Solo Lodge.

Lumien looked out at the fires in the night sky in the port area, listened to the hustle and bustle in the distance, and waited for the possible arrival.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door.

Lumian didn't wait for Lugano to wake up, turned straight and walked to the door.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Noelia, dressed in brown leather armor and wearing a two-horned nun hat.

Noelia's face was like frost, and she suddenly raised her hand and whispered in the ancient Hermetian language, "Prisoner!"

Lumian was unable to move, as if layers of transparent walls or flowing viscous liquid were restricting his movements, turning him into a worm within the amber.

In the next second, Noelia pulled out a straight sword behind her backhand.

At the same time, Lumien's pants suddenly tightened, and the whole person seemed to be taller and larger, and some explosive force expanded from his body.

The transparent "amber" that trapped him creaked, and invisible cracks appeared.

With a whimper, Noelia grabbed the hilt of the straight sword with both hands, slashed through the airflow, split the already crumbling "cage", and slashed at Lumian's head.

Lumian's ready-to-go right fist swung in time, striking the side of the straight sword with a condensed red and near-white firelight.

With a low, restrained thud, the straight sword slanted out, grazing the door frame and slashing to the ground.

Noelia took advantage of the situation and stepped back, put away her straight sword, and asked in a deep voice in Indisian, "You blew up the Fisheries Guild?"

Seeing this, Lumian did not fight back, his body returned to normal, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if I blew it up, the important thing is whether anyone can prove that I blew it up."

He knew that Noelia was just a warning, and she didn't really want to deal with herself, otherwise she should have received other extraordinary abilities after being "imprisoned", instead of directly slashing with her sword.

Noelia maintained a perennial order in Santa Harbor, asking the majesty of the different suspects: "Why do you want to do this, why do you want to make such a big move?"

Lumian glanced sideways at the servant's room, and motioned for Lugano, who had gotten up at the commotion, to go back to sleep.

He walked to the easy chair in the living room, ignoring Noelia's question and smiling, "I've found something."

"For example?" Noelia walked into the suite and closed the wooden door with her backhand.

Lumian pointed to the couch, "Sit down and talk later, lest you call me rude."

Noelia glanced at Lumian, smiled and said, "What kind of politeness do you talk about without a veneer salute?"

Her attitude is frank and open.

Lumian sat down in an easy chair and answered the question: "For example, last year's prayer for the sea failed to be."

Noelia didn't show any surprise, she sat on the edge of the couch, leaned forward slightly, and didn't let the straight sword behind her back hit her: "What else?"

Lumian thought for a moment, and said in a casual tone: "Also, the ceremony of praying for the sea is to marry the sea;

"Also, the 'Governor of the Sea' is the husband of the sea, and the 'Handmaiden of the Sea' is the embodiment of the sea in the real world;

"Also, whether it is the 'Governor of the Sea' or the 'Handmaiden of the Sea', the children born are all 'Children of the Sea', and the one with the purest bloodline at the beginning is ......"

Although Lumien was well aware of what he meant by the fact that the children conceived by the women who slept with the "Governor of the Sea" were all descendants of the sea, regardless of whether they were "Handmaidens of the Sea" or not, after saying the corresponding words, he inevitably thought that this seemed to be the meaning of the "Governor of the Sea" having children himself.

Huh, sure enough, the more you know, the easier it is to be polluted, I wouldn't have thought like this before.......... Lumian sighed secretly, Noelia sighed with some surprise and some appreciation: "Your investigation is progressing faster than I imagined, and it has only taken a long time to figure out most things."

It's been a long time, and my "Knowing the Language" spell will expire tomorrow, and I don't know how much I will gain from this week's borrowing and learning...... Lumian smiled slightly: "You don't think that my reputation as a great adventurer is blown by bragging, do you?"

"The 'devil wizard' who can be offered a reward of 300,000 gold is definitely not bragging." Noelia tactfully stated that she did not underestimate the people who could hunt the "devil wizard".

She nodded with satisfaction and said, "Although many extraordinary people have good abilities, they lack enough brains, are blindly aggressive, and like to be prestigious, but you are not."

"However, I still have to warn you, don't overdo it, although I know very well what your real purpose is to make such a big fuss, but we must maintain stability and order in Santa Harbor, and you can't make it difficult for us."

