Chapter 1237

"Austenfort?"

Luvia raised an eyebrow and looked at Xia De. Xia De nodded: "It's the one you're thinking of."

Last week, Stone Austenfort met Xia De in front of the burning warehouse and asked him to find three lost items—a ring, a medal, and an earring—in exchange for the whereabouts of 【Founder: Earth】. Although Xia De later told Luvia about this, he did not seek her help and even forbade her from getting involved.

Stone Austenfort gave Xia De a very strange feeling; this feeling was hard to describe, but he still trusted his sixth sense, so he did not want anyone around him to have any contact with Stone Austenfort.

Although the Vancian cards were precious, Stone Austenfort did not take the cards out. Xia De followed the instructions of the 【Innocent Creator】 to collect the thirteen cards, but he would not let that affect himself for the sake of those cards.

"The old stonemason said this was something he discovered inside a piece of stone. It's really strange, why would a medal be inside a stone?"

Luvia was puzzled.

"This is just like the ring I picked up at the bottom of a river in the suburbs. By all logic, a ring shouldn't be at the bottom of a river either."

He put the medal away:

"I don't intend to return it to Stone Austenfort immediately. Regarding this person, I plan to investigate through other channels on Saturday. Luvia, you..."

"Don't have any contact with him." The purple-eyed girl whispered a complaint:

"Do you think I'm the type of person with a lot of curiosity? Don't worry, I won't take the initiative to step into danger." The two walked toward the outside of the warehouse, and Luvia asked again:

"I thought there would be some danger tonight, I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. Speaking of which, you're going home in a while, right?"

Xia De immediately understood:

"Go home and bring Mia back; I can't leave it alone at home overnight." Luvia revealed a satisfied expression:

"That's good. After we return to the hotel in a while, tonight, you must place that broken-armed statue you made by the bedside."

"If you want that statue, I can not give it..." "No, no, no."

Luvia knew he had misunderstood:

"Although this statue is quite good, it belongs to the typical decoration that looks great but takes up too much space at home, to the point where you'll get tired of it before long; it's just right to give to Princess Angelina, who has a large home. I just thought, let it stand by the bedside tonight and watch us..."

The moonlight in the Stonemason Society courtyard illuminated those beautiful purple eyes: "Do you understand what I mean?"

"Hmm... of course."

(Little Mia running...)

The wind of Friday morning blew across the land of the northern capital. In the gray mist, Tobesk Railway Station was still as bustling as ever.

Most of the people coming to the platform to meet the train had little energy; after all, it was only seven in the morning. Even though winter was nearing its end, at this time, the sky was still somewhat dark.

Inside "Madame Maria's Tea Room" outside the station, Xia De held the cat, not letting it pounce on the desserts in front of him, while Iluna sat opposite Xia De, holding a cup of steaming black tea. Today was the day Miss Galina returned to Tobesk, and Xia De and Iluna, as the witch's unofficial student, of course had to come to welcome her. There were too many people meeting the train inside the station, so the two chose to wait here. And even though Xia De had gotten up early this morning to make breakfast and eat with Mia, this cat was still quite interested in the ginger sugar cookies in front of Xia De, and even while being held by him, it desperately stretched out its little paws.

The tea rooms of this era were still high-end places. This tea room at the three-way intersection at the entrance of Tobesk Station was decorated in a quite "fairy-tale style," with pink wallpaper as the base color, and a sweet, cloying scent permeating the room. The owner of the tea room, Madame Maria, who had welcomed guests as soon as she opened the door, was a middle-aged woman with curly hair, wearing an apron, plump in figure, but very kind when she smiled.

She liked Little Mia very much and even specially brought a small saucer of free cat food for Little Mia, but Xia De refused it. This cat had already eaten breakfast, and it was foreseeable that at noon at the

Duchess's manor there would be a sumptuous lunch, so it could not eat anything more at this time.

The tea room also kept a few cats, and they were all white cats with fluffy fur tied with bows. These cats were hiding in the corner at this moment, not knowing what they were doing, and Mia would occasionally meow at them, which was a form of deterrence among the same species.

"Oh, here they come!"

As the two chatted, they saw many people walking out of the station, followed by rude policemen forcibly carving out a path among them. The Royal Guards and Miss Galina's personal bodyguards walked out of the station first, and then they saw the Duchess appear wearing a red long dress with a quite complex skirt, having at least five layers of petticoats. She wore a wide-brimmed hat adorned with flowers tilted on her head and looked left and right after walking out of the station.

