Whispering Verse

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

Just 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 Carsonlik. 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 boat to board the ship instead of waiting for guests after the cruise ship docks is also due to 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 him is the port with the flickering gas lights, and in front of him 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 come alone, most of them stand in front of the long table and 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-level 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 those who break the law in turn. Guy?"

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

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 about to end, and the cruise ship will leave immediately. Once we leave the coast, the auction will officially begin. We can't get the inventory in advance, and all the auction items can only be known when the auction starts. "

"It doesn't matter. There is a small chance that there is what I want here."

Shade said nonchalantly that he came here just to try his luck and gain some experience. Whether he wanted to buy something or not was not important to him.

Shade and Miss Princes arrived here against time. Shortly after they boarded the ship, the anchored cruise ship officially set sail and headed toward the ocean. It was expected to return to the cold water port at midnight four hours later.

The moving ship makes the fire that represents civilization become 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 will only be 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 didn't take anything.

"Of course, what's wrong?"

Shade didn't say that he was worried about the ocean at night:

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

"iceberg?"

Even though there were only holes in the mask to expose the eyes, Shade could 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 embarrassedly:

"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, it was just an ordinary masked cruise ship party. Men and women with different thoughts were talking to each other, playing cards, watching the scenery, or dancing in the corner of the deck, with the melodious sound of violins. Let Xia De feel a lot more relaxed, and the auction will be held in forty minutes:

"To kill some time, I came up with a love story about cruise ships, the ocean, icebergs and jewelry."

"OK."

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 playful 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."

He looked at Shade with a smile in his eyes:

"Although you claim that you don't know how 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. Isn't it a bit unlucky?"

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

"If you don't tell a story, then I'll just go and get 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. Iceberg? No, this is not elegant at all. A poor boy and a rich girl? No, no, this is not okay. A shipwreck caused by cheating? No, this is not okay, The two things are not related.”

Shade 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 Princess looked at her with a smile. She enjoyed this moment very much:

"Does the jewelry you're talking about have a name?"

The sorceress asked softly, and Shade nodded:

"Heart of the Ocean."