God's family

The moist sea breeze was blowing on his cheeks, white seagulls were hovering and calling in the air, and beside him was a beauty who seemed to belong exclusively to the ocean, plucking the strings gracefully and humming a strange tune. Roger took a deep breath, feeling deeply If one ignores the faint uneasiness deep in one's heart, this journey should probably be called a good one... Well, yes, one has to ignore the guy on the other side who has been in low pressure.

"...Do you hate being on a boat?" Roger bit the bullet and turned his head to talk, trying to make the black-faced god named Lacente feel better.

"I don't hate it." Lacente shook his head, and answered bluntly but not too coldly, but immediately made Roger feel that there was really no way to continue the topic.

Fortunately, at this time, Leon also came to the deck, breaking Roger's dilemma of trying to find a topic.

"How? Theodore... are you okay?" Roger asked worriedly, leaving Lyon immediately behind.

"Kanam has seasickness medicine, he's already taken it, so probably... there's nothing wrong with it, right? It's just seasickness anyway." Leon shrugged his shoulders, showing a smile with white teeth that he was in a very good mood now, "I This is the first time I have encountered an elf seasick!"

"... Is it really okay for you to gloat like this?" Roger raised his forehead. He has always known that there is a relationship between Leon, who is constantly trying to protect the reputation of mankind, and Theodore, who has always been indifferent to many human social phenomena. It's passable, but there have been constant skirmishes in private.However, seeing the always proud elf showing weakness due to seasickness makes me feel so relieved... Leon, where did your knight creed go? !

Roger teased Leon almost, but was perfunctory by him with a smile, and saw his eyes flickering, as if he wanted to tell Lyon something, so he simply made an excuse to check on Theodore's condition - anyway, he At this time, he also felt extremely sympathetic to what happened to the elf——said "... I'd better go and see him", then turned and walked to the cabin.

When he opened the hatch and turned his head, Roger saw Leon approaching Laicant, whispering something, while Laicant maintained his usual expression, but a trace of darkness and impatience flashed across his dark eyes.

——It doesn't seem like a good thing.Roger thought to himself, but he didn't pay much attention. He just walked into the cabin, found the room belonging to Elf and Leon with ease, and knocked on the door.

"Who..." Theodore's weak voice came from the room. After Roger replied, he heard the sound of getting out of bed, and then the door in front of him was opened.

"...Sorry, did I disturb your rest?" Roger looked at the always respectful elf who was still greeting him meticulously even though his body was swaying, and couldn't help but feel that it might be a bit inappropriate for him to come at this time.

Theodore waved his hand, turned his head and walked towards the bed, and leaned softly on the head of the bed, then smiled weakly as if he had taken a breath, "It's nothing, I stay in the room alone I can't sleep even here, the more bored I feel, the more uncomfortable it is, it's really great that you can come."

"I knew you would be seasick, so I shouldn't have promised you to go on the boat with us." Roger looked at Theodore sympathetically.The pale elf frowned slightly because he was uncomfortable, and his blond hair, which had always been meticulously groomed, was hanging messily on both sides of his cheeks at the moment, and his blue eyes were slightly dim, although the proud he tried his best to conceal that he was at this moment. state, but still involuntarily revealed a little bit of fragility.

"...Sorry, indeed, if I had known it would be like this, I shouldn't have boarded the ship." Theodore lowered his head and agreed with Roger's words, "Even if something happens, my current state is only It can only hold you back, it can't help you at all..."

"That's not what I meant..." Roger quickly denied.

"I know you don't mean that." Theodore showed a smile, "It's just that I think so."

"...I'm really worried. After you get to the other side, how are you going to come back by boat alone... The seasickness medicine hasn't worked yet?"

"It doesn't seem to be there yet. Maybe the elves are much more resistant to medicines than humans, or the medicines of humans don't work on elves?" Theodore curled his lips, "I think... I'd rather take a long way back from the land than Never take a boat again."

Looking at Theodore, who rarely lost his temper, Roger's sympathy became stronger, and he said hesitantly, "...Although the seasickness medicine may not be very effective, I have a vertigo medicine here, maybe it will be useful?"

"Stunner? What's that?" Elf pulled himself together and propped up his body, a little curious.

"Who knows, I haven't used it much, last time I gave Baludymon a little bit, and then it seemed to have a good sleep, and then it was fine, so maybe it will work?" Roger explained.

"...What the hell have you been doing with it all the time!" Theodore twitched the corners of his mouth, although he wanted to teach Roger a lesson, but at the moment his state was obviously a bit powerless.

