Chapter 1252

"I have never seen any residents of this city. The information given to me by Teacher and Miss Feilianna shows that only those buildings with signs can be considered relatively safe. Teacher and Miss Feilianna prepared a lot of weapons and materials for me, letting me enter these shops to peel back the curtain step by step and see that God of the Dark Night, but now the backpack is also lost, and only a small part of the luggage is still in this cafe..."

With her head lowered and her drooping tail tip sweeping back and forth slightly, Xia De knew her mood even without looking at her expression. However, Xia De now knew what the small package at the feet of the maid in the cafe menu illustration referred to.

"Can these shops be used for trading?"

Xia De asked, pointing to the menu on the table, but Fiona shook her head cautiously:

"There are too many secrets here; I can only say that most shops can be used for trading."

She reached into the large pocket of her maid skirt and felt out a brass-colored, round, cake-shaped object; it looked like the base of some kind of instrument:

"This is the compass base prepared by Miss Feilianna. Teacher and Miss Feilianna have investigated many things about this city. I originally needed to find and enter three designated shops, trade, and obtain all the parts of the compass, and then I could find the road to the center of the city, but after arriving at the Eternal Night City, I discovered that the dangers here are more than imagined..."

The Red Dragon girl looked particularly dejected at this moment, her two hands clasped together on her legs under the table:

"This is the first shop. Before I entered here, I lost most of my luggage due to some accidents, and I myself was eroded by the power of the dark night. In order to maintain myself and not be assimilated by the dark night, I was forced to make a trade with the cafe, and then somehow, I was controlled by this place."

Xia De expressed his understanding of this, and felt that the task Miss Feilianna and Miss Oranod gave the girl before him was a bit too dangerous.

"Are you the only one on this mission?"

"Yes, it's too dangerous here, and Miss Oranod and Miss Feilianna have become very urgent in recent years. Each of us has taken on many tasks. I know I am not working hard enough, but they trust me very much... This is something others cannot give me."

She looked down at her reflection in the black tea:

"If you hadn't come, I'm afraid I would have had to stay here for a long time before I could wait for Teacher or Miss Feilianna to save me."

She never thought she would stay here forever; the Red Dragon girl, like Xia De, trusted those two great witches very much.

"That feeling is truly terrifying. Clearly still retaining a clear consciousness, but just unable to control one's own body. Xia De, when I saw you rush in, I really felt like I was dreaming..."

As she spoke, her eyes actually became a bit moist. Fiona's age was relatively young, and she was far from as strong as the other witches Xia De had met.

"Since I have already come, then it's fine. Find the trading materials in the three shops and exchange them for the road to the throne, right? This doesn't sound harder than collecting First Era texts for the Old Gods in the Cadis Library."

Xia De said, then pushed the menu to her:

"First, what do we need to get from this cafe?"

Fiona flipped through the menu quickly. Speaking of which, this menu looked thin, no more than ten pages, but in reality, the last page Xia De flipped to just now was marked with page number 108.

"I only saw this after I arrived, but unfortunately, we definitely can't afford to buy it."

She flipped to the corresponding page number. Because the two were originally sitting close together, Xia De saw the content at a glance:

【Map of the Eternal Night City, marking important locations and hidden roads within the city.】

【The map left behind when the Monarch last visited to taste snacks.】

The picture on the left was a rolled-up piece of parchment, with an emblem stamped in blue ink on the back of the paper. If Xia De guessed correctly, this should be the holy emblem of the God of the Dark Night.

【Requires payment of a portion of special destiny.】

When it involved destiny, one could not be too cautious, so this was indeed not a commodity they could afford.

Fiona continued to flip backward, but before she flipped to the corresponding page number, Xia De suddenly asked her to stop, because Xia De saw a very familiar name:

【Pepper Shaker of the Great One—Lord of the Blood Feast, Relic, sprinkling it on any food can make it delicious. Frequent large-dose use will trigger severe binge eating disorder, until the gaze or arrival of the Lord of the Blood Feast.】

【Delicious bait for the Lord of the Blood Feast.】 The picture on the left was a metal jar with dense small holes on the top.

【Requires payment of a unique delicacy.】

"Xia De, do you want this?"

The Red Dragon girl asked curiously, and Xia De immediately shook his head:

"No, no, I just saw a very familiar name, and the 'unique delicacy' that the God thinks of is not something we can make. Besides, even if I got this, I couldn't take it away. Speaking of which, I have quite a connection with this God."

