The Voyage of Exchange——Chapter 18: Fishing Village
"I'm just telling you what I heard. Next, I'll go to the village, and then I'll go to the city to see. Where are the others?" Sophia looked in the direction of the ship.
"I have no objection, but if possible, we should ask this forest sage to explain our situation. Maybe this existence can help find the whereabouts of other partners, and we may still need to apologize for our behavior just now.
"Zate, which pot won't be opened?"
"I feel like apologizing while asking others for help is a bit..." Alexander was speechless.
"Anyway, let's take it one step at a time." Zate sighed helplessly at the somewhat contradictory remarks he just made and said.
However, Hitz on the side remembered some memory fragments lost due to amnesia. Facing the newly recovered memory, her thoughts were a little messy, and she spent some time sorting out the messy memory fragments.
Initially, there was no concept of elves. Scholars of the elves put forward two concepts. One is that the elves in the forest are the light elves among the elemental elves that degenerate due to some kind of flesh-and-blood curse. The other is that
It is believed that some of the earliest tree elves were eager to move and let their roots leave the earth, so they evolved into the current elves. Most elves agree with the former. "The only types of elves I know are good at using
There are magical elves, tree elves who are friends with nature, elemental elves who are friendly to the elements, water elves, and... dark elves. By the way, there is a big difference between water elements and water elves.
Make no mistake, the difference is almost the same as that of a mermaid and a naga."
"Let's go to the village. There should be more information about the forest and this land over there," Zate said.
"Well, let's go to the nearby fishing village first." Sophia agreed.
Four Lindsays, of course. Sophia first checked for magic, and also for toxins and malice. After all, it was something that a monkey got from somewhere, so it’s always good to be careful. Since that time, Sophia
He always speculated on the monkey's malicious direction. But the spell had no response. In the end, Alexander picked up the four Lindsays.
After Alexander and others came back, they saw Gabru and Noel cutting down coconut trees to make supports for the boat. Nina collected the brown-haired, human-head-sized balls called coconuts and cut one into a spoon.
Squat on a tree stump and taste the white flesh.
According to Gabru, without the support frame, the ship might be carried away by the tide. About one-tenth of the work of making the support frame was completed, and Nina, who could not use her powers during the day, could only watch.
"Let me help." Alexander began to help build the scaffolding.
"Although my power is meager, let me do my part." Hitz also started to help.
When Noel saw his teammates coming back, he exchanged a few pleasantries. After learning that he had gained nothing, he continued to work hard.
"After that, I also want to collect some young leaves from the vines, and I'll make tea for you when we get back. It's a bit difficult for a weak woman like me to do such physical work." Zate laughed at himself.
"Good idea, but how many people are going to be left here?" Ryan asked.
"Anyone who is strong enough can help make the support frame." Sophia moved her shoulders.
Jiujiu, who was completely unable to work, thought about it and decided to see if the other team needed him.
"Alexander and Noel have already gone to help, so why don't you go and help, Ryan? It should be enough for three people to do this."
"It should be enough to leave these people to help with the work." Hitz helped hand over a long wooden stick, but found that he couldn't move the logs at all and still planned to follow Sophia.
"Yeah, that's fine. I'm also good at strength work." Ryan went over to chop down trees.
[Let’s make a cup of tea for the people here when we come back.] Zate thought.
When Sophia, Zate, and Shiz were preparing to set off, they found that Nina was following them, instead of Gabru who had shouted to go. I don't know what they had just said behind their backs.
"Well, let's go then." Sophia returned to the boat, picked up her things and set off.
Jiujiu was still flying ahead to lead the way, and Nina was walking last along the way. When she turned around, she could be seen walking in a daze looking at the sea. The four people and one bird arrived at the fishing village. This fishing village is not big, only fifty
There were many families. The little guy thought that there was no need to be a translator, so he lazily landed on Nina's shoulder to fish.
Nina walked to the bench at the small pier where the sampan was parked, and sat down with her arms crossed on her legs. So Jiujiu simply retracted her head into her feathers and pretended to be asleep!
Sophia first found someone who didn't look very busy and asked them where this place was.
Zate asked about the forest sage, and then asked if there were any towns nearby and what the conditions were like in the towns.
And this village is called Feiliu Village, but of course people don’t know about the forest sage. An aunt who was drying fishing nets pointed in the direction and told a few people that there was a city called Se’an quite far away. But the aunt didn’t either.
