Alice left in a happy mood, and it seemed that she could even be happy for many days. Duncan was left alone on the deck, looking at the wooden box containing "Nelu".
He controlled his "clone" in the city-state of Pland and left the uptown area. He was now riding his bike back to the antique shop. Before leaving the doll shop, he had a lot of exchanges with the old lady who owned the shop and Lucret. Things related to Thea and Tirian, but there was no more gain.
As the shop owner said, she is just an ordinary citizen after all. She just happens to live longer than humans and has personally experienced some things that happened many years ago. But apart from the initial encounter and the information she heard from hearsay, Besides, she actually didn't know much about the two "Duncan descendants".
On the Homeless Ship, Duncan was immersed in thought.
His body actually has a pair of children, even a pair of children who are still alive, and it sounds like the brother and sister are not ordinary people - one of them once served the Frost Queen, and now he has become the largest pirate in the cold sea. The leader, the other, has been wandering at the border of the civilized world for a long time, engaging in some mysterious exploration activities, and is called the "Sea Witch" in awe by the captains.
Such a pair of "sons and daughters" brought Duncan nothing but trouble and a little nervousness at the moment.
He is now the "Captain Duncan" of the Lost Home, and it seems that in the foreseeable future, he must be "Captain Duncan", so he has to find a way to maintain this identity, but if one day in the future... What should I do if I meet those siblings?
Should I be a father and a filial son? Or should I be ruthless? Should I say hello, or should I walk away coldly?
According to the store manager, the Tirian brothers and sisters had a "break" with their father a hundred years ago. The Sea Mist and the Brilliant Star lost their flagships after a mysterious "family conflict." The town names parted ways, and this was known to the world.
But what exactly happened at that time may only be known to the three parties involved.
Duncan sighed softly.
No matter what the real situation was at that time, one thing seems certain. It seems that my relationship with the brother and sister cannot be like a father and a son, or a father and a daughter. If they really meet, it is best to use it in the direction of the misfortune of the family. Work harder...
He bent down and picked up the wooden box containing "Nelu". On the velvet lining of the box, a doll girl only a few dozen centimeters tall was lying quietly. This little girl was born a hundred years ago. Now he is the new "member" of the Lost Home.
Is "she" really connected with Lucretia? In other words, does Lucretia really still have the doll named "Luni" that she bought a hundred years ago? ?
Duncan didn't think much about it when he bought Nelu, but now his mind couldn't help but become active. Holding the wooden box, he returned to the captain's cabin.
The goat head was steering the helm as usual. As soon as Duncan opened the door and came in, his usual chatter immediately sounded: "Ah! The great captain has returned to his loyal captain's cabin. You seem to have transported a lot of supplies from the city-state. Your loyal following I am very concerned about the health of the food on the ship. If you don’t mind, I will personally guide Miss Alice to become a qualified..."
"Shut up, stop tinkering with recipes with that puppet. I don't want my next meal to look like a pot of deep demon vomit," Duncan glared at the goat head, "Where are we now? Location, how far is it from Puland?”
"Oh, we are still heading towards Pland at full speed, and we have carried out several successful spiritual accelerations in the middle - just like we are drifting on the edge of the real world, and now the Homeless Ship is only one step away from the city-state. "It's another ten days' journey," the goat head immediately said happily. "It is estimated that in a short time, you will be able to feel a clear surge of power while walking in the spirit world - the influence of the Lost Homeship will become your influence in the city-state." The biggest boost to the event..."
Duncan glanced at the goat head quietly. The latter stopped talking and was silent for two seconds before suddenly saying: "The loyal first mate always knows the captain best."
"Very good," Duncan nodded, holding the wooden box and walking towards his bedroom, but he soon stopped again, quickly considering and combining words in his mind, and finally asked casually with a calm expression, "What did you say? , if Tirian and Lucretia see me again, how will they react?"
This was a test he made after carefully weighing it. It was the most normal question he had considered, least likely to arouse suspicion, and capable of obtaining certain information.
