Sitting on Glinton's boat, Ahes lay on the railing and looked at the calm sea.
"Don't you need to disguise yourself anymore?" Lucia asked as she stood on the deck and looked at Ahs's back.
"There's no one on the sea, so who can I show you in disguise?"
"That's right."
"...When did you realize that I was Ahes?" Ahes suddenly asked.
"A long time ago."
"A long time ago? I shouldn't have done anything questionable, right?" Ahs looked at Lucia with some confusion and said.
"Every time you shake hands with others, you subconsciously extend your left hand, but you are right-handed." Lucia said, "I have heard about you. The power of the Book of Ashes will only act on your
On your right hand, maybe that’s why you got into the habit of shaking hands with your left hand.”
"There's more, is that all?"
"Also, the clothes in your suitcase all have matching gloves. Of course you have never worn them, but I found that the gloves on the left hand of those gloves are very new, and only the gloves on the right hand look like they have been worn before."
"This is not something to be doubted about."
"Well, the most important thing is that you were talking in your sleep, saying that you must kill Christian and get back the Book of Ashes and so on."
"..." Hearing this, Ahes covered his face.
"I actually exposed myself because of talking in my sleep. I failed! What a failure!"
After a moment of silence, Ahes looked at Lucia again.
"Since you knew I was Ahs so early, why did you continue to follow me and take me to the Twilight Kingdom?"
"Because you lent me a hundred kilk."
"What else?"
"What else? I'm a fan of your books."
"...What else?"
"No, if you need anything else, I can make it up."
"Forget it, no need."
Lucia smiled and nodded, then walked back to the cabin.
"Actually, there is a third reason." As soon as he entered the cabin, Glinton said suddenly, "You are fishing for the big fish with a long line."
"Silence is a good virtue, Mr. Glinton." The expression on Lucia's face did not change. She took out a bottle of yogurt from her pocket and drank it in one gulp.
The cruise ship traveled for a long time, and Ahes felt that the sky had become cloudy at some point.
"Is it going to rain?" Ahes asked as he walked into the cabin.
"It's much worse than rain." Glinton looked at the map and said, "Unfortunately, this is Lake Starr."
"Star Lake? What is that?" Ahs asked after hearing this new term.
"Above Starr Lake, whale falls occur every once in a while. That kind of phenomenon is not common. It's a coincidence that we encountered it," Glinton said.
"Whale fall? Doesn't that only happen in the sea?" Ahs thought, maybe the whale fall in this world and the whale fall he understands are two different things, but the phenomenon of whale fall in the sky is obvious just from the sound of it.
Not a good thing.
"In short, we have to quickly go to the boundary of Starr Lake to find an open space to park the boat." Glinton said, increasing his power and driving towards the boundary of Starr Lake, but although Starr Lake is called a lake, its size is
It can't be summed up by one or two football fields. For a while, Glinton couldn't drive to the shore at all.
At this time, Ahes felt that the sky was getting a little darker, but there were a few beams of sunlight shining through the sky. Ahes walked out of the cabin and looked up at the sky.
In the sky, a huge figure was wrapped in butter-like clouds and slid down from the sky. The huge figure was broken into pieces. A few beams of sunlight shone on Lake Starr from its broken body.
"No, let's jump ship." Glinton put down the controller and said.
"Jump off the ship? What should we do next?"
"We'll talk about what happens next. We can't just die in the boat." With that, Glinton jumped into Lake Starr first. The moment he entered the lake, Glinton's body turned into countless floating fragments.
On the sea, at first glance, it looked like a person fell from a high altitude and was shattered alive.
Ahes also jumped into the water. Ahes, who has the Siren's Book, is no different in the water than on land.
After entering the water, Ahes discovered that Lucia had also jumped out.
This guy looked like she couldn't swim, but she didn't drown, she just floated quietly in the water without moving.
Ahes looked at the sky again, and the huge and broken shadow was still falling.
"If such a big thing fell, it would be useless to hide in the water." Ahs thought.
As the figure fell, waves gradually began to appear on the sea. Seeing the broken figures getting closer and closer, Ahes hurriedly swam down.
But this seemed to be unnecessary. The huge figure crushed the cruise ship on the sea, but it dissipated the moment it touched the sea. Those broken figures turned into countless light particles like fireflies and gradually sank into the sea.
Taal Lake.
"What on earth is this?" Ahes couldn't help but ask when he surfaced.
"That's the white whale." Glinton's fragments on the sea were put back together. "It's a mythical beast. It's said that it can only swim and fly in the high air. When it reaches a certain age, it will come to the top of Lake Starr to die.
In this form it sank to the bottom of the sea."
"Okay, I'm not interested in white whales or anything like that. What should we do now? The ship is gone."
"Follow me." Glinton said, and still swam in the direction where he started. Ahs had to follow behind Glinton. Lucia also swam out of the sea, and stretched out her wings to fly between the two of them.
on the head.
After swimming for a while, Ahes saw a large island on the sea not far away.
"That's the place I'm talking about. There are people living there." Glinton said, pointing to the island.
"How could anyone live in a place like this?"
"That island was formed by a whale fall," Glinton said.
"The white whale dedicated everything to this desolate and barren island. Its skin melted into the soil that nourishes all living things, its blood flowed into a lake that nourished living creatures, and its flesh accumulated into a towering mountain." Ahes suddenly thought of writing in a travel book.
The brochure mentioned this island not far from Tandawa. That sentence was a promotional slogan about this island. At that time, Ahes didn't understand what it meant, but now Ahes understands it.