Lucretia was stunned for a moment after hearing this question, and then quickly recalled with a frown: "It should have been last month, I encountered the Firebringer's ship in the border waters... After that
I have never seen the church’s patrol formation. But this may also be related to the fact that I have not been close to the border frequently recently.”
"That's not the case, Ms. Lucretia," Sarah Meyer shook her head, "It's not because you haven't gone to the border recently, but because the Four Gods Church has indeed deployed a large number of people who were originally responsible for patrolling the border to do other tasks.
things—reduced by about half.”
"Reduced border patrols?" Lucretia was surprised. "What are they doing?"
"I don't know. The Pilgrimage Ark has its own secrets, just like every city-state. They will not report to me the whereabouts of those ships and personnel," Sarah Meyer said. "But as far as the information I have, those who have been transferred
The force has not been replenished to the 'Internal Route', but still stays at certain points on the border. Do you understand what I mean? They just no longer perform patrol missions, but gather at some special locations near the Eternal Veil.
He stood up, as if waiting for further orders, or...preparing to deal with some bigger trouble."
The city-state governor paused for a moment when he said this, then looked into Lucretia's eyes and said in a particularly solemn tone: "This kind of thing has never happened before."
"...When an elf says something has 'never happened before', it often means that something is very serious," Lucretia couldn't help but talk about this old saying that is well known among explorers,
"I think I understand what you mean."
"Yes, ma'am - there is something wrong with our world. The Homeless Ship has issued a warning to the whole world. An 'ordinary person' like me can also detect the 'atmosphere' in which the crisis is gradual and things are gradually starting to go wrong. Then
It is impossible that the Four Gods Church, which has been observing for thousands of years and protecting the entire world, has not noticed something, and of course they have already started to take action."
Sarah Meyer said, raising her hand and pointing to the letter with the symbol of the Four Gods Church.
"This letter links their recent unusual 'mobilization' with the warning from the Lost Home. I think... the leaders of the Pilgrimage Ark should have discovered or confirmed what your father mentioned in the warning.
The 'root' of something, and they discovered that the problem was bigger than anyone thought.
"In the face of this 'big problem', it is no longer important to be vigilant about the Lost Home. Even if the ship is still connected to the subspace, and there is even a possibility of falling into the subspace again, they can't care about it——
As long as your father is still on the side of 'mortals'."
After the consul finished speaking, Lucretia did not speak for a long time. She lowered her head and read the letter again, seemingly still lost in thought.
After an unknown amount of time, Sarah Meyer broke the silence: "Then can I ask now? Ms. Lucretia, your father, the legendary Captain Duncan... what is he doing now? What's next?
What do you want to do again?”
He is taking care of the child, and next he is going to take the two girls to the city to find something that normal humans can eat...
Lucretia had some unreliable associations in her mind for a moment, but she quickly put these thoughts aside and made her expression serious again: "He was very interested in the 'falling object' I found.
Interested, although he doesn't know why, but he seems to... know the origin of the 'stone ball' in the center of the falling object, and he mainly came here for it this time."
"Does he know the origin of that 'stone ball'?" Sarah Mel suddenly looked surprised.
"Yes, he called that sphere 'the moon', and according to him, the original... or 'normal' volume of that sphere should be very, very huge," Lucretia nodded.
"And he also curiously asked about the physical properties of the 'moon' and the composition of the surface samples."
"The Moon..." Sarah Meyer frowned a little, but after thinking for a long time, he still shook his head, "I have never heard of this name."
"Neither do I. My father said that no one in the world should know this name," Lucretia said. "When he said this, he seemed to be in a... not very good mood."
Sarah Meyer didn't speak for a while. After thinking for a moment, he broke the silence: "The Outpost Research Team recently collected some samples from the surface of that 'stone ball' and is currently analyzing it. Since your father is very interested in this matter,
If you are interested, I will ask them to share information with you at any time, and I will explain the situation to the person in charge of each facility in advance. If your father wants to 'see' certain research results with his own eyes, that is OK."
