Chapter 1251

"That is enough."

Seeing the black glass tank damaged, the Red Dragon maid, who had been standing silently to the side, suddenly spoke. After Xia De voluntarily withdrew his hand, she replaced the lid and returned the black tank to beneath the counter.

She then walked back over, looking at the weakened Xia De with hollow eyes:

"Guest, you have obtained ownership of me. Does the cafe need to help you dispose of my body?"

This sounded like something from a slaughterhouse. Xia De, whose face was pale and who felt as if he were about to collapse from exhaustion, leaned against the nearby table to force himself to sit down; his entire body was breaking out in a cold sweat. At the same time, a strange feeling arose in his heart—it was like casting "Puppet Manipulation," but he felt he could control the young witch before him completely, and at a much deeper level than "Puppet Manipulation."

This was the "permanent right of control" he had obtained; as long as Xia De wished, he could do anything to Miss Fiona Delage.

But fortunately, the Outlander remained the same as he was when he first arrived in this world:

"The cafe does not need to dispose of anything. I have purchased permanent ownership of the maid, so I hope Fiona Delage can return to normal. Yes, completely back to normal, including stripping anyone or anything other than herself of control over her."

"Master, are you sure you want to release this maid?"

The big-tailed maid spread her arms and slowly turned a circle in front of Xia De, as if showing herself to him.

"Yes, yes I am."

Although the nearly collapsed Xia De was sitting, he still had to use one hand to support himself on the table to keep steady; he had no worldly desires at this moment.

"No problem, as you command." The Red Dragon girl stood with her hands clasped together in front of her chest in a standard pose, closed her eyes, and lowered her head slightly, as if some kind of machine had entered sleep mode.

Outside the door, the rain pattered, and inside, the fireplace crackled. In the city of the dark night, even Xia De felt a long-lost drowsiness. The severe consumption of his spirit left his body extremely hollow, and the omnipresent sense of crisis and the urgency of time filled his heart with an unventable anxiety and panic.

At one moment, his vision suddenly went black, and Xia De, not sitting firmly, fell from the chair. But he did not touch the cold floor; instead, he was caught in a warm embrace.

"You are... oh, it's Mr. Hamilton! You've appeared again! Xia De! Xia De!"

The young girl hugged him in a panic and helped him sit back up. Xia De, feeling stars before his eyes, took a long while to recover. He felt blood filling the vessels in his brain again, and his vision cleared, allowing him to see the young witch bending over beside him, looking at him with concern; those red-gold eyes looked exceptionally beautiful.

Her eyes were somewhat like the vertical pupils of a beast, a symbol of her mixed dragon blood. And the young witch's delicate, fair face seemed exceptionally kind at this moment.

"Long time no see, Miss Fiona Delage."

The maid standing before him appeared as three people to Xia De—this was double vision, and it took several seconds to return to normal.

"Yes, long time no see, Mr. Hamilton. Sorry, every time, it's you who saves me."

The young girl looked like she was about to cry. This, of course, was not because she was seeing Xia De again after four years, but because of Xia De's current state:

"It's all my fault. The tasks given to me by Teacher Oranod and Teacher Feilianna were not completed, and it even caused you to become like this."

"Sorry, do you have anything to eat?"

Xia De finally understood that his current state was actually hypoglycemia. He actually had food in his pocket, but his depleted spirit was no longer enough to allow him to cast a spell to restore it into a real item.

When the Red Dragon witch heard this, she immediately rummaged through her maid outfit, but naturally, she found nothing. She didn't even think to look at the menu, and hesitated for a moment:

"You can eat my meat."

She held her big tail and offered it to Xia De, looking somewhat pitiful:

"My self-healing ability is very strong, and I am a mixed-blood dragon, so you don't have to worry about dragon poison."

The dragon bloodline in this world was extremely powerful and could reproduce with almost any race, resulting in a large number of mixed-species that gave biologists at the three major academies a headache. The strength of the bloodline was also reflected in the fact that dragon blood was highly corrosive; if one were to bathe in dragon blood after slaying a dragon as in the stories, they would likely die within a week from various blood diseases caused by dragon poison.

"Don't joke around..."

Xia De pushed the tail away, feeling that it wasn't as hard as he had imagined, but rather soft and warm:

"This place doesn't forbid taking food out, right?"

"What?"

The Red Dragon girl held her tail, not quite understanding, but Xia De already knew the answer:

"As long as it's not forbidden."

He had Fiona help him sit upright,

asked for a piece of paper to ignite, wrote down the contents of the meal he wanted, and then burned it with a flame.

