Deep Sea Embers

In the prayer room burning with incense and watched by the statue of the goddess, the two friends who have been friends for many years fell silent at the same time. Only the blessings from the gods gently comforted the two souls who were still in shock, and the gentle and gentle sound of the waves gently Echoing in Vanna's ears, it was the whisper of the storm goddess Gemona.

The Goddess is still paying attention here, unprecedented attention.

After some time, Heidi gradually calmed down, and she carefully broke the silence: "What exactly is that I saw?"

Fan Na hesitated for a moment before she spoke softly: "Perhaps...that's what those sun heretics have been looking for."

"The sun heretics have been looking for?" Heidi froze for a moment, "You mean..."

"Shard of the sun," Fanna nodded before Heidi finished speaking, "Perhaps only the shard of the sun can match the power of the scene you saw in the illusion."

While saying this, Fan Na slowly raised her head, looked at the icon of the Storm Goddess, and whispered thoughtfully: "After all... those heretics claim that the sun fragments fell off from the so-called 'real sun' wreckage……"

Heidi was stunned, and her expression suddenly changed slightly: "If such a thing had really appeared in the real world, it would be impossible for the Puland city-state to remain in its safe and sound state..."

"So that thing must be in some kind of sealed state." Fan Na nodded, "Information shows that the sun fragments appeared in the city-state of Purdue eleven years ago, but now it seems that the so-called appearance at that time should only be a little threat." can leak, it has been dormant for the past eleven years..."

"And now those sun heretics want to wake up that thing?!" Heidi looked horrified, "Are they trying to destroy the entire Prand?!"

"It's not the first day for you to deal with cultists," Fanna glanced at Heidi, "You still don't know their mental state? For those fanatical heretics, as long as the 'Black Sun' can be revived, sacrifice What are one or two city-states? They don’t even mind setting the whole world on fire, turning it into firewood for the sun god’s recovery!”

Heidi opened her mouth and remained silent for a long time, while Fan Na calmed down, and then slowly said, "The most important question now is, what happened when you saw that vision—what happened to you, What happened around you, what happened in the museum itself, if you understand these, you can understand what kind of state the fragment is sleeping in, and where it is sleeping."

"...No, I can't remember the details," Heidi tapped her forehead lightly, "but now I'm roughly sure that I did see its projection during my coma, and I performed emergency surgery on myself in order to preserve important clues." Hypnosis...Let me think about it, I was rescued and temporarily placed in a room on the first floor of the museum...According to what they told me after I came out, that room was close to the main exhibition area..."

As Heidi struggled to remember, she asked in thought: "Can't we conclude that the clue is in the museum?"

"It's very difficult. Judging from mysticism, what you see is not the body of the fragment, but a little 'shadow' leaked from the real world of a huge and extraordinary existence. The museum is not necessarily a sleeping place for the fragment. There is only a 'crack', and human beings have a weak mental barrier in a coma, so your consciousness will accidentally cross the crack and see the scene on the other side of the crack.

"This kind of rift floating on the edge of reality is often not fixed. It used to be in the museum, but now it is likely to be transferred to other places."

Fan Na patiently explained, and then shook her head suddenly: "Of course, we will still conduct a search of the museum at the highest level and maintain monitoring afterwards. After all, anomalies and visions are always irregular, and maybe the fragments It will really stay in the museum in the form of some kind of sealed medium, even if not, we may find some clues in the fire scene to explain why the 'crack' happened to appear in the museum...

"But the follow-up search has nothing to do with you. From a security point of view, you'd better stay away from that museum for the next month."

"Of course, I wish I could keep a distance from this matter," Heidi nodded immediately, "I have had enough bad luck!"

Fan Na silently looked at her friend who had been unlucky since she was a child, and seemed to want to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything. She just remained silent under the statue of the goddess, and after half a minute of silence, she suddenly spoke: "You Who was it saved by?"

"Two girls who are still in school, and a man in his forties," Heidi thought for a while, "It just so happens that one of those two girls happened to be my father who visited my home a few days ago. student, and that man is her uncle...Did I tell you? His name is Duncan Strain, and he's an antique store manager."

