Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

At noon the next day, west of Tyrinhos Island.

The "Clover" slowly sailed into a cave under a cliff. This is a quite secluded mooring, a pier made of simple wooden planks, and a slope can be glimpsed in the depths, which is obviously man-made.

Although the cave is large enough to accommodate larger pirate ships, if it were not for the "Clover", which had its own foam cushioning and could float on the surface, other ships might have crashed into pieces on nearby rocks.

Thomas and Mary led a group of people to the island to purchase the supplies needed on the ship. Esther did not follow them. They were already in enough confusion due to her arrival, so there was no need to run around and cause trouble for them.

At Alexander's invitation, Esther visited his "library". In fact, as far as a ship is concerned, it can only be said to be a well-stocked library.

"If you have any books you want to read, you can borrow them from here. I know how boring life at sea can be. I can explain it to you as long as you are interested." Alexander clicked on his full bookshelf, showing off his collection in his words. pride.

Esther nodded and asked, "Can you teach me Intis language?"

This question was beyond Alexander's expectation: "Are you interested in linguistics?"

"I just want to learn more. I heard that there are many immigrants in Behrens Port. If possible, I want to learn both Fusac and Dutan."

"Oh? I will assume that your path also improves your learning ability."

Alexander laughed. He didn't mind complying with Esther's request. This was also a good opportunity for him to check Esther's details. The knowledge revealed inadvertently may give Alexander a new direction for speculation.

Esther rubbed her right eyebrow: "You can also say that it is more convenient for me to learn more languages."

To avoid being able to understand but not speak, it will confuse both parties.

If there is a possibility of traveling to the Southern Continent, it is best to learn Dutan language. Fusac and Intis languages ​​may be easier for Esther. After all, her Giant language sometimes seems worse than Loen language. skilled.

Languages ​​with the same origin will have many things in common, and you can get twice the result with half the effort if you learn them from scratch.

"Yes, as long as you can keep up with the progress. I was very strict during the more than ten years I was a teacher, I hope you won't mind."

"Perhaps Emperor Russell also said this, 'Only strict teachers can teach students with smarter skills and more sophisticated skills'."

Alexander smiled very happily: "Hahaha, that's the truth! When Mary told me that you were an admirer of Emperor Russell, I was quite confused. Now it seems that you are indeed."

The corners of Esther's eyes twitched, she laughed in agreement, and quickly dismissed the topic.

Great Emperor, Great Emperor, you have said all the good and bad things, you really don’t leave any room for others!

——

While Esther rapidly expanded her language skills with Alexander, Aaron sat in the captain's cabin, opening a reply from his teacher.

His expression gradually became heavier as he read the letter, and finally fell into memories while thinking.

No one on the ship was abnormal in the past two days. No one showed signs of being "parasitized". The divination results I just got were also normal.

My move of letting Hamel board the ship was a bit too reckless. The teacher's criticism got to the point. Was there something wrong with Hamel's divination before? No, there is nothing wrong with the divination results. It was because I was affected by some negative influences during the divination, so I made an unreasonable decision.

This was consistent with Hamel's own strange attraction to me, but there was nothing unusual about me and I felt no discomfort.

The teacher also performed a divination with a high level bonus. She said that there was nothing wrong with me, but I was constantly being disturbed by "light". If there is no problem now, there is no guarantee that there will be no problem later. I need to be vigilant about her every move.

Aaron once again glanced at the reply letter in his hand, which was written in delicate but tenacious handwriting, and looked at the last paragraph:

"I will arrive at Nahuatl Island as soon as possible. Our meeting place will be changed here. You will sail southwest from Tyrinius to this place tomorrow. You should remember the safe passage of the violent sea that I taught you.

"Protect yourself and your crew. I have never heard of the ability to swallow 'pollution'. Be careful of that 'stealer'. If what you see is not misleading or hallucination, then she has great potential." It may have surpassed the human category. Don't alarm her! I will secretly board the 'Clover' while you are anchored at Nahuatl Island to observe her and your situation with my own eyes."

Aaron put down the letter in his hand, got up and walked around behind the desk several times. He had the urge to join forces with Thomas to throw Hamel into the crack in the spiritual world, but when he thought of the light on her body, Aaron It is difficult to have any idea of ​​​​confronting her.

How to do this? The teacher also said "Don't alarm her", so we can only take one step at a time...

Aaron tightened his scarlet coat and threw the letter into the fireplace, letting it shrivel into ashes in the flames, and then sat back on his chair. He took out a bottle of champagne from the drawer under the desk and poured it into a goblet.

"That's fine, just do whatever you want." Aaron touched the burn on his cheek and sighed.

If you believe in your own luck, you will be more likely to get good luck, but all good luck has its limit.

