Chapter 1030

"Yes, do you have any special arrangements for Wednesday?"

Xia De asked. Looking up, he saw Little Mia lying on the back of the sofa watching them. Xia De then remembered that he was "coerced" by the Princess to come to the warm and soft firelight in front of the fireplace last night, so he didn't have time to lock Mia in the room.

"Has it been in the living room all night?"

【Yes.】

"Hmm..."

Although Mia was just a cat, Xia De still felt a sense of inexplicable shame.

"Laxiaya doesn't have any special arrangements there, she said she would decide when the time comes. If there's nothing else, she can spend the whole day coming to St. Deran Square for a three-person date."

Talking about this topic, Dorothy blushed, but she was also looking forward to the day the three of them would meet:

"In deep winter, the weather is so cold, there's nowhere else to go."

"Yes, then I will clear out Wednesday afternoon and Thursday."

Xia De nodded. Under the quilt in front of the fireplace, the girl's smooth legs were exposed. Seeing Xia De cast his gaze, the blonde girl pushed him chidingly, then carefully retracted her legs:

"How could Laxiaya think of making the bed in front of the fireplace... I'll make you breakfast before I go. Although the landlady must have helped me clean the apartment on time, I still have to go to the Carson Rick Trading Publishing House today to discuss the royalties for the second edition of 'The Hamilton Detective Stories' in the Southern Kingdom."

She kissed Xia De on the cheek lightly:

"Then see you Wednesday."

Dorothy indeed left after breakfast, but she only took away her books, notebooks, and some clothes, leaving the remaining small portion of clothes with Xia De. After all, Xia De didn't lack space to store clothes here.

Dorothy left in the snow at 8:30 in the morning, while Luvia knocked on Xia De's door at 8:50—unless necessary, the girls with keys would still knock when visiting.

"Strange smell."

After following Xia De to the second-floor room, the purple-eyed girl twitched her nose a few times, looked left and right, and didn't see Dorothy:

"It seems your 'farewell' last night wasn't in the bedroom, but here."

She walked to the window with a smile and opened a crack in the window:

"Since Dorothy has left, Knight, I will come to exorcise demons for you tonight. I paid the deposit a week ago, you shouldn't go back on your word, right?"

Iluna arrived at No. 6 St. Deran Square ten minutes later than Luvia, around nine o'clock. Luvia went downstairs to help her open the door. When she arrived on the second floor, the seventeen-year-old girl muttered about why open the window on a snowy day.

At this moment, Xia De was sitting on the sofa, looking at the "God's Gift Box" in front of him. He greeted Iluna, who seemed to be in a very good mood, before reaching his hand into the box.

The two girls and a cat all watched Xia De's hand. Xia De felt around the bottom of the box before touching the small item:

"A coin?"

This was the first reaction.

"A relic?"

This was the second reaction.

What followed was ecstasy. After the 【Master Key】, he finally got a second relic from the 【God's Gift Box】. Since obtaining this Sage-level relic in midsummer, the weekly gift finally surprised Xia De again:

"It's a special coin!"

He said to the two girls with a smile, but after taking out the coin, he found that the sky-blue coin was very familiar:

"Coin of Wisdom?"

Before this, Xia De had the 【Coin of Wisdom】 and the 【Cat and Dog Coin】 in his hands. Earlier, during the game of 【Dice Story Collection】, the Truth Society and the cultists had also used this kind of coin to "cheat."

"Looks like you're lucky again."

Luvia took the coin and checked if the "copied" coin could be used for her special divination. The answer was naturally yes.

Iluna asked curiously:

"Then what is this week's task?"

"Bookkeeping."

Xia De pulled the cat that had scurried into the box out, and the latter was somewhat dissatisfied:

"At least record your income and expenses for three consecutive days, this is not difficult."

The three of them gathered at Xia De's home today to meet, naturally for the sake of the Chosen One. Currently, they had confirmed the identity of the fourth Chosen One, the Chosen One of 【Knowledge and Wisdom】, who was Sir Reikins Puli Xia from Carson Rick. As for the special aspects of that Sir, the conclusions Xia De and Luvia had reached were already quite perfect.