【Fiona's Housekeeping Servant】 was a very special miracle. Its peculiarity lay not only in the fact that one set of spell materials could be used multiple times, but also in the fact that it consumed almost no spirit. After all, in Xia De's view, the essence of this miracle was actually a contract.

And as he ignited the note and used the miracle, the slight feeling of his spirit being stripped away made his head go black again. Fiona held his arm to keep him from tipping over, but unfortunately, Xia De had no heart to feel the soft touch of her arm.

The young witch curiously watched as white fog rose from the table that previously only had the menu. This time the speed was quite fast; in just three minutes and twenty-one seconds, the white fog dissipated, and desserts such as ham and cheese, matcha red bean cheesecake, strawberry jam golden crispy crepes, coconut tiramisu, pineapple egg tarts, and more, presented in colorful porcelain plates, appeared on the table, along with an inverted porcelain cup and black tea with steam rising from the spout.

A small note leaned against the white porcelain teapot:

【Actually, I am also very good at making living room tea and snacks.】

Behind it was still a hand-drawn smiley face.

"Oh!"

The feeling of hunger was particularly strong at this moment. If it weren't for the lack of spirit, Xia De even thought he could shout "Not enough" and hold another blood feast.

He reached out and grabbed the food quite uncivilly, while Fiona said from the side:

"Don't eat so hurriedly, or you will choke. I used to... I'll pour you some tea."

She hurriedly picked up the teapot to pour tea, and it wasn't until three small cakes were down his throat and two triangular sachima were swallowed that Xia De felt he had the feeling of being alive again.

He took the teacup and let the black tea dilute the cloyingly sweet taste in his mouth, then let out a long breath and said to the girl who was looking at him with concern:

"I'm fine now. The feeling of being full is truly blissful. Oh, long time no see, Miss Fiona Delage."

He said the greeting again, this time with a smile on his face. Being able to meet the founders of Saint Byron in the past was also a good thing for Xia De. Seeing that Xia De's complexion had returned to normal and his tone was no longer so weak, the young girl also let out a sigh of relief, perked up, and revealed a smile:

"Long time no see, Mr. Hamilton. You can just call me by my name. Since we parted in the Dead Silent Valley four years ago, I have often recalled our adventures in the Cadis Library with the teachers and Miss Samuel. Oh, I also remember that matter; I had originally forgotten it, but Miss Feilianna helped me recover the memory. Miss Feilianna has become more and more powerful over the years; she is definitely the most outstanding witch of this era."

She lifted the sides of her beautiful maid outfit's skirt and curtsied slightly to Xia De. This etiquette had also appeared on the witches who had responded to Xia De's sublimation words and appeared during the Battle of Pantanal.

"Alright, don't be so polite. Sit down quickly; I am truly happy to see you. But come to think of it, can you understand my language?"

The Red Dragon witch also pulled up a chair and sat next to Xia De by the coffee table, her tail drooping to the ground between her body and the back of the chair. Noticing Xia De glancing at her tail, the young girl blushed slightly without changing her expression:

"This is a characteristic of this city. I have been here for a long time; sorry, I don't know exactly how long. It was Miss Feilianna and Miss Oranod who sent me here to do something. Yes, that is a very important and unexpected matter. I am honored to be trusted by them..."

After finishing, she pursed her lips, thought about it suspiciously, and then said dejectedly:

"Sorry, I also forgot what the matter was. I only remember that I need to cross this labyrinth-like city and find the throne behind the curtain of this city. The one sitting on that throne is the legendary God of the Dark Night."

"Don't worry, just like last time, I am here this time to help you complete what you want to complete."

Xia De said, then felt as if he had become someone who appeared specifically to fulfill the wishes of witches:

"Since we parted last time, I have also been missing you all. How are Miss Feilianna and Miss Oranod now? Do they have anything to say to me?"

The Red Dragon girl looked somewhat pitiful:

"Teacher and Miss Feilianna are both very well. During those long dark nights and the leisure time of afternoon tea, we often mentioned you. As for what they have to say to you... I didn't expect you to appear again so soon... It's also possible they said something before I set off this time, but I don't remember."

"It doesn't matter. Then tell me about this city. I have twenty-three minutes left this time."

"Okay."

The Red Dragon girl nodded obediently and also picked up her teacup:

"This is the Eternal Night City sleeping in the dark night, located in the extreme north. Only a very small number of ways can reach here. In outdoor situations, one must absolutely not fall into a completely lightless environment, otherwise, one will absolutely never be able to walk out of the long night again. The buildings here are mostly lit, but they will also turn off the lights at irregular intervals. This period is the time when one needs to enter the interior of the buildings."

This was what Xia De encountered when he arrived just now.

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