Whispering Verse

After leaving the pirate ship, except for the fact that he still felt hungry, Shade's body and mind returned to normal within a few dozen minutes. But even if Miss Princess had the fourth wish and the cure at the end of the mystery chain, she could not recover so quickly. In addition, she had been swimming in the water for such a long time. This five-ring sorceress Although he looks strong, he is actually barely able to hold on anymore.

The people on the boat spotted the floating plank and the two people swimming over in time, and the two sides quickly reunited.

The maid on the boat stretched out her hand to pull Miss Princes up, but the sorceress was already a little weak. Shade could only lift her up in the water before climbing onto the boat.

Someone immediately handed him a dry towel and blanket, and with a dull sound, the small steam engine located at the stern of the ship began to operate. The fire heats the air around it as the boatman adds more small pieces of compressed charcoal. Bursts of black smoke melted into the night, and the ship moved on the sea, relying on a small steam engine as power, and took the group of people away quickly.

Steam engines used for small ships are also a unique product developed by the steam industry in this world. This kind of brass machinery, which requires expensive compressed charcoal, has not yet been widely used because of its high cost and complicated maintenance. Shade had only seen relevant news in newspapers, but he didn't expect to see this thing here.

The cost of this kind of steam engine is that just one steam engine can probably have hundreds of little Mias.

Thinking of this, Shade missed his cat extremely, and missed the warm four-poster bed and quilt at home.

In addition to Shade and Miss Princess, there were four people on board. Two of them were dressed as maids, the older one was about thirty years old, and the younger one was about the same age as Miss Prince. The other two, one was an old boatman who was busy maneuvering the boat, and the other had a resolute expression and looked like a middle-aged man with military background. He held a gun in his hand and looked at the warships surrounding the cruise ship in the distance. Because they were too far away, even if those ships had their lights on, they were not clear in the dark.

"Your Highness, Your Highness~"

Miss Princes was being supported by the older maid, a blanket wrapped around her body, while the younger maid was trying to give her water.

"She's injured, I'll come."

Shade wiped his hair and moved over. The maids didn't know whether to believe him, but Miss Prince's somewhat white lips moved, spit out the leaves in her mouth, and then whispered:

"Let Shade come over."

After taking the water glass, Shade tapped it gently to let the silver aura emerge, and then drank a little half of it himself.

He was really hungry. Although his hunger dropped significantly after leaving the pirate ship, so he didn't drink sea water just now, but now he always feels uncomfortable both mentally and physically if he doesn't eat anything.

The two maids looked at the "bold" Shade with some blame. Shade didn't pay attention to them. Miss Princes's body was not too injured, and she always had the [Youth Leaves] in her mouth. She was just mentally injured. The damage is severe, so there is no need for a filling meal.

"Don't speak yet."

Shade whispered, and after reciting the incantation softly, a layer of silver moon light appeared on his palm. This is [Scindia's Silver Moon Gift], which is specially used to treat mental damage at night.

Carefully placing her hand on Miss Prince's forehead, the red-haired girl finally couldn't restrain her sleepiness and fell asleep under the slightly awed eyes of others on the boat.

She was different from Shade. After staying in the bottom cabin for so long, even if she just stood still, her spirit had been greatly affected. In addition, she had eaten all the food of desire. Being able to survive until now showed that she was strong. Mental strength is also extremely strong. At this moment, she was clinging to Sha De. After the physical and mental trauma were erased one by one, she finally fell asleep uncontrollably.

And when Miss Princes woke up again, she could already see the docks of Coldwater Port City in the distance. The familiar firelight of civilization made the princess who had just experienced the adventure dissipate a lot of the depressed feeling in her heart.

She was covered with a blanket, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the vast and bright stars above her head. I felt the sea breeze, felt the rocking ship, heard the sound of the waves, and then I realized whose arms I was leaning on, and then I felt it was very soft. When he got up, he saw that it was his maid.

The boat had already entered the harbor area. The boatman held up the kerosene lamp and shook it. The inspection boat that received the signal immediately avoided it. But looking around, there was no Shade on the boat. She wrapped the blanket around her body and raised her hand to signal the maids not to worry. After a good night's sleep, she felt much better.

"Where's Shade?"

Her face was serious and her tone was a little cold, not because she was angry at Shade for leaving, but because that was how she usually behaved in front of servants.

He stood up and looked at the cold water port city in the night. Although it was already late at night, the harbor was still illuminated by gas lamps, and the shadows of ships and buildings could not obscure the light of civilization. The cold water port city under the sea of ​​stars was extremely shocking at this moment.

"Your Highness, that gentleman jumped into the sea and left five minutes ago. He said that he would get off the boat that way, which is closer to the direction he went back to. He also said that he would come to see you on Wednesday the day after tomorrow."

The older maid said softly.

The sea breeze blew the young girl's hair, and the long hair dyed golden through the magic potion has completely returned to the unique red color of the royal family.

The color of the lipstick had long since faded in the water, her slightly pale lips moved, and her green eyes looked towards the harbor:

"What else did he say?"

The boatman lowered his head and steered the boat with the middle-aged man. The two maids looked at each other, and finally the older maid lowered her head and said:

"He said, ask His Highness to help renew the room in the name of John Watson at the Golden Rose Hotel on Hoglenz Avenue, and meet at the door of the hotel on Wednesday morning. He asked you to send someone to tell you about the return of the Ritual Sea and the evil god. Inform the church and try to be as invisible as possible... He has to attend the Feast of Holy Prayer event tomorrow, so he won't have time to come."

Taking a deep breath, Her Royal Highness couldn't help but shake her head:

"It really fits his character, Shade..."

It could be seen that the older maid was hesitating, but she still said the last words:

"The gentleman said that he knew who you were. Also, he had a great time today and left you a gift..."

The princess turned to look at her slightly surprised:

"A gift? The clothes he is wearing were all given to him by me. What kind of gift can he have?"

The two men on the boat desperately wished they were not here at this moment.

The maid lowered her head, carefully took out a small box from the front pocket of her skirt, and whispered:

"The gentleman said that he bought a shell bracelet for a friend at the souvenir shop (note), and bought this for you. I originally wanted to give it to you after the tour guide mission was over, as a commemoration of the encounter between two strangers in a strange city. .You said you liked this,…”

The maid was a little afraid to look at the princess, but Lecia Cavendish took the box, opened it with a snap, and saw mermaid-shaped ruby ​​earrings inside.

"he......"

Taking that earring, I thought of the exciting encounter in the alley at noon, the gambling cards in the tavern, the chatting on the roadside at the pier, the sunset at the lighthouse on the seaside, the stories of the sea breeze, and The dance on the deck at night, I thought of looking at each other in the cold cabin, I thought of...

Her long red hair was swaying slightly in the wind, her eyes were slightly narrowed, dimples appeared on her fair face, and the corners of her mouth were raised.

She held her earrings tightly and stood on the boat looking towards the cold water port not far away. The body was covered with a blanket, and although the dress that had not yet dried was clinging to her body, it was very uncomfortable, but Lecia Cavendish, the sorceress of Zalas Literary Academy, the third princess of the empire, the red rose of Tobesk, Luo Si'er's eternal guardian is in a very good mood at the moment:

"Dorothy, at least this time, I admit that you have really good taste. However, when I fell asleep just now, I didn't ask you to come over and replace me temporarily. You shouldn't be angry, right?"

The ship sailed quietly into the brightly lit Coldwater Harbor. Although it encountered danger, for Her Royal Highness, this was indeed a "Coldwater Harbor Holiday" worth remembering for a lifetime.

In particular, this romantic story that she experienced personally was not a tragedy that she hated (Note).