At the same time (?), at six o'clock in the morning, in a certain room of the Cairo Grand Hotel.
"Hmm..." Elaine opened his eyes slightly, his hangover making his head hurt a little.
But my body felt inexplicably comfortable, as if the long-standing stress had been released all at once.
"Huh?" He felt a little bad. He immediately got up and lifted the quilt and took a look below. Fortunately, nothing happened.
But he himself fell asleep on the soft bed wearing only a pair of underwear. He looked around and found that this was his (and Bediwell's) room in the Cairo Hotel. Then he remembered that he had been stuffed last night.
The two Felseglade brothers were dragged to sing karaoke. It seemed that they drank beer by mistake and started to get drunk. He didn't remember what happened after that. He must have been sent back to the hotel by someone present after he was drunk.
He glanced around and saw Queeg, the clouded leopard man, sleeping soundly on another bed. The cloud-patterned leopard's sleep state could be said to be very poor. The quilt on his upper body was lifted, and one leg was exposed on his lower body. That
The guy wore his glasses to sleep and didn't even know he took them off before going to bed.
So it was Queeg who sent Elaine back to the hotel. The White Lion boy scratched his head. But why was his clothes stripped off? Why was Queeg stripped off too? Then he felt a bathing sensation floating around him.
There was a slight fragrance of dew, and the same smell came from Queeg.
Elaine suddenly thought of something, so a chill ran down his spine, and he excitedly rushed over and slapped Queeg twice to wake him up: "Get up, get up! Get up quickly!!"
"Hmm? Good morning...?" Queeg opened his eyes lazily.
"You, what did you do last night? What did you do to me?!" Elaine blushed and said angrily.
"What...?" Queeg was still half asleep. He thought for a long time before replying: "You were drunk, so you sent me back."
"Of course, what happens next?!"
"You vomited and vomited all over us... we can only give you a bath." Queeg asked: "Not good...?"
"Of course, what happens next?"
"Then I dried myself off...and sent you to bed." Quigg continued, "Then I was tired and went to sleep."
Elaine frowned: "Is this really the only thing?"
"Really, that's the only thing." Leopard replied: "What else?"
Elaine's face turned redder and she failed to answer Queeg's rhetorical question: "No, it's nothing..."
Leopard tilted his head, with an innocent look on his face: "I didn't touch you. Last time I wanted to, you hated it, so I didn't touch you. I just helped you take a bath."
"……real?"
"real."
Only then did Elaine let go of her hand holding Queeg's neck.
"But why, why do you bear fruit...Why, you bear fruit..."
"I couldn't find any replacement clothes." Queeg said in confusion: "Yesterday's clothes were all dirty. They were washed but not dried yet."
Elaine did notice the clothes hanging near the air-conditioning outlet at this time. If he got drunk and vomited all over himself and Queeg, those clothes did have to be washed. He remembered that his change of clothes should be left in the hotel room.
Yes, but those were the clothes worn by Elaine the White Bear. They would definitely not fit the current White Lion boy. Not even Queeg could wear them in that size.
"Do you want to wash your underpants?" Queeg asked again, "I didn't wash them last night. But they are very dirty."
Elaine blushed: "No, no need!"
"But that one came out, it's so dirty."
"That, that?" The white lion boy's face turned pale.
"You were drunk last night, and I carried you on my back. You called Leo in your dream, and then you kissed me... and then..."
"Ah ah ah no, don't say it!" Elaine interrupted hastily, and then glanced down: "But no, I don't feel dirty..."
"When I washed it for you, I wiped it with a paper towel." Leopard said again, "It's dry now, but it's dirty."
Elaine longed to find a hole in the ground and crawl into it.
"The clothes are almost dry," Quigg pointed to the air-conditioning outlet: "Wash it now, or wait and change it after returning to the ship?"
"Back to the ship and change..." Elaine replied weakly. The hangover was already enough to make him uncomfortable, but with such a stimulus, he felt as if he was about to have a stroke.
"The ferry tickets have been booked." Queeg added, "Two tickets. Twelve o'clock at noon."
"Ferry ticket? What kind of ship? Ferry ticket?"
"A ship to Greenland." The Leopard Man young man replied: "To Atlantis, right?"
After hearing Queeg's answer, Elaine showed an extremely surprised expression: "How, how do you know...! Why, why...!"
"Atlantis, listen to what Sefer said." Queeg pushed up the frame of his glasses with his hand.
Yes, the people on board the Dawn knew to some extent that Elaine was going to Atlantis to save his father. If Queeg asked around, he should know that Elaine planned to go to Atlantis next. But -
—
"But how do you know it's in Greenland?" This is the biggest question. Elaine has never mentioned to anyone the location of the lost city of Atlantis!
"Huh?" Quigg tilted his head: "I've been there. I know, in Greenland."
"You, have you been there?"
"Four thousand years ago, the dragon-slaying war." The young leopard man nodded and replied nonchalantly: "The human army used that as a fortress."
"You must..." Elaine originally wanted to say [You must be joking with me], but he stopped mid-sentence because he knew from Queeg's eyes that the other party was serious.
This doesn't seem to be a strange thing. The Neptune clan that originally controlled Atlantis has long since disappeared, and may have become extinct. In order to deal with the dragon clan, the human army at that time would use all available resources to destroy Atlantis.
It is absolutely normal for Sri Lanka to be used as a fortress.
Queeg has actually been to the lost city of Atlantis! And it is very likely that he knows the inner structure of that city full of deadly traps!
