Krafft's Anomaly Notes

Chapter 84

After several days of sailing, when they returned to the sun, Captain William was on the bow of the Iceberg talking to Kraft about the next harbor.

After getting to know each other, the two quickly became acquainted, so when Kupp barely adapted to life on the ship and returned to Kraft clutching his stomach, he was surprised to find that his subordinate was not on this ship. Who knows Kraft best?

Realizing this fact, the already freezing Night Breeze became even colder.Kupp rubbed his hands and walked towards the bow, ready to fulfill his theoretical duties as a squire—only in theory.

He felt that a person who could expel that kind of thing should not need guards.In addition, I was seasick and weak for a few days, and I didn't even do a job as a follower, and I didn't work with the money, so I always felt uneasy.

At night, the sea breeze whistled, and the wonderful scenes in the captain's horror stories that he had heard for several days emerged. Kupu shivered, tightened his clothes, and quickly approached the two figures in the darkness.

The thicker figure on the right stretched out a hand, pointing to the darkness directly ahead that resembles the darkness when the world was born and God had not yet asked for light to appear.

"That's right, it's over there, and you'll see it soon."

"So sure?" the young voice on the left asked, not quite convinced in his tone.Kupp followed, and the same doubt appeared in his heart. What can be seen in the middle of the night?

"I believe the valuable experience of the old captain, you can see it right away. And I strongly recommend you to go down for a walk, the opportunity is rare, you will not regret it." He left enough suspense, like every story, so that the listener can't help Just imagine what comes next.

The bow of the ship became quiet, and Kupp looked into the distance puzzledly, seeing nothing but darkness, while the two people in front waited silently, showing no sign of impatience.

When he was about to give up in the indefinite wait, a conspicuous light spot appeared from a very far distance, piercing the boring blackness.Similar to the morning star, but much brighter, still slowly turning the angle, and disappearing in the sky after a few breaths.

As the ship approaches, this periodic bright spot gradually rises until it hangs high in the air and increases in brightness.The lightning-like slender beam saw through the night sky, leaving a horizontal spot in the field of vision.

"Welcome to Port of Solace!" The captain turned around and opened his arms, introducing the stops on the journey to the two passengers for the first time. It was obvious that he was in a good mood, "We will stay here for a few days."

At this time, a dotted line composed of small light spots appeared behind him. If you read correctly, their colors turned out to be various.The bright guides hanging high in the sky just now grabbed people's attention, making people ignore their existence when approaching.

It was the lights on the coastline, dreamy and charming at night, Kraft never thought that he could see the neon-like effect here.

"Kristen Mountain Lighthouse, isn't it beautiful? Of course, don't just look at the high place, we will be there soon." William proved his experience, put down his hands and walked to the young man, "Remember to bring money, and Remember to keep an eye on your purse."

The cheers of the sailors sounded on the deck, and the captain left the bow, symbolically reminding his boys not to get carried away, and drove them back to their posts, and steered the ship to prepare for port.

Far surpassing the bustling scene of Wendeng Port, Cooper has never seen such colorful lights outside the church in his life, and the dotted line composed of light spots becomes richer and more coherent as he gets closer to the coast.

That is the gorgeous and changing luster of the fire through all kinds of stained glass, which illuminates the entire street along the coast in warm and psychedelic tones. Just looking at it makes you feel less damp and cold, and the warm atmosphere drives you away from home. melancholy.

The smell of food and alcohol catches the nose of the person who just disembarked, as well as the essential oil and incense-like smell that Kraft and Kupp are not familiar with. Some kind of scented dust heightens its sense of existence, not to mention lost to the former.

"Hmm." Kraft held his nose, the stimulation of the powder made him want to sneeze, and it got thicker and thicker, leaning against his back.

He remembered the captain's words, clutched his purse and turned around to be on guard, only to see a thickly smeared face with red powder on a white background approaching him, showing an artificial and unnatural smile, and the strange smell he smelled was the falling incense powder.

"Stay away from my friends." William appeared next to Kraft, replaced his job when Kupp lost his mind, and patted the hand on Kraft's shoulder.The woman backed away tactfully, looking for her next target customer.

"It seems that you have never been to this kind of place? Do you need to introduce someone reliable?"

"No." Kraft refused embarrassingly. He probably understood what William meant before. "I think we should find a pub."

William confirmed that Kraft had never been to this kind of place, and patted him with a big smile, "Don't be embarrassed, you have to know that some unreliable places will make people feel uncomfortable disease, and my introduction is absolutely reliable."

"Please allow me to refuse." There is no so-called reliable place these days. There are enough unspeakable diseases in books, and I don't want to see it in a place where medical means are scarce.

