Tulu felt a little uneasy. He wondered if the story had anything to do with Mister Padt's question.
This was Helen's second time hearing Tulu's story, and her heart was pounding like a drum. After all, it was a rather lame fairy tale. Besides, many of the details were different from what Mister Padt told her. Helen glanced at Mister Padt who was sitting at the table with a serious expression as if he didn't care about Tulu's story at all.
Helen was already regretting her decision. She shouldn't have brought Tulu here. The story was full of loopholes.
Helen hesitated, wondering if she should take her leave now. Little did she know that Angor was already having a great shock in his mind.
When Angor asked Helen about the "sea of flowers", he didn't mention anything else. Tulu, on the other hand, did mention how long the "sea of flowers" would last.
Lucas' original words went like this: "I shed tears of sadness. My tears fell into the sea, and the sea bloomed into a beautiful sea of flowers. The falling leaves seemed to reflect my sadness."
Tulu's story about Naya the Beauty was also about how Tulu's tears fell into the sea, and a sea of flowers bloomed.
Comparing the two, they were simply too similar! Angor didn't tell Helen that "tears" were the key to creating the "sea of flowers".
Angor already considered Lucas' diary as a ridiculous story. But now, Tulu's story reminded him of something else.
Could it be that Lucas's records were true? Or perhaps there was another possibility. The story of the tear falling into the sea and becoming a sea of flowers was actually a story that had been passed down since ancient times, and Lucas had simply plagiarized this story in his own logbook?
Angor recalled that Tulu once told him about Naya the Beauty's story.
The Age of Silver!
"Mister Tulu, it's just a fairytale. I don't think it has anything to do with the" sea of flowers "you're looking for. I only brought Tulu here in a moment of desperation. Please forgive me, mister." Helen was about to kneel down.
Angor reached out a Hand of Spell and stopped Helen's movement.
"Don't blame yourself. I'm very interested in this story. Perhaps it really is related to what I want to know." "You said Naya the Beauty was a viscount's wife during the Age of Silver. How many years ago was the Age of Silver?"
Tulu scratched his head and scratched his ears for a while. "I'm not familiar with history, sir." He said embarrassedly.
"The Age of Silver was about 2,300 years ago." Helen understood what Angor wanted to say and added, "About 2,300 years ago."
Two thousand years ago? According to Captain Erwin, the Age of Gold was more than three thousand years ago.
In other words, the Age of Gold was followed by the Age of Silver? The Age of Gold came before, and the Age of Silver came after.
"How long did the Age of Gold last? How long did the Age of Silver last? "
Helen immediately said, "The Age of Gold lasted for 1544 years, but the Age of Silver only lasted for 400 years."
According to Lucas' logbook, the Sea of Flowers was recorded in the year 1347 of the Gold Age, while the story of Naya the Beauty happened 200 years later in the Age of Silver.
This didn't match up with Angor's theory. This wasn't a story that had been passed down since ancient times, because Lucas's record was clearly earlier than this story.
What was going on? Were these two events related? If not, why did they coincide so much?
The same Sea of Flowers, the same Sea of Flowers, and the same Sea of Tears. But the main character changed from Lucas to Naya the Beauty, and the story was delayed by hundreds of years.
He felt like his brain was in a mess, like a ball of yarn being tangled together.
Rubbing his temples, he asked Tulu again, "Is the story about Naya the Beauty real or fake?"
Tulu shook his head. "I don't know. I asked my grandmother when I was young, and she told me that the story was real. But now that I think about it, it's just a lie she told me to sleep. But it's just my own guess. Maybe it's real. "
"Have you heard of Naya's story before? I mean, did this viscount's wife really exist in history? "
Helen shook her head. "I was born at Fey Continent, so I don't know much about Ferran. But Captain Erwin was born there, and there are many sailors on his ship who came here. I can ask them for you. "
"Go ahead and ask."
Helen left the room, leaving Tulu alone. He looked even more nervous than before.
"Don't worry. Sit down. I still have some questions for you about Naya the Beauty, "Angor said. "In Naya the Beauty's story, you mentioned that her tears turned into a sea of flowers. Did anything else happen?"
