Whispering Poems

Chapter 321 The Story of the Sea

The night wind was a bit cold, Xia De looked at Miss Princes aside, the latter's dress obviously wouldn't keep warm.But the other party is a five-ring warlock, so he wouldn't get sick easily.

A boat was moored in the northeast of the trestle. The boatman wearing a straw hat drove the two of them away from the trestle with oars after they boarded the boat.This is just a small wooden boat, of course not used to carry them to the deep sea.

Just in the port of Lengshui Harbor, there is a rather magnificent double-decker steam cruise ship with brightly lit decks moored.The chimney stands on the deck of the cruise ship, representing the flag of Carson Rik fluttering in the wind.

From the looks of it, this is the private cruise ship of a wealthy businessman from Carson Rik, and some thrill-seeking guests are invited to hold a banquet on the cruise ship tonight.But in fact, the local magician in Lengshuigang City bribed the manager of the port and held an auction of the items of the ringman on the boat tonight.

Boarding with this kind of boat instead of waiting for guests after the cruise ship docks is also because of the particularity of this kind of banquet.The invitation in Miss Prince's hand allowed up to three people to accompany her. If Xia De didn't show up tonight, she originally planned to attend the auction by herself.

The boat cut through the waves silently, and carried the three people to the steam cruise ship moored in the middle of the port.They came in the dark, and after the boatman gave a signal, the small steam engine on the deck operated and lowered the loading platform connected to the cable.After Xia De and Miss Princes stood on it, with the noise of the steam engine, the metal plate platform slowly rose until it was level with the deck. Xia De was a gentleman when he crossed the gap between the two, he gave a hand A girl with blond hair that seems to have faded.

Behind him is the port with flickering gas lights, and in front of him is the night of the calm sea with three moons hanging.There are lights everywhere on the deck, and the masked guests like Shad and Miss Prince, either stand together in groups of three or four to watch the night view of the sea, or gather around the table to play cards, As for the guests who came alone, most of them stood at the long table to choose food.

The sound of the violin and the sound of the french horn sounded together, and with the music of the band in the corner of the deck, masked men and women cuddled together and danced.

At a cursory glance, there are now close to 50 people on the deck.

"It seems that the organizer of the auction is really amazing. Is it a high-level ring warlock from the New World, or a local snake in Lengshuigang? Oh, Miss Prince, how many ring warlocks can there be here?"

The girl in the mask arranges her skirt:
"Excluding us, there are about ten or so. Invitations are not sent casually. They must not only be rich, but also reliable. You know that the church likes to pretend to be illegal ring warlocks, send out various missions on the black market, and then take the opportunity to arrest those Is it an illegal guy?"

This kind of thing, in the hometown of foreigners, is called fishing law enforcement.

Miss Princes finished arranging the skirt, looked at Shad again, and helped him adjust the tie:
"Let's go and have something to eat first. The admission time is almost over, and the cruise ship will leave soon. When we leave the coast, the auction will officially start. We can't get the manifest in advance, and all auction items can only be known at the beginning of the auction. .”

"It's okay, the chances of having what I want here are slim."

Xia De said indifferently, he came here just to try his luck, and to learn a lot by the way, whether he wants to buy something is not important to him.

Xia De and Miss Prince came here under the pressure of time. Not long after they boarded the ship, the moored cruise ship officially set sail and headed for the ocean, and it was expected to return to Coldwater Harbor at midnight four hours later.

The moving ships made the flames representing civilization weaker and weaker, and the dark and deep ocean seemed to swallow up a group of people.The dull whistle sounded around, and the thick black smoke was dragged from the chimney to the stern with the night wind.

Far away from the gathering area of ​​civilization, the deep and ancient darkness made Xia De inexplicably uncomfortable.Although this ship will not really go deep into the ocean, it is only slightly away from the cold water port, but for outlanders, being far away from the flames of civilization in such a world still makes him very worried.

"Miss Princes, can you swim?"

In order to avoid being accosted by boring people, the two are now standing by the fence on the deck watching the night scene. The blonde girl in the mask is shaking the goblet in her hand, but Xia De didn't take anything.

"Of course, what's the matter?"

Xia De did not say that he was a little worried about the ocean in the middle of the night:
"Do you think... this ship will suddenly hit an iceberg?"

"iceberg?"

Even though there are only holes in the mask showing eyes, Xia De can guess the surprise on the other party's face:
"Do I need to remind you that we are now in the cold water port on the west coast of the north-central part of the old continent, not the extreme north of the continent. Besides, it is summer. Iceberg? Why do you ask that?"

She chuckled, and Shade shook his head embarrassingly:
"I'm just a little worried, but speaking of icebergs, do you want to hear a story?"

Turning to look at the deck illuminated by candles and gas lamps, now it is just an ordinary masked banquet on a cruise ship, men and women with different thoughts are chatting with each other, playing cards, watching the scenery, or dancing in a corner of the deck, melodious violin sound It made Xia De feel more relaxed, and the auction will be held in 10 minutes:

"To pass the time, I thought of a love story about cruise ships, oceans, icebergs and jewels."

"Okay."

Miss Prince nodded, shaking the slender goblet containing the wine slightly with two fingers, then lifted the mask and drank the wine.

The young girl suddenly gave Xia De a playful smile, and then lightly tossed the wine glass into the sea by her.He brushed his hair generously:
"I like listening to stories best, but if the story is not interesting, you have to have a drink with me."

Looking at Xia De with a smile in his eyes:
"Although you claim you don't know how to drink, it should be fine to have a drink."

"Of course, then I'm going to start telling. Isn't it a little unlucky to tell the story of the sinking ship on the boat?"

Xia De asked with some concern, but Miss Prince didn't care, the voice blew into Xia De's ears with the wind:
"If you don't tell a story, then I'll go straight to serve the glass. What do you like to drink? Sparkling wine? Oh, that's what children drink."

"Of course I will, but I want to give this story a good name: Crashing the Iceberg? No, this is not elegant at all. Poor boy and rich girl? No, no, this is not okay. Shipwreck caused by cheating? No, this is not No, the two things are not related."

Xia De said to himself there, he didn't want to say the name of the ship on the ship, this is the real bad luck.Miss Princes looked at him with a smile, she enjoyed the moment very much:
"Does the jewel you speak of have a name?"

The sorceress asked softly, Xia De nodded:
"Heart of the Ocean."

(End of this chapter)