Deep Sea Embers

Chapter 220 "New Crew"

Duncan returned to the cabin with a rich hunt.

Accompanied by a heavy muffled sound, he threw a big fish almost as tall as an adult to the ground, and several smaller ugly fish were also thrown beside the big fish with crackling noises.

"These fish struggled really hard today. Fortunately, I am stronger than me in terms of strength," Duncan said with a proud and happy tone, and wiped his forehead with his hand—in fact, he didn't sweat at all, but as a The fisherman who came back with a bunch of big fish to show off, wiped his forehead at this time is the most basic respect for his prey, "Let's all take a look, this is a specialty from the depths of the boundless sea, don't look ugly, it actually tastes It's quite...why do you all have that expression?"

Duncan finally moved his eyes away from his prey, and looked up to find Shirley, Morris and Agou who were hiding far away in the cabin. Except for Agou's expressions which were more difficult to figure out, the expressions of Morris and Shirley Something was clearly wrong.

Only Nina ran over and greeted her as usual: "Uncle Duncan!"

Then she looked curiously at the fish that were thrown on the floor.

It was really a fish, ugly as it was—but it was the kind that Uncle Duncan had brought home before.

"It's really ugly..." Nina sighed in amazement, "Is it even uglier before it's dried? And how did they become like this..."

"Why do they all look like this?" Duncan couldn't help asking, looking at Shirley and Morris who were looking like ghosts across the cabin.

"They were shocked by the movement when you caught the fish, uncle," Nina replied immediately, and then seemed to think for a while, with a slightly embarrassed expression on her face, "Actually, I was also shocked...you caught fish The movement of the fish is quite loud..."

"Is the movement of my catching fish very loud?" Duncan frowned suspiciously, as if he had vaguely noticed something, and looked up at Morris who was sitting in the distance, "Did something happen just now?"

At this time, Morris carefully got up from the chair, and then cautiously came to the side of the ugly strange fish. He lowered his head and looked at it again and again. After confirming that these things had really turned into fish, he hesitated and said: "Duncan Sir, do you...have a bad relationship with the children of the deep sea? So much so that you want to distort them into this appearance..."

Duncan was taken aback for a moment, and finally realized what was going on with the discord from beginning to end. He slowly turned his head to look at Nina, and said thoughtfully: "...In your opinion, I grabbed Isn't it a fish?"

"It is now, but not just now," Nina stuck out her tongue and replied in a low voice, "Just now we saw you wrestling with a huge thing, that's... like this..."

Nina stretched out her hand vigorously, trying to draw the huge sea beast that would never appear in the human mind, and then described what she saw just now, the scene on the deck, and in the process of her telling, Duncan's expression became a little serious, and then he fell into thought again.

"It's almost like that," Nina finally finished speaking. She turned her head and glanced at the strange fish again, her tone filled with disbelief, "but we didn't expect that thing to actually become... a fish."

Duncan fell silent for a while, and after a long time, he muttered softly thoughtfully: "That sounds like a very huge octopus..."

Shirley, who had always been hiding aside and didn't interrupt, finally dared to come over at this time. Hearing this, she couldn't hold back her curiosity: "Octopus? What is that?"

"It's actually edible," Duncan explained. "It looks scary, but it tastes okay."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions on the faces of Shirley and Morris became wonderful again.

Duncan didn't care about their reactions at the moment, he just looked at his hunt and fell into deep thought.

It turned out that the "fish" I caught...wasn't a fish at first.

The descendants of the deep sea, the terrible "monsters" in the boundless sea, the sea monsters that make the captain and sailors frightened -- they turned into fish only after they were "fished" by themselves.

Why did this change happen?

Duncan felt surprise and confusion at first, but in the end, these surprises and confusion converged into a more fundamental question:
Can this fish still be eaten?
Duncan was a little tangled for a while, but after a few seconds of tangling, he had an answer - it's not like he hasn't eaten it before. Apart from being a little ugly, these fish taste good.

This is the boundless sea, and there are countless weird things in the boundless sea. Compared with those truly indescribable horrors, what is the fuss about when monsters from the deep sea turn into ugly fish after landing?Although the words "Children of the Deep Sea" sound bluffing, let's open our minds a bit. Isn't the Son of the Deep Sea a kind of sea monster?Throughout human civilization, how many things that were once regarded as terrifying monsters did not end up on the table?

Duncan believes that the essence of the whole thing is actually that one ingredient has become another ingredient on the Lost Country...

The words "I've eaten anyway" dispelled all the doubts and entanglements in Duncan's mind. He decided not to care about so much, as if he had revealed the secret behind the delicious taste of the ingredients—if he was really worried, he would turn around and ask Alice Cook a little longer.

