Chapter 1476: The Black Key

Twenty minutes later, Hillis Lathers walked onto the stage, which was still curtained, from behind the stage.

The stage lights gathered through lenses were still shining here. When the blonde girl walked up, she even felt a bit hot. A smile was on the corner of her mouth. As soon as she looked up, she saw the blonde witch sitting alone on the silk cloth, supporting the ground with her left hand, and reaching behind her with her right hand, trying to fasten the tight upper garment.

The witch's beautiful golden hair looked even more charming under the stage lights. The originally fair skin, at this moment under the stage lights, showed a strange, seductive color with a blush.

"I sent Xia De away, and the black time key extracted from the land has also been given to him... I thought you would let him stay tonight."

Saying this, Hillis knelt on one knee behind her and reached out to help her fasten the garment that was very tight on her chest. The young girl's eyes looked at the neck flowing with sweat, sniffing a strange smell.

The witch's face was slightly red:

"I still have some concerns, after all, no witch has ever done this before. Tonight's matter is enough to be excessive." "Yes, yes, the matter of twenty minutes just now, no witch has ever done it."

Hillis repeated.

"Of course not, at least someone did it on Saturday."

Miss Bernice immediately retorted, and then immediately blushed. Fortunately, she was facing away from Hillis. The young girl narrowed her eyes slightly:

"Please take a deep breath. When you sewed this dress, you only considered using the special fiber invented by Miss Sylvia to attach beads, which can make those beads sway better when dancing, but you didn't consider whether this dress fits your figure, right?"

Hillis asked. The witch noticed that her friend's mood seemed a bit wrong, but "the other me" didn't see anything from her face either. She was embarrassed to explain that she had deliberately sewn it a size smaller, so she changed the subject:

"What did you think I would do? Oh, Hillis, do you think I am a very frivolous person? This is on the stage."

"But for you, after a performance that put in all your feelings, creating a new relationship with the man you recognize on the stage, isn't this the most romantic thing?"

Hillis, who knew her well, asked with a smile. Taking advantage of the witch's inhalation, she finally fastened the hook on the back to the appropriate position. She stood up and then pulled Miss Bernice up. The witch said again:

"But I am covered in sweat, this is not romantic at all."

"Stop joking, Vanessa, the witch's sweat doesn't have a strange smell. And how do I see that Xia De is quite fond of you being soaked in sweat..." "Hillis!"

Miss Bernice, blushing, interrupted her loudly, and then turned around half-ashamed and half-angry and asked: "Have you been peeking?"

The young blonde girl smiled gently:

"Yeah. Including you saying you still owe him a promise—because of the puppet matter, he said that promise is, let you also never forget him." "You..."

Miss Bernice's face turned completely red, and the young girl looked down at the ground, then suddenly looked up and said:

"Spring is here, the Golden Dawn has rested for a whole winter, and it is time to plan the performance locations for the spring and summer of 1854. I think, Vanessa, you shouldn't plan to continue staying in Randall Valley to be lazy, right?"

The witch of the earth showed a smile at the corner of her mouth, thinking of many, many things:

"Then Hillis, do you have a plan for which city the Golden Dawn will go to next?" "Of course I have."

Hillis Lathers said, her fingers gently brushing across the witch's shoulders with sweat and a blush: "We will give him a surprise."

(Little Mia running...)

"Is this what happened last night?"

Tuesday morning, pigeons landed in groups on St. Derand Square, which had smog but the air was still okay, waiting for kind people to feed them. On the second floor of No. 6 St. Derand Square, it was already breakfast time.

The purple-eyed girl sat somewhat lazily

at the table, listening to Xia De tell about his watching the performance at the Wang Erde Opera House. Xia De nodded while putting breakfast biscuits into hot milk to soak:

"I don't want to praise other ladies in front of you, but that dance..." "I'm not that narrow-minded."

Luvia waved her hand: "I just want to laugh."

"Hmm... because of my performance?" Xia De asked hesitantly. Luvia shook her head:

"Of course not, you didn't do anything wrong. It's because Miss Bernice, she even had the courage to dance that kind of dance, but didn't let you stay there overnight." "Oh, Luvia~"

"I know, you don't like talking about this topic."

