Chapter 1500: Green Lake and the Edwards Family

Dazzling firelight instantly shot up from the furnace, and Xia De hurriedly closed the lid above the furnace again. After waiting for a while, the drawer on the side of the furnace popped open automatically, and the badge, still in a cooling state, lay in that drawer.

Compared to before, the diameter of the round badge was only three-quarters of the original, and at the same time, the white border symbolizing the power of the "angel" around it had disappeared, completely fused into the round badge.

The badge itself, representing the thorns, lion head, and rhododendron pattern of the "Duchess of Saladil," did not change, only the badge changed from the original dark silver to bright silver.

When Xia De picked it up, besides feeling that it was hot to the touch, he also found that while the volume of the round badge became smaller and new materials were added, the weight was almost unchanged:

"The ability to detect witches has not changed, because mithril was added, this detection effect is better than before... it can even detect traces of artifacts and rituals that retain the power of witches. It's really good, and because of the effect of mithril, this badge can now serve as a spellcasting medium; wearing it while casting spells can enhance the effect of energy-release miracles."

Xia De was in a quite good mood. As for the effect of the badge, it was naturally told to Xia De by "She" in his ear:

"Luweiya, you can also try a few times. For example, your crystal ball, I am very curious if the crystal ball can be strengthened if the metal bracket is counted."

He suggested, Luweiya nodded thoughtfully, while Iruna couldn't wait to try.

It was just that neither of them had these things with them now, so they had to go and take items worth trying. The three prepared to leave here and return home. After Xia De walked out of the dilapidated stone house, he turned his head and looked at the furnace again.

【No, the Myriad Changes Card will not be affected by it.】

"She" actually guessed what Xia De was thinking and gave the answer in advance. Xia De didn't feel very surprised by this:

"Then, every space left by an Old God has more special hidden functions. So, here it is..."

【Sacrifice a drop of divinity, or a "Flawless Stone Heart," and you can manipulate and launch a natural disaster of any kind and any level within the scope of the material world. The scope of influence is unlimited.】

That is to say, if Xia De was willing to do this, he could make the whole world have a bumper harvest this year, but he could also make the whole world experience a long rainy season starting from tomorrow.

"It's a pity I don't have a Flawless Stone Heart; that heart is broken... However, I have a Heart of the Living Dead."

The Heart of the Living Dead was the heart that originally belonged to "Hela Osenfurt," which the vengeful spirits of the Watson family had extracted from the chest of Stone Osenfurt at the very end of the Osenfurt Manor. That heart could unconditionally open a two-way passage connecting to true death in the 【Soul Cemetery】, but unfortunately, it was of no use to Xia De for the time being.

Luweiya didn't have much interest in the new trapdoor in the basement of Xia De's house. After trying to strengthen her crystal ball, she went to work at the Fortune Teller Association.

Instead, it was Iruna, who stayed at Xia De's house until noon before leaving with the "synthesis list" she had tried out, still not having had enough. She only asked for leave for the morning, and as the price for asking for leave, she still had to be on duty at the security company when everyone was taking a lunch break at noon, so she didn't have lunch with Xia De.

Of course, before Iruna left, Xia De didn't forget to give her the share that belonged to her from the Randel Valley treasure. As for the share intended to be donated to the Church, Xia De planned to go to Randel Valley to make the donation after a while.

In general, Xia De's Monday was still quite leisurely.

After lunch, he finally made up his mind to "wash the cat." Taking advantage of the stage when the cat finished eating and fell into a drowsy "nap preparation," he went to the washroom in advance to prepare hot water.

Subsequently, the alert cat discovered Xia De's purpose. Although it wanted to resist, after Xia De won the "fight" with Mia, he still forcibly grabbed the cat and went to the washroom. Little Mia's amber eyes looked at Xia De pitifully, but this did not make Xia De feel sympathy; he still put the cat into the bathtub that had already been filled with hot water.

The Outlander had never enjoyed a bathtub in his hometown

, but he didn't expect that after coming to this world, he would have his own bathtub.

After washing the cat, Xia De stayed at home to organize the detective records and recent reading notes in the study, and then took out the account book to check the recent income and expenditure.

The washed Little Mia had a fragrant smell on her body, so when she was sulking and napping on the desk beside Xia De's hand in the afternoon, it even acted as "aromatherapy" in a certain sense.

Xia De enjoyed such peaceful days very much. After finishing the things in his hands, it was time for dinner. Luweiya had to work overtime at the Association tonight and estimated that she would get off work very late. As for Dorothy, her seriously ill aunt had just passed away. Because she needed to attend the funeral, all the brothers and sisters of the Louisa family had returned to Tobesk, so she also had to return to Louisa's house to live frequently recently.