Shirley and Morris just watched the expression on Duncan's face become happy again, and heard the other party's arrangement: "I don't think so much, I will send these fish to the kitchen first."

Xue Li couldn't care less about being cautious at this time: "Do you really want to eat?!"

"It's not like you haven't eaten it before," Duncan looked at the girl with a strange expression, "Didn't you eat it last time?"

Shelly: "..."

Regardless of the mentality of the visitors, this special dinner on the Lost Country was finally served on the table.

For Duncan, today is destined to be a special day.

After being deserted for so long, the Lost Homes finally ushered in what could be considered a "lively" day. In the cabin in the middle of the deck, the long-closed dining room was reopened, and the bright whale oil lamps dispelled the noise in the cabin. It was dim, and the long table was wiped shiny, and on it was the most sumptuous meal that can be provided on this ship today——

Freshly baked bread, vegetable soup, pea stew, jam and mash, two light wines and one strong wine, and fish.

And of course, Ay's chips and ketchup.

Duncan sat at one end of the long table, Nina was sitting next to him, and on the other side was Alice who came to make up the count, and on both sides of the long table were Shirley, Agou, Morris and Ai Yi.

In all fairness, compared with this huge restaurant and long tables, the few people in front of us are not really "lively", and strictly speaking, there is not even a real "ordinary human" here except Morris, But even so, this will be the most atmospheric meal Duncan has had since coming to this ship.

After all, he usually eats with either a goat's head or Alice. The whole ship can't find two people to eat. Finally, there is Ai, and the only recipe is French fries...

And for the few "visitors" who boarded the ship today, it seems that this will be the most incredible and impressive meal in their lives.

Morris looked at the dinner plate in front of him. The grilled fish that Alice had personally sliced ​​was placed in the middle. After cooking and processing, it was difficult to see any weird and terrifying elements in the flesh and blood of this heir—it was like The real food is so-so, and even exudes a tempting aroma.

Sitting on the Lost Home, living with the shadows of the warp, eating the flesh and blood of the children of the deep sea.

Morris couldn't help but want to chant the holy name of the God of Wisdom Rahmu in a low voice—but he was afraid that the god would really bless him and make him accidentally look at something he shouldn't.

The atmosphere at the dining table seemed a bit formal, and Duncan also noticed this, so he was the first to raise his glass: "First of all, welcome everyone again—although the process was a bit unexpected, you are now a member of the Lost Homeland. , let’s use this glass of wine as a welcome ceremony.”

The entanglement and tension in his heart gave way quickly, and Morris raised his glass in a hurry, followed by Shirley and the imitative Nina—but Duncan quickly glanced at the two girls: "You two can drink juice .”

"I'm almost an adult!" Shirley said subconsciously.

"I... I'll just take a sip," Nina whispered, "Fruit wine is also fine..."

"...then you two only have to drink a little," Duncan said with a serious face, "I'll let Alice watch from the side."

"Ah! good uncle/good Mr. Duncan!"

Morris looked at the exchange between Shirley, Nina, and Duncan in a little surprise. This seemingly too down-to-earth scene suddenly relaxed his tense nerves a little.

It wasn't just Morris' nerves that relaxed a little.

After Nina took a sip of the fruit wine excitedly but was still coughing heavily, the atmosphere in the restaurant seemed to relax.

Duncan feels that it is time to talk about his next thoughts and arrangements.

"After dinner, I will arrange for Ai to send you back to the city-state," he looked around the dining table, and said in a relaxed and peaceful tone, "Mr. Morris, you can go home directly, Shirley, Agou And Nina, you can go back to the antique shop."

Nina was recovering from the cough caused by a sip of fruit wine, when she heard Duncan's words, she suddenly thought of something: "Ahem... Uncle... Cough, then you..."

"Of course I will wait for you there," Duncan laughed, and his eyes fell on Shirley. "In fact, it has always been like this—I am here, and I am also in the city-state."

"Eh..." Shirley was a little dazed, and then blinked suddenly after being stunned for a few seconds, "I thought...after solving the matter of Prand, you would stop paying attention to that city-state, so... As the story goes, the captain went on an adventure..."

"Of course the captain will continue to embark on adventures, the Lost Home is still sailing in the boundless sea," Duncan looked at Shirley with a half-smile, "but the captain is still paying attention to the civilized world, and the crew of the Lost Home... will you Return to life on land that you are familiar with, but do not rule out re-boarding the ship if the situation requires it."

"...We still have to come back?!" Shirley was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized.

Nina also reacted: "We can still come back!?"

(End of this chapter)