Is Helena really thinking what she was saying? Is it true that the goal of the Deep Sea Church is just to establish communication with the Outcast? Does this "spokesman of God" really believe in the humanity and sanity of "Captain Duncan", as she claims?

Duncan didn't dare to believe it all, although the female pope's attitude did seem to be honest, he himself was quite B-numbered, and he knew that the reputation and "record" of the Lost Country meant that a leader like Helena could not deal with him unsuspectingly—she had to be reserved.

But being wary is not a good thing, and being wary and still choosing to cooperate means that she has a reason to cooperate, maybe because of God's will, maybe because of the interests of the church, whatever the reason, anyway, the olive branch she is throwing out now is true.

"Now that the agreement has been reached, it's time for us to discuss the specific handover and registration process," Duncan thought for a moment and said to the pope in front of him from a reasonable point of view, "I think we need some formal documents." ”

Helena was stunned for a moment, although the matter was mentioned by her at the beginning, she obviously didn't think about this link, and her expression was a little surprised at the moment: "Register...... Process, you mean? ”

"It's a very serious matter to start the crew and hand over the work," Duncan said solemnly, "The Lost Country is an expedition ship with strict personnel management, and your Deep Sea Church is also a regular unit, don't you send a messenger here to prepare a letter of introduction?" In addition, there is the cost of living on the ship or the purchase and tear of her personal equipment, which should be reimbursed by which side must be made clear, and I personally think you have to take care of it, at least part of it......"

Helena suddenly understood what Vanna meant by mentioning "Captain Duncan is a man who often has accidents" in the report, she had conceived so many plans to negotiate with the Lost Country, but she didn't think about this one!

“…… Of course, the Deep Sea Church will bear this part of ...... 'budget'," After holding for a few seconds, Helena finally nodded, "If you need formal paperwork, we can provide it too, or you can provide it - do you have a template there?" ”

"Of course, I can send a messenger to deliver it to you later," Duncan nodded solemnly, his tone was very serious, "The Lost Country is not the kind of third-rate evil god lair that lights two brazier gods and then pushes people into it to make a successful sacrifice, we are a very regular employer, and personnel recruitment, rules and regulations, and team building are all first-class in subspace......"

Helena had been listening expressionlessly since just now, and at this time she could only subconsciously nod her head, for some reason, she suddenly felt that the twisted starlight in the mirror in front of her that was constantly expanding and shrinking seemed to be less dizzying.

She even felt that the swirling lights and shadows were a little kind.

And in such a slightly trance state, she finally managed to end the conversation with the ghost captain.

With a slight crackling sound of flames, the green flames that jumped in front of the mirror finally faded, and the bright yellow-white flames reappeared on the candlestick, and the light and shadow floating on the edge of the mirror and the ubiquitous dark cracks in the room gradually dissipated from view.

The solid real world reappears in front of Helena.

But she was still staring at the mirror that had returned to normal, staring at the reflection of herself that was gradually emerging in the mirror.

It didn't take long for the shaky lines around the edges of the image to settle down, and Helena took a deep breath, her tense muscles loosening a little.

Only now did she feel like her clothes were soaked with sweat, her heart was pounding, and a dull pain was hollow and numb in her head.

“…… I'd better remind Vana to control her snooping impulses in her 'new post,'" Helena rubbed her forehead and whispered as she battled the dull pain in her head, "confronting the subspace...... It feels terrible. ”

A crackling sound suddenly came to my ears, and a green glow came into view.

Helena woke up suddenly, but only had time to see a little green flame flash near the windowsill, and she walked quickly in the direction where the fire had dissipated, and saw an old piece of parchment lying quietly on the windowsill.

It was Vanna's registration document on the Lost Country.

“…… It's really delivered. ”

The Pope muttered in some dismay.

……

Early in the morning of the second day.

"We're adding a new member."

In the dining room of the Lost Country, Duncan summoned all the members of the ship, including Shirley and others, who were helping out in the antique shop, and Mr. Morris, who was looking up materials in the city-state library, and then solemnly announced the news.