"Hey, actually I'm quite sensible, isn't it still alive and kicking..." Roger's eyes drifted for a moment with some guilty conscience, and he immediately changed the subject, "In short, this is also because of the inexplicable function of the bracelet. Yes, the above explanation is a potion that can make the opponent fall into a state of dizziness and lose the ability to move." Roger fumbled for a long time in the bag that he never left, and took out a potion bottle.

"...Sounds a little cruel?" The elf's expression was extremely tangled, as if he was in a battle between heaven and man. Should he try a stun potion that came from an unknown source and sounded unreliable in function, or should he continue to fight with his bloated stomach and stomach? The feeling of wanting to gag fights.

At this time, a big wave came violently, and the cabin swayed more violently with the waves. After covering his lips with his hands, Theodore suppressed the desire to vomit for a long time. He, who paid attention to manners and neatness, finally struggled. He made a decision, "Stunner... just please."

"...Are you sure? I think this thing is more like a lethal weapon against the enemy." Roger couldn't help shrinking his hand when the elf reached out for the potion, and warned again.

"...If it's really a lethal weapon against the enemy, why did you experiment with Baludymon?" Theodore couldn't help complaining, and then his expression was serious, and his tone was firm, "But...forget it, this matter I'll talk about it later, I need this bottle of potion now. If I really can't help but spit it out, I might as well die."

When Roger was still hesitating, the elf suddenly snatched the potion from his hand swiftly and poured it into his mouth.

And then...then he closed his eyes, and there was no more movement.

Roger sat stiffly by the Elf's bed for a long while, raised his hand and shook him tremblingly, and after finding that the other party showed no signs of waking up, raised his hand carefully to feel his breathing, heartbeat and pulse.

——It seems...it seems...no big problem?Really just fell asleep.

Roger, who was barely a pharmacist, heaved a sigh of relief, moved his stiff body, and supported Theodore with great effort, let him lie flat on the bed, and covered him with a quilt.After staying for a long time, he still didn't find anything unusual about the elf. After hesitating for a while, Roger turned and left the house, and locked the door by the way.

...What is going on with this feeling of suddenly murdering someone else?

With such a guilty conscience, Roger returned to the deck again. At this time, Leon and Lyon had already finished their secret talks. To his surprise, the two of them—well, it should be said that they were Leon——even had a conversation with the bard Gal.

"You mean, there is really a valuable ancient relic outside the city of Seagate?! I always thought it was just a rumor." Leon exclaimed in astonishment, "You are...dehydrated just because you went to that relic? "

"Yes." Gal smiled shyly, "Because I was very curious, and I heard that many adventurers had been there before, so I ran over boldly, but I didn't expect... I was still short. Some."

"...It's the first time I know that a bard can go to the ruins to take risks alone." Leon twitched the corner of his mouth and couldn't help complaining.

"If you just look at the surface, it's just an ordinary ruin that's a bit dangerous, and I can still handle it, but if you go deep into a place that is not humane..." Gal paused, and did not continue. , but smiled and blinked, "Why, haven't you guys been there yet? I thought you should have been there a long time ago since you've appeared nearby, so I wanted to ask what's in there! "

"What do you mean?" Leon frowned, "You don't know what's inside? Why do you think we must have been there?"

"I came out without entering the core area. Even so, I still feel like I've lost my life..." Gal felt a little regretful, looked at Lesant and Leon, and then turned his head to look back at the deck. On the road, Roger who was silently listening to the three of them talking, "So you haven't been there either? I thought that since you have the same identity, you should have the same purpose as that human girl, so you shouldn't miss that ruin... ..."

"Human girl?" Surprisingly, the person who asked the question was Lesant who had been looking at the sea and seemed to be distracted.Staring at the bard with black eyes, Lacente uttered a name concisely, "Isabella?"

"It's her, you really know her." Gal nodded with a smile, "You have the same breath."

"What did she do?" Lacente asked, while Leon and Roger looked at each other in surprise, secretly thinking about the reappearance of information about Isabella, who seemed to be a divinely favored person, what did it mean? wearing something.

If it is a divinely favored person, then her purpose may not be a second guess, it should be related to metal fragments, that is to say, there should be metal fragments in the ruins?And the news that Edgar said Isabella exchanged with him may be related to that ruin.But then again, if there were metal fragments in the ruins, why didn't Lord Ain take any action?

To be honest, Roger didn't know at all where the other divinely favored people found the news about the whereabouts of the metal fragments. Could it be that they were all like him, as if they were lucky to meet one by one?

"I don't know what she is going to do. After all, we only met once in the ruins." Gal shook his head lightly, "She helped me so that I could get out of the ruins alive. And I just helped her read the inscription she couldn't understand, and told her a story about the ruins."

