that he could have a parrot on his shoulder like a normal pirate captain—how about a monkey?

But he had already opened the door leading to the chart room, and it was impossible to turn his head back at this time.

In the room where the nautical table was placed, the goat’s head was chatting cheerfully about the twelfth legend of sea fish stew. The sound of the captain’s bedroom door finally interrupted the chattering guy, and his black, wooden head immediately turned to Duncan’s. direction, with a raised tone of voice that seemed very pleasant: “Ah, Captain! You are finally out–I want to tell you that Miss Alice is such an excellent conversation partner. I haven’t had such a good time chatting with people for many years. You I know…”

Duncan ignored the goat’s head’s loud urging, but immediately looked at the victim on the opposite side of the navigation table, and then saw the headless puppet sitting upright on the chair with its arms in its arms. Holding his head in his hands, he pressed his ears tightly at the same time.

Even so, Alice’s eyes were still slack, as if she had taken twelve advanced math classes, and she didn’t even respond when Duncan walked in front of her.

Duncan: “…”

“She pulled out her own head,” Goat’s Head explained before Duncan could speak, “although I don’t know why she did that…”

Goat’s head’s nagging is so powerful, Can force a cursed puppet to pull out its head to fight against the sound wave? !

While Duncan was shocked, the goat’s head who said he was happy finally noticed a strange guy brought out by the captain. His wooden head turned slightly, and his dark eyes suddenly stared at the pigeon on Duncan’s shoulder. : “Huh? Captain, this is on your shoulder…”

“It’s called Ai, and it’s my pet from now on.” Duncan said succinctly, using as few sentences as possible to avoid possible loopholes, and at the same time observing the reaction of the goat head after hearing this.

“Your pet?” Goat’s head was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to think about something on his own, “Ah, just now the Lost Country did sense that you left the ship temporarily…you are going to walk in the spirit world Is this the booty you brought back from your walk in the spirit world?”

Walking in the spirit world?

A word that had never been heard before popped up suddenly, and Duncan thought of the brass compass placed in the captain’s bedroom, the handwriting left by the real Captain Duncan, and the wonderful experience of the soul traveling and projecting into the distance. He vaguely corresponded to it in his heart, and felt that he guessed it almost right before he nodded indifferently: “It’s just a little relaxation.” After Duncan’s

voice fell, the goat’s head immediately complimented him as expected: “Ah! You really deserve to be a great Captain Duncan, even a simple walk in the spirit world can bring back spoils – is this a pigeon? It must be something extraordinary to be your pet? You even hung your compass on the On it? Is it… ah, of course, your judgment is always correct, but is there something special about this pigeon? Could it be…” Duncan

heard something euphemistic from the goat’s head’s compliment, and his heart twitched , realizing that the goat’s head clearly knows the brass compass that hangs on Ay’s chest now, and that this compass is obviously very important to the real Captain Duncan – so important that it shouldn’t be placed on a new of “pets”.

But even if he noticed something wrong, he could do nothing, because the compass was “tied” to the pigeon now, and even… Judging from the control feedback of the fire of the spirit body, the pigeon seemed to be the compass at this moment Like the body!

Duncan thought quickly in his heart, but his face still maintained an unwavering expression, and just in such a dazed moment, Ai, who was originally squatting on his shoulder obediently, suddenly let out a loud cooing sound, Immediately afterwards, it flapped its wings and flew in front of the goat’s head.

The goat’s head’s dark eyes stared at the pigeon for an instant, and the latter tilted his head in a serious manner, and pecked at the goat’s head’s face with his beak: “Do you want to charge Q coins?” Duncan: “…” “

Have

intelligence Is that abnormal?!” The goat’s head was also obviously stunned, but then he reacted, and his tone was extremely surprised, “This pigeon can actually talk?!”

Duncan immediately reminded gently beside him: “You can also talk. Pigeon

Ai also took two steps on the table, muttering to himself as he walked away: “Is it like a word? Is it like a word…”

Duncan rubbed his fingertips when he saw this, and jumped suddenly with the green flame , the pigeon pacing on the table disappeared into the air in the blink of an eye, and returned to his shoulder in the next instant.

“Yes, an abnormality with intelligence, and it is under my direct control,” Duncan nodded to the goat’s head, “Is there any question?

” There is no problem at all—everything is under the control of the great Captain Duncan.”

Duncan stopped talking to the goat’s head, and after quickly ending the topic, he focused on Alice who was still holding her head in a daze—— Maybe it was the open-minded experience before that further strengthened his nerves, or maybe he got used to it after watching it a few times. At this time, he didn’t think it was too evil when he saw Alice holding her hair in a daze. This guy is kind of…cute.

He reached out and patted the puppet girl on the shoulder: “Wake up, wake up.”

Alice’s body trembled suddenly, as if waking up from a long nightmare, and then the head held in her hand opened her mouth Zhang Yihe made a sound: “Boat…ship…ship…”

Duncan: “You connect the head first.”

Alice realized then, and hurriedly put her head back in place, and her joints closed with a click. The voice finally became smooth again: “Ah, you’re back, Captain? It seems to have happened just now… Is Mr. Goathead finished?”

The goat head on the table immediately said: “No, we just talked about some legends about sea fish stew, this topic can be used next time…”

Duncan said succinctly: “Shut up.”

“Oh.”

Alice on the side The moment the goat’s head opened its mouth, it visibly trembled, and Tangtang’s cursed doll showed a horrified expression on its face. Even if the goat’s head obediently closed its mouth under the captain’s order the next second, she still had lingering fears. He glanced in the direction of the nautical table.

Duncan doubted that this doll lady would not step into the captain’s cabin for quite a long time in the future.

Thinking of this, he finally asked curiously: “You came to see me, what’s the matter?”

“I…” Alice’s expression was a little dull, as if her original goal of visiting the captain’s cabin had followed the battle with the goat’s head. I forgot about the conversation, but after a few seconds, she still realized, “Oh, yes, I just want to ask, is there a place where I can take a shower on the boat? My wooden box has entered sea water before, and now I feel that the joints are a little… Not very comfortable.”

At the end, the expression on Miss Doll’s face was obviously a little embarrassed, but in fact, it was Duncan who was more embarrassed than her – after all, Duncan threw her box overboard before.

And threw it several times.

Embarrassment flashed through his heart, Duncan tried his best to keep his face unchanged, and his tone was flat: “Just for this?”

Alice sat on the chair stiffly: “Just… just for this.

” As far as ships are concerned, fresh water is an extremely precious resource, and taking a bath is a luxury that requires restraint,” Duncan said solemnly at first, but then he suddenly smiled, “But you are lucky, the Lost Home is not an ordinary ship. Fresh water is not a problem here. Come with me, there is a bathing place in the cabin below the middle deck, and you have to go through the upper deck first to get there.”

Alice stood up immediately—the one with the goat’s head She really didn’t want to stay there for a second.

Duncan looked back at the goat’s head before leaving the room: “You continue to steer.”

After explaining, he got up and pushed open the door of the captain’s cabin, leading Alice to the deck.

Night had fallen by now.

The night sky over the boundless sea is clear.

This was the first time Duncan stood under the clear night sky of this world after days of cloudy clouds.

He stopped suddenly, looked up at the sky, and stared at the night without moving.

The night sky is dark and starless, without any celestial bodies.

The only thing that can be seen is a faint gray-white “crack” that seems to tear the entire sky. Slowly dissipating outward, like bloodstains in a pool of deep water.

This “pale scar” across the sky illuminated the entire Boundless Sea, more than twice as bright as the moonlight in Duncan’s memory.

(end of this chapter)