Chapter 300: 75. Arrival at Nebarun Kingdom
“Age? Mr. Fisher looks quite young, isn’t he? 24, 25?”
In the kitchen of the Unicorn Whale, the ship’s purser, Heidi Lin, chuckled softly with her arms crossed, asking Fisher behind her.
Relying on her sister-like status, she showed her enthusiasm without reserve, making the battle-hardened Fisher feel somewhat at a loss.
“I am twenty-nine.”
“Ah, that’s much younger than me. For a gentleman, that’s still quite young. I’m already thirty-six this year, aging and fading, and my body is gradually deteriorating.”
She cradled her cheeks and frowned slightly, seemingly belittling herself to express her feelings about aging, but in reality, she was constantly revealing a tangible seductive desire. As long as Fisher engaged with her words and said, “Actually, you still look young,” the conversation could easily shift toward a conclusion they both understood.
But oddly enough, Fisher didn’t take the bait at all. He merely glanced at the bubbling potion in the pot and then asked, “The potion should be ready soon. Is there a container I can use?”
Upon hearing this, Heidi Lin sighed with a hint of melancholy, her eyes showing a sparkle of regret like stars twinkling on a crown. It was directed at Fisher’s lack of romantic understanding. She snorted softly and sighed, “Hmph, I thought you would ask something a bit more private. Actually, it wouldn’t be a problem even if you did~ No need to worry, I will prepare a container.”
She turned away, intending to check on the potion’s brewing status, but seemed to “accidentally” brush her backside against Fisher, lingering for a moment. Once she felt the touch, she apologetically turned back to him and said, “Sorry, I accidentally bumped into you.”
“…”
Yes, initially he thought she might have some unspoken complex motive towards him, but within ten minutes, he increasingly felt that this woman named Heidi Lin simply wanted to indulge in his youthful body.
Speaking of which, Fisher felt a familiar sensation from the scene before him. Once, he also had a woman by his side who seemed to want to devour him every day. Her words and actions reminded him of this alluring sister, but in reality, she was much younger and he dared not touch her.
The outwardly aggressive Renee only dared to hide behind lies and jokes, but ever since that night, their relationship had become conspicuously ambiguous.
It had been a long time since he last saw that mischievous sorceress, and thinking of her now made Fisher feel a peculiar longing.
He reached out to rub the cover page of the Supplement Handbook for Sub-Humans in his embrace, where he kept the photos Renee had left him. Unsurprisingly, the signature Lark was still absent, leaving him momentarily dazed.
Heidi Lin swayed her waist slightly, and after not hearing Fisher’s response for a while, she looked back to find him with one hand in his pocket, seemingly lost in thought. She raised her eyebrows, slightly disappointed, but quietly turned away to continue brewing the potion.
Neither of them were young kids anymore; the other understood the unspoken meaning but didn’t pursue it, clearly not wanting a fleeting love like dew, so Heidi Lin had to give up and lower her head to continue brewing.
Heidi Lin’s silence was actually just fine. It allowed Fisher to take this moment to check on the biological progress he had studied about Ilos.
[Moon Rabbit Tribe Biological Research Progress: 21%]
[Moon Rabbit Tribe Societal Research Progress: 12%]
[You have unlocked the first stage reward for Moon Rabbit Tribe Biological Research.]
[Constitution +2, Soul Strength +3, Intermediate Spirit Realm Vision.]
[Intermediate Spirit Realm Vision: Your eyesight has been enhanced, reducing the barrier between the spirit realm and reality, allowing you to see more hidden things.]
[Contributor’s Note: This ability is a double-edged sword; please use it wisely and rationally (but without this ability, you won’t be able to see many shy subhumans in the spirit realm, it’s truly distressing~)]
Just as this line of text floated before Fisher’s eyes, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his eyes. He gently covered them, waiting for the pain to dissipate little by little. When he reopened his eyes and looked up, he was startled to find that everything around him seemed to have changed in an indescribable way.