With the warning just now, the hidden meaning of this sentence is not to disrupt the current situation in Santa Port, you can investigate the sea prayer ceremony, but you can't fundamentally subvert the order here? In other words, don't kill the Fishermen's Guild? What do you want to do in the "Mother Earth" church, do you want it or not...... Lumian laughed while pondering the subtext of Noelia:

"If you could be honest and reveal more information, I wouldn't have to do so much."

Noelia smiled a little embarrassed but politely: "We don't have a lot of information either, I can only tell you that since the church acquiesces to the existence of the sea prayer ceremony, and acquiesces to the people of the Fisheries Guild to obtain the power of the sea, there must be enough reasons for it, and it has nothing to do with whether or not it has the ability to solve it."

"As for the reason, I don't know what my rank is, but perhaps the archbishop in charge of the whole province of Gaya and the president of our Rich Order can answer you."

Lumian sneered and said, "Then what are you acquiescing in or even conniving at me in investigating the sea prayer ceremony?"

Noelia sighed and said, "Why do you have to figure it out?" Didn't we ask you what the real purpose of the prayer ceremony was?"

With that, the battle nun left the couch, spread her legs, and walked to the door of the suite.

After taking a few steps, she stopped and said thoughtfully, "There are some ancient traces hidden in the basement of the 'Governor of the Sea' mansion in Milo Village, which can reveal something, you better find a chance to take a look."

"In the basement of the Governor of the Sea's mansion? According to Franca's retelling, there are a small number of symbols and patterns left by the ancestors of the village of Milo...... What does Noelia mean that they contain more important information?' Is the reason for the Mother Earth Goddess's Church to acquiesce in the ceremony of praying for the sea?

"If Juan. Oro didn't lie, didn't deliberately conceal it, didn't play yin, doesn't that show that the Church of Mother Earth knows the ancestors of Milo better than their descendants? Also, after all, it was the one who destroyed Milo Village and cleaned up the power of those ancestors, and there has been no interruption of inheritance for more than a thousand years, and it has always been at the top of the real world........" Lumian looked at the back of Noelia opening the door and leaving, and did not ask.

As soon as he returned to the master bedroom and was about to go to bed, he saw the "doll" messenger drop the folded paper and fly away, without saying a word.

"Ludwig doesn't eat anything but a little bit, isn't he's that annoying?

"Well, the 'Magician' lady does like to go to bed late, and writes to her the fastest in the night........" Lumian muttered silently as he picked up the reply.

He quickly unfolded and read the text: "So far, you've done well in Santa Port."

"I'm not going to interfere and guide too much, this is your chance to further digest the 'conspirator' potion, a very good opportunity."

"That passage, I have roughly restored it, read it several times, it is not any language I currently master, but what is certain is that it does not have the characteristics of leveraging the power of nature, but it has a certain energy itself, and language can also have energy."

What does this mean? It means that in the ritual of praying for the sea, it cannot be used as a sacrificial language, and it is difficult to rely on it to communicate with the otherworldly, the so-called sea. <”

"Then why did the prayer ceremony succeed? The key should be the sacrificial ring, which is likely to have a unique shape, a strange pattern, a strong spirituality and precipitated knowledge, and that passage relies on its own pronunciation, structure and energy to inspire the ring and let it play its due role. “

"If you can reproduce the ring after the vigil and give me a replica, I can safely decipher its effect and the general meaning of that passage."

yes, Lato. When Giaro reads the phrase "O sea, I will marry you.........", there is no trace of the force of nature being pried, which means that it cannot be a sacrificial language, and must have something else...... After reading the explanation of the "magician" lady, Lumian has a deeper understanding of the sea festival.

And now most of the clues seem to wait until he can infiltrate the mansion of the "Governor of the Sea" before there is a follow-up.

......

The next morning, Lugano took Ludwig through the streets, buying the little boy the breakfast he wanted.

Suddenly, a man hurried past him with his head down, and slid into him.

Lugano quietly leaned over and didn't let the man touch him.

He even helped the other party and said hypocritically, "Be careful."

The man took Lugano's hand and shoved something over.

Then, with a vague "I'm sorry," he continued, disappearing into the crowd.

Lugano lowered his gaze to his palm, where there was a crumpled ball of white sticky notes.

He didn't rush to read the contents of the paper, and after buying Ludwig breakfast, he returned to the Solow Hotel and told Lumien what had happened.

Lumian took the ball of paper and unfolded it rather casually.

It reads in a more delicate handwriting: "After last year's ceremony, the sea has changed."