With a heavy muffled sound, he threw a big fish almost as tall as an adult on the ground, and several smaller ugly fish were also thrown beside the big fish.
"These fish struggled really hard today. Fortunately, I am better in terms of strength," Duncan said with a proud and happy tone, while raising his hand to wipe his forehead - in fact, he didn't sweat at all, but as a man
The fisherman who came back with a bunch of big fish to show off, wiping his forehead at this time is the most basic respect for the prey, "Come and take a look, this is a specialty of the depths of the boundless sea. Although it looks a bit ugly, it actually tastes good."
Quite...why do you all have that expression?"
Duncan finally moved his eyes away from his prey and looked up to find Shirley, Morris and Agou hiding far away in the cabin. In addition to Agou's expressions, which were more difficult to understand, the expressions of Morris and Shirley
Something is obviously not right.
Only Nina ran over and greeted as usual: "Uncle Duncan!"
Then she looked curiously at the fish thrown on the floor.
It was really a fish, even though it was ugly - but it was exactly the kind Uncle Duncan had brought home.
"It's really ugly..." Nina exclaimed in surprise, "Did the fish look uglier before they were made into dried fish? And how did they become like this..."
"Why do they look like this?" Duncan couldn't help asking as he looked across the cabin at Shirley and Morris who looked like they were seeing ghosts.
"They were frightened by the movements you made when you were catching fish, uncle," Nina replied immediately, and then she seemed to think about it for a moment, with a slightly embarrassed expression on her face, "Actually, I was also shocked... You caught
There is really quite a lot of movement during the fish season..."
"Did I make a lot of noise catching fish?" Duncan frowned in confusion, as if he vaguely noticed something, and looked up at Morris sitting far away, "Did something happen just now?"
Only then did Morris cautiously get up from the chair, and then cautiously came to the ugly strange fish. He lowered his head and looked at it again and again. After confirming that these things had really turned into fish, he hesitantly said: "Duncan
Sir, do you... have a very bad relationship with the children of the deep sea? So much so that you want to twist them into this appearance..."
Duncan was stunned for a moment, and finally realized what was going on with this sense of dissonance from beginning to end. He slowly turned his head to look at Nina, and said thoughtfully: "...In your opinion, I am caught.
Isn’t it a fish?”
"Yes now, but not just now," Nina stuck out her tongue and replied in a low voice, "Just now we saw you fighting with a very huge thing, it was... like this..."
Nina stretched out her hands vigorously, trying to picture the huge sea beast that could never appear in human reason, and then described the scene on the deck that she had just seen, and during the process of her description,
Duncan's expression became a little serious, and then he fell into thinking again.
"That's almost it," Nina finally finished. She turned to look at the strange fish again, with a tone of disbelief in her voice, "But we didn't expect that thing to actually turn into... a fish."
Duncan fell into silence for a while. After a long time, he whispered thoughtfully: "That sounds like a very huge octopus..."
Shirley, who had been hiding aside and not interrupting, finally had the courage to come over. Hearing this, she couldn't help but be curious: "Octopus? What is that?"
"It's actually edible," Duncan explained. "It looks scary, but it tastes good."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions on Shirley and Morris's faces became wonderful again.
Duncan didn't care about their reactions at the moment. He just looked at his hunt and fell into deep thought.
It turns out that the "fish" I caught... wasn't actually a fish at first.
The children of the deep sea, the terrifying "monsters" in the boundless sea, the sea monsters that frightened captains and sailors - they turned into fish after they were "fished" by themselves.
Why did this change occur?
Duncan felt surprised and confused at first, but in the end, these surprises and confusion merged into a more fundamental question:
Can this fish still be eaten?
Duncan was a little confused for a moment, but after struggling for a few seconds, he came up with the answer - it's not like he had never eaten them before. Apart from being a bit ugly, these fish still tasted good.
This is the boundless sea, and there are countless weird things in the boundless sea. Compared with the truly indescribable horrors, what's the fuss about the monsters of the deep sea turning into ugly fish after they come ashore? Although the "Sirs of the Deep Sea" are a few
This word sounds quite bluffing, but if you think about it more broadly, aren't the descendants of the deep sea just a kind of sea monster? Looking at human civilization, how many things that were once regarded as terrifying behemoths were finally put on the table?
Duncan believes that the essence of this whole thing is that one ingredient turned into another ingredient on the Lost Home...
The words "Anyway, I've eaten it" dispelled all the doubts and entanglements in Duncan's mind. He decided not to worry about it and just regarded it as revealing the secret behind the delicious taste of the ingredients. If he was really worried, he could turn around and ask Alice.
