"My father never told me those things, and I'm not very curious." Shanshan said calmly with his arms folded across his chest.
Klas laughed and nodded approvingly, "Yes, those things really can't be told to my family. Since he won't tell me, I'll tell you my story."
He covered the wine bottle with his right hand with broken fingers and looked at the ceiling, as if he was recalling something. Gradually, something else appeared in his numb eyes.
"The surface is very dangerous, really dangerous. There are more strange things than in the sea, and they are more deadly. There is a high probability that we will not be able to return from each mission. At the beginning, we were still sad when the crew left, but in the end, we were completely numb."
"Ha! I have been waiting for my day. I always thought I would be the next one. To be honest, I am not afraid of death at all. I am even looking forward to the day when I can be reunited with everyone in another world."
When he said this, a trace of pain appeared on Kras's face. "But after the entire ship's people were replaced several times, I survived. Why did I survive? I was clearly ready to die."
Suddenly, tears flowed from Klaus's eyes, and he began to yell while holding the bottle of wine. "Each of them has a reason not to die!! Why am I the one who has to live!!"
Nini, with red eyes, seemed to be frightened and leaned back towards Shanshan.
Klaus wiped the tears and snot from his face, raised his head and took a big gulp of wine.
"George, the first mate, is the most optimistic person on our ship. His wife just gave birth and he always likes to show off his son's photo to us every day!"
"Noah, the chief engineer, has repeatedly emphasized to me his retirement plan more than once. He wants to make up for all the time he owes his grandson!"
"Jaoke, the ship's doctor, is the one who reads the most books among us. All illiterate crew members hope to find him when they want to write a letter. He wants to become the governor. He wants to prove to his father that his original choice was not wrong!"
"Leo, Ershui, he said more than once that he absolutely could not die. If he died, other men would play with his women and use his pension. For this reason, he took on four life-saving relics despite the serious side effects."
Krass carefully described every single crew member who had died, and gradually the exaggerated expression on his face subsided and returned to his previous state.
When he finished reading, he pointed his finger at himself with a wry smile, "I, the boatswain, am the only one on the Maiden's Love who has no worries. And yet I am the one who survived. If I could, I would trade with any of them."
The room became quiet, and the crying of the children outside disappeared at some point.
At this moment, a young woman came running from the corridor outside the door. She asked her brother in panic, "Klas, why did so many crying children run out of our house? How did Kxir lose a tooth? What did you do?"
Looking at the anxious face of his relative, Kras put the bottle back on the ground. Reeking of alcohol, he staggered in front of her and said with some emotion: "Dear sister, thank you for taking care of me for so many days. I'm leaving now. I'm going to set sail again."
Hearing this, the young woman immediately became anxious. "Why are you going out to sea? You already have an island! What are you still exploring?! Just stay on the island!"
Kras showed a bitter smile on his face. He lowered his head and leaned on the other's shoulder. "I have already discussed the island with the Explorers Association. I will leave it to you. This is what you deserve for raising me up."
"When I first got on board, I always thought how happy I would be if I had my own island one day, but the reality is not like that."
Shanshan blinked. "The Governor's Office has issued a new decree. The Explorers Association has stopped issuing any exploration missions. In the current situation, we need to revive the prosperity of other islands rather than explore new islands."
Kras turned his head to look at the girl who said this, "Got it, thank you, give my regards to your father, thank him for saving Earthsea."
After he finished speaking, he walked towards the door, humming a sea ballad as he walked.
"We have the sea and the power. Where shall we wander? Yo-ho-ho, let's turn the ship around and raise the flag. Some have passed away, some are still alive, and some are still sailing on the sea."
On the street, Shanshan brought Nini out of Kxir's house. She looked at the back of the man who was entangled by the young woman but insisted on walking towards the pier with a complicated expression.
"He is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of living." Shanshan said this with some emotion.
Nini thought for a moment and then tilted her head back and asked her, "Shanshan, is your father like this too?"
"My mom told me that he was even crazier than this for a while, but he came out of it later. As long as you can come out of it, it's fine. I hope this person can come out of it too."
"Is that so?" When Nini discovered that the explorer hero was such a person, her outlook on life changed drastically.
Sometimes before, she had thought that maybe she could become an explorer and a hero, but now she had no idea at all. The explorer looked extremely miserable.
On the way back, seeing that Nini was a little depressed, Shanshan decided to take her somewhere else to relax. "Don't think too much. What happened to them has nothing to do with you. I'll take you to see my new toys."
"New toys? Didn't you say you've grown up and don't play with toys anymore?"
“This is different.”
As Shanshan held her hand, the surrounding environment changed instantly, and they came to the top of the world's crown, but this time they were not in Charles' room, but on the roof of the building.
On the empty rooftop, there is a large round vat cast with cast iron. This short vat is extremely large, with a width and length of more than ten meters.
Inside the vat, there are some hills made of stones, and a forest made of mushrooms, and some finger-sized people live in them. It's like a miniature world.
Shanshan picked up Nini, flew over the short tank, and slowly passed over it.
Nini found it very interesting to watch the little people talking, sleeping, singing and dancing around the fire.
"Shanshan, why do you have so many little people? Where did they come from? It's so interesting!"
"I found their island and caught some for you to watch." The shining fingers disappeared into thin air, and when they came back, they were holding a wriggling black rat.
When the mouse was thrown into the low tank, there was an immediate uproar inside, and the little people began to surround this foreign creature with all kinds of homemade weapons.
Seeing the mouse knocking the little people over, Shanshan smiled knowingly. "How interesting! It's hard to find such interesting things nowadays. To them, I am their god."
The next second, a big tabby cat was released. Instead of chasing the mice, the cat showed its claws to the little people.
Just as the cat's teeth were about to bite one of the little men, Shanshan waved his hand lightly, and both the mouse and the cat disappeared in an instant.
When Shanshan took off her disguise, the little people immediately noticed them. Everyone in the short tank knelt on the ground and kept bowing to Shanshan.
"Look, aren't they interesting?"
(End of this chapter)