I've been to Se'an. Anyway, the houses are very high, there are a lot of people, and there are a lot of boats.
Regarding the name Se'an, there was no information obtained by the group.
"When people from your village go fishing overseas, have they ever encountered some small islands?" Sophia asked.
"We have many small islands here." The little boys were showing off the beautiful shells they found yesterday to their friends.
"On the way here, we collected some rare plants. Does anyone know the specific effects of these plants?" Zate showed them.
"You ask an ordinary person like me, how do I know?" The aunt shook her head.
"Well, then it's only available in the city. I'm presumptuous." Zate said with some embarrassment.
"Nina, sit here alone." After staying with Sophia for a while, Hitz walked towards the bench on the small pier.
Nina hummed softly. Normally she would say nothing and would just nod, but now Jiujiu was resting on her shoulder.
Hitz sat next to Nina naturally. "What's wrong? You look absent-minded."
"It's nothing, I'm sorry for worrying you." In fact, Nina has always been like this, hasn't she?
"It's okay, Nina, you are a companion, it's normal to be worried." Heath said it would be better not to say anything about a companion, really.
"Nina Mommy, it doesn't look like nothing is wrong. Is there really nothing wrong?" Jiujiu stretched out her head from the feathers and rubbed Mommy's cheek.
"What a good boy." Nina reached out and stroked Jiujiu's head twice, and then said, "Don't worry, there's really nothing wrong with her. It's not always like this." Indeed, for Nina, this is
Very normal.
Ever since she came into contact with a group of people, she has always been preoccupied and taciturn. At the same time, she has the body of a vampire, but she is a paladin who believes in Kalevin. Delusti Skade. A weak body and a contradictory identity, all these are very important to a person.
The pressure is not small for a young girl, not to mention that she may also be hiding other unbearable pasts.
Well, the young Jiujiu felt that Mama was right and there was no problem, so she continued to pretend to be asleep after rubbing it.
"Well, I'm the one who made the fuss, but speaking of it... the sea is so beautiful. Although I didn't pay much attention to it when we were on the boat, it's quite beautiful to look at calmly like this. No wonder Nina is fascinated by it." The young man said.
The elf's tone of changing the subject was unnatural.
"Yeah." Nina smiled quietly, but this beautiful scenery could not heal the cracks in her heart. Maybe thinking itself was a painful thing for her, so Nina was often in a daze.
On the other side, the aunt also went to do her own business. Sophia and Zate saw Nina and Hitz sitting on a bench by the sea, and Jiujiu was also there.
"However, even though I'm a bit verbose, I'm not an elder, and I can't tell you any big truths, but I still have to say it. If you have anything on your mind, you can tell me at any time, and Sofia and Alexander will listen. Keep it buried in your heart.
, is not the best choice, and others may not understand or listen. But our Mad Wolf Mercenary Group will always be the best partners, right?" Heath smiled, a little silly.
"Nina, Shiz, it turns out you are here to see the sea. It would be great if all my tribe could see these beautiful views." Zate saw Nina and the others standing aside, so he also said hello to them and said
In the past, I was also sighing at the beauty of the sea.
"Hey." Sophia sat directly next to Nina and stretched.
Nina took a deep breath. "Some secrets are not suitable for sharing with others. They will only increase worries." She smoothed the unnatural folds of her skirt with gentle movements and stood up.
"It's time to go. Alexander and the others are still waiting for information, aren't they?"
"Same." Hitz also stood up.
"That's it." Zate thought for a moment, and then said to Nina: "That's right. But Nina, I heard that the sea and the sunset are very beautiful. If possible, can you watch the sunset with me tomorrow?
?" Although she is not smart, she can also read the atmosphere.
"Let's talk about it next time." Nina pushed back a strand of long hair from her shoulders.
"Huh? So fast? I just sat down... Well, since you are worried, don't think so much, and focus on the present first. Speaking of which, I just wanted to ask, Nina, when did you buy this skirt?
The style is very different from the long dress I bought, but I think it looks very good. I wonder if there are some good-looking clothes in that city." Sofia, who had just sat down, stood up reluctantly, and then she held her arm
Nina's arm.
Nina struggled subconsciously, but there was no follow-up action, and she did not reject Sophia's intimacy.
Jiujiu felt a little strange, but the little bird, which knew nothing, fluffed its feathers and continued to pretend to sleep.