Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 316

2021-09-07

Chapter 315 Nursery Rhymes and "Sea Return"

Sweep coins and banknotes under the counter, The bartender looked around casually, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he opened the bar counter to let the two in. Afterwards, he pushed open the back door that was almost fused with the wall from the bar, and when the two were about to enter the door, he gave each of them a mask:
"You know the rules here, be optimistic about your newcomer."

"Understood."

Miss Prince said softly.

Behind the walls is also a pub. Except for no conspicuous doors and windows, the decoration, tables and chairs are almost the same as the outside, but the space is slightly smaller and there are few guests.

Miss Prince introduced this place on the way here. The back of the Seven Broom Tavern is specially used to entertain the ring warlock, and can only be entered by acquaintances. Compared with the relatively single-function Old John's Pawnshop, the Black Raven Library and Mr. Copps' Night Shop, the Seven Brooms Bar is extremely versatile.

The ring warlock spell casting material transaction, book knowledge exchange, relic sale and even ring warlock party, etc., can all be realized here.

There are similar places in Tobesque of course, but none of them are particularly safe. Compared with the Northern Pearl, it is only possible to have such a large-scale ring warlock gathering place in the cold water port with a relatively strong atmosphere of freedom.

The "freedom" here not only refers to the relatively loose municipal management of the Lengshuigang dock area, but also to the chaos in the dock area. As the most important port from the west coast of the old continent to the new continent, Coldwater Harbour is completely different from Tobesque.

The owner behind this pub is a local 9th ring warlock. Although Miss Prince can't tell the other party's name, the high ring warlock is enough to deter people who dare to make trouble here, so if Shade intends to have a fixed trading channel in Coldwater Harbor City, this tavern is quite good.

The ring warlocks in the tavern are mostly wearing robes or relatively loose coats, and those in small groups gather around the table to chat in low voices. There is also a bar here, with three men standing behind the bar. Two of them are an ordinary person scrubbing cups in a bartender's uniform, and the other a bald brawny man in a sailor's shirt with anchors tattooed on both arms, he's a ring warlock.

Miss Prince takes Shade to the bar:
"I've brought someone new and he wants to be a regular here."

"£1."

brawny man said the bartender, looking up at the masked Shade.

It's a new expense, but it's not going to save you money. So Shade received a crimson coin after paying. The coin is an ordinary item. As a token of entry, it is about two-thirds the size of a gold pound coin, and there is no pattern printed on the front and back.

With this coin, Shade can freely enter and exit the ring warlock meeting place behind the bar. Although the fee is a bit expensive, he thinks it's worth it.

"Any news today?"

Shade was examining the coin, and the Goldilocks with ruby earrings tapped on the bar table and asked.

The bald brawny man in the sailor shirt shook his head and replied in pretty standard Delarion lingo. His job was probably boring, so he said weakly:
"It's old news, people were alarmed by that sage-level relic, and now everyone is worried that they accidentally touched the curse. The church is still looking for that one. A deep-sea mermaid who uses a firearm, but it is said that there is no progress, and the other party seems to be directly related to Evil God."

Shade reacted and realized that "deep-sea mermaid" refers to himself.

"speaking of which, have you heard how many mermaid statues the church has collected now?"

This is the bartender asking Miss Prince.

"As of yesterday, the information I received was about 13, but the total number of statues in that batch was 20. I still remember hearing the other day that the church has found at least 30 cursed infected people. ."

"Your news is out of date."

The bartender shook his head:
"The number of statues recovered is 15, and the number of cursed unlucky guys is 72. The rest The five statues have disappeared, and even we are now banned from trading statue-like items. Who knows if there will be some lunatics who are infected with the curse, thinking about infecting more people, in order to force everyone to find a solution to the curse together. "

The bartender said, and then took a serious look at the two's outfits, as if he was worried that there was a statue hidden under their clothes, and then suddenly took it out to surprise him:
"Last week we also The ring warlocks laughing at Tobeske here are in bad luck, didn't expect it to be our turn. But if I say, fortunately there is something on the Tobesque side, otherwise Coldwater Harbor will not be this year Is Delarion the most unfortunate city in summer?"

He said rather taking pleasure in other people's misfortune, then poured two glasses of ice water and pushed them to the two. Just like the news about "72 people", there is no charge for this glass of ice water, so it seems that the admission fee of 1 shilling is still worth it.

"This kind of sage-level relic, impossible only has the feature of curse. If there is no way to solve this matter immediately, there will be a major event later."

Shade also participated Into the conversation, he didn't want to talk about how unlucky the ring warlocks in Tobesque were.

"Who says no? But there is very little news about the relics, and even the Orthodox Church can't find a way to deal with it for a while, and can only store the statues as much as possible."

"However, I heard that the sage-level relic [Mermaid Dream] is related to a kind of ceremony called 'The Return of the Sea', and the church is working hard in this direction."

Miss Prince Unexpectedly, the bartender said slightly frowned:
"Are you sure? I remember that 'The Return of the Sea' is a local folk song in Coldwater Harbor."

"I just heard it mentioned, the church should also I know."

Goldilocks said, knowing that Shade didn't know the local folk songs, she hummed softly:
"The mermaid's song floats on the harbour,
even the bloody pirate ship All lowered their sails.

The red sea was rippling,
The beautiful girl went to the deep sea."

Although it was only a humming, Miss Prince's voice Extremely sweet, she must have received professional music theory training.

As for this nursery rhyme, it sounds like a scene where people describe mermaids appearing and bewildering pirates. It's not surprising that similar nursery rhymes appear in such a seaport city. But it made Shade think about what he saw about "pirates" in Le Maire's safe room this morning.

The bartender sighed:

"Oh, I'd rather believe this is really a clue to the curse. But no matter how bad things get, it shouldn't show up like Tobesque. Evil"

He paused suddenly, then raised his hand and slapped himself:

"pei pei pei!"

Very unhygienic The bar spit a few mouthfuls, and then explained:
"People at sea believe that those dangerous things must not be mentioned at will. The more they are mentioned, the more likely those dangerous things will happen."

"Absurd superstition."

Miss Prince said with a smile dismissively, but Shade appreciated the view.

(end of this chapter)