Chapter 1336: The Graveyard of Love

The Document-level Relic 【Wish-Granting Coin】. Draw a pentagram on the ground, place five candles of varying lengths at the points of the pentagram, and then toss the coin into the center of the pentagram to make a wish.

The way the wish is realized is always strange; the smaller the wish, the more normal the realization, while the grander the wish, the more likely it is to cause other disasters.

Xia De had once obtained this coin from Miss Jia Lin Na (Chapter 467). At that time, his relationship with Miss Jia Lin Na was not as intimate as it is now, and the reward the Duchess requested was...

【To have dinner with her.】

Encountering this type of coin for the second time, the price at Mr. Lei Lei Jiede's place was the standard rate. Because wish-granting relics are relatively rare, no matter how strong the side effects are, they are ultimately very useful. Therefore, the 【Wish-Granting Coin】 is considered one of the more expensive items among Document-level relics. But no matter how expensive, Xia De had to buy it.

Considering the long distance from the Mountainous Ruined Tower to Mibao, and from the White River Valley Vineyard to the city of Huntington, after leaving Lengshuigang, Xia De simply went home to take a shower, arranged dinner for the cat who was waking up from its afternoon nap, left a note for Dorothy who might come tonight, and then headed to Randell Valley.

It was still early for Margaret's banquet, so Xia De went to the Seer Society to find Luweiya.

Luweiya had been in Randell Valley for over a month now and had gradually adapted to the work here. A few days ago, the Society informed her that negotiations with the Sect had made key progress, but in reality, Miss Lasers said it seemed the Seer Society had completely forgotten to send her the letter.

In any case, when Xia De arrived at the Seer Society, Luweiya was still busy with work and told Xia De to wait for her at the Abundant Earth Inn. After Xia De finished reading an entire issue of the Randell Valley Evening News and chatted with a guest at the next table about the "petrification plague" that had appeared in the city over the past few days, Luweiya finally hurried over.

She didn't look like she had just finished work, so she wasn't carrying her handbag.

This time, the two didn't chat on the first floor of the inn but went to Luweiya's room. Xia De happily showed her the two coins he had obtained today, while Luweiya looked very troubled:

"I really can't leave recently. Because of the Chosen One affair, the local Society is very short-handed. So the Society communicated with the Academy and extended my secondment. I'm afraid I really won't be able to return to Tobesk until spring."

"What does that matter? No matter where you are, you can see me every day."

Xia De said:

"Also, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na told me at noon today that she has received notice to depart on Sunday and will arrive here late next week."

"The Church must have made great progress there, otherwise they wouldn't have Yin Yi Yi Lu Na come now."

Luweiya was somewhat worried:

"Do you want to divine those two coins now? Use divination to find that sapphire earring and the two missing hexagonal gemstones."

"Not yet. Maybe I'll run into them myself. Spring is getting closer, and there will be more important things to divine later."

Xia De said, then extended an invitation:

"I'm going to Margaret's banquet tonight. Do you want to come with me?"

"There is still some work in the Society that hasn't been completed. The Society is trying to use divination to locate the 'Mad Earth' across the entire region. One location was found today, and the Church has already gone to deal with it."

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The purple-eyed girl said, holding Xia De's hand. She actually wanted to accompany Xia De:

"Also, the 'Universal Earth Elixir' you had the Witch give to the Church is indeed effective. I heard news that within a range of 10 to 500 times dilution, the elixir can delay or even treat different degrees of petrification. Although it's not a complete cure, it's already very effective. As for the 【Healing】 Holy Grail, unfortunately, the potion converted by that Holy Grail has no effect."

"It's a pity I don't have enough Holy Grails."

"There are 302 cases today. Even if you obtained one Holy Grail a day, it would never be enough."

Luweiya saw it very clearly:

"We can never hope to save everyone."

The purple eyes looked at Xia De. For a moment, Xia De wondered who exactly had said this to him.

Since Luweiya didn't have time, Xia De went alone to the manor where Margaret was staying to attend the banquet.

The manor where the Princess and Prince lived was an asset of the Anjou royal family in the area. It was located in the area north of the city center, and the manor covered an area about twice the size of Count Granger's manor.

Although Margaret said this was a banquet to celebrate the completion of the shipyard and invited relevant personnel and their families, the number of visitors actually exceeded Xia De's expectations.

