A strange word that had never been heard before came into his ears, and its mysterious and stiff pronunciation was not even like any language that Tirian knew!
He looked down at the document in astonishment, and looked at the stone ball depicted with exquisite brushstrokes. After a long while, he raised his head and asked, "Father? What did you say just now? The moon... is the name of this thing? Do you know this mysterious sphere?"
Duncan seemed not to hear it, still staring at the familiar moon image on the paper, until Tirian asked twice in a row~~
He seemed to wake up suddenly~~Looking at Tirian, he quickly said: "What on earth did you mention Lucretia just now?"
"Um... this is the information she sent from the Brilliant Star," Tirian said hesitantly.
His father's strange reaction made him feel uneasy, but
Even under the pressure of others' gazes, he still told them everything he knew.
A while ago, a mysterious glowing object fell from the border area and was discovered by Lucy. She had been studying that object for some time. This strange sphere was the core of the falling object. Tirian told her the whole story, including the current scholars of Breeze Harbor.
The judgment that the falling object came from Vision 001, as well as all their current research progress on the stone ball and the various difficulties they encountered, were all revealed!
During his narration, Duncan did not interrupt once. He just listened quietly with an unusually serious silence that made Tiree feel very pressured, as if he wanted to deeply engrave every word in his mind and dissect every word over and over again!
After more than ten minutes, the dome office fell silent again.
Duncan was silent for a long time, and finally he exhaled softly before the air gradually solidified:
"Why didn't you tell me about this before?"
"Lucy hopes to contact you after the research has made some progress, and more importantly... it was during the Frost Crisis!"
After a while, Duncan felt his pounding heart slowly calm down. He finally nodded slightly after listening to Tirian's words: "This thing is now in Breeze Harbor, right?"
"Um... yes," Tirian nodded quickly. He felt his lips getting dry, and at the same time he paid more and more attention to the changes in his father's expression. After hesitating for several times, he could not help but ask again.
"Do you know this mysterious sphere?"
"It's called the moon, at least it looks like it, but the moon I know is not really ten meters in diameter. It's even less likely to float on the sea and be towed back to the city-state by a ship using a steel cable." Duncan said slowly.
Maybe it's just some kind of man-made artifact that imitates the appearance, or maybe it's just the ancient Kingdom of Crete...
He stopped talking halfway. The huge sense of contradiction and the chaotic conflict of thoughts in his mind made it impossible for him to explain this matter with a guess. In any case, one thing was beyond doubt~
The picture in the file in Tirian's hand was indeed the moon, regardless of whether the stone ball that Lucretia picked up at sea was the "real" moon or an artificial flying object made by the Kingdom of Kritek to imitate the moon.
There is a question that always remains: why does the image of the moon that I am familiar with appear here? Why does it appear in this strange and twisted world
He frowned and looked at Tirian in his confusion: "You just said that the scholars of Light Wind Harbor have determined that the mysterious glowing object fell off the rune ring of Anomaly 001?"
"Yes!"
"They have confirmed the shape of the gap in the Sun Rune Ring," said Tirian.
Then another question popped up: "You said it is called the moon"... Then what exactly is the moon
Duncan hesitated, realizing that he had no words to explain such a simple name to Tirian.
After thinking for a long time, I could only say, "It's a planet!"
When Tirian heard this, his confusion became even more obvious: "What is a planet?"
Duncan fell silent!
After a long moment he heard Tirian's voice again: "Is this a forbidden question? Am I asking too much?"
"No, this is not a taboo~ It... should be the simplest question, but I can't explain it to you." Duncan shook his head gently and looked at the other side of the mirror with a complicated look. "Sorry, Tirian, the answer to this question is very simple~ But making you understand it is the biggest difficulty!"
Tirian was a little stunned!
Looking at the complicated and apologetic father in the mirror, I suddenly felt that... This scene seemed to have happened a long, long time ago, deep in the distant and hazy memory, on a faded afternoon...
That day, he and Lucrecia stood on the deck of the Lost Homeland for the last time, asking their father, who was determined to cross the border, what was beyond the border!
At that time, my father's reaction was exactly the same as it is now, it was like he knew some very simple truth, but didn't know how to explain it to others!
At this moment, Duncan's voice came from the mirror, interrupting Tirian's gradually sinking memories: "I changed my plan. Next, the Lost Homeland will go to Light Wind Harbor!"
