Chapter 1003: Chapter D391: Until the End of the World
Where is the end of the world?
Though it varies from person to person, children always have all kinds of whimsical ideas and are curious about everything.
Why does the sky turn dark, why is the sea blue…
So it’s not unusual for a child to wonder if the world they live in has an end, and if so, where it is.
So children will ask their parents or teachers, and mostly they will get an ambiguous answer.
While those with more drive will seek the truth in their own way.
For example, clumsily writing down their wishes and then putting the letter into a bottle, ceremoniously casting it into the sea, hoping it will bring a distant reply.
——”If you are at the end of the world, please tell where you are.”
The ssage inside that drifting bottle picked up by the Hero, with its crooked handwriting, is most likely sothing like this.
One would know that such actions are pointless, once they’ve matured a bit, as even the question itself has no logic.
But such innocence is not really a fault.
“So, where do you think the end of the world is?”
The Hero swallowed the last sip of milk and then asked the Offshore Nun opposite.
Normally, this nun is quick-witted and always answers imdiately, but now she appeared absent-minded, taking a few seconds to co back to her senses.
“The end of the world?” she unconsciously repeated.
“Your Highness, honestly, if I were to answer——I would just say that this world has no ‘end.'”
Though she seed a bit dazed just now, the nun quickly regained her thoughts and calmly replied.
“After all, the world isn’t a racetrack, there is no man-made finish line. Suppose I sailed to the Antarctic continent you ntioned, perhaps I could then answer the children, saying ‘That is the end of the world.’
“But in reality, from the perspective of that icefield, wouldn’t the continent we inhabit also be their ‘end of the world’?”
“Indeed.” The Hero nodded in agreent.
She was thinking about how to reply to the letter in that drifting bottle.
Although there’s actually no need to reply, and even the author of the letter probably long since forgot about it, finding it atop the vast ocean is its own kind of fate.
Whether or not she can find the owner of the bottle in the end, since she retrieved it herself, the Hero doesn’t feel it’s a waste of ti to ponder the response.
[The Circumstances of the Drifting Bottle Owner (10-Sent50 Went on a Journey90 In a Fleet)]
D100=33
Of course, it’s not exactly a brain-wracking problem, so the Hero just treated it as light breakfast chat, casually discussing it with the nun.
Yet, just as she was placing her cup down and about to rise to retire to her room, she noticed the nun, who was still in her seat, staring longingly at her.
This nun, who had shrugged off nightmares and regained her vigor, now competent in commanding a large fleet, her eyes looked at this mont like a child gazing at cake in a shop window, lost in thought yet eager.
Just as the Hero was about to ask if anything was amiss, the nun, slightly bashful, spoke first:
“Your Highness… about that navigator’s diary from Antarctica that you ntioned—”
The Hero blinked, coming to a sudden realization, understanding why the nun was distracted earlier.
Just like that child who wrote “tell where the end of the world is,” the Offshore Nun undoubtedly had once dread of traveling beyond the sea, heading towards the horizon’s boundary.
And now, the route from Gate Continent to Antarctica is within reach, the “end” she aspired to, the unvisited New Continent, lay within her grasp.
Faced with this coveted knowledge, if it were a “knowledge-sick” Mage, they might have lost control of their spirit by now.
Another self sneered within, tempting her to tease this poor nun.
But not so an-spirited, the Hero rely curled her lips into a gentle smile: “Didn’t I say so? It’s not finished yet.”
“Ah, that’s true……” the nun’s expression froze, a tiny note of disappointnt in her voice.
Could I watch you write it?
The Offshore Nun took a deep breath, forcing down these sowhat intrusive words, and rose to take her leave.
“I must have been discourteous, Your Highness. I still have matters to tend to with the fleet and must take my leave now.”
Actually, the current course is so smooth, there isn’t that much work that requires her personal attention, but if she doesn’t occupy herself with sothing, the nun fears she’d be restless.
Seeing her about to hastily take her leave, the Hero chuckled lightly.
“But I can finish transcribing the first part by tonight. If you’re really interested in reading it, you can co find then.”
Estimating her own speed a bit, the Hero gave a precise ti.
Transcribing such a volu into a notebook is indeed a hassle.
So the Hero divided it into three parts, the first being the Antarctic tribe’s history and the navigator’s diary, the second being the ghost ship’s accurate routes and observational data, and the last being the most complex yet most valuable space science theories and transmission array designs.
“Understood, thank you, Your Highness!”
The nun’s eyes imdiately sparkled upon hearing this, nodding fervently.
Her posture straightened as she gave a deep bow, then left joyously.
The Hero watched her depart, stretched her arms, and then proceeded back to the captain’s quarters.
“Well then, I should continue working hard too.”
[Then where is the end of the world?]
1.5. Howard return
2.6. Satisfying life
3.7. Endless road
4.8. Unchanging heart
9. !
10. Great Success/Great Failure
D10=8
♛: Heart
→☆→☆→☆→✧←★←★←★←
The young girl put down the feather pen, leaned against the back of her chair, and her thoughts began to drift away.
——What was she doing ten years ago?
As people grow, most tend to forget mories from their childhood.
Though the Hero could clearly recall the scenes of that ti, honestly speaking, there wasn’t really anything worth ntioning, as a child’s mind is always in a haze and she was never particularly mature.
The owner of that drifting bottle letter is probably a young man a little older than her by now.
To fulfill her duties as Saintess, the Hero studied at the Scripture Church to supplent her knowledge in relevant fields, gaining a general understanding of the notable figures in today’s Church Court.
But she had no impression of the letter owner’s na.
From the signature and address, unless faced with so specific circumstances, he is most likely working at so ordinary position now, living no differently than many citizens of the Holy City.
In another world, there might be a similarly unnoticed version of herself—though she had all sorts of aspirations as a child, she never left the city where she was born and raised, only living as a regular Viscount’s daughter, passing each day in familiar streets and alleys.
Where is the end of the world?
For the letter’s owner leading an ordinary life, the answer to this question may no longer matter.
But for the Hero who received this question, it is a topic she finds necessary to contemplate.
She once vowed before the Heroic Soul Monunt: “I will step forth and see this world myself.”
And now, she had taken the first step.
If she wished, she could asure the entire world with her own feet; if she desired, she could even go beyond the world.
The world may not have an end; then where would the endpoint be for the young girl?
The Hero wrote down her own answer, placing the letter back into the glass bottle.
Excited shouts from the crew ca from the deck.
Land could be seen.
[The Depraved Hero’s Requests]
1.5. Reversal activity
2.6. Depraved enticent
3.7. Alien fusion
4.8. Demon Spirit Contract
9. Hehehehehehe
10. Great Success/Great Failure
D10=2
♛: Depraved Enticent
[The target is——]
1.5. Concert
2.6. Key Changing
3.7. Emperor of the Northern Country
4.8. Island Territory
9. You!
10. Great Success/Great Failure
D10=9
♛: You!
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