Chapter 1667: The End of the Journey

"Are you no longer lost?"

The wind and snow had disappeared at some point. The camp in the Lost Forest had returned to the appearance it had when Xia De first arrived. Although they were still here, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The pressure that had mixed time and space everywhere was gone, and they could go home.

"It's over."

Xia De stood up, and the others who had come back to their senses followed suit. They looked together toward the left side of the campfire camp, and a small path appeared in the misty forest; that path was the way to leave.

Chloe held Xia De's hand tightly and asked softly:

"Are you leaving again?"

"Yes. It's time to say goodbye again."

"I will remember this story, sir; you are a very magical person."

The bard was the first to say to Xia De, bowing while holding his lute to express his gratitude.

"I will try my best to find that card again. You helped me, and I won't forget it."

The brown-haired witch said, and the beautiful apprentice beside her repeated a sentence twice:

"Thank you."

"Thank you."

Xia De nodded, stroked the cat in his arms, and finally looked at Chloe, whose golden eyes had been watching him all along.

"Will there be another chance to meet again?"

The petite witch asked.

"Yes, there definitely will be."

Xia De put Mia on his shoulder and then gave her a hug. The demigod who was good at using ice power then gave Xia De a fiery kiss.

Xia De tasted the smell of blood in this kiss, but it was not his blood, but her blood:

"Last time you gave me your blood; this time, please remember the taste of my blood."

She said softly, with a hint of shyness that was hard to detect in her expression. Xia De smiled, then looked at his hand; thin white mist had already entangled it, and fifty minutes had reached the end; it was indeed time to leave.

The campfire was still bright. While the travelers were saying goodbye to each other, the dusty traveler had already put the stack of cards back into his backpack. Seeing Xia De looking at him wanting to say goodbye, the deity threw the card representing the "Traveler under the Moon" identity to him:

"Travel souvenir."

Xia De took the card, looked at the pattern on it, which had changed from his figure walking alone under the moon to him carrying a parrot, unicorn, silver cat, old horse, and two black hounds. He couldn't help but show a smile at the corner of his mouth, and then asked:

"Actually, I still have one small question. Before leaving, if possible, please answer it for me."

"What question?"

The god asked by the campfire, carrying his backpack.

"A shell can hold two souls, but is this really a normal phenomenon?"

Everyone thought Xia De was referring to Clara and Laks, but Xia De knew that the god must understand that his doubt was not just about this.

Sure enough, like a traveler about to start another journey, he gave an answer softly by the campfire:

"Since you have completed this journey, I will give you some answers you want to know:

The superposition of soul and soul can burst out more dazzling light, especially when there is no other way. The starting point of the ring is here. But more importantly for you, you have witnessed with your own eyes, the dual-position integration under the guidance of fate. You know how this fate should be achieved, and you know the meaning of breaking and rebirth; this is very important to you."

【Outsider, you perceived "miracle".】

【Outsider, you have insights into "dual-position integration".】

Xia De nodded silently. The god did not answer why Leisia and Dorothy in the distant future had a special connection, but instead seemed to be hinting that he could also use "dual-position integration" to gain stronger power.

But the problem was, the outsider's body had no twin brothers or sisters, and he didn't have that kind of fate-bound person.

Time was running out. Without much thought, Xia De finally hugged Chloe. The ice witch, the witch emperor who presided over the capital of ice and snow, also hugged him tightly.

"Goodbye."

"See you next time."

Xia De's figure disappeared in her embrace, and the deity also lost his trace. The lost silver-haired girl sighed slightly, trying to grab the white mist that even she could only barely see, and then said to the people who were waiting for her to leave together:

"Bard, after returning to reality, go find the 【Traveler Association】, and you will get a good job. As for you, Alela Andriana, later I want to talk to you and your apprentice carefully, talk about your previous experiences."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

When Xia De was there, they were bolder. After Xia De left, no one dared to treat this youngest member of the 【Witch Council】 of this era as an ordinary witch anymore.

"Let's go."

She said, taking the lead in walking toward the small path in the forest. But she stopped again, looking back at the position where everyone was sitting just now. Extremely blurry white mist suddenly emerged, and in that white mist, the figure of a young witch with a dragon tail flashed by:

"Oh?"

(Little Mia is running...)

It is worth mentioning that before Xia De returned this time, he did not turn Little Mia back into a toy, because the experience of the Eternal Night City last time had already let him know that although bringing Little Mia to the past era required turning it into a toy, once the time arrived, even if it maintained the form of a real cat, this "future cat" would be "repatriated" by the Tree Father along with him back to the time of the Sixth Era.

