Chapter 448 A Heart-Pulsating Glance
Chapter 450: Familiar Stranger (title modified)——
"Thank you for your hard work, ladies."
"What would you like to drink?"
By the time the store finally became deserted, it was more than two hours later.
Yunmu and Rita sat next to Maine and Sabelle, while Edward came out of the kitchen carrying a plate.
Without waiting for anyone to reply, he put down the drinks on the tray one by one.
In front of Rita was a cup of black tea, while she and Maine had freshly squeezed orange juice, and as for Sabelle, Edward had a cup of freshly heated milk.
"You're all ready, so why are you asking?" Yun Mu couldn't help but complain when he saw this.
"Hahaha, I'm just asking." Edward chuckled and then sat next to Rita.
He looked around and complained, "Why do I feel like I'm surrounded?"
After all, he was the only male among all the people present. If he were a young man, he would probably feel shy because of this.
Unfortunately, Edward is already an old man in his forties, and Rita is his daughter, so naturally she doesn't have any special feelings about this.
"The Xiangyang seems to be a bit yin-dominated and yang-deficient," he said.
"Most sailors are men~" Yun Mu retorted, "If they are not extraordinary people, women generally won't stay at sea for a long time."
Due to various reasons such as ship performance, sailors who sail on the sea for a long time usually feel unbearable loneliness.
The desire in that aspect will naturally continue to increase. Not to mention women, even ewes can do it... cough cough.
Therefore, it is impossible for a woman without some strength to stay on the ship for a long time.
Of course, this refers to sailors who have to stay at sea for a long time.
If you just want to travel, you can choose to take a steam cruise on a fixed route.
Not only is it fast and stable, it can also carry a large amount of supplies. There is no need for sailors in previous eras to abandon food even if it is infested with maggots or the water buckets are smelly.
As for the Xiangyang, it certainly did not have these problems. After all, it was a ghost ship. Its speed alone was no worse than that of a steam ship. It was even more flexible in turning.
Not to mention the storage capacity. Although it doesn't look large on the surface, the space at the bottom of the cabin is much larger than it appears from the outside. What's more, even if the Xiangyang can't hold it, the divine blood pendant that Yun Mu carries with him can hold enough supplies.
Speaking of this, Yun Mu suddenly remembered that her other earring, which she had rarely used, was filled with sea water.
The original plan was to dump the sea water directly out if we encountered any tricky guy. Even if it was a champion legendary level extraordinary person, he would not get any benefit. As a result, it seems that there has never been a suitable time to use it.
Although the time inside the earrings is basically stopped and the sea water inside will not stink no matter how long it is left, but... forget it, I'd better wait until the day to secretly pour out the water and then fill it with new water.
She felt that keeping this thing would always be useful, but she just hadn't encountered the need to use it yet.
You can never have too many cards in your hand.
"Hehehe" Yun Mu came back to his senses and saw Edward chuckle as he took out two bottles of red wine from the kitchen refrigerator and placed them in front of Rita and himself.
"With so many beautiful ladies on board, I think the sailors on the Xiangyang must be quite happy and distressed about this." He said jokingly, with a look of gloating on his face.
There is no need to explain the reasons for happiness, but as for the reasons for distress, I was already feeling suffocated on the boat every day, and as a result, I could see beautiful opposite sex on the boat every day.
But the other party's identity is not something you can afford to offend, and you can't beat him, so isn't that pure torture?
Although there is no obvious problem now, there is still some impact. Edward just wants to remind Yun Mu to pay attention to the condition of the crew members. This is what she must do as the captain of the Xiangyang.
"Well, I will let the boat dock for rest frequently." Yun Mu said after pondering for a moment.
As long as they can dock frequently, the crew will go to the tavern or somewhere else to vent their emotions.
It’s not like Yun Mu didn’t pay them. In fact, the salary she paid was much higher than that of the sailors on the ship, which was enough for those guys.
what?
You said that the crew spent more money because of Yun Mu and the others, which means they didn't make any money?
That has nothing to do with her. After all, she has paid the wages. How the crew want to use the money is naturally their problem, not something she, as the captain, should consider.
"Let's talk about business." Yun Mu said calmly, looking at Karin floating beside her.
Originally, she thought that Karin should be the one who cared most about this matter. However, ever since she came to the Sisilaya Cafe and saw the name on the building sign, she has been daydreaming.
She could roughly guess why, but there was obviously no point in continuing the small talk, so it would be better to just say it directly.
