Chapter 1391: Warning from the Past

"I won't bring the other two stones to the table, after all, they are not clean. One of those two stones is also part of the seal, and the other is a stone tablet left by the Ringed Ringed Shushi of that year, recording the experience of the whole thing. But unfortunately, only a part of the stone slab is left now, and the information that can be interpreted is even less."

Xia De said regretfully. "What is written on it?"

Ms. Lasers asked curiously.

"A warning. The devil I am going to deal with is itself like a mirror, at least in the eyes of humans, it is this image. Therefore, besides the weird contract ability, the conspiracy of manipulating people's hearts, and its own combat power, it is very good at hiding itself, turning itself into any creature or non-creature it reflects."

Xia De said:

"So, that stone tablet warned people in the future that if they want to catch it again after it breaks free from the seal, they must pay attention to this hiding ability of it."

"Is there any way to crack this ability? For example, some special relics?" Ms. Bernice asked, and Xia De shook his head:

"The remaining residues that can still be found on the stone tablet are only these. I searched in the silt for a long time and didn't find other parts. Moreover, it's too late to find relics now. Fortunately, a friend of mine in Tobesk gave me a bottle of special eye drops, which can help me enhance my tracking ability."

"Then have you ever thought that actually, from the moment you met that maid yesterday evening, everything was a trap set by the devil for you?"

Ms. Galina asked again, and Xia De shook his head, cutting a small piece of sausage and giving it to Mia:

"I thought about it, so after going back last night, I visited a 'devil expert'. He analyzed it with me and believed that what the maid said was highly likely to be true."

Saying this, he put down the ring and asked Iluna: "I'll give this to you, do you want it?"

The table suddenly became quiet, and all the ladies looked at Xia De with surprise. Iluna was also very surprised, looked at the surrounding gazes uneasily, and then asked softly:

"Give me... a ring?"

"I already have one, and it's useless to have a second one. The fate of the chosen one means that you will always encounter devils one day, so isn't it appropriate to put it with you?"

"So that's it..."

So the table returned to the sound of laughter, and Xia De looked at the witches with surprise, not quite understanding why they were so concerned about this matter just now.

"Then let it be with me for now."

Iluna nodded, stretched out her hand, and said pretending to be casual: "You help me put it on..."

"Cough, cough."

Ms. Galina coughed, so the seventeen-year-old girl took the ring from Xia De's palm with some unwillingness, and then caught a glimpse of Ms. Rita Swift giggling, while Ms. Hailey Aurora was staring at the bacon in front of her, as if studying the artistry of breakfast.

"Speaking of which, is anyone else going to Margaret's banquet tonight?" Xia De asked curiously again.

"Siris, Sylvia, and I are all going." Ms. Bernice said:

"I am a Baron, and I also have some reputation locally." She was really too modest.

"Although Sylvia came to travel in a private capacity, she is, after all, the family tutor and private doctor of the Princess, so she also received an invitation."

"I also received an invitation, but I refused." Ms. Aurora said:

"Tonight, Galina and I are going to the Temple of the Dark Night you mentioned. Since we cannot rule out the possibility that it is the location of the chosen one ceremony, we will go to observe the terrain in advance. After returning, we will meet Sister Sister Daifulin again, and then enter the Council to report the situation to the Speaker."

"I came to this place secretly, and banquets have nothing to do with me."

The Baroness of the North said, while Ms. Hailey Aurora, Miss Difa, and Ms. Rita Swift also had their own tasks, so they didn't go. Hailey had to replace Ms. Aurora to sign a business deal with the local Chamber of Commerce, Miss Difa accompanied the Great Witch to the Temple of the Dark Night

, and Ms. Swift was waiting for contact with Grandma Cassandra, and also had to go to the black market to recover the news that the witches had spent a high price to inquire about some time ago.

As for Iluna—

"I can go, or I can not go. That Princess gave the local church a few anonymous invitations, but you also know that everyone has been very busy recently. So, except for a few ordinary clergy who will appear for the sake of maintenance and the relationship with the royal family, other invitations are useless... Oh, the Peace Church sent two teams into that manor to prevent cultists from making any more trouble."

Iluna looked at Xia De sideways: "Then, do you need me to go?"

"You'd better rest well. Even if you go, we probably can't meet." Iluna nodded regretfully:

"That's true. Then I'll stay at the church. I wish you a pleasant evening, Xia De. However, don't stay at the banquet too late, you still have to deal with the devil's matter tomorrow night."

