God's family

Liberta of the Free Chamber of Commerce has its own port dedicated to mooring ships in Seagate. Passengers who want to take the passenger ship of the Chamber of Commerce only need to go through the formalities at the port and pay the fee to obtain boarding permission. The inside is always bustling and bustling.

"You are... Uncle Canum?" Roger looked at the middle-aged businessman who hadn't seen him for a while in surprise, and raised his hand to greet him.

Unexpectedly, after a hasty separation in Manlai Forest, they could still meet here. Roger really felt that there was a fate between them.

"Sacrifice—" Kanam also froze for a moment, showing a respectful attitude reflexively, but soon, he, who was good at observing words and expressions, got the message from Roger's expression, and carefully swallowed back the honorific just said , "I didn't expect you to come here too, is this going to sea?"

"Yes, recently... didn't something happen here? It's not a place to stay for a long time." Roger nodded with a smile, he was relieved that Kanum didn't call him "Master Priest" in public .

"Indeed, it's been too chaotic here recently." Canum sighed, with a gloomy expression on his face, and shook his head.

"Why, are you in trouble too?" Roger asked, although there was some suspicion of poking someone's feet, but while waiting for the boat, there seemed to be nothing else to do except chatting. Some useful news can be found out - after all, businessmen and adventurers are people with rich intelligence.

"Hey, I've been having bad luck recently, I think I should go to the temple to pray." Kanam smiled wryly, "I lost a lot of money in Manlai Forest, this time I originally planned to do a It was a big deal, and I earned back all the previous ones. I didn’t expect to meet Aintes and make a monster again, so I had to sell the goods in Seagate in a hurry. Although I didn’t lose money, I really didn’t make much money.”

Roger coughed lightly, and tactfully persuaded Canum to say that fortune and misfortune depend on each other. As a businessman with deep experience in the world, although business has not been smooth the last few times, he will not be like this. Simple was knocked down, and after thanking them with a smile, he turned to ask which passenger ship they were going to take.

Roger pondered for a while, and then told him the truth, anyway, this is not something that needs to be kept secret.

"Oh! That's a coincidence, I'm going to take that boat too!" Kanum patted his stomach, his eyes lit up, and he said with a flattering smile, "Next, please You all took good care of me!"

"Where, our experience is definitely not as good as that of Uncle Kanam, who has traveled far and wide, and it is my first time to go to sea by boat, so I need you to remind us when the time comes!" Roger also smiled and said politely, asking for help. The cheerful smile and enthusiastic attitude quickly eliminated Kanam's previous strangeness and restraint.

"Speaking of experience, I do have it, but in terms of skills, even the guards I hired are far inferior to you! I have seen them all in Manlai Forest!" Kanam praised, Then he lowered his voice, with a bit of mystery and worry, "It is said...the sea is not very peaceful recently..."

This sentence made everyone's originally slack attention immediately focus, and being stared at by three pairs of eyes—not counting Lacente—, Kanum moved his body a little uncomfortably, but faintly With a bit of pride in his well-informed, "It took me a lot of effort to find out this news, the above..." Kanum made a gesture of pointing upwards, expressing that he could only understand but not express. Except for Theodore, the other three people understood in an instant, "... don't let random rumors, saying that they are afraid that people's hearts will fluctuate and affect business or something, but I have received reliable news. Recently, ships have often disappeared inexplicably at sea. It is said that It's because piracy is rampant."

"Pirates?!" Leon frowned. Being a knight, he naturally had an extremely disgusted feeling for any kind of bandit. "Didn't the local lord send troops to suppress the bandits?"

"It is said that it was sent, but it has no effect! Although it has been said that it is to eliminate pirates, haven't pirates always existed after so many years? Although the regular army has strong firepower, but..." Kanam observed carefully Leon's expression, finding that although he was frowning tightly, he was not unhappy with his statement, he finally amplified his courage a little, "However, it can't compare to the nimbleness and familiarity of the pirates who have been rampant in this sea area. What about the situation? It’s never a good thing to keep the enemy in the dark, and it’s said that there are some nobles who cooperate exclusively with pirates!”

Leon's expression became even uglier. Theodore looked at Leon, then at the businessman Canum who sighed again and again as if he was worried about the country and the people, and blinked his green eyes.Although the smart elf couldn't keep up with the topic at first, he has already understood the meaning of Kanam's words at this moment, and now he understands humans very well. Curiosity and desire to explore.

