The failure of last year's sea prayer ceremony caused a change in that sea area? After reading the content on the paper, Lumian naturally formed such an interpretation in his mind.
He looked at the sticky note in his hand and vaguely smelled a familiar fragrance.
Thinking back slightly, Lumian remembered the source of this smell, which was the perfume of Mrs. Georgia of the Paco family.
"Lack of experience, or deliberately not covering it up, in order to tell me that this is information from Paco's family?" While Lumian was talking to himself, he thought of the humanoid lizard that came out of nowhere in the Paco family, and thought of Ruvio. Paco's seriously injured mother, Marta, remembers their abnormalities in related matters.
The core question is caused by the mutation of the sea? The mutation of the sea made the extraordinary people of the Paco family very weak, and caused an ordinary person who did not have the blood of the sea to become a humanoid lizard? They didn't want other sea families to know about this, and they were temporarily lacking in strength and couldn't deal with that humanoid lizard, so they could only find a foreign adventurer to solve it? Lumian has a new understanding of the contradictions of the Paco family's commission.
And the mutation of the sea is Lato. Giaro and Juan. One thing that Aurorado hadn't mentioned before.
They just said that without the appeasement of the sea prayer ceremony, the sea area was much more violent than usual, the "Death Navigators" left their territory more often, and the power of the "children of the sea" declined.
In their opinion, this is a normal, reasonable, and predictable situation that can be inferred in advance, and obviously has nothing to do with the mutation.
"Is it that the mutation only happened to Paco's family, or Juan. Oro and Lato. Giaro and the others deliberately concealed this matter, and they didn't even tell each other, guarding against each other?" Lumian made a guess as he watched the note engulf in the crimson flames in his palm.
He must be more inclined to the second possibility - unless the Paco family has something special, the impact of the sea mutation should be widespread and universal, and not just for them.
In this way, Lumian can probably understand Ruvio. Paco's disgust when mentioning things like "The Handmaid of the Sea":
From the time he knew what the "Handmaid of the Sea" was and who his real "parents" were, he should have fallen into self-loathing and hatred for the entire sea prayer ceremony, preferring to lose the family's inheritance rather than marry another "Maid of the Sea".
This made Lumian wonder if Norfi's potential collaborator would be Ruvio. Paco.
Anyway, with the resources and status that the Paco family now possesses, even without the sea prayer ceremony, they can have a good life.
Lugano stood next to him and saw that his employer fell into a state of contemplation after reading the note, and he was a little nervous and flustered.
Nothing will happen again, right?
Lumian raised his head, looked at Lugano, and said thoughtfully:
"Although my plateau language has not yet reached the level of 'understanding', I have basically mastered the words I need for daily use, and I can live normally in Santa Harbor with body language, and the people I really want to contact and communicate with all know Indis.
"I can pay you the balance now, with a free chance to 'teleport' back to Trier."
Lugano shook his head instinctively:
"You can't take Ludwig with you when you do things, if I leave now, who will take care of him?"
Who takes care of whom still doesn't know...... Lumian stared at Lugano for two seconds, and for the first time he really felt that there was something wrong with the translator:
In the face of the possible risk of being attacked, he subconsciously rejected the offer to terminate the employment contract now and send him to a safe place!
This won't be less than him, Felkin!
Judging from Lugano's usual performance and personality, Lumian believes that the possibility of him taking the final payment and leaving Puerto Santa is quite high, but this is not the case.
Perhaps, he himself does not know why he is doing this, but just makes decisions "instinctively"...... Lumian nodded invisibly, no longer mentioning the final payment to end the employment.
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Milo Village, in the ancestral house of the Oro family, which has been renovated many times.
Juan. Oro sat by the window, smoking a hookah, looking at the orange-red sun gradually setting below the horizon, thinking about the sea prayer ceremony that was about to come in more than a week.
Suddenly, he turned his head to the side and turned his gaze to the shadow near the door.
The darkness squirmed there, and a green-eyed man wearing a golden straw hat, a white shirt and a black vest grew out, none other than the great adventurer Louis. Berry.
"Why are you here again?" Juan. Oro sighed and said in Intis.
Lumian laughed and pulled a chair and sat down on the edge of the sunset shining into the room:
"There are some things I want to ask you, and I will tell you in advance about a certain action."
Juan's eyes narrowed slightly:
"What do you want to do?"
"I want to sneak into the mansion of the 'Governor of the Sea' tonight, if I am not discovered, I will look at the rooms where the vigil is held, and if I am discovered, I will force my way out, which is very in line with my radical image and the purpose of showing it, isn't it? It will not make others suspect that we are secretly cooperating." Lumian smiled and talked about his plan.
Juan. Oro inexplicably felt that the other party was threatening him, but he couldn't find any evidence, because Louis. Berry made a point.
He took a puff of hookah, was silent for a few seconds and said:
"What exactly do you want to ask?"