He actually thought that if the cultists in Tobesk had had this last summer, they wouldn't have had to rack their brains to prepare that complicated God-descension ritual. As for why the cafe had a pepper shaker, Xia De understood this point very well. Pepper was not abundant in any era of this world. As a very precious spice, some people indeed thought that sprinkling pepper on desserts or even coffee was a very high-class way of dining.

The menu was flipped backward again until Fiona's target was found. On the left side of the page was a golden teaspoon with dense patterns on the surface, and on the right side was the information about this commodity:

【Valuable teaspoon, creation of the Eternal Night City, possesses the aura of the Eternal Night City.】

【Valuable and meaningless, but very beautiful.】 【Requires payment of radiance.】

"Paying radiance again?"

Xia De was a bit surprised, and Fiona explained embarrassedly:

"In this cafe, items that are not valuable or not distinctive enough all require payment of radiance as the price... I don't mean me..."

"I understand, it's just that the evaluation criteria are different. Perhaps in the eyes of the God, we are all ordinary people without distinction, but in the eyes of Miss Feilianna, Miss Oranod, and me, you are unique."

The young girl revealed a shallow smile, and Xia De said:

"Then let's buy this."

As he spoke, he glanced behind him, and the black tank that had been placed under the counter by the Dragon Maid Fiona had actually appeared on the counter again at this moment.

"I'll do it."

The Red Dragon girl stood up first, but was pulled by her sleeve by Xia De:

"No, no, let me do it. I have also recovered some after eating this food, so let me do it."

"Just now, in order to save me, you have already consumed too much. This time it's just buying a teaspoon, I think I can do it."

"Please listen to me."

Xia De also stood up; he was slightly taller than Fiona, who was wearing black buckled leather shoes with high heels:

"First, my spirit is very depleted now, aren't you the same?"

The Red Dragon girl turned her eyes slightly to avoid looking at him, her tail tip tapping the ground.

"Secondly, you know, I can leave very soon, and there will be plenty of ways to restore my spirit by then. But you are different; you still have to stay here and face this eerie city and the long night alone. Regardless of the reason, I cannot let you do it this time."

As he spoke, he also pointed to himself:

"Besides, I am still quite confident in the Light Spell."

Fiona couldn't argue with him and could only watch as he conjured a pile of holy water to drink and then moved the black tank back.

Neither of them could estimate how much radiance the teaspoon required, so before Xia De was ready to act, Fiona still had to make Xia De promise:

"If you can't hold on, you must not force it; withdraw your arm and let me do it. Xia De, I am also an apprentice officially recognized by the teacher, and I am much stronger than you."

When she said the last sentence, she sounded quite lacking in confidence.

The lid of the black tank was lifted again. While the light intensity in the cafe continued to decrease, the night color outside the door seemed to want to seep in through the cracks in the door. Xia De did not immediately reach his arm into the black tank, but honestly let the silver moonlight appear in his palm again.

If it weren't necessary, he wouldn't actively use the power of the divine remnant radiance. Fortunately, it really wasn't necessary this time. The value of that "valuable teaspoon" seemed far lower than Miss Fiona Delage. Xia De's spirit was only depleted again, and the black

tank actively stopped absorbing.

The darkness inside the tank dissipated actively, revealing the silver slender teaspoon lying at the bottom of the container. Xia De picked it up, and Fiona helped the sweating Xia De, who was holding his forehead, to sit down again, and then handed the sugar cake to his mouth:

"Actually, you don't need to feed me..."

Looking at her expression, Xia De also knew that he had better not refuse, so he honestly finished the sugar cake, and then watched the Red Dragon girl pour the remaining holy water into Xia De's cup, mix it with coffee, and hand it to Xia De again.

His situation was much better than just now, so he still had time to ask curiously:

"Your technique of stirring coffee just now was truly professional. Did becoming a maid in this shop give you the knowledge and experience?"

"No. When I was by the teacher's side, these chores were done by us apprentices; this is the duty of an apprentice."

She looked at the table full of desserts and added softly:

"Actually, I am also very good at cooking this kind of dessert."

That spoon couldn't work yet; it had to be combined with the other two items and the compass base to take effect. And the next target location was the silver shop in the Eternal Night City, which meant that they had to leave this warm and comfortable cafe.

At this moment, the night outside was thick, and not a trace of light could be seen. It was obviously impossible to leave this shop by "walking." If they had to wait for the night to dissipate and the lights to come on, they didn't know how long they would have to wait, and by then, Xia De would probably have already left.