He didn't ask Goathead what he thought of the siblings, because such a question was too blunt, and he didn't ask about what happened between the siblings and the Lost Home in the past, because it would expose his own situation - the question he finally chose The method is more in line with one's own identity and the relationship between oneself and the goat head.
The goat head was obviously stunned, and his voice hesitated for a long time before reaching Duncan's ears: "You mean... your children... I'm sorry, Captain, I don't know whether I should talk about your family affairs, because you are very Don't mention them to me less, but if you have to say it, you have to say it..."
The usually sharp-tongued goat head actually hesitated several times before finally continuing: "If I have to say it, I think there might be another fight between us and Tirian, just like the one in Frost. After all, he She always likes to use artillery to solve problems, and as for Lucretia-san...she will probably stay away..."
Duncan was noncommittal, but suddenly he realized two things!
First, he remembered that Goat Head had once revealed that the Homeless had "fought a battle" near the Frost City State, and that battle was actually with Tirian!
Second, Goat Head’s initial reaction was very strange, and he specifically emphasized that Duncan rarely mentioned the siblings to him... Judging from this sentence, could it be that this Goat Head had never really gotten along with those brothers and sisters? ?His understanding of the siblings could only rely on Duncan's "mentioning"?
Hasn’t this guy been on the Lost Home from the beginning?!
Duncan's eyes narrowed slightly, but nothing showed on his face. He just nodded to show that he heard the goat head's reply, and then continued walking calmly, returning to his dormitory.
The thick oak door closed behind him, blocking the view of the goat head in the chart room, and allowing Duncan to slowly regain his composure.
He took a long breath, took "Nilu" out of the wooden box, and placed it on his desk. He stared at the doll for several minutes, and finally said hello to her: "Hello, I Called Duncan."
Of course there was no response from the puppet.
She's really just a doll.
Duncan suddenly felt that his behavior was a bit silly. He smiled awkwardly and said to himself that luckily no one on this ship had the courage to pry into the captain's cabin. Then he opened the drawer at hand and took out something from it.
It was a small and exquisite hairpin with the shape of waves and feathers.
This is an "old thing" that Alice dug out from the cabin.
Duncan stared at the small hairpin quietly, and as before, that strange feeling of nostalgia filled his heart again.
This seemed to be the only trace of "humanity" left by the original owner of this body, remaining in his heart in the form of indifferent emotional fragments.
"I'm afraid this is really Lucretia's..." Duncan whispered to himself, "Is it a gift that he could not send out, or the only souvenir left on this ship after she left..."
He slowly picked up the hairpin and flipped it gently in the sunlight. The sunlight filtered through the window and cast a bright glow on the silver edge of the hairpin.
A small cluster of green flames spread from Duncan's fingertips, immersing the hairpin in the blink of an eye, and then the flames flowed in the air and wrapped around the doll "Nelu".
Duncan calmed down and tried to feel whether there was any extraordinary power left inside these two things, or even a little bit of "connection" that could point to the "distant place".
However, the flames quickly faded away, and neither the doll nor the hairpin responded.
Is it because they are really just ordinary mortal objects, or is it because Lucretia is currently on the border of the civilized world, and the distance is so far that the "connection" remaining between the two items has become so weak that even the spirit body To the extent that even fire cannot catch it?
Duncan frowned and spread the flames again. At the same time, with a mentality that he couldn't explain clearly, he tried to call: "Lucrecia...Lucy?"
He used the nickname Lucretia - perhaps, the connection established by this nickname will be stronger than the formal name?
Nothing happened.
Duncan waited for a long time, and finally extinguished the flame in disappointment.
At the same time, in the distant borderland, at the edge of the eternal curtain, the clockwork doll "Luni" who was wiping the table suddenly stopped.
This "engineering creation", which has been transformed countless times by Lucretia's own hands, and is now almost an "alchemical life", heard a series of harsh roars of gears and bearings turning wildly, followed by a "crunching" sound. A bunch of noise.
The clockwork key behind Lu Ni popped out with a click and fell to the ground. The alloy-reinforced arm was pulled down stiffly. From the open seam behind the maid's shell, a wisp of smoke slowly emerged...
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