Chapter 1971

While speaking, she tried to see clues from the expressions of the "people" around her, but unfortunately she couldn't see anything at all:

"Five tasks that need to be completed. First Fire and cards, it seems I don't need to worry about them; Xia De and the nun can collect them themselves, but I will continue to pay attention; improving strength and Xia De's favorability towards me are not things that can be completed all at once, they need to be done bit by bit, but I will definitely succeed. Only resurrecting dead things is the most difficult. First, I need to know what that specifically refers to, and then I can 'resurrect' it."

It might be a human, but it might also be something else.

"I need to remind you, Chosen One of Balance, even if you complete the five tasks, it doesn't mean you can necessarily achieve what you want to do. Sun and moon, angels and demons, virtues and sins, and many things that can affect the future. You only got what you could do."

"Hypothetical" said again, and Iluna nodded heavily.

Looking around again, the nun, the Grey-Headed Eagle, the angel, and those fogs disappeared at some point. She knew that this "Hypothetical" game was about to end, but she still had one thing to do:

"The game is not over yet, the story is still continuing. Let me take one last action."

"Hypothetical" naturally would not object:

"Of course you can."

【You obtained the hints from the guardians. In your contemplation, you decided to do one last thing before resting. So what are you going to do?】

"Go to the Prophet Association on Silver Cross Avenue, find Luweiya Anat, and ask her what exactly she did to time and space."

The man in the white robe nodded with some surprise:

"As you wish."

【You arrived at the local Prophet Association.】

【Through an appointment, you met Luweiya Anat in the divination room, and you asked her about what she did to time and space.】

【Battle begins.】

【You lost.】

【You were locked in the basement of 6 St. Deran Square by Luweiya Anat. She didn't abuse you, but the next time you see the sun, it will probably be a long time later.】

The parchment roll was rolled up again, and Iluna shook her head unhappily:

"You said I am some chosen savior, how come in these three games, I can barely beat anyone?"

"This requires you to find the answer yourself, but congratulations, you have successfully completed my game!"

He put away the parchment roll and clapped gently, then took out another piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to her;

"This is the prize for the game. Goodbye, savior. May you be able to realize your ideals, and may you be able to help this world together with the outsider."

He bowed to Iluna and the unhappy cat behind her, then turned and stepped across the threshold back to St. Deran Square. The crowd made way for him like water separated, and he soon disappeared from Iluna's field of vision.

The eighteen-year-old girl suddenly had a feeling of loss, but then she gathered her strength again:

"Fire, cards, resurrection, strength, love, fire, cards, resurrection... what could the dead things beside us be?"

Then she looked down at the paper in her hand and saw thirteen golden symbols connected by lines. In an instant, it seemed as if a thunderbolt struck her. Iluna's hand shook, and the paper fell from her hand and turned into fly ash before landing. But that didn't matter; the strange pattern composed of thirteen holy emblems had been deeply engraved in her mind. The life ring did not move, but she clearly felt that her strange balance power, the power she obtained from other chosen ones in the past, had become more powerful.

【Iluna, you have a further understanding of "balance", your soul has become stronger; you can cause more damage to the chosen ones; your mastery of all sorcery has been enhanced.】

【Iluna, you have some insights into "fate".】

The voice beside her said gently.

"Iluna!"

The familiar figure who climbed the steps called her name. Iluna, shocked by her strange progress, looked up. It turned out that Luweiya had also returned to Tobesk.

"What are you doing standing in the foyer? Why are you staring at the door? Did something happen?"

Patting Iluna on the shoulder, the purple-eyed diviner who had traveled far and wide asked with some concern, closing the door after entering the house.

"Nothing, nothing, just thought of some things."

Iluna said while looking at the foyer. All the abnormalities had disappeared, only some ashes remained on the carpet. The cat had already turned around and returned upstairs with its tail wagging, and Xia De still hadn't returned:

"I just thought of... there is something I want to tell you, um... the Archmage of Wisdom opened the door for me, Xia De gave them the key to the door."

Iluna said in a low voice, but saw that Luweiya was not angry, but nodded with surprise:

"They really have this courage? It seems I underestimated these witches."

Xia De was still in Green Lake City at this time. After seeing off the doctor and his party, he originally planned to go home directly. But after returning to the Green Lake Hotel, he went to Green Island again, wanting to say a few more words to Megan, with whom he had just had a relationship breakthrough last night, and then happened to meet Miss Sylvia and Miss Bernice on the first floor of the hotel:

"We are leaving tomorrow and returning to Willondale City. Leave the things here to Megan and Xiwei."

"Are you in such a hurry... alright, then I wish you a smooth journey. I will go to the train station to see you off tomorrow."

Miss Sylvia nodded and asked Xia De with a smile:

"Do you know? Megan and Audrey have been promoted to the twelfth tier. When we met her just now, when she was talking to us, she looked very happy. It's probably because she was happy about the promotion."

