Ch 307: A Sister Who Ditches Her Little Sister In The Ocean To Search For Someone On Land Is Trash

In the afternoon, after Bal submitted his self-criticism, he went straight home. Philia, seeing Bal return, immediately threw herself at him.

“Father～”

Bal immediately embraced Philia, and he pinched her chubby little face.

“What’s wrong? You seem so happy to see me back.”

“Philia just wants to cuddle with Father.”

“Hmm～My good daughter.”

Bal put Philia down. Xiao Jiu walked to Philia’s feet, pawing at Philia’s little legs.

“Xiao Jiu, what’s wrong?”

Philia held Xiao Jiu in her arms, and Xiao Jiu kept licking Philia.

“Hahaha, it tickles, stop licking me, Xiao Jiu.”

“Does she want you to play with her?”

Bal patted Xiao Jiu’s head, and Xiao Jiu happily rubbed against Bal’s hand.

“It seems so. Go play.”

“Okay.”

Philia, holding Xiao Jiu, went to the backyard to play. Bal went to the storehouse and took out his dusty guitar.

“It seems I haven’t played it in a while.”

Bal took a damp cloth and began to wipe the guitar. After cleaning it, he began to tune the guitar.

“Hmm, it seems to be in good condition.”

Bal held the guitar. He first gently tapped it a few times, and a familiar rhythm sounded. Bal began to sing and play.

“Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Partly, sage, rosemary and thyme?

Remember me to one who lives there?

She once was a true love of mine?”

Just as Bal was singing and playing enthusiastically, Phia, playing the violin accompaniment, came to Bal’s side, and she also began to sing. Bal closed his mouth and focused on accompanying Phia.

“Tell him to make me a cambric shirt?

Partly, sage, rosemary and thyme?

Without no seams nor needlework?

Then he’ll be a true love of mine?”

After the lyrics, there was a deep gaze between the two and an ensemble. The melodious music attracted everyone in the house to the living room. At the end of the song, Bal and Phia received applause from everyone.

“Although I’ve always known that Older Brother, you’re good at music, this style of song is the first time I’ve heard it.”

Nia stood behind Bal. She rested her chin on Bal’s shoulder and began to playfully tease him.

“Don’t mess around, you’ve heard it before.”

Bal placed Nia’s hands on the back of the sofa, and Nia looked astonished.

“Eh? When did I hear it?”

“Did you forget? When we were studying together, one day we went to buy daily necessities, and there was a bard singing on the street, singing this song.”

“Oh, now that you mention it, I seem to have an impression. Then how did Sister-in-law know this song? Aren’t you a Demon Race?”

Nia turned her head to look at Phia, and Phia just then put her violin into its case and into the extradimensional space.

“Don’t say we Demon Race are so bad. In terms of origin, this song was originally passed down from the Demon Race.”

“Eh?”

Hearing this shocking fact, Nia was stunned.

“Is that true?”

“Why would I lie to you? The ruins of the Scarborough Marketplace in the lyrics are located in the Demonic Territory. If you want to go see it someday, I can take you there.”

“Ruins?”

“Yes, the Scarborough Marketplace has long disappeared into history. At that time, there was internal strife within the Demon Race, a warrior from Scarborough Town went to war and never returned, but the ghost of that warrior could always be seen in the Demonic Territory, singing this folk song from his hometown over and over again to everyone, and eventually the song spread. As for how it got to the Humans, I don’t know.”

After Phia finished speaking, Bal continued her words.

“I know this. It is said that a long time ago, when the Kingdom and the Demon Race were at war, the Kingdom captured a mid-level Demon Race officer. After being captured, the Demon Race officer often sang this song. At that time, the Kingdom’s troops also had dedicated bards to boost morale. The accompanying bard heard this song and thought it was very beautiful, so she secretly found the Demon Race officer to learn it, and combined with her own skill, the song eventually became widely circulated among Humans. However, everyone thought it was created by the bards because they simply didn’t believe that the Demon Race could be so elegant.”

“Wow, there’s actually such a story. I said that the third-person pronouns in your two versions of the lyrics are different genders, so it turns out there are two versions.”

At this time, a bell rang at the gate of Bal’s House. This was the bell used by Bal’s House to signal the arrival of guests. Bal stood up and walked towards the gate.

“At this hour, who is it?”

When Bal reached the door, he saw a familiar woman with green hair waving at him outside the iron gate.