"Anything else?" Tulu considered. "I don't really remember. My grandmother told me a lot when I was young, but I can't remember most of the details."
"Did you see a falling leaf in the story?" Angor asked.
Falling leaves? Tulu suddenly stood up and nodded. "Yes, yes, yes! There were falling leaves! When my grandmother told me this story, she also said that when the wind blew, the falling leaves and petals that came from nowhere mixed together. It was a very beautiful scene! I used to fantasize about it when I was young. "
Tulu wasn't lying. Angor could tell from Tulu's expression that he was telling the truth.
That meant that Lucas' diary and the story of Naya the Beauty had once again overlapped — Fallen Leaf.
One coincidence was fine. Two coincidences could still be considered as coincidences. But if there was a third one, Angor couldn't dismiss it as a coincidence.
But what was the connection between Lucas and Naya the Beauty? Both of them were at least 200 years old, or at most 600 years old. Considering the lifespan of mortals, they shouldn't have crossed paths.
Or did someone read Lucas' logbook many years later? So someone made up Naya the Beauty's story?
That was possible. Unless someone confirmed that Naya the Beauty's story was real, and that someone saw Naya's "tears turning into a sea of flowers" with their own eyes.
Otherwise, Angor would find it hard to believe that Lucas' diary reappeared hundreds of years later.
At this moment, Helen knocked on the door and brought in six sailors.
"Sir, they all know Lady Naya's name," Helen said.
"Tell me about Nayaki's story one by one," Angor said as he looked at the six sailors who seemed a little nervous.
A moment later, he frowned again.
Five of the sailors told the same story as Tulu. All of them described how a beautiful woman turned into an ugly woman, how her tears turned into a sea of flowers, and how her tears turned into bubbles in the ocean.
There was only one person who managed to tell a different story.
The beauty Naya did exist, but this Naya was a venomous noble lady. As long as there was someone more beautiful than her in her manor, she would use a knife to disfigure them, or even kill them. She would even bathe in their blood to maintain the elasticity of her skin for a long time. When Lady Naya's actions were discovered, the viscount became furious and executed Naya before throwing her body into the sea.
According to this sailor, he came from a noble family in Ferran, and he knew a lot of historical stories. This particular story happened in Year 133 of the Shining Calendar.
"This story is the real historical fact."
But Angor had a bold idea. Maybe both stories about Naya were true.
The kind Naya was exiled by her twin sister and jumped into the sea to her death. As for the evil sister, she became the evil Naya in history. She killed many people and bled them. In the end, the viscount found out about this and killed the fake Naya in a fit of anger. He also threw the fake Naya into the sea to commemorate the real Naya.
It was just a wild guess, but Angor had a feeling that it was the real story.
"Too bad. If only I knew Divination Cantrips, I would be able to tell the difference." Angor shook his head.
He already heard about Naya's story, but Lucas' log was still a mystery. Even if Naya the Beauty's story was true, it couldn't completely prove that Lucas' diary was true. After all, Naya the Beauty and Lucas were two different people. It could only be said that Naya the Beauty had restored the scene in Lucas' diary.
Angor needed more evidence to prove Lucas' log.
But at least he didn't plan to burn the diary now. Lucas' diary finally had a chance to be "real". It was no longer a complete lie.
Angor was still curious about Lucas' log. The ship's appearance and disappearance were too strange. Maybe he could find something useful.
Angor considered. Since Ferran Land was filled with mortals, there should be no threat to their safety. If there was a chance, Angor would try to find out more about Lucas' log, including Naya's final story.
Before dismissing everyone, Angor asked one more question.
"Is there an area on Devil's Water that is always sunny and never rains?"
Just like the flowers, this was also something Lucas mentioned in his log.
"Always sunny? Well, I don't think I paid much attention to it. But there are a few areas that are always sunny. But I don't remember if it ever rains. " Helen continued, "But when we arrive at Ferran Land, I can help you check the annual records of the White Clam Shipping Company. They have a weather report."
"I'll have to trouble you then, Officer Helen."
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