Seeing that the development of the topic was not so good, Roger touched his nose, smiled and stopped the possibility of going further, and made a summary, "Thank you for reminding, Uncle Canum, if you encounter pirates, look at it last time For the sake of helping us, we will naturally protect you as much as possible."

"Haha! Then I'd like to thank you very much!" Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Kanum naturally didn't say anything more. Although he also couldn't understand the behavior of some nobles, he was no longer a passionate cynic. , smiled and thanked again and again, "However, you may not be able to meet pirates or something. With so many routes and so many ships, the chance of being robbed is quite small!"

Roger also nodded with a grin, affirming Canum's thoughts, but he was not so optimistic in his heart.For a long time, no matter how small the chance of encountering trouble, he always seems to be able to run into it. Is this the power of the so-called "protagonist halo"?

As the time to leave the ship was getting closer, and there were more and more people in the waiting hall, the face of the elves began to turn ugly, and Leon and Lyon, who were born as nobles, didn't seem to like the current mixed environment. Canum, who is good at observing words and expressions, immediately proposed to go to the outer port to enjoy the sea breeze, which naturally won the support of everyone.

After exiting the waiting hall, a gust of moist sea breeze with the fishy smell of the ocean rushed towards him. Roger narrowed his eyes slightly, and raised his hand to block himself. Immediately, Lai, who had been walking silently by his side, Sente took a step forward, and intimately separated him from the sea breeze blowing directly with his body.

"Is this the first time you see the sea?" Seeing that Roger just smiled at himself, then squinted his eyes to look at the busy port and the vast ocean, Lacente curled his lips in dissatisfaction, and asked, trying to Bring Roger's attention back to himself.

"No, it's just that I haven't seen it for a long time." Roger replied casually, but then he was taken aback for a moment—no, obviously he had never seen the sea in his memory...

He pondered and turned his head, before he had time to think carefully, Roger was startled by a burst of girls' cheers.Everyone followed the prestige, and saw a young man covered in blue sitting on a stack of wooden boxes holding a golden lyre, surrounded by all kinds of people, very lively.

"It's Gard, the bard. He just came to Seagate yesterday, and he's almost become the most popular character now!" Kanum noticed that the expressions of Roger and others were a little weird, and quickly introduced with a smile, "But , I have also heard his songs, it is indeed so beautiful that people seem to be able to forget all their troubles, he is a good person, and he is good-looking, no wonder he is so popular."

Roger responded casually with a smile, and he didn't know whether this guy who was probably from the Sea Race originally had the same destination as them, or the target was them—but he thought that this guy came to Seagate a day earlier than himself Especially, it should probably be the former.

Leon and the others seemed to have the same idea, their faces softened for a moment, and their eyes moved away from the bard who started to vibrate the strings.

"The heaven and the earth were first divided, the majesty was opened, and the light of the gods was radiated by the common people.

The free Fota Rui bestowed the Wing Race with flying wings, and the calm Tamus gave the Dwarves dexterous hands; the gentle Emerald Cinar made the Sea Race swim in the sea, and the proud Alicia let the elves breathe with the forest; the passionate Saman made the orcs strong, and the clever Clarence taught humans how to use their minds.

There is also the far west, where the ambitious Elvis leads the never-satisfied demons, eyeing them covetously.

Beings sheltered by gods, and gods sheltering the Holy Spirit,

The holy temple shines brightly in the sun, but the sinful desires are treacherous in the shadows..."

The gentle and ethereal singing is faintly visible in the howling sea breeze, but it adds a bit of remote and mysterious charm. Roger, who grew up in a simple and simple village with no legends, heard the bard's playing and singing for the first time. Curious and a little excited, although the art appreciation ability is not high, but soon immersed in the ancient rhythm.However, soon, he frowned.

"The singing sounds very good, but I always feel a little ominous..." Roger muttered in a low voice, raised his hand, trying to straighten out the hair that was blown by the sea breeze, but found that the warm sea breeze laced with salt I let my originally smooth hair stick together, and the more I pulled it, the worse it was.

"The next paragraph is indeed unknown." Laycent pulled Roger's hand away to prevent him from continuing to torture his hair, and replied casually.At this moment, the bard had changed the melody and played a light country tune.

"Have you heard that ballad? There's another verse? What's next?" Roger's curiosity grew.

