On the front deck of the Brilliant Star, Shirley held on to the guardrail at the edge of the ship, looking excitedly at the coastline that was gradually becoming clearer on the sea level in the distance, and shouted happily: "Oh oh oh! I saw the port.
!You can already see the port!”
"Don't get too excited and fall off," Ah Gou's voice came from the side, "And don't patronize Shale. Don't forget to promise the captain before you go out, even if you go out to play..."
Shirley started waving her hands before she finished listening: "Oh, I know, I know, oh, Agou, you are so nagging, why are you acting like an old woman..."
The Deep Hound lying on the deck next to him suddenly became dissatisfied and started a new round of nagging, while Lucretia, who was standing not far away, looked at the movements on the deck with somewhat complicated and subtle eyes.
I don’t know what I was thinking during the flash.
Nina stood next to Lucretia. She looked nervously at this "sea witch" who had an elegant and mysterious temperament, beautiful appearance but an unsettling sense of indifference and alienation, and whispered:
"You don't think Shirley is too noisy, do you? She's always been like this..."
"No," Lucretia turned her face slightly and said calmly, "This ship is always very noisy, and my dolls will make more noise than this."
"Oh..." Nina said oh, and then smiled a little shyly, "Um...thank you for letting us take this ship."
"Father asked me to send you to Qingfeng Port, and I will naturally do it," Lucretia said. She glanced at Nina, as if she was a little uncomfortable dealing with strangers, but this discomfort and embarrassment
In the eyes of others, it would always look cold and arrogant, so she tried hard to adjust her expression to look gentler, "I remember your name is Nina, right?"
"Yeah." Nina nodded immediately, with a bright smile on her face.
"...You called my father 'Uncle Duncan'," Lucretia seemed to have a hint of curiosity in her expression, "Aren't you...scared?"
"Don't be afraid, Uncle Duncan is very nice," Nina said with a smile, then she paused, her bright smile narrowed into a gentle smile, she looked into the eyes of the "witch" lady in front of her, "I know
You don’t have to worry about what happened...but I think it’s good now.”
"...That's good." Lucretia looked at Nina silently for a while and nodded lightly.
But then, she heard the girl named Nina next to her ask another question out of curiosity: "Miss Lucretia, you... don't have a good relationship with Uncle Duncan?"
"Why do you ask?"
"I heard someone say that. They said that the Brilliant Star broke up with the Lost Home a century ago, and when Uncle Duncan brought us here just now, I saw that you were always avoiding his eyes intentionally or unintentionally,"
Nina said, her voice gradually weakened, "I'm sorry, did I say something wrong? It seems not polite..."
"We did take different paths," Lucretia didn't care and just shook her head, "But that is in the past. As for now, the relationship between my father and I may not be used well or well.
It's hard to describe, I think... we just haven't seen each other for too long."
Nina blinked her eyes and listened. She seemed to feel the subtle regret and sentimentality in Miss "Witch"'s tone. She hesitated for a moment: "You are different from what I imagined at first... I was quite nervous before I actually met you.
of."
"People in the world will make wild guesses about things they don't understand, and they never take responsibility for their guesses," Lucretia smiled, "Besides, you don't need to use honorifics when you call me, Nina, you
You can just call me by my name."
Nina was stunned for a moment: "But you..."
"My father is your 'Uncle Duncan'," Lucretia looked at Nina, her smile finally had some real warmth, "Under this premise, you still use honorifics to address me, I feel very uncomfortable.
awkward."
Nina thought for a while and nodded: "Oh, it seems so..."
The corners of Lucretia's mouth curled up. She looked at the girl in front of her who was essentially a fragment of the sun, but her words and deeds were just like an ordinary girl. Then she turned to look at the girl not far away who was lying on the edge of the ship's side, looking forward to entering.
"Demon Summoner" played in the city.
At the same time, the Morris University scholar was currently in the cabin, reminiscing with Taran El, whom he had not seen for decades. The two seemed to be planning to visit the city-state university in Qingfeng Port.
The "Exiled Judge" named Vanna was in the middle of the deck, curiously visiting the ship's unique "spiritual structure" under the leadership of Rabbit Rabbit.
As for the living doll named "Alice", she must still be with her father at this time - as soon as her father got on the boat, he said he would introduce her to Luni, and then took her away.
