Deep Sea Hunter, but Deep Sea Titan

To be honest, Skadi envied Laurentina, who could sit on Nautilus's shoulders, listen to his stories, and fall asleep peacefully under his care, with an unlimited supply of Poro dolls in her hands.

This cold, brass giant only showed tenderness and affection to Laurentina.

If the previous incident was about getting him to save a shark, then what is the purpose of this one?

Was it for the sake of briefly possessing that affection that did not yet belong to her?

Skadi was terrified that one day Nautilus would lose interest in her and abandon her.

She feared the life of having to face the turbulent, poisonous blood alone and endure loneliness, especially after seeing her own blood relatives being held in the palm of "Nautilus" (in a physical sense).

Because those sharks look really happy.

But Skadi also knew that only a heavy and twisted attachment like Laurentina's could win Lotin's acceptance.

Being overweight alone was not enough to make Loting open up.

"If there's really nothing else, please excuse us for a moment."

Lotin now understood Skadi's intentions, but it wasn't entirely unexpected; in fact, it was exactly what Skadi was supposed to do.

How greedy you are, Miss Orca! You clearly crave it so much, yet you pretend to be completely indifferent.

She longed for a safe haven in the raging sea, yet her guilt and self-blame towards her other blood relatives prevented her from confronting her inner turmoil. Isamara's poisonous blood instilled in her a deep-seated self-loathing.

Lotin will wait patiently; he will wait for Skadi to say "I want some too" herself.

"Nautilus, what are you going to do?"

"I just wanted to take a bath quietly by myself."

Lotin calmly replied that, under this Agorian body, bathing not only brings physical comfort, but also stacks the [Wet Agorian] buff, which increases the speed of health and mana regeneration, helping to quickly alleviate the discomfort after being enlarged.

Back in Little Hill County, Loting had made taking a bath a short-term goal, and now, the environment here was indeed safe enough, and his vulnerability was only relative to when he was wearing a diving suit.

The equipment and talents give Lotin considerable resilience, even surpassing that of typical Rhodes Island heavy-armored operators. Moreover, Lotin has deployed a new round of guards around him.

Often, he simply doesn't like to expose his true form, and that's true now and will be true in the future.

"Oh."

Skadi breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Laurentina, and said somewhat awkwardly,

"Shark, let's get out of here."

Laurentina rubbed her sleepy eyes and simply gave a mysterious smile, slowly shaking her head.

"Shark, what do you want to do?"

Even someone as oblivious as Skadi understood what Laurentina was thinking; the stimulating images flashing through her mind made her cheeks flush slightly.

"You wouldn't be so heartless to me, would you?"

Laurentina blinked.

"No."

"But will it make a difference if I say it?"

Lotin removed his helmet and shook his head. If Laurentina could let this opportunity slip by, she wouldn't be Laurentina.

"Hehe, you know me best."

"Let me help you take off your wetsuit."

Laurentina watched with excitement as Lotin removed his diving suit. After 60 years, the Agor sailor once again exposed his body directly to the air of Terra.

He was still wearing the crew uniform of the Fool. His diving suit had been temporarily stored in the system space.

"Whoosh, whoosh, your scent."

Laurentina pressed her face against Lotin's chest, making intimate gestures with a greedy air. Lotin had different charms with and without his wetsuit; Laurentina was getting the best of both worlds.

If the wetsuit hadn't disappeared from her sight, she probably would have tried to hide inside it and do some more exciting things in front of Skadi.

This was the first time Loting had touched her soft body. He stroked the nun's pure white hair, enjoying the rare intimacy with the nun who belonged only to him.

Such opportunities are rare, and Lotin doesn't often take off his diving suit.

"Alright, shark, shouldn't we head away?"

Skadi made the suggestion to Laurentina almost in a pleading tone.

Laurentina, however, responded to Skadi with that enigmatic smile.

Laurentina rarely showed a shy expression; her eyes were filled with deep affection and longing.

This bottomless desire both chilled Luo Ting to the bone and made him unable to resist it.

But his original intention for taking a bath was to speed up the recovery of health and mana, so isn't this going against the purpose?

"Shark, you shameless nun!"

Skadi turned away, her face flushed, her pearly white teeth visible on her pink lips, her hands clenched into fists. The thing she feared most had happened.

"I'm sorry, he belongs to me today."

Laurentina made a playful face at Skadi.

Loting should have known this day would come.

The frosted glass window couldn't block out the sound of water, so Skadi could only sit on a stool outside the bathroom, listening to the dripping water with extreme discomfort.

Lotin simply soaked himself in the water as much as possible, not caring whether it was cold or hot. The system interface showed that the "Wet Agorian" buff was stacking up at a rapid pace, and he wanted to recover as much as possible while he could.

However, soaking in water is indeed very comfortable for this body.

Luo Ting closed her eyes tightly, listening to the crisp sound of water splashing from her jade-like feet.

In the hazy mist, Laurentina's eyes shimmered with clear, watery light. The nun no longer bore the bruises and scars from her self-harm, and water droplets condensed from the mist slid down her slender yet powerful waist.

Fingertips intertwined, and the sailor Agor seemed to be dragged into the water by the sirens. What awaited him was—

"That way, the hooded woman's unpleasant smell will be gone."

To Lotin's surprise, Laurentina's power was not yet unacceptable to him.

“I see. No wonder you were in such a hurry, Laurentina.”