"Oh? Miss Yun, do you have anything you want to tell me?" Edward was a little surprised when he heard that.
He originally thought that Yun Mu and the others had just returned from their trip and wanted to play with Rita, but seeing her serious expression at this moment, Edward couldn't help but put away the smile on his face.
"There are some very special things I need to tell you." Yun Mu glanced at Rita.
"Is it something related to me?" Noticing Yun Mu's gaze, Rita asked curiously.
"Well, that's right."
Yun Mu pondered for a moment, went over the lines in his mind, thought about what to say, and then slowly said, "It's like this. When I was participating in a painting competition, I met a man named Paris, who was also a painter participating in the painting competition. He wanted to catch some inspiration, so he wanted to have a painting duel with me. I agreed to it and went with him to an abandoned building in Yelga, the Stargazing Pavilion."
Yun Mu told her details about the past function of the Stargazing Pavilion, the projects it was researching, the voice that suddenly appeared in her ears while she was painting, and the details of how her wrist was guided.
Until the appearance of 'Kalin', the fusion of the meteorite fragments and Karin's soul, as well as various things related to it were all told.
".That's about it." She described the situation for more than ten minutes without drinking a drop of water.
Only after he finished telling her what happened to Yerga did he pick up the orange juice in front of him and take a sip.
"."
There was silence, Edward frowned, and Rita looked a little unbelievable.
"Miss Yun means that my mother..." Her eyes wandered around Yun Mu, but it was obvious that without the power of [Painting·Complete Starry Sky], Rita could not see anything. "She is here." Yun Mu pointed to the location of 'Kalin'. Of course, Rita and Edward still could not see anything.
"Damn it." Rita stared at the place where Yun Mu pointed unwillingly, but she could not see anything except the walls and air in the cafe.
And Edward seemed to give up after trying for a while.
"Alas." He looked away with some disappointment: "If I hadn't vaguely felt that there was something there, I wouldn't have believed that what you said was true."
"Karin. What is she talking about now?" Suddenly, a smile appeared on Edward's face.
"Uh." Yun Mu glanced at Karin, who had looked a little sad before, but after seeing Edward's smiling face, she suddenly became angry and embarrassed.
"She said that it was terrible for you to still be so frivolous after knowing that Karin was dead." Yun Mu repeated Karin's words.
"Hmm?" Edward was slightly stunned. "Shouldn't I be happy?" He said, "My wife who was supposed to be dead is not dead yet. There is no better news than this."
"Although I can't see her now, I am very happy just knowing the news."
Yun Mu glanced at Karin's reaction at this moment.
"She said she was not Karin, but just a fragment of a meteorite that merged with Karin's soul."
After a brief pause, Yun Mu added: "She is jumping up and down with righteous anger now, and the color of her face is almost as red as watermelon juice."
"By the way, why can spirits also blush?" Yun Mu suddenly thought of something and complained.
"Because the spirit's reaction itself can explain her state when she was alive." Edward looked even happier: "The fact that she can blush means that Karin still thinks of herself as a human being in her heart, no matter how much she denies it."
"Besides, the consciousness of the meteorite fragment itself is not enough for it to have the concept of 'I'. Even after the fusion, Karin's component should be more!"
"The two conscious souls merged with each other. Does that mean she is no longer the same person as before the fusion?"
"No, because you are both Karin and a meteorite fragment!"
"So." Edward's expression softened again: "Welcome back, Karin."
"I need to go to the restroom." Edward said, then he stood up and ran towards the bathroom. Although he said he was going to the restroom, Yun Mu could see that he was running away.
But it's better not to say it out loud at this time, just pretend you didn't see it.
Yun Mu glanced at Karin, who was squatting on the ground with a red face, muttering words like "despicable", "she ran away after talking to herself", and "she couldn't run away even though she wanted to".
Well, from this perspective, Edward's words are quite damaging.
But in this case, the only person left in the scene who was very embarrassed was... Yun Mu looked at Rita, who was currently looking at her feet blankly, not knowing what to say.
It's normal for her to have such a reaction, after all.
Although I often heard about Karin from Edward, it was too unexpected for my mother, whom I had never seen before, to suddenly come back to life.
It feels like that familiar stranger.
What's more, let alone feeling anything, she couldn't even see what Karin looked like!
This scene is too embarrassing!
"Sorry, I'm back."
About three or four minutes later, Edward finally came out of the bathroom. He seemed to have adjusted himself.
"Let's get down to business." He said, sitting in a chair.
