Chapter 1295: Dragon, Cat, and Fire

The four ounces of "Sands of Time infected by the night" that Xia De found from his own time point were to buy a gear in this clock shop, as one of the materials to piece together the compass pointing to the end.

When the two returned to the counter and opened the product list, the price of the gear had not increased. After Xia De proposed to buy it, the sound of gears rotating, shafts rubbing, and pistons pushing came from inside the wooden counter, and then with a click, a drawer popped out on the outside of the counter.

Xia De put the prepared Sands of Time into the drawer, and then pushed it back to its original position. After waiting for a moment, another drawer popped open, and inside was the gear they were looking for. The inner side of the gear was just the right size for Fiona's compass base, allowing the compass base to be stuck inside the gear.

"Now that we have the spoon from the coffee shop and the gear from the clock shop, as long as we find the last item, we can pass through the curtain and reach the palace in the deepest part of Eternal Night City."

Fiona said happily, carefully putting the gear back into the inner pocket of her clothes.

"Oh, Fiona, look at this."

Before leaving last time, they only hurriedly flipped through the clock shop's product catalog and didn't have a chance to look at more goods here. Therefore, although they had successfully obtained the large gear, Xia De and Fiona didn't rush to leave.

Xia De flipped through it casually and saw something quite interesting:

【Time-Stopping Pocket Watch (Disposable), God-made item, can stop the time of the entire material world.】

Although the illustrations in the clock shop's product list were black and white, Xia De could still see from the illustration on the left that this was a very finely crafted pocket watch.

【Ancient God creation, requires one drop of divinity to use. Use at your own risk, extremely dangerous.】

【Purchase requires paying a Time Key to the First Era, or Frozen Night.】

"Why is the usage cost here so blurry?"

Fiona asked curiously. Xia De then understood that she couldn't see the word "divinity."

"For such an extremely dangerous item, even if we can afford it, I think it's best not to buy it. Time needs to be respected."

Xia De said very seriously, and then thought of those time-stopping movies he had seen in his hometown.

Flipping through the pages in a hurry, he saw two very familiar items again.

【Leaf of Eternal Youth, relic, the best decoration for keeping eternal youth.】

The illustration on the left was the leaf Xia De was most familiar with. He still had two leaves left in his hand.

【A leaf of the World Tree in legend, very suitable for decorating clocks.】

【Purchase requires paying a Time Key to the Third Era and before, or the corpse of a Time Worm.】

"This is a reward for the Time Key mission. I once got one."

Fiona said to Xia De. Xia De was a bit surprised and looked at her, not expecting Fiona to have had such an extraordinary experience.

【Replica of the Time of Retrospection, alchemical item, retrospects the time of a certain area within half an hour, over 90% chance of failure.】

The illustration on the left was the hourglass Xia De had seen.

【Exquisite replica hourglass, can only be used once, and will attract the peeping of hounds, cursed by time.】

【Purchase requires paying 100 years of life.】

"I have heard of the genuine Time of Retrospection, it is a quite dangerous relic."

Fiona said to Xia De, and Xia De didn't say that he had seen the genuine 【Time of Retrospection】 and even used its power.

The items sold in this clock shop were much more powerful than most of the items in the Dragon Maid Cafe, so the price was also quite high. Various strange prices, some of which Xia De hadn't even heard of.

Of course, although most were very expensive, there were also a few that the two could afford. Even if they bought supernatural items, Xia De couldn't bring them back to his own era, but some things were still very useful to Fiona:

【Sands of Time soaked in dragon blood, 1 ounce, alchemical material.】

The illustration on the left was a small pinch of sand.

【An alchemical material born under extremely accidental circumstances, precious, but not particularly precious.】

【Purchase requires paying light.】

"The time power possessed by the Sands of Time itself makes it difficult to be infected by other powers. Although dragons are powerful creatures, they have not yet surpassed time. So, this kind of alchemical material, I think it cannot be found elsewhere."

Xia De said his thoughts:

"Fiona, since you possess dragon blood, maybe this special dragon blood is useful to you."

"It does seem to suit me."

The red dragon girl was also moved by this. Her red-gold eyes looked at the picture, so Xia De suggested:

"I will pay the light, just like last time, don't be polite with me. After a while, buy three more long-burning candles, and we can step into the night."

The drawer of the counter popped open again. This time, inside the drawer was darkness that made it impossible to look directly at.

Xia De used his own light technique to pay the price for buying this material, just like last time. Fortunately, this sand didn't look more expensive than Fiona. Although Xia De was still a bit exhausted due to the violent consumption of spirit, his condition was much better than last time.

