4. Iceberg Queen
There are many glass windows along the outside corridor, and when you open the door to the room, you can see the outside deck. At this moment, the sun is just right, but it seems that the sea breeze outside is stronger, and there are not many people standing on the outside deck, but there are many passengers talking in the corridor.
For example, a couple with a child, an elderly person talking to a flight attendant, and a boat lady who is soliciting guests.
Fisher swept the guests down the hallway, and continued on without stopping, unsure if there were vendors selling goods here, so he decided to take a look at the restaurant below.
"Sir! Mr! Please wait a moment. ”
At first, Fisher thought it wasn't for him, but it wasn't until the hurried voice approached and patted him on the shoulder with a hand that Fisher turned his head back, and looked back to see a middle-aged man with a mustache and a hat on his head, panting.
"What's the matter?"
"Huh... Finally stopped, if you guessed correctly, you're looking for a place to sell cigarettes, right? Let me introduce myself, my name is Leba, I am a merchant, I happen to sell here, do you want to take a look? ”
As he spoke, he unbuttoned his trench coat and pulled out several packs of Saint-Nari's popular cigarettes from the lining pocket of his trench coat.
"The Virgen ones, the royal ones, and the Barnabas ones... This brand is new, the taste is very big, and it uses some specialties from the southern continent, which is also a new product that I just got. ”
"How do you know I'm looking for cigarettes?"
He was smiling and selling his wares, but when he looked up and saw Fisher's wary gaze, he knew that his conversation was a little sudden, so he explained with some embarrassment,
"Ah, it's a business, after all. How many of the gentlemen in Nari liked cigarettes? Probably? Or ninety percent more? They are much more anxious to find cigarettes than you are, but there are also quite a few who are as calm as you. But I don't look at the people around me at all, I just walk forward, either looking for a washroom or a cigarette, hehe. ”
The merchant named Leba was right, the gentleman of Saint-Nari did have such a habit, and basically loved this kind of thing from top to bottom, and even the king used to use it every day when he was in good health, but recently he was banned by the royal doctor after his poor health.
Fisher is already the least used of these, and only occasionally uses some when writing for work.
He pointed to the Virgen cigarette in his arms, took out his wallet from his arms,
"How much?"
"75 euros, 10 euros more expensive than Saint-Nari retail, which is an additional cost of transportation."
Naleba rubbed his hands, took the money, and put the box of Virgen cigarettes in Fisher's palm, and gave him another box of matches, "This is an extra gift." ”
"Thank you."
"I just want to thank you for taking care of the business... Ah, now that it's a little windy outside, why don't you go outside and enjoy it together, the room is suffocating, and I also feel something. ”
Glancing at the sunny sky outside, Leiba smiled and invited Fisher to go out to get some air, the hallway was full of smoke and the cacophony of the shipmaidens and the guests arguing over the price.
Fisher nodded, mainly because he didn't want to go back to the room and see Renee again, so he just went out to breathe and change his mood.
I'm almost finished writing that article, and I'll think about the words after I finish writing it tonight, so that I can't make any mistakes. The scholars of St. Nari can't do it again, and the skill of chewing words is not ordinary, and a sentence that may be ambiguous or unclear can be written into a large number of papers by them, and when you give an explanation speechlessly, they will change positions and attack, which is a headache.
"You're doing business in the Southern Continent?"
As soon as they got outside, the two men began to chat, and Fisher asked, glancing at his thickly wrapped trench coat.
"Yes, I do cigarettes and wine. The people of the Southern Continent lack nothing, just like this sip of St. Nari, sometimes they can't find a single cigarette or a drop of wine in the entire wilderness, and they are all in a hurry. I'll be in charge of shipping these good things from St. Nari and doing a little wholesale...", and then Leba smiled and looked at Fisher next to him, "I do some retail occasionally." ”
"There are so many city lords in the Southern Continent, how can you sell your goods, do you have to find a store to sell them one by one?"
