The owner of the Rose Doll House searched in the storage room for a long time and finally found what she was looking for. However, when she came out, she found that the "customer" who had been standing in front of the counter had disappeared.

"... so impatient..." After confirming that Tirian had left, the old woman couldn't help but mutter, "No wonder the sister became a scholar, while the brother went to fight with others..."

However, Tirian certainly had no idea what the old elf lady was saying about him behind his back. He had already rushed out of the doll shop and came to the street outside.

However, after standing in the open space in front of the store and looking around, he still couldn't find the blonde lady.

Several sailors who had been waiting outside the store saw the captain come out and look around, and immediately came over: "Captain, we are here."

"I didn't look for you," Tirian said quickly, his eyes still scanning the streets around him. "Did you see a lady with long golden hair standing by the window? About... half a head shorter than me, wearing a purple dress."

The sailors looked at each other, and then all cast astonished glances at Tirian.

Tirian frowned: "...What do you mean by those looks?"

"Captain..." a sailor spoke up boldly, with hesitation in his tone, "Love at first sight is a good thing, but I think that across city-states..."

Tirian looked at his subordinate calmly and said, "If you keep talking, I will stuff you into the six main guns of the Sea Mist and fire at you in different directions."

The sailor fell silent on the spot.

Tirian was now thinking rapidly.

He was sure that he had not seen it wrong just now. There was indeed a blonde woman who looked exactly like Her Majesty Lenora knocking on the window outside the window.

There were so many people in the crowd. In fact, if only a person with a face similar to the Frost Queen appeared in front of him, Tirian would not have much reaction - in his half-century long life, he had seen many people with similar looks. However, it was different when the other person was knocking on the window outside.

The other party was obviously coming for him.

A person who looked almost exactly like the Frost Queen appeared near the doll shop as if prepared. She knocked on the window to attract her attention, but ran away when she showed up. This series of actions sent a clear signal.

Tirian frowned slightly, as if he had thought of something vaguely. He raised his head and looked at the few people he brought with him: "You go back to the cathedral first."

"Ah?" Several sailors were stunned for a moment, and one of them said in surprise, "But..."

"No buts," Tirian waved his hand, "I have something to do, you guys go first."

Another sailor couldn't help but speak up: "But, Captain, we..."

Tirian's expression turned serious. "This is an order."

"But we have no money," said the third sailor at last, "not even the fare--it's a long way from here to the cathedral."

Tirian: "..."

A moment later, the "Iron Lieutenant General" threw a bag of change to several of his men, and almost bit his back teeth to squeeze out a few words: "You guys, get out of here."

After the sailors left, Tirian finally breathed a sigh of relief. He then looked around, thought for a moment, and walked to the quietest corner of the street within his sight, where he silently waited for the other party to show up.

If his guess was correct, the other party would definitely show up on his own initiative - he had just dispersed the men he brought with him on the street in order to send a signal that "we can meet".

And the situation was exactly as he expected.

After waiting in this quiet alley for less than a moment, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from nearby. He raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound. Sure enough, the blonde lady with the appearance of the Frost Queen appeared in the shadows not far away.

Even though he had seen it once before through the window, Tirian still couldn't help but feel surprised - they were so similar!

He had indeed seen people with similar appearances before, but to look this similar... was far beyond common sense and imagination.

It was precisely because of this overly similar appearance that Tirian's first reaction after the momentary shock was to be alert and vigilant - he stared at the mysterious blonde lady, as if she was a dangerous person who deserved his full attention and vigilance, and during this careful observation, he also discovered some strange things about her.

His manners were elegant and restrained, unlike those of ordinary people, and his appearance was exquisite yet lacked a little... "breath of the living". Ordinary people might not be able to detect anything at first glance, but as a captain leading an army of the undead, Tirian gradually felt something from him... a quality that was extremely incongruous with the living.

"Incredible," the blonde lady said as Tirian became more and more alert. "You actually came - it turns out it's so easy to lure people out."

The other party's voice is exactly the same as the Frost Queen? !

Instead of feeling surprised and excited, Tirian became more alert: "...Who are you?"

"My name is Alice."

The blonde lady opposite smiled and spoke calmly.

"...I'm not asking for your name," Tirian frowned, "I'm asking for your identity and what you want to do - why did you come to meet me?"

"The captain wants to see you," Alice said seriously, answering whatever she asked. "He said that you are in the cathedral and there are too many people around you. It's hard to discuss many confidential matters. He wants to take you to a quieter place so that we can communicate."

A mysterious captain wanted to talk to me about some confidential matters, so he sent someone to lure me out?

Tirian frowned, but somehow he felt more relaxed. He had been a pirate on the cold sea for half a century and had seen countless similar situations. Compared to the Frost Queen Lenore suddenly resurrecting to find him, a conspiracy meeting between captains was a situation he was more familiar with.

But he had no intention of meeting the other party.

"I am not interested in people who hide their true intentions." After confirming that this was a familiar "plot", Tirian's expression relaxed and he answered casually, "Go tell your master that if you want to meet the captain of the Sea Mist, you can come openly and find me in the cathedral. If you want to do something shameful, I'm sorry, the Sea Mist only does legal business outside the Frigid Sea."

After saying this, he was about to turn around and leave, but the blonde lady who called herself Alice suddenly said, "Don't you want to know who the 'captain' I'm talking about is?"

"Hmm?" Tirian frowned. "Who is it?"

"Your father." Alice said honestly.

However, Tirian's expression changed slightly after hearing what the other party said: "Sorry, this joke is not funny. Excuse me."

Alice thought for a moment and said, "Ah, the captain also said that you might have this reaction, so there is another invitation plan..."

Tirian was about to turn around and leave, but after hearing the other party's words, he hesitated subconsciously: "The other one..."

He had just muttered a few words when he suddenly felt the atmosphere around him change. A sense of warning instantly surged up in his mind. He suddenly turned his head to look in the direction where the breath came from, but he only saw a little girl standing there at some point, swinging her arm and throwing something at him.

It looked like a dog.

For less than a second, Tirian felt that he had a chance to dodge, even if the opponent was attacking by surprise, even if the opponent's strength and speed were obviously extraordinary, he still had a chance to dodge. However, the moment he tried to dodge, he found that all his limbs had lost response - as if countless invisible threads had bound his bones and muscles, and he had lost control of his body.

The only thing he managed was to turn his head reluctantly and glance at the blonde lady who was smiling harmlessly - the next second, he saw an ugly dog's head rapidly enlarging at the edge of his vision.

With a loud bang, the big pirate flew several meters away and became silent.

Shirley looked at her results in a bit of surprise.

"...Just knocked away like that?" She looked at the chain in her hand, then at Tirian who was knocked away, and walked over to check the situation while muttering, "I thought there would be at least a big fight, but the legendary pirate was just... not killed?"

"Probably not," Alice also came over and whispered to Shirley while looking at the unconscious Tirian, "The captain said that Tirian is a tough kid."

"Why didn't he dodge just now?" Shirley squatted down and poked Tirian's face with a stick. "Those End Preachers could at least dodge a few times before..."

"I don't know," Alice shook her head, "I can't fight."

Shirley thought about it and had a new worry: "...If the captain saw his son's head swollen like this, would he be angry?"

"Probably not," Alice continued to shake her head. "The captain has already said that if he doesn't cooperate, you can use Agou to hit him and make him spin like a top..."

"Did he just spin?"

"It seems... it's spinning. It's spinning many times in the air."

Shirley finally felt relieved and clapped her hands: "That's fine, I'll call Ai over to transport the people."