"Then Mr. Watson, can the story be called "The Heart of the Ocean"?"
Miss Princes suggested, her hair fluttering slightly in the sea breeze.
"sure."
Xia De nodded, then coughed:
"Then I'll begin. It's a true story that happened not so long ago, maybe..."
The story about the sinking of the big ship that has been passed down for a long time in my hometown can actually be told without changing many details. After all, the era of the background of the story is not very different from the contemporary era.
Facing the sea breeze, looking at the scenery of Lengshui Harbor that is gradually going away, Shade told the story, while Miss Prince put her hands on the railing, listening and looking at the sea.
In the wind, her long blond hair swayed back slightly. Originally, she just wanted to kill time before the auction, and by the way, she made an excuse for Xia De to accompany her for a drink. But when Shad's story was over, the young girl had given up drinking.
"...the sapphire necklace she threw into the sea. The sea swallowed it, just as the ocean swallowed her lover on that catastrophic night many years ago. Watching it disappear without a trace, The gray-haired old man seemed to have returned to that night many years ago and returned to the ship. She turned back into the young blonde girl, and walked into the ballroom with the melodious violin playing together with the man beside her.
Xia De used his voice to gradually weaken as the end of the story. He was also moved by the story he told, and admired his storytelling ability very much, which can be regarded as one of his strengths. A beautiful story, full of charm in any world.
Turning to look at the companions beside her, it's a pity that she is now wearing a mask, so she can't see the expression of the girl in the blue dress, only those beautiful eyes:
"That's it, how about the story?"
"very nice."
The voice is normal, and there is no emotion, probably Miss Princes doesn't feel deeply:
"Do you... often use this method to tell stories to girls?"
She asked in a low voice against the wind.
"What?"
"No, nothing."
Her hair has faded, and the girl with red hair can be seen shaking her head slightly, and then looks at the sea again:
"Well, you don't have to drink, I admit this is a very good love story, very beautiful...Although, I suspect that you omitted some content in the middle, such as when you mentioned the plot of the painting, it is very Clearly something was skipped, making the story incoherent."
She glanced at Xia De, seeing that Xia De didn't respond, she sighed:
"For someone dying like me, it's great to hear that kind of story."
"Don't say that you will die soon, there must be a way to eradicate the curse."
Xia De has to talk now. Although he has only known each other for half a day, he already regards Miss Prince as a friend, and he doesn't want anything to happen to her:
"But it's not my story."
Even if no one can expose him, Xia De will not take other people's stories as his own, otherwise he will not even have the face to meet Mia:
"The story is told by me, and it is a local story that has been passed down for a long time."
"I wish it was just a story and not something that actually happened, otherwise it would be too sad. I hate tragedies very much... Of course, I also recognize the charm of tragedy."
Miss Prince took a deep breath, as if to get rid of all the bad emotions:
"After the auction is over, we will be separated. Maybe we will never have the chance to meet again in this lifetime. Mr. Watson, since we are lucky enough to meet each other today and we came here together, why can't we enjoy the banquet?"
"Why, do you want to experience the feeling of standing on the bow of the boat like in the story?"
Saying that, Xia De opened his arms and gestured, and the girl in the mask smiled:
"No, there's no beautiful sunset over the ocean right now, and no band playing that off-key tune you're humming. If you get the chance, use my boat...I mean, there's still fifteen minutes until the auction starts , would you like to dance with me?"
She held out her right hand to Shad, not wearing a glove because this was not a formal banquet. The white hand gestured in the air:
"Want to dance?"
Xia De thought for a while, and thought that the other party seemed calm, but he was still affected by his emotions when he heard the story just now:
He raised his right hand and let Miss Prince's hand rest on his own:
"If you don't mind, of course I'm fine. Just, just one dance."
He emphasized that he was actually reluctant to dance with strangers, which felt weird.
"One is fine, I thought you would refuse on the grounds that you can't dance."
Miss Princes said with a smile, then let go of Xia De's hand, and pulled her skirt around in a circle. The blue skirt unfolded like a flower, she turned back to look at Xia De:
"Don't go to the crowded place over there, just here, and you can hear the music here."
"no problem."
Xia De nodded, not forgetting to explain:
"I'm not good at this. I'm just a beginner in dancing. Not long ago, I went to a very important banquet. Two beautiful girls taught me how to dance together. At that time, I stepped on them several times."