“How did you get here?”

“Can’t this servant come here?”

“I mean, how did you know where my house is?”

“Don’t forget, Heitham has a crystal ball that can track people’s locations.”

“Um…”

“Won’t you let this servant come in and sit?”

Bal immediately reacted. He opened the gate and brought the acquaintance into the house.

“Bal, who is it?”

“An old friend, you absolutely won’t guess who it is.”

“Hmm? So mysterious?”

Bal opened the half-closed door completely. Heine was smiling and waving to everyone.

“Everyone, long time no see.”

“Heine? How did you get here?”

Nia saw Heine. She went directly to Heine’s side, pushed Bal aside, and took Heine to the sofa.

“Wow, I’m your brother!”

“So what? I’m the Queen now.”

“Ugh! The world is so cold, I didn’t expect feudalism to infiltrate this family!”

Bal knelt on the ground with his hands on the ground. Heine looked at Bal worriedly, then turned to Nia.

“Is Mr. Bal alright?”

“He’s fine, he’s just acting. Leave him alone, he’ll be fine in a while.”

“Is that alright?”

“What are you afraid of? Look, my Sister-in-law didn’t even pay attention to him.”

Heine looked at Phia. Phia was fiddling with Bal’s guitar.

“I feel like Mr. Bal is so pitiful.”

“Alright, just sit down. Would you like some tea? I’ll get you some tea leaves.”

“No, water is fine.”

“Alright, don’t be polite.”

Nia took Heine to the sofa where Bal had been sitting, and she asked Xiaoyue to boil a pot of water.

“So how did you get here?”

“Drake, it brought me to the nearby port, and I happened to meet some adventurers who knew Bal, and they brought me here.”

“Wait, you wouldn’t have told them my brother’s real name, would you?”

“No, I said it was Buck.”

“That’s good.”

“Did you leave Atlantis alone?”

Phia put Bal’s guitar aside. She looked at Heine.

“I didn’t leave Atlantis alone; Heitham is still helping me handle political affairs.”

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Heitham in Atlantis at this time.

“Achoo! That Heine! She actually left me alone! When she comes back, I’m going to make her work overtime!”

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“So, what’s the matter? Coming all this way, it shouldn’t be just to play, right?”

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Bal stood up and patted the dust off his pants. Then he walked to Heine’s side and asked.

“If I say I really came to play, would you believe me?”

Everyone present shook their heads. Heine smiled bitterly.

“You’re really sharp. Then I’ll just say it straight. I want to ask you for a favor.”

“I’m sorry, if you want us to do something here, you have to go to the Adventurer’s Guild and post a named commission.”

“Is this what you mean?”

Heine took out a named commission. The names of Bal, Phia, Grey, and Nia were clearly written on it.

“Damn it! You really did it!”

The devastated Bal knelt down again, and Heine smiled triumphantly.

“Humph, before I came here, I went to the Adventurer’s Guild. I told Miss Selena about it in advance, and she said that to get you guys to do it, you need this, so I asked her to get it for me.”

“That detestable Selena!”

“Alright, can you listen to what I have to say?”

“……Say it.”

Bal dejectedly sat down to the side. Heine took out a drawing and spread it on the coffee table. Everyone present gathered around to look.

“This is… a tower?”

Nia was the first to speak.

“Yes, it’s a tower.”

“Didn’t you put it upside down?”

Phia continued.

“No, I didn’t.”

“An Inverted Tower?”

Grey continued.

“That’s right.”

“What is this cloud-like thing at the top?”

Bal pointed to the top of the drawing.

“It’s a cloud. Simply put, it’s an inverted tower in the air surrounded by clouds.”

“You want us to investigate this?”

“Yes, because this tower appeared above Atlantis, and I’m worried that it might have a negative impact on Atlantis, so I came to you.”

“Um… is the way there still the same?”

“Yes, I’ll have Drake take you to the bottom of the tower. Miss Phia should be able to take you up, right?”

Heine glanced at Phia, and Phia nodded.

“I can, I can.”

“Great!”

“But anything we find there belongs to us.”

“No problem! It’s a deal. Let’s set off tomorrow!”

Heine stood up. Just as she was about to leave, she immediately turned back. She looked at Bal with some difficulty.

“That… can I stay here for the night?”

Bal sighed.

“Suit yourself. Xiaoyue, take Heine to the guest room, and make dinner for one more person tonight.”

“Yes.”