Two hundred and forty-seven. Following Anna's footsteps
"Miss Celica, do you need any help?" the waiter in the restaurant asked politely.
As cruise ship crew members, they take note of first class passengers and most first class passengers.
This pairing in particular is not difficult to identify at all.
"Prepare one... no, two meals. Do you have milk and juice?" Every word that Celica Dallaire pronounced came with a hiss, like wind blowing through the cracks.
The waiter had to lean forward to hear what she said clearly in the restaurant: "Uh... there's no juice lady, but there's still some milk. Do you want us to deliver it to your suite?"
"No need, I'll wait here."
"Okay, soon ma'am."
The food was quickly prepared. Celica Dallaire returned to the door of the room holding the plate cover and gently pushed open the carved wooden door.
A man sits on the sofa in front of the fireplace.
Rare jet-black broken hair, and even rarer deep eyes as mysterious as black gems.
The black coat he wore was unbuttoned, and the exposed white shirt vaguely outlined the outline of his chest.
He lowered his head slightly, as if thinking about something.
The burning fireplace on the back smudges the man's silhouette, as if it is coated with a warm-toned radiance.
Celica Dallaire couldn't help but stop outside the door, not daring to disturb the oil painting-like scenery.
Time passed quietly, until a breeze blew into the suite from the corridor, the fireplace flame swayed, and the light and shadow swayed.
The man in the oil painting was disturbed and looked calmly with his beautiful eyebrows furrowed.
"Lu Li..."
Celica Dallaire couldn't help but murmur in a low voice.
"What's wrong, Celica?" A low and gentle voice sounded, calling out Celica Dallaire's name at the moment, and at the same time awakening her from her drunken state.
"I went to get dinner and came back."
Celica walked into the room, put down the dinner plate, and closed the door.
The breeze was cut off from the corridor, and the fireplace flame became steady again.
"I saw there was milk in the restaurant, so I asked for some." Celica noticed Lu Li's gaze on the milk and explained.
Lu Li nodded gently and left the soft sofa: "I'm going to the first class cabin, you stay here."
"Last class?"
"Passengers don't know the dangers of traveling at night." Lu Li replied, rejecting Celica's request to follow. "After eating, ask the crew for some gauze and alcohol to treat the wound, or wait until I come back."
Holding the oil lamp, Lu Li left the first class cabin and came to the deck.
The cold sea breeze ruffled hair and clothes, and there were only a few sailors on the deck holding oil lamps and hunching their necks for inspection.
The thick darkness surrounded the cruise ship, and outside the surging darkness there was only the sound of waves and wind.
Lu Li turned into the cabin and walked along the much narrower corridor to the restaurant pointed by the sign.
The Raistlin also provides dinner for first-class passengers. It is usually mashed potatoes or fish cakes, but because it is free, most passengers will not miss it.
The cabin restaurant was crowded with diners, and people gathered around the round table and talked loudly. The aroma of food and tobacco and alcohol rose, forming smoke around the oil lamp.
It feels safer here than above.
When Lu Li stepped into the restaurant, it was like stepping into the hustle and bustle.
Lu Li avoided the diners and walked towards the center of the restaurant.
"I am an exorcist and I want to borrow this table temporarily." Lu Li said to the diners. When they stood up and gave way, he stepped on the wooden chair and used the chair to stand up to the round table, with his head almost touching the ceiling.
Looking at the diners in the restaurant, the noise became smaller and smaller, and finally became quiet.
"My name is Lu Li, the exorcist."
Lu Li calmly looked back at the people who were looking up: "This ship is hiding something: sailing at night may cause strange things."
There was a buzzing sound in the cabin restaurant. Before it spread into a commotion, Lu Li's voice sounded again: "Although the probability of weirdness is low, it is possible. Just in case, it is recommended that two people in each cabin stay awake.
and two light sources, don’t be alone and make noise.”
Lu Li then used another method to remind them how to deal with evil spirits.
For example, if you see something like a ghost claw, stamping and slapping. There are three intermittent knocks outside the cabin door, inviting beings outside the door to enter. If you hear a weird singing voice, close your eyes until the singing disappears.
Describing evil spirits in this way will not cause the sanity value to decrease, and the principle cannot be understood.
After Lu Li finished talking about all the evil spirits he knew, when the restaurant was quiet, he stepped off the wooden chair on the floor and walked out the door.
His behavior alarmed the commander of the Raistlin. The captain, surrounded by the first mate and several crew members, came to the cabin restaurant.
"You can't do this, sir, please go back to your room," the captain said to Lu Li with an ugly look on his face.
He looked around the silent restaurant, his face becoming more gloomy.
If Lu Li was not a first-class passenger, he might be facing the captain's anger instead of restraint at this moment.
"Senior Investigator Lu Li, I can do this." Lu Li showed the three-eyed black crow badge and said calmly. "Then please tell the first-class and first-class passengers about this."
The captain knows this three-eyed black crow badge. Those exorcists who are mysterious and always enter and exit dangerous places always carry it.
His tone softened, but his face was still ugly, and he lowered his voice to remind: "Sir Lu Li, the controller behind our Fourteenth Shipping Company is an earl family. By doing so, you have broken the rules and affected the business, which may cause
The earl was unhappy..."
"Does he know the dangers of traveling at night?" Lu Li asked.
Of course I know.
The captain thought, but it is impossible to say such a thing.
"Mr. Exorcist, we can go to the captain's cabin to talk." He said politely.
"No, do you have a pen?"
The captain didn't know what Lu Li wanted to do, but he still asked for a pen and parchment for Lu Li.
Lu Li wrote his signature on the parchment and handed it to the puzzled captain.
"When you get to the shore, give the note to the count and tell him that I purchased the Fourteenth Shipping Company and asked the merchant for the money. He knows who the merchant is."
Lu Li had no intention of fighting against the crew on behalf of the passengers. That would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble and waste a lot of time.
Acquisition saves time and effort.
After thinking for a while, Lu Li added: "If you think you are capable enough, you can be the chairman of the company. My request is to cancel the night routes and give all the company's profits to the businessmen. If you need money, ask them for it."
The captain lowered his head in confusion. There was nothing on the parchment except his signature. In the past, he would have thought it was a cheap and boring joke. But... what if it was true?
This exorcist seems to possess unquestionable magical powers.
With his Adam's apple squirming, the captain took the parchment with both hands.
If this being really has the ability to acquire a company, he will change from the captain of a cruise ship to the chairman of a shipping company...
"Of course... I will go find the Earl after we dock..." The captain's voice was dry.
Lu Li nodded lightly and left the restaurant without stopping.