The Whispering Verses Chapter 320: Story of the sea

The night wind was a bit cold, and Shade looked at Miss Princes aside. The latter's skirt was obviously not keeping warm. But the other party is a five-ring warlock, so he won't get sick easily even if he thinks about it.

I found a moored boat in the northeast of the trestle. After the two people boarded the boat, the boatman wearing a straw hat paddled the boat and drove the two people away from the trestle. This was just a small wooden boat, and of course it was not used to carry them to the deep sea.

In the port of Coldwater Port, there is a rather impressive double-decker steam cruise ship moored with brightly lit decks. The smokestack towers over the deck of the cruise ship, and the flag representing Carsonlik flutters in the wind.

Judging from the appearance, this is a private cruise ship belonging to a wealthy businessman from Kasenlik. He has invited some thrill-seeking guests to hold a banquet on the cruise ship tonight. But in fact, the local ring warlock in Coldwater Port City has bribed the port manager to hold an auction of ring warlock items on the ship tonight.

Using this kind of small boat to board the ship instead of waiting for the guests after the cruise ship docks is also because of the special nature of this kind of banquet. The invitation card in Miss Prince's hand allowed up to three people to travel together. If Shade didn't show up tonight, she originally planned to attend the auction alone.

The boat cut through the waves silently, carrying the three people to the steam cruise ship anchored in the middle of the port. They came in the dark. After the boatman gave a signal, the small steam engine on the deck operated and lowered the cargo platform connected to the cable. After Shade 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. Shade was very gentlemanly and helped him when he stepped across the gap between them. A girl whose blond hair seems to have faded a bit.

Behind you is the port with the flickering gas lights, and in front of you is the calm sea night with three moons hanging. There was light everywhere on the deck, and the guests wearing masks like Shade and Miss Princes either stood together in groups of two or three and looked at the night view of the sea, or gathered in front of the table to play cards. As for the guests who came alone, most of them stood in front of the long table to choose their food.

The sound of violins and the rich sound of horns sounded together, and to the music of the band in the corner of the deck, men and women wearing masks hugged each other 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-ring warlock from the New World, or a local snake in Coldwater Port? Oh, Miss Princes, how many ring warlocks are there here?"

The girl wearing a mask adjusts her skirt:

"Excluding us, there are about ten or so. Invitations are not given casually. Not only do you have to be rich, but you must also be reliable. You know that in the church, they like to pretend to be illegal magicians, send out various tasks in the black market, and arrest them one by one. Those guys who broke the law?"

This kind of thing is called fishing-style law enforcement in the hometown of outsiders.

Miss Princes finished adjusting her skirt, looked at Shade again, and helped him adjust his tie:

"Let's go get something to eat first. The admission time is almost over and the cruise ship will leave immediately. Once we leave the coast, the auction will officially begin. We cannot get the manifest in advance, and all auction items can only start at the auction. ”

"It doesn't matter, the possibility of having what I want here is very small."

Xia De said nonchalantly. He came here just to try his luck and gain some insights. Whether he wanted to buy something or not was not important to him.

Shadow and Miss Princes arrived here against time. Shortly after they boarded the ship, the docked cruise ship officially set sail and sailed toward the ocean. It was expected to return to Coldwater Port at midnight four hours later.

The moving ship makes the firelight representing civilization weaker and weaker, and the dark and deep ocean seems to be about to swallow the group of people. A dull whistle sounded all around, and thick black smoke was dragged from the chimney to the stern of the ship in the night wind.

Far away from the gathering area of ​​civilization, the deep and ancient darkness made Shade feel inexplicably uncomfortable. Although this ship will not really go deep into the ocean and is only slightly away from the cold water port, for a foreigner, being far away from the light of civilization in such a world still worries him.

"Miss Princess, can you swim?"

In order to avoid being talked to by boring people, the two of them now stood by the railing of the deck and watched the night scene. The masked blonde girl shook the goblet in her hand, while Shade took nothing.

"Of course, what's wrong?"

Xia De didn’t say that he was worried about the ocean at night:

"Do you think this ship will suddenly hit an iceberg?"

"Iceberg?"

Even if there are only holes in the mask to expose the eyes, Shade can still guess the surprise on the other person's face:

"Do I need to remind you that we are now in a cold water port on the west coast of the north-central part of the Old World, not the extreme north of the continent. Moreover, it is summer icebergs? Why do you ask this?"

She chuckled, and Shade shook his head in embarrassment:

"I'm just a little worried, but speaking of icebergs, do you want to hear a story?"

Turn around and look at the deck illuminated by candles and gas lamps. Now it is just an ordinary masked cruise ship party. Men and women with different thoughts are talking to each other, playing cards, watching the scenery, or dancing in the corner of the deck, melodiously. The sound of the violin made Shade feel a lot more relaxed, and the auction will be held in forty minutes:

"To kill some time, I thought of a love story about cruise ships, oceans, icebergs and jewelry."

"Okay."

Miss Princes nodded, shook the slender goblet containing the wine slightly with her two fingers, then lifted her mask and drank the wine.

The young girl suddenly gave Shade a naughty smile, and then lightly tossed the wine glass directly into the sea. He flipped his hair generously:

"I like to listen to stories the most, but if the story is not interesting, you have to have a drink with me."

Looking at Shade with a smile in his eyes:

"Although you claim not to drink, you should be fine if you have one drink."

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

Shad asked worriedly, but Miss Princes didn't care, and her voice blew into Shad's ears with the wind:

"If you don't tell a story, then I will go directly to the wine glass. What do you like to drink? Sparkling wine? Oh, that's what children drink."

"Of course I have to tell it, but I want to give this story a nice name. Hitting the iceberg? No, this is not elegant at all. A poor boy and a rich girl? No, no, this is not good either. A shipwreck caused by cheating? No, this is not good at all. But no, the two things are not related."

Xia De was talking to himself there. He didn't want to say the name of the ship on the ship. This was the real unlucky thing. Miss Princes looked at her with a smile. She enjoyed this moment very much:

"Does the jewelry you are talking about have a name?"

The sorceress asked softly, Shade nodded:

"Heart of the Ocean."