And following behind the Duchess was naturally Tifa. The black-haired maid was still in that familiar black-and-white maid dress, though it was a thickened style for winter. She did not wear a hat, and her long hair was simply tied up and hung behind her. The familiar fair face, familiar big eyes, and familiar small nose bridge. Tifa held a small black briefcase in her hand, which probably contained the Duchess's private documents.

And so, a few minutes later, Xia De and Iluna boarded the carriage at the alley entrance. When Iluna boarded the carriage behind Xia De, she saw the red-haired Duchess had already embraced Xia De. The perfume on the enthusiastic red-haired lady was still so familiar that it reminded Xia De of what the two had done when they parted a month ago. "Long time no see, Knight."

The long journey had not brought any fatigue to the witch, and she was quite spirited while embracing Xia De. The seventeen-year-old girl curled her lips and sat beside Tifa. After exchanging greetings with Tifa, she caught Mia, who had squeezed out from between Xia De and Miss Galina.

That cat stood on Iluna's lap for a moment, then decisively jumped onto Tifa's lap and lay down. The maid smiled and stroked it, and the cat just shook itself, shaking off that hand.

Iluna had already taken leave, and Xia De did not intend to go to Randel Valley today, spending the whole day accompanying the returned Miss Galina.

Seeing Xia De again, Miss Galina was also very happy. After leaving the train station, she just stopped by Yodel Palace to see her nephew, then returned to the manor with her servants and celebrated her return with a sumptuous lunch.

Xia De brought red wine, and even Iluna had prepared caviar obtained from the Sun Church; the atmosphere during lunch was very lively, and the silent manor welcomed its master back after a month.

Xia De sat on Miss Galina's left hand, and during the meal, the witch even teased Xia De about his relationship with Miss Bernice—she had probably heard something.

After lunch, the group seemed to melt into the sofa, spending the winter afternoon in the study. They chatted about their respective experiences over the past month, chatted about the interesting things in Saladir County, Tobesk, and Randel Valley, and chatted about their lives during the month they were apart.

Of course, Miss Galina did not forget to bring gifts for Xia De and Iluna. Xia De received three sets of formal wear custom-made by the Duchess's personal tailor, two large barrels of honey, a specialty of Saladir County—this stuff was easy to store—a basket of fresh winter fruits, and a brand-new wardrobe said to be made of very expensive wood. Iluna also received a ball gown made by the personal tailor; it was clear Iluna did not expect that she would also have a gift, and when she saw that very beautiful dress, she stammered her thanks. Miss Galina was very satisfied with her performance:

"You are also an adult girl now. I don't know how the church will arrange your future, but a ball gown for attending banquets is something every girl should have in her wardrobe."

Of course, she did not just give gifts to Iluna:

"So, Miss Beiya, during the month I was away, did you continue to maintain your training in the Law series of miracles?"

The witch asked again. "Of course." Iluna nodded immediately:

"Not long ago, when I returned to the center island of Pantanal Lake with Xia De to confront the manor evil spirits and the mad earth, he witnessed my progress."

"Then let me take a look too."

Miss Galina said, but then changed her mind:

"Not to let me see the progress of the Law series of miracles, let me see what else you have done during this time,

I hope you also have some self-awareness."

After looking at the gifts, the three returned to the sofa and sat down, and Tifa arranged for the servants to load the gifts into the carriage, to be sent directly to St. Deran Square later.

The seventeen-year-old girl extended her right hand and made a gesture of holding her breath. A few seconds later, a warm glow appeared in her palm.

"Meow?"

Mia became excited at once, excitedly wanting to pounce on that ball of light, but was held by Xia De in time. He carefully observed the ball of light in Iluna's hand; the volume of the light sphere was not large, and one could barely see something flowing inside from the outer edge of the halo. Looking closer, it was as if there were arcs of lightning jumping around the outer edge of the light sphere.

Judging solely from the form of expression, the miracle and spell of summoning a ball of light to stop in one's hand were truly commonplace; the simplest variant of "Light Spell," which was "Light Sphere Spell," could do it, and one could summon many light spheres to form a shiny pattern.

But what Iluna wanted to show was clearly not such simple power. Xia De reached out, wanting to touch that ball of light, but immediately withdrew his finger; he felt the power within it.

"What do you think?"

Miss Galina asked Xia De, and Xia De answered cautiously: "Sun."

"No, no, it's still far from reaching the level of the sun." Iluna denied it embarrassedly:

"Xia De introduced me to a local black market, and I bought two 'Empty Bottle Fruits' to contain the light of the sun and the moon. By continuously infusing power into that peculiar relic derivative, I tried to guide the purest solar power into my hand without external limitations, and without it dissipating too much."

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