The princesses all come to help me move the bricks [Infrastructure]

102.

Prince Vesey, together with his servants, was flying wildly.

He himself can barely maintain the false appearance of a gentleman, but his servants have already raised their tails.

As I said before, Anna and others have already discovered the duplicity of Prince Antonio Vesi. With such a prince as the master, his servants are basically not the kind of humble and polite people. But before, they just covered up their temperament of stepping on the high and flattering the low, and looking at people with their nostrils.

But maybe it was because they were blowing too much and blowing too high today, which made these people feel very floaty, and this revealed an uncomfortable arrogance in the conversation.

As if they had harvested the most precious black pearl today, they became the number one in the world, which surprised and shocked Anna.

It's not that everyone cares about this pearl. It's not that Anna doesn't have white pearls of the same quality or even more meaningful. Their "charity" seems to be that people all over the world are begging them to see it. The tone of the show is really very uncomfortable.

Anna instinctively wanted to refuse.

But before she could speak, she felt her hand being held.

Looking back, it was Tar who was watching her with anxious and longing eyes that he didn't realize, and the words on Anna's mouth changed in an instant.

"Okay, after a short rest, I will be there on time."

There is a little more than an hour before twelve o'clock, half an hour earlier as usual, there are no special requirements for dress, Anna can arrange according to the simple dress regulations, and it is not too late.

Those who left early basically asked about it. It is best to invite someone with a high status like Anna, and objectively speaking, the significance of the black pearl is quite extraordinary.

This kind of small gathering that was held on the spur of the moment couldn't be expected to be of such a high standard. Anna wanted to regard it as a small gathering that was temporarily arranged after Prince Weixi was touted and became dizzy.

Thinking of this, Anna felt very boring.

The people who went to the captain's room over there haven't come back yet, and the collision sounds of several "accidents" are actually someone who came back to report after exploring.

Under the wind and waves, even this kind of big ship, it is impossible for nothing to happen.

The small ones are like smashing a few sets of ceramic dinner plates, and the big ones are like a broken sail or water in the cabin. The previous few sound accidents are not big or small.

According to the experienced sailors on the ship, the extent of the damage is not large, and this point of collision and accident is not worthy of special attention, and it can be said to be a common problem on large ships.

But the uneasiness in Anna's heart increased with time, and she didn't feel relieved at all.

The more people didn't take it seriously, the more obvious the ominousness in her heart became.

It wasn't that she was born rebellious and rebellious, but that she had already expected certain things to happen.

According to the strong causal law of plot logic, Anna believes that the capsize will be either tonight or tomorrow night. In short, there will always be accidents on the journey.

If it was really like the fairy tale, it would be that several ships capsized together, and few people survived. Among them, Prince Vesey would be the lucky one who was saved by the Little Mermaid Princess, while the others— If Princess Leina is really the real fiancée, then she should be fine, and there is no guarantee for the rest.

Anna can only save within her ability.

Under the plot, there are not many things she can do, especially since she has no achievements related to the ocean, and it is impossible to use her power in the ocean as freely as she does on land.

Anna is not the traditional perfect princess of truth, kindness and beauty. She just wants to protect her friends and a group of loyal servants.

The others have already been reminded repeatedly that the ship had made considerable preparations, and she had been inspected several times. Instead of taking it seriously, they still thought she was timid and timid, and even deliberately blocked Prince Weixi's itinerary— — Dissatisfied with the prince himself.

This is something that her personal willpower cannot change, and she does not want to change everyone's boring ideas and stubborn prejudices, and they will also pay the price for their own contempt.

When changing clothes, Tal, who refused to be separated from Anna, sat obediently on one side, on the other side of the screen, and his eyes would not wander. "Boom" went out.

At this moment, the person sent by the female officer from the captain's room finally arrived.

The man's face was full of fear, and it took him a long time to explain the matter clearly.

It is only said that the big ship and the surrounding ships have lost their direction, and it seems that they have reached a forbidden sea area that should not have arrived——

There are things in the sea that affect the magic compass and related alchemy props, and some may even directly affect the use of some magic.

It is very dangerous to rely on the personal experience of the sailor and captain on board to judge the alchemy props that most noble ships need to use to sail, and this kind of sea area will be called the forbidden sea area.

What made everyone panic is that there should not be any forbidden sea area during their journey.

From the very beginning, they were clearly positioned to rely on various magical alchemy props and use a more "superior" and "high-end" technical level to conduct a voyage trip unprecedented for the Weixi royal family in the past century.

One thing that the Weixi royal family has always been proud of is that the ship is equipped with considerable magic-related items and many special alchemy props. From the rudder that controls the ship to the hull itself, they are all more novel "high magic" products.

