"You asked me, but I haven't asked you yet! What is the result of your divination?"
Ampton stretched out his hand, and Schliemann was baffled.
"Pendant!"
"oh."
Ampton also raised the hand holding the pendant and said, "Vida said that our current search direction is correct."
After a long silence, Schliemann looked in disbelief.
"Finished?"
"It's over."
"Then you are really at a loss..."
"yes……"
There was a look of helplessness on Ampton's face, and he threw the pendant back and forth. Schliemann caught it. At this moment, Ampton asked a question.
"Do you like Selu?"
"I just don't hate her."
Aware that there was something wrong with his question, Apton quickly changed his question, but Schliemann also noticed what Ampton was thinking and quickly stuffed the pendant into his leather bag.
"I've never used it to ask other people about personal matters...Ampton, you're going too far!"
Ampton tried to hide his embarrassment with a silly smile, but it didn't work.
"Since you've said it all, why don't you tell her directly."
"This kind of thing... depends on whether people have a good impression of me..."
Schliemann laughed twice and said: "That's enough..."
Ampton was about to speak, but was interrupted by Schliemann.
"Hey, what were you thinking when you agreed to Vader? Do you think that as a member of the royal family, it is natural for you to sacrifice for the throne?"
"Yes! The royal family must sacrifice some things for the royal power."
"Selu is a commoner, what do you want her to think? She can kill people and contact ancient gods for a dead Weber. Do you think she doesn't think chastity is important?
Don't look like that. I understand. Men in this world all have three fucking women, but that's something only the rich, nobles, and your royal family do. Serious people are monogamous and monogamous for life. .
Selu is a commoner. She doesn't even know the words. You can't let her adapt to what you do with the values of a royal family and aristocracy. She won't do that because she doesn't know that there are people in the world who do that. "
Apton felt a little lost, not because of the class gap between him and Selu, but because of Schliemann's understanding of Selu.
This is far more thorough than myself.
In his eyes, whoever the king likes must cater to the king.
It doesn't matter that Selu can't read, and it doesn't matter that she doesn't understand aristocratic etiquette. These can be learned, and there will be people who will teach them.
"You don't... also have a crush on Selu, do you?"
"Isn't my answer just now very clear? I just don't hate her."
"Then you still pay so much attention to her..."
"I didn't pay much attention to her. The reason why I could understand her was because her experience was very similar to that of my sister...
It has been five years, and I don’t know how my sister is doing on her own. "
Schliemann stopped talking. He looked at the sky at the top of the rift valley, as if imagining his sister's current life.
Apton no longer disturbed Schliemann's thinking. He still had a lot to think about.
What Vader said, whether Selu has a good impression of him, the whereabouts of the Heart of Glory, the upcoming war on Valans continent, and so on.
The two of them just stayed silent until the three Vaders came back.
Selu was holding a deer head, which was bloody, making her look pale.
Mersin was carrying a deer-like voice, her internal organs had been removed, and she looked bad.
Vida was walking in front of the two of them. She hadn't seen anyone for a long time and she was like a chatterbox, and she kept talking.
"Eh? Are there any deer in the rift?"
Faced with Schliemann's question, Vader rolled his eyes.
"Isn't it already there when you go up?"
"How did you get up there?"
"There's a slope over there."
Schliemann slapped his forehead. Oh, how did Vader carry the unconscious Selu down without the slope?
"Just put it here, you don't have to worry about the rest, I'll do it... Uh, Selu, you'd better help me get started, and learn from it by the way."
Selu put down the deer head and the basket she was carrying, squatting next to Vida and listening to her mumblings.
Mersin threw the basket and the deer tune on the ground and quickly stood next to the captain.
"What's wrong? You're so scared when you look like this..."
Mersin pulled Schliemann aside, twisted his features for a long time, and finally said what he was holding back.
"She really is a witch!"
"Huh? Did you see her casting a spell?"
"No! I saw her transform! A cloud of black mist rushed towards the poor deer, faster than the bats in Dark Star City. I didn't even see it clearly, and the deer's head flew out!"
Schliemann and Ampton looked at each other in silence for a long time before Schliemann asked: "Are all witches in your world like this?"
"I don't know, I've never seen it..."
"Where is the rich knowledge of your royal family?"
"There was no mention of witches or anything..."
Everything is on track, Schliemann and Ampton still have things to do.
"Vida, we are going to the ruins to look for navigation charts and logbooks."
"Go, leave this little sacrificial girl to me, I will be of use."
Mersin looked at Schliemann, as if please take me away.
Schliemann scratched his head and said, "Mersin, you must be obedient!"
After saying that, he turned around and left.
The slope is on the west side of the rift, and the spot where the Crescent anchored is on the east side.
Schliemann probably went to the east slope, but he searched for a long time and couldn't find it, so he had to ask Hillpeter to drive the Crescent over.
After a while, the Crescent Moon floated towards the ruins, sticking to the tree crown.
Ten minutes later, the ruins arrived. Schliemann took the crew off the ship and only scratched his head while looking at the ruins.
"Why does this person, No. 30, have so many houses..."
He clapped his hands, and the crew's eyes focused on him.
"What we are looking for are navigation charts and logbooks. Don't miss any corner! Look carefully!"
The crew members dispersed with a cry, and Schliemann sat on a stone and waited for the result.
Ampton frowned and looked at Schliemann and asked, "Aren't we going to look for him?"
"If you are willing to go, then go... Anyway, I don't like to do this kind of time-consuming and labor-intensive work. It's not like the crew can't do a good job, but they won't work well when I end up."
Ampton grinned and joined the search.
Obviously, he is not as good as the crew in doing this kind of work, and even Walter is not as good as the crew.
They formed an orderly group of three to five people. After searching the ruins of one house and marking them, they ran towards the next one.
Apton and Walter stood in the ruins, not knowing how to find them.
While they were pulling mud bricks in a small ruins, a crew member raised his hands and shouted: "Captain! See if it's this?"
Schliemann ran over and saw a moldy parchment scroll among the mud bricks.
The crew wisely did not touch the parchment, because when Schliemann tried to pull the parchment, it burst open, revealing the even more moldy navigational drawings inside.