If he wasn't wearing a mask, Xia De would definitely be able to see the expression on the face of the girl who called herself "Miss Princes". However, through this kind of probing, Xia De almost understood who the other party was, but in this way, the relationship between "Miss Princes" and Miss Writer was a bit outrageous.
He planned to expose this noble girl after the cruise ship docked safely. Now almost everyone knows it well, but no one has revealed it. The outlander who is eager for more stories, and the princess who relaxes with a little joke, all want to enjoy this peaceful "Cold Water Harbor Holiday" quietly.
The sound of orchestral music came from the other side of the deck, and the two dancing in the night wind actually heard the loudest sound from the waves in their ears.
Although Xia De has learned to dance from Luvia and Iluna, he is still very unskilled. Fortunately, Miss Prince took good care of him. Even if Xia De clumsily almost stepped on the young girl's shoes, she just smiled lightly and didn't care at all.
Neither of them spoke during this period, but enjoyed the moment quietly. When the dance music stopped and Xia De let go of his hand, Miss Prince actually paused before letting go, allowing Xia De to back up:
"Yes, you really don't know how to dance."
She said jokingly:
"The feeling you gave me just now is like a clumsy elephant carefully avoiding the banana peel on the ground."
After finishing speaking, without giving Xia De a chance to speak, he pointed to the other side of the deck:
"Let's go, the auction is about to start. Speaking of which, have you brought enough gold pounds? I brought a money order."
"I brought a lot of cash."
Shad replied.
"Yeah?"
Miss Princes looked at his clothes, wondering where Shade had hidden the "big sum" of cash.
The auction is held at the front end of the deck, and some wooden boxes are stacked to form a wall, so that access to the front of the deck can only be through the guarded entrance of the wooden box room. Only guests with special invitation letters can participate in the auction. On the one hand, it is to prevent people with ulterior motives from mixing with the cruise ship, and on the other hand, it is also to prevent ordinary people from entering the auction by mistake.
There were at least a hundred guests on the deck, but including Shad and Miss Prince, only twelve guests finally entered the auction.
Loose benches lined the deck, and masked figures chose places far enough away from strangers. Most of them came alone, but there were only a few like Shad and Miss Princes.
Time is limited, and there is not much nonsense before the auction. In the sea breeze, the old gentleman with a white beard briefly explained the rules of the auction, and then finally started the auction.
There are a total of eleven items in the auction, five of which are [relics], one is an antique stone tablet from the fifth era, one is a potion, two are alchemy items in the shape of a pistol, and the last is two old books. One is related to the spiritual rune [soul], and the other is the study notebook of a certain seven-ring magician who died in the New World.
There is no list of goods before the auction. Only when the lot is taken out, people can know what it is, so it took a lot of effort to inspect and look at the goods.
The total number of relics recorded in the book is no more than five figures, and it is considered a big deal to have five relics in this auction. Among the five [relics], three are poet-level, one is clerk-level, and one is keeper-level. But it is a pity that there are no coin relics that Shad needs, and there is nothing Shad is interested in.
Instead, Miss Prince took a fancy to the Keeper-level relic [Sands of Time], which is sand that can slightly affect the flow of time in the nearby area after being thrown out. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com But because there was competition, when the offer was raised to 460 pounds, Miss Prince gave up. This kind of relic sounds interesting, but it has no use value, and most of them are bought for research.
Shad didn't buy the relic, but he became interested in the antique slate. The stone slab is half the height of a person, and it comes from ancient ruins unearthed in the New World. It records a sacrifice and praying for rain in the southern continent at the end of the Fifth Era. The writing on the slate has not been deciphered, but when Xia De looked at the lot, he fully recorded this large-scale rain prayer ceremony that required hundreds of people to participate.
In this way, this stone slab is useless to him, and he has obtained useless knowledge for free with a small means.
The most sought-after item in this auction was not the five relics, but the bottle of potion. The potion was packed in a flat glass container, showing a very luxurious purple brilliance. It is called "Grace of the Ring Warlock". Within an hour after drinking it, the soul will become extremely sensitive, and the probability of obtaining spiritual runes through reading, touching, feeling, etc. will be greatly increased, and when you come into contact with the invisible The possibility of existence will also increase.
In other words, this bottle of potion with huge side effects can effectively improve the efficiency of obtaining spiritual runes. Even though this increase was very slight, this bottle of potion was still sold at a high price of 210 pounds, which was higher than the price of the lowest-priced poet-level relic.
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