Chapter 67: March
The next day, as soon as the sailors who disembarked yesterday returned, the "Clover" set off quickly. Bypassing the rather lively wharves of the Port of Behrens, it headed straight for the relatively secluded and safe channel of the "Furious Sea", plunging headlong into the dangerous sea separating the north and south continents.
"Did you see Hamel?" Marie asked, catching Pierre passing by.
She was holding two books of grammar and vocabulary in both frank languages, and at Alexander's suggestion, Mary decided to ask Hamel, who was also a "student", to explain it to her.
Pierre pointed in the direction of the stern: "Hamel seems to be over there, I don't know what she's doing." โ
Mary saw Hamel kneeling and crouching, not knowing what was tossing around the stern edge, when she heard footsteps approaching, and Hamel looked up.
"Mary?" Esther recognized the two books in the other party's hand, "You actually took the initiative to read the book?" It's really rare, did Mr. Alexander assign you extra course tasks? โ
"Tell you how lazy I am!" Mary also crouched down beside Hamel, "What are you doing here?" โ
Hamel held a delicate short-bladed knife in his hand, which Mary had seen, and Hamel had said that it was a magical item in the form of a "claw knife". But Hamel's next move, Mary didn't quite understand.
A faint point of light floated from the clawed knife, and Hamel grasped the position of the hilt, rubbing it vigorously with his palm, and soon, a tuft of soft hair had accumulated on Hamel's hand.
Mary's gaze was even more dazed: "This ......"
"yes, that's a special effect too. The more powerful toxins and the bloodlust of the full moon will be suppressed, but the hairs that do not have much negative impact are still there, and they will have to be cleaned up after two or three months. โ
Mary burst out laughing, "Poofhahaโyour magical items are as bizarre as yours!" โ
Esther raised the "Logan's Claw" in her hand in distress: "Don't take the opportunity to curse!" This negative effect is not something I can control. โ
"If you had met us earlier, and asked Mr. Alexander to build it for you, he probably wouldn't have turned down such a thing."
Esther's expression paused, and she looked away, focusing on cleaning the wolf hair on the claw knife: "Haha, who knows...... There will be a day when I have to get off the ship. โ
Her words were vague, with a kind of negativity that Mary could not understand, and Mary pinned the hair that had fallen from her headscarf behind her ears: "Then don't talk about this, Mr. Alexander told me, for the sake of your ability to communicate with the locals normally, I can ask you about things that are frank." โ
Then Hamel's smile suddenly sent a chill down Mary's back: "Why do you look so ill-intentioned?" โ
Esther blinked, suppressing the schadenfreude that could make others feel the question bank and the test papers: "Do I have it?" โ
"Absolutely......," Mary muttered skeptically.
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The Clover's voyage through the Raging Sea was steady most of the time, and on a few stormy days, luck favored the people on board.
But even so, in the "Furious Sea" area, it took the "Clover" more than half a month to dock at the dock on the island of Theros to replenish the supplies on board.
After that, it takes about a little more to cross the Misty Sea, through the edge of the Oradec Islands, and reach the port northwest of Intis.
If it weren't for her special sense of time, coupled with the enhancement of her extraordinary abilities, Esther might have forgotten the date completely.
However, she did not forget, so after Esther arranged the ceremony, under the protection of the green light curtain of the "Clover", summoned the messenger of Gelman Sparrow.
Having handed a gold coin and letter to the four-headed Miss Courier, and watched them enter the spiritual gap, Esther sat back on the edge of the bed and continued to read the book in Vrsack that she had borrowed from Alexander.
Only Mary is still struggling with Du Tanyu.
Because Esther gave her a lot of exercises, Mary's resentful gaze would be pinned to Esther as soon as the two of them met.
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Olawe Island.
Klein had ended another day at the Olave Medical Aid Foundation, and he was able to face the task of cleaning the toilet without a struggle.
Klein has been registering here for all this time as a volunteer, preparing for promotion by helping those who are dying fulfill their wishes and digesting the Faceling's potion.
He had decided to ask Esther for help with the contamination issue, so he didn't have to rush to contact her until the potion had been fully digested.
According to Esther's letter, her handling of the "Clover's commission" to clean up the contamination was going well, so Klein was not in a hurry to ask anyone else he knew about it, otherwise he would be suspicious of Esther's "deal with the contamination on the spot".
Because Klein would change his face and identity from time to time, his volunteer life did not attract much attention, at least much better than when he walked directly into the Foundation office with Gelman Sparrow's face.