"Koop, come here!"

After fishing out the entangled Kupp, the three of them walked to the inner city under the leadership of Captain William. The nightlife here is much richer than Wendeng Port, and there is also a preliminary concept of colorful lights.

Kraft approached and observed the lamps of different colors, and found that their colors were actually richer than imagined, and there were considerable differences between the same color glass. A single red color can be divided into light red, deep red, orange red and other color systems.

It may be that the manual workshops with soul and no technology have given them their own characteristics. In addition to the different colors, the edges are irregular, and there are uneven impurities inside, which give the effect of gradient lighting and color points.

As a result, the poor quality gives them variable effects, even though most of them are just a piece of broken glass embedded in a lampshade, with grease and other fuels burning behind, open taverns and other primitive places of entertainment There are more or less decorations at the door.

People dressed as sailors went in and out of it, going from house to house, spending the money in their pockets before setting sail.The bright guiding beam of the lighthouse on the mountain is completely overwhelmed by the colorful lights here, and the smell of alcohol and itchy incense powder numbs the nose.

The erosive and indulgent atmosphere made Kraft a little uncomfortable. He had some understanding of the depression of life at sea, and understood that everyone from the sailor to the captain had a psychological need to release the pressure, but it was limited to this.

This place that made him feel out of place is a bit like the prototype of an early commercial street, but the consumption structure is relatively simple, and it is difficult to come up with other industries.

Continuing to walk towards the inner city, the colorful lights began to decrease after leaving the port area, and the streets gradually darkened.Captain William's footsteps never stopped, leading them along the main road with a clear goal.

The people on the road were not sparse because they were far away from the port. Many sailors went forward with them, and the figures holding lanterns and candles illuminated the road around them, and quietly moved towards the goal.

The atmosphere tilted from enthusiasm to the other pole, and when I came back to my senses, I was already in solemnity.Kupp, who was looking around, noticed the change and settled down.

After walking in silence for more than ten minutes, I estimated that I was approaching the center of the city when the street turned a big bend and turned to one side at a right angle.

There was a faint singing in the wind, not the chorus of the sailors in the tavern whose voices were dried by the sea wind, nor was it the melodious sound from the building where suspicious women were soliciting customers.

The ethereal and crisp voice, frozen in the voice before the voice change period, sings in unison in a wide space, and the harmony echo overlaps the inaudible content of the eulogy, forming waves after waves, holy and inviolable .

The body of the person walking in front tensed suddenly, and the clear hostility made him stop and press his sword, and Kupp almost bumped into him. In his memory, Kraft like this was still talking about his illness in the salt tide area.

William stopped when he heard the footsteps behind him, and looked back, "What's the matter? We'll be there soon."

"It's okay, I thought of something bad." Kraft adjusted his state and turned the corner with William.

In the night, on the central square of the city, a brightly lit and brilliant building broke into their field of vision, as if they collected the colorful lights from the previous half of the street and piled them together for decoration.

Countless stained glass windows, each of which is composed of transparent polished glass into a corolla symmetrical geometric pattern, or figures in bright robes, with yellow and white halos above their heads refracting the daytime candlelight in the building, evokes If angels walk in the world.

The colorful windows on the front of the building guard the golden ring in the center, and the firelight of the large chandelier penetrates the paired wings made of white glass, turning the crystal and splendor of the glass into sacred majesty.

"Church of Consolation, the origin of the name of the port." William did not dare to point to the image made of glass, and explained to Kraft in a low voice among the crowd, "Go in and be quiet."

"Huh? I thought it was..."

The contrast between before and after is a bit big. Kraft and Kupp didn't understand how they wandered from the enchanted place of the port to the church. They all thought that the reason for the name "Consolation Harbor" was that sailors came here to obtain spiritual comfort through alcohol and sports. the meaning of.

Fortunately, he shut up in time and didn't say the second half of the sentence. The sailors next to him turned their heads and glared at them.The content of the second half of the sentence is self-explanatory. Everyone came from the port, so why don’t you know what you are thinking?

"Sorry, sorry, it's my first time here, and I was blinded by those daring people." Kraft hurriedly apologized, the words were purely unintentional, don't mind.

It seems that the misunderstanding is not the first time, those sailors did not care about them.However, this pair of eyes triggered Kraft's memory. At least two of them had just come out of the door with colored lights on the port side and followed them to the church.

The strong contrast is suddenly not so strong, and an unspeakable sense of tacit understanding bridges the two ends of the street. Indulgence is consolation, and religion is also consolation.

"Sage time, right?"

It seems that there is no need to apologize just now.

(End of this chapter)