Chapter 1186

After returning to the city from outside Randel Valley, Xia De returned directly to his home in Tobesk. Considering that he had to spend the night in the wild, Little Mia certainly could not be brought along. Thus, Xia De hurriedly took the cat to find Dorothy, but Dorothy was not at home that afternoon.

So, after asking around, Xia De finally found the writer Miss in the lecture hall of the Second Mechanical Academy of Tobesk, just as she had finished her speech.

She had been invited to give a special lecture on popular literature today, so she was wearing light makeup. Seeing Xia De waiting for her at the door, the blonde girl happily invited Xia De to eat together tonight, but Xia De refused:

"I am going to spend the night in Randel Valley tonight; oh, don't misunderstand."

Xia De saw the teasing expression on the blonde girl's face:

"It's not at Luvia's place; in fact, ever since Luvia left Tobesk, I haven't been with her... I am going to spend the night in the wild, waiting for something to happen, so please take care of Mia for me tonight."

He handed his cat to Dorothy. Recently, Dorothy had often helped Xia De take care of it, so she did not refuse:

"Just pay attention to your own safety. Remember to come find me the first thing when you get back; I'll probably worry all night again."

After saying this, she saw the guilty expression on Xia De's face with great satisfaction:

"Xia De, that was just an exaggeration. Pay attention to safety, and remember to come back early."

Looking left and right to confirm that there was no one in the corridor, she quite gently brushed the stray hair by her ear and then stood on tiptoe to kiss Xia De on the side of his face. A faint blush appeared on the face of the blonde, blue-eyed girl; if it were Princess Lei Qianya's soul, there would absolutely not be such a shy expression:

"Also, don't neglect Luvia. Honestly, it's not like Lei Qianya and I spend every night at your place; if you always come home every night, Luvia will misunderstand me."

After handling Mia's affairs, Xia De brought 【Nightwatcher】 and returned to Randel Valley. When he rendezvoused with the witch at her manor, three Ninth-tier sorceresses and five Mid-tier sorceresses had already gathered around her; clearly, she attached great importance to this operation.

Miss Lasers was not in tonight's operation. Before everyone set off, she separately urged Xia De and Miss Bernice to pay attention to safety. And such a large team set off in three carriages.

As for 【Nightwatcher】, because it was placed in a scabbard crafted by the old witch, it did not arouse Miss Bernice's suspicion. @Essence/Book Pavilion* First update~~ If it were not necessary, Xia De would not casually use the power of this sword tonight.

When they arrived at the grassy farm, the sun had already fallen below the city, leaving only the last trace of afterglow spilling over the city, making it look golden. The group of ten changed horses at the grassy farm and rode into the forest, and that snow-white little beast, unsurprisingly, followed them again.

Miss Bernice and Xia De wanted to stop it, but even a young unicorn is not that easy to deal with. However, the other ladies in the team were particularly happy about the appearance of this little beast, which greatly boosted the team's morale.

When they arrived at the campsite under the cliff discovered in the afternoon, the sun had completely set. The pitch-black creek forest was somewhat terrifying, but because there were companions nearby, the feeling of terror was not very severe.

Without needing Miss Bernice and Xia De to do anything, the witch's followers began to set up the camp and campfire, and arranged defense, alert, and reconnaissance measures nearby.

Xia De and the witch sat by the campfire waiting for dinner, the pure white little beast lying by Xia De's side, with 【Nightwatcher】 placed horizontally in front of him. The light of the campfire illuminated the face of Xia De, who was wearing a cold-proof cloak. Miss Bernice held a teacup and said curiously to Xia De, who was sitting next to her:

"It's truly interesting; unicorns really like you. Unicorns clearly favor pure young girls and ignorant children; you don't fit either category."

"I'm not sure either."

Xia De touched the forehead of the little beast, and the latter squinted its eyes, enjoying the touch. One had to admit, the texture of its fur was almost comparable to Little Mia's.

"In fact, many things have happened to me that I still don't understand to this day."

Xia De looked at the brown-haired young girl who was busy roasting meat by the campfire. The girls from the troupe were very good at cooking, much better than the Outsider's skills.

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I can tell you my story, many stories.

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The witch smiled:

"I haven't forgotten that I lost the horse race this morning. We will probably have to wait until very late tonight; it just so happens we have time. Which of my stories do you want to hear?"

Xia De thought for a moment:

"I heard from Miss Galina and Miss Aphra that you only met Miss Lasers when the original Golden Dawn was nearing collapse. I don't quite understand; she is so young, how could she become the leader of an Old God Sect? Because her father went missing? I heard you mention this on Sunday."

