Chapter 1873: Transferring Permission

However, what Xia Duo found more concerning in Ougesi's Sending was that the Council of Elders had invited him to attend the celebration in two days.

At that time, various nations of the Northland would send envoys to issue a joint communiqué with Evereska, publicly and formally stating their support for Evereska's independence—or, one could say, it would serve as the declaration of Evereska's independence.

According to Xia Duo's understanding, there was no such event in the history of Evereska on the Main Plane; although an Independence Day had been established, its origins were completely different from the current one.

He felt that his appearance must have caused this variable, or perhaps this was simply a branching of history within this Projection Plane.

To any Elf of Evereska, the celebration in two days was undoubtedly a very important day, let alone for Xia Duo, who had already completed the Covenant Ritual with Ougesi and the other Elders.

But Xia Duo did not want to attend the celebration; he felt very conflicted about the Council of Elders' invitation. On one hand, he really should show up, but on the other hand, there would certainly be high-level Mages from Sharwen present on the day of the celebration, and he worried about being recognized by them as the avatar of Xilin.

As an Elder of the Sharwen Tree Council hiding his identity to support the independence cause in Evereska, would that not look like Sharwen was intentionally meddling in Evereska-related interests to the various nations?

In the worst-case scenario, it might even ruin Evereska's independence!

And for the Evereska Council of Elders, they would also be suspicious of his motives.

Even though the Covenant Ritual had been completed, a covenant was dead in the end; as long as one had the will, one could always find a way to bypass or dissolve it.

Even if Ougesi and the other Elders still trusted him, he would likely find it difficult to access the new Evereska Mythallar project after the celebration.

With almost no need to consider, Xia Duo knew the risk of going to the celebration was too great, but how to broach the subject of refusing still required some deliberation.

And before the celebration, there was another trouble waiting for him.

Because with the negotiations complete, the various nations were prepared to hand over the relevant Mythallar Permission to the representatives of the post-independence Evereska regime—that is, the Council of Elders.

However, the Council of Elders had decided to have him and Saijisi go together to take over the Mythallar Permission, the purpose being to facilitate him and Saijisi in dismantling the old Mythallar.

Of course, compared to meeting high-level Mages from Sharwen at the celebration, one would not necessarily encounter high-level Mages when taking over the Mythallar Permission.

To facilitate the inheritance of Mythallar Permission, the various nations and the local Evereska families who had participated in the construction of the old Evereska Mythallar earlier would generally craft the Mythallar Permission into a key.

Handing over the permission meant handing over a physical Mythallar key; depending on the creator's preference, common forms for a Mythallar key might be a Scepter, a Crystal Ball, or some ornaments.

If there was no physical Mythallar key, it could also be recorded in the form of a Spell, and descendants capable of mastering the Spell could regain the permission.

But according to what Xia Duo learned from Saijisi, many of those permissions that had not been crafted into Mythallar keys had already been lost or were left with no one in control.

The most ridiculous case was a small family within the city whose ancestors had also participated in the Mythallar construction, but the ancestors of that family had bound the Mythallar authority to their bloodline.

Originally, this should have been a relatively safe approach, but magical talent could not be inherited, or perhaps they had been schemed against by a hostile family, and the descendants became worse with each generation.

In the end, not only were they unable to control the Mythallar Permission, but they also caused a Main Node to go unmaintained for a long time, bringing it to the brink of collapse.

If the Council of Elders had not stepped in, it likely would have resulted in a tragedy.

Although the inheritance of non-physical Mythallar keys was rare, it was not non-existent; the key point was that being able to be passed down in such a way meant that at least one senior Mage would appear in every generation.

Like the Golden Dawn Hill that Xia Duo had visited before, the Golden Morning Family that had resided there for generations was a powerful family with a long history, and the current Patriarch was even a high-level Mage.

However, the Golden Morning Family had already reached an agreement with the Council of Elders and had long since handed over their Mythallar Permission to the Council of Elders.

The method of handover was a normal Ritual Spell inheritance, not a Mythallar key.

And after the ceremony, the Spellcasters within Evereska city who held Mythallar Permission would likely face a choice: continue to resist the general trend and be forced to hand over the permission after being defeated, or simply hand it over readily.

Without the joint communiqué of the Northland nations at the ceremony, those stubborn guys would likely have persisted, but now that the Northland nations publicly supported Evereska's independence, there was no external restraint, and internally, the Council of Elders had the final say.

Being stubborn again would likely not lead to a good end.

Xia Duo looked forward to some stubborn guys jumping out after the ceremony; that might add a bit of fun to his dull life.

……

That afternoon, Xia Duo and Saijisi both received a notification sent by Katunidede, saying that the representatives of the various nations were already waiting at Cloudtop Tower for the handover of the Mythallar Permission, and for them to hurry back.

"Saijisi, you go. Today I plan to try to wake up Mila. Cloudtop Tower will probably be another round of boring socializing. You are an Elder, so please bear the burden; I will head back first."

Since joining Evereska, the persona Xia Duo had been laying the groundwork for was one who detested meaningless social activities, always appearing in a state of being busy all day long.

In fact, this was true; the characteristic that Xilin's avatar did not need rest gave him the capital to make full use of his time. Every minute and every second in the Projection Plane was real to him, and none of it should be wasted.

As for waking up Mila, Xia Duo was not entirely fobbing Saijisi off; he did indeed have plans in that regard, but Mila's current recovery was considered ideal, so there was no rush for the moment.

He prepared to first try Mila's Purification Plan on other mutants; if everything went smoothly, the next step would be to attempt to purify and wake up Mila.

After Xia Duo finished speaking, he prepared to return to Asuosi Manor. Saijisi did not find it strange upon seeing this, only shaking his head and teasing:

"Asuosi, your life is truly too boring!"

"I enjoy it!"

Xia Duo said with a smile, then left without looking back.

……

In the evening, Xia Duo, who did not need to eat or drink, called Mila's mother, Kelisi, to the Study and asked, "How is Mila recovering today?"

"Replying to you, my lord, Mila has already recognized me, but she is still very confused most of the time, and her body—"

Kelisi did not finish her final words, but the worry in her eyes was already overflowing uncontrollably. Seeing this, Xia Duo also sighed silently in his heart.

What is called an unprovoked disaster—this was it.

"Do not worry about Mila's body. I have said that if there is a way, there will definitely be a way. Your most important task now is to talk to her more and help her regain consciousness as soon as possible."

"Yes."