Embers of Embers

Chapter 528 Sight
Lorenzo was standing on the deck of the Dawn Advance wrapped in his coat. It was a cloudy day today, the sky was gray and there was no sunshine at all.
After a few days of busy work, the team ended their work in Valente and began the next step, heading into the interior of the Viking countries.
"Now that everything is almost done, let's set off quickly."
Lorenzo was full of energy and didn't feel tired at all. Heibald standing next to him had a different look. His posture was slightly swaying, his face was full of fatigue, and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot.
It had been a few days since the hangover, but Hebold still hadn't recovered. His consciousness was hazy. Even the cold wind in the Viking countries couldn't wake him up much. There was still a slight pain in his mind, which made him feel like this. I was in a daze for a few days, trying hard to recall, but found that I couldn't remember anything.
"Target Lingbing Bay."
Notar let out a breath and blew the whistle.
The melodious and piercing sound of the whistle echoed in the Valente and spread to the distant sea.
The Morning Glory Advance began to move forward. The ice attached to the metal surface fell off due to the vibration and fell into the sea with a crash. The hull split through the thick waves and ice floes and advanced behind the gray sea fog. This time behind it Only one cargo ship followed, and after unloading the remaining two cargo ships in Velenert, they returned to Inverg on their own.
Now this is the final leg of the trade and the beginning of another journey.
Lorenzo thought so, and turned back to look at Seliu who was sitting in the cabin. In Lorenzo's expectation, after finding Floki in Lingbing Bay, they would be separated from Seliu, and she would follow them. A cargo ship returned to Erweg, while the Dawn Advance continued northward, deep into the Sea of ​​Silence.
He was a little troubled that he had lied to the little girl. He didn't know how to tell this last lie for a while. Considering Seleu's quick mind, Lorenzo didn't think he could deceive her. Thinking about it, Headache.
Coupled with Seleu's feelings for him, Lorenzo could imagine the expression of the girl crying and whining "Don't go", and then he replied with determination, "I'm sorry, in order to save the world, I have to do this." , and then the two parted...
"What is he doing?"
Seleu pointed at Lorenzo. This guy had a strange expression on his face. He was alternately sad and happy, and he was twisting and turning as if he had been electrocuted.
"do not know."
Heibald walked over slowly and sat next to Seliu. He was very uncomfortable and even felt seasick. No matter how he thought about it, Heibald couldn't remember how much he drank.
"No...it won't be that simple."
Lorenzo suddenly stopped the whimsical thoughts in his mind, and turned to look at Seleu, and the two eyes met each other.
As Seleu watched, Lorenzo's expression began to twist, as if hands were rubbing his face together, sweeping Seleu up and down.
No... This little girl is also the kind who has full mobility. She might sneak back and follow her back. I have to find a way to tie her up and send her back to Inverg.
Lorenzo's thoughts began to become strange and couldn't stop diverging.
Does this count as kidnapping a duke?Have I tied up a Duke before?By the way, how much is the ransom?There is a saying that kidnapping a duke is a glorious achievement in Mr. Holmes's career!
His eyes flickered to Seliu, and his indifferent face changed slightly. Seliu rarely expressed his emotions intuitively.
"This person... is so disgusting."
Although it is not clear what Lorenzo is thinking, judging from this guy's mind, it is definitely not a good thing.
"what are you doing?"
Shrike kicked Lorenzo on the butt, causing Lorenzo to stagger and fall directly on the railing.
"Nothing, nothing."
Lorenzo turned his eyes, and felt that it was better not to say the messy things he was thinking.
"We will arrive at Lingbing Bay in about a few days. I have told everyone to be more vigilant. The Original Sin Armor is in standby mode and can be activated at any time. The Geiger counters are also in working condition to detect erosion pollution."
After hearing these words, Lorenzo also became serious, with serious eyes.
"According to your experience, Lingbing Bay is very close to the Sea of ​​Silence, right?"