But right now, they have inadvertently entered a section of forbidden magic sea area, which is like covering their eyes directly. The worst thing is that the surrounding weather is so bad that even experienced captains are not sure about the direction .

"how?"

Anna and the maids fell silent.

"Now the captain is leading people to make observations and calculations, but..."

The maid told Anna in a trembling tone that the captain and the others said that normally, there would not be any forbidden sea area in their route, and it would be quite a distance away, even if it was their nearest fishing spot, that area would be There is a distance from the forbidden sea.

They should have been driving very steadily, and their routes planned very carefully.

But I don't know why, starting from the "normal" fishing point they fished in the afternoon, everything is different from what was expected.

They went off course, and they didn't know if they had already gone off course in the afternoon, or after the storm started to blur their course, causing the ship to go off course as it walked.

In short, they are now approaching the forbidden sea in a large area. According to the momentum of this storm, if they can't turn around in time——

"How will it be?"

"Maybe to the waters of Atlanta."

A silence.

Atlanta is famous not only for its rich resources like legends, but also for its ferocity.

Since the refusal to come and go, all ships entering this sea area will be smashed into pieces. For a long time, fishermen have spread word of mouth that it is the "devil's sea area" and must not be easily entered.

Obviously, this servant and everyone present are very aware of this terrifying and bloody rumor.

After realizing this, everyone's faces were extremely ugly. Although they didn't want to make the worst predictions, the situation didn't seem to allow them to be optimistic.

Anna didn't know what other people were thinking, but she still hoped that the captain and others would find the right way and go back as soon as possible.

Anna also found that after hearing the news, everyone's hearts were a little loose.

Although they had known all kinds of first aid-related things from Anna for a long time, they actually didn't think that a "shipwreck" would really happen, but now, it seemed that they couldn't help thinking about such a situation.

"Forget it, you all go get ready."

Ana sighed, she didn't want to promote that uneasy atmosphere on the ship, especially if there was some kind of panic caused by not having it, that would be a really bad thing.

She was prepared for this-

With certain expectations, she asked the female officer to lead people to do a drill, how to be with whom, who should wear the relevant "first aid kit", and how to rush to the place where there is a small boat as soon as possible , and then what should be paid attention to when "drifting" in the sea...

"I hope this is just a false alarm." Anna sighed, finished her makeup and hair, and was about to go to the small ballroom to participate in today's inexplicable tasting.

She was dragged by force, so naturally she didn't mean to show off her treasures, and she didn't have any good things to compete with the black pearl. She just took the opportunity to watch the black pearl up close, and also wanted to see Let's see how Prince Weixi will deal with it.

I'm afraid Anna is the first to know about the captain's room.

In the absence of a clear situation, I am afraid that the captain and others would not dare to make trouble at this "lively" time. Prince Weixi is just when he is happy, and he will definitely blame the boatman when he hears the bad news. A person who looks kind, the first reaction of his subordinates will be to avoid him.

If it can be solved directly, wipe this matter away, and get back on track smoothly, then it doesn't matter if there is an accident or not. Yes, then at most it is a praiseworthy thing like "With the captain's extraordinary experience in sailing, he led the team to solve a difficult problem", Prince Weixi will definitely not punish him.

But if there is an accident, the rescue and departure time of the nobles who are holding a ball in the first cabin will be delayed for a certain period of time, including Prince Weixi of course, and the time for him to react will be even shorter.

Anna can understand both ways of dealing with it, but in fact, she already knows the situation, so she has already arranged for it in private.

There are some boatmen on the ship from the Kingdom of Lore. Although most of the leaders are from Weixi, there is nothing missing on Anna's side. She has asked the female officer to wait for the rescue and prepare for the rescue. Prepare.

She can't expect the nobles in heavy dresses to learn swimming or self-rescue methods. She can only arrange and straighten out the professionals on board first, and then minimize the consequences of possible crises.

"You want to come with me too?"

"Let's go then."

Tal held her hand tightly, and just now he became interested, and the maid also helped him with makeup and hair styling. Although the clothes were not very gorgeous, he was just a small foil for Anna, and he didn't need a luxurious appearance.

Anna herself was also a little worried about him alone, so if she could take him with her, she would just take him along, and if something happened, she would be able to save him directly.

When he was a little white cat, he wasn't afraid of water, and he didn't dislike taking a bath, but after all, he was in the sea, and he didn't know if he could swim after becoming a human.

Ana only hoped that there would not be an immediate opportunity to practice this.

But probably because of fear of something coming, when the so-called tasting session was about a third of the way through, the roaring noise outside became more obvious.

