Shrouded Seascape

Chapter 1028: Abnormality

Lilith gazed at the lovely girl through the dark red liquid in her goblet. A charming smile suffused her alluring face as she remarked, "Hehe, you're so pretty. When you were on Charles' ship, did you two..."

"No, nothing happened!" Lily exclaimed with her face flushed red. "I was still a mouse back then!"

Lily then told Lilith about how she ended up becoming a mouse.

"Really? How interesting. That reminds me of a talking fish I saw two hundred years ago. I thought it was another new trick that a sea monster was using to deceive people into becoming its food.@@@@

"After hearing what you said, I feel like that fish had the same experience as you."

"Really? Did you ask the fish how it became that way?" Lily asked. She still had no clue about what had actually happened to her, so perhaps she could learn more about it from Lilith's account.

"No, I grilled the fish. It tasted pretty good." Lilith replied.

Lily was at a loss for words.

"Actually, there's no need for you to ask that kind of question. There are many bizarre phenomena in this vast seascape, and they happen more often than you think. People becoming other things isn't as uncommon as you think it is."

"You became a mouse upon falling into the sea. If that's all that happened to you, then I think you were quite lucky."

The implication behind Lilith's words was unmistakable. The more common fate of falling into the sea was death or even torment from which death offered no escape.

At this point, the final dessert was served. Lily felt that it was about time and said, "Thank you for accommodating me today. I have to leave now. Mr. Charles is in trouble, and I need to go help him."

With that, Lily stood up and started walking toward the exit. After a few steps, however, she stopped and stared at the Blood Clan's Mother sitting before the dining table.

"Can you tell me if you've made any deductions about the surface world? The surface world is very important to Mr. Charles, and any information related to it might come in handy."

It turned out that both Lilith and Lily were probing each other.

"It is unclear whether the surface world still exists or not, but I suspect that the world above the Colossal Hole Fortress isn't the real surface world at all," Lilith said.

In contrast to her shocking statement, Lilith sounded calm and composed.

"Huh?" Lily's eyes widened in astonishment. "Why do you say that?"

"I see. That is indeed weird. My conjecture says that the surface world no longer exists, but yet he still ended up falling here," Lilith remarked. Then, she frowned and fell into deep contemplation for a while.

Eventually, Lilith waved her hand dismissively and said, "Maybe I misremembered it. Anyway, just go ahead and treat my conjecture as an interesting story. It's been a thousand years, so my memories are a bit hazy."

Lily nodded and said, "Thank you for accommodating me today, but I really have to leave now."

She pulled the straps of the backpack in front of her chest and bowed slightly toward Lilith.

"Child, I've grown fond of you, and I hope you'll visit me often," Lilith said. This time, she didn't try to make Lily stay. Lilith had spent half a day probing for information, but there wasn't much valuable information.

Still, she would have to make a detailed report to Governor Weister of Hope Island. The child didn't seem as simple as she appeared after all.

"Are you sure you don't want to eat something? Our island's black pudding is really good, and it's actually a specialty food from my home country on the surface world, Ireland," Lilith said, pointing at the untouched dessert on the table.

Lily pondered over it before nodding and walking toward the dining table. She picked up a spoon and scooped a spoonful of the dessert. She squinted as soon as the dessert landed in her mouth.

"It's so sweet and delicious," she remarked.

With that, Lily placed another spoonful of pudding into her mouth, but her expression suddenly changed. It wasn't just her; Lilith's face became solemn as well.

Swoosh!

The two instantly arrived on the balcony, and their gaze was fixed on the northwest.

"Something is coming down from there!" Lilith exclaimed, and her eyes trembled in panic. Her keen senses had allowed her to sense the slow descent of a distinct, incomprehensible aura.

The aura disappeared a few seconds later, but Lilith had no plans of ignoring it.

"Nautical chart! Compass!"

Thousands of bats appeared out of nowhere, and they carried a nautical chart and a compass to Lilith.

After finding her bearings, Lilith used her sharp nails to draw a straight line on the nautical chart. The line started from Dark Crystal Island and stopped on a certain island.

"The Colossal Hole Fortress is above this island! Did something happen on the surface world?"