Weird Stories: Gothic Lolita Begins

"Just barely?" Night Crow tilted his head in confusion.

"He is very kind and takes good care of me, but I... well, how should I put it? I am the kind of intelligent species that lacks faith, right?" Lucia looked a little troubled, "I respect Him and am grateful to Him, but if I go further, I can't do it... I can't convince myself."

Night Crow nodded: "I think I understand... I seem to be this type."

"There seem to be a lot of people of this type in modern times." Lucia also nodded, and changed the subject, "Let's not talk about this. Do you have any taboos? The food reserves are limited, so we have to plan them well."

"No." Night Crow said, paused, and then said, "Actually, you don't need to prepare my share... My body structure is special, similar to an immortal body. Since I was born, I have never felt real hunger."

"For safety reasons..." Lucia subconsciously tried to persuade.

"In this case, it's called a waste." Night Crow said seriously, "At worst, I won't eat or drink until I'm out of trouble."

Lucia's ears moved and compromised: "Okay..."

Next, Lucia and Apophi discussed and planned how to check the "cabin interior" that had not been checked before, as well as the inspection of the cruise ship staff and passengers.

Although it is very unlikely that the problem lies with the staff and passengers, there is no other clue anyway. It is better to spend some time to eliminate a possibility than to stay where you are and wait for death.

...

In a blink of an eye, a few days passed, and Lucia and others found nothing.

The atmosphere on the cruise ship has unknowingly become quite tense. Although under the deterrence of the majestic captain and the forces behind the cruise ship, the passengers are still calm and have not caused any irreversible vicious incidents, but most people know that if the cruise ship continues to be trapped, it is only a matter of time.

That morning, while Lucia and Apophi went out to investigate the situation again, Night Crow, who stayed in the cabin under the pretext of "not being able to help", confirmed that Apophi's footsteps had gone away, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he pounced on the food distributed by the cruise ship neatly arranged on the dining table like a hungry tiger.

——Although he was not hungry or thirsty, it was still very torturous to watch a man and a cat eat and drink without eating or drinking for several days...

Under the vigilant, suspicious, or evasive eyes of others, he once again explored the situation of the cruise ship. As expected, Apophi still found nothing and returned to the cabin with Lucia in his arms.

As soon as the door was opened, the eyes of the man and the cat froze.

——On the dining table near the tightly closed window, the cups and plates were in a mess, and the crow's belly was bulging, with its two claws facing the sky and unconscious.

...

In a daze, Night Crow found a furry strip swaying in front of her.

Instinctively, she opened her mouth and picked it up.

"Meow! I knew it!" The furry strip swiftly dodged the bird's beak and in the blink of an eye had opened a safe distance.

The night crow woke up and realized what he had just done, and apologized quickly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my brain was not awake just now, and my instinct took over..."

"I'm used to it, let's not talk about this, do you feel uncomfortable?" Lucia asked anxiously.

The night crow was stunned for a moment, and the memory before losing consciousness came back, and immediately looked away guiltily: "No, except that I was accidentally knocked down by the cooking wine in the lamb chops, there is no problem."

"Really?" Lucia looked at the guilty crow suspiciously.

"Really!" The night crow said hurriedly, and in order to increase the persuasiveness, she simply closed her eyes and checked herself again.

After a while, the night crow opened his eyes with a slightly weird expression.

Lucia was immediately alert and asked hurriedly, "Is there really a problem?!"

"Uh..." Night Crow hesitated and finally sighed, saying, "There is no problem with the food and water provided by the cruise ship..."

"Then?" Lucia asked in confusion.

Night Crow looked at the ceiling and the carpet, but not at Lucia: "The cooking methods of these meals distributed by the cruise ship seem very perfunctory... Before eating them, I saw many lively little fish jumping on the sea over there, and I caught one out of curiosity..."

"..." Lucia was speechless immediately.

You can't wait to do it before you are sure whether it will kill you!

Lucia took a deep breath to calm down, pulled the corner of her mouth and asked, "So, you are now...?"