The boat swayed even more violently, and it was visible to the naked eye that the tableware on the two tables in the hall next to it slid down the tablecloth and smashed to the ground. All the nobles who were having too much fun were startled.

Among the screams, there were apologies and exclamations from the servants, mixed with the sound of music and laughter, and there was also the sound of broken porcelain that fell and fell, creating a chaotic commotion.

Anna didn't know how they managed to block out all kinds of messy sounds around them, and then gathered here, boasting about the sea oysters on the table and the pearls inside.

Prince Weixi's cheeks were flushed, he didn't know whether it was because he was hot or drunk, in short, he looked more emotional than usual, his face was full of complacency, the confident man was surrounded by many men and women who praised him Among them, his fiancée, Princess Leina, also had a red face, watching him with eyes full of friendship, and obviously had some thoughts about the black pearl.

"on fire!"

Anna heard a servant talking in the distance, and then the servant who looked like the manager scolded them a few times, telling them to quickly put out the fire, and saying not to disturb the adults here at the dance.

She had a splitting headache, and Tal refused to let go of her hand at all, clenched tightly, as if he couldn't stand the atmosphere.

Anna regretted coming here a little bit, but Prince Weixi, an annoying idiot, didn't wink at all.

Maybe it was because she was honest with him before and gave him some kind of "general trust" wrong signal, making him feel that he needs to release his greasy charm in front of her again, so she kept looking for reasons to let her appear.

But because of diplomatic needs, Anna had to pretend to flatter her.

She couldn't ignore all the nobles present, even for the reputation of the royal family of Lore, her sister Princess Maria, and Oran, she couldn't act as if she didn't know anything, especially Maria didn't know anything yet. power.

If there is a "diplomatic contradiction" in this way, the country of the famous seven brave men needs to "unite together". If there is a problem, it will bring some troubles to Maria's future succession, etc., although not necessarily Too big to handle, but always a problem.

"Emma..." Anna touched her, and Emma handed her a glass of water.

She understands Anna's discomfort very well. She also felt the same way when she encountered such a "lively" to chaotic dance party for the first time, but Emma was very restrained and showed no expression of discomfort or dislike, while Anna You can be a little willful and pretend that you are physically weak.

"Bam—"

"what!!!"

Suddenly, the big ship shook violently, almost giving people the illusion that it was about to be overturned.

In the blink of an eye, the chandelier above the head shook, and then fell to the ground with a bang, and everyone screamed.

At that time, the black pearl just reached Emma's hand, and Emma picked it up. Everyone stood up and looked at the center of the screaming and chaotic crowd.

Tal stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to reach Emma who was separated from Anna, facing the black pearl in her hand.

"Do you want to see?" Emma smiled and asked Tal who was standing behind Anna on the left. She knew his identity from Anna.

"..." Tal blinked at her, his big eyes were very beautiful.

Prince Weixi went to preside over the situation, and Anna was here to appease the disturbed crowd.

"Anna." Emma handed the black pearl to Anna without any hassle.

Tal's status is different, and Anna herself admits this, not to mention that in the eyes of everyone, he is just a little run-down nobleman, Anna's pet.

Even Anna herself didn't take the black pearl to look at it carefully, and it would be unreasonable to hand it to him directly. Emma is very measured in this regard.

"..."

It was noisy again.

It was as if a hundred thousand mosquitoes were buzzing around her ears, and tens of thousands of bees were "working hard" in the distance. Although the music stopped, the noise of the crowd did not stop.

Anna felt like she was going to faint from the smell in the room.

Face powder, candles, wine, flowers and fruits, and the smell of sweat from too many people were all intertwined. After the music that covered everything stopped, the nose finally had a little room to work. What the excellent sense of smell brought was This is simply a more chaotic olfactory "feast" than "Symphony".

"I can't stand anymore."

Anna said this clearly in the eyes she looked at Emma.

The loyal subordinate of Prince Weixi came over, holding a special box containing black pearls in his hand. Anna raised her eyebrows slightly, obviously dissatisfied with his attitude.

Is it because she thinks she will take the opportunity to seize it or something, she hasn't discussed the reason for this pearl with Prince Weixi, his subordinates can't wait to take it back, what is Ann's mind.

Even if it was impossible for Anna to do this kind of encroachment, she couldn't help being disgusted by their "thinking".

Emma also realized this. As Anna's good friend, she immediately turned her face and got into an argument with that subordinate.

The other party didn't dare to speak out to Anna and other relevant personnel, but his attitude of apologizing openly was actually derogatory, which made people uncomfortable.