The purple-eyed girl said with a smile, touching the cat that was drinking goat milk, but Mia dodged her hand even with her head down:

"However, I am quite interested in the scene you described. If there is a chance, I really want to go see the scene you mentioned. Don't look at me with that look, Xia De, I am interested in the meaning represented by the dance. From your description, that is a very ancient, very ancient sacrificial dance, praying for a good harvest and prosperity of the population. That witch was actually able to find such information, it's really amazing."

Xia De recalled the scene last night, suppressed the throbbing in his heart, and continued to eat breakfast with his head down. "Although it is only a symbolic sacrificial dance, I think it still has an effect."

Luvia continued, and Xia De raised his head to ask curiously:

"What effect? After she finished dancing, will the Randall Valley area have a good harvest this year?" Luvia shook her head, and the look in her eyes looking at Xia De was teasing:

"Of course not, I mean, your performance last night was really good. Even if you lent me your Youth-Preserving Ye Zi, I still couldn't take it. Maybe we can discuss with her and let her dance that dance for you before coming at night often. I think the princess and Dorothy wouldn't object."

Xia De almost choked on the bread:

"It's breakfast time now, let's talk about something unrelated to the night."

Xia De was embarrassed to continue this conversation. He knew very well that the purple-eyed girl was just teasing him:

"Speaking of the Youth-Preserving Ye Zi. Your Youth-Preserving Ye Zi was fed to me on Saturday, so you take mine."

"But aren't you only left with the last one? You said it yourself, the last time key on the night of the Battle of Randall Valley didn't let you get any leaves."

Hearing her mention the key, Xia De thought of the strange black time key given by Hillis, who sent him away when he was leaving the Wang Erde Opera House while buttoning his shirt last night.

Because the area near the Night Temple was not the location for the Chosen ritual, and the church did not know that there was an entrance directly to the Heart of the Earth in the cave at the bottom of the small hill, the church did not arrange for anyone to monitor it nearby. Therefore, Hillis, who had already obtained the power of the earth, took this opportunity to extract the key Xia De wanted. That ritual was actually very simple.

The strange black key was also wooden, the same size as a normal time key, and even the ancient elven script engraved on it was the same as a normal time key. But just as Luvia in the dream said, the wood was completely dead.

Because he got that key, Xia De originally thought that when he was hugging Luvia to sleep last night, the long-haired Luvia would let him enter the dream again to discuss the key, but unfortunately, she didn't.

So, Xia De planned to wait until the one-month "prohibition on using time keys" period of 【Father of the Infinite Tree】 expired before going to open that key and going to 【Past Era - Sixth Era】 to take a look. A special time key is also a time key. Xia De had already tried it after returning home last night, and that key could not be opened now either.

But the good news was that the reason it couldn't be opened was only because of the Tree Father's ban.

"Although there is only one leaf left, for me, the effect of 【Youth-Preserving Ye Zi】 is not necessary. The life-saving effect, my own 【False Immortality】 is very effective. And, Luvia, do you hope your face will age little by little?"

Xia De joked,

Luvia patted him gently:

"I have also learned part of the sorcery in your 【Ageless Secret Art】, how could I age significantly?" Although she said so, she still accepted the leaf and used a kiss as a thank-you gift.

Xia De did not plan to go to Randall Valley again today. He could not appear there often recently. The only thing that must be done today was to wait for the "things for Xia De to do" that Miss Galina mentioned at the cemetery yesterday, so he looked very lazy when eating breakfast.

And although Luvia was still on vacation today, she had just returned and had a lot of things to deal with. Not only did she have to finish the business trip reports for the Academy and the Diviner Association, but also the acquisition news released in the black market before leaving the local area, as well as the backlog of work to be processed.

So, she left after breakfast, which disappointed Xia De, who originally planned to spend the morning at home with the purple-eyed girl. "There is plenty of time in the future, my knight, why are you so disappointed? Could it be that I am usually very cold to you?"

When Xia De sent Luvia downstairs, the purple-eyed girl pretended to be dissatisfied and said. Then she kissed Xia De's side face gently and whispered in his ear:

"If you can invite Dorothy to your house... I don't mind... counting it as a reward for you."

After saying this, she walked out of the room with a blushing face, leaving only Xia De pressing his side face, doubting if he had heard the sentence wrong just now.

Since he was temporarily free, Xia De did not stay at home. Thinking that even if Miss Galina sent someone, it wouldn't be very early, he left Little Mia at home to watch the house, and he went to Old John's pawnshop. ===== CHAPTER 1477 =====