Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 47

[Chapter 47 Before the Icon]

, because it had been a long time since she had a normal meal with Uncle Duncan and exchanged ideas about what happened in school, and she had never seen Uncle Duncan with a smile on his face .

This reminded her of the past, the time when her uncle was not sick – since she lost her parents at the age of six, this father-like man became her only relative in this world, but since four years ago, that man The disease that even the doctors couldn’t figure out the cause turned my uncle into another look. During this period of time… To be honest, it was very difficult.

Uncle is still supporting her to go to school and maintain her most basic life, but Nina can feel that all the colors about “future” have gradually faded from this familiar and friendly shop, dissipated in those spirits , pills, and those suspicious “friends” who deal with uncles in the gloomy and depressing gatherings.

She no longer expects to return her life to the way it was a few years ago, but even if the situation improves a little bit, she is very happy.

Duncan was also very happy, because he finally got access to more information about this world, and finally touched the historical context of this world—even if it was only a part of it, it gave him a kind of pleasure to push through the clouds.

The completely lost prehistoric “Era of Order”, the “Great Annihilation” event that reshaped the order of all things, the deep-sea age that continues to this day, and the anomalies and visions all over the world… These things that he didn’t know at all, or only half-understood, At this moment, there is finally a clearer outline.

After breakfast was over, Nina got up to clean up the tableware. She was quick in her hands and feet, and it could be seen that she often did these housework on weekdays—no doubt, she was also cleaning up the bedroom upstairs.

A guy who is seriously ill, has a decadent life and devotes most of his energy and enthusiasm to the cause of a cult is obviously not going to do these things.

But seeing the busy girl in front of him, Duncan couldn’t hold back in the end. He got up and took the big tray in Nina’s hand: “Let me carry it for you—see you struggling to go upstairs.”

Nina looked at Duncan in surprise. She was about to say something more, but the latter was already striding towards the stairs.

The girl could only hurriedly follow her, reminding her while following: “Uncle, be careful, the doctor said that your condition is not stable…” “

Doctor… Doctor Albert?” Duncan didn’t turn his head, and walked on Lou searched for the corresponding impression in the memory fragments, but there were only a few flashing fragments, “It doesn’t matter, anyway, he still can’t even find out the cause of the disease, and the most effective medicine prescribed is painkillers. “

… Then you should listen to the doctor’s advice,” Nina followed Duncan up to the second floor, muttering as she walked to the kitchen, “At least he knows how to keep healthy…” Nina said in the middle

, A sound of flapping wings suddenly interrupted her movements.

She and Duncan looked in the direction of the sound at the same time, and saw a shadow flashing through the crack of the half-hidden master bedroom door.

“Uncle Duncan, something flashed past your room!” Nina said in surprise, and then she stepped forward and grabbed the doorknob, “Could it be the cat next door…” “Oh, don’t

… “

Duncan only had time to stop him, and saw that Nina had already pushed open the half-hidden door, and the pigeon hiding in the room appeared in front of the two of them.

Ai Yi was standing on the top of the cabinet, with one paw holding French fries and stuffing it into his mouth. The sudden opening of the door made the whole pigeon stand still, and it stood there with one paw stuffing French fries. , the two mung bean eyes stared blankly at Nina and the wall on the other side.

Then it saw Duncan, flapped its wings twice, and made a loud noise: “Ah… coo?” The

corner of Duncan’s eyes twitched, and he saw that the window not far away was opening wide, and it was obviously Ai’s. Escape route—and in the distance facing the window, a pier can be vaguely seen bathed in sunlight.

The pigeon went to the pier to order some chips and came back…

“Pigeon?” Nina finally came to her senses at this moment, she looked at Ai on the cabinet in surprise, “Uncle Duncan! There is a pigeon in your room!” “I

saw it,” Duncan said blankly, “I don’t know it “

Ai immediately threw the French fries, flew over, landed on Duncan’s shoulder and shook his head.

“Well, it flew in this morning,” Duncan sighed. “It may be a pigeon raised by others, but its brain is not very smart. I gave it something to eat and it won’t leave.” Ai Yi

heard With a loud cooing sound.

