Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 810

[Chapter 791 Sailor’s Farewell?]

Wude flows like a gauze between the abandoned islands. The sea outside the ship’s side is still as calm as when it came. However, the ancient temple standing deep in Wude has completely disappeared at the end of the sea. It was covered by the fog. Covered up, as if it was a dream that never appeared from the beginning.

The sailor sat on a barrel on the stern deck of the ship, staring blankly at the floating fog in the distance. He remained in this position motionless for a long time.

The sound of footsteps came from nearby, finally awakening the mummy from his trance. He shook his body, turned his head to look in the direction of the sound, and then raised his head again.

“Miss Vanna, good afternoon,” the sailor muttered, a listless greeting, and then sighed in a tone of voice, “Hey, you are really tall.”

“People often say this,” Vanna said lightly, very He casually sat down on another barrel next to him and glanced at the direction the sailor was looking at just now. “Agatha said you’ve been staying here for a day. What do you want?”

“I don’t know,” the sailor thought. He thought and shook his head, “Probably just distracted. You know, anyway, there is usually nothing to do with a corpse. There is no need to eat, drink, or sleep. And there is basically no one working on this ship. You see, This ship can keep itself in order, and the busiest thing about the ship is rearranging the things that Miss Alice messed up…

Vanna didn’t speak, just listened calmly to the mummy’s chatter . After arriving

on

the Lost Home, the sailor seldom spoke, but when he did speak, he would become such a babbler. It even made people suspect that he might have had such a babbler temperament when he was a human.

, when the sailor finally finished talking, Vanna smiled faintly and shook her head: “Don’t say these words to Alice, she will be very sad.

“Hey, I know, I definitely won’t say it,” the sailor waved his hand, his expression suddenly a little complicated, “Anyway… I probably won’t have a chance to say it in the future.”

Fanna raised her eyebrows when she heard this, but she was just hesitating. He

didn’t say anything.

The sailor picked up his head and looked towards the thick fog, looking towards the direction where the temple stood.

…You can also hear the faint sound of the waves,” he said suddenly. .

There was a slightly surprised expression on Fanna’s face, but the sailor didn’t seem to care about her response, and continued to himself before she spoke: “I can hear that from the time I decided to set off, there were I can hear that voice, and there is someone whispering to me in the sound of the waves, even though I can’t understand those words. The sleeves always talk to me, just like I am talking to you now… . Am I a bit… offending the gods by saying this?”

“That’s the goddess protecting you,” Fanna didn’t know how to respond, so she could only say after a brief hesitation, “He knows you. When he comes, Shou’s voice will naturally appear in the ears of Shou’s followers.

…But I don’t remember him,” the sailor muttered.

“I only remember that I have been to this place and that something happened here. , but apart from that, those days as a priest of the Deep Sea Church and the days of praying in the church are already another person’s life for me. I think I am no longer his believer in the past two years. For more than a century, I have never prayed to Xiu once.

“You don’t remember Xiu, but Xiu remembers you,” Vanna said calmly and firmly. Only on this point, she has never wavered in her faith. , “The goddess will remember every child, even those who have been lost for two centuries like you. The “Original Code of Storms

” also describes it this way: Prayer is just a form, and our connection with the goddess is established at a deeper level.

The sailor turned his head and glanced at Vanna with some surprise: “You are really a devout believer.”

Vanna’s expression was a little strange: “Am I not pious enough?”

The sailor thought for a while and did not dare to continue thinking.

“My mission is coming to an end,” he said suddenly, as if changing the subject, “The captain has got a new route, and maybe he won’t need me in the future.”

Fanna’s expression changed slightly, I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. I just heard the mummy continue calmly: “After completing this final mission, it’s time for me to retire from the ship. I have nothing to take with me.”

Those tattered shrouds and sailor’s blouses are things that should no longer exist in this world. They will probably disappear with me, so you don’t have to help me deal with anything, just

… A calm and majestic voice suddenly came from behind them: “Just what?”

The sailor was startled and turned back instantly. Fanna next to him also immediately got off the barrel and turned to look in the direction of the sound.

“Captain.” , you are back,” Vanna showed an expression of relief on her face, and said to Duncan with a smile, but then her expression became complicated again, and she raised her finger and pointed to Abnormal 077 next to her, “Captain, sailor…

Duncan He raised his hand to indicate that he was aware of the situation, and set his eyes on Anomaly 077: “I heard it all, let’s continue now, ‘just’ what?”