Nina was grabbing a handful of fries and concentrating on feeding the pigeons, when she heard Uncle Duncan's words, she was immediately stunned, and raised her head with a surprised face: "New member?!" Who is it? ”

"In a sense, acquaintances," Duncan smiled, his gaze swept across the table, "you've all seen her, Shirley, you and Nina even met her not long ago. ”

Shirley looked a little dazed, and it took a few seconds to react before she vaguely realized something, and her expression was visibly exciting: "It's hard...... Is it the ...... of the judgment?"

"It's her," Duncan nodded slightly, "Inquisitor Vana will be a new member of the Lost Country, just in a day or two." ”

"Bang dang!"

A loud bang suddenly came from the side of the table, and Duncan calmly looked in the direction where the sound came from, and saw that the dog was lying on the ground in a state of embarrassment—it had been sitting on the chair next to Shirley a second ago.

Shirley actually almost fell off the chair just now, but at this time, she stared at Ah Dog and lectured Ah Gou: "Ah Dog, you scared me!" ”

"I ...... I...... I'm whole dog stupid, really, Mr. Duncan, what did you just say - that inquisitor?! The dog got up from the ground in embarrassment, ignoring Shirley's shouting next to him, and looked at Duncan with two blood-colored empty eyes, "Are you going to tie up that Inquisitor?" Ah, of course, I don't question that you have this ability, of course you can tie her up, but it may not be easy to make that inquisitor submit, she is obviously very rigorously trained, and her mind is full of faith in the Storm Goddess, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make her a ...... by ordinary means."

“…… Why did you think of tying people to the boat in the first place? The corners of Duncan's eyes twitched, "I mean Vana will be our new member, when did you say we're going to tie her to the ship?" ”

"Then how do you get her here without tying up?" Dog was stunned, and in its "normal logic" it seemed that there was no other reason why a city-state inquisitor would suddenly become a new member of the Lost Country, "Oh, you're going to lock her up on the shore first......"

"Couldn't it be a normal crew onboarding and job transfer?" Duncan looked at the other party's ugly dog head with a blank face, "For example, the Deep Sea Church wrote a letter of recommendation, I wrote a personnel entry letter, and then Vanna became a Marine and a chaplain on board the ship through this very normal process - don't you think that makes more sense?" ”

Ah Gou thought about it, and felt that once this kind of "reasonable" thing was put on the Lost Homeland, it would be so evil that it would be impossible to add to it, and he would rather believe that one day he would see the Seterioth Holy Lord as soon as he opened his eyes on the ship, rather than believe in the captain's process just now, but after holding it for a long time, it didn't dare to say the thoughts in his mind.

Because this is the Lost Country.

The captain was right.

"You're right," the dog urn slumped his head angrily, "and that makes perfect sense. ”

Duncan nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the people on both sides of the table, and after a little thought, he added: "This is an agreement between me and the Deep Sea Church, Fanna will board this ship as a secret envoy and serve me as a crew member before the end of the mission, she is slightly different from yours, but when you are on board, everyone follows the same rules, I hope you can get along with each other." ”

"As long as she doesn't trouble me," Shirley muttered, "how dare I trouble her." ”

"I still can't imagine how a city-state inquisitor could be honest on this ship," Ah Dog also muttered, "I always feel that the days ahead are going to be exciting." ”

"I'm ready," Morris across the table nodded slightly, the old scholar looking the calmest (except for Alice, who didn't react from start to finish) and a strange smile on her face, "but she might have been surprised to see me...... But she will adapt, and Vanna has been a very adaptable child since she was a child. ”

Nina hadn't spoken much since just now, just kept thinking about something, and then suddenly raised her head: "Uncle, do we have something to do next?" ”

Duncan lowered his head: "Why do you suddenly ask that?" ”

"Because you specially summoned us all to the ship," Nina thought for a moment, "Miss Vana hasn't boarded the ship yet, so you summoned us in advance, there must be other arrangements, right?" ”

Duncan looked at Nina's shining eyes (6000°C deep) and smiled before smiling and pressing her hair.

"That's right, there's something to do—we're on our way to Frost."

(End of chapter)