The lone wolf of Freyrdrand

Four: The Priest

“Is that what Luo Sha said…” Miss Fortune sat at the table and took a sip of Greyhound wine.

With Miss Fortune’s status, it’s not difficult to drink the best wine every day, but in private, Miss Fortune still likes to drink the dirty wine that sells three copper herrings in this tavern. Only sailors drink this inferior wine.

“That guy is talking too much of himself.” Miss Fortune held her head down. “I helped him get the Leviathan, but he just said ‘see you later’ to perfuse me.”

Daya kept nodding her head in agreement: “That’s right, that man is as bad as hell, but he’s really strong…”

Miss Fortune raised her eyes: “Did you see him?”

“It’s useless!” Daya hurriedly denied, “I still know how much I have. If I follow someone like him, my life expectancy will be halved. I still want to save enough money to live in Ionia or Shurima bought a small manor and lived out his old age.”

“Oh…” DoomThe lady smiled, took out two golden sea monsters and threw them to Daya, “Okay, you have worked hard this time, go back and have a good rest for two days, and cheer me up for work later.”

“Of order! Captain!” Daya looked at the two golden coins in her hand very happily, thinking that she really followed the wrong person, Miss Fortune was generous and sympathetic to her subordinates, it was perfect.

After Daya left, Miss Fortune continued to drink the wine. The bitter taste slid down her throat, and then there was a scorching heat in her stomach.

“I really made a loss-making deal.” Miss Fortune laughed at herself. The man left Bilgewater without permission, and the deal with her became empty talk that would be fulfilled at some point.

“It’s my bad luck…but I also relied on Ari and the others to get the name of the gluttonous market boss, so it’s not like I haven’t made any progress.” Miss Fortune tapped the table with her fingers, and her tapping was very rhythmic. She’s used to doing this when she’s alone thinking about things.

“I also like the fisherman’s song, where did you learn it?” A deep voice suddenly appeared in Miss Fortune’s room.

Miss Fortune pulled out the musket from under the table and pointed it in the direction of the sound, but her wrist was quickly grabbed by a big hand. The muzzle of the musket could only be pointed at the ceiling, and could not be aimed at [source; group]: 9? 8;0;2? . 0′. 5,,8″5.;6.

It was a very rough and generous hand, containing strong strength. Miss Fortune felt that the other party could break her arm with a little force, so she sensiblely did not resist—the other party just grabbed her arm , no further meaning.

“Miss Fortune, am I right?” said the visitor.

“Who are you?” Miss Fortune said as she looked at the other party. It was a woman who came, but she was the strongest woman Miss Fortune had ever seen. Her head could almost touch the ceiling, and her muscles were as strong as a rock. The last time Miss Fortune saw someone with such a strong body was the Northlander named Olaf who was bought at the auction in Los Shark.

But when Miss Fortune saw the woman’s attire and a gold snake-patterned totem stone on her shoulder, Miss Fortune knew who she was.

“Ms. Beard’s priest!” Miss Fortune exclaimed in surprise, “You…what are you doing here!”

“I’m here to ask you a question.” The priest let go of Miss Fortune’s hand, and she looked into Miss Fortune’s eyes with a look of admiration on her face, “You’re not bad, your eyes are very good.”

“Ha…” Miss Fortune didn’t understand what the priest was praising her for. She shook her arm that hurt from being scratched, “How did you get on my boat?”

“Your subordinates need exercise. I fainted with a light slap on them.” The priest saw the Greyhound wine on Miss Fortune’s table, “You have a good taste for bitter wine.”

The priest picked up the unfinished half bottle of Greyhound wine on the table and poured it into his stomach, letting out a breath.

Miss Fortune looked at the strange priest in front of her in surprise.

Bilgewater is a pirate port built on the Blue Flame Islands. Although it only took a few decades for this pirate port to become rich from hunting sea beasts and become the largest trading port in the Eastern Sea, in the final analysis , Bilgewater is just a port city, and its scope is far from expanding to the entire Blue Flame Islands.

More places in the Blue Flame Islands are occupied by its aborigines—a mysterious civilization called Baru.

Miss Fortune knows very little about Baru. Even though she grew up in Bilgewater, she has hardly had any contact with Baru people, because Baru people are quite xenophobic and they never come to Bilgewater Specially involved in trade, and did not interfere with the pirates’ hunting of sea beasts, and refused any outsiders to enter Baru’s territory.

The Baru people seem to have reached a tacit agreement with the pirates in Bilgewater—the pirates will not attack Baru, and Baru will not drive the pirates away from the Blue Flame Islands. It’s like living in two worlds.

The only thing Miss Fortune knows about Baru is that the belief in the god [Ms. Beard] was passed down from Baru to Bilgewater. The belief in this sea beast had a profound influence on Bilgewater, and the pirates even printed the image of the bearded lady on gold coins, called the Golden Siren.

