For Vanna, the events of the past two days seem to have a filter that is not real enough, and her life has changed so dramatically that it is like an absurd dream, so much so that she often wonders if she has been hallucinated without realizing it - and this is the moment when her self-doubt finally reaches its peak.

She saw Mr. Morris standing in front of her, with a smile on his face.

The young inquisitor closed his eyes suddenly, tapped his forehead vigorously, and when he opened them again, he found that Morris was still there—there was a tall figure beside the old gentleman.

It was the ghostly captain with a gloomy and majestic expression.

"Welcome aboard, Vanna," Morris began, "I know you have a lot of questions......

Vanna opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, she suddenly heard a "bang" next to her, she didn't feel the slightest threat from this sound, but she was still startled, and subconsciously turned her head to look, and saw a large ball of colorful pieces of paper and streamers rushing towards her—a beautiful lady with long silver-white hair and waist-length hair was staring blankly, and a little smoke from the burning gunpowder was still coming from the paper tube in her hand.

Vanna: "......? ”

Before she could react, she saw the silver-haired lady excitedly take the second paper tube from the side, fiddle with it in front of her, and lift it up and pull the string on the paper tube.

Seeing this, Vanna hurriedly reminded: "Ah! You take the reverse ......"

Her reminder was a step late.

The tiny amount of gunpowder prefilled in the paper tube exploded with a bang, and the silver-haired woman was directly confused by the ribbons and confetti sprayed out of the tube, she subconsciously leaned back, and then heard a strange "pop" sound, and a head rolled down to the deck under the gaze of Vanna.

Fanna's eyes widened instantly, Rao almost jumped up directly at this moment with her concentration, and immediately after, she heard an exclamation coming from behind her: "Ah! Uncle Duncan! Alice's head is off again! ”

In the next second, a girl who looked like a high school student rushed over from the side, hurriedly chasing the head that was rolling on the deck, and then another girl with a black giant dog in her hand ran out from another direction, shouting while helping to chase: "I said earlier that it was unreliable for her to hold it!" ”

"Don't you dare to hold it!"

"That can't be left to Alice alone...... Ah, my head fell under the stairs! ”

"Hooks, where are the hooks...... Find a stick......"

"I found the rope and threw it down...... Miss Alice, bite yourself, I'll pull you up! ”

The deck was bustling with activity, two girls jumping up and down chasing a head that was rolling around, and the silver-haired woman who had lost her head was wandering around in a hurry, and Mr. Morris, who was halfway through his words, was now holding his head and sighing, and there was still a special smell in the air that was left after the launch of the streamer barrel.

Vanna was in a state of confusion that was rare in her life, she stared at the scene of chickens and dogs jumping on the deck, a few colored paper tapes hanging on her hair and shoulders, she seemed to vaguely understand what had just happened, but felt that she might as well not understand.

It was a welcome ceremony—but anything that didn't happen on the Lost was a pretty happy one.

"You see, I told you I have a very troublesome crew member," the gloomy and majestic Captain Duncan finally spoke, his voice finally waking Vana from her stupor, "this ship is always such a mess—but on the other hand, your life here shouldn't be boring." ”

Vanna's face was expressionless—even though there seemed to be 10,000 thoughts roaring and exploding deep inside, she didn't know how to react to it.

She looked up at the scene on the deck, and saw that Nina and Shirley had "fished" the head out of the gap in the staircase, and were scrambling to "return things to their place", while a fat pigeon flew from nowhere, shouting inexplicable sentences like "Little hammer forty, little hammer forty" beside her, and she finally recognized the silver-haired woman's face, and remembered where she had seen such a face.

It's in an antique shop in the lower town.

At the time, the other party was blonde - now that I think about it, it must have been a disguise.

She looked at Shirley, at Nina, and at Old Mr. Morris, who was spreading his hands at her helplessly, and finally understood everything.

The whole world had already changed, and she didn't know it until now.

