Anne looked at the two "guests" in the cabin with some confusion.
Her eyes flickered between Agatha and Duncan. After a long time, the girl finally came to her senses and said, "Ah, Uncle Duncan, you want to be the cemetery caretaker here."
"Maybe~" Duncan said, looking at Agatha who was still in surprise~~ "Isn't this feasible? The cemetery guard must be a veteran of the Guardians?"
Agatha finally came to her senses and spoke quickly: "No... Although generally speaking, the guards of the cemetery are retired veterans of the guards, but if I come forward, of course I can arrange a position for you. The problem is not The key here is... do you really want to stay in this cemetery and be the caretaker?"
"My identity in Puland is still that of an antique dealer~"
Duncan said with a smile in his eyes: "The Homeless Ship will not stop in one place, but my incarnation will stay in the city~ I always have to find something to do, and I can't sit idle in that big house on Oak Street. Let’s drink tea and read the reports, okay?”
This... I really haven't thought about this problem. Agatha opened her mouth, feeling a little embarrassed, "I haven't thought about what else your incarnation, Ping Youli, needs to do."
"It's normal. Most of the movies don't mention the protagonists' job transfers after the incident. The reality is that you now have to do the work of two people, and Tirian is overwhelmed with paperwork for a whole month~"
Duncan laughed, "For me, driving a ghost ship that won't dock on the cliff and wandering the endless sea is also a very boring thing. Living a normal life in a city-state is... My technique for making sure I still feel like a 'human', you can think of it as..."
Agatha said instantly: "I will make arrangements for you immediately, and you can come to the cemetery to take up your post tomorrow~~"
Duncan: "...I'm not finished yet"
"I've listened to the most important part~~"
Agatha said solemnly, "Don't worry, even if the highest church intervenes, I will ensure that you can be a guard in this cemetery with peace of mind."
"I feel like you over-understood what I just said, but it's not a big problem."
Duncan said awkwardly, and then really asked about "work".
"What does the cemetery caretaker Hiryuri need to do?"
"Actually, there is basically not much work. The guard's task is just to ensure that the cemetery is not disturbed and to ensure that the extraordinary power is peaceful~~"
In addition, just register the living and the dead entering and leaving the cemetery.
As for the maintenance of cemetery facilities and other matters, it is the responsibility of the arranger from the nearby church... Agatha explained.
"Given that Frost City has become an extremely safe environment even at night~~ I think not only you, but all the cemetery guards should not have to do anything."
When Agatha said this, her tone was somewhat strange, and her eyes glanced at Duncan from time to time. Apparently she was thinking of the relationship between the calmness of the recent frosty night and the existence in front of her~~ and she still had some words that she had not said.
Even if the night in the city is still as dangerous as ever, what does it matter?
Is the cemetery welcoming such a 'guardian' so that there will never be any incidents involving extraordinary power again?
It is estimated that even if it is something in subspace, it will be slapped back by the new guard when it comes out of the coffin. In any case, this is a good thing.
Duncan didn't know what Agatha was thinking, and he didn't think about too complicated things himself, because he really just wanted to find something to do for his body, and considering the remaining things in this body, In the end, considering his "fate" with this cemetery, he finally chose to stay here and become the new caretaker of the cemetery.
He will continue to watch the frost here, taking care of and guarding this city-state, just like he did in Pland. The hot tea in his hand has gradually cooled down, and Duncan placed the teacup on the low table aside.
Standing up and silently looking around this small house, the simple and simple furnishings in the house came into view, as if there were still some traces of the old owner. On the wall next to the door, an old shotgun that looked very old, quietly Hanging quietly on the iron hook, the gun was still shining brightly, reflecting the fire nearby. Duncan looked at the old shotgun for a while, nodded slightly, opened the door and walked out of the hut, and the sound of cheerful music came from the tomb. There was a message coming from a certain street outside the park...
There was also the sound of fireworks~ Anne got out of the door of the small house behind him, listening to the movement on the street in the distance, and happily pulled Duncan by the corner of his clothes, "The new consul's motorcade is going to pass through the cemetery. It’s the ring zone.”
"Many people are still very shy about the new Archon."
Duncan lowered his head with a smile in his eyes: "You don't look scared at all."
