Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 349

[Chapter 347 Blocked]

The girl standing at the door looked to be eleven or twelve years old at most, she was short, she was wearing a warm white thick coat, and the sweater hat was steaming slightly——she seemed to have run all the way here, He was still panting when he saw Morris, but soon a bright smile appeared on his face.

“Is it Grandpa Morris? Mom asked me to bring this,” she stretched out her hand and handed over a key. “It’s the key to the basement. Mom said she forgot to give it to you when she left.” “Ah, thank

you Little girl,” Morris reacted, and nodded while reaching for the key, “Come in to keep warm?” Just as

the little girl was about to speak, Duncan’s voice suddenly sounded from behind Morris, with a little surprise “Annie?”

Looking over the old scholar’s shoulder, Duncan looked at the girl standing at the door with some surprise.

That was the Anne Barberry whom she had seen at the gate of the cemetery before, the daughter of the Obsidian captain Christo Barberry.

Duncan already understood what happened—I don’t know whether to describe it as a coincidence, or lament the “smallness” of the city-state. After going around in a circle, he unexpectedly met the daughter of Captain Obsidian again. It took a day to find a good temporary residence…it happened to be Annie’s house.

Annie also saw the burly figure suddenly appearing in front of her eyes, and her eyes widened instantly.

The unexpected situation made the girl feel a little at a loss, she stared blankly for a few seconds, and then she reacted belatedly and said hello clumsily: “Ah, it’s the uncle at the gate of the cemetery…you…you… Okay?”

Her last greeting was obviously a bit hesitant, obviously recalling the experience at the gate of the cemetery, recalling the spectacle of the flames flying into the air when Duncan left – Duncan didn’t think much about it at the time, but that scene was undoubtedly It left a deep impression on the little girl’s mind.

Even though she was still young, Annie knew that it was supernatural power—this knowledge had already been written in the textbooks of every city-state, and was promoted to the general education of all citizens. The superficial understanding and protection of supernatural power Skills are the basis for ordinary people in this world to survive safely.

But Annie couldn’t tell what kind of power it was—it wasn’t mentioned in her textbooks, and the grandpa who guarded the cemetery didn’t explain it to her. She told her mother when she got home, but her mother didn’t tell her anything.

This seems to be a secret that children should not touch.

Annie looked at Duncan who was standing opposite in a daze, and the previous reminder from the guardian grandpa was still in her ears, which made her feel a little uneasy instinctively, but the burly figure suddenly stepped aside, his voice sounded a bit Scary, but with a touch of gentleness: “Come in and take a rest, snowflakes are starting to fall outside again.”

Annie looked back belatedly, and saw snowflakes falling from the sky again. It got into her neck along with the wind, and it was cool.

She came into the room by some strange circumstances and looked around in a daze.

The elder sister with beautiful blond hair and a noble temperament was also standing in the living room, right next to the dining table, and cast a curious gaze to this side.

She took off her veil and looked very beautiful–almost the most beautiful person Anne had ever seen.

“Mom said, don’t disturb the tenant casually,” Annie said hesitantly as she rubbed the dirt and snow from her little boots on the floor mat in the hallway, “She said that Grandpa Morris is a university student, It’s very impolite to make trouble…”

“You didn’t disturb, we just want to know about the situation of the new residence,” Morris guessed the general situation at this time, and said immediately, “And now it’s snowing outside again, It’s not safe for you to run back from the path, take a rest here, and Fanna will send you back later.” Annie

looked up at Fanna, who was like a little giant, and nodded subconsciously.

Then she looked at Duncan, hesitated for a few seconds before speaking: “So… so you also need to live in the house?”

“Of course I will live in the house ,   ” Duncan laughed, and said casually while leading Annie to the sofa in the living room, “Won’t your mother worry about you running around outside alone?” Come on, Annie really ran a bit too crazy. Not only did she run to the cemetery alone in the early morning, but she also walked through the small road between blocks in this terrible weather, delivering keys to new tenants who didn’t know the details. But it’s not reassuring.

“It’s okay. Everyone in this area knows me. My mother said that half of the people on these two streets are my father’s friends.” Annie didn’t care at all. She sat on the sofa with her hands under her thighs, front and back Shaking her body, “And my mother is usually very busy. She has to settle accounts and fill out forms for others, and she has to help in the chapel when she has time. I am used to running around.” Duncan thought for a while and asked: “

Then …Did you tell your mother what I told you when you got home?”

