[Comprehensive] Nissan's career problems

Ace is walking down the street with Hotaru.

Because the city of Rodhall is close to the seashore, the air is very clear. There are large tracts of palm trees planted on both sides of the street. The roads are clean and tidy. There are flower beds at the corners of the streets and fountains on them. Pedestrians can drink the snow water directly.

There are all kinds of small shops on both sides of the street. Walking in such small alleys, the sun is pouring down, and it is easy to feel leisurely.

Along the way, there were many tourists from other places. They pointed at various buildings and streets with maps, with smiles on their faces. There were some old locals sitting on chairs by the street or in front of shops. Steaming coffee and cocoa, with a kind look, occasionally a cat jumped over the wall, and the nimble figure left a gray shadow on the ground, which disappeared in a flash.

The sky was blue, and a flock of white birds flew overhead. Ace raised his hands to cover the sun, watched those birds fly across the sky, and smiled unconsciously.

"This is a red-billed gull." Ace said to Hotaru: "These picky birds have very low adaptability to sea water, and these white elves can only be seen in sea areas with relatively clear and clean sea water."

Hotaru looked at the flock of birds that had flown far away: "Do they live on the reef over there?"

Ace nodded: "It should be, they are solitary, even during the mating period, they will only dance with their partners, have a passionate love, and then they will separate."

Hotaru tutted, "Sounds very individual?"

Ace smiled: "Well, there are very few solitary creatures in the ocean, and this red-billed gull is one of them, so their survival number has always been very low."

"Wow, it sounds like you know a lot about red-billed gulls." An old man sitting in front of his shop drinking coffee raised his glass to Ace with a smile: "Would you like a cup of morning coffee?"

Ace's eyes lit up: "Of course, thanks."

The old man opened a grocery store. Although it was called a grocery store, it was actually a small shop for displaying and selling souvenirs.

"I used to be a crew member." The old man pointed to a photo on the wall, showing a smug smile: "This is my captain, with the ship we sail behind."

Ace stepped forward to watch carefully. He was startled by the unusually long and narrow hull of the ship. He couldn't help but said, "This ship... must be very fast."

"Yeah, very fast~" The old man laughed: "You are also from the sea, you can tell by your skin color and muscles."

Ace nodded with a smile: "Yes, we all are."

The old man took a closer look at Yingwan, focusing on observing Yingwan's limbs and skin color, and finally concluded: "Then this must be a rookie."

Hotaru puffed up her cheeks.

There is no way, he is actually a spirit body, and if his body does not change, he will naturally not have any changes!

Ace reached out and touched Hotaru's head: "Hotaru is very reliable."

After hearing this, Hotaru immediately puffed up his chest, and the smile on his face couldn't stop.

The old man let out a wow, and smiled very tolerantly: "That's right, a rookie will always become a veteran."

Speaking of this, the old man said: "Speaking of which, have you heard the legend of the red-billed gull?"

Ace and Hotaru shook their heads at the same time.

The old man said with a smile: "There is such a legend in Rodhall that the red-billed gull was actually transformed into an empress!"

The sea has always been a hotbed of myths and legends. Ace has heard countless legends. Seeing the old man coming to ask me now, he couldn't help but laugh.

He was very cooperative and said: "Wow! It's amazing, what is the specific legend?"

The old man said mysteriously: "It is said that hundreds of years ago, Rodhall was still a monarchy, and this year a queen was enthroned."

"The empress fell in love with a captain who was sailing at sea, and made the captain a duke, hoping that the duke would stay in the country and never go to sea again."

"Although the Duke also loves the Queen, he loves the ocean even more, so he rejected the Queen's canonization, and decided to drive his own boat to a place where the Queen couldn't find it."

"The empress was distraught, so she invited the duke to dinner, saying that she would leave an unforgettable memory."

"The duke agreed, but the duke didn't expect that the queen poisoned the wine. The duke drank the poisoned wine and vomited blood and died. The queen also drank the poisoned wine and died of love."

"The duke and queen turned into birds after death. The former flew to the sea, while the latter stayed in this country. Because of the blood they spit out when they died, the beak of this bird is red."

"This is the legend of the red-billed gull."

After hearing this story, Ace really wanted to complain, but seeing the old man's sigh, he endured it.

But Yingwan couldn't hold it back, he said crisply: "Since we have separated after becoming a red-billed gull, why do we have to die together?"

The old man glanced at Hotaru with your young eyes, and said slowly: "The story is not over yet, Her Majesty the Queen died for the captain, Rodhall's patron saint was very angry, because after the death of the Queen, the royal blood is gone. cut off, so the god ordered that no Rodhall citizen be allowed to go to sea."

"This ban made the people of Rodhall unable to survive, because at that time 80.00% of the people would go to sea to fish. At this time, a wizard from a distant country came up with a good idea."

"He said that the reason why the gods were angry was because the royal blood did not survive, and he could use magical power to make the royal blood born!"

