Chapter 1960: Undertaker

Xia De narrowed his eyes and watched the boat eventually turn into a black dot that could not be seen clearly under the moonlight, but then the black dot turned back, returning against the direction of the thousands of souls moving quietly on the water.

Sitting on the returning small boat was a soul whose physique was clearly an adult, and the boat looked like it was wearing a layer of moonlight.

It was not until the small boat approached that Xia De saw clearly that the person sitting on it was the youngest daughter of the fourth generation, Maria Edwards, who had hidden in that lavender field.

But it was not that the soul return had chosen the wrong object. The tiny figure held in the arms of the mature lady was the target this time. The soul of Last Edwards was falling into a deep sleep, lying in the arms of her younger brother's granddaughter, silent.

The small boat touched the shallow beach, shook slightly, and was stranded again. Maria Edwards stood up from the boat, shook her head at Xia De with a smile to signal him not to speak, then walked off the boat and handed the girl in her arms to him.

"Meow~"

The cat on Xia De's shoulder immediately made a sound to express protest, so Xia De had to turn his head to look at Sister Devlin, and the sister walked over and took the girl from Maria Edwards' arms.

Maria still said nothing, nodded gently to the two, and sat on the small boat that didn't know when it had changed direction again. The small boat carried her and sailed toward the half-sunk Underworld Moon that seemed like the end of the world again.

The dim, pearl-like light shining from thousands of souls made the black lake surface under the moonlight not dark at all. So quiet, so calm, this was the end of everything.

Neither Xia De nor Sister Devlin turned around and left immediately, but watched the small boat go far away until it finally disappeared.

【Outlander, you have performed a complete alternation of life and death. You sent away a guilty soul, and you welcomed a pure white soul.】

"She" paused.

【Your soul strength has slightly improved.】

"I remember my profession is a detective, not some undertaker. Why does performing this kind of behavior improve my soul strength?"

Xia De thought suspiciously in his heart, and Sister Devlin said on the side:

"I am glad you understand the balance of life and death."

"Of course I understand, isn't Joey Barton the best example? I remember the mistakes others have made."

The two turned and walked toward the tall stone door standing behind the shallow beach. The stone door was connected to the towering cliff behind it. Xia De didn't care what was behind the cliff. This place itself was a conceptual location, and discussing the terrain had no meaning.

"What kind of look is that?"

After the three withdrew from the 【Soul Cemetery】, Xia De asked Megan. The Great Witch of Wisdom and Knowledge had not yet walked out of the shocking scene just now:

"I feel like I'm watching some myth story, sending one away from death, welcoming one... even if we are Ringed Shushi, what you two just did, isn't it a bit too much?"

"This is all Sister Devlin's credit. She is the Chosen of Death and has this power."

If Sister Devlin wasn't wearing an eye patch, Xia De was very sure she would definitely give him a look that didn't fit her temperament at all.

Little Mia continued to stay at home. The three of Xia De returned to Green Lake City through the space maze in the basement and then reached Green Island.

The sister did not continue to follow the two to act together, so Xia De and Megan returned to the old Edwards mansion. After knocking on the bedroom door on the third floor that originally belonged to Last Edwards, the haggard man who walked out of the room was stunned as if struck by lightning when he saw the girl held in Megan's arms.

And the girl who had been sleeping all the way, not knowing if she felt that she had finally returned home, opened her sleepy eyes in a soul state, looked left and right suspiciously, and then saw Drout Giles:

"Giles! Giles! You really died too? Father is really amazing!"

She floated toward the man with a smile, and the two hugged each other tightly, while Drout Giles was already crying:

"Thank you, thank you."

Xia De knew this was talking to him:

"I did this for Professor Manning's sake to help you. Remember to visit the professor often in the future. I didn't help you wrong. Next, I have two friends who are also going to take the train back to Tobesk City. You pack your luggage and follow them back. Be a history lecturer well in the future, and strive to become a professor before retirement... When you leave this world, you must take her with you, do you understand?"

The latter nodded while holding the girl in his arms. Xia De breathed a sigh of relief and didn't continue to disturb them, but left here with Megan.

When going down the stairs, the witch looked at Xia De with curious eyes:

"You are really a kind person, in order to see the best ending, even this kind of thing has to be managed. That heart that seemed to play a major role in this matter was requested by you from the Church using the favor of 'God-Caller'. You actually did this for others..."