Lumian smiled:
"I want to see what the ring that married the sea looks like and what patterns are engraved on it.
"I know that you have only made the embryo of the precepts now, and have not yet completed the corresponding rituals and attached special things to it, but I believe that if you have been a sub-deacon eleven times and more deacon, you must remember those patterns, symbols and structures."
Juan. Aurora's back gradually straightened, and his tone became stern:
"What do you want to do?"
The afterglow of the setting sun in the room suddenly darkened, as if it had been pulled into another space.
Lumian said unconsciously:
"What's so secretive about this, don't you know that the shape, pattern and structure of that ring have been leaked a long time ago?"
Juan. Aurora's eyes froze:
"When did it happen?"
Lumian raised his eyebrows:
"Didn't my companion tell you the real reason why the sea prayer ceremony failed?"
"He just helped us confirm that the Iru on the ship was fake." Juan. Auror vaguely guessed.
Lumian smiled and shook his head, starting with the fake ring customized by Toler, the lamb sacrifice that was sent to the ship after being bribed, and talked about his and others' speculation about the fake Iru's ability and the restoration of the whole thing.
Juan. Oro didn't interrupt, and his expression gradually became gloomy.
After a while, he said in a slightly hoarse voice:
"There are not many people who know the details of the 'Ring of the Sea Queen', and know that the Sea Relatives rarely check the internal condition of the sacrifice's body, each of them is a 'Child of the Sea' who has actually participated in many core rituals, and they are all alive now...... Iru and Sara don't know what ...... they are doing."
Hearing Juan. Auror almost gritted his teeth in his words, Lumian had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he suddenly had a guess:
"Salted Egg Superman" is a person within the Fisheries Association, a "child of the sea" who has been granted power many times, and even a member with a certain status!
Of course, it may also be that he controlled a similar person in advance and had close "cooperation" with the other party.
If this is not the case, how could "April Fool's Day" know the specific appearance of the sacrificial ring and accurately exploit the "supervision" loophole in the sea prayer ceremony?
Well, although "I have a friend" who said that "Salted Egg Superman" is an extraordinary person of the "Sun" path, this is not contradictory to the fact that he is also a "child of the sea", even if he first becomes a "child of the sea" and then takes the magic potion of the "Sun" path, there should be no problem, the "child of the sea" power points to the starry sky, and the sun and the starry sky are always very compatible...... The real purpose of "April Fool's Day" to destroy the sea prayer ritual is to prepare for "Salted Egg Superman" or his "collaborators" to completely control the power at the bottom of the sea and the palace? Lumian's thinking gradually cleared.
He looked at Juan. Aurora, smiled relaxedly:
"It's not that there is an insider, how can the sea prayer ceremony be destroyed so easily?"
Juan. Oro had similar suspicions throughout the year and was now completely unable to refute Lumian's claims.
He thought with an ugly face, and after a while he returned to normal:
"We have to find out that traitor before the official sea festival......"
Speaking of which, Juan. Oro looked at Lumian:
"There may be some things that you need to cooperate with at that time."
Yo, you've started fishing too? Lumian responded with a smile:
"No problem."
Juan. Oro put down the shisha and left his seat.
He walked to the desk, took out paper and pen, and brushed it out.
Nearly ten minutes later, the old man staggered to Lumian and handed over the paper in his hand.
Lumian took a look and found that there were a total of six patterns on it, representing the front, left, right, back, inner front, and back of the "Ring of the Sea Queen", each pattern had multiple complex and mysterious symbols and patterns surrounding them.
"It's actually useless if you get it, it won't have any effect." Juan. Oro said in a low voice, "The corresponding sea relatives must use their own special ones to engrave them on the rings and erode them for six hours to please the sea and get her approval."
Lumian nodded and said:
"I didn't think of making a replica."
Just give it to the "magician" lady to interpret.
He asked instead:
"This is the ring-making part of the vigil? There are no other steps?"
"There is also a step in which a deacon takes the made ring to the basement and places it in front of the patterns and symbols that represent our ancestors and leaves it for an hour. This is a tribute to the ancestors, just like greeting the elders before the wedding." Juan. Auror briefly introduced.
Lumian thought for a moment and said:
"Can you also draw patterns and symbols that represent your ancestors?"
Juan. Oro returned to his desk.
This time, he painted it in just two minutes.
Lumian took a look and found that there were some scattered lines and arcs on it, and many things were missing in the middle, so he couldn't see the original appearance.
"It may be easier to associate with it on the spot." Juan. Oro sighed again.
Lumian nodded:
"Then I will sneak into the 'Governor of the Sea' mansion once tonight."
Juan. Auror said "hmm":
"Be careful of the sea clan there, they have their own specialities, they may not be very strong, but they can restrain some of your abilities."
…………
Late at night, under the light of the crimson moonlight.
Lumian appeared near the church-like building.
(End of this chapter)