Deep Sea Embers

Tirian had to take great pains to explain to his sister the strange changes that had happened to "father"—and the bizarre things he had done in Prand.

"...I can feel that he is no longer the frenzied and chaotic shell of the subspace half a century ago. There seems to be 'humanity' and 'reason' in that body, but it feels very strange to me." Strange... I'm not sure what's in his body," Tirian said slowly, frowning, "He seems to know me, but apart from this 'knowledge', I'm not sure how much he still knows. The father we are familiar with, he...has changed a lot."

The dark-haired woman on the other side of the crystal ball was silent for a few seconds, and said, "But it sounds better than the situation half a century ago at least."

"...It can be said that way," Tirian said in a deep voice, "half a century ago, I stood on the bow of the Seamist and looked at that figure, wishing it wasn't him, but now I meet him again, but I am just confused So whether it was him or not... In any case, the Lost Country did not bring about such a huge disaster this time as in the past."

Lucrezia didn't respond, but suddenly mentioned something after thinking for a while: "Remember what I told you last time? Luni broke down suddenly, and then said that the 'old master' was looking for me...Look now Come on, our father seems to be planning something."

"What will he plan?" Tirian frowned. "Continue his last unfinished expedition that year? Recall the Lost Fleet?"

"I have no idea."

Lucrezia said calmly.

At the same time, a disturbing shadow suddenly appeared in the crystal ball. Immediately behind Lucrezia, some of the automatic magic devices seemed to be malfunctioning. There was a faint crackling sound, and a group of automatic magic devices Even rushed to check the equipment, looking very busy.

"What's going on with you?" Tirian was suddenly a little worried, "Do you need to deal with the pile of equipment behind you first?"

"Don't worry, the puppets will solve it, it's just a small problem, and it's nothing compared to the real big storm on the border," Lucrecia said calmly, without even looking back at the hectic scene, " I'm almost over this unstable sea."

"What's your exploration plan? This time, you won't be rushing directly into the fog, right? Let me remind you, the border is not a safe place..."

"I was tracking something. It suddenly appeared near the border and rushed into the sea with huge energy, but the equipment on the ship didn't have time to capture its specific image," Lucrezia remained calm, "Don't worry, it's inside the eternal veil—I haven't been reckless enough to challenge that thick fog. Well, I'll send you the image after I find that thing. If it's a material that can be divided, I'll cut a piece for you As a souvenir."

Tirian waved his hand when he heard this: "No need, there are no bad souvenirs you sent over, and I want to sleep more and sleep more peacefully."

Lucrezia didn't care, and just said casually: "Then did you buy me a spirit world lens?"

Tirian was taken aback, and his tone suddenly became a little unnatural: "This...may have to wait for a while, you know, that thing has to be lucky..."

"you forgot?"

"Of course not. The few suppliers I know are out of stock, but the four major churches have stock, but the procedures are too difficult..."

"Did you forget?"

"I'm trying my best," Tirian said with a serious face, "There should be a way other than robbery."

"It seems that you have indeed forgotten," Lucrezia on the other side of the crystal ball nodded to herself, her tone was calm as she had expected, "It's okay, you are very busy, and this request is indeed true." It's hard..."

Listening to his sister's words, Tirian felt a little more relaxed on his face, and then heard the second half of the sentence from the opposite side of the crystal ball: "Then I will ask the day after tomorrow."

Tirian: "..."

The big pirate wiped his forehead, as if he wanted to say something, but just as he was about to speak, a sound of flapping wings suddenly came from outside the window, interrupting his movement, followed by a sound of pecking at the glass.

"Wait a minute, there's something wrong with me," Tirian said quickly, and at the same time looked up, with a look of surprise on his face, "Polly?!"

He got up quickly, opened the window and let the big parrot with colorful tail feathers in. Perry flapped his wings and landed on the table, making a loud voice: "Poli!"

Tirian went back to the table and sat down, looking at the big parrot suspiciously at the same time: "How did you come? You ran from the boat? Or did Aiden ask you to come?"

"Ah! Aiden Piperley!" cried the parrot, spreading its wings and nodding back and forth. "Purley's message, important message! Aiden says... Aiden says..."