Lucretia raised her eyebrows: "Aren't you worried about causing panic?"
"You brought him swaggering into the city," Sarah Meyer spread her hands helplessly, "Do you know how many people in this city know his face?"
"But as long as there is no publicity, I guess many people would rather believe that it is just a similar-looking face - a person who looks exactly like Captain Duncan. It is more reasonable than Space Shadow to visit the city for sightseeing."
"Looking exactly the same is scary enough, ma'am," Sarah Meyer smiled wryly. "Do you know that since your father...since then, the captains of the Infinite Sea don't even have beards?"
"Then it's none of my business. It's not my father who shaved them."
Sarah Mel was choked for a moment, stared for a long time before waving her hands: "Okay, let's not talk about this - Madam, I want to know the most real situation, what is the state of your father... now?"
?”
It can be seen that the consul tried his best to make his question less rude, but he also knew that asking such a question in front of the "Sea Witch" was a bit offensive no matter what - he
I can only ask this bravely.
Fortunately, Lucretia did not show any dissatisfaction.
"As I learned before, he did lose a lot of memory. The subspace once destroyed his sanity and personality. The current Duncan Abnomar... is actually strictly speaking a completely 'reorganized' person.
"I'm dead," the "witch" had a complicated expression, but she still didn't hide what she knew. "I can still find some shadows of the past in him, as well as a familiar aura and majesty, and he also left a mark on me.
I have a vague impression, but that’s all.”
She paused, thinking about her words briefly, and then continued: "If you ask me how I feel, I feel like there is something else hidden inside him - don't be too nervous, Sarah Meir, I mean
It's not subspace, but something... not dangerous, but something I've never seen before. It seems to be other personalities, and it seems like many personalities and information are superimposed..."
"I don't understand the meaning of this sentence," Sarah Meyer frowned, "Can you say it more plainly?"
Lucretia thought for a moment, then showed great patience and explained: "This time, when I just saw him, I briefly heard countless noises, and saw the undulating light and shadow. That should be
Mild symptoms of mental pollution, but this pollution subsided very quickly and did not leave any impact on me. And in this pollution, I caught a glimpse of countless dots of glow escaping from behind him, which looked like
...It looks very much like the 'starry sky' floating between the deep sea and the spiritual world.
"At the beginning, before I saw those 'starlights', my feeling towards my father was a huge 'nihility'. I looked at his body standing there, but could not find the feeling of his actual existence, but as time went by
With the appearance of those noises and lights, my perception of him stabilized, and I was finally able to communicate normally with him...or, strictly speaking, with that body."
Sarah Meyer's expression became extremely serious: "How long did this process last?"
"In an instant," Lucretia said seriously, "and it happened at the edge of reason and perception - I suspect that most people will not be able to detect this process, and those who can detect it due to their high spiritual vision can also
All your attention will be attracted by those starlights, so that you will not realize the instant feeling of 'nothingness' in that body."
Sarah Meyer was silent for half a minute, and then spoke thoughtfully: "It sounds like your attention is always on your 'father', and you are able to detect this short 'process'... Lucret
Ms. Thea, these descriptions make me a little uneasy, they make me feel as if..."
"I know what you want to say - you may think that the short-lived 'starlight' is the 'reality' of Duncan Abnomal today, and the 'captain returning from subspace' is just a part of this starlight simulation.
Like the tentacles of a sea monster poking out of the sea to lure sailors."
Sarah Meier frowned: “Isn’t that so?”
Lucretia just shook her head slightly.
"I have my own judgment, Mr. Archon. I know that it is him. Although now he has shown some disturbing 'characters', and even the way of existence has become incomprehensible and indescribable, but the starlight
It's him, at least part of it."
Sarah Mel listened quietly, and then spoke solemnly for a long time: "This sounds emotional, madam, but I know you are not an emotional person - so I can only hope that your judgment is correct.
At least I hope it comes from your always accurate 'intuition' rather than out of longing."
"You can trust my judgment," Lucretia said solemnly, pointing to the letter on the table, "or at least trust the 'Four Gods Witnesses'."