Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

"What on earth is going on!? Is it worth calling me in such a hurry?"

The captain of the "Blue Gull", Reeves Black, cursed loudly, which completely woke up the cook, Jack, from his drowsiness. Old Jack raised his hand and slapped the young sailor in front of him.

David didn't even bother to rub his head and ran down the stairs with a face full of panic: "I only dare to call you! I don't dare to call Captain Black, but this thing... is too scary! Then It’s the scariest scene I’ve ever seen. We have to hurry up, the lady with the eye disease is still waiting down there, she’s the only one!”

Old Jack and Reeves cursed the frisky boy at the same time, and then hurriedly followed David. As soon as they stepped out of the bottom cabin, Reeves smelled the smell of blood in the air.

As the three of them approached the silver-haired girl standing at the other end of the corridor, Old Jack also smelled the smell.

This reminded him of a nightmare he had remembered. Old Jack immediately quickened his pace, rushed directly in front of David, and sped to the door of the utility room.

Fortunately, the young girl only looked a little embarrassed. There were a few holes in her sleeves, but there were no exposed wounds. Her hands were still shaking slightly. When she heard someone approaching quickly, she even subconsciously raised the bloody thing on her hand to protect her.

Old Jack took a closer look and found that it was just a maraca with the characteristic pattern of Balam, and it posed no threat at all.

"It's okay, kid, David called us over. What happened here?" Old Jack comforted him before following the gloomy Reeves into the house.

David trembled and stood by the wall, looking at the silver-haired lady next to him with complicated emotions: "To be honest, I'm quite envious of you for not being able to see clearly. The scene inside is really... yuck."

David covered his mouth and retched twice, then squatted down against the wall uncomfortably.

Esther followed his example and squatted by the wall, waiting for the two people inside to come out as soon as possible. The first person she met was David, and Esther immediately pulled him over to take a look at the situation in the room. .

Although this young man was immature, he was definitely not stupid. After telling Esther to stay here and not wander around, he immediately climbed up the stairs and hurried to find someone who could take charge. Since he did not dare to disturb the captain directly, David could only call the head chef who seemed to care about the blind lady, which was equivalent to finding a shield for himself.

This way at least he wouldn't be the only one to bear the captain's wrath for being disturbed from his sleep.

Old Jack's face was still full of shock when he walked out, but Reeves's eyes as he looked at Esther conveyed suspicion.

Old Jack walked up to Esther and patted her shoulder carefully: "My child, you still had a fight with that monster?"

"Hmm." Esther grunted twice, twirled her fingers around her head several times, then hit her forehead twice and pointed at the room.

Reeves said thoughtfully: "I probably understand. It's pretty much what I thought."

"What?" Old Jack didn't understand how Reeves understood.

"Faustino, he's crazy."

"Crazy? How could it be? When we were having dinner in the morning, Fian was still chatting with Faustino, saying that he was going to find a place to have fun in Porto Pulitzer... Wait, that person inside is Faustino. !?" David's face was already very pale, and now it lost all color. He thought of the man's twisted body and sunken face, and covered his mouth again.

Reeves sighed heavily: "Oh, that doll seems to be the product of some evil belief. Faustino was probably deceived. After taking the thing on the ship, he didn't know how to control it, and the result was... I am affected..."

Old Jack turned to Esther and asked, "Is that so? When you saw Faustino, the one with the mustache, he was already delirious?"

Esther nodded repeatedly.

"Damn it! Why is this idiot so stupid!" Old Jack cursed heartbrokenly, "If he doesn't want to be a sailor, then don't do it! If something really happened, wouldn't it cost the lives of a whole ship of people!? "

Reeves was silent for a few seconds, and then glanced at the weak Esther again: "You found that doll, so you... destroyed it?"

Esther raised the maracas in her hand, shook it twice, and then pointed at her cuffs.

"There's a curse on that doll, right? It must be!" David couldn't help but interrupt from the side, "It must be the curse that the doll brought to Faustino!"

Reeves glared at this silly boy, but did not correct him. Instead, he waved his hands to several people: "You can send this lady back to the room. I will find someone to investigate this matter and tell others Fausti." Nuo slipped and fell into the water after being drunk, so don’t talk too much.”

"That's fine..." Old Jack sighed again and shook his head.

David nodded quickly: "I understand, Captain! Let's go first, ma'am."

Esther bowed slightly to Reeves, knowing that the captain was deliberately letting go of her doubts in order to avoid trouble. After all, her actions could be regarded as saving the lives of the people on the ship.

People who have been living on the sea for a long time are most afraid of not being able to keep one mind on the boat, because there are too many factors that may cause accidents, and the captain's top priority is always the safety of the boat.

