Chapter 2044

"We have only met twice, and you are already giving me tasks, making me do