"Well, to be precise, Lingbing Bay is on the edge of the Silent Sea. It can even be regarded as the hub of communication between the Silent Sea and the outside world."
Shrike told the story in his memory. Even after so long, the memory was still very clear, as if it happened yesterday.
"The Vikings lived on the edge of the Silent Sea, and the warning of their faith prevented them from setting foot in that sea... There are a large number of large Geiger counters on board the Dawn Advance, which can help us detect the depth of our penetration into the Silent Sea. "
"Detecting erosion? The erosion covering the entire sea area seems to exist in myths no matter how you think about it." Lorenzo sighed.
"No... there is no myth, it's just reality." Shrike thought of something and said to Lorenzo, "Just like what happened on the Narwhal at that time, the Vikings regarded the Narwhal as carrying dead people. big ship."
"What Floki said then...we are already in a myth."
Shrike smiled at Lorenzo and looked towards the end of the dark clouds in the north.
"We are not searching for myths, we are making history."
Lorenzo leaned on the railing, and the cold wind passed by. The whole world was gray, with a hint of death. The deeper you went, the colder it became, as if it was a dead world, losing all light and heat. .
"Sounds pretty good."
Lorenzo smiled, looked away, then looked away.
"Actually, I don't care much about that anymore, the truth, the source. I just want to end this reincarnation."
"You look like you have fulfilled your ideals in life. Are you going to die next?"
The Shrike had read stories like that, when a man had all his wishes fulfilled, he was almost damned.
"No, it just feels good."
Lorenzo suddenly turned his head and accurately caught the eye of the person who had been peeping at him. The other person did not expect Lorenzo to react so quickly and withdrew his gaze in a panic, leaving Lorenzo laughing alone.
"Have you smoked too much mandrake?"
Seeing Lorenzo's sick look, Shrike asked.
"No, it just feels good to be watched, Shrike."
Lorenzo put away his smile and said calmly.
……
"Are you watching..."Victoria's Secret"?"
Haibold covered his head and looked at the girl sitting next to him. She was holding a book and reading it, silently, like a delicate porcelain doll.
"Well, I got it from you."
Seliu withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and read the book.
"Oh, I haven't read this book that much, maybe I've even forgotten about it."
In the past few days, his memory seemed to be soaked in alcohol, grotesque, like a nightmare overlapping with reality.
"But I still remember the plot of the previous one...ah, I don't know what happened to the two eloping people. Where did you see them?"
Highbold and Seleu started chatting. Although Seleu was said to be the Duke of Stuart, Seleu's low-profile temperament and the influence of alcohol meant that Hebold didn't care about her identity at all.
In fact, the most important thing is that neither Lorenzo nor Shrike seems to care about Seleu's identity, not even herself.
"The happy time is over, and the road ahead is full of thorns and suffering."
Heibald muttered in a low voice, and the confused memories were entangled together. In a daze, he felt that he was back on the ship again, going to save Ivar with Irene and others with great expectations.
But Ivar died in the end.
"We're almost at the end, do you need me to spoil it for you?"
Sai Liu asked, everyone is busy, only the two of them are sitting here, killing the boring time.
"Let's talk about it. Anyway, I am idle."
Heibald didn't care. He couldn't do anything serious in this situation. Even if he heard what Seliu said, he might not be able to remember it.
"The girl and the boy fled to another city. They quickly ran out of money. They had no choice but to work and make money while continuing to escape."
Seleu explained to Hibald.
"It was a good time, although it was a lot of hardships, but both of them experienced real life, and they cherished this time."
"and then?"
"Then the girl was caught and her family found her and locked her up in a hotel to leave the next day. The boy was not caught but there was nothing he could do."
Seliu's face was expressionless. She had read many books and read many strange stories. The story in this book was not interesting. It was even very cliché. It was far inferior to the book "The Legend of Demon Hunting and Slaying" written by Oscar.
Every time she read that book, Seliu couldn't help laughing when she thought of the prototype of the story, which made her unable to finish a book normally. The more she read, the more she became more and more dramatic.
