Chapter 131

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Chapter 131: Speak Honestly for Leniency, Braised From the Pot’s Bottom

In the kitchen of the torture tower, a clay pot sat on a small fire stove, bubbling and boiling with a milky-white thick soup. A half fish head and a fish tail stuck out from each end, the wide-open Fish Eye beads stared blankly at the ceiling, as if silently accusing something.

In the direction pointed by the fish head, Lolth, wearing a chef’s hat, sat on a chair with her legs crossed, playing with an ancient brass key in her hands. Behind her, the small-statured Kanor was sharpening a kitchen knife with a whetstone. Both their gazes fell on the giant turtle sitting not far on the ground in front of them.

"So, what exactly is your background? I suggest you speak honestly for leniency."

Lolth looked at the giant turtle and said seriously.

The turtle, upon hearing Lolth, also seemed quite tough.

"Hmph, you who come from the abyss…"

"Swish!"

A kitchen knife flew past the turtle’s head and embedded itself in the kitchen’s tile floor.

Lolth did not move; the knife was thrown by Kanor behind her.

"I slipped," Kanor said, shaking her hand and looking at the turtle. "What were you going to say?"

"… from the abyss, the great succubus, the good lord of Hillenbrand Town, the demon race Lord Lolth, who has both kindness and beauty, and Lord Lolth’s most trusted disciple, the future culinary master, Lady Kanor," the turtle said seriously, "As you can see, I am just a poor pirate sailor who has been cursed."

"Sailor?"

Lolth felt a bit surprised by this.

You should know that although Vera Plain is located in the western part of the continent, it is basically considered inland.

To see the ocean from here, the nearest way is to go west, cross the Moon Rising Mountains where the elves live, and pass through the legendary "Swamp of Magic," where living beings are said to stop, to reach the legendary stretch of salt beach — the most deserted west coast of the continent.

The land and sea area of the main plane are split evenly, and there is only this one continent, with islands scattered only in the east and south, so the shipping industry is not very developed.

Most of the seaports are located in the eastern Seven Kingdoms and the southern Ryman Empire and United Kingdom of South Sotua.

On the western side of the continent, especially in Vera Plain, a pirate sailor appeared, which was as strange as an Orc suddenly popping out of Elf Holy Spring.

Lolth remembered the sunken ship she discovered while exploring the Larech River.

Although she didn’t think much of it at the time, now that she thinks back, the size, displacement, mast, and sail design of that ship didn’t seem suitable for a river cargo ship.

It really looked more like… a pirate ship.

"How did a pirate ship and a sailor end up in Vera Plain?" Lolth mumbled, feeling very confused. "They couldn’t have traveled upstream all the way from the mouth of the Larech River!"

Even if pirates had the time for such a journey, the Larech River flows through the Ryman Empire and the United Kingdom of South Sotua before reaching Vera Plain, passing by many Seychelles territories along the way…

Those human nations would definitely not let a pirate ship go that far!

Lolth looked at the turtle.

"That ship is yours, right…? Now explain how you got here, what the curse is about, and what the box is for."

Hearing Lolth’s endless questions, the turtle’s face showed a painful expression.

"I-I-I… I can’t remember clearly!"

As it said this, a kitchen knife flew past, just barely grazing its head.

"Confess and you will be treated kindly; resist and you will be treated harshly."

Kanor said a phrase she learned from the Interrogation Department’s wall.

The turtle looked sad and raised its hands, saying, "I really can’t remember! I just remember I used to be human, probably a pirate, and then one day I went out to sea to search for treasure, but there was a shipwreck, and everyone on board died… When I woke up, I found I had become a turtle stuck in this river!"

Kanor was about to say something more, but Lolth raised her hand to stop her.

"This turtle’s soul is really damaged; what it says must be true," Lolth said to Kanor, then turned back to the creature, "Let’s put your past aside for now and talk about this key and that box."

Lolth said this, and the turtle also nodded quickly and began to answer.

"I remember this well; this is what I found the last time I went out to sea in search of treasure… The legendary great treasure, this chest is said to contain items crafted by a lost ancient civilization that possess the power of Divine Artifacts!"

The turtle said this, feeling a bit excited.

"Then why don’t you open it for yourselves and use it?"

Lolth raised a valid question.

Hearing Lolth’s words, the turtle also felt a bit discouraged.

"We… we want to, but even though this wooden chest looks like an ordinary box and the key looks like a normal key, it’s not something just anyone can open. Only the destined person, who carries the fate of the continent, has the right to possess it—none of us on the whole ship can open it, and we even invited terrible misfortune for ourselves…"

"So, are you sure this misfortune won’t come to us?"

Lolth asked sharply once more.

"That won’t happen; although I’m not sure how long I’ve been trapped by this curse, it has indeed been a long time, and that misfortune… to be honest, it can’t land on shore."

The turtle said this, and Lolth looked at it with a certain expression, not seeming to be joking.

After all, this turtle looked like it couldn’t handle being scared, so it probably wouldn’t dare to lie to her.

"Lolth nodded and said, ‘Okay, then… Kanor, you go ahead and open it.’"

"’Hey, teacher, but you caught this thing…’"

Kanor said, feeling a bit confused.

"’Since this turtle says you are the chosen one, you should give it a try,’ Lolth handed the key back to Kanor, ‘I checked, and this box does not have any danger.’"

While she was talking, she also scanned the box.

To her surprise, this box even blocked her senses.

However… there was indeed no danger.

Originally, it seemed that there was a "formation" carved on this box that could send out some kind of signal. Based on what that turtle said, it should be the part used to summon "disasters," but now it has completely failed.

As for the words of the "destined person," it seems they were achieved through some kind of "soul recognition" formation.

Although it is unclear why this turtle is so sure that Kanor can open it, logically, an ancient box’s formation shouldn’t be meant to recognize the soul of an eight-year-old girl.

However, thinking about Kanor’s main character template, Lolth felt a bit uncertain.

After all… what if it really works?