As expected.
When his father had reacted like that to the sphere called the moon, Tirrien knew that this was how it would turn out!
"I see~ I'll explain the situation to Lucy."
Nina looked at Duncan, who was standing on the edge of the deck in the distance and looking out to sea, with some concern. Alice passed by her and was stopped by her!
"What happened to Uncle Duncan?"
Nina lowered her voice. He had been looking into the distance since just now, and it seemed as if he had a lot on his mind...
I don’t know. Alice looked up and shook her head in confusion.
"That's what happened when Funa came out of Funa's room. He said he wanted to think about something."
Thinking about something
Nina blinked in confusion.
What happened? Alice recalled carefully and nodded: "He contacted Tirian, but I don't know what they said!"
"Mr. Tirian?" Ni was stunned for a moment, then she began to use her imagination to her fullest, and her expression gradually became strange. Was it because Mr. Tirian didn't want to get married either
Alice looked confused: "Ah? What does this mean
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Nina thought for a moment and began to analyze seriously: "I heard from Mr. Morris that he is always worried about Miss Heidi's marriage, and Mr. Tirian is older than Miss Heidi, so he must be more worried about this."
Alice was so frightened that she nodded in confusion.
As soon as the words fell, Duncan's voice suddenly came from the side of the II people: "That's enough, Nina can't tease Alice like this, she will take it seriously."
Nina was startled and noticed that Uncle Duncan had come to her side. Alice scratched her hair in confusion and looked at Nina in confusion: "You were teasing me just now."
"Anyway, don't take what she just said seriously." Duncan said helplessly, and then his eyes fell on Nina, "Don't worry, nothing happened!"
Nina stuck out her tongue, but then looked a little worried.
"Uncle Duncan, what happened? You are rarely so worried..."
Duncan didn't know how to answer the girl's question for a moment. The picture he saw in Tirian's office before still appeared in his mind.
And the strange ball that Lucrecia "picked up" at sea, he raised his hand and pinched his swollen eyebrows.
, but the next second, his movements suddenly stopped, and he looked at the girl in front of him steadily. Nina stood there obediently, with a worried expression on her face!
Duncan looked at her, at the still, gentle, well-behaved little Ur, beneath the body of a human girl.
He seemed to be able to directly see the bright light left behind after the star shattered, and the dazzling plasma heat flow that once gushed out in the universe... Little Uir tilted his head and reached out his hand, stroking Duncan's frowning brows, as if trying to smooth out those deep wrinkles.
"Uncle Duncan, are you really okay?"
Duncan didn't say anything, but just gently grasped Nina's hand and put it on his forehead, then slowly exhaled. He understood something again. Behind the heavy curtain, the world once again revealed a corner of the truth to him, but he had no one to share this corner of the truth with!
"Don't worry~~Nina, everything is fine."
He spoke slowly, gradually regaining his Pingyouli appearance, "I have encountered some problems, but it is difficult to explain them to you at the moment. Once I have solved the problems, I will explain them to you in detail!"
Nina listened carefully, then nodded vigorously: "Yes!
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Very good, let's go back to the cabin first. It's time for us to set off. But before we set off, we have to make a detour to the base of the Sea Mist Fleet. We have to bring something for Tirion...
In the dome office of the Archon in Frost City-State, with a slight humming sound, the crystal ball gradually lit up, and the figure of the "Sea Witch" emerged in the dim light.
"Brother?" Lucrecia looked over here curiously, "Have you finished your work over there? Is everything going well?"
If you are talking about the inauguration ceremony, it was over in the morning and everything went smoothly.
Tirian said, his expression gradually becoming complicated, but I came to you for something else!
Lucrecia frowned: "Something else?"
"Two things." Tirian hesitated for a moment, and said as he drank, "First, I have already prepared the spiritual lens you requested. I have obtained the best quality and most accurate lens device for you through the legal channels of the city-state!"
Lucrecia in the crystal ball instantly showed a happy expression on her face: "Ah, that's great, you are quite reliable. What about the second thing?"
The second thing, guess who will send you the lens
"Is it your transport ship?" Tirian said nothing. Lucrecia's expression finally changed gradually: "Is it your transport ship?"
Tirian still said nothing!
Lucrecia reacted to her father.
"right!
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