Anna felt even more dizzy. When she raised her head, she saw a subordinate next to the female officer tentatively looking at Anna at the door, with a very bad expression on her face. Immediately afterwards, someone came from the captain's room and said that she wanted to see Wei Xi prince.

Anna's heart sank, her intuition was bad.

But the ball can't end just by Anna opening her mouth. The host is in Weixi, and both Princess Lena and Prince Weixi signaled for the dance to continue.

Although the overhead lights were extinguished, and the falling chandelier injured more than a dozen people, everyone's desire to participate in the dance has not been relieved too much, especially if they stop at this time, there is always a feeling that they are not having enough fun.

Anna couldn't understand their remarks at all and just kept silent.

"I'm a little tired, first..."

Anna conveniently wanted to put the black pearl on the sea oyster. At this moment, the magic lamp flickered twice, and dozens of lights in the ball hall all went out at the same time.

"what happened?!"

"what!!"

"what happened?"

Anna felt that Emma grabbed her right wrist immediately, and Tal never let go of her hand from the beginning to the end.

"Don't be afraid." Anna said in a low voice, "I'm afraid the situation will be bad, but it will be based on the worst situation we estimated before."

"..." Emma swallowed a few times very obviously, and finally squeezed out a few words after stumbling.

"I will."

Suddenly, it seemed as if something hit the big ship.

This was a large ship equipped with defensive magic, but just like that, Anna realized that the so-called solid defense might have been broken.

Anna stood up and led the people to guide the crowd, returning to their respective rooms for the time being.

At this time, even if you want to continue, you can't.

Anna has already spoken, and some people are already thinking of quitting. Prince Weixi is walking towards the captain's cabin, and Princess Leina also stands up.

The crowd gave them some face at least, and thousands of people went to their respective rooms along the two entrances.

In about 5 minutes, about half of the people in the hall had been evacuated.

Naturally, Prince Weixi's subordinates will be the last to leave, and Anna also stays here temporarily, together with Princess Leina and others.

Emma went back first under her signal.

If something really happened, she would bring her subordinates and Anna's servants with her. If Anna couldn't take care of it, she would go alone, and she would find a way to join them at that time.

Not long after, news came from Prince Weixi. They were walking along the stormy ocean current. They never expected that they were approaching the waters of Atlanta. The ships deviated from the direction, and several of the escorting ships were nowhere to be found. At the moment there is only one big ship of theirs.

To make matters worse, a thunderbolt fell from the sky just now, and with the huge tremor, it directly destroyed the defensive magic of the ship. Then the ship will be in a "natural" state and "resign itself to fate".

Prince Weixi's words sound nice, but everyone will not be happy about it.

The faces of everyone who had returned to their respective rooms were very ugly, and everyone had an unspeakable fear and anger.

Everyone regretted following this trip, and the second half of the night became extremely difficult.

Anna and the others have already made preparations. They estimated that the ship will be destroyed. Many people are still lucky, but they just think that they may be a little nervous about supplies if they deviate from the route. Prepare to "snatch" life-saving supplies, etc.

"what to do……"

Emma's hands were cold, and she was sitting in Anna's room, listening to the strong wind and rain outside, and the whole ship was shaking violently.

"It will be resolved." Anna held her hand, "Trust me."

The makeup on the faces of several people was not removed, but they just changed into relatively lighter clothes and put on magic life jackets.

Tal was the one with the weakest awareness of the situation. He was not infected by the panic of those humans at all, and was completely immersed in his own world.

After a while, in the oppressive silence, Tal suddenly spoke.

"Anna."

"what happened?"

"Pearls," he said.

"What pearl?" Anna was taken aback, and took out her own white pearl.

"Do you want to see this? This is to be returned to others, not for you to play with."

"..." Tar looked at her, and Anna's comforting smile gradually disappeared.

Tal in front of her made her feel a little strange.

A boy who is as pure as white paper rarely has this kind of "quiet" mood, which is different from the usual daze or quietness, and it is a more intuitive appearance.

"What's wrong?" Anna asked, "Did you remember something?"

"I offended the Sea God." Tal said, "The black pearl shouldn't be in the hands of humans."

"What do you mean?!" Emma stood up in fright, but fortunately, there were only three of them in the room at this time.

"The black pearl is a sacrifice to the Sea God. Except for those approved by the Sea God, other lives cannot be privately owned. Otherwise, the Sea God will instruct the king of the sea to bring disaster."

This was probably the longest sentence Tull had ever said, and his voice was inorganic, as if he himself didn't realize what he was talking about.