"The whole country fully supported this wizard. The wizard drew a large-scale formation across the country, and used a lot of cattle and sheep as sacrifices. In the end..."

Hotaru listened fascinatedly, and he couldn't help but ask: "Is the royal blood survived in the end?"

The old man chuckled: "No, in the end, the souls of the people of the whole country were sucked away by the power of the formation. The red-billed gulls incarnated by the duke and the queen changed from a pair to a group, and the citizens of the whole country became red-billed gulls."

Hotaru: "......"

This story is poisonous! !

Ace burst out laughing.

The old man said angrily, "Don't you believe it?"

Ace shook his head: "No, no, no, I mean, this wizard is also very powerful. All the citizens have become red-billed gulls, and the red-billed gulls are turned into by the queen. In other words, the royal blood is indeed passed down. Even though he changed the concept secretly, he still succeeded.”

The old man's expression eased: "That's right, because there is no national belief, the power of Rodhal's patron saint gradually disappeared, and eventually the god disappeared without a trace, and the fertile land of Rodhal was relocated. It was occupied by the Sata tribe who came here, and then gradually developed into the current Sula country."

Ace asked curiously, "Where is that wizard?"

The old man shrugged: "Of course the wizard died too. The patron saint of Rodhall killed the wizard before he disappeared."

Eswaner.

Hotaru lowered his head, he thought for a while, and said abruptly: "Sounds very interesting. If Rodhall really had a patron saint before, was there a temple? Can we visit it?"

Ace glanced at Hotaru.

The old man shook his head: "The temple has been destroyed a long time ago, and these have become legends. Except for us old men, young people don't know much about it."

Hotaru was a little disappointed after hearing this.

Although Ace didn't know why Hotaru was so concerned, he still helped to ask: "But even so, you must be able to produce evidence, right? Otherwise, this kind of story would not have been circulated for so many years."

The old man blinked and smiled very proudly: "That's right, you wait."

The old man happily entered the back of the shop, and after a while, he came over with a box.

He put the box on the table, put on gloves and glasses, stepped forward carefully, and opened the box.

There was still a box inside.

Open it again, there is a flannel inside, wrapped in something.

The old man put this thing on the table and said with a smile, "Because I got this."

He opened the flannel, revealing what was inside.

This is half a wine glass.

The wine glass is only half a finger high. There is a hollow black metal pattern on the outer layer of the wine glass. The broken side is glowing with iridescent brilliance. The inside of the wine glass is white porcelain. flowing.

Hotaru gasped.

He could clearly see the black spiritual power lingering on the wine glass, or the dark power that could pollute the sword man into a dark falling knife.

It's just that this power was blocked by the hollow pattern on the outside of the wine glass, so it didn't come out.

Ace narrowed his eyes slightly, he sighed, and asked the old man, "Where did I reveal my secrets?"

If Ace couldn't see that the other party's goal was him at this moment, he would have lived in vain all these years.

The old man smiled and said: "I can only say that my eyes are better, and the sunshine today is not bad. The sunlight illuminates the luster of the gemstones, and I can just see the necklace under your scarf."

He said slowly: "This is the confession of the crew, right? As the captain, if it is the confession of the core crew, you must carry it with you wherever you go, to show the identity of the captain and the responsibility to the crew."

Hotaru suddenly went to look at Ace. Ace was wearing an ordinary undershirt today to cover the tattoos on his body, but a gray scarf was hanging around his neck. Under the scarf were shells, the emblem of smiling and crying faces, and feather pearls. A necklace made of various pendants such as gemstones.

Ace smiled and nodded: "Yes, always carry it with you." He asked, "But the captain has so many, why are you sure it's me?"

The old man continued to laugh: "I also sailed in the sea before, and I have heard about the pirates who command the sea. Their symbol is the iris flower."

The symbol of Edward, the lord of the Western Sea Region, is the iris flower. After the prince took refuge in Joptel, Joptel did not force all the pirates to change the logo, so in this area, the iris flower still has a profound meaning.

He pointed to the necklace on Ace's neck: "Your necklace has an iris pendant, and it is the highest-grade golden iris, which means that the person who is loyal to you is the ruler of this sea area."

"Combined with your age, I made a bold guess."

The old man smiled proudly: "Although I have retired for many years, my eyesight is still there~"

Reluctantly, Ace took off the scarf, and wrapped the heavy and shiny necklace hanging around his neck tightly again. After making sure that it would not leak out again, he said, "Then what do you want from me?"

The old man pushed the wine glass in front of him: "It's an offering." He blinked: "I'm old, and many people know that I have this, which makes me sleep uneasy, and it will be safe if I leave it to you. "

Ace was dumb, he scratched his head: "This practice cannot be opened."

If everyone chooses to make offerings to him and board the ship in droves, his Flame will definitely be crowded.

The old man smiled and said: "Then, as the first pot of gold for opening the shop today, how about giving me a nun?"

He said: "Welcome to Rodhall to play, I hope you have a good time."

Ace laughed loudly: "Okay, then I'll be impolite~"