“Priest, what are you doing here?” Miss Fortune put down her musket and faced a priest with a bearded lady. It seemed pointless to use a musket.

“Hmm…” the priest wiped his mouth, “I’m here to ask you to investigate something.”

“Investigate” Miss Fortune’s heart moved, “What’s the matter?”

“The last Soul Eater Night.” The priest’s question was beyond Miss Fortune’s expectations, “That Soul Eater Night was very special, do you know what happened? My believers have witnessed you and a The vastaya women run all over Bilgewater.”

“There is indeed such a thing.” Miss Fortune nodded, “But the last night of Soul Eater was not tragic. I don’t think there are many water tombs on the White Harbor side, and the corpse collectors are complaining that there is no business.”

“No! Last Soul Eater Night was very special!” the priest said in a trembling voice, “There is a very vicious magic covering the entire Bilgewater! That magic is enough to kill all life here!”

Miss Fortune looked confused, she spread her hands: “Priest, you are joking, how could there be such an outrageous demon…”

“I’m not kidding!” the priest put his big hand on Miss Fortune’s shoulder, stared straight at her, and howled like a bull, “That night was only a little bit! Just a little bit, everyone will die! Whether it is You and I have turned into black mistA group of resentful souls! ”

Miss Fortune’s scalp was numb from the shock. She felt that if the priest tried harder, her shoulders would be broken: “Priest, calm down. If I told you, why are we still alive?”

“Because of another magic.” The priest let go of Miss Fortune, and said in a deep voice, “That magic also covered the entire Bilgewater, and no one died.”

Miss Fortune felt that what the priest said was getting more and more outrageous, but she still echoed: “Maybe this kind of thing did happen… But I really don’t know, I was busy with other things that night.”

“I have investigated you.” The priest looked at Miss Fortune, “You have done a lot of things recently, it seems that you have been busy with something. There is no sign of undead on you. I believe you may not be aware of this, but you have noticed that Bill recently Is there anything unusual about Givort? Tell me about any abnormality, such as what happened or who came.”

“People…” The image of the man who left without saying goodbye appeared in Miss Fortune’s mind.

Miss Fortune thought for a while, and felt that what the priest said must have nothing to do with that man. After all, that man was not in Bilgewater that night on Soul Eater Night.

“I really don’t know, priest, you have found the wrong person.” Miss Fortune was about to see off the guests.

“Well…” the priest pondered for a while, “Okay, then I’ll leave, if you remember or know any clues about what I said, please come and tell me, you can find all the snakes in Bilgewater If the Temple of the Mother God finds me, I will reward you accordingly.”

“Remuneration…” Miss Fortune blinked her eyes. She has not been a bounty hunter for a long time. It is not difficult for her to get money, but if she can get in touch with a priest of a bearded lady… Maybe there will be something useful in the future place on.

“I remember.” Miss Fortune nodded, “I haven’t asked your name yet.”

“You don’t need to use honorifics for me, Baru people don’t accept this.” The priest waved his hand, “My name is Illaoi, remember.”

“Okay.” Miss Fortune opened the door of the room.

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Illaoi strode out. Before going out, she paused, grinned at Miss Fortune and smiled: “I like you, Miss Fortune, you conform to the teachings of Naga Kabulos.”

“Naga Kabulos…” Miss Fortune was taken aback for a moment.

“That’s what you Bilgewater people call [Ms. Beard].” Illaoi tapped Miss Fortune’s nose with her finger, “I see a heavy flame in your soul, are you hating something? ? Or obsessed with revenge on someone”

Miss Fortune’s complexion suddenly became as cold as frost.

“In front of my god, there is nothing to hide, you can’t hide your desire.” Illaoi withdrew her hand, “No matter what you want to do, I will not hinder it, my god only hopes…you Could one day burn this dead Bilgewater . . .

Miss Fortune watched Illaoi’s back disappear at the end of the corridor, she let out a long sigh, closed the door, took out another bottle of Greyhound from under the bed, unscrewed the cork and drank it with her head up.

Greyhound wine is bitter, unbearably bitter, and this wine is a kind of torture.

But Miss Fortune must drink it, so that she won’t be obsessed with her current status, and won’t indulge in the vanity of being a rich captain.

This wine can remind her how much suffering she has endured, and what kind of purgatory she has struggled to survive.

She won’t forget, can’t forget…

“Rorschach…” Miss Fortune read the name that she had just investigated. The most urgent task now is to find this person.

“Go and find that idiot playing cards and help me find Rorschach.” Miss Fortune wiped her mouth, and she looked at the mirror in the room. The beautiful red-haired woman in the mirror had a ferocious face at this moment, like a ghost.