Anna saw a scale on his forehead, which was the blue-purple fish scale of the same style as the mermaid prince that had disappeared before. At the same time, a smaller scale gradually appeared on his neck and between the collarbone. The appearance of fish scales.

Anna and Emma looked at each other, both of them were very shocked.

"Take it back," he said.

"Only those who are approved by God can touch it."

Tal emphasized again, that pair of clear and beautiful emerald green eyes gradually added a bit of blue-purple color.

The color of his pupils became cloudy, but he didn't reduce his appearance, on the contrary, he still looked so handsome.

"..." Emma blinked, and managed to stabilize her body in the sway. Unlike her, Tal seemed to be fixed on the ground of the boat.

"What should I do..."

"A person approved by God?" Anna paused.

"Do I count?"

"You?" Emma looked at her inexplicably.

"This god refers to the Sea God, right?"

"But... doesn't it mean that the Sea God is... lower than the God of Light?"

Anna pointed to herself and said bluntly.

Emma was so frightened that she wanted to cover her mouth, but she staggered and threw herself into her arms. Anna could only help her with one hand, and hurriedly said, "Don't get excited, don't get excited."

As a result, Anna felt her hand tightened by Tal's, and she let go a little, but she didn't let go.

"That's it..." Emma said in astonishment.

"But, what evidence do you have..."

"I once performed miracles in the royal city." Anna told Emma, ​​and clearly saw her eyes widen.

"It was the time when everyone searched for it for a long time, but they didn't find it..."

"I was praying that time, but I didn't expect that I would turn it on if I didn't pay attention... and then... it seemed that the God of Light had descended. It seemed like a successful descending?" Anna said uncertainly.

"At that time, I didn't dare to be too high-profile, so I ran away, but I heard that the traces left behind were quite large, and it indeed attracted a lot of church-related..."

"Fuck!" Emma finally couldn't help interrupting her, pointing at her "you" for a long time, but was unable to say the rest.

"Forget it, who else can do it except you?"

Emma was relieved, and urged her to get the pearl quickly, and then they continued to think about other things.

"It's just one step at a time."

Anna wanted to give Tarto to Emma, ​​but she didn't want Tarto to keep holding her hand and refused to let go. Even though it seemed "not normal" now, he always followed her closely, as if he didn't want to leave.

"Then let's go together."

When they got near Prince Weixi's room, they realized that things were not going as smoothly as they had imagined.

Anna originally thought of explaining the situation clearly to Prince Weixi and asking him to give up voluntarily. If they couldn't do it, they would force it. The result was that when the ship was in chaos, the prince actually "lost" the black pearl.

Everyone knew that the pearls returned to the sea oyster from Anna's side, and then it seemed that some prince's men went down to take in the sea oyster's pearls, including the most precious black pearl.

It turned out that such a box of pearls was stolen by someone without knowing it.

Prince Weixi was furious, and most of his men were sent out to find him.

But right now the problem of the ship's course is more critical. There are still many places that need to be repaired by manpower, and there is also a group of angry nobles who need to be appeased. For many reasons, he simply cannot spare manpower to find them.

Most importantly, he didn't want to get a bad reputation for doing things wrong, so he didn't dare to make a big deal out of it.

When Anna and Tal sneaked over, it was just when they learned that the pearl box and the pearls disappeared not long ago. They didn't even have a clue how they disappeared. to find.

"We'll look for it too."

"I know where it is."

The two spoke at the same time, and after looking at each other, Anna decisively signaled Tal to lead the way.

Along the way, they did not dare to make a high profile, and could only avoid the crowd as much as possible. What was even more annoying was that the ship was shaking more and more, and they heard people screaming from time to time, as well as the anxious shouting of the boatmen.

It seems that there are more problems somewhere, and some nobles have some dissatisfaction and need to be served by people.

Originally, the servant could follow along if he had the strength, but now he can't do anything, instead he has to continue to appease the noble.

Anna was even more anxious. If she wasn't for this broken pearl, she would have been able to help, but now——

Blame the damned Prince Antonio Vesi.

Anna cursed in her heart.

Tal has a special intuition, as if he had somehow found the red stone and ate it before. He "sensed" in the air, and then he was able to find the probably correct direction.

Immediately afterwards, they heard the voices of the twenty-five boys in the boatman arguing with each other. Anna almost knocked against the wall, but it was Tal who protected her.

According to the situation, it seems that the low-level servants mixed with thieves who already had different intentions, and after stealing the pearls, they decided to divide the spoils and left directly.

They forcibly opened the casket, and were already dividing the pearls.

Not far from them is a magical speedboat with special functions.

"Is there anyone who can respond?"

Anna frowned, not wanting Tull to rush out regardless of everything.