Even if Faustino was killed by Esther, Reeves suppressed all the anger in his heart the moment he saw the strange doll.

This was not a situation that he could handle properly. At this moment, Reeves and Esther thought that this matter must be handed over to official Beyonders, such as the Church of the God of Storms that Reeves believed in.

Reeves frowned as he watched the three people walking up the stairs.

——

Esther followed David, and old Jack walked slowly behind her.

David obviously has a restless temper and always wants to talk to someone about the strange situation: "So he became like that before you went in, or did the curse cause harm to him after you stopped him? "

"Uh-huh!"

"It's true that the curse has backfired, I think so! It's really sad..."

"Hmm?"

"How on earth did you defeat him? I think I saw a broken mop. Did you fight fiercely?"

Old Jack couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted: "Don't bother this girl anymore! You fool with a clam in her head, she can't speak!"

If David hadn't been walking in front, he would have received another slap on the back of the head. He scratched his hair and muttered in a low voice: "I just want to liven up the atmosphere. After all, such a terrible thing happened just now..." "

Esther's eyes were full of smiles.

Old Jack probably sighed more times today than last year combined: "Well, fortunately nothing big happened. Don't underestimate any evil god, David, anything can happen on the sea. If you really encounter something ——Bah, I shouldn’t talk too much, it’s unlucky.”

"This is my maiden voyage!" David shouted. "My mother and sister have gone to church to pray for me. Of course I will be very lucky!"

"Hey, what a silly boy." Old Jack muttered disdainfully.

After the two sent Esther to the door of the room, she pushed the door open hard and took the opportunity to kick the piece of wire into the corner. Then she turned around and saluted the two of them to thank them.

"Well, then you have a good rest and let the accident tonight pass. You have also heard Captain Black's words. Just pretend it didn't happen. I'm sorry for letting you encounter such a thing." Old Jack tried to comfort you. After two sentences, Esther could tell that he was indeed not very good at comforting people.

David's words were much briefer: "Good night, madam! I'm going back to bed too."

Esther smiled, waved to the two of them, and closed the door after they walked to the stairs.

It finally came to an end. Fortunately, the captain did not intend to delve into the story of the matter. For the first time, Esther realized the benefits of being unable to speak. As long as others are allowed to make up their own minds, their logic will take care of completing the story, and Esther will stay out of trouble as long as she relies on her easy-to-be-trusted familiarity.

Esther took out the razor blade from her backpack and carefully cut off the cuffs that had been cut into strips of cloth. The original long-sleeved shirt quickly became short-sleeved.

Although it was a bit cold, it was better than continuing to hang down the torn sleeves. Luen had not designed such an avant-garde top, and Esther knew that her appearance was already eye-catching enough.

Even if she waits until Port Pulitzer, where can she go?

Esther retreated back to the bed. As the ship rocked, she slowly let go of her consciousness and let her consciousness sink into darkness.

She finally got a good night's sleep.

——

With the "rumbling" steam engine roaring, the "Blue Gull" arrived at its destination, Pulitzer Harbor, on the sunny morning of January 3, even one hour earlier than expected.

Since that night, the rest of the voyage has been uneventful.

However, before he was about to disembark, Reeves Black also came here specifically to talk to Old Jack. He knew that Old Jack’s wife and daughter had lost their lives due to the plunder of pirates, so he couldn’t help but feel sad when he saw the silver-haired girl. pity.

"Reeves, is there anything wrong with the inventory list of ingredients?" Old Jack walked into the captain's cabin, took off his crooked chef's hat and held it in his hand.

"No, I hope you don't pay too much attention to the lady with eye problems."

Old Jack was obviously stunned for a moment: "What? She doesn't look threatening."

Reeves shook his head and closed the record book of this voyage: "Her appearance is very suspicious. You'd better not let her have anything to do with people you know. I remember there was a first-class passenger Complained that everything in her room was broken?"

"Didn't she find the banknotes in the house?" Old Jack shook his head disdainfully, "Maybe she just wanted to blackmail us."

Reeves sighed: "But no matter what, the lady with the eye disease is the most suspicious. She may have touched the wrong room and broke those things. But why did she go there? We don't know her What’s the purpose, but now that she’s getting off the ship, I just want to get her off as quickly as possible.”

"Well, I know." Old Jack patted his head, looking a little sad.

"If you insist on helping her, I won't stop you, it's just a reminder. Okay, we can prepare to disembark."

Reeves clenched his fist and hammered his left chest hard: "The storm is above, thank you that there were no more accidents on this voyage."

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