"...I'm a little allergic to the name 'Duncan' right now," Fan Na's mouth trembled visibly, "Although I know it's definitely not alone..."

"I had the same reaction as you when I heard this name from my father for the first time," Heidi spread her hands, "Speaking of which, I also promised that gentleman that I would go to his house tomorrow afternoon and do it for his niece. Psychological evaluation, just in time to come to the door to give a formal thank you...Everything is messy today, I said goodbye in a hurry, it is really inappropriate."

"Strictly speaking, it's not just that 'niece' who needs a psychological evaluation." Fan Na's expression suddenly became serious, and she stared straight at Heidi. "Those three people all need it."

"Why..." Heidi said subconsciously, but then she realized, "Ah!"

"That's right, they were all by your side at the time, and you saw the appearance of sun fragments in a coma," Fanna looked into Heidi's eyes, "If it is really the wreckage of an ancient god, the pollution may have been destroyed. It spread to them along your consciousness. Maybe the pollution that spread out is small, but for ordinary people, it may also be fatal."

Heidi was dumbfounded.

...

In the antique store in the downtown area, Duncan had already closed the store early, and was sitting on a chair behind the counter in a relaxed posture, while Nina and Shirley were sitting opposite him on the left and right.

The two of them took a shower in the simple bathroom upstairs. Nina changed into new clothes, but Shirley was still wearing her black dress—it wasn't that Nina didn't want to lend her clothes to each other, but The difference in body size between the two was a bit big, Shirley took the initiative to refuse those clothes that were too big for her.

Of course, I don't know if this guy had other worries when he refused... Maybe she thought that taking over Nina's clothes was equivalent to receiving a gift from the evil god's family? Only she knows this.

On the other side of the counter, there was Ai the pigeon, who was pacing leisurely.

There was a huge pile of chips on the table behind the thing—the one Duncan had promised it.

Ai got the french fries he was longing for, Nina returned home safely, Duncan rescued his niece, and became more familiar with the power of flames.

Everyone is very happy.

Except Shirley.

She was on the verge of crying—she wanted to cry several times today.

"So... Shirley, you are not actually my classmate... You just used some kind of...'detective skills' to infiltrate the school to investigate some things," Nina looked at herself with a complicated expression. Friend, "You don't like steam and machinery either..."

"I can't even read those textbooks at all..." Shirley said carefully, she answered Nina's words, but looked at Duncan from time to time, "Sorry, I... sorry."

Nina didn't seem to notice Shirley's apology, she just frowned in confusion: "But how did you do it? I... recall now, you always appear in my classroom suddenly, and then You often haunt me, but you never attend class normally, and even the teachers and classmates nearby don’t seem to notice you, you..."

Shirley quickly glanced at Duncan again, and after confirming that the other person's expression was still calm, she muttered in a low voice: "Actually, it's just a little supernatural skill..."

"Extraordinary?" Nina's eyes widened in surprise, "Could it be that you are an investigator of the church?"

"No, no, I'm not from the church, I..." Shirley glanced at Duncan again, and she recalled the precautions that the boss left for herself alone when Nina went upstairs to take a shower, although she still couldn't figure it out. I understand why this boss wants to play the game of "playing human" in this antique shop, but he still obediently obeys the boss's instructions, "I'm considered a wild... a wild transcendent..."

Nina looked surprised: "... There are still wild ones for extraordinary people?!"

"If it's not registered, then it's wild," Shirley seemed to have given up on something completely, and said with a certain self-destructive attitude, "Teaching those dogs... Isn't that what troublesome guys usually call people like us? of?"

Nina listened to Xue Li's explanation in a daze, and then looked her up and down several times. This up and down look made the latter feel uncomfortable, and Xue Li dodged subconsciously: "You look at me like that. What are you doing..."

"Then you are amazing!" Nina said suddenly and seriously.

Shirley was immediately overwhelmed: "...Is this what you're feeling?"

"yes!"