"I'm not afraid. Mom said that the new consul is a hero who protects the city." Annie raised her face and squinted her eyes in the sun. Like her father, she was a very powerful person.
Shuangken thought for a while, then reached out and gently pressed the girl's furry hat. Indeed, he would be an excellent consul.
The boundless sea.
Duncan walked through the stern deck and returned to the cabin. The goat head was steering the helm seriously. On the big bat chart on the navigation table, the thick fog floating on the surface was flowing and dissipating. Duncan stood in front of the chart. After a while, his eyes swept over the route that had gradually become clearer near Hanshuang, and then he stepped to the corner of the room. The simple and elegant oval mirror in the captain's cabin was still hanging quietly on the wall.
The scene in the room was reflected in the mirror, and in the interplay of sunlight and shadow, the scene looked somewhat shadowy for some reason.
Duncan took a step forward...curled his fingers and tapped the mirror lightly.
At the edge, the next second, layers of hazy light and shadow suddenly floated on the surface of the seemingly ordinary mirror.
There seemed to be countless fog and smoke rising from the mirror world, and then, a figure appeared in the hazy light and shadow... Agatha, the gatekeeper in the mirror, appeared in front of Duncan's ship. Agatha's slightly magnetic voice came from the mirror.
"Nice to meet you~~"
Duncan nodded and asked casually: "How does it feel? Are you still used to it?"
"It feels pretty good." Agatha said slowly.
When I transferred to the ship just now, the huge and empty mirror world here made me a little nervous~~ But perhaps as I gradually adapted to this place, the vast darkness has gradually faded away...
I also tried to communicate with the lady 'Martha', and she told me many skills and knowledge about mirroring, which are very useful.
Duncan raised his eyebrows upon hearing this; "Oh? You can contact Martha directly here?"
The Black Oak is wandering in the reflection of the nearby sea. In the mirror world, she and I are neighbors.
Agatha laughed: "This is a wonderful experience - the world in the mirror is not continuous but connected everywhere. I can jump from one mirror to another, and can also appear in many mirrors at the same time. ~ Or hiding in the vast void behind the mirror... It may take many, many years before I can fully understand it all."
Duncan listened with great interest as this "mirror image" described to him the unimaginable "mirror rules" that were beyond ordinary people's knowledge.
After the other party finished speaking, he nodded slightly. It sounded like you enjoyed the process, which is good.
Agatha was stunned and sighed softly: "Yes, it's better than I imagined."
There was silence in the cabin for a while. After an unknown amount of time, Duncan suddenly broke the silence: "I want to know what made you decide to leave Frost and the Homeless Ship and embark on a journey together? This will This is the most arduous journey of your life. This ship may go to many places, including distant city-states, secret realms, spiritual realms, deep and even subspaces...
...
Agatha in the mirror was deep in thought. She considered this issue very seriously. After several minutes, she slowly spoke: "I think it will be when 'we' dive into the deep dark sea together~~"
Duncan didn't speak, just looked at the person in the mirror, waiting for her to continue. The voice in the mirror came again, "I have all the memories and emotions of Agatha~~ In that memory, I was in Frost I was born, accompanied by family and friends, I studied and trained, and accepted the test of the church, and those streets~those old bell towers~those things that were in disrepair...but were very kind, all these things are there In my mind, it is clear and profound~~just like what I have experienced myself.
"But what we all know is that as of the day when the mirror image invaded, the life that truly belonged to 'me' was actually only three days." So, when my consciousness recovered again, when I returned to this world in the form of a mirror image After that, I have been thinking about this question - am I the gatekeeper Agatha or a 'person' who just inherits someone's memories and is reborn in this world?
She stopped. As a "mirror image", her eyes were bright, and those clear eyes were looking seriously at the captain outside the mirror at this moment.
"You are right, one cannot live forever as another person's shadow."
Almost all the memories of my life come from another individual, but even so, there are three days in those memories that belong to me.
"But if I stay in the frost, my three-day 'life' will sooner or later be buried by bigger and deeper memories. I can't cut off the connection between myself and that city. I can't avoid my humanity as a mortal. Weakness, I am destined to be a shadow, a shadow full of regrets, trapped in memories, and as time goes by, this regret will sooner or later turn into anger and resentment~~"
I can't accept this possibility anymore.
But what you said to me during that 'deep dive' journey with you... made me find new possibilities!
