Lorenzo was wrapped in his coat and standing on the deck of the Dawn Advance. 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.
"Since everything is almost done, let's set off quickly."
Lorenzo was full of energy and did not feel tired at all. Hebold standing next to him had a different look. His standing 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 Heibald still hadn't recovered. His consciousness was hazy. Even the cold wind from 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.
"Currently 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 the thick waves and ice floes, and advanced behind the gray sea fog. This time behind it
Only one cargo ship was followed, and after the remaining two cargo ships unloaded their cargo in Velenert, they returned to Inverg on their own.
Now this is the last 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. According to Lorenzo's prediction, after finding Floki in Lingbing Bay, they would be separated from Seliu, and she would follow them.
The cargo ship returned to Erweg, while the Dawn Advance continued northward, deep into the Sea of Silence.
He was a little troubled, having 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 leave", 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 ways...
"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 his body constantly, as if he had been electrocuted.
"have no idea."
Heibald walked over slowly and sat next to Seliu. He felt 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 looked at each other.
As Seleu watched, Lorenzo's expression began to distort, as if hands were rubbing his face together, sweeping Seleu up and down.
No... this little girl is also the kind with full mobility. She might sneak back with her. 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 kidnapped a duke before? By the way, how much is the ransom? There is a saying, kidnapping a duke is a glorious achievement in Mr. Holmes' 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 stumble 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 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 Silent Sea, 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, 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 exploring myths, we are creating 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?"
Shrike had read similar stories. When a man fulfilled all his wishes, he almost died.
"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 very much, maybe I've even forgotten about it."
In the past few days, his memory seemed to be soaked with alcohol, strange and bizarre, like a nightmare that overlapped 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?"
Highborder and Seleu had a casual chat. 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 rescue 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?"
Seliu asked, everyone was busy, only the two of them were sitting here, passing the boring time.
"Let's talk about it. Anyway, it's just idle time."
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 Haybold.
"This was a good time. Although it was much harder, both of them experienced real life. They cherish this time very much."
"Then what?"
"Then the girl was caught. Her family found her and locked her 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 but laugh when she thought of the prototype of the story, which made her unable to finish the book normally. The more she read, the more she became more and more amused.
"Oh? Do you want a hero to save the beauty?"
Haybold raised his spirits, heroes saved beauties, and strong men descended 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 being together for so long, she knew the boy's character very well. He would not come, he would hide in the shadows and just watch her leave."
Seliu changed his voice and revealed 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, but unfortunately she didn't do it until the end..."
"No, no, no, this isn't quite right, is it?"
Hebold felt like he had been tricked. He had been looking forward to this ending for so long.
"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 someone like Lorenzo would actually like him. Is there anything wrong with your mind?"
Seabold's words caught Seleu by surprise, and Seleu lost control of his expression and was in a panic.
"me……"
"You can tell from the eyes that a girl looked at me like this before. It's a pity that I was a fool 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, Hebold blocked her back again.
"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 nature. 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...you think if I drink some more wine, can I forget this?"
Haybold tried to forget this bad memory with alcohol, but at this moment, the sound of joyful footsteps sounded.
"Hybold!"
With a familiar roar and an annoying ending, Lorenzo leapt up and landed next to Heibald.
"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 wake up.
"I just remembered that Florund's Potion can 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 Hebold 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 the Florund potion.
"No...I'm thinking."
Haybold said self-defeatingly.
"Do you think God Odin would like to read knight novels?"