Cook a little longer.
Shirley and Morris just watched as the expression on Duncan's face became happy again, and they heard the other party's arrangement: "I don't want to think so much anymore, I will send these fish to the kitchen first."
Shirley couldn't care less about caution at this time: "Do you really want to eat it?!"
"It's not like you haven't eaten before," Duncan glanced at the girl with a strange expression, "Didn't you eat delicious food last time?"
Shirley: "..."
Regardless of the mentality of the several visitors, this special dinner on the Lost Home was finally served to the table.
For Duncan, today is destined to be a special day.
After being deserted for so long, the Lost Home finally ushered in what could be considered a "lively" day. In the cabin located in the middle of the deck, the long-closed dining room was reactivated, and the bright whale oil lamp dispersed the excitement in the cabin.
It was dim, and the long table had been wiped to shine, and on it was the most sumptuous meal that could be provided on this ship today——
Freshly baked bread, vegetable soup, pea stew, jam and mashed potatoes, two light wines and one strong wine, and fish.
And, of course, Aye's chips and ketchup.
Duncan sat at one end of the long table, Nina sat next to him, and on the other side was Alice who came to join in the numbers. On both sides of the long table were Shirley, Agou, Morris and Ay.
To be fair, compared with this huge restaurant and long table, the few people in front of you can't actually be called "lively", and strictly speaking, except for Maurice, there isn't even a real "ordinary human being" here.
But even so, this will be the most atmospheric meal Duncan has had since he came to this ship.
After all, he usually eats next to either a goat head or Alice, and there are only two human eaters on the entire ship. Finally, he has Ai, and the only diet is French fries...
For the "visitors" who boarded the ship today, it seems that this will be the most incredible and impressive meal in their lives.
Morris looked at the dinner plate in front of him. The grilled fish cut up by Alice herself was placed in the middle. After cooking and processing, it was no longer possible to see any weird and terrifying elements in the flesh and blood of this heir - it was just like
Real food tastes just like it, and even has an alluring aroma.
Sitting on the Lost Home, living with the shadows of the subspace, eating the flesh and blood of the children of the deep sea.
Morris even couldn't help but want to recite the holy name of Lachem, the god of wisdom in a low voice - but he was afraid that the god would really bless him and make him accidentally see things he shouldn't.
The atmosphere around the table seemed a bit reserved, and Duncan also noticed this, so he was the first to raise a glass: "First of all, welcome everyone again - although the process was a bit unexpected, you are now all members of the Lost Home."
, let’s use this glass of wine as a welcoming ceremony.”
The entanglement and tension in his heart quickly gave way, and Morris hurriedly raised his glass and stood up, followed closely by Shirley and the imitative Nina - but Duncan quickly glanced at the two girls: "You two can just drink juice.
."
"I'm almost an adult!" Shirley said subconsciously.
"I... I'll just sip a little," Nina whispered, "Fruit wine is fine too..."
"...Then you two are only allowed to drink a little," Duncan said with a serious face, "I will let Alice keep an eye on it."
"Hey! Ok uncle/Okay Mr. Duncan!"
Morris looked at the exchanges between Shirley, Nina and Duncan with a little surprise. This seemingly down-to-earth scene suddenly made his tense nerves relax a little.
It wasn't just Morris's nerves that relaxed a bit.
When Nina happily took a sip of the fruit wine but still choked and coughed repeatedly, the atmosphere in the entire restaurant seemed to relax.
Duncan feels that now he can talk about his next thoughts and arrangements.
"After dinner, I will arrange for Ai to take you back to the city-state," he looked around the dining table and said in a relaxed and calm tone, "Mr. Morris, you can go home directly, Shirley, Agou
And Nina, you can go back to the antique store."
Nina was recovering from the cough caused by a mouthful of fruit wine. When she heard Duncan's words, she suddenly thought of something: "Ahem...Uncle...Ahem, then you..."
"Of course I will wait for you over there," Duncan laughed, and his eyes fell on Shirley, "In fact, it has always been like this - I am both here and in the city."
"Um..." Shirley was in a daze, and she blinked suddenly after being stunned for a few seconds, "I thought... that after solving the Purande matter, you would no longer pay attention to that city-state, so...
As the story goes, the captain went on an adventure..."
"Of course the captain will continue to embark on adventures, and the Lost Home is still sailing in the boundless sea," Duncan looked at Shirley with a half-smile, "but the captain is still paying attention to the civilized world, and the crew of the Lost Home... you will
Return to the land life you are familiar with, but do not rule out boarding the ship again when circumstances require."
"...We still have to come back?!" Shirley was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.