"Yeah." Yun Mu nodded slightly: "Where should I start?"
"Of course it's about Karin. What I mean is, we should first ask Karin what specifically she needs us to do?" Edward said without much hesitation.
"Indeed." Yun Mu agreed, "She only told me that she wanted to solve the problem of the meteorite fragment, but she never told me what kind of problem the meteorite fragment encountered and how to solve it. The most important point is."
"Can we mortals really solve a problem that even gods would find troublesome?"
After Yun Mu finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Karin, hoping that she could tell her more detailed information.
"I, I..." Karin felt a little embarrassed by Yun Mu's stare. She explained, "The problem with the main body is just my speculation. We have to wait until they investigate to find out the truth."
"But if I could see the real body, it would definitely solve a lot of my doubts!"
"Not only is there information about Sister Elsa, but also Karin's soul. Maybe it can be separated from me. As long as I find another body, I can revive Karin!"
"As for where to deal with the body, I think there will always be a way if I ask Sister Elsa or Lady Dark Night." She felt more and more guilty as she spoke, and she didn't dare to look up at Yun Mu's eyes.
After hearing what she said, Yun Mu roughly understood her current situation: "That is to say, you actually know nothing."
"Hmm!" After Yun Mu mercilessly exposed the truth, Karin showed a slightly aggrieved expression on her face.
"I don't know how much time has passed since I was shattered and separated from my original body. In my confused memories, I've been either soaking in the sea or in the sea."
"It was not until decades ago that it was salvaged by you humans. Apart from that, all that remains are the memories in Karin's soul. What would we know?" She said looking very aggrieved.
"Stop talking." Yun Mu reluctantly accepted her statement.
"Well, that's about it." Yun Mu crossed his arms over his chest: "We probably can't expect to get more information from her."
"It seems that we can only wait for Her Royal Highness the Princess to come back before setting sail to investigate?" Edward stroked his beard.
"Isn't this the same as the previous plan?" Rita couldn't help but complain, "It seems like there's no point in Mom coming back."
"Puff!" Yun Mu seemed to hear the sound of someone vomiting blood. He turned around and saw that Karin's spirit was petrified on the spot.
There were two wooden signs stuck on his body that were shot from his daughter's mouth.
The words "Mom" and "Useless" were written on it.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 450: Familiar Stranger (title modified)——
"Thank you for your hard work, ladies."
"What would you like to drink?"
By the time the store finally became deserted, it was more than two hours later.
Yunmu and Rita sat next to Maine and Sabelle, while Edward came out of the kitchen carrying a plate.
Without waiting for anyone to reply, he put down the drinks on the tray one by one.
In front of Rita was a cup of black tea, while she and Maine had freshly squeezed orange juice, and as for Sabelle, Edward had a cup of freshly heated milk.
"You're all ready, so why are you asking?" Yun Mu couldn't help but complain when he saw this.
"Hahaha, I'm just asking." Edward chuckled and then sat next to Rita.
He looked around and complained, "Why do I feel like I'm surrounded?"
After all, he was the only male among all the people present. If he were a young man, he would probably feel shy because of this.
Unfortunately, Edward is already an old man in his forties, and Rita is his daughter, so naturally she doesn't have any special feelings about this.
"The Xiangyang seems to be a bit yin-dominated and yang-deficient," he said.
"Most sailors are men~" Yun Mu retorted, "If they are not extraordinary people, women generally won't stay at sea for a long time."
Due to various reasons such as ship performance, sailors who sail on the sea for a long time usually feel unbearable loneliness.
The desire in that aspect will naturally continue to increase. Not to mention women, even ewes can do it... cough cough.
Therefore, it is impossible for a woman without some strength to stay on the ship for a long time.
Of course, this refers to sailors who have to stay at sea for a long time.
If you just want to travel, you can choose to take a steam cruise on a fixed route.
Not only is it fast and stable, it can also carry a large amount of supplies. There is no need for sailors in previous eras to abandon food even if it is infested with maggots or the water buckets are smelly.
As for the Xiangyang, it certainly did not have these problems. After all, it was a ghost ship. Its speed alone was no worse than that of a steam ship. It was even more flexible in turning.
Not to mention the storage capacity. Although it doesn't look large on the surface, the space at the bottom of the cabin is much larger than it appears from the outside. What's more, even if the Xiangyang can't hold it, the divine blood pendant that Yun Mu carries with him can hold enough supplies.
Speaking of this, Yun Mu suddenly remembered that her other earring, which she had rarely used, was filled with sea water.