There was a window in the kitchen, and following the moonlight that streamed in from outside, he vaguely saw a flowing object near the moonlight that resembled a starry sky. At that moment, with his newly acquired Intermediate Spirit Realm Vision, Fisher suddenly realized that the moonlight seemed to have shortened the gap between the spirit realm and reality, making the boundaries of the two worlds exceptionally blurred.
So this is why the Moon Rabbit Tribe could only see so many things during the moonlight that were invisible during the day?
He thought to himself, slowly retracting his gaze, closing the virtual interface generated by the Supplement Handbook for Sub-Humans, stretching his body that had gained more constitution points. Just then, Heidi Lin finished brewing the potion, and Fisher watched her pour the finished product into a bottle and thanked her.
“Thank you, Ms. Heidi Lin.”
“No problem. If you need anything later, feel free to call me for help.”
Heidi Lin’s expression was somewhat melancholic as she handed the bottle to Fisher, gently biting her lower lip, as if she were biting into Fisher’s muscles.
Fisher couldn’t help but laugh, then walked out of the kitchen with Heidi Lin towards the upper floors, chatting a bit along the way.
“Although I really like my current job, putting my heart and soul into work every day still makes me feel lonely. I heard from Balzak that you’re a talented scholar; your writing must be excellent. So, do you have any tips?”
“Me? Occasionally I might smoke a bit and talk with friends. But if it were Ms. Heidi Lin, you could find something you enjoy doing, like raising a pet or tending to flowers.”
Ignoring the strong suggestive gaze that she didn’t want to let go of, Fisher answered stiffly, quickening his pace towards the upper level.
“Pets, huh? Right, I also really like little animals. How about raising a goat?”
“As long as you like it.”
“Haha, I’m done joking. I should prepare to go back to rest. Mr. Fisher, you should get some rest too. I’ll take my leave first.”
With a smile, Heidi Lin did not accompany Fisher back to where their guests were staying. She paused slightly at the top of the stairs, gave Fisher a final wave, and turned back down to her room, leaving Fisher to watch her long-desired figure slowly leave, preserving his chastity for the night.
“Emhart, Emhart, get up already.”
Fisher sighed, ready to return to his room, but inadvertently noticed Emhart, who was playing dead in his arms. In a sudden fit of anger, he roughly pulled him out.
“Oh my heavens, I really think Baemon has set her sights on us. She might be hiding right next to us! Just now, Heidi Lin, Felis, Haldor, and Valentina could all be Baemon! Fisher, take my advice, let’s make a run for it!”
Fisher looked at the panicked Emhart in disbelief, continuing to walk forward and decisively stated, “Don’t think about it, Baemon is not around us.”
He had the Supplement Handbook for Sub-Humans, and if there were any subhumans lurking or disguising nearby, they would definitely be revealed by the binding page of the handbook.
Even if the demon race had already bound Eil with him, such pages would still be displayed; it would just show that the binding quota was full.
Just earlier, when Fisher checked the Moon Rabbit Tribe reward, he thought about how worried Emhart was, so he opened the handbook to confirm that there were no demon races on the ship, only Valentina’s garbled race still showing, which left him puzzled.
“Are you serious? How do you know? Wait, you haven’t been bewitched by that sly demon, have you? The woman who looked so moved earlier hinted at you, and you weren’t swayed at all—it’s nothing like the Fisher I know. Have you been brainwashed by Baemon?”
“Shut up.”
Fisher ignored the frightened Emhart with the vial in hand and headed straight back to his room.
Originally wanting to hand over the brewed medicine to Ilos, he knocked lightly on her door, but there was no response; she must have fallen asleep, so Fisher had to give up and plan to give it to her tomorrow.
“Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!”
The next morning, Fisher was once again awakened by the whistle of the Unicorn Whale. His room was tightly covered by curtains, allowing no sunlight to filter through, making it quite dim.
