Looking at the nodding heads on the dock in the distance, Charles licked his chapped lips. "Let's go to the shore first, and ask the locals directly when we get to the shore. ”

By the time Charles and the others got off the boat, there was already a crowd of people outside, staring at them without blinking.

Just when Charles was being stared at a little hairy, two middle-aged men in customs uniforms pushed through the crowd and walked over.

One of the men, with nasolabial folds on his face, asked. "Who is the captain? Where did your ship come from? You can't dock foreign ships here, don't you know?"

Charles stepped forward. I explained to him in detail what had happened, and asked if there was a shipyard on the island.

After Charles finished speaking, he didn't get a response for a long time, and then he saw the two middle-aged men in front of him staring at him motionless like petrified.

It was a few seconds before they came to life, their expressions clearly enthusiastic. "Yes, sir, you sail the ship to the east, there is a ship repair yard,"

Second mate Knona leaned into Charles' ear and said, "Captain, are the people on this island a little slow to react?"

Charles didn't know, but these were minor issues, and the crisis was finally over.

When Charles drove the narwhal to the shipyard, he was told that it would take a month to replace the turbine.

Although it is a bit long, but after all, there is no way, the turbine is the heart of the steamship, without which the narwhal will not be able to return to Coral Island.

When Charles walked out of the dock after paying the deposit, he saw that the islanders were still staring at them motionless.

With dry lips and no regard for the strange customs of the locality, Charles and his crew rushed into a deserted hotel and feasted on them.

Looking at the crew members with a full burp and a comfortable face, Char said: "It takes 1 month to change the turbine, and the people in this place seem to be a bit xenophobic, everyone pay attention to safety and don't cause trouble." ”

The crew leaned comfortably back in their chairs and agreed in twos and threes.

But when Charles paid for the mission, everyone was in good spirits.

Holding the echo coin in his hand, James said with some hesitation: "Captain, this mission has failed, and the narwhal is going to change its turbine again, if it weren't for this salary-"

"It's okay, you still have to take the money you should take, everyone have a good rest during this time. ”

In the past, he was frugal to buy a boat, but now Charles doesn't care much about this, and after such a disaster, if he simply relies on some paper money to gather people's hearts, it is a good deal.

As soon as they got the money, all the crew members couldn't sit still, and they walked out with smiles on their faces.

Looking at their appearance, Charles certainly understands where they are going, and for men who beg for a living at sea, this is basically the norm, but Charles, who has always been frugal, is a freak.

That night, Charles had a nightmare in which he felt as if he was sinking into the water again, and the huge terrifying humanoid monster turned to look at him.

He shouted and shouted, and finally opened his eyes in a cold sweat, there was no bottom of the sea or any monsters, only the somewhat painted ceiling of the inn in front of him.

"Did you have a nightmare, Mr. Charles, last night?" said Lily, jumping to her chest.

Charles sat up and pulled out his pocket watch, realizing that he had slept for 11 hours, something he had never done before.

Just as Charles got up to go to the bathroom, he found an envelope at the door.

When I opened it, a beautiful flower script appeared in front of Charles.

Mr. Charles:

Life on a sea exploration ship is too dangerous for me to stand it, and I have decided to go back to shore and forgive you for not being able to say goodbye to you in person.

Former sailor Severer

"Ouch......" Charles crumpled the envelope into a ball and threw it into the garbage heap next to it.

"It seems that money alone still can't keep people's hearts, and some people are scared. ”

Charles's mood did not fluctuate much, and in that situation, it was reasonable for someone to leave.

Calculating the time, it should be night, and Charles walked out with Lily.

The difference between the port area is not so obvious, but Charles immediately noticed the difference between islands when he walked into the so-called crown area.

The dress and architecture here are very different from the coral islands, and every man on the street wears a suit and a leather collar, holding a cane in his hand, and the ladies in all kinds of gorgeous costumes look very elegant.

I don't know if it's Charles's delusion, but the islanders of this island are considered to be upper-class, and the handsome men and women are much taller than the average island.

But no matter how good-looking he looks, the habit of staring at people has not changed.

It wasn't a good feeling to be looked at like a monkey, Charles stopped a man walking by and asked, "Sorry, where is the Explorers Guild?" ”

"Explorers Guild? What's that? I haven't heard of it. ”

Haven't heard of it?Charles was amazed, as far as he knew, most of the islands in the Earthsea had been found by the explorers.

Although the association is a loose organization, it has a symbiotic relationship with the governor of the island, and has a great influence in the places inhabited by humans.

If this place doesn't even have an Exploratory, could it be that this island is in contact with other islands, and is it an isolated island?

While Charles was stunned, the guy who was questioned had already turned away.

After thinking for a moment, Charles walked directly into a nearby library, and soon he found various charts from inside, and after comparing them with each other, Charles quickly found the current location of the island.

He drew a line on the chart with his finger, and said with a relaxed expression: "Fortunately, although this place has not been recorded, it is not too far from Coral Island, and the ship will be repaired and drive quickly, and it will only take 15 days at most to go back." ”

Buying all sorts of charts, old and new, Charles walked out of the library.

He stood on the busy street and was stunned for a moment, the ship was being repaired, the current coordinates had been confirmed, and now he didn't know what to do.

If it were Charles before, maybe he should continue to train his marksmanship and prepare for future adventures.

But at the thought of the increasingly severe auditory hallucinations, Charles wondered if he was too nervous and had never rested for a moment since he came here.

"Try to relax, maybe it's good for auditory hallucinations. ”

Thinking of this, Charles turned his head to look at Lily on his shoulder, "Let's take a look around the island." ”

"Hmm!" Lily's ears immediately stood up as soon as she heard that she was going to play.

Towering minarets, vivid reliefs, and long windows of stained glass.

Although Charles has no artistic energy, he can still see that these buildings are extremely elegant, and there is no comparison with a new island like Coral Island, which has little heritage.

"Mr. Charles, what's that? It looks delicious!"