The original plan was to dump the sea water directly out if we encountered any tricky guy. Even if it was a champion legendary level extraordinary person, he would not get any benefit. As a result, it seems that there has never been a suitable time to use it.
Although the time inside the earrings is basically stopped and the sea water inside will not stink no matter how long it is left, but... forget it, I'd better wait until the day to secretly pour out the water and then fill it with new water.
She felt that keeping this thing would always be useful, but she just hadn't encountered the need to use it yet.
You can never have too many cards in your hand.
"Hehehe" Yun Mu came back to his senses and saw Edward chuckle as he took out two bottles of red wine from the kitchen refrigerator and placed them in front of Rita and himself.
"With so many beautiful ladies on board, I think the sailors on the Xiangyang must be quite happy and distressed about this." He said jokingly, with a look of gloating on his face.
There is no need to explain the reasons for happiness, but as for the reasons for distress, I was already feeling suffocated on the boat every day, and as a result, I could see beautiful opposite sex on the boat every day.
But the other party's identity is not something you can afford to offend, and you can't beat him, so isn't that pure torture?
Although there is no obvious problem now, there is still some impact. Edward just wants to remind Yun Mu to pay attention to the condition of the crew members. This is what she must do as the captain of the Xiangyang.
"Well, I will let the boat dock for rest frequently." Yun Mu said after pondering for a moment.
As long as they can dock frequently, the crew will go to the tavern or somewhere else to vent their emotions.
It’s not like Yun Mu didn’t pay them. In fact, the salary she paid was much higher than that of the sailors on the ship, which was enough for those guys.
what?
You said that the crew spent more money because of Yun Mu and the others, which means they didn't make any money?
That has nothing to do with her. After all, she has paid the wages. How the crew want to use the money is naturally their problem, not something she, as the captain, should consider.
"Let's talk about business." Yun Mu said calmly, looking at Karin floating beside her.
Originally, she thought that Karin should be the one who cared most about this matter. However, ever since she came to the Sisilaya Cafe and saw the name on the building sign, she has been daydreaming.
She could roughly guess why, but there was obviously no point in continuing the small talk, so it would be better to just say it directly.
"Oh? Miss Yun, do you have anything you want to tell me?" Edward was a little surprised when he heard that.
He originally thought that Yun Mu and the others had just returned from their trip and wanted to play with Rita, but seeing her serious expression at this moment, Edward couldn't help but put away the smile on his face.
"There are some very special things I need to tell you." Yun Mu glanced at Rita.
"Is it something related to me?" Noticing Yun Mu's gaze, Rita asked curiously.
"Well, that's right."
Yun Mu pondered for a moment, went over the lines in his mind, thought about what to say, and then slowly said, "It's like this. When I was participating in a painting competition, I met a man named Paris, who was also a painter participating in the painting competition. He wanted to catch some inspiration, so he wanted to have a painting duel with me. I agreed to it and went with him to an abandoned building in Yelga, the Stargazing Pavilion."
Yun Mu told her details about the past function of the Stargazing Pavilion, the projects it was researching, the voice that suddenly appeared in her ears while she was painting, and the details of how her wrist was guided.
Until the appearance of 'Kalin', the fusion of the meteorite fragments and Karin's soul, as well as various things related to it were all told.
".That's about it." She described the situation for more than ten minutes without drinking a drop of water.
Only after he finished telling her what happened to Yerga did he pick up the orange juice in front of him and take a sip.
"."
There was silence, Edward frowned, and Rita looked a little unbelievable.
"Miss Yun means that my mother..." Her eyes wandered around Yun Mu, but it was obvious that without the power of [Painting·Complete Starry Sky], Rita could not see anything. "She is here." Yun Mu pointed to the location of 'Kalin'. Of course, Rita and Edward still could not see anything.
"Damn it." Rita stared at the place where Yun Mu pointed unwillingly, but she could not see anything except the walls and air in the cafe.
And Edward seemed to give up after trying for a while.
"Alas." He looked away with some disappointment: "If I hadn't vaguely felt that there was something there, I wouldn't have believed that what you said was true."
"Karin. What is she talking about now?" Suddenly, a smile appeared on Edward's face.
"Uh." Yun Mu glanced at Karin, who had looked a little sad before, but after seeing Edward's smiling face, she suddenly became angry and embarrassed.
"She said that it was terrible for you to still be so frivolous after knowing that Karin was dead." Yun Mu repeated Karin's words.
