The icon of the storm goddess Grimona stood silently in the Great Chapel, as majestic as ever, mysterious, and silent.

The veil seemed to cover not only the face of the goddess, but also some connection between the earthly and the gods, and for the first time, Vana realized that she did not know at all, or even understood, what the gods she worshipped were ...... Exist.

All this time, she had only taken for granted everything about storms and the deep sea, and had never thought about it as she did today, and had never considered analyzing the relationship between the gods and herself from a questioning perspective.

Suddenly, Vana woke up from her brief contemplation, feeling her heart pound and a layer of cold sweat breaking out on her back.

Thoughts beget heresy, and God is not to be spied on.

She couldn't believe that those almost deviant thoughts had come out of her own head—to start questioning the "deeds" of the gods, which was almost indistinguishable from heresy.

However, in the next second, she felt the soft sound of the waves ringing in her ears, and the gaze and comfort from the goddess surged as usual, further relieving the accumulated pain of this body and soothing her spirit.

Even in this great temple, even if such a wavering thought appeared in her thoughts, the goddess was as ...... Is it because God is ignorant, or is it because the Lord doesn't care?

“…… Don't you really need to rest? Valentine's voice suddenly came from the side, interrupting Vanna's distraction again, and the old man looked at the young inquisitor beside him with some concern, he remembered that Vanna had never been in such a state of continuous stunned presence in front of the goddess, "You look in a trance...... Physical injuries heal easily, but mental exhaustion can be troublesome. ”

"I'm ......," Vana hesitated, "maybe I'm a little tired." ”

"Then go and rest, and I'll take care of the rest of the matter," Valentine said immediately, and then quickly added before the other party wanted to say anything, "I just received news that Mr. Dent has returned to the mansion safely, I want to ...... Your family should be in need of you at this time, and you need your family too. ”

"Uncle......" Fanna was stunned for a moment, the scene when she said goodbye to her uncle before appeared in her heart, and a strange feeling touched her heart, and finally made her dispel the last insistence, "Okay, then I'll leave first, and I'll leave it to you here." ”

"Go in peace," Valentine nodded slightly, "May the storm shelter you." ”

“…… May the storm shelter. Vanna whispered.

A dark grey steam car drove out of the Cathedral Square, and after passing through the central junction where the card had been set, it headed first in the direction of the Consul's Residence.

Vanna sat in the passenger seat of the car, driven by Heidi, who had just finished being questioned in the church.

"Thanks, I'm going to have to give me a ride," Vanna whispered to her friend as the view receded from the window, "You could have left earlier." ”

"I don't have to be so polite," said Heidi, holding the steering wheel and observing the road, "and I won't be early, for the young monk asked me a lot of questions, and finally made me smoke incense for half a day, all necessary 'safety measures'—and it was almost evening." ”

Vana looked out the window and saw the city-state guards and guards patrolling the roads, some frightened citizens walking briskly through the streets, some people who looked like they had just come out of the shelter were asking passers-by about the situation, and every now and then a sheriff with a megaphone could be seen standing at the intersection, informing the nearby people of the current situation - nothing more than a vision of the city-state, the danger had been eliminated, and the entry into three-level martial law tonight.

As if he had recovered from a serious illness, the order in the city-state was still chaotic, but even such a chaotic and tense scene still made Vana feel an indescribable sense of happiness and ...... Warm.

Fear and tension are living proof, and only those who have survived the disaster are entitled to be anxious in this moment – and the rising sun the next day will be the best relief for Plant.

"Are you alright? It looks like you're in such bad spirits," Heidi noticed Vanna's exhaustion and trance even as she was driving, "It's the first time I've seen you so unmotivated since I was a kid - I thought you were forged from a sheet of steel." ”

“…… Would you believe me if I told you that I alone killed the entire city-state when the rain of fire fell? Vanna glanced at her friend, in fact, after leaving with Heidi, her spirit had gradually relaxed, "I'm dying of exhaustion." ”

"Believe, of course I believe it, after all, it's you, I believe you when you say you were killed from subspace," Heidi didn't even change her expression after hearing the other party's words, nodded her head as a matter of course, and then suddenly looked Fanna up and down, "No wonder you're ...... like this"

Vanna was awkwardly made by the other party's gaze up and down: "You...... The eyes are weird. ”

"I just had an idea," Heidi said, "Would you like to go to the Marriage Help Center now?" ”

“…… Why? ”

"It's hard for you to be weakened like this, maybe there are people you can't beat now, and this doesn't violate your second oath back then-you will do your best in any battle," Heidi's mind seemed to have completely freed, and she didn't even care about Vanna's increasingly distorted expression, "Otherwise, when you go home and sleep, you will be invincible again, and the marriage help center will have to send people to the hospital every once in a while......"