Therefore, when Xia De said goodbye to Chloe with a sense of loss and saw the giant tree that seemed to connect the sky and the earth wrapped in white mist, the cat was still standing on Xia De's shoulder, its amber eyes curiously looking at the nearly transparent giant tree in front of it.

Although there was no wind here, the canopy made a rustling sound. The transparent branches swayed, causing two emerald green leaves to sway and fall from the canopy.

Xia De held his hands together and raised them high toward his head, letting the two leaves fall into his hands.

"Completed another story, Chloe... dual-position integration... the connection of fate."

He muttered to himself, holding the leaves and cards, and turned to walk into the depths of the white mist.

【Outsider, you have returned to the current time.】

【Message from the ancient god "Infinite Tree Father":】

【Infinite time protects you.】

Carrying the cat and walking out of the bedroom door, the morning home was still so pleasing. Three seconds of time, Luvia hadn't left her original position, but she didn't look at Xia De, but looked downstairs.

"What's wrong?"

Xia De asked curiously.

"There is a sound of opening the door downstairs; who is here?"

After speaking, she walked toward Xia De and gave him a gentle hug. Then she sniffed slightly, and after letting go of Xia De, she said with a smile:

"A familiar smell that has appeared before. Did you see that demigod?"

"Yes, I saw Miss Chloe. However, the Vientiane Impermanence card probably can't be obtained."

"That's really a pity, but I don't think you are very disappointed."

Saying that, the two looked at the door of the room, and Leisia, who came with her maids, had already arrived on the second floor.

"Luvia!"

Seeing Luvia here, Leisia subconsciously wanted to greet her in a cheerful tone, and then thought that although she and the female fortune teller had spent the night in bed with Xia De, they shouldn't be that familiar yet.

The purple-eyed girl who had already guessed the secret of Dorothy and the princess in front of her didn't care much:

"Good morning, Your Highness Leisia."

She looked at Xia De again, and seeing his expression was normal, she knew he hadn't encountered much trouble in the last adventure of the time key:

"Xia De, I'm going to work. You guys talk slowly; I'll come over tonight to record the star map."

So Xia De sent Luvia downstairs first. When he returned upstairs, Leisia was already sitting on the sofa.

Leisia had just seen Xia De holding two youth-preserving leaves, so she knew he had just completed the adventure of the time key. She didn't ask much, anyway, there was plenty of time on Saturday:

"Xia De, Aunt Galina and Angelina will leave with the negotiation delegation on Saturday evening. Tomorrow, which is Friday, there will be a high-standard banquet at the Yodel Palace. This is the invitation."

She placed the invitation on the coffee table, then glanced toward the kitchen, confirming that her maids were all busy, before speaking:

"Tomorrow is Friday, the 25th day of the Month of Sowing, the 25th day after the end of the last Red Butterfly Day."

She pursed her lips and looked at Xia De, with a probing look in her green eyes. Xia De was slightly puzzled:

"Didn't you say to put the Red Butterfly Day on the day of the lunar eclipse? Luvia said the lunar eclipse is next Wednesday; has the plan changed?"

"I discussed it with Dorothy."

The princess still looked at Xia De, with the look that if Xia De didn't agree, she wouldn't blink:

"Although you said not to mention what happened last Saturday again, we still feel guilty. So I think the Red Butterfly Day is a good day to let you feel our enthusiasm again. Instead of waiting until next Wednesday, it's better to be tomorrow. Holding a banquet at the Yodel Palace makes it convenient for me to arrange for us to meet."

Since Leisia said so, Xia De had more expectations for tomorrow night:

"No problem, I will be prepared in advance. Oh, I got some negotiation materials a few days ago; remember to take them away when you leave later."

"This is the last time. Once Aunt Galina arrives at Green Lake, you won't need to collect this information anymore."

She gave Xia De a gentle hug:

"Sometimes, I really thank the gods for letting us meet you."

Little Mia squatted on the dining table in the kitchen and glanced at the two people on the sofa, then looked at the maid preparing tea and snacks in the kitchen.

"You say that more and more like Dorothy... Leisia, you are the princess of Deraerion; shouldn't it be me who feels lucky to know you?"

Xia De asked with a smile.

"But the Cavendish royal family is not short of princesses, and you only have one."

Xia De found it hard to refute this sentence, so he simply kissed the princess in front of him. Sure enough, the "love is magic" mentioned in storybooks was correct. After finishing the hug and kiss, except for a slightly red face, Leisia had returned to normal.

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