She brushed her hair and smiled at Xia De:

"Is it really as Father said in the morning downstairs, all this is for me?"

"Both reasons exist."

"If you admitted directly that it was all because of me, I would be happier, but I also know you are this kind of person, interesting but boring... You say, what kind of relationship should Last and Drout Giles actually count as?"

"We don't discuss this sensitive topic."

Xia De said very cautiously, Megan smiled again, looked at him and asked the next question:

"Then you say, what kind of relationship do you and I count as? Does our relationship count as a sensitive topic?"

Xia De stopped his steps down the stairs, and Megan stopped too. Her expression was natural, her golden eyes just looked at Xia De like this, and Xia De also responded to that hidden expectation:

"Everything I said in the morning is true. I became a Ringed Shushi last summer, and it's been less than a year, now I'm at the seventh ring. I think if there are no accidents, it should be no problem for me to become a thirteen-ring within a year or two, that is, before the end of 1856... This seems a bit arrogant. But by then, I can be responsible for all of you."

The witch was satisfied, smiled and hugged Xia De's arm:

"The Edwards family has become the past, and Green Island will belong to the Hamilton family in the future."

"I still don't like such a title, family..."

The Outlander who came here alone didn't know what to say for a while. Although the "God-Caller" indeed had no forces of his own, unknowingly, there were already so many people around him.

Xia De first went home to pick up the cat that didn't want to follow out just now, and then had lunch with the Great Witches at the Green Lake Hotel.

Grandma Cassandra was expected to leave in the afternoon, and this meal was also a farewell to the old witch. Grace, Helen, and Ms. Rita Swift would also leave together, but after they returned to Midhillburg, if Xia De wanted to see them again, it would only be a twenty-minute journey.

After lunch, the witch apprentice with flaxen hair pulled Xia De's sleeve alone and asked him to take a walk outside the hotel. No one knew what they said, only that Rita, who came back, had a flushed face, and Xia De had a handmade knitted scarf in his hand... receiving this kind of gift in this season was very novel, but considering it snowed a few days ago, maybe this scarf could also come in handy.

Xia De originally prepared to say goodbye to the Red Butterfly sisters seriously, after all, their relationship had further developed. But Grace and Helen let Xia De do his own things:

"Compared to the past we experienced, this kind of parting for a few days doesn't need a farewell. Sir, we hate farewells, because farewell means 21 years of waiting. So, can you not say goodbye to us?"

Helen said softly, and the tone made Xia De feel guilty. So Grace pulled his sleeve, and her blue eyes looked at him from bottom to top:

"Sir, we can't come out after returning to Midburg, you have to come see us often."

"Yes, come see us often."

Helen also pulled Xia De's sleeve, also looking up at him from bottom to top:

"We can continue to play games, a three-person game!"

Xia De blinked, Grace smiled and merged with Helen again, and the eighteen-year-old girl kissed him:

"Don't forget your butterfly, sir."

Since he got the key to the hidden area of the old Edwards mansion basement in the morning, naturally he had to go see what the famous fortune teller left behind in the afternoon.

However, Xia De still chose to go to the Green Lake train station with other Great Witches to see off Grandma Cassandra and her party first, and then went to check his harvest.

He was not alone, but invited Megan, Miss Sylvia, Miss Bernice, and Siris.

Miss Aurora did not come together; she had to deal with a hidden cave that had just been discovered in the west of the island. And Xia De invited so many people, naturally because he was worried that there were traps inside.

"Are you too cautious?"

After Drout Giles moved back to the Green Lake Hotel with Last, the old Edwards mansion was now uninhabited. Megan and Audrey naturally wouldn't live here in the future, so this place would be completely sealed off, and only a few people like Xia De were allowed to enter.

They entered the basement together. Xia De summoned the ground trapdoor according to Sloth Edwards' method in the morning, and then inserted the key card in his hand into the slender slit in the center of the metal door.

Steam mist sprayed out from the slit, followed by a series of rhythmic sounds of gear rotation, piston pushing, and bearing friction from the ground, and then with a crisp click, the door opened.

"The steam mist is an illusion, and the sounds underground are also illusions. In fact, this is a ritual door opened with a specific secret key."

Miss Bernice said, shaking her head gently:

"Megan, that ancestor of yours is really interesting."

"This is the romance of steam technology, I can understand his idea of doing this."

Megan responded, and Xia De felt he could also understand. ===== CHAPTER 1961 =====