"His talent as a Chosen One, which is being able to turn books into spiritual runes, is indeed astonishing. However, the bloodline of the Wisdom Angel is what we should focus on. After all, no matter how special the previous Chosen Ones were, their uniqueness only came from the Ring-Warlock talent itself."

Luvia pointed this out:

"Even Ivan Darkness's symbiosis with a demon was because of the 【Darkness】 talent. But the ancient power Sir Puli Xia inherited from his family seems completely unrelated to his Chosen One talent. His uniqueness lies in these two points."

"At least so far, except for the scene Luvia saw last night, we haven't discovered what help the Wisdom Angel's power can give him."

Xia De frowned slightly and said, while Iluna was a bit puzzled:

"Then is turning books into spiritual runes a Chosen One talent, or an Angel bloodline?"

"Chosen One talent."

Luvia replied:

"If it were an Angel bloodline, the demon would definitely not dare to approach him. At least for now, the ancient power in his bloodline has not awakened, and using the 【Sage's Stone】 to forcibly use the sublimation language that does not belong to him can only utilize part of the power."

"Actually, we've said so much, but we haven't decided how to treat this Chosen One."

Xia De pointed this out, placing the two stones he possessed on the table:

"Now Sir Reikins Puli Xia has three stones in his hands, and Iluna and I have three in total, which is already six. If we are willing to gift these stones to Sir Puli Xia, he could fully hold the Chosen One ritual now."

"Yes, but of course we can't do that. Xia De learned some things from the demon, and I have a very strange feeling about this person... this person gives me a very strange feeling."

Luvia shook her head:

"Besides, don't you also suspect he has problems?"

"Yes, but we also have to know that there are no absolutely good or bad people. I still need to find time to talk to him carefully."

Xia De nodded in agreement, and Luvia then looked at Iluna:

"You need to learn more about the situation of the Truth Society from the Church. Now that the ritual of the Chosen One of Knowledge and Wisdom is getting closer, I don't believe they will do nothing."

After finishing, she asked Xia De again:

"You cannot forget to pay attention to the matter of the 'Secret Keeper' bard. It is best if we can master five stones ourselves, so that we are safer regardless of what situation we face."

"But this test is really elusive. How to obtain the moon?"

Iluna asked puzzledly, and Luvia thought for a while:

"It should be a metaphor, perhaps some kind of relic with an ancient heritage. Because it points to the yellow moon, it won't be Xia De's 【All-Encompassing Silver Moon】; the possibility of the Secret Keeper asking us to find a living creature is very small, so it shouldn't refer to a special talent or core spiritual rune. I think it means that there is an item hidden in this city that can directly represent this yellow moon."

"Oh, if there really is such a relic, I think it's either Unknowable (Level 0) or Angel-level (Level 1)."

Iluna sighed in a low voice and promised to get information from the Church as soon as possible, and Luvia would also obtain information about the relic from the Divination Association. Although the coins in their hands could directly obtain the answer, since the Chosen One ritual was getting closer and obtaining new stones was not the most important task, those coins were temporarily left in Xia De's hands, waiting to play a greater role.

For the whole morning, Xia De talked with Luvia and Iluna at home, preparing for the upcoming Chosen One ritual. The full picture of the Chosen One ritual was not yet clear. For safety, Luvia consumed the 【Cat and Dog Coin】 for divination.

Since they had already learned in advance about "needing five Wisdom Stones" and "the location is the Huxindao," one coin was enough to divine the remaining ritual conditions:

"On the Huxindao, with five Wisdom Stones as the medium, one needs to know a unique secret about the world. Because we knew more details in advance, my divination shows that the location where the Chosen One ritual will be held this time... doesn't seem to be Tobesk?"

Luvia said to the two.

"As for where it is specifically, I think I can guess it. Tobesk can't always be so unlucky. I guess it's probably further south, but this requires evidence."

Xia De said, and Iluna summarized:

"The Chosen One ritual also requires understanding the meaning of the identity itself, which is a deep understanding of 【Wisdom and Knowledge】, and also requires an artifact with the power of an Old God."

She glanced at Xia De:

"【Aikenola's Arrow of Knowledge】 meets the conditions."

"So, except for the insufficient number of Wisdom Stones, we actually have enough conditions to let the Chosen One complete the ritual now."

Xia De said. He knew many "secrets of the world," such as that this was not the 6th Era in the true sense, and that the powers of the Old Gods were all inherited from the Ancient Gods.

