Should I raise you too?

This doesn't look like a performance; it looks like a pilgrimage.

Simon turned his head to look in the direction of the Kingdom Star. The siren and the mermaid sensed his return and their singing gradually stopped.

A siren fell from the sky and stood on the stern with its hind claws, while a mermaid approached from the front and climbed onto the bow.

The siren held out a bone flute with her forepaws, while the mermaid held out a pearl with both hands.

This is a gift from the sea tribe to the holder of the "Coral Crown".

“You each choose one,” Simon said to Eve and Maria.

Eve chose "Mermaid Tears," while Maria chose "Siren Bone Flute."

The siren returned to the sky, the mermaids dived into the sea, and Simon used the water currents to propel the small boat back to the Kingdom Star.

Edward and Owen waited on the deck, and when they saw the small boat return, they immediately had the sailors lower the grappling hook and use the davit to pull the small boat up.

As soon as Simon stepped onto the deck, the captain asked impatiently, "Mr. Simon, we just vaguely heard singing!"

“It wasn’t just us, the passengers all heard it,” Edward added. “Luckily, the white fog stopped them, otherwise the deck would have been packed.”

Simon nodded and told them, "That's the song of sirens and mermaids."

Mermaids are actually a type of Siren, the difference being that Siren choose "storms" while mermaids choose "oceans".

"They're sirens! I've only ever heard of them in legends!" Edward and Owen were somewhat dazed.

Eve glanced at their expressions, raised her head, and held the pearl in her hand, thinking to herself, "The siren even gave me a gift!"

“Sail at full speed, and the song will guide you,” Simon said to Edward.

"Yes." Edward gestured toward the bridge.

……

Guided by the song, by the third night, the Kingdom Star had reached the edge of the Misty Sea.

"Go to sleep early," Simon said to the two maids in the suite.

Tonight is the last night before leaving the Misty Sea; a "dream" will come.

"Dreams" are related to the spirit world, which is the destination of all information. In tonight's dream, the spirit world will cast a projection, and the dreamer will see other possibilities in their life.

It's just a possibility, not a prediction.

Eve and Maria quickly made their beds. It was Eve's turn to be on duty today, and she would sleep in the servant's cabin next door. Maria went back to her own room to sleep.

Before going to sleep, Eve carefully took out the "Mermaid Tear" and pressed the pure white pearl under her pillow. She then put her hands together and made a wish.

"I want to see my future with Mr. Simon, I want to see my future with Mr. Simon..."

Maria returned to her and Eve's room, quickly washed up, took off her coat, and lay down on the bed.

She gripped the "Siren Bone Flute" hanging around her neck and closed her eyes.

Elsie slept in the room Simon had left behind, lying on the bed, and yawned.

She knew about the "dream" but didn't care. She excitedly pulled the covers over her head, hoping time would pass quickly.

Once we leave the Misty Sea, the Southern Continent will be right in front of us!

She closed her eyes, wishing she could sleep until the Kingdom Star docked.

On the cruise ship, there were still some gentlemen and ladies who were awake, and for various reasons, they did not succumb to sleepiness.

But under the influence of supernatural power, they were powerless to resist.

The entire ship, including the sailors on the bridge, fell asleep.

Chapter 114 Love Parasite (bushi)

The moonlight was blocked by the white mist. Beneath the silent ship, the deep ocean shone with shimmering lights. If one looked at the sea at this moment, one could see superimposed, intricate phantoms—the dreams of all the passengers on board.

Elsie dreamed of an ocean and a sailboat. In the dim cabin, a girl with the same hair color as her stood by the wooden window, gazing at the boundless sea.

Is this me when I was a child? Elsie was fully conscious.

Perhaps it was a case of what you think about during the day manifesting in your dreams at night. She had been thinking about her childhood, so she dreamed of herself as a child, specifically during her time smuggling herself into the Eastern Continent.

I wonder if I'll ever see the old servant who was with me; I've forgotten what she looks like.

Elsie glanced around and saw barrels, hammocks, and miscellaneous items. It was an ordinary cabin with nothing particularly noteworthy.

The girl kept looking at the sea. Elsie's view was to the right and behind the girl. The window was blocked by her back, and the sea could only be seen through a small angle between the girl's shoulder and the window frame.