"The battle of the gods." Laycent frowned, as if he didn't want to talk about this topic, "to be precise, it was caused by the enmity between the creatures they sheltered, and then evolved into the end of the war of the gods. "

"The battle of the gods...?" Roger was stunned for a moment, then frowned and turned his head sideways, "Although I don't know why, I actually had the idea of ​​'ah, it really is such an old-fashioned development', but I don’t seem to have heard of such a legend.”

"Of course you haven't heard of it, you were banned." Laycent smiled slyly, but it seemed to be mocking coldly, "So, he didn't sing the next part, or he would be arrested .”

Roger was silent for a moment, called out "freedom of speech" deep in his heart, and asked with a blink of his eyes, "Then how do you know? It's rumored inside the royal family?"

Nexant shook his head, then felt that it seemed a bit indifferent to say nothing, and quickly added, "Anyway, I just know."

Roger, who had long realized that he would develop into this, twitched his lips and looked away.

The bard sang two or three more ballads and then stopped playing, smiling despite the entreaties of the unsatisfied audience.Finally, under his gentle but persistent attitude, the people around him gradually dispersed, only a few girls with flushed cheeks stood beside him in twos and threes, asking various topics in a soft voice.

Roger didn't know why he was a little gloating. If these girls saw the guy's appearance after being dried and dehydrated in the sun, he wondered if they would still be happy.

Perhaps Roger's eyes were a little too naked, and the bard met his gaze directly when he looked back.Roger froze for a moment, a little embarrassing, while the bard showed a happy and bright smile, softly apologized to the girl beside him, and walked towards him gracefully.

After coming to Seagate, the bard seems to have tidied himself up. The tattered clothes have now become brand new. It is a long-distance run. I don’t know what material it is made of. It changes with the movement while walking. The color, dark or light, is as unpredictable as the undulating sea.

"It's great to see you here!" The bard smiled very familiarly, staring at Roger with soft eyes, the blue sky seemed to be able to drown people, "I was still thinking about how to thank you The grace of saving my life last time, I didn't expect to meet again so soon."

"It's just a little effort." Roger obviously felt that Lacent was holding his hand tightly, and he strongly endured the idea of ​​shaking him away, and responded with a dry smile, "And when it comes to the real savior, it should be Silver. That lady mage Laura from the wolf mercenary group is."

"Whether it's you or that lady, I will remember it in my heart." The bard's tone was sincere, without half-hearted perfunctory, but then he changed the subject, "Everyone... are you going to sea?"

"Yes." Roger nodded, and on the premise that he couldn't get rid of Nycent, he had no choice but to hold him with his backhand to show comfort—God knows, he is a fragile mage!

The bard frowned slightly, showing a somewhat troubled and worried look, "If possible... I hope you don't go to sea. Recently... there are some troubles at sea. You have helped me before. I don't want to You are in danger."

Roger and the others looked at each other. They had just heard the same news from Canum, and they were not surprised.

"If possible, we don't want to take such risks, but...if we continue to stay, maybe we will have more trouble." Roger smiled bitterly, shrugging his shoulders helplessly.

Now the lord Ain is in trouble and he can't spare them to deal with them, which makes them so relaxed. However, according to Ain's method, this matter will probably be settled soon. If he is free , they are still wandering around in his territory... Hehe, Roger doesn't want to know what they will encounter at all.

"If this is the case..." The bard saw Roger's embarrassment, nodded after a moment of thought, "I understand, if this is the case, then I will take a boat with you, maybe there will be something Things that I can help—that’s also considered repayment.”

As soon as this remark came out, no one showed a happy or even welcoming look except for the unknown crowd, Kanam. The first reaction of the people who are still in a state of panic is to be vigilant, while the bard, who is bathed in everyone's unkind eyes Still smiling gently, he turned and walked towards the waiting hall, as if he was going to buy a ticket.

"...I suddenly felt that it would be safer to change to another flight..." Leon murmured, his expression tangled.

"...I second." Roger twitched his lips and nodded.

"...It seems that it is better for me to go on the boat with you. After you get off the boat, I will come back by myself." Theodore raised his forehead, but his tone was firm.

"..."<——This is Nexant who never expresses his opinion.

"...??!!" <——This is Kanum who is panicked and dazed.

Roger felt more and more that there was really no good sign for going to sea this time.