Chapter 215: 'The Well-Behaved Sun”

Chapter 215 “The Well-Behaved Sun”

“Say, what do you think is going on over there in Pland?” After a long silence, Shirley finally asked the old scholar in front of her.

“...... I don’t know, but I think Mr. Duncan may have solved the problem already. Though I can’t imagine how he solved it,” Morris rubbed his forehead as he pondered the matter. “But compared to that, I’m more concerned about this place...”

He raised his head and glanced around at the flaming sails that were stirring against the wind.

“This ship makes me think of that legend, the legend about the Vanished...”

“Yes,” Alice’s voice joins in from the side after Morris’s remark, her face proud and joyous, “This is the Vanished. Welcome aboard!”

Morris’s forehead rubbing stopped as his eyes widened in shock: “Is this really the Vanished?! Then Mr. Duncan’s identity...”

“Obviously the captain, Old Sir, you are too slow in catching on,” Shirley pouted from the other side. After being a nervous wreck for so long, she finally felt a little giddy knowing she’s in the know while others are not. “He is called Duncan, after all. What did you expect?”

“You already knew about this?” Morris stared incredulously at the petite girl in front of him, “I thought you were on this ship for the first time like me...”

“I am, this is my first time aboard, but it’s not the first time I’ve seen Captain Duncan’s true face.” Shirley puffed up her chest triumphantly, “I met Captain Duncan with Dog way back... Earlier than you, at least!”

Morris doesn’t care what Shirley has to offer in the latter part of the sentence because he’s already preoccupied with the “true face” part.

“If possible, I would like to never see his true appearance...” He mutters strangely to himself.

Shirley blinked: “Huh? Old Gramps, what did you say?”

“Nothing... some things are best left unspoken. It’s better for one’s mental and physical health.”

“Tsk, you bunch always talk so cryptically,” Shirley pouted some more, but that didn’t last long before she began commenting on the open deck. “Hey, do you think Nina will be okay? She suddenly disappeared from our eyes earlier...”

Exactly then, the flames in front of him instantly shattered and blew into a blast of light. A familiar young girl had jumped out through this portal with radiant hair still sparkling against the light.

Nina smiled and looked at her “Uncle Duncan,” who was completely different from her memory, yet it was undoubtedly him. “Uncle, I’m back!”

Only then did Duncan finally breathe a sigh of relief. With his eased tension, the entire Vanished also reacted by loosening the cables and creaking boards.

It was as if the whole ship was cheering and celebrating with the captain.

“Calm down,” Duncan said to no one specific, and immediately, the entire vessel quieted down. “You still recognize me?” He turns to the nice and asks curiously.

“Yes, you’re Uncle Duncan,” Nina said as a matter of course, but then scratched her face – a habitual move she used to disguise her embarrassment and confusion. “But... I don’t know how I’m able to recognize you. Regardless, I just know it’s you. It’s the same as when you beckoned for me to come down when I was floating up in the sky.”

She hesitated and stopped, examining the man up and down with narrowed eyes.

It’s not at all like how she remembers her Uncle Duncan in the antique shop, but nevertheless, her instincts told her this was him and without fault.

“This is good too,” Duncan exhaled softly, “I was wondering how I should explain this ship and my other appearance to you.”

Nina quickly dodged the hand that tried to ruffle her hair like it always did. Unlike the uncle back in the city, this Uncle Duncan was much taller and bigger than she’s accustomed to, especially with that huge hand. The calloused fingers are making her head itchy.

After a while of this silliness, she raised her head and stared straight into the other party’s gaze, “I actually have two ‘uncles’... right?”

Duncan did not dodge the eyes. Although this moment came quite suddenly, it did not surprise him. From long ago, he already knew this moment would come sooner or later.

If any force in this world could resist the power of “Captain Duncan”, then the “sun”... no matter which sun it was, would be an expected option.

He quietly met Nina’s gaze. “You noticed?”

“...... Mhmm.”