To be sure, Vanna had hardly been afraid of anything in her life, but that Captain Duncan Abnomar ...... It always seems to bring her all sorts of "surprises".

The room blocked by dreams, the boundless dark sea outside the window, the strange light body hanging high in the sky, and under the silence of the night, someone knocked on the door.

Vanna almost subconsciously wanted to condense her greatsword in the dream and slash in the direction of the doorway—thankfully, she controlled the urge at the last second.

"Knock knock".

The knock on the door was still coming unhurriedly, with utmost patience and politeness.

Vanna took several deep breaths, not knowing what expression to show at this moment, so she could only keep her face strained and try to make her tone appear normal: "Please come in." ”

With a soft click, the handle turned, and the dark wooden door was pushed open from the outside, and an extremely tall and majestic figure appeared in front of Fanna, and stepped into the room.

Behind this figure, there is a pure darkness, as if on the edge of a dream—beyond the edge, there is a "nothingness" where there is no substance.

Duncan walked into the room and smiled kindly at Vanna, "Good afternoon, Vanna—I knocked on the door this time." ”

Without saying a word, Vanna looked at Captain Ghost as he walked into the room, watched as the other party walked to the wine cabinet next to him, took out the bottle and two wine glasses from it, and watched the other party unhurriedly come to the table and sit down on the back chair.

"Why don't you come and sit down?" Duncan raised his eyebrows and glanced at the young inquisitor who was still standing near the window, gesturing to the empty seat across the table, "The expression on your face isn't very good. ”

Vana hesitated for a moment, and finally came to Duncan with a strange look, and while sitting cautiously in the chair while watching the other party pour the wine, she sighed for a long time: "Don't you think this is more scary?" ”

"Is that so?" Duncan looked at Vana in a little surprise, then at the dream he had been thinking about for a long time, at the warm and everyday furnishings and the wine glass in his hand, and frowned uncertainly, "Then I'll try a brighter tone next time......

"I don't think it's a tonal question......," Fana felt her eyebrows twitch, but then she didn't know what to think of, and sighed with a smile, "Well, at least I think I do feel your 'kindness'...... It's a little scary, but I'm more or less sure it's real. ”

Duncan pushed a glass of wine over: "Seems to be a good thing." ”

"Thank you," Vana took the glass, hesitantly looking at the slightly golden-red liquid in the clarification, hesitated for a long time to put it aside, then she raised her eyes and looked at the captain opposite, "This is another dream—is it a room on the Lost Land?" ”

"There are some references, but not exactly, I have arranged them according to my personal preferences," Duncan said unhurriedly, "Actually, I am not very good at weaving dreams, I prefer to go straight into ready-made dreams, but you sleep restlessly, and your dreams are broken and messy, so I have prepared a place for you to rest." ”

Vanna didn't care about Duncan's last words, she just turned her head to look out the window and asked her biggest question: "That glowing thing in the sky outside...... What is it? Is it also your 'personal preference'? ”

Duncan was silent for a moment, his eyes looking out the window, silent in the moonlight for a long time before he sighed and shook his head: "Sort of—I don't really like the pale and cold glimmer of the Creation of the World, it's not soft enough, and it feels like it's full of malice." As for the one you see now...... You could call it 'the moon'. ”

"'Moon'......" Vanna repeated the strange word that seemed to have been transliterated directly from an unknown language, "what a mouthful of a name." ”

"You're interested in it?" Duncan looked at Vana with a smirk, "Then I can tell you the story behind the name......

As a result, before he could say this, Fanna was excited: "No! Thank you! ”

“…… Well, always," Duncan said with a shrug of his shoulders and a non-obtrusive attitude, "it's just the most ordinary stuff that has nothing to do with subspace. ”

"Sorry, I'm sure you're friendly, but ...... You just treat me as cowardly," Vanna said awkwardly, after so many contacts and a series of events, her vigilance and vigilance towards this ghost captain had actually changed a lot, but in any case, even from a logical and rational point of view, she didn't dare to listen to "knowledge" from the mouth of this subspace returnee, "Or tell me something else, why are you looking for me?" ”

"Two things," Duncan looked into Vanna's eyes, "First, thank you for taking care of Tirion these two days, he seems to have had a good time in Purand. ”

"Captain Tirien?" Vanna's heart moved, and she suddenly realized something, "Have you been paying attention to ...... these days?"