"Don't forget, the ritual itself will allow all mortals nearby to receive a wisdom enlightenment. The Truth Society is likely here for this, we cannot relax."

Luvia narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at the last two coins on the table:

"This is a bit too smooth, which makes me have some ominous premonitions... While Xia De is in contact with the Chosen One, I will go find the second and third candidates. Iluna, the Church side..."

"The Church is currently negotiating with the Apuna Library. I have already reported what Xia De said about the library hiding information."

The seventeen-year-old girl said:

"The Church believes that the Chosen One ritual will likely begin before the end of this year. This is a prophecy on the poem—Wisdom, coming before the end of the year."

Today Iluna asked for a half-day leave and would return to the Black Stone Security Company in the afternoon. So at eleven o'clock at noon, Xia De went out early to order food at a restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue, and at eleven-thirty, the restaurant waiters who came in the snow delivered lunch for the three.

Eating like this is of course quite expensive, especially the delivery fee on a snowy day is astonishing. But the three hadn't been together for a long time, and Xia De didn't care about this kind of spending.

Although he is short of money now, he is still a rich man if he only deals with daily expenses. In addition to savings, there is the 1000 pounds that Princess Margaret promised to "Grey-Headed Eagle" in Midhillburg in the autumn that he has not gone to collect.

Xia De plans to go get it after the Princess returns to Carson Rick, to prevent himself from being involved in the Grey-Headed Eagle's mission again. Last week's princess attack bombing case caused MI6 to be looking for the person who sent the note until now, and Xia De cannot take risks again.

After eating lunch together, Iluna returned to the Black Stone Security Company, Luvia returned to the Divination Association, Xia De put away the trays, notified the restaurant to take them, and left the cat that usually takes a nap at home. He took a carriage in the snow alone to Dr. Schneider's clinic.

When Iluna and Luvia left St. Deran Square, they were on the same road. Walking in the snow, the young Chosen One looked back at the direction of Xia De's house and finally asked the question she had been holding back all morning:

"Luvia, do you know the relationship between Xia De and Princess Laxiaya Cavendish? I was at the music hall last night... the relationship between that Princess and Xia De..."

The purple-eyed girl raised an eyebrow:

"I know, she is Xia De's lover."

"Hmm?"

Iluna looked at Luvia in surprise. She knew that the relationship between Xia De and Luvia was very unusual, so she couldn't believe that Luvia would know about Xia De and the Princess.

"Where do you think Xia De's information comes from? Besides that Duchess, he sometimes needs the help of other secular forces. That Princess is a student of the Zalas Academy of Literature, not only able to provide convenience for his activities in various places, but also a very good source of information."

Luvia looked at her, the lady's short boots leaving clear footprints on the snow:

"The road to seeking the thirteen Chosen Ones is hard to walk. The price Xia De paid is beyond what you can imagine."

The seventeen-year-old girl pursed her lips:

"Yes, among the three of us, he paid the most... lover... that's right, only someone with the status of a princess is worthy of him."

This sentence made Luvia unhappy. The female diviner looked at the immature girl with a cold face and said:

"Oh, Iluna, you must not think like that. Laxiaya Cavendish is just a lover."

This sentence made Iluna happy. She walked forward quickly for two steps, then turned to look at Luvia:

"Xia De, you, and me, we will definitely go to the end, right?"

Luvia nodded with a smile:

"Yes, this is what we agreed on."

The Chosen One lady showed a smile, and her steps became much lighter. The annoyance about the relationship between Xia De and Laxiaya dissipated completely because of this sentence:

"Just a lover, Xia De is such a handsome gentleman with status, position, property, and ability at this age... she is just a princess, I am a Chosen One. Since Luvia, who has a better relationship with Xia De, has no opinion, I and Xia De..."

Her face was slightly red, and this sentence was said in her heart.

But Luvia felt a faint sadness in her heart for no reason, not because of Xia De's chaotic lover relationships, but because of the sentence "until the end."

She didn't understand, didn't understand where this sadness came from. Stopping her steps, in the hustle and bustle of the City of Steam, she looked up at the sky covered by gray fog and falling snow.

In the very distant past, it seemed that countless people had once said such sentences to her.