He arrived very early and chatted with Margaret in the room for a while. By the time Margaret took her maids and attendants to greet guests and Xia De arrived at the banquet hall, the area around the long dining table, illuminated by the crystal chandelier overhead and the gas lamps with the Anjou family crest, was already crowded with people.

"Does the shipyard matter involve so many people here?"

As the hosts of this banquet, Princess Margaret and Prince William were very busy when the banquet started, so Xia De could walk around. He had originally wondered if he could run into Schluch Lake again, but then thought that even if he did, there was nothing to talk about.

He then thought about seeing who was playing Luo De Pai in the banquet hall to kill time, but while walking through the lively crowd with a wine glass, he noticed an acquaintance standing by the window.

Xia De changed his direction and walked over with his wine glass:

"Mr. Enrikes, I didn't expect to run into you again."

The man looking out the window alone turned around and recognized the young gentleman he had met at Count Granger's on Tuesday:

"Mr. Watson, what a coincidence to run into you again."

The two clinked glasses, and Xia De glanced out the window. The banquet hall was on the first floor, and outside this window was the manor's back garden. Now that it was late winter, although the weather was still surprisingly cold, there were still people willing to travel at night in such temperatures.

At this moment, two ladies could be seen sitting on a stone bench covered with cushions at the corner of the evergreen bushes.

Only a few lonely gas lamps were still lit in the garden, leaving the two ladies who were whispering to each other in the dimness and cold. The banquet hall was warm and bright, with pleasant music and lively chatter rising and falling. Because the room was too bright, the glass reflected the situation inside the window.

Mr. Enrikes's face was thus reflected on the glass, almost overlapping with the figure of Mrs. Enrikes, who was wearing a white shawl and sitting in the distance of the garden.

One outside and one inside, one in the cold and one warm and comfortable.

"If the person talking to Mrs. Enrikes wasn't an elderly woman but a young, handsome man, this would almost be a world-famous painting."

The Outsider said something only he could understand in his heart, then asked Mr. Enrikes:

"In such cold weather, why is your wife..."

"She is talking to Aunt Angela."

Mr. Enrikes's expression was melancholy, and his tone was exceptionally low. He probably didn't care who he was talking to; he just wanted to find someone to talk to:

"It is indeed very cold outside, but..."

He drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, and Xia De looked outside the window:

"Please forgive my meddling, are you... having problems in your relationship?"

Mr. Enrikes nodded slightly, put the wine glass on the windowsill, and asked instead:

"Speaking of which, Mr. Watson, I see you are also of marriageable age. May I ask if you are married?"

Xia De shook his head:

"No, but I do have a few young ladies of similar age who are quite close to me."

【Over-age.】

Mr. Enrikes nodded. He came from an aristocratic family and naturally understood what Xia De meant.

He looked outside with burning eyes:

"It's good not to be married. Love is always happy and fulfilling, but marriage is always the graveyard of love. I didn't understand this sentence before, but when I truly got married, I realized how accurate this sentence is... So, Mr. Watson, do you know why fairy tales always end with the wedding of the Prince and Princess?"

Xia De followed his train of thought:

"Because after marriage, it's not as wonderful as a fairy tale. The dull life, the friction of trivial matters, the conflict of personal habits. Children who read fairy tales shouldn't be exposed to the helplessness of the adult world at a very young age."

"Yes, the helplessness of the adult world."

Mr. Enrikes looked blankly at the two people holding hands and talking outside the window:

"I used to be immersed in the beauty of love, until I got married and realized how difficult it is to form a family with another person."

It seemed that what troubled him was not just his wife's experience while studying in Willandale, but also the difference between life and imagination after truly getting married.

However, although he seemed to be confiding in Xia De, Mr. Enrikes never mentioned the things he knew from beginning to end. No matter how troubled he was, he couldn't confide in a stranger that his wife had had a past with someone else.

"Perhaps you can seek help from relatives who have been married for a long time."

However, Xia De still gave his own advice:

"Although young people always think that the ideas of the elderly are outdated, in fact, they are correct most of the time."

Mr. Enrikes nodded:

"Yes, that's why my aunt is talking to my wife outside. But she clearly misunderstood, thinking it was my sloppy habits that made Maggie disappointed in me. In fact, it is..."

He didn't continue, but took another glass of wine from the tray of a passing waiter.

There was no such thing as a "marriage counselor" in this era, but Xia De knew a similar profession:

"Have you considered seeing a psychologist?" ===== CHAPTER 1337 =====