Xia De felt that Megan was definitely not so happy because of this, but he couldn't say the real reason, so he had to muddle through this topic:

"The things here in Green Lake are basically handled. Has the time for me to enter the council been chosen?"

"Tomorrow or the day after, if there is news, Miss Jia Lin Na will notify you at any time."

It was more convenient for Megan to go to Xia De's side from the Green Lake Hotel, but she still had many things to be busy with, unlike Miss Miss Jia Lin Na, who could send a maid to Xia De's house at will.

"Alright, I'm ready too."

Xia De nodded, and Miss Bernice reminded:

"I heard from Megan that you have the hair of the Speaker?"

"Yes, the reward for completing the tasks on that task list."

"When the time comes, bring it to the council together. When we prepare the sublimation language ceremony for you, we will arrange a simple chimera ceremony for you, borrowing the power of the Speaker's hair to see if we can bless you with the power of the council. If it can succeed, you will be able to use the sublimation language more easily."

This was not a big problem. As the three were talking, Megan also walked in from outside the hotel. She and Xia De looked at each other, and both could see emotions that were essentially different from the past in each other's eyes.

But neither of them showed it, and Megan greeted the girl following behind to hand over the box.

She had just gone to the Edwards old house and transported a batch of books that Miss Sylvia and Miss Bernice wanted to take away with the girls under her. However, when packing the books, she found another item:

"Xia De, look at this, is it what you need."

The wooden box contained a short dagger stained with blood. The dagger itself was just an ordinary item, but the box was not. The wooden box had the function of preventing the dagger from rusting and being corroded, so this dagger with an ancient style should be something with many years of history.

"The label says this is the dagger used by the clown Higgs when he killed the White Swan in the late Fifth Era."

Megan explained, and Miss Sylvia was quite surprised:

"Is it that clown Higgs in the fairy tale 'The Clown and the Swan'?"

"Yes, a story about beauty and jealousy."

Megan nodded, so Xia De took out the stack of cards with butterfly imprints on the edges from his pocket and aimed one of them at the dagger:

"Enlightenment writes stories, stories write civilization."

The light in the "Butterfly Card" spilled onto the dagger, and then the dagger in the box turned into faint light spots and merged into the card.

When the light ended, a dagger held by a hand wearing white gloves had been added to the originally blank card face. It's just that there was no text description on the card face, let alone symbols representing suits and numbers, so even without those butterfly edges, there was no need to worry about confusing this kind of card with "Rhode Cards" and "Calamity Cards".

"It seems it really works."

Megan said with a smile, very happy to be able to help Xia De. Miss Sylvia and Miss Bernice didn't know about the Butterfly Cards, so Xia De explained it, and the blonde witch immediately asked someone to find Xiris:

"Xiris, I remember there is a special mask in the warehouse of the opera troupe, white, without patterns, and after wearing it, it can cooperate with illusion to make the face more beautiful."

Xiris thought for a while:

"Yes, the cursed Faceless Mask. An antique passed down from the mid-Fifth Era, not a relic, but made into an alchemical item, so it could be preserved until now. It is the mask used by the Duchess in the Fifth Era in the prototype story of the love story 'The Masked Duchess' in the south of Kassenrick. Rumor has it that when she went to die with her lover, she wore this mask, so the witches at that time thought this mask was attached with a curse, so they made it into an alchemical item."

So Xia De explained the Butterfly Cards to her again, and Xiris was also willing to give the mask to Xia De. It's just that this time when the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe left Randall Valley, they didn't bring the mask out. It should be in the warehouse of the Wang Erde Opera House, so Xiris wrote a note for Xia De, letting him go to Randall Valley to get it himself.

"Speaking of which, do you remember the Bai Wang Club?"

Miss Sylvia asked suddenly, and Xia De nodded:

"Of course I remember. My vampire friend Mr. Bernhard and I met you and Margaret for the first time there. At that time, Margaret was on her way to visit Tobesk and heard that I had good wine here, so she wanted to buy a batch from me."

Miss Sylvia then said:

"That club is called 'Bai Wang' because the owner of the club likes to collect the chess pieces representing the 'Bai Wang' in the 'Knight Chess' game. He has a special chess piece in his hand, which is said to have been used by the protagonist and the enemy in the classic horror story 'The Revenge of Hartrain' when they played the last game of chess in the ancient castle. I have Margaret's signature and Margaret's seal here. I will write you a note, you go find him and buy it, maybe it can also be used."

Although Laplace Howard said that items related to classic stories are hard to find, Xia De has a wide network of contacts, and it is not troublesome to really look for them. The mask in Randall Valley can be easily obtained, so Xia De went directly from Green Lake to that "City of Spring", greeted the familiar girls at the Wang Erde Opera House, and got the mask.

Sure enough, the mask also met the requirements and was successfully sealed into the Butterfly Card. As for the chess piece in the Bai Wang Club in Huntington City, because it was too troublesome to ride a horse from the White River Valley Vineyard into the city, Xia De planned to go again when he had time. After all, he was not in a hurry.