Vanna clenched her fist slightly.

The sound of the air popping made Heidi fall silent for a moment.

After two seconds of silence, Heidi muttered again: "If you don't want it, you won't be happy, you have threatened me since I was a child, and I let you eat ...... lunch."

The car then fell silent, and after a few seconds of silence, Fanna suddenly whispered, "Thank you, I'm much calmer." ”

"Well, I'm the best psychiatrist in Prand, after all—and you really need to be in good shape to face Mr. Dent," Heidi smiled as if the plan had succeeded, and then the car came to a smooth stop under her control, "You're home, my invincible knight lady—cheer up, we've all picked up our lives today." ”

Picked up a life......

Heidi just said it casually, but for some reason Fanna thought of a phrase often said by the followers of the Death Sect-

Survival is not an innate right, but an item that has been paid for in advance.

Vana lowered her eyelids, took a soft breath, thanked her friend and said goodbye, got out of the car, and walked towards the door not far away.

Heidi watched quietly from the car as Vana departed, and after a while she started the car, turned around, and drove in the direction of her home.

Is my father safe now? If he is also safe, then ...... What is he doing at the moment?

……

Outside the cabin there was lightning and thunder, a storm arose, and the wind swept against the towering side of the Lost Homeland, and beneath the deep, dark sea, it was as if some unspeakable beast had been enraged, unleashing monstrous malice on the world.

Through the porthole, the flaming giant could be seen standing in the bow of the ship, its flaming chains extending into the sea, and a behemoth with a large number of tentacles and almost the size of the Lost Land was rolling wildly beneath the water's surface, constantly poking its countless fangs and eyes out of the sea and climbing onto the side of the ship, as if to break free from the chains or expel the Lost Country from the sea.

In the cabin, the lights with whale oil as the main fuel were bright, but they could not dispel the tension and fear, Shirley was already holding the dog and shivering, listening to the movement outside with a frightened face, and the dog was stretching his neck to avoid being strangled to death while confirming with Alice: "You, you, you...... Do you confirm the ship...... The captain is fishing?! ”

"That's right," Alice nodded with a determined and indifferent expression, her expression was a bit of "you city-states are all about making a fuss", "fishing is the captain's greatest hobby!" ”

"I finally know why you react every time you talk about Mr. Duncan's fish...... Shirley finally realized something, and said to Dog with a sad face, "I ...... If I had known about it when I was eating......"

Before she finished speaking, Morris, who was on the other side of the table with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes, and the old gentleman looked at the girl opposite with a shocked expression: "You...... Ate the ...... caught by Mr. Duncan Uh, 'fish'? ”

"How do I know!" Shirley was about to burst into tears, and as she spoke, she turned her head to look at Nina, "You...... You didn't tell me how your uncle's fish got back......"

"I don't know," Nina shook her head, the expression on her face not as exaggerated as the others, but a little ...... Excited, she poked her head at the table and looked at the scene on the deck through the porthole, and the tentacles that rushed out of the water did not make her feel frightened, but only made her feel novel," you say...... How did those things end up being fish? ”

In all fairness, Nina's current behavior is actually no different from when she was in the city-state, as cheerful as ever, as lively and sunny as ever, but this kind of performance is normal in a peaceful city-state, and it would be a little scary if it was still like this in the "fishing scene" of the Lost Country, and it was in this situation that Shirley seemed to finally discover Nina's incredible side: "...... Your uncle and nephew are terrible, they really ......."

Nina scratched her hair, her expression a little inexplicable: "Really? I think it's okay......"

As she spoke, Alice suddenly stood up and walked out.

Shirley was suddenly a little nervous: "Ah, what are you going to do?" ”

"Go and prepare for dinner," Alice said, "Captain is about to get that big fish done." ”

Alice departed, leaving a few "visitors" who had accidentally boarded the ship to look at each other in the cabin.

"I ...... I want to go home......" Shirley hugged the dog hard, with a look on her face that was about to cry.

The red light in Ah Dog's blood-colored eyes flickered on and off: "You're about to strangle me......"

Morris sighed suddenly.

Seeing this, Nina hurriedly asked, "Teacher, why are you sighing?" ”

"I think I can write a book when I go back," Morris thought for a moment, spreading his hands, "just worried that my daughter would think something was wrong with me......"

Nina: "......? ”

(End of chapter)