There was no helping it; originally, Fisher had planned to collapse onto the bed to rest, but he always felt as though countless hidden eyes were watching him from the darkness with the moonlight seeping in from outside. This discomfort forced him to draw the curtains and block out the moonlight.
Only now did he somewhat grasp Ilos’s feelings at night; no wonder she was so startled by the sight of Dalasgon hiding behind him that she experienced pseudopregnancy.
Hmm?
Speaking of which, she saw Dalasgon behind him, and now with his spirit realm vision, he should also be able to see him. But last night, he saw nothing; could it be that Dalasgon hid even deeper after being discovered once?
Fisher didn’t get an answer, threw on his chest armor relic and coat, and walked out of the room holding the potion he had brewed for Ilos.
Outside the door was a small cart piled with warm clothing. It was clear that it was prepared by Heidi Lin. Fisher picked up a couple of pieces, casually examined them, and confirmed he could wear them before moving on.
“Good morning, Mr. Fisher.”
Just then, the adjacent door opened to reveal Ilos, who had just changed into her nun’s attire and had a sleepy expression on her face. She greeted him but only received Fisher’s bottle of potion as a response.
“What is this?”
“Nutritional supplement potion. Haldor gave it to me. He said your health isn’t great and you’re lacking essential nutrients.”
“Ah, the church is a bit… um, strapped, and I usually eat very little, so…”
“Then you can eat more later; the most important thing is to get your little belly down.”
Ilos took the potion bottle Fisher handed her, and after hearing his words, suddenly remembered something, her face flushing again. However, the redness mixed with an indescribable hesitation rather than shyness?
Fisher raised an eyebrow and asked her, “What’s wrong?”
“Eh?! That… nothing. It’s just that, although I think it’s not true, I still want to ask Mr. Fisher. Sir Emhart, who was on your shoulder, told me you have many ex-wives on the Western Continent, but you have no children, so it’s true that you really like children?”
Fisher glanced expressionlessly at the innocent Emhart on his shoulder, gently grabbed him, causing Emhart’s eyes nearly to pop out from the book cover in pain. While tormenting Emhart, Fisher replied, “That’s false.”
Ilos’s long ears above her head wiggled slightly as she covered her mouth with one hand, laughing slightly, and explained to Fisher, “Mother God bears witness, I never believed him. It’s just that after arriving in Nebarun Kingdom, I suddenly remembered a little childhood incident. My grandmother also said that my father didn’t like children before he and my mother had me. But in the end, he was willing to sacrifice himself to let me escape the ship.”
The Unicorn Whale slowly came to a stop. Outside the corridor that Ilos and Fisher passed through was a port completely covered in white frost and snow, and beyond the port stretched a silver world, as if heaven and earth were merged into one.
The northern region was already in a perpetual winter, with the emblematic white snow here. Last night, Ilos, the Moon Rabbit orphan returning to her old home after a long separation, seemed to have sensed something, dreaming of her long-lost father.
“Well, I’m just a little curious. What would someone like Fisher be like as a father? Mother God bless, I’m so hungry; let’s hurry down to eat.”
Ilos made a praying gesture with one hand, playfully bouncing her rabbit ears, and walked ahead of Fisher toward the dining room downstairs.
Hmm?
Meanwhile, following along behind her, Fisher pondered and realized he didn’t even know what his children would look like—yet somehow had a strong feeling they would most likely be half-blood subhuman types.
He paused his thoughts and turned his head to look out at the silver world outside.
In the middle of the North, Nebarun Kingdom was close to the fantastical mythic birthplace, Sema Snow Mountain. Thus, when one looked through the narrow window outside, the massive mountain silhouette, slightly obscured by wind and snow, linked with the sky above, forming an extraordinary existence, as if a colossal mouth that could devour heaven and earth was opening towards Fisher on the ship, inviting him to step inside.
This also meant that his journey to the North in search of the Frost Parasol Tree and the mythical “God of the Sky” was about to officially begin.
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