Next was Fiona paying with fresh blood separated from her body to buy three long-burning candles. And just when the two were busy buying items, the cat curiously jumped onto the counter.

Because it was always within Xia De's field of vision and didn't run around, Xia De didn't bother with it. So Little Mia came to the opened product list and stretched out its paw to flip the price list. This cat could flip books; it often flipped through the books Xia De left on the desk in the study.

When Xia De was supporting Fiona, who was a bit dizzy due to blood loss, the cat was still flipping through the books. Xia De could only pick it up with one hand:

"Mia, be obedient, we are about to set off."

Fiona's blood loss was not particularly severe, and she could unfold the curtain made by Miss Fiona after resting for a few minutes, allowing the two to go to the last location, which was the "Midnight Art Gallery" in Eternal Night City.

And at this time, Xia De was still "fighting" with Mia, who didn't know why it was a bit disobedient. He tried to turn the cat into a toy with a towel. It would be very dangerous in a while, but the cat dodged nimbly. When Xia De was forced to prepare to use "Light of Confinement" to grab the cat like grabbing it for a bath, Mia, who had already seen this move, immediately walked in front of Xia De itself.

It squatted on the counter with its four small paws together in a very obedient movement, its small cat head lowered slightly, looking up with big eyes, looking pitiful.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Xia De asked, both angry and amused. So the cat seemed to really understand, and looked at Fiona's tail again.

"Since it is curious, let it take a look."

The kind-hearted red dragon girl, although still a bit weak, said with a smile:

"I will carefully control the flames and won't burn it."

She pulled her tail and handed the tail tip toward the counter. The cat still maintained that obedient squatting posture, but its neck stretched forward, its amber eyes widened, looking shocked.

The golden flame was reflected in Mia's big eyes. Xia De, who was observing this cat continuously and afraid that it would rush toward the flame if it was not careful, clearly saw two slender flames flickering in Mia's eyes at that moment.

【Possessing the "Son of the Sun" bloodline, it is undergoing some subtle changes.】

"She" said with a chuckle, but Xia De didn't see any changes in his cat.

The cat tail swayed behind Little Mia, and then actually wanted to reach toward the flame on the tip of Fiona's tail. Xia De hurriedly wanted to stop it, but the red dragon girl said very gently:

"It doesn't matter, I control the flames, let your cat try it. Children of this age are always very curious."

Perhaps because of her own red dragon bloodline, her perception of cats seemed to be very different from that of normal ordinary humans.

So, Mia's tail really touched the dragon tail's flame. At that moment, Xia De thought something incredible would happen, but he stared at all this, only to hear Mia meow "Meow~". Afterward, the cat took its tail back, squatted obediently and didn't move, looked up at Xia De, and was turned into a toy by Xia De.

The thoughts of this cat were sometimes really hard to understand.

He wanted to carry Mia's toy on his body, but then thought that last time he broke into the night with Fiona, all the items on his body turned black after he was swallowed by the night.

Therefore, to prevent himself from having to let Fiona go first again, Xia De didn't carry the cat himself, but turned Mia into a toy and let Fiona carry it.

The red-haired girl unfolded the curtain at the door again, and the wind and night rain soon wetted the fabric. Confirming that the luggage was packed, Xia De held Fiona's hand, and the two rushed toward the curtain together.

After breaking through the cold curtain, the drizzling rain wetted their shoulders, and the light from the window of the "Eternal Night Jewelry Store" behind them provided a small piece of light for the two on the street. The city of eternal night seemed to be able to exist in this rain until the end of time, and Xia De saw the sign of the "Midnight Art Gallery" across the street at a glance:

"Luck is really good this time, it's here!"

Xia De said to Fiona with a smile, but the red dragon girl was very worried:

"The distance between us and the opposite side is farther than last time. Three candles are probably not enough for us to reach the opposite side safely."

"It doesn't matter, I will throw you over later. Don't worry about me, don't forget that I can shine myself."

Of course, this did not mean that Xia De would not be harmed in the night. Even if he could shine himself, he could not stay in the deep night for too long, but Xia De did not say this point.

"Okay, I understand."

The red dragon girl carefully put away the curtain hanging in mid-air, held Xia De's hand with her left hand, and held a candle with her right hand. Then the tail circled from the side to the front of her body:

"Xia De, please be ready. Three, two, one!" ===== CHAPTER 1296 =====

"Xia De, please be ready. Three, two, one!"