Chapter 1089: Blood Brew of the Snowy Mountain

Both books were written in the characters of this era and were preserved quite completely, namely 【Secrets of Ether: One to Thirteen】 and 【Collection of Sages】.

After browsing roughly, the former explored Ether, which is the fundamental operation and usage rule of "Spirit" called in the Sixth Era, somewhat similar to 【Ether Mechanics】 that Doctor Schneider is currently preparing for. The latter is not a book related to witch power, but a book exploring philosophy, as well as human character and inner spirit.

The ring among the sundries is also not a supernatural item, but it looks like some kind of symbol of identity. And in the two notebooks, the newer one contains the knowledge written by Miss Chloe, which looks like a notebook she uses for study. The other one has traces of being frequently flipped through. After opening it, it was found to be a diary.

"Oh! Ladies' diaries cannot be flipped through casually."

Xia De thought in his heart. The diaries of Princess Lei Qianya and Dorothy have only opened about two-thirds of the content for Xia De to view so far, to satisfy his peculiar reading hobby.

So Xia De first apologized softly to Miss Chloe who was being held by him, and then opened the diary.

There is no time point annotation in the diary, and all content is written line by line. Xia De didn't have time to flip from the very beginning, so he flipped directly to the last written page in the middle and back of the diary. The content on this page is not much, only six paragraphs of letters. The first three paragraphs are:

【Vegetables are about to run out. I hope that gentleman returns early, otherwise we will be forced to eat snow again.】

【It's really cold, but fortunately they didn't drive me out. Climb to the top as soon as possible, I long for freedom.】

【I am Chloe, I am Chloe, I am Chloe, I am Chloe, I am Chloe.】

The three paragraphs of text were written in the same font, but there were some differences in the details. The first paragraph has spelling errors, and the letters are crooked; the letters in the second paragraph are much smaller than the other two paragraphs; the content of the last paragraph of text looks exceptionally crazy, and the written letters are sloppy, as if the writer had already gone crazy.

He heard "Her" laughter in his ear, clearly aimed at the content Xia De saw. Xia De did not comment on other people's diaries, and he continued to look down at the last record:

【Please don't leave, please don't leave me alone, oh, teacher, I am willing to inherit your ideals, please don't, please don't leave me alone again.】

This paragraph of text was written in exactly the same way as the "vegetable" paragraph above.

【Please forgive me, I am willing to repent. I know I touched the taboo, I know I made a mistake, I know, I have always known...】

This paragraph of text was written in exactly the same way as the "freedom" paragraph above.

【I am Chloe, I am not Chloe, I am Chloe, I am not Chloe, I am Chloe, I am not Chloe.】

This paragraph of text was written in exactly the same way as the "Chloe" paragraph above.

"Probably understand what's going on."

Xia De closed the diary and looked at the three people in a semi-comatose state with a complex expression.

First came to the man's side, helped him sit upright, and said to him:

"If you don't leave this snowy mountain, you will never have a way to make up for your mistakes."

He paused and saw that he had no reaction and was still hanging his head, so he said again:

"Seeking knowledge is not a mistake, but if you can't control your desires, that is a mistake. Since you repented in your diary, it shows that you also understand what you have done. I think you don't want your mistakes to be mistakes forever, right? No one can go through life without making mistakes, but you must know the mistakes, and make up for them..."

Before Xia De finished speaking, a slight moan appeared from the man's mouth. This made Xia De feel a little relieved, and went to help up Mrs. Marx who fell beside the campfire:

"You will not be left alone. There will always be others by your side. Maybe you have experienced separation, but at least this time it won't happen."

Waiting for a while with no reaction, he added another sentence:

"If you don't wake up now, I will leave immediately. Madam, you don't want to never see me again, right?"

Mrs. Marx's eyelids trembled a few times. Xia De carefully helped her sit up, and then picked up Miss Chloe. The young witch's lips were white, and she tilted her head, looking like some kind of exquisite and fragile porcelain.

"You are indeed Chloe. You are Chloe Marcus Marx."

Xia De said the full name investigated by Mr. Edmund of the 【Light-Guiding Hidden Cult】, and the witch squirmed in his arms before slowly opening her eyes.

Her eyes were a bit dazed at first, and then she recognized Xia De. Her originally pale face turned red, and she wanted to struggle out of Xia De's arms, but was held down by Xia De:

"Rest for a while and we will set off immediately. I don't have much time, and you don't have much time either."

Although she was forcibly awakened by Xia De this time, she had no next chance.

