Malcoln sat on a low stool with a complicated face, staring at the potion bottle in his hand and was silent. Since www.biquge.info completed the deal with Ian, he has been in this state for nearly an hour, during which time he has not only not said a word, but has not even moved again.

Little Ivy saw her grandfather for the first time with such a look.

She didn't understand what that expression meant, but instinctively felt a little worried.

"Grandpa......" After hesitating for a while, the little girl carefully moved herself to his side, and while timidly looking at the potion that made his grandfather fall silent, she couldn't help but ask curiously: "...... What's wrong with these potions?"

The little girl couldn't see any difference between the potions and the ones in her shop, but she knew that her grandfather was one of the best pharmacists in Seren. Being able to let my grandfather buy these potions and fall into such a strange state is probably an unusual secret.

It's just that the questions she raised don't seem to reach Malken's ears, and the seemingly middle-aged old man is still immersed in his own world. He rotated the potion bottle slightly, and looked at the light blue potion inside the bottle through the inferior glass, as if he was admiring a work of art that seemed ordinary but actually had profound connotations.

"Very good technique...... No, it should be said to be perfect. After a long time, the old man finally spoke. It's just that the words that came out of his mouth were not so much answering the little girl's questions as they were muttering to himself.

"That kid lied, he wouldn't show it in front of ordinary people. ”

"I didn't expect him to accept another apprentice. ”

"The second apprentice of the sinners, what the hell is he thinking?"

"Who is 'he'?" the little girl's eyes widened. She could see that her grandfather was obviously immersed in some kind of memory, but she still couldn't help but ask. In fact, she didn't have much hope of getting an answer, because her grandfather probably didn't even notice that she was talking to him, but what she didn't expect was that the old man came to his senses because of the question. Suddenly, he smiled again, shook his head and cursed.

"A bastard!"

......

As a disciple of a certain bastard, Ian is in a pretty good mood right now.

His financial situation has improved dramatically thanks to an old man who knows the goods, and he has also found a buyer for the subsequent goods. Just before he left, the owner of the pharmacy gave him a promise that "whatever medicine you bring with me, I will accept it", so that he no longer has to worry about spending money on the road.

Salem is an extremely prosperous city, and in the last few days of communication, Ian learned that Olivia had lived here for a long time as a child. In a sense, a big part of the reason why she didn't object to Harris's detour decision was that she wanted to come back and have a look.

Maybe I want to know how many traces of my childhood are still here.

Early the next morning, Ian and Martina strolled along the quayside of the seashore with the wandering merchant lady, where it is said that she used to stay as a child, and that her father often went to sea from here to do business in the southern and western regions during certain periods of time.

In fact, in Ian's opinion, it's not really a good place to visit. If it weren't for Olivia's own extremely strong statement that she would be here anyway, Ian and Martina would not have agreed to her setting foot here.

The docklands tend to be the dirtiest part of a coastal city. This place of goods is filled with workers, traders, sailors, and the most troublesome of the gangsters. For Ian, it would have been a little uncomfortable for him to see hordes of black-haired and black-eyed sinners working here. As far as Olivia and the others were concerned, the sudden appearance of two such beautiful ladies in such a place would undoubtedly cause some uncomfortable prying eyes.

And, of course, potential troubles.

They had only been walking on the shore for less than half an hour, and there were already people staring at them in some dark corners, and they began to talk to each other in a sneaky way. Ian knew they weren't going to do anything right away, but would do everything they could to get to the bottom of them. Once they know that they actually have "no background", then trouble will come in waves.

Ian suddenly realized that he was probably going to "go back to his old job" for the last two nights.

Having found the place where she had spent her childhood on the shore, the merchant lady sat down on the ground without hesitation, and put her legs on the surface of the sea and swayed freely. She didn't know how many snoops her actions had attracted, and she didn't know how many of these snooping eyes were with dirty and sinister thoughts.

In the face of such a gaze, any other girl would feel uncomfortable, and the more timid ones might have fled back home in fright. But she didn't feel any sense of all this, just quietly immersed in the memories of her childhood, like a person who was about to die, wanting to see the unforgettable scenery of her life in the last few days.

"My father was a businessman, and I spent a third of my childhood here. ”

"When I was a kid, I was afraid of the ocean, I thought it was like a scary monster that would swallow everyone at sea. Every time my father boarded the ship and went to sea, I would stand here and pray for him every day, praying that he would return safely. ”

"In those days, I would always feel scared, so afraid that every time he returned safely, I would hide in his arms and keep being coquettish, so afraid that every time he was going to sea again, I would keep playing tricks and using various methods to keep him. As she spoke, she suddenly let out a bitter chuckle, "But the Most High Lord always likes to play with us. The more we fear something, the more likely it is for something to happen. ”

"After a trip to sea...... He really didn't make it back. ”

Miss Merchant, looking at the sea, said calmly.

"The survivors who escaped told me about his death. ”

"They told me that they had met a monster in the sea, a monster called 'Morbius'. ”

"Since then I have never been afraid of the sea again. ”

"Because I swore an oath that night—"

"I swear: if the ocean dares to swallow me, I will evaporate all the seawater!"

"Olivia. Martina sat down at once, and put her hand on the Merchant's right hand. She didn't continue to say more than half a word, but just put the other party's right hand into her palm, and squeezed it tighter and tighter.

"Don't worry, Martina. Miss Merchant looked up at this moment: "I will defeat 'Him', and then kill the monster, and cut open its belly, and see if I can turn out what it swallowed." ”