The banquet this evening went on as scheduled, and the location was still the manor where Margaret was staying.

Because there was nothing to do today, Xia De came to the manor early at 6 PM this Thursday. He didn't bring a female companion. After all, Ms. Sylvia and Ms. Bernice shouldn't have any contact with his identity.

This was not a banquet purely for fun like a wedding banquet. Because of the riot on Stonemason Street a few days ago, and the attack on Margaret and Prince William at the Stonemason Association, most of the local nobles knew the purpose of this banquet. Therefore, when the guests came to the banquet, most of them talked to their companions or friends they knew in a low voice with a serious face, which made this banquet become a bit serious at the beginning.

The brightly lit banquet hall was soon filled with men and women in gorgeous clothes. Although most people knew the purpose of this banquet, as the violin music of the band flooded under the lights like a wave, the tense atmosphere soon relaxed. The glass cups and silverware on the table reflected the light of the gas lamps, and the gold and silver jewelry of the ladies shone brightly in the banquet hall.

Margaret and Prince William did not appear in the banquet hall immediately, but were received by the manor's butler and the royal attendant who visited with the Prince and Princess at the door.

Xia De knew that Margaret and her brother were probably conducting final consultations with the representatives of the Stonemason Association about the joint speech to be delivered at the banquet. So, he didn't go to find Margaret, let alone find Ms. Bernice and Ms. Sylvia, just watching the two Great Witches sitting on the sofa chatting and laughing with local noblewomen from afar, while Ms. Lasers was nowhere to be seen.

He came to the window where he talked with Mr. Enriques last time alone, holding a wine glass and squinting his eyes, looking at the people behind him from the reflection on the glass window:

"What a quiet night."

The red wine glass was gently shaken by Xia De, and the liquid surface formed a subtle vortex. People nearby saw his posture and knew that he didn't want to talk to strangers now, so no one took the initiative to talk to Xia De.

And Xia De was originally looking at the reflection on the window, but unexpectedly saw Stone Osenfort's figure flash by in the shadows of the garden outside the window.

He had asked Margaret, her original intention was that this banquet mainly invited local nobles, and did not invite Osenfort who only had the identity of a merchant. But Prince William, who had a very good relationship with Osenfort, gave the other party an invitation, so it was normal to see Osenfort's figure:

"What is he doing again?"

It was 7 PM now, and there was still about an hour and a half before the scheduled public speech. So, he planned to go outside and take a look. Anyway, he didn't believe that Stone Osenfort dared to fight him here.

So, holding the wine glass, he bypassed the reporters who were choosing a suitable shooting position in the banquet hall, bypassed the crowd playing Luo De cards at the table on the right side of the door, Xia De walked out from the door of the banquet hall, and then walked through the corridor to the outdoors.

The night in the Randall Valley in March, although the night wind was still cold, was much softer than the real winter. For some reason, only a few gas lamps were lit in the manor garden today.

is lit up.

So Xia De walked in the dark night and soon arrived at the place where he saw Osenfort just now. He even looked at the window position where he had stood a few minutes ago, and was very happy to see that no one had occupied his position for the time being.

"But, where is the person?"

Xia De didn't observe the footprints on the ground, the peculiar skill of finding people based on traces, but fortunately, no matter how large the manor was, the area of the garden was limited after all. Plus, most of the guests were waiting indoors for the result of the Anjou family's descendants' mediation with the Stonemason Association, so there was no one outdoors at all.

Xia De relaxed his spirit, closed his eyes, listened carefully, then shook the red wine glass he was holding, and walked towards the stable in the southeast corner of the manor.

Many guests came today, but no one came on horseback, so there were only the manor's own horses in the stable. The horse keeper was not here, and no gas lamps were lit near the stable.

When Xia De walked along the path in the evergreen shrubs, he only saw the faint light of a kerosene lamp coming from the crack of the stable door.

He took a look inside from the crack of the door, and then saw Stone Osenfort standing in the middle of the stable holding a pitchfork, while on the ground was a fat middle-aged man supporting his body with one hand on the ground and protecting himself with the other. The latter was constantly wriggling on the ground towards the door.

Both of them were wearing decent banquet dresses, except that the fat man was in a modern black formal dress, while Osenfort was in a robe with some local characteristics of the Randall Valley. If you sniff carefully, you could even smell the spilled red wine in the smell of feed and horse manure in the air. ===== CHAPTER 1392 =====