Section 719 The Legend of the Sea of Flowers
After much thought, Angels came to the fourth floor, which originally belonged to Roman's territory.
After Roman's death, Angels came here to see if there were any left. However, with the exception of a few books about life at sea, it is almost empty. And most of these books are made up and illustrated by mortals. Apparently, when Roman left, he took everything of value with him.
Ingres came here again because he remembered that he had read a book about the Devil's Sea.
On a black-wood cabinet, Ingres finds a dusty thick leather book: The Devil's Sea.
"Found it. Ingres' eyes lit up, the book didn't even have a compiler, but on the right back of the book jacket was clearly written a row of words: Baibei Haihai Pufa Edition.
Obviously, this is a book produced by Baibei Shipping Company itself, which is the cognition and description of the Devil's Sea.
Ingres sat on the sidelines, flipping through the pages.
This thick tome has more than 300 pages, and it took Ingres half a day to read it.
I have a basic understanding of the approximate route of the Devil's Sea and the areas that have been discovered. For the undiscovered and mysterious sea area, I also know a rough idea. For example, the Abyss of Coggs where ships have disappeared inexplicably, the Strait of the Boracay Valley filled with large behemoths, and the Sea of Songs where the Krakens gather...... Wait a minute.
Even after flipping through the entire book, Ingres still didn't find any relevant records in Lucas's diary.
Could it be that Lucas's logbook was really made up by him?
But it's clear that his ship is so weird and unharmonious. Appeared inexplicably, and disappeared inexplicably.
When he couldn't figure it out and couldn't find it, Angels called Helen: "Deputy Captain Helen, you have been in the Devil's Sea for a long time, have you ever heard of the sea full of flowers?"
Helen paused for a moment, not at all expecting Ingres to suddenly ask her such a headless question.
"Wizard, are you talking about the sea of flowers on the island?"
Angels: "No, it's on the sea." ”
Helen muttered "sea of flowers, sea surface", flipped through the past memories, and after a long time, she shook her head and said: "I haven't heard of any sea of flowers, but the area of the Devil's Sea is vast, and many places are still unexplored areas, maybe I am too lonely and unheard." ”
Angel nodded: "I know, you go down." ”
After Helen left, Angel twitched the corners of his mouth, he was really crazy to believe that Lucas's journal was true!
Ingres' fingers lit up flames, and he wanted to burn the parchment.
But after a moment of silence, he extinguished the flame on his fingertips, sighed, and threw the parchment into the bracelet: "Although it is a liar's diary, after all, it comes from a strange ship, maybe it will be useful in the future, so let's leave it alone." ”
After putting away the parchment roll, Ingres took out the drawings he had designed not long ago, and he planned to make a sample in the next few days.
While Ingres re-immersed herself in her research, Helen arrives in the ship's dining room.
When she entered, the sailors who were eating inside had basically dispersed, and only a few people were still eating.
Helen took the plate from the chef, picked a random spot and began to eat. She eats very quickly, and accidents can happen every minute and every second in the Devil's Sea, so she doesn't dare to taste the food at all, and just stuffs the food into her stomach. Even though, the food tastes pretty good.
While Helen was swallowing dates, two people suddenly sat down opposite her.
Arwyn and his lieutenants.
"Haven't you eaten yet, Captain?" said Helen, curious, and when she was called away by Master Pat, she saw Alwyn go to the dining room. I didn't expect him to eat with a plate now.
"I went to see the freshwater resources, and in the sea fog area these days, there is no rain, which makes the freshwater resources more and more scarce. I don't know how long it will last. Alwyn sighed: "Originally, I planned to replenish fresh water resources on Silver Palm Island. Alas, no one expected that Silver Palm would be occupied by a monster. ”
Before Alwyn's words fell, the young adjutant beside him pouted: "What is even more unexpected is that Lord Roman, whom we rely on, would have the murderous intent to destroy our ship." It's really a white-eyed wolf, and with his kind of heart, it's no wonder that he would die tragically under the claws of monsters. ”
"Duru, shut up!" Alwyn shouted, "Although Lord Roman's behavior this time is indeed inappropriate, he has saved the Conch many times in the past, and if it weren't for Lord Roman, the Conch would have been sunk before." ”
Known as Dulu was his lieutenant, now only eighteen years old, originally just a fishing village boy, because of his sensitivity to weather changes at sea, he took the Yunluo and became his lieutenant.
