Deep Sea Embers

"Tell me, what's the situation now at Purland?"

After being silent for a long time, Shirley finally couldn't help it. She looked up at the old scholar in front of her, then looked at Miss Alice who seemed to be very familiar with Mr. Duncan, and asked hesitantly.

"...I don't know, but I think Mr. Duncan may have taken action to solve this problem - although I can't imagine how he solved it," Morris rubbed his forehead and said while thinking, "Compared to this, now I I care more about this place..."

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He raised his head and looked around, his eyes falling on the sails of spiritual beings stirring out of thin air above, his expression a little strange.

“This ship reminds me of the legend, the legend about the Lost Home…

"Yes," as soon as Morris finished speaking, Alice's voice came from the side, with a proud smile on her face.

Rong, "This is the Lost Home—welcome aboard."

Morris stopped rubbing his forehead for an instant, and his eyes widened in shock: "Is this really the Lost Home?

Then Mr. Duncan’s identity…”

"Captain, sir, your reaction is too slow." Shirley across from me curled her lips. After being so nervous for a long time,

, she finally felt a little happy because she knew some information that others didn't know, which made her feel a lot more relaxed, "Don't you think that his name is Duncan?"

"Have you known this for a long time? Morris looked at the girl in front of him in disbelief, "I thought it was your first time on this ship like me..."

"This is my first time here - but it's not the first time I've seen Captain Duncan's real appearance," Shirley puffed up her chest proudly, "Agou and I have taken lessons from Captain Duncan very early... …It’s earlier than you anyway!”

Morris didn't pay attention to what Shirley said in the second half of the sentence. After hearing the other party mention "the true appearance of the captain", he couldn't help but feel his forehead jump. Then he mumbled with a strange expression on his face: "...if possible If so, I would rather not know what the real look is. Shirley was startled: "Huh?" What did you say, old man?

“It’s nothing…it’s better not to talk about some things too often, it’s good for your physical and mental health.

"Hey, you love to talk, but you intellectuals always like to be so mysterious," Shirley curled her lips, but she didn't stay quiet for two seconds. She couldn't help but look at the big ship again. At the end of the deck, "You said... Is Nina okay? She suddenly disappeared from our eyes. But Mr. Duncan said she only left temporarily..."

Alice's soft and confident voice sounded from the side, comforting the worried Shirley: "Don't worry, nothing will happen.

Shirley raised her eyes. She was not familiar with Alice, but she knew that this extremely beautiful mysterious lady seemed to have been following "Captain Duncan" earlier. She must have known some inside information that others did not know. He couldn't help but asked curiously: "Why do you say that? Do you know Nina's situation?

"Because the captain said," Alice smiled, "he said not to worry."

Shirley couldn't say the rest.

For some reason, she suddenly felt that the extraordinarily beautiful lady in front of her seemed... not very smart...

At the same time, on the rear deck of the Lost Home, Duncan was looking at the bright arc of flame floating in the air opposite him.

Now, he is 100% sure that, at least in terms of shape, this flame arc is an erupting sun - and it keeps repeating the process from erupting to falling, which gives people the feeling... like a sun is erupting. The earphone was "intercepted" from a sun, not only intercepting its existence, but also intercepting its cyclic state within a certain period of time.

Now, this “intercepted” ear is floating quietly on the Lost Home, and it looks like it’s only as tall as a person. But that doesn’t mean it’s really just that… “small and harmless”

Duncan could feel the amazing energy contained within it. Although he could only feel a small part, the destructive heat and the terrifying power from the star were still enough to suffocate him. This feeling even exceeded what he had experienced through gold before. The feeling he felt at that moment when the mask peeked into the "Creep Sun Disk" also made him

I am even more convinced that this flame really comes from the "sun".

It comes from a real sun that is beyond the knowledge of those sun believers and has been alienated and disintegrated in an ancient era.

This Riki looks small and harmless now just because it is still under control.

Duncan could not understand that in the knowledge system he had, there was no way to explain why a part of the sun became like this, and there was no way to guess what happened to the real star to which the Sun once belonged.

Just like he can't understand this world, he can't understand what kind of great annihilation can create this weird and dangerous "deep sea age".

But he finally shook his head.

None of these things matter at the moment.

