Chapter 1340

"In short, if you need my assistance recently, go directly to the Society to find me. When Yin Luna comes, we will discuss the plan in detail. The current poetry is still not enough; we only know that a banquet is to be held, but we don't know if there are special regulations for the banquet location."

Luweiya said again.

"Do you want to try the coin?"

Xia De asked.

"Keep it, it's not the most urgent moment yet."

Luweiya shook her head, and then mentioned what happened last night:

"Your teacher, Miss Dannister, came to see me, at about nine o'clock."

She really didn't notice that Xia De had actually come once:

"The professors of the Zalas Academy of Literature came during the incident at Lake Eldron, and the professors of Sexes will arrive this afternoon. In this way, the professors of the three major academies have all arrived locally, and the church is very likely to organize a major operation recently."

"What did Miss Dannister say to you last night?"

Xia De asked curiously, and a smile appeared on the purple-eyed girl's face:

"Convey for me that a certain gentleman far away in Tobesk misses me very much."

Xia De showed a reserved expression:

"I do miss you very much."

"Meow~"

Mia also called out.

"Also, Miss Dannister also told me that I will return to Tobesk at least in the spring. This time it's not because of work; the situation in Randall Valley is very complicated now, and the local registered sorcerers cannot leave easily. The pollution of the earth will spread to very far areas through the footsteps of travelers, and sorcerers have a greater impact on this. So for the safety of Tobesk, I'd better wait here for things to end."

All day Saturday, nothing fresh happened. During the meeting in the afternoon, Xia De informed the doctor and others that Luweiya would stay in Randall Valley for at least half a month, and everyone just regretted that Luweiya missed half of Tobesk's winter.

And after the meeting ended, Xia De stayed alone to talk to the doctor about the demon. Of course, the focus was on Stone Osenfort and the demon's contract.

The doctor was quite cautious about this:

"Your judgment is correct; he definitely didn't tell the whole process of the contract, but the content he said should be true. According to my understanding of Goethe, regarding how to obtain Osenfort's soul, the second half of the contract should not only be 'power other than the demon kills the contractor who has an immortal body', it should contain other very harsh conditions... such as, killing while standing on the moon, or killing under the sun at night."

"Then what good does it do for the demon to sign such a harsh treaty?"

Xia De asked in confusion:

"Disliking life is too dull, deliberately looking for some excitement for yourself?"

"It wants mortals to feel that they are the ones who took advantage of the contract, otherwise who would sincerely sign a contract with a demon?"

The doctor asked back, he was quite familiar with the demon's tricks:

"But in reality, demons who are good at playing with terms have ways to achieve those impossible things. For example, if the content of the term is really 'killing the immortal Stone Osenfort with power other than Goethe on the moon', then the demon will definitely lead Osenfort to a certain area with a moon pattern."

Xia De nodded, slightly understanding:

"So, Osenfort didn't tell me all the conditions of the contract, maybe he died because of this in the end. After all, I don't know how to avoid doing this."

"But if he told you the full content of the contract, you would be equivalent to mastering the way to kill him."

The doctor laughed, with a smile on his face but his eyes were quite serious:

"You have the power to choose, the Mirror Demon-Goethe also has the power to choose, only Osenfort does not have the power to make a choice. That's why I said, don't easily make deals with demons, there is no benefit."

On Saturday night, Dorothy taught Xia De a course on fairy tales at No. 6 St. Deran Square as usual. However, before this course, Xia De took out the newly obtained Luo De card 【Ancient Fairy Tale · Cinderella】.

While "teasing" Xia De for not forgetting to play cards with others even when he was away, the writer lady was also curious about what Xia De wanted to ask.

"Regarding the story of "Gre's Crystal Shoe", we have learned most of the common versions so far. This ancient fairy tale, actually from the beginning of hearing you talk about it, I felt an inexplicable familiarity."

The two talked inside and outside the desk, Xia De put down the cards in his hand, the life ring slowly emerged behind him, and the sound of whistles and bells made Mia tilt her head to look curiously:

"Enlightenment - The Little Match Girl, Miracle - Tree Kiss, Enlightenment - Sleeping Princess, Enlightenment - Water of Wisdom."

As he recited his spirit runes in turn, the four spirit runes bloomed with brilliance. The light of the four spirit runes connected together on the life ring, as if the life ring itself had an extra golden-bronze light band.