They are the father's new "followers" - when countless smart people in the world are trying their best to guess the purpose of the lost fleet after reorganization, these people are almost like they are on vacation.
In a sense, these people are indeed very powerful, each possessing unique skills, and they are definitely worthy of a place in the Lost Home Fleet, but looking at it from another angle...
But they were completely different from what Lucretia had imagined at first.
This is not a group of "subspace dependents" that are scary and depressing. On the contrary, they are very interesting and very easy to get along with. My father gathered these people together... It seems that it is not because of any deep and long-term plan.
It was just a coincidence that we gathered these traveling companions.
"After we dock, I will arrange a place for you to stay," Lucretia calmed down her wandering thoughts, "I have several strongholds in Qingfeng Port, which are pretty clean. You go into the city.
Do you have any goals in the future? I can recommend it to you."
"Recommended?" Nina's eyes immediately lit up when she heard this, "Then... do you know where the best food is in Qingfeng Port? I heard that this city-state has the most variety of food in the entire Infinite Sea. I am
Came here for this!”
Lucretia's expression became subtle for a moment: "...the 'food' of Qingfeng Port?"
Nina nodded vigorously: "Yes!"
"...Didn't my father explain the elves' food culture to you in detail?"
"No," Nina said with a blank expression, seeming to be vaguely aware of the subtlety in the other person's tone, "Um, did I make a mistake?"
"...It's not wrong. You need to experience it yourself to understand," Lucretia thought for a while and said with a serious face, "I will take you to the Crown District later."
Nina looked forward to it: "How delicious is it over there?"
"...It's close to the hospital."
Nina: "...?"
At the same time, in the crew rest area of the Brilliant Star, Duncan found a place to sit down and watched the scene not far away with interest while resting.
There were two dolls standing there, both looking a little dazed.
Alice curiously looked at the strange "person" opposite her who looked more "humanoid" than herself. After thinking for a long time, she suddenly turned her head: "Captain! How do you make friends with strangers?"
"Introduce yourself first," Duncan took out a few French fries from nowhere and threw them to Ai who was strolling on the small table next to him, "start with your name."
"Oh," Alice nodded, turning to look at Luni who was standing opposite her, "Hello, my name is Alice, also called Anomaly 099."
"Hello, I'm Rune," the clockwork doll standing opposite Alice also bent down and introduced herself with extra courtesy, "I am the servant of Mistress Lucretia, and you are the old master's.
Servant?"
"I'm not, I'm the captain's puppet! I'm responsible for cooking and cleaning on the ship!"
Lu Ni tilted her head, and there was a slight sound of gears grinding from a certain part of her body.
Alice continued to look at the new friend in front of her curiously: "You don't have a thread on your head!"
"Thread? What's that?"
"It's something that everyone has. It floats out of the body. The captain said that only I can see it," Alice gestured. "He said that it might be the 'soul thread', but I can't understand it either."
What do you mean, anyway, as soon as I catch him, the person will stop moving..."
"It's hard to understand what you said," Luni said in a dull tone, "I am a doll, I have no soul... but I have a clockwork."
As he spoke, the clockwork doll turned around and showed Alice the big bow-like clockwork handle on her lower back.
"Hey, I have a clockwork, too!" Alice suddenly became happy and turned around to show it to her new friend, "Did you see this location? There is also a clockwork hole under the clothes, but I can't reach it myself.
, so the key to the clockwork is in the captain’s hand..."
"Interesting, we have similarities," Luni heard the sound of a series of gears turning happily in her body, and she seemed to be happy, "This is the first time I have seen a being similar to myself. Both the mistress and the old master said you
You can be friends with me, it seems they are right."
"Right? The captain is awesome!" Alice said happily, "And you see, our joints seem to be similar, although your arms are harder than mine..."
Lu Ni lowered her head and observed her arm: "Yes, we have similar joint structures."
Alice became even happier immediately, and then she reached out and held her head: "By the way, can your head be pulled off? Mine can be! Look -"
"Boer-" With a sound, Alice pulled out her own head in front of Lu Ni, and held it up with both hands to show off: "You, you, look, look, you can pull it out, pull it out..."
Lu Ni was surprised to see such a powerful move by her new friend in front of her, and she also held her head with her hands and pulled it down.