Duncan took a gentle breath to focus his energy again, and then tentatively stretched out his right hand towards the "ear of the sun".

The fatal high temperature appeared in his perception, but the next second, this high temperature dissipated like an illusion. He saw a cluster of green fire dancing on his fingertips, and inside the solar ear, there were also wisps of fire. The green flames moved quietly, like a resonance.

Not long ago, it was this trace of "pollution" implanted in advance that terminated and tore apart the darkness over Puland.

The birth process of the sun also preserved Nina's "humanity"

"Nina, try again," Duncan said. "Recall the feeling of that transformational moment and let yourself 'come back.'

We were very close to success just now. "

The flame jumped in the air a few times, and then the surface swelled, and the golden flames rose and entangled. In a short period of time, a figure gradually emerged from the jumping fire, this model lake. The figure in Hu can be seen to be that of a girl, but the outline of her facial features is unclear.

She lowered her head and seemed to look at her body curiously, but the next second, the flame that had just condensed suddenly shattered, and she once again transformed into a form of gushing flames.

"Don't be discouraged, let's try again," Duncan was not impatient at all, but continued to guide gently, "I will support you. Since you can recover to this extent, it means that this idea is feasible... "The flame arc swelled up again, and there was a crackling sound in the golden flame. Then, Nina's figure emerged from the flame again.

Duncan watched this scene with some nervousness - similar attempts have been made countless times, but every time they failed in the middle, although according to the feedback from the spiritual fire implanted in the sun fragment, this process should indeed be controllable. , but obviously this huge and unfamiliar power is not so easy to grasp.

The golden flames crackled, and Duncan was ready to fail again.

But just after his next breath, the fire and flame arc in front of his eyes instantly disappeared without a trace.

A familiar figure jumped out from the last ray of jumping firelight.

The gentle sea breeze blew across the deck, bringing moisture and chill. The tips of Nina's hair were slightly raised in the sea breeze. The bright sunlight slanted through the clouds and passed through her wind-blown hair. Among the fluttering hair, the sunlight danced like fire.

And in the next moment, those sunlight flames jumping in the hair disappeared like phantoms.

Nina smiled and saw that what she saw was completely different from what she had remembered, but it was undeniable, "Uncle Duncan": "

Uncle, I'm back! "

It was only at this moment that Duncan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and as he breathed a sigh of relief, the entire Homeless Ship also reacted - the ship seemed to have been tense just now, and all the cables and masts and the sails were straining, but now crackling sounds came from all directions, interspersed with whirring and rattling sounds below decks.

It was like the whole ship was cheering and celebrating with the captain.

"Quiet," Duncan said back, and the whole ship immediately became quiet. Then he turned back and looked at Nina curiously, "Can you still recognize me?"

"Yes, you are Uncle Duncan," Nina said matter-of-factly, but then she scratched her face - this was her habitual move to hide her embarrassment and helplessness, "But...

I don’t know how I recognized it. Anyway, I thought it was you. You called me down when you were floating in the sky, and I recognized it directly..."

She stopped hesitantly, looked up and down at Duncan in front of her, and squinted her eyes slightly, as if she wanted to carefully distinguish certain details about "uncle".

Nothing like it, barely any resemblance to Uncle Duncan from the antique shop.

But clear cognition is directly reflected in one's own mind.

It was as if he recognized the person in front of him not through his eyes, but directly through "reading the facts."

Nina didn't know how to explain how she felt at the moment, so she could only smile inanely until Duncan came forward and ruffled her hair as usual.

"That's okay," Duncan exhaled softly, "I was still struggling with how to explain this ship and my other appearance to you."

Nina dodged the hand pressing on her head. The Uncle Duncan in front of her was much taller than she remembered, and his palms were also much wider and rougher. His calloused fingers grazed her forehead, making her feel itchy.

After a while, when the other party took his hand back, she suddenly raised her head and looked directly into Duncan's eyes.

"I actually have two 'uncles', right?" "

she said suddenly.

Duncan's eyes did not dodge. Although this moment did come suddenly, he was not too surprised.

It was as if he knew a long time ago that this moment would come sooner or later.

If there is any power in the world that can resist the power of "Captain Duncan", then "The Sun"... no matter

Which sun it is, is an expected choice.

He met Nina's gaze quietly.

"Did you notice it?

"……Um."