Unlike Miss Chloe who was still extremely weak, Mrs. Marx and the man whose name was unknown almost immediately recovered their mobility after waking up. They also heard the plan Xia De said about preparing to set off, so they packed up the scattered luggage, looking like they were reluctant to part with these daily sundries.

Miss Chloe's mental state and living conditions were quite worrying. Seeing that Xia De didn't let go of her, she had to be held by him with a blushing face, and while feeling Xia De's body temperature, she said in a low voice: 【1089-

"I'm so glad to see you as soon as I wake up. I knew you would come back... There isn't much distance left to the summit... Carry me up on your back."

"No."

Xia De said decisively. While Miss Chloe pursed her lips and showed a puzzled expression, he added:

"Climbing this mountain is your own decision; you must climb it yourself. Having walked such a long way and arrived here, are you willing to give up the persistence you have held all along for a moment of warmth?"

He persuaded her:

"I can carry you on my back to the very peak to witness the scenery of the snowy mountains. But you are a witch, Miss Chloe; witches have always been confident, strong, and independent. Yes, I believe you are such a girl. Now tell me, how will you climb the last stretch of the road?"

"I will... climb up myself."

Her lips looked somewhat chapped. Xia De fished out the water bottle toy from his pocket, but after restoring it to its original state, he discovered that this water was all ice water. Although his "toy making" could not keep objects warm indefinitely, it shouldn't have been enough to turn the water directly into ice water.

"Mrs. Marx, boil some hot water; we'll leave after the water is boiled... No need."

He then remembered that the flames could not heat the surrounding environment at all, let alone boil hot water. While Mrs. Marx showed a troubled expression, Miss Chloe said in a low voice:

"This is the coldest place in the entire Silver Mountains; no heating process is allowed here. Ice water is fine too; I don't mind these things. Please trust in a witch's abilities."

"We still have to climb the mountain next; I don't want to walk with a girl who might lose heat and faint at any moment."

He thought for a moment and extended his wrist toward Miss Chloe's mouth. The latter looked up at Xia De with a pale face; speaking a few sentences made her somewhat breathless at this moment:

"What are you going to do?"

"My blood is warm."

Xia De said quite firmly, and he was quite certain that with his physical fitness, his blood-producing ability must be very strong:

"Don't worry about my health; we will set off immediately after you finish drinking."

"Although my eyes are crimson, do you think I am a blood-sucking species?"

"No, no, the eyes of a blood-sucking species are not necessarily all crimson. I have knowledge of the blood-sucking species population, and I even have a good friend who is a blood-sucking species; he said... this is not important."

Xia De realized that this was not the time for small talk. He took out a glass, and then used the moonlight at his fingertips to cut his wrist (Note). Miss Chloe wanted to stop him, but she had no strength at all and could only watch helplessly as Xia De acted.

After accumulating half a glass of blood, Xia De used 【Satiating Food】 to process the ice water from earlier and then poured it onto his wrist; the wound disappeared almost immediately. This miracle was very effective for simple external injuries.

"I know you wouldn't like drinking human blood. I also refused at the God's banquet back then; I dripped the blood into my eyes."

Xia De said, then fished out a wine bottle pendant from his pocket. After restoring it to its original state, he used the 【Blood Wine Brewing】 ability on his own blood. Strange to say, he had used this spell on the blood of other humans before, but when using it on his own blood, he felt the casting process was very awkward, even more awkward than using it on fruit, as if his blood were not blood.

【Your blood has the temperature of the First Fire, and the First Fire has endowed you with resistance to abnormal states. So, feeding it to the witch will probably be very effective.】

"So that's how it is."

Xia De understood, poured the warm blood wine from the bottle into the glass, and carefully brought the glass to the young witch's mouth:

"I have already let the blood; you shouldn't want to let my blood go to waste, right?"

Miss Chloe pursed her lips and looked up at him in his arms. In the end, she did not let Xia De feed her, but extended her own trembling hand and carefully drank the half glass of blood brew.

When Xia De had placed the glass in front of her earlier, she had smelled the charming wine aroma. Drinking this cup of blood brew now, she felt even more that she had never tasted such intoxicating wine in her life.

Whether it was in her own large winery, or in the kingdoms of her friends, or even the wine shared by witches when the Zaras Academy held meetings and the Council held collective meetings, none were as charming as this.

"Oh~"

Not only was the taste unforgettable, but as this cup of blood wine slid from her mouth into her throat and fell from her throat into her stomach, she felt a strange warm current gradually diffusing from her stomach to all parts of her body. The feeling of fullness in her spirit and even her soul made her feel as if she had returned to her prime state. But at the same time, the desire for more also made her subconsciously look at Xia De again.