If there were no outsiders present and Duncan gave the order before, it must have started to shout “ah yes yes yes” at this time.

Nina didn’t doubt her uncle’s words at all, she just looked at the pigeon with bright eyes, then carefully approached, and asked Duncan while observing the pigeon’s reaction: “Then…do you want to keep it?” Can I raise it?”

The girl’s thoughts were all written on her face, Aiyi in her eyes was obviously just a beautiful and cute white pigeon, and Aiyi tilted her head to look at Duncan, with a questioning coo in her throat Voice.

Duncan suddenly felt that the bird understood better when it didn’t speak than when it spoke…

After a while, he pretended to hesitate before nodding: “Yes—but the premise is that the pigeon is willing to stay. You’ll fly away when the time comes, so don’t complain.”

Nina immediately beamed with joy, “That’s great! I knew Uncle Duncan that you’re actually a reasonable person!”

…

In the central prayer room of the Deep Sea Cathedral, wearing black The city-state bishop Valentine, who was dressed in a gold-patterned priest’s robe, stood solemnly in front of the icon of the Storm Goddess.

He is tall and thin, with thinning white hair and eyes as calm as deep water.

The candelabra in the prayer room is burning quietly, and the holy flame illuminates the room. The icon of Gomona lives on the platform. The goddess has no face, her head is covered with black veil, and her dress depicts many waves The long corrugated skirt hangs from her body to the edge of the platform—even though it is only a stone statue, the power of divinity is still manifested here. The whole statue exudes a strong sense of presence, as long as you stand around , you can feel a vague feeling of being watched and sheltered.

This feeling of being watched and sheltered is real, and it is under this watch and shelter that Fanna, who came to discuss matters with the bishop, can confidently and boldly speak out what she saw in the dream.

“…If what you see in the dream is good, it is indeed the Lost Country.”

The city-state bishop Valentine turned around and looked at the young judge who came to find him early in the morning—even though from the perspective of the church’s clergy The judge who is in charge of force and the city-state bishop who is in charge of ceremonies are in an equal relationship, but when it comes to the study and judgment of extraordinary events, it is normal for the judge to seek advice from the bishop or even seek guidance.

“Is that really the Lost Country?” Although she already had the answer in her heart, Fan Na couldn’t help opening her eyes wide after hearing the bishop’s judgment, “I thought…” “You thought that ship is just a ship now?

” The legends are the same as those ghost ship legends that nervous sailors brag about in taverns?” Valentine knew what Fanna wanted to say, the old man with thin white hair shook his head, and said in a deep voice, ” The existence of the Lost Homeland is a fact recognized by all city-states and churches, it is not a legend, but something that can be found in the church files.” “I know that, the Lost Homeland did exist at one time, Pu

Lan Some of the construction drawings and start-up files of the ship more than a century ago can even be found in Germany’s city-state archives, but all these tangible information are limited to the fact that the Lost Home is still a ship sailing in the real world, Only when Captain Duncan was still a human being…”

Fan Na said with a serious tone, she looked at the icon behind the bishop, and her expression became more cautious when she mentioned certain words.

“The key point is that the ship was clearly recorded as falling into the warp… A century ago, thousands of fugitives from the Thirteen Isles of Viserand witnessed with their own eyes that the ship was destroyed by the border along with their homeland. Collapsed and swallowed, and fell straight into the shadow of the subspace, and in the decades since then, although there have been eyewitness reports that the Lost Homeland reappeared in the real world, there is no real evidence, and quite a few scholars Everyone has doubts about the ship’s ‘return’…”

The young judge said while looking at the old man in front of him.

“Is it really possible for things swallowed by the subspace to reappear in the real world?”

“…so far, nothing other than the Lost Homeland has returned to reality after falling into the subspace, even the Lost Homelander. There are only eyewitness reports after the event, and scholars from all walks of life have doubts about the return of the ship, which is indeed true, but this is not the key…” The old man said, his eyes suddenly fell on Fan Na, with a certain expression on his face. Unusually serious, “The key is, judge, are you afraid of something?”

(End of this chapter)