“Tell her,” Annie nodded, and then her face became a little weird, “At first she said I was talking nonsense, and then I I told her what the cemetery caretaker grandpa said, and she went back to the room alone… She seemed to cry when she came out… But she smiled and told me that I would make fried fish steak and sausage stew tonight, because today It’s a day worth celebrating.”

She stopped shaking her body, looking a little confused, she looked up at Duncan, and said curiously and hesitantly: “I don’t feel… I don’t understand.” “It’s okay, I will understand sooner or

later Yes,” Duncan laughed, “some things are too complicated for you now.” “

Uncle, you talk like the watchman grandpa, and he often said that,” Annie muttered, then shook her head, as if After thinking about it seriously, he raised his head again, “Uncle, don’t you…don’t want to be disturbed?”

Duncan was curious: “Why do you say that?”

“Because you are dressed like this—and when you left All of a sudden it disappeared, Mama said, it was the cathedral’s occult men or the hermits of the congregation… do pie, it seems to be the word, do pie.”

Duncan didn’t know how to answer the girl’s words for a while, but the latter obviously didn’t wait for his answer. Anne thought for a while on her own, and then suddenly said: “I won’t talk nonsense with others, guard Grandpa also reminded me, let me pretend that I have never met you, and don’t tell anyone except my mother.”

Duncan laughed dumbly, but before he had time to speak, Anne continued: “Then I can talk to the caretaker grandpa. Say? Tell him…you live in my house?”

Morris and Fanna, who came to the sofa to listen to the excitement, couldn’t help but look at each other after hearing what the girl said, and Alice cast her eyes immediately on Duncan.

They all felt that there was something wrong with this matter.

However, Duncan was only silent for a few seconds, then nodded slightly with a smile: “Yes, I don’t mind.”

…

At the same time, near the eastern port, the sample collection work on the wreck of the “Haiyan” had already started.

Several light fast boats set off from the pier, cautiously approaching the sea surface that was still floating with dirty “mud” and a small amount of flames. Each fast boat was equipped with priests and holy relics on board, as well as nitrates for emergencies. Glycerin Dynamite.

On the shore, the port garrison is also ready for docking work.

An empty warehouse was selected as a temporary transit facility. Priests and guards from the superior church had already completed the purification and countermeasures of the entire area. The gatekeeper Agatha left a team behind before leaving. Elite cronies, in case of accidents when collecting wreckage samples.

Liszt stood on the pier, looking at the situation on the sea, while several of his trusted subordinates were beside him, watching the progress of the salvage work.

“Will it really be okay to fish those things ashore?” A confidant said with uneasiness in his tone, “Of course, I’m not questioning the gatekeeper’s judgment, but those things… a few hours ago were still in an astonishing state. Are they really ‘dead’ now?”

“Ms. Agatha has repeatedly confirmed in the depths of the spiritual world that these things are no longer active,” Liszt said calmly, “They can indeed be ‘killed’, from Ms. Agatha’s attitude and Judging by the disposal plan, I think the cathedral may have even come into contact with similar things.”

“Similar things? Already appeared in the city-state?” A junior officer looked surprised, “This… I haven’t heard this at all. The news from the other side…”

“If you haven’t heard it, it means that this matter should not be made public, at least not yet. The cathedral and the city hall have their own judgments,” Liszt shook his head, “Anyway, Ms. Agatha is trustworthy, she will not risk the safety of the city-state, what we have to do is to listen to the judgment of professionals—priests know better than soldiers how to deal with such weird things.” The confidant stopped

talking But at this moment, there was another rush of footsteps, and a soldier came to the pier in a hurry.

“Sir!” The soldier trotted up to Liszt, saluted and handed over a document that had just been delivered through the high-pressure air duct to the defense commander, “an order from the city hall.” “It looks

like The official order to block Dagger Island has arrived.” Liszt took the document while speaking, but when he saw the contents of the document, his expression suddenly changed.

A confidant noticed: “Sir? Is there a situation?”

“…It is indeed an order to block the waterway, but not to block Dagger Island.” Liszt’s expression became serious, and his tone became more serious. “Strictly speaking, it’s not just the blockade of Dagger Island— —The order requires that all the waterways entering and exiting Frost be blocked, and all the defenders enter a state of readiness.”

“Block… the entire Frost Island?!”

“The sea fog fleet appeared in the nearby waters,” Liszt took a light breath, his expression even Even more gloomy and ugly than the current sky, “The entire sea fog fleet.”

(End of this chapter)