As Elsie felt a little bored, the girl turned around, her azure eyes looking to her right rear.

The girl's expression was calm and serene, and her tranquil eyes blinked at her.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" the girl asked Elsie.

Elsie's heart skipped a beat. Who was the girl talking to? Was there anyone else in the cabin?

"So that's how it is," the girl exclaimed. "We've arrived at the Sea of ​​Mist."

A sudden fear rose in Elsie's heart: She knew about the Misty Sea! She was talking to me!

The dream shattered abruptly, and Elsie woke up with a start, seeing the familiar first-class ceiling. Before she could even feel relieved, the pain in her body and the spasms of her "spiritual" body made her groan in agony.

She saw something she shouldn't have, and a twisted force emerged from the dream and invaded her body.

Her "spiritual vision" opened uncontrollably, the cabin distorted in her field of vision, she was transforming into a life form from another dimension, her body was slowly disappearing, being devoured by an unknown entity.

That wasn't me when I was a child; it was an unknown entity!

Her mind became increasingly chaotic, and her thoughts were slowly fading away. If this continued, her body and spirit would perish together.

Damn it, I was just on a boat, how did I run into so many things? The previous incarnation of the evil god was one thing, but now I seem to have seen a projection of the evil god!

Oh, and I also have Mr. Simon!

Elsie wanted to go to Simon's room. She had already figured out the location of that being, and she could get there in just thirty seconds.

But her body was completely out of her control; the commands to act were issued from her brain countless times, only to disappear again.

She wanted to summon the glass block, but suddenly forgot how to open it.

Lying on the bed, she watched herself slowly disappear with immense fear and helplessness.

At that moment, a light screen whose name she had forgotten appeared before her.

Simon noticed your loss of control.

Simon's favorability rating towards you is 2; he reluctantly helped you.

Elsie heard the sound of waves, mixed with mermaid songs. She briefly regained her memories and thoughts, but was still unable to move.

Please help me again, Mr. Simon!

Simon looked away; the current level of goodwill wasn't enough to prompt him to take further action.

Do not!

Elsie was filled with regret: Why didn't I try harder to improve Mr. Simon's favorability before!

I was too pretentious before, and now I regret it, but is it too late?

"You are facing an existential crisis."

"Suggestion 1: Lie down and wait to die."

"Suggestion 2: Confessing your feelings to Simon has a high probability of being disliked and lowering his favorability rating, and a small probability of being ignored."

Recommendation 3: Use the "Forest Gate" ceremony.

Seeing 1 and 2, Elsie was already in despair, but unexpectedly, 3 took an unexpected turn, and she quickly thought about it.

Is the "Gateway in the Woods" ceremony a reward for the "Red Rose Coffin" quest?

That was a ritual to increase "spirituality." Based on my extensive knowledge of occultism, it is virtually impossible for a method to directly increase spirituality. In cult activities, such a ritual is 100% a "parasitic" ritual.

Using the "parasitic" ritual, strange "insects" will burrow into my body and assimilate me. In this way, the "insect's" spirituality becomes my spirituality, and the total amount of spirituality increases.

Now the question is, is it better to be "parasitized" or to die directly?

Elsie was hesitating when she suddenly felt her brain slow down again, her thoughts fragmented and being devoured by an unknown entity.

Better to live a miserable life than to die, Elsie gritted her teeth and chose the former.

She recalled the picture on the glass and silently recited the incantation. A gray aura wafted out from the glass, opening a passage to the "spirit world" for her.

She felt completely relaxed. Looking around, the woods were dark, but she felt as if she had returned to her warm hometown.

Unfortunately, this home is an illusion.

Where are the "parasites"? It's better to get it over with quickly than to suffer for a long time. The sooner they get on you, the sooner it will end.

I hope the "insect" will be gentle and leave me more of my own consciousness.

Elsie wandered through the woods and soon came across a door—a blue door.

Is this the "insect's" nest?

Elsie took a deep breath and pushed open the door.

A voice rang in her ears: "A goldsmith has four weights and can weigh every integer weight between 1 and 40 pounds. How much does each of the four weights weigh?"