After settling dinner at a random bar, drinking a rye beer, and ordering an extra Teyana sweet cake, Crane walked back to his hotel room.
However, as soon as he hung his coat on the coat rack, he noticed something strange in the room, and soon the crack in the spirit world was torn, and four beautiful human heads floated out of it, one of which was still biting the envelope.
"Thank you, sorry for your trouble."
"It is ......", "light ......", "letter ......"
The last head had nothing to say, and let out a somewhat distressed "um".
After taking the letter from Miss Messenger's mouth, Crane saw Esther's familiar handwriting, and after sending away Miss Renette, who called Esther strangely, Klein immediately tore open the seal, unfolded the folded letterhead, sniffed the fresh ink, and browsed the contents of the paper:
"To my friends:
I haven't written to you in a while, I don't know how you've been doing? Hope everything goes well on your side and nothing too bad luck happens.
I'm all fine on my side, and although I can feel that the First Officer of the Clover is pretending to distrust me on the surface, I'm pretty familiar with them after all this time of sailing.
After completing this commission to explore the ruins with them, I may have a chance to get paid enough to find a way to promote the 'Parasite'. The demigod sequence is a very important step for the extraordinary, and I am quite looking forward to what will happen, and I have a particularly strong premonition about it. โ
Demigods...... This time it was Esther who was ahead again. However, her promotion doesn't seem to require a ceremony, and the tarot didn't ask for auxiliary materials at the meeting, so is it really okay?
While Klein was happy for Esther, his brows furrowed subconsciously.
As he learned more about extraordinary powers and collected more of Russell's diary of a serious person, Klein also realized how rare Esther was a "special case". And in the extraordinary world, the "exception" often represents a more chaotic and crazy impact, which is definitely not a good thing.
The overlapping of the two abilities of "Thief" and "Destiny" is almost like the inseparable status quo of Esther and Zoya.
If Esther continues to be promoted, it will be difficult for her to give up hope of being promoted to zero in order to compete with Zoya. One day, maybe she will have to face Amun, who is in the same high position......
Crane didn't dare to think any further, he sighed and looked at the letter again:
"When I was in West Bailang before, I met people suspected of being of the Spirit Order, and I also encountered suspicious blood servants and vampires, and later the captain told me that there was once a split in the secret organization, and some of the extraordinary people of the 'Moon' path joined the Rose Order, most likely their members, and these two organizations were the most active in the secret faith of West Bailang.
But we were very fast, and maybe that's what 'Clover' is all about. Friends I have made here have told me that after staying on a ship for a long time, it is easy to be influenced by the temperament of the ship.
The temperament of the 'Clover' is basically [Buddha lying flat], probably because this ship and the captain are both 'fate' paths......"
There was no one else around, so Klein didn't deliberately play the role of "cold-faced Gelman", covering his face and smiling for a while.
This long-lost Chinese Internet vocabulary can allow him to briefly break away from the extraordinary world for a moment and gain a lot of relaxation.
Esther always liked to say strange things in a serious way, and she would joke like this from the time the two met, with a sense of humor that made it difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake.
Klein continued to read, and Esther's Rune was always neatly written, allowing him to see a little shadow of the invisible box:
"According to the old gentleman on board, I have a great talent for becoming a linguist, and I am very proficient in Dutan and Intis, and although there is no opportunity for communication in Vrsack, I am very comfortable with simple reading.
If you need a translator in the future, you can consider hiring me, and I will definitely give you a friendly price.
Believe me, even the language of our time I have a strong impression that this mere stored knowledge seems to be more than memory, and it is all in my head.
The Clover is on its way to Intis and in two to three weeks we will be landing in the harbor of Stellansburg for some time to allow the Clover and most of its crew to enjoy some vacation.
When the time comes, I will follow the captain, first mate, and second mate to the Quaternary ruins on the edge of the Honachis Mountains to help them on their expedition.
After so much small talk, and the letter is long enough, then I will save the most important sentence for the end:
[Happy Birthday, Zhou Mingrui]. โ
Klein's eyes widened, looking at this last sentence in Chinese, he did not deliberately use the clown ability to suppress his emotions, and while smiling, his eyes were also a little hot.
March 4th, today is his first birthday in the other world.
Even he didn't remember it, but someone wrote a rambling letter.
This letter may only be worth a gold coin for the postage fee, and it is fluttering in your hand.
Klein solemnly put the letter away, folded it, put it back in the envelope, and pressed the torn tear tightly.
He arranged the ritual and sacrificed the birthday greeting to the gray mist.
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