"How many 'secrets' are there?" The corners of Vanna's mouth finally twitched, and she regained the ability to speak, she looked at Morris, this respected scholar was an elder she had known since childhood, and the appearance of the other party on this ghost ship was the most unbelievable scene for her today, but at this moment, this elder was also the only person she could think of asking, "When did you ......?"

"Not long—just a little bit before you," Morris chuckled softly, nodding slightly, "Heidi doesn't know about it. ”

"Ah, she really doesn't seem to know - she's still complaining to me today that you suddenly went out on an errand and didn't explain the situation to her," Vana said in a complicated tone, "who would have thought...... That's how you appeared before my eyes, on the Lost Land. ”

"Looks like I left in a bit of a hurry," Morris nodded, "and I should bring her some northern produce as a gift when I get back." ”

Vanna pursed her lips and turned to look at the ship's owner.

"What's next?" She spoke helplessly, what had happened after passing through the flame gate had completely disrupted the mental construction she had been doing since this morning, she had never felt so helpless and flustered in her life, "Tell me in advance, I'm so mentally prepared." ”

Before Duncan could speak, Nina had already run over and said happily to Fanna, "There's dinner in the evening!" Welcome to the new crew for dinner! ”

"There was a very delicious fish soup!" Shirley also shouted beside her, "The captain caught the fish himself." ”

"And then there's the deck barbecue!" Nina then added, "There's fish, there's beef, and there's wheat juice!" ”

"No drinking," Duncan's voice immediately came from behind Nina, "even if you call it 'wheat juice.'" ”

Nina's expression suddenly drooped: "...... Not at all? ”

"Last time the sweet fruit wine was the limit," Duncan grimaced, "beer is too early for you." ”

"Oh."

Vanna looked at Nina, then at Duncan, and then sighed softly, "So, there's something really wrong with that antique shop - I didn't find anything." ”

"We've always been in business legally, not real but cheap," Duncan said with a smirk, "and you haven't found anything...... Actually, it's a good thing, you know what I mean. ”

"Yes, His Holiness reminds me to restrain my urge to snoop around you," Vana sighed again, looking at the ugly skeletal hound beside Shirley, "If I'm not mistaken, this is a ghostly hound?" Is this little girl a summoner who lives in symbiosis with a ghostly demon? ”

Ah Gou shook his head suddenly: "Ah, yes, yes, yes." ”

Vanna was taken aback: "...... This demon can talk?! ”

"Not only can it speak, but it can now even spell its own name and add and subtract up to a hundred," Duncan said casually, "and among the crew of the Lost Country, it is considered to have a relatively high level of education." ”

Vanna was stunned, and then looked at Alice, who was moving her neck not far away, she had just found the details on the other party's joints, and at the moment she was thoughtful: "A puppet, do you mean ......?"

"Anomaly 099, the name used to be a puppet coffin, and now you seem to have changed your name to 'puppet', but she has her real name, you should already know it, just call her Alice here," Duncan said lightly, and then added, "Don't worry, she's safe now." ”

"Hello!" Alice smiled and beckoned, with a harmless smile on her face, "Didn't scare you just now, did you?" ”

Vanna subconsciously touched her neck, and then smiled slightly stiffly, in response to the cursed puppet's greeting.

Shirley ran to the side at this time, found a paper tube with colorful packaging from a wooden barrel, and happily ran over: "Alice Alice! Here's one more! Do you want to ......?"

"Stop fiddling with that!" Duncan glared at Shirley, "So who bought this thing?" Why doesn't it appear on the purchase list? ”

"I ......," Nina said cautiously, shrinking her neck, "I bought it with my pocket money." ”

Duncan was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Alice: "Later, they will give you strange things for you to fiddle with, you tell me first." ”

Alice nodded as she plucked small pieces of colored paper from her hair, "Oh. ”

Vanna sighed deeply again.

She came up to Morris and lowered her voice: "Here...... Always? ”

"From what I know, it has always been," said Morris in the same low voice, "sometimes it can be even more lively—especially when Miss Alice has some new ideas. ”

Vanna: "......"

(End of chapter)