"Oh? Do you want a hero to save the beauty?"
Haybold lifts his spirits, a hero saves a beauty, and a strong man descends from the sky. This kind of thing always makes people excited.
"No, the girl knew what kind of guy the boy was. She thought about the night of the elopement. In fact, she was very scared. She was afraid that the boy would reject her, so she said such semi-threatening words. She felt that the boy left with her because of this. .
After getting along for so long, she is very clear about the boy's character, he will not come, he will hide in the shadows, and just watch her leave like this. "
Seliu's voice changed, telling the dark direction of the story.
"The girl realized this during the time we spent together, but she hoped that she could change the boy and make him brave. Unfortunately, she didn't do it until the end..."
"No, no, no, this isn't quite right, is it?"
Heybold felt like he was being tricked. After waiting for so long, this was the end.
"Almost. The current plot is that the girl was taken out of the city and she is on her way home." Seliu turned over the pages of the book. She was still a few pages away from finishing the book. "There are still a few pages left. That’s all, there shouldn’t be any changes, right?”
Seliu was just about to continue reading when he noticed that Hebold next to him had a look of death on his face.
This...Vikings really like this story...
"are you OK."
"Nothing, nothing. If you think about it carefully, this is reality. After all, this is a novel, not a fairy tale."
Haibold comforted himself, but judging from his somewhat distorted expression, he was somewhat hurt.
"I quite like this book. It reminds me of the past."
Heibald turned his head and looked at Seliu, his clear eyes were like mirrors, reflecting Heibald's embarrassed look.
"I didn't expect that there are people like Lorenzo. Are you out of your mind?"
Seabold's words caught Seliu off guard. Seliu lost control of his expression and was so panicked.
"me……"
"You can tell from the eyes that a girl looked at me like this before. It's a pity that I was an idiot and didn't go with her, otherwise I wouldn't have regretted it for so long."
Haibold's consciousness was hazy and he blinked hard, but his mind was still confused.
"Although we are all about free love now, I still suggest you see a doctor. This kind of thing is not suitable for you, right?"
When it comes to Lorenzo, Heibald is full of contempt. It's not that he thinks Lorenzo is a scumbag or anything. Heibald simply feels that this kind of thing is far away from Lorenzo, so far away. There was no trace of the word on Lorenzo.
For the first time, Seliu felt that she was being suppressed verbally. Just as she was about to say something, Heibald blocked her back.
"Why do you think I, a Viking, am so sentimental?"
"I didn't ask!" Seliu complained silently.
"We are human beings too. Except for the different living environments, we are all human beings in essence. Emotions and desires are very common...it's just that some of us are not good at expressing these."
It seems that the ending of this story really hurt Heibald. Who would have thought that under such a huge body, there is such a soft heart. This difference made Seliu completely stunned and did not know how to fight back.
"Ah... Do you think I can forget this if I drink some more?"
Heibald tried to forget this bad memory with alcohol, but at this moment, there was the sound of joyful footsteps.
"Hybold!"
With a familiar roar and an annoying ending, Lorenzo leapt up and landed next to Hebold.
"you want……"
Before He could say "What are you doing" behind, Hebold felt a slight sting in his neck, and then his chaotic consciousness began to clear up.
"I just remembered that Florund's Potion should be used as a hangover medicine, right?"
As Lorenzo spoke, he took action and injected a Florund potion into Hebold's body.
The bad memories gradually became clearer, and the details of the story became extremely clear. Then Heibald realized what nonsense he had just been talking to Seleu...
He didn't dare to look back at Seliu's expression. He could hear something collapsing. The majestic Viking warrior looked like this.
Haybold stared at Lorenzo, opened his mouth and tried to scream something, but finally suppressed it and leaned aside with dull eyes.
"What's wrong with you? Any side effects?" Lorenzo knocked on Florund's potion.
"No...I'm thinking."
Haybold said self-defeatingly.
"Do you think God Odin would like to read knight novels?"
"what?"
(End of this chapter)