The sailor opened his mouth, and seemed to hesitate again suddenly, but then Under Duncan’s calm gaze, his hesitation finally turned into calmness. He spread his hands and felt that he had never been so relaxed in front of Captain Duncan as he was today and said: “I just feel sorry for Captain Lawrence,

I left in a hurry, and I didn’t say goodbye to him properly, or even tell him that I might not go back. At this time, the crew on the White Oak was probably still waiting…

He paused, and smiled with a little regret but relief,

“Please help me .”

I just wanted to say, ‘Sailors are honored to have served on the White Oak for that period of time. Although it was not a long time and it was always noisy on the ship, it was indeed the happiest time in my memory. .

“I don’t have any personal property, so please apologize to Gus, the first mate of the White Oak, for me. I bet the two pounds of fine tobacco I owe him are probably unpaid, and I owe him the second mate, too.” The boatswain, the stoker, the mechanic and the priest…

He counted a few names on his fingers, and then spread his hands: “You see, gambling doesn’t end well, does it, including betting with others?

“Finally, I have a message for you. I originally planned to write you a letter secretly, and then find a place to leave quietly by myself, because I always feel that it would be embarrassing to say some things in person, but you see, the situation is always It will be unexpected…

The sailor babbled. Under Duncan’s calm and gentle gaze, he took a long breath. The cold air slowly escaped from his lungs that no longer needed to breathe, and merged into In the fog that was everywhere.

He looked at Duncan with unprecedented seriousness and solemnity in his eyes.

“I am honored. Although I was scared at first, I am still honored to be a member of the Lost Home for a short time. a member.

“You are the greatest explorer and captain in history. What you want to do will definitely come true. I have no basis for it, and I don’t understand prophecies or anything like that, but this is what I feel… You want to Whatever you do will definitely come true.

“So, if there is a new world in the future, I hope you can still remember the story of Sea Song and tell its story to people in the future, so that people at that time will know that in the future, In the days when the world was gradually coming to an end, this group of people… tried their best.

“Finally, thank you, thank you for your efforts so far, thank you for still trying to save this world… Although it is a cold and twisted place for me now, I vaguely remember that it is a good place. “

The sailor finished speaking calmly, and all his hesitations and regrets so far were finally eliminated in this endless fog.

Then he solemnly bent down and bowed deeply in front of Duncan, then straightened up again, raised his right hand in front of Vanna, and drew the symbol of the waves on his chest.

Fanna subconsciously took half a step forward, as if she wanted to reach out to hold Lu Shi back, but stopped when she raised her hand halfway, and then returned the same courtesy in silence.

“Are you sure you want to leave?” Duncan asked, looking into the sailor’s eyes.

“Now that you’re back, it’s time for me to leave,” the sailor smiled and slowly took two steps back. “I’ll find a quiet place to stay quietly for a while. I haven’t slept well for a long time. Yes.”

Duncan nodded and said nothing.

The sailor walked toward the gray-white fog that had spread on the deck at some point and gradually thickened on the deck. His figure swayed in the fog and finally disappeared from the sight of Duncan and Vanna.

After being silent for a long time, Vanna finally couldn’t help but turned her head and broke the silence softly: Captain…

But Duncan just waved his hand and said softly: “Fanna, do you know how many times a person will experience death? “

Fanna was stunned for a moment, as if she vaguely understood something. She didn’t speak again, but involuntarily looked back at the direction where the sailor left. After staring at that side in silence for a few seconds, she withdrew her gaze and looked at Duncan. : “Captain,

what are we going to do next?”

Duncan nodded, turned towards the bridge on the stern deck, and said without looking back: “The road is still long, it’s time for the Lost Home to set off – Alice is ready. , and then we tested her navigation ability for the first time.

Fanna was stunned and immediately stepped to follow.

At the same time, Alice was already standing next to the steering wheel with a nervous look on her face

. Following the captain’s instructions,

many things including mops, buckets, swaying cables and spare hooks on the deck came over after hearing the news, and crowded around the bridge, seemingly waiting to see the

rope crawling up .

I went to the puppet’s feet and bumped the latter’s calf with the rope.

“I was a little nervous…” Alice whispered. Although the captain said it was okay, I was still nervous…

There were ropes and buckets around. The debris shook, making a series of somewhat chaotic movements.

Alice heard the responses of her “friends” in the jumble of voices.

They were more nervous than she was.

The whole ship is nervous…