The big parrot was a little stuck, and it took a long time before it yelled loudly under Tirian's astonished gaze: "Order French fries! Order French fries!"

Tirian: "...?"

Lucrezia, who was on the opposite side of the crystal ball, also heard the movement here, and her doubtful voice came: "Brother, is Poli hungry?"

"...No, it should be conveying other information, but the information has been tampered with," Tirian reacted immediately. As the owner of Poli, he is very familiar with this big parrot, and he is also very familiar with the big parrot. Deng's character was very familiar, and his expression quickly became serious, "Polly, is there something wrong on board?"

The big parrot tilted its head and looked at its owner, and repeated the "whole order of French fries" several times with unknown meaning, but suddenly, it stopped again, as if it finally remembered something, and shouted excitedly: "Seek blood!" compass!"

Tirian frowned slightly: "Bloodseeking Compass?"

"Point to the city-state!" The big parrot waved its wings vigorously and shouted excitedly, "Seek blood compass, point to the city-state!"

Tirian was stunned suddenly, and then immediately reacted, his face changed, and he suddenly looked up at the crystal ball in front of him: "Lucy, he is..."

"Brother, leave Prand immediately," Lucrezia on the other side of the crystal ball said hurriedly without waiting for Tirian to finish speaking, "This may be a trap!"

Tirian didn't respond to his sister's urgent reminder. He sat there stiffly like a solid sculpture, his eyes staring straight ahead.

"Brother?" Lucrezia's voice was full of doubts, "Didn't you hear that?"

"Lucy, he's..." Tirian broke the silence softly, "...I'm across from you."

The voice in the crystal ball quieted down.

Tirian stared fixedly in front of him, at the opposite side of the table. On the wall over there, a slight green flame was floating on the surface of a decorative mirror with an oval frame, and amidst the flickering of the fire, a majestic figure was standing In the mirror, staring at this side calmly.

"First thing," said the figure in the mirror, "this is not a trap, I am also surprised that you came here.

"Second thing, I'm done, so I'll see what you've been up to."

Tirian still maintained a posture of sitting upright without saying a word, and Lucrecia in the crystal ball was also stiff, but she couldn't see the picture in the other direction, she could only hear the sound, which made her a little more Uneasy, she couldn't help but whisper: "Is he really there?"

Tirian grabbed the box on the table expressionlessly, turned the crystal ball and the lens group to the opposite side: "Say hello to father."

As soon as Tirian moved, Lucrezia's voice became louder, her tone hurried: "No, no, no, no need to turn around, I just..."

She has been turned over.

Through the magic crystal ball, she saw her father hanging on the wall.

Duncan was also looking at the woman in the crystal ball through the mirror.

This was the first time he saw the other party, and in his own body and mind, he had no memory of getting along with the other party except for a little kind and nostalgic impression.

But the little bit of intimacy and nostalgia still slowly pervaded in his heart - he also had a similar feeling when he met Tirian, but facing Lucrecia at this moment, this feeling There seemed to be a little more... Guilt and regret.

Is it because you owe more? Or was it because of the last gift that could not be delivered?

Duncan didn't know, it wasn't his own memory and feelings after all, but just because of his current status, he nodded to Lucrezia: "Long time no see, Lucy."

"Eh..." Lucrezia's expression was rarely flustered. The "Sea Witch" who had come to show her calm and mysterious image finally encountered a situation that was even more incomprehensible than the unpredictable "border". Nervous as if returning to many, many years ago, back to the afternoon when he first broke his father's nautical instrument, "I... Long time no see..."

Then the room fell into an oppressive silence. Duncan just watched the pair of "sons and daughters" in front of him silently. Ya desperately searched for a topic in her mind to break the silence, and after holding it in for a long time, she finally said, "You... this frame suits you well..."

Duncan: "...Huh?"

"I mean, the patterned frame you have now is especially suitable for your demeanor..." Lucrezia remedied in a panic, "Restrained, low-key, and..."

"……ah?"

"Especially when you're hanging on the wall..."

Duncan was stunned: "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Lucrezia finally turned her head to the side, as if she wanted to find Tirian's position, she muttered softly, "Help me..."

Tirian sighed, pushed the suitcase with the crystal ball aside, got up and came between the crystal ball and the mirror frame: "You came to see us, what's the matter?"