"Yes, I've been following this for a long time," Duncan said with emotion, "he's been wandering around the North for many years, he's also tainted with the stinking of pirates, and he's usually only kept company by a group of undead sailors, and his social habits are extremely unhealthy, and the old incident of Frost has to worry about his state of mind - in order to avoid becoming a withdrawn, eccentric and cynical eccentric, he needs a little healthy and orderly interpersonal ......"

Duncan is basically talking nonsense, just to further consolidate his image of "regaining human sanity and sobriety", so as to facilitate dealing with Vanna and the "order and civilization" behind her, but Vanna didn't think it was nonsense, Miss Inquisitor was stunned and listened to this ghost captain talking to herself like an old father, and was stunned for a long time before holding back a sentence: "You...... I care about him......"

Duncan is serious: "Caring for each other is the first step in maintaining family harmony. ”

“…… But you almost blew the Sea Mist into a pile of scrap metal. Vanna cautioned.

Duncan remains serious: "Proper education and guidance is the second step. ”

Vanna: "......"

Odd, discordant, and weird everywhere, Fanna felt more and more that her communication with Captain Duncan was full of indescribable weirdness, but for some reason, it was in this strange and discordant conversation that she really felt ...... The ghost captain was "flesh and blood".

She had to shake her head and put aside the thought that popped up for the time being: "What about the second thing you said?" ”

"The second thing," Duncan straightened his expression for a moment, and became a little serious, "is it about the sun—have you noticed the change in it?" ”

The sound of the waves outside the window gradually became quieter, like a distant murmur, and the light breeze blowing into the room became nothing.

Vanna's eyes changed slightly when she heard the other party mention "sun": "Do you mean the sunrise that was delayed by fifteen minutes before, or ......?"

"There's a notch in its outer rune ring," Duncan said, "and you should have noticed it by looking at your expression." ”

Vana was silent for two or three seconds before nodding slightly: "It's hard not to notice - although it was only a gap that was imperceptible to the naked eye, for thousands of years, there have always been vigilant eyes watching the operation of Vision 001, and the church was the first to notice this disturbing situation." ”

"Will the Guardians never let up...... I feel a little better about you," Duncan said, suddenly asking, "and what do you think about that?" ”

“…… It's up to the Cathedral of the Storm to give feedback," Vanna said with a single look, "On Purland's side, we can only report what we have observed, we are not a research facility, and we can't think of any way to intervene in the operation of Vision 001." ”

She thought about it for a moment, and then shook her head a little uncertainly: "Perhaps, even the Storm Cathedral won't give a very clear response, Vision 001...... Its operation affects the whole world, and its strangeness is not just a deep sea church. ”

Vana said, as if suddenly aware of something, and looked up at Duncan: "You suddenly came to me to talk about this, do you know something?" Do you know what's wrong with Vision 001? ”

Duncan didn't answer right away.

He couldn't help but recall the brief strange dream he had had.

In the dream, a huge body of light fell like a meteor shower, and the whole world gradually fell into darkness, and finally the sky was left with a terrifying darkness, like a hollow, or a dying eyeball.

At the time, he didn't realize anything from this dream, but now, he seemed to catch a glimpse of an omen from this dream.

"Even I can't be sure, Vanna," he finally broke the silence and calmly looked into Vanna's eyes, "but I guess this should be just the beginning." ”

A chill slowly spread in her back, and Vana felt herself see something extremely disturbing in the other person's eyes: "Just the beginning? ”

"I don't have enough evidence yet, but I suspect that Vision 001 actually has a 'lifespan,'" Duncan said solemnly, "and what the Old Kingdom of Crete left to future generations was not an eternal refuge, but only a temporary peace, the sun above our heads...... Most of the time it's going to break.

"As for when this evidence will come......"

Duncan paused, and then said:

"There may be huge pieces falling from the sky, and that's the ticking of the countdown.

"More likely, the first fragment has fallen now, just out of sight of the civilized world."

The chill and uneasiness spread in her heart, Vanna's eyes drooped slightly, covering all the changes in her eyes, and her hand slowly picked up the wine glass next to her, and subconsciously brought it to her mouth, as if she wanted to use alcohol to calm her mood.

She took a sip, frowned slightly, and looked up at Duncan: "No taste......"

"Of course it doesn't smell," Duncan laughed, toasting Vana slightly, "because you're waking up." ”

Vanna's eyes snapped open.

She was still sitting in a moving steam car, and the towers and main buildings of the cathedral came into view.

She gasped slightly, and heard the voice of her subordinates coming from the front: "Ah, you are awake, just in time, the cathedral is almost here." ”

(End of chapter)