The Uncanny: The Knowledgeable Returns From Warhammer

Chapter 52 Small Fishing Village

The cries, howls and whimpers quickly receded like the receding sea water, and the remaining aftertaste was like puddles on the beach, quickly evaporating under the scorching sun.

"Evan, look what I found..."

The tide was coming, and the cool sea water reached the ankles. On the endless beach, a little girl held up the conch she had just dug out from the sand, and ran towards Aiwen happily.

Let his eyes reveal a little confusion and confusion:
"I remember I was on...the liner back to Tingen, and as night fell the liner was attacked, and then..."

While muttering to herself, the little girl saw Aiwen stunned on the spot and suddenly turned to face the sea, puffed up her cheeks and blew vigorously on the conch in her hand until her cheeks were flushed and tears burst from the corners of her eyes, but she didn't let the conch in her hand come out. A faint sound.

"What are you doing?" Ivan said in confusion when he came back to his senses.

"Father has been selling fish at sea for a long time...Grandma said that there are elves living in conch shells, which can bring back the thoughts of family members..."

The little girl explained seriously, but Ivan shook his head calmly and said: "That's just a story, there are no elves in the conch..."

"some!"

The obstinate and stubborn crying spread far away on the beach, and the thin girl wiped the corners of her eyes and turned and ran towards the distance, just like most children who have been robbed of candy.

But what surprised Aiwen was that the little girl who wiped her tears ran back after a while, took his thin and slender arm, and wept as she staggered towards the distant village.

When walking along the path through a dense bush and returning to the village full of low wooden houses and fences, the little girl who gradually stopped crying looked at him with eyes still full of tears and asked a question full of expectation. road:
"Evan, Dad will be back... right?"

For a moment, an inexplicable emotion suddenly rose from Aiwen's supposedly cold and silent heart, throbbing and circling, until he nodded hesitantly, and responded with the same immature voice:
"Yes, I will be back!"

The little girl who finally burst into tears led him to run happily again, passing through wooden houses full of life, vegetable gardens with loud insects, and a straw shed where villagers processed fish, and came to a roof In front of the wooden house that was wafting from cooking smoke.

Walking into the room, the elderly grandma was moving the stone shuttle tremblingly in front of the loom, while the stooped mother on the other side had already prepared delicious food.

And the girl who looked like a little adult helped to clean up the dishes, helped the grandma who had stopped working to the table, and then began to pray devoutly before dinner with her family:
"Great Sunya Solem, I praise you, a new day, a new gift, thank you for your upbringing and blessings, come to the table to receive the food given to us, please bless and cleanse, drive away sickness and pain... "

Amid the hopeful prayers, Aiwen watched them calmly, until he lay on the simple bed after dinner, and the day passed by in a hurry.

Until the next day, the little girl would still take him to the beach by the sea, looking for beautiful shells of different colors, stringing them together, and blowing the conch shells that did not make a sound towards the sea.

After that, I rushed home before dinner, prayed devoutly with my family, and pulled the best food on the plate into Ivan's bowl.

She would still ask Ai Wen whether Yuanhang's father would come back, and she would cry for the denial and jump for joy for the affirmation.

Until, she strung together a string of colorful shells and hung the handmade necklace around Ivan's neck, puffing up her cheeks at the beach again and again, silently playing the conch.

In the end, what was waiting was not the father who had not returned from the long voyage, but a series of fierce and murderous figures.

……

"Huh... I seem to have just had a nightmare!"

In front of the blazing fire, Aiwen sat up suddenly and took a few breaths.

The dry wood in front of the eyes keeps making crisp "beeping" sounds, mixed with the low sound of distant waves, and composes a monotonous and lengthy melody in the ear.

With the light from the bonfire, he wiped the sweat from his palms on his hunter suit, and took out a diary that was a little crumpled from being soaked.

March [-]
We have recently received a new mission. The "Healing Association" has discovered something interesting and is going to a small island near Bancy Island to conduct a detailed investigation.

This time Geman is leading the team. He is a high-level transcendent on the hunter path, and there are even rumors that he may have already reached the state of half-human and half-god.

So I am not worried about this mission, even if it is an extremely dangerous unknown sea area after deviating from the channel.

And...his student, Maria, is really an upright and beautiful girl.

This reminded me suddenly that Intis once circulated such a secret joke about Emperor Roselle. It is rumored that the emperor had already thought about the future when he saw his wife Miss Matilda for the first time. , and the names of the children between them.

I think, I have already experienced the mood of the Great Emperor at that time!
March [-]
damn it!I found myself happy too early. This is not a calm inland river, but a violent ocean. Even a three-masted ship is just a fallen leaf in a torrent here.

I haven't eaten since last night, and I've already vomited up the contents of my stomach. What should I vomit next?Intestines?
The main mast has been broken by the storm, maybe we will die here... Fortunately, there is Miss Maria, she still takes care of everyone on board with all her heart, as gentle as the winter sun.

If I could hold her hand before dying...

March [-]
The boat... sank!
March [-]
Praise the great Caesar, after three days of drifting on the sea with our sampan in our arms, we finally found a small island before dark. After repeated confirmation that this is the place we need to look for, I can’t wait to review it Solid land! (Note: Roselle later claimed to be Caesar)

Here, half of the body is lying in the icy sea water, and the only warmth is Miss Maria's weak hands.

She held me tightly, preventing me from drowning in the dark deep sea... (Note: The second half of the sentence is taken from the blood curse.)
March [-]
A good news, and a bad news!

The good news is: we successfully landed on the island and found that the island is rich in water resources.

You can’t believe it, those precious fishes that are regarded as delicacies by the upper class in Intis are actually pushed onto the beach here by the waves, and they are picked like ripe fruits on branches, which enriches us supplies, and will not starve due to the sinking of ships.

The bad news is: there were 15 team members involved in the operation, two of them were missing in the terrible storm, and one of the team members' thighs was crushed by the falling mast.

In order not to be dragged down on the task progress, Geman decided to temporarily place the injured team members by the sea.

Everyone knows what this means, but they are silent, because we are the hunters of the Healing Association, and we shoulder the heavy responsibility of finding the antidote for the Great Emperor.

In the end, only Miss Maria stood up. The upright and kind-hearted woman refused to give up on anyone, forcing Geman to make concessions, leaving an extra team member to take care of the wounded while supporting the hunter team.

I think if there is an angel, then she must be Miss Maria...

When browsing here, Aiwen was planning to start writing a new diary, when he suddenly heard a deep cry from not far away:

"Joseph discovered the target this time, check your weapons, and start acting immediately!"

The voice came from Geman, who seemed to be standing tirelessly on the edge of the camp, looking at the distant village shrouded in mist.

At the same time, in front of the fire, a number of "hunters" including Ivan were wearing black coats and boat-shaped three-cornered hats. A hideous looking weapon.

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