No one had dinner with Xia De tonight, so Xia De went to the Dawn Church to find Father Augustus. On one hand, to show that his body had finally recovered, and on the other hand, he could talk to the old priest about his past events in Randel Valley when he was young while eating.

By the time he returned home, it was already seven in the evening. Xia De intended to read for a while before going to sleep, but light suddenly appeared in the drawer on the right side of the desk. He took out the poetry manuscript page and looked at it; it turned out to be a message from Miss Danister. Xia De had written her a letter in the morning to make an appointment to meet, and the meeting time was eight o'clock tonight.

It was still the familiar projection ritual. When Xia De's figure appeared in the Great Library of St. Byrons, the location was still the open space under the huge astrolabe in the center of the library.

Looking at Xia De across the coffee table was Miss Danister, who was sitting on the sofa. The library manager who had returned to the academy from a business trip looked quite leisurely:

"Good evening, Xia De, is there anything you want to find me for? Let me guess... the learning of the miracle - Moon Dream has been successful?" "Yes."

Xia De nodded immediately. He had been dragging out this learning task for a while, and he himself felt embarrassed. Therefore, the first thing he wanted to do after learning the miracle was to tell Miss Danister, at least to show that his learning attitude was still quite good:

"Do I need to prove this?"

"No, no, I don't have time to watch you sleep." She shook her head:

"I believe you wouldn't lie about such things. If I didn't even have this trust in you, then what kind of teacher would I be?" A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth:

"My teacher also said this to me back then."

Talking about Miss Danister's missing teacher, one would naturally think of the ancient moon tower that collapsed in the Karas Mountains. Miss Danister also thought of Xia De's thoughts at this time, and she shook her head:

"It's not that easy to investigate. Before that ruined tower collapsed, it was like most of the ancient era ruins standing on the Old Continent in this era; although it had value, it was not particularly valuable. Now wanting to investigate again, the clues are actually very few. Fortunately, the teacher left some inspection reports she wrote herself at the academy, and starting from other ruins related to the moon, one can also find some clues."

She paused for a moment:

"I have been to the moon-worship ruins in Randel Valley you mentioned, as well as the Night Temple in the mountains. That moon-worship ruin was quite ordinary, but in the Night Temple, I found valuable traces."

The photo flew from the coffee table to Xia De. In the black and white photo were traces on the ground:

"See this Sun, Moon, and Stars pattern? Although it is very similar to the card back of the Luo De card, it is not exactly the same. It is very interesting that in the ruins of the tower in the collapsed Karas Mountains, there is also this pattern."

Now it was Xia De's turn to be surprised. The pattern in the Night Temple originally did not exist, because he borrowed the power of the night and 【Myriad Changes · Silver Moon】 to cross time illegally, which left this trace.

Of course, in the 【Past Life · Sixth Era】, there was also this trace, but how it appeared at that time, Xia De did not know. "So, what is this ritual base array?"

"Some kind of magic array belonging to an Old God; the specific situation is still under investigation." She hesitated for a moment and then raised another question:

"Xia De, do you know Green Lake City?"

This city had been mentioned by Miss Galina not long ago:

"Of course, a city on the border of the central part of the Old Continent between Karsenrik and Dralian. Around that Green Lake, there are two cities; the one on the Karsenrik side is the City of Glass - Mikaela Blast Furnace City, and the one on the Dralian side is Green Lake City."

"Then do you know that there is an island in the center of that Green Lake that is larger than the island in the center of Pantanal Lake, and there is a deserted Green Lake Town on it?"

Miss Danister asked again.

"What is the island in the center of Pantanal Lake?"

Xia De asked in surprise, while "She" in his ear was chuckling.

"As for the island in Green Lake, I don't know about that either."

"That island belongs to a very ancient family, the Edwards family."

Miss Danister seemed not to care at all about the sentence about "the island in the center of Pantanal Lake," so Xia De also pretended not to hear: "Edwards? This is not a rare surname; I remember that both Dralian and Karsenrik have nobles with such surnames."

"Yes, that Edwards family that once owned Green Lake Town is the one I want to talk about. About a hundred years ago, the Green Lake Town on the island was destroyed due to an accident and was subsequently abandoned. Now only ruins wrapped in fog all year round remain. The members of the Edwards family, who were the local lords, also left their lives at that time. Not long ago, I found a letter that once belonged to a member of the Edwards family." ===== CHAPTER 1501 =====