Laurentina had clearly been planning this for a long time.

Sister Agor simply lowered her head. She enjoyed the feeling of being held tightly, no longer having to drift with the waves in the raging sea, no longer having to live in constant nightmares. If she could be by his side as his nun, she could enjoy the happiness that she used to dream of.

To be sheltered and loved, to live so simply.

Skadi finally mustered up the courage to look back.

A beautiful Agorian remark to Lotin eventually disappeared with the sound of the rushing water.

Chapter 69: Titi begins to accelerate

Hold me tight, Loting.

Laurentina no longer calls him "Nautilus." Apart from Lotin himself, she is the only person who knows Lotin's real name. Amidst the rushing water, this name will remain a secret between the two of them for the time being.

The intense breaths made their hearts race. Loting had thought he would be tortured to the point of unconsciousness by this mad nun, but he miraculously persevered.

Unfortunately, the alluring siren continued to torment the sailor she favored, Agor. After all, the pain was only momentary, while satisfying her desires was the main course.

Skadi could still hear some subtle sounds through the gaps in the water's flow.

"It's still not over? This is my first time doing something like this."

"That's just too much..."

Skadi's eyes were already brimming with tears of shame, and the heat in her body made her exhale hot breath.

The water stains on the floor in front of the chair were probably tears.

The sound of water finally stopped, and Laurentina, wrapped in a clean white towel, walked out of the bathroom.

Meanwhile, Lotin was already putting on the Fool's sailor uniform, taking out his brass diving suit, and beginning to put himself back into it. Skadi could see that his gloomy face showed a rare moment of satisfaction and relief at this moment.

Laurentina was also more radiant than ever before, a far cry from the patient Skadi had in mind.

He was so close to the shark, yet he didn't even try to flirt with or tease her.

The brass giant's eyes shone brightly again, and the brass diving suit once more sealed Lotin within it.

The hunter finally mustered her courage and forced herself not to avoid his gaze. Being his ally was enough to make her life much easier under the power of the Deep Sea Titan.

But Skadi was not satisfied with that.

Skadi knew she couldn't hesitate any longer; at times like this, she should follow her heart.

"Salvage worker, I will make you want to hold my hand tightly too, I promise."

Skadi murmured, pulling her hunter's hat brim tighter. The allure of the safe haven made her afraid to face the whispers from the abyss alone, unwilling to confront the raging sea alone.

She herself didn't know when she started to become like this; perhaps she was just too lonely.

The blinding white light illuminated the cramped, orderly space, and a piece of special glass divided the area in two.

The biohazard signs on the glass facade were particularly glaring, and a woman in a black uniform sucked on a bag of green liquid in her hand, a liquid that would keep her awake during long hours of work.

"Data report..."

She is a doctor from Rhodes Island, and a new drug for Oripathy is being developed at a rapid pace, at the cost of her increasingly dark circles under her eyes.

The doctor always had a feeling that her amnesia was tacitly approved by her before she lost her memory, as if she knew that she would choose to cure Oripathy after losing her memory.

It was as if this amnesia was a way for her to unload the heavy burden on her shoulders by using other people's hands.

"Doctor, please take a rest for a bit."

When the Doctor tries to slack off, Amiya will kindly remind him, "Doctor, you can't rest yet." But it's clear that the Doctor has been working non-stop for far too long now.

"I'm still very energetic."

The doctor still loves to smile, which helps maintain a good working atmosphere among the medical staff working with her.

She carefully studied the report in her hand and drank the last drop of emergency sanity solution in the bag.

"Is Mr. Nautilus awake?"

The PhD student raised his head slightly after reading the report.

"He is talking to Dr. Kal'tsit."

Amiya noticed that the Doctor was feeling weak, so she went over and helped her up.

"Doctor, let's go to the cafeteria and get something to eat first."

The emergency sanity-enhancing solution only forcibly kept the doctor conscious; the prolonged lack of food caused her to experience hypoglycemia.

Amiya looked at the Doctor with concern. The Doctor always liked to shoulder everything alone while pretending to be relaxed.

"The Iberian problem requires a solution from both land and sea."

Based on Lotin's description, Kal'tsit came to this conclusion.

Lotin squeezed through the staff passageway of the Rhode Island cafeteria, which was a relatively spacious cargo passageway for restocking food from the kitchen.

She could only interpret it as this member of a former civilization trying to experience life in Iberia.

Kal'tsit's guess was half right; to be precise, visitors from another world were forced to experience life in Iberia.

The appearance of the "Great Tranquility" prevented Lotin from even experiencing basic life.

"Those things shouldn't have been such deformed beings."

Kal'tsit sat in a secluded corner of the dining hall, her mind filled with the idea that those "creatures" shouldn't be such aggressive, deformed flesh and blood.

"What exactly did the Agorians do?"

“Some of the Agor people transformed them into their current form.”

The one who spurred Hai Si into his current state was none other than one of the Agor people's ancestors. His influence left the Agor leadership riddled with problems and accelerated the awakening of Hai Si's fighting spirit.

The Agorians were indeed carrying the burden of the Haisi, but their arrogance was undeniable.

At this point, Lotin used the [Spacesuit] skin because it would make it easier for him to open his mask and eat something.

This is the first time Lottin has used this skin in front of Laurentina.

It's clear that Laurentina doesn't have a corresponding form for this skin, most likely because this [Legendary] skin is quite unique.