Even in an era when the Old Gods have departed, sect leaders are generally held by elders.

"Things are complicated; on one hand, it's because at that time, Siris was the strongest in the sect."

Miss Bernice looked at the campfire, recalling the past:

"Now she is Seventh-tier; when I met her, she was already Fifth-tier at fifteen years old. Even in the three major miracle academies, reaching Fifth-tier at this age is enough to be called a genius, let alone in the decaying Old God Sect. You know how difficult it is for a sorcerer to advance without systematic training. When I met her, there were only five sorcerers in the entire sect, and Siris was the only Mid-tier sorcerer among them."

This was much stronger than the 【Earth-Shaking Worm】 sect, which only had one old lady left.

Recalling the past, the corners of Miss Bernice's mouth curled into a smile:

"By the way, Siris awakened her talent at seven years old, which is quite rare. But precisely because she was only seven when she awakened, she was able to achieve what she did later."

Xia De nodded; Miss Lasers awakening her talent at seven was as rare as Priest Augustus awakening his talent in his old age, perhaps even rarer.

"That's one reason; what about the other?"

Xia De asked again, taking the teacup handed over by a female sorceress nearby and whispering his thanks. The latter looked curiously at the unicorn lying by Xia De's side but didn't have the courage to touch it yet.

"The other reason is what you said: the sect's previous leader, Siris's father, the Sixth-tier Sir Willon Lasers, went missing inexplicably. Siris's father was said to be very strong; the ability she has to quickly recover from injuries while standing on the earth with both feet was taught by that Sir Lasers."

The witch shook her head slightly:

"There are many possibilities for a sorcerer to go missing inexplicably, but for Siris at that time, it meant a change in the trajectory of her life. I had just taken over my teacher's seat at the time and was traveling through the Old Continent, contemplating my own future path. When I arrived here, I happened to encounter Siris, who was entangled with a troublesome artifact. At that time, she was not only the sect leader but also the sole legal heir to the nearly bankrupt Golden Dawn Opera Troupe. After many, many stories, we have the Golden Dawn of today."

That was a quite interesting story, and quite long. It started before dinner and didn't come to an end until after ten o'clock at night. The artifact Miss Lasers encountered back then was the Secret Keeper-level artifact 【Black Gate Curse】. The only characteristic of this artifact was that every door opened by the cursed person would be a "Cursed Black Gate" leading to an unknown subspace.

Theoretically, as long as one didn't open the door oneself and let others open it, this curse wouldn't actually affect the cursed person, which is why it was only rated as "Secret Keeper-level." But the problem was that the 【Black Gate Curse】 at the time was on the verge of spiraling out of control for some reason, making every door Miss Lasers passed through potentially transform into a "Black Gate."

Miss Bernice spent half a month determining the source of the 【Black Gate Curse】, which was the location of the true Black Gate. In the end, she managed to lead the "Black Gate" into the Council and borrowed the Council's power to completely suppress and contain it—this is one of the basic functions of the Council. After this incident was resolved, she accepted Miss Lasers' invitation to stay and eventually co-founded the brand-new Golden Dawn.

This story was quite interesting to Xia De, only slightly worse than Dorothy and Lei Qianya's diaries. He cautiously avoided the details regarding privacy and asked more about "curse-type" artifacts, and Miss Bernice was happy to answer for Xia De.

The night grew deeper, but the ladies around had no intention of resting. The campfire crackled, surrounded by those whispers and murmurs.

Chatting with the witch, Xia De accidentally raised (Chapter not finished!)

his head to look at the night sky over the sparse treetops, seeing the sea of stars hanging upside down above his head, and seeing the three moons hanging over the vast sea of stars. Although air pollution in this era was already quite severe, the wild far from the city was, after all, different.

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In a trance, he thought of how he had also sat by campfires in the dark of night many times, whispering with different girls. It was just that, except for Iluna, those girls, those memories, and those pasts were, after all, things from the previous era.

"Why do you have that expression while talking? If Galina knew, she would think I was bullying you."

The blonde witch joked with a smile. Xia De shook his head and was about to say something when he suddenly heard the little beast by his side cry:

"Ang~"

It immediately stood up, alertly raising its head to look into the depths of the forest to the southwest. At the same time, the sound of a gale blowing through the forest also rang in his ears; this was the outermost alert being triggered:

"Miss, someone is coming. They are living people."

Everyone in the camp stood up; the spiritual light of miracles disguising their appearance and voices lit up, and the ladies responsible for keeping watch on the perimeter also appeared in the trees.