"Hmm?" Edward was slightly stunned. "Shouldn't I be happy?" He said, "My wife who was supposed to be dead is not dead yet. There is no better news than this."
"Although I can't see her now, I am very happy just knowing the news."
Yun Mu glanced at Karin's reaction at this moment.
"She said she was not Karin, but just a fragment of a meteorite that merged with Karin's soul."
After a brief pause, Yun Mu added: "She is jumping up and down with righteous anger now, and the color of her face is almost as red as watermelon juice."
"By the way, why can spirits also blush?" Yun Mu suddenly thought of something and complained.
"Because the spirit's reaction itself can explain her state when she was alive." Edward looked even happier: "The fact that she can blush means that Karin still thinks of herself as a human being in her heart, no matter how much she denies it."
"Besides, the consciousness of the meteorite fragment itself is not enough for it to have the concept of 'I'. Even after the fusion, Karin's component should be more!"
"The two conscious souls merged with each other. Does that mean she is no longer the same person as before the fusion?"
"No, because you are both Karin and a meteorite fragment!"
"So." Edward's expression softened again: "Welcome back, Karin."
"I need to go to the restroom." Edward said, then he stood up and ran towards the bathroom. Although he said he was going to the restroom, Yun Mu could see that he was running away.
But it's better not to say it out loud at this time, just pretend you didn't see it.
Yun Mu glanced at Karin, who was squatting on the ground with a red face, muttering words like "despicable", "she ran away after talking to herself", and "she couldn't run away even though she wanted to".
Well, from this perspective, Edward's words are quite damaging.
But in this case, the only person left in the scene who was very embarrassed was... Yun Mu looked at Rita, who was currently looking at her feet blankly, not knowing what to say.
It's normal for her to have such a reaction, after all.
Although I often heard about Karin from Edward, it was too unexpected for my mother, whom I had never seen before, to suddenly come back to life.
It feels like that familiar stranger.
What's more, let alone feeling anything, she couldn't even see what Karin looked like!
This scene is too embarrassing!
"Sorry, I'm back."
About three or four minutes later, Edward finally came out of the bathroom. He seemed to have adjusted himself.
"Let's get down to business." He said, sitting in a chair.
"Yeah." Yun Mu nodded slightly: "Where should I start?"
"Of course it's about Karin. What I mean is, we should first ask Karin what specifically she needs us to do?" Edward said without much hesitation.
"Indeed." Yun Mu agreed, "She only told me that she wanted to solve the problem of the meteorite fragment, but she never told me what kind of problem the meteorite fragment encountered and how to solve it. The most important point is."
"Can we mortals really solve a problem that even gods would find troublesome?"
After Yun Mu finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Karin, hoping that she could tell her more detailed information.
"I, I..." Karin felt a little embarrassed by Yun Mu's stare. She explained, "The problem with the main body is just my speculation. We have to wait until they investigate to find out the truth."
"But if I could see the real body, it would definitely solve a lot of my doubts!"
"Not only is there information about Sister Elsa, but also Karin's soul. Maybe it can be separated from me. As long as I find another body, I can revive Karin!"
"As for where to deal with the body, I think there will always be a way if I ask Sister Elsa or Lady Dark Night." She felt more and more guilty as she spoke, and she didn't dare to look up at Yun Mu's eyes.
After hearing what she said, Yun Mu roughly understood her current situation: "That is to say, you actually know nothing."
"Hmm!" After Yun Mu mercilessly exposed the truth, Karin showed a slightly aggrieved expression on her face.
"I don't know how much time has passed since I was shattered and separated from my original body. In my confused memories, I've been either soaking in the sea or in the sea."
"It was not until decades ago that it was salvaged by you humans. Apart from that, all that remains are the memories in Karin's soul. What would we know?" She said looking very aggrieved.
"Stop talking." Yun Mu reluctantly accepted her statement.
"Well, that's about it." Yun Mu crossed his arms over his chest: "We probably can't expect to get more information from her."
"It seems that we can only wait for Her Royal Highness the Princess to come back before setting sail to investigate?" Edward stroked his beard.
"Isn't this the same as the previous plan?" Rita couldn't help but complain, "It seems like there's no point in Mom coming back."
"Puff!" Yun Mu seemed to hear the sound of someone vomiting blood. He turned around and saw that Karin's spirit was petrified on the spot.
There were two wooden signs stuck on his body that were shot from his daughter's mouth.
The words "Mom" and "Useless" were written on it.
(End of this chapter)