No, how could a soldier like Queeg know the internal structure of Atlantis? Elaine felt that she was too naive. The human army at that time probably only used the outside of the city as a fortress to stay, and it was impossible to enter Atlantis, which was full of mechanisms.
Inside Lantis. It is not a creation of humans. Humans will never be able to fully control the remains of the Sea Royal Family.
…Wait. Two ferry tickets?
"Do you want to come with me?"
The young leopard man nodded silently.
"Why, why?"
"Repay you." Queeg replied: "You saved Tugg. So I help you."
"You will, you will die. Absolutely." Elaine said quietly: "You don't know how terrible that dead city is."
Even Elaine, who had strong self-healing ability, was dismembered dozens of times and almost died. A "little fresh meat" like Queeg might not survive ten minutes in Atlantis.
——This stupid leopard will die, absolutely.
However, Elaine didn't think about stopping Queeg. For a moment, he even wished that Queeg would die in Atlantis. Because Queeg, the nosy leopard, was so annoying. Of course, the next moment, Elaine
I feel ashamed that I ever had such vicious thoughts in my mind.
But he still didn't stop Queeg from going to Atlantis.
Maybe he was just too lonely and wanted someone to accompany him; or maybe he was afraid in his heart, knowing that he could not complete this task alone, and hoped that someone could help him. In short, Elaine could not say anything to reject Queeg's companions.
.
No. It can’t be said that they were companions. Elaine didn’t ask Queeg for help. It was just that the fool wanted to follow him. Queeg himself was going to die, and Elaine had no obligation to stop him.
After returning to the Dawn, Elaine went to take a shower as soon as possible, as if he was still dirty. He couldn't bear the thought that Queeg had given him a shower after he was drunk last night.
"This, dye." Queeg approached Elaine's room door and brought something.
"Dye, dye?"
"You don't want white clothes, do you?" Quigg said.
Elaine then remembered that when he asked Eve for clothes before, he did say that he wanted the clothes to be dyed dark. The cotton-like clothes made by Dawn using air and water were completely white, and the color could not be concealed.
Live bloodstains.
Elaine had expected that he would be seriously injured or even close to death again and again in the process of conquering Atlantis, and he would be covered in blood. Although it was not a big problem to have blood stains on his clothes. But Elaine was covered in blood.
Seeing his dejected appearance would probably further demoralize him. That's why he wanted to dye his clothes dark to cover up the color of the blood.
"Give it to Eve?" Elaine asked. Unexpectedly, Eve would spend a whole night and waste a lot of electricity to synthesize this dye for him.
"No, I bought it," Queeg said.
"……you?"
The leopard nodded. So Queeg had heard Elaine's request to Eve before. When was it?
"You stole and eavesdropped on me?" The white lion boy was a little unhappy.
Quigg shook his head again: "I overheard. Sorry?"
Queeg's room was right next to Elaine's room, and since the door to Elaine's room was indeed open at the time, it was not impossible that Queeg overheard the conversation between Elaine and Eve when he passed by.
"Forget it, forget it." Elaine covered his head. Troubled by his hangover, he was too lazy to delve into these little things.
"Let's go to the dock?" Queeg asked again.
"Yes, it's a bit early." Elaine looked at the alarm clock beside the bed.
"People need to evacuate," the Leopard Man youth said again, "They are leaving on a warship. The dock is very chaotic. It's better to go early."
The White Lion boy also remembered this. The people in Cairo should have been evacuated since last night, first the rich, then the middle class, and finally the poor. Even the poor were given the opportunity to board warships to be evacuated, and Elaine was.
Unexpectedly, maybe Egypt was not as bad as he thought.
At this time, the government should still be busy evacuating middle-class citizens, and the docks are probably crowded with people. Later, when it is the turn of the poor at the bottom of society to evacuate, those poor people with little education should be rushing to the ground.
Ship, the scene will be very chaotic. Although Elaine and Queeg are not going to board a warship but another passenger ship, they will also be affected by the chaos at the dock.
"Okay. Let's go, let's go." Although Elaine had just taken a shower and the hair on his body had not dried yet. Although the hangover made him uncomfortable, he could go to the cabin of the passenger ship and catch up on some sleep later. For now.
That's all it can do.
"Wait a minute, are you really planning to leave?" It seems that he heard that Elaine was leaving. Lawrence, the first mate of the Dawn, rushed over to stop him: "Little Elaine, don't leave yet! Why can't you wait until the boss comes back?"
Let’s go? The boss will definitely help you!”
The white lion boy shook his head: "I can't be more numb, I'm sorry to bother you."
Even if Bediwell handles the matter on the [Storm] side, it is impossible to help Elaine. They still have their round table trial to complete. Bediwell has no obligation or reason to risk his life to help.
Elaine.
As a result, everyone in the world is lonely. You are born alone, and you will probably die alone. It is purely extravagant to rely on the help of others to fulfill your wishes. The only one who can help you is yourself. Elaine has already
Gradually I saw through it all.
"It's useless to persuade you..." Lawrence sighed: "Why are none of you willing to listen to advice? Are all the people on board the Dawn such a bad-tempered person?"
"Yes, I'm sorry." Elaine also sighed.
"Queg," the magician then turned to the cloud-patterned leopard and said, "In that case, I ask you to take good care of Elaine. Don't let him do dangerous things...at least don't let him lose his life."
Before the boss comes to help, you have to save his life, okay?"
"Yeah." Queeg nodded.
"Bye, bye." Elaine no longer wanted to listen to Lawrence's ramblings. She simply went to see each other, picked up her luggage and walked out of the room. Queeg also picked up his luggage and left with Elaine.
"Two little idiots running into danger...it's really worrying." Lawrence groaned.