Duru pouted and said aggrievedly, "Captain Arvin, you are just too kind. The people on the ship thought so, if it hadn't been for Master Pat's rescue, we would all be dead...... We should thank and thank Master Pat, who is our great benefactor. ”
Arwyn wanted to say something, but Helen interrupted: "Captain, what Durrou said also makes sense, all Roman's previous actions on the Yunluo were all the work arranged for him by the Baibei Shipping Company, and it is his responsibility to protect the Yunluo." And his previous act of luring us to Silver Palm Island was a dereliction of duty, and even murdered for money, as evidenced by a photo, it cannot be cleared. ”
Duru raised his hands in the air: "Long live Vice Captain Helen!"
Durrous secretly threw a wink at Helen, and Helen scolded angrily: hairy boy.
Alwyn laughed, and then said, "Forget it, don't fight this." As for fresh water, if it doesn't rain again, it will be troublesome. ”
"Otherwise, let's go and beg Master Pat. Durroux suggested.
"If you can make less trouble with Lord Pat, let it be less troublesome. After all, Master Pat is not from the White Shell Shipping Company, and he helps us as a favor, not an obligation. As Arwyn spoke, he suddenly remembered something: "Helen, I remember that Master Pat called you over just now, is there anything wrong?"
Helen said noncommittally, "Asked me a strange question, and then let me go." ”
"Question?" Duru's eyes lit up suddenly: "Is it about the ghost ship just now?" Vice Captain Helen, can you tell me about it? ”
"You want to show off down there, don't you?" Helen knew Duru's personality very well, although they were already big guys, but they stayed at sea all the year round, and they were completely childlike personalities, not at all mature and gentle like Lord Pat.
"Hey, hey. Duru smiled and scratched his head: "Captain Naci was still asking me just now, and I was curious myself. ”
"No, Mistress Pat didn't say anything about the ghost ship, but asked me something else. When Helen said this, she turned to Alwyn and said, "Captain, have you ever heard that a sea of flowers has bloomed in any part of the sea, that is, a sea of flowers blooming on the surface of the sea. ”
"Is this the question that Mistress Pat is asking you?" Alwyn received an affirmative answer from Helen, and thought for a moment, "The sea of flowers?" I don't think I've ever heard of before. ”
"I hadn't heard of it either, so Master Pat let me go. Helen shrugged: "Maybe it's something that happened in the transcendent world, it's normal for us mortals not to know." ”
They continued to eat and drink soup.
When the plates were all set, the three of them left the dining room together and walked towards the command room.
"Duru, I see that you have been absent-minded during the meal, what are you thinking?" Helen asked curiously, looking at Duru who was still in her own thoughts.
Trumo rubbed his chin, "I'm thinking about the question that Vice Captain Helen just said. ”
"My question?" Helen wondered, and said with a look of disbelief, "Have you ever heard of a sea of flowers?"
Duru shook his head: "I haven't heard of it, but I heard a legend in our fishing village when I was a child. ”
......
Ingres, who was praised by Helen as mature and gentle, drank a glass of milk at this time, and while enjoying the aftertaste, he was unconsciously biting the stem of the quill pen and shaking it up and down.
When he heard a knock on the door, Ingres immediately put away the milk, hurriedly put down the quill, and posed as if he was doing research.
Helen led Durroux to Ingres.
Angel raised his eyebrows, with a disturbed and indifferent expression: "What's the matter?"
Helen was a little apprehensive in her heart, and hesitated, "Lord Pat, excuse me." I came here because I had just talked to Duru about the question asked by the adults earlier, and he said that he had heard rumors about the sea of flowers, but ...... It's just a legend, and it's not like it's always blooming, so I didn't know if it was an adult who wanted to know, so I brought him over. ”
Angel raised his eyebrows and looked at the somewhat nervous teenager: "Have you heard about Huahai?"
Du Lu shook his head: "I just heard my grandmother talk about a rumor, and I don't know if it's the sea of flowers mentioned by adults......"
Angels put away the drawings on the table and crossed his arms: "It's okay, you say, I'll judge." ”
"When I was a child, my grandmother would tell me bedtime stories because she wasn't literate and didn't know many stories. So I'll tell those stories over and over again, one of which is called the story of "Beauty Naya". ”
The content of the story is also very simple, just say that the beauty Naya is a viscountess in the Shining Silver Age, she is kind and beautiful, and has a perfect husband. But her twin sister was jealous of everything she had to do, so she designed to ruin her appearance and sent her into a slave ship in a stun, dressing herself up as she was, taking Naya's place for everything. ”
The beautiful Naya has since become an ugly girl, thinking of her suffering, she cries every day on the boat, and finally one day, she can't hold it anymore and decides to commit suicide by jumping ship. Crying on the side of the ship, she told her story to the other slaves around her, and her tears fell to the sea, blooming into a sea of bright flowers. Eventually, she jumped into the sea, turned into foam, and disappeared with the sea of flowers. ”