When Aaron played the role of "Lucky Man", he once summed up such a self-contradictory law. Now that he thought about it again, he felt that he had become more enlightened.

"This may also be my chance," Aaron swayed the light golden liquid in the wine glass and gradually showed a smile, "If such a weird event can still get a good result, the one who laughs at the end will naturally be the 'winner'..."

Even if there is no real winner in fate, everything is destined to be balanced, and gains and losses are just a part of luck.

Aaron thought in his mind, and suddenly felt a certain change clearly. His "winner" potion, which had not changed in the past few years, was slowly digesting it.

There was a strange buzzing sound in his ears, and Aaron seemed to glimpse some kind of gentle light surrounding him, but soon the vision-like scene disappeared again.

The goblet in his hand fell and shattered on the floor. The champagne flowed on the ground, exuding an alcoholic smell with the aroma of lemon and candied fruit.

Aaron slowly sat upright in his chair and felt that he had completely digested the "Winner" potion. The progress was so rapid that it frightened him.

That kind of light felt too familiar to him. It was the light extended by the "Clover" yesterday, and Aaron had also seen such light when performing divination on the "Hamel".

But he was panicked because of his sudden "good luck".

——

Esther wrinkled her nose, subconsciously raised her head from the Intis dictionary, and glanced around blankly.

Opposite her, Alexander, who was explaining pronunciation on a small whiteboard, noticed that Esther's eyes became trance-like, as if she was staring somewhere in the void. This state made Alexander easily think of the time when Aaron performed precognition. .

So Alexander immediately stopped explaining and asked: "What's wrong?"

"I have an inexplicable premonition. It doesn't seem to be a bad thing, but it just feels a little strange." Esther shook her head. She didn't know where the touch came from just now.

"Do you need a break?"

Esther's eyes immediately became clearer, and she shook her head harder: "No! Now is the key knowledge point, isn't it?"

Alexander pushed the glasses that had slipped down on the bridge of his nose back up, and continued to use the ancient Fusac language as an example to analyze the evolution of Intis pronunciation for Esther, continuing the language course for the two of them.

——

The next day, the "Clover" sailed smoothly. Thomas was wary of "Hamel" but agreed to let her go to the restaurant with Mary to eat in the ship's restaurant instead of staying in the house all the time. .

Aaron kept silent about most of Hamel's matters. Instead of being stubborn at first, on the day he left Tyrinhos Island, he conveyed some of the things in the teacher's reply to his first mate and second mate. And informed the two of them about changing the voyage.

Thomas shook his head impatiently, as if to drive away annoying mosquitoes and flies: "Going to Nahuatl Island is a huge diversion for our sailing route, but since that person said so, I will not object to it. thing."

Alexander thought for a moment before speaking: "Considering the safety of the 'Clover', I have no objection. Just don't make any mistakes on the sailing route."

Aaron smiled and patted his heart: "Don't worry, even if I forget myself, I will never forget what the teacher taught me. This has nothing to do with my status as a 'student', but an honor."

Thomas glanced at the door: "Do you want me to stop Mary?"

"No," Aaron said casually, "We need you to continue to be the 'bad guy', Thomas. There is no need to restrict the contact between Mary and Hamel. Hamel has already used Mary as a 'bribery' The beads were returned to her.”

"It's quite hypocritical. Maybe she is thinking about something else." Thomas muttered softly.

Then Alexander mentioned that he and Hamel were engaged in "language learning", and Thomas rarely expressed his approval:

"While I'm a little annoyed that she understands what we're saying, it at least gives her something to do rather than just wandering around the boat."

Alexander didn't have much expression, and his gray eyes were very indifferent: "I know you are worried about her affecting other crew members, but if she really wants to..."

Alexander pointed at Aaron: "At least Aaron is helpless. Even if she can't use Aaron to blackmail us, to say the least, she can still influence the 'Clover', but we can't row a sampan on the violent sea. "

Aaron laughed dryly: "We have to wait until the teacher boards the ship."

"Okay, let's wait for that one to make a decision. I'm not trusting your luck, Aaron, but I'm trusting that one."

Thomas walked out of the captain's cabin and slammed the door.

Alexander looked at this scene, his eyes softened a lot: "Sometimes I think it was the right decision for the one to let you two stay in the same boat."

Aaron began to knead his eyebrows again: "The teacher is always right. Anyway, my intuition tells me that nothing will happen..."

Alexander interrupted him rudely: "It is precisely because you are always like this that you need a first mate who dares to speak irony and is pragmatic."

"Thomas is also worried about Mary." Aaron nodded seriously.

"Or maybe he just can't stand how you do whatever you want, Aaron."

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