"How could it be, that would be too much work, and I wouldn't dare run around in the wilderness of the Southern Continent, I've heard that it's full of cannibalistic goblins... In short, it's all kinds of monster-like subhumans. I'm only in charge of transporting the goods from Nari, and it's the middleman's business to sell them. Earn less, but it's safe, and you don't have to deal with taxes in various cities. ”
"I'll tell you, sir, the Southern Continent is dangerous. Just a few days ago, in the port of Crete, I walked out of the fence of the port of Crete because of the unloading, and I saw a, well, so tall, a red dragon man who was taller than me came over and said to me in Nari that a gentleman on the hillside in the distance was injured ... Oh my God, Nari! That dragonman speaks Nari! ”
With a vivid expression, he gestured with his hand a distance higher than his head, and then said excitedly,
"Mother God willing, but when I go to that hillside with the port soldiers, there is nothing there! I broke out in a cold sweat! This must be a trap designed by that dragonman, I heard that Swali's gang of lords are at war with the subhumans, they must be trying to get revenge on the humans! Stupid subhuman, I'm a gentleman from Nari, why don't I go to the gay bunch at Swali?! ”
“...”
Fisher's expression was slightly stunned, and he nodded as if he knew something, at that time, Rafael should have notified the humans in the port of Crete to come and take care of his wounded himself, but he must have been found and taken away by Renee halfway.
Renee wants to hide herself, no one else can find out.
The sea breeze is blowing, and the air outside is indeed much fresher than the one inside.
As a merchant who often travels back and forth between the two continents on the sea, Leba has a wide range of knowledge, and always tells Fisher some supernatural legends or legendary stories, including huge sea monsters under the sea, cursed gold treasures on the islands in the sea, etc., but most of them are legends, and they want to make up fascinating stories.
"Hey, so you're a scholar? I've long seen that only the brightest men of Saint-Nari have this kind of temperament... Research what? ”
"Subhuman."
"Ahh Subhumans... Gosh, there's anyone else researching this kind of thing? ”
Actually, he studied magic and social science, but Fisher didn't have to tell it all.
"So, are there subhumans in the sea?"
Ryba smoked a cigarette, looked down at the blue and endless ocean, and suddenly said with some curiosity.
"I don't know, I haven't found a single subhuman species from the ocean. Either they don't exist, or they're hiding too deep for humans to discover..."
But in fact, Fisher speculated that they existed, after all, it was clearly stated in the manual that there was a subhuman race called [Mysterious Children of the Sea] who destroyed human civilization.
"Well, that's true. But the most terrifying thing at sea now is not the subhumans and sea monsters who can't be found, but the pirates who have made several governments anxious. It's horrific to think about a gang of outlaws running a ship that comes and goes without a trace, with a skull tied to the flag, and several guns stolen from Swaly, stolen from Swali. ”
“.... If there is a ship that is very large, the hull is dark green, the flag is all blue, and an upside-down hammer is painted on it, and there is a part similar to a giant spear hanging in the front part of the ship, and a lot of artillery is loaded next to it, then is this a pirate ship? ”
Hearing Fisher's question, Naleba was stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise,
"Do you also know the legend of the [Four Pirates] at sea? You should be talking about the [Iceberg Queen] from the [North], the giant spear in front of it was used by them to break the ice in the cold sea of the North, and all of them are from the North! But I've heard that they only rob Swali, how can they..."
Ryba said happily, but his eyes suddenly overlapped with Fisher's, looking at the sea not far away.
In the distance of the calm sea, as if it had suddenly appeared from the sea level, a huge ship like a sea beast was steadily heading towards this direction. The dark blue flag fluttering in the wind on the mast was exactly as Fisher had said, and the huge guns on either side of the hull emitted the cold light of death, and at this moment, the ship was heading at full speed towards Fisher and their cruise ship.
"Ice... Iceberg Queen?! ”
Leba's mouth trembled, as if she didn't even have enough strength to hold the cigarette in her lips, and the half-smoked cigarette fell down the railing next to the deck into the sea, sinking into the icy waters, reminding them that they were being targeted by a giant pirate ship.