Xia De narrowed his eyes slightly, and then the bright light in the study suddenly became dim. Dorothy put down the book in her hand, reached out to catch the falling snow, and then looked up at the ceiling that seemed to be "melting". Half of the ceiling had disappeared, revealing the brilliant starry sky and that holy silver moon.

The furnishings in the study did not disappear, but merged with the blurry snowy street scene. Because Xia De's four mysteries formed an extremely huge composite mystery, the casting requirements were further increased, so even though he was already at the Fifth Ring, Xia De still could not use the full power of any mystery in a normal state:

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"I highly suspect that Cinderella is also a story I brought to the Fifth Era."

He stated his judgment, and then picked up the Luo De card again. With a light toss, the red butterfly group took the card and flew to the distance of the street. The dancing red butterflies brought out streamers in the snowy night, and the scarlet streamers, accompanied by the red butterfly group, constructed the pumpkin carriage in Xia De's imagination in the distance of the street.

Dorothy tilted her head and watched this scene:

"Very interesting, is Xia De's fairy tale kingdom going to expand again?"

She joked:

"Don't discuss the mysteries of time with me, after all, I don't know as much as you do. Xia De, what do you want to discuss with me?"

"If I really obtain a mystery, what kind of power will this mystery have?"

While the illusion and mystery turned into light chips and faded, Dorothy fell into deep thought again:

"My middle-ring sublimation word, 'In the castle of the night, only time can block the blessed princess' is based on this story. The effect of the sublimation word, besides calling the princess who can transform, can also produce a barrier of time. That is, during the duration of the sublimation word, the closer you are to my side, the slower the flow of time will be, until you touch my body, then time will be completely paused."

This is not an aggressive sublimation word, but it definitely counts as a perfect defense.

"Time pause?"

Xia De was thoughtful, while Dorothy reminded:

"This is just a train of thought. You must pay attention that the most important thing about fairy tales is not the content, but the connotation. For you, pity, courage, sacrifice, and wisdom constitute the first four mysteries. Because of pity, wishes are generated; because of courage, evil is sealed; because of sacrifice, life is exchanged; because of wisdom, opponents are learned. Xia De, in your opinion, what does Cinderella/Gre's Crystal Shoe/the princess on the pumpkin carriage represent?"

Xia De didn't answer, while the writer lady gave a hint:

"Frugality, saving time? Humility, not being overly flamboyant? Hope, never being discouraged in adversity? Or is it love, pursuing the whole kingdom for the sake of a loved one?"

Xia De shook his head slightly; these didn't seem to be his understanding.

Dorothy comforted:

"Since you haven't been able to tell this story in the past, you don't have to think so much now. Just study hard with me, and when you really obtain the mystery, you can save the process of understanding the story. I will find time this week to copy the story completely for you, so you can use it as a casting material."

Xia De's first opening of a mystery requires burning the parchment on which the story is written. And after that, having parchment can exert a greater effect, and without it, the effect will be worse.

"That's fine."

"Also, perhaps contacting relevant artifacts can help you better understand this story. Originally, this was the study content for next week, and Lei Qianya was too shy to let me tell you in advance, now I'll tell you—we prepared a pair of crystal shoes for you."

Dorothy said with a smile, Xia De suddenly looked up at her in horror:

"Me? Crystal shoes? No, I absolutely won't wear them! No matter what, it won't work, even if the mystery cannot be learned, I absolutely won't wear them!"

Under the light of the gas desk lamp, the blonde and blue-eyed girl smiled like a flower:

"Xia De, what are you thinking? It's Lei Qianya's crystal shoes, her birthday gift when she was nine years old, tsk, the treatment of a princess is really good."

"Nine years old?"

"Yes, so even she can't wear them anymore, let alone you? However, don't think about letting me tell you how big Lei Qianya's feet are now."

"Don't I know?"

Xia De asked curiously:

"Your feet and Lei Qianya's feet size, I..."

"Cough cough."

The writer lady's face turned red all of a sudden:

"Mr. Hamilton, I am your female tutor, what are you saying?"

Although she was reprimanding Xia De, she herself had more expectations for the night after the class ended:

"Let's get back to the point. I also heard about this when I just exchanged with Lei Qianya for that period of time and heard her tell stories about the past. Actually, two weeks ago, I suggested that she take out the shoes and use them as our study props, but she refused to do so, she was really shy."

Girls' feet are private organs second only to indescribable parts and indescribable parts, so taking out shoes, especially shoes from when they were young, is second only to taking out the fabric of indescribable parts as study materials.

Xia De also laughed when he heard this.