"What's the story?" This time, it was Roger's turn to ask impatiently.

"It's a story about believers and human gods—no, it should be said, it's a story about believers and human gods of the previous generation." Gal smiled, "I've always wanted to compose this story into a tune, but I don't have the time yet. "

"...We don't care about the song, we care about the story..." Roger was a little helpless, but his voice was covered by Leon, "The previous generation of human gods?! What do you mean?!"

"What do you mean?" Gal looked at Leon in surprise, and then realized, "You don't think that gods are immortal, do you?"

Leon's expression was a little ugly.

"Growing vegetation, changing seasons, changing old and new, this is the origin of the world, and it is also determined by the destiny. Whether it is ordinary creatures like us or noble gods, we must follow the destiny. In the destiny, nothing can last forever Those who go down, even the gods are no exception." There was a warm smile on the bard's face, he plucked the strings casually, slightly tilted his head, and his smooth light blue long hair slid down his shoulders with his movements , "The old die and are replaced by new ones. The old gods fall and new gods are born. This is the law. Although the life of the gods is very long, so long that it seems to us to be forever, but they still have a day to die .”

Leon was a little dazed, as if he couldn't accept such a statement for a while, but Roger didn't react much to it. After all, Gall's words vaguely fit the definition of God in his heart.Unexpectedly, Lacente suddenly turned around and left without saying a word, as if he didn't want to continue hearing this kind of topic—it wasn't derived from surprise, anger, or incomprehension like Leon Resisting, but more like hiding some other emotions that Roger can't understand.

Because of Lycent's reaction, Roger was also a little dazed.

"...Well, if according to what you said, that story is about believers and the previous generation...human gods, then what is that story?" Reluctantly retracting his thoughts on Lacente, Roger will pay attention The force is redirected to the bard.

"That story, told in the tone of the temple builder and engraved on the inscription, is in fact nothing more than a fanatical believer praising his god, loving him passionately, and almost willing to Just give it your all." Gall briefly summarized the central idea, and was about to elaborate, but was suddenly interrupted by an alarm.

"Pirate ship! There is a pirate ship ahead! Everyone on alert!!" The watchman on the tall mast rang the alarm and shouted loudly. In an instant, the entire deck was in chaos. They were resting on the deck in twos and threes. The passengers rushed into the cabin in panic to escape, while the crew quickly took up their weapons, alerting the pirate ship that was speeding towards the passenger ship like the wind.

Roger was holding on to the fence to barely avoid being crushed by the crowd and fell down. When encountering pirates in the vast sea, everyone in the boat will be prosperous and all will be damaged, so they naturally need to join the ranks of fighting against the pirates at this moment.By the time they heard the alarm and Lesant hurried over from the other side of the ship to meet them, Roger and the others had already seen the pirate ship that was almost close at hand, as well as the black-and-white skeleton flying from the mast. Jolly Roger.

"I knew I would definitely meet..." Roger leaned on Lacente and murmured, "If I buy lottery tickets with the odds of getting into trouble every time, I will definitely win the jackpot every time..."

Lacente moved his lips, but in the end he refrained from asking what a "lottery ticket" was.

"...Looking at the situation, there seems to be something wrong?" A crew member next to him muttered nervously, "What does this pirate ship want to do? If it isn't slowing down now, does it want to collide with us and hurt both sides? "

His question is naturally the common question of all people who have experience at sea. When everyone is staring at the pirate ship from far to near, completely confused about what the other party is going to do, then The incomparably swift pirate ship had almost passed them by, and it seemed that it didn't even give them any charity from the corner of the eye.

Everyone: "...???"

——What kind of trouble is this going to be? !

Just when everyone was inexplicably filled with the joy of avoiding the catastrophe and the anger of being tricked, the bard Gal suddenly yelled, "Oops!"

Before everyone could ask what the "bad thing" was, a huge jet of water suddenly sprang up from the bow of the boat, and a brown monster with teeth and claws was looming in the water jet. At this moment, no one was in the mood to pay attention to what kind of monster it was. That's right, because the monstrous waves created by that guy have already covered the ship head-on, and it was so fast that Roger didn't even have time to lift his staff, and he felt that his bones were almost hit by the heavy pressure brought by the huge waves. It has to be broken.

The only feeling when the dizziness passed was the suddenly tightened arms around his waist, which reflexively relieved him a lot, and then... and worried about the elf who should still be asleep in the cabin.

Nima's pirate ship!No wonder he didn't even dare to stop. It turned out that he had offended something he shouldn't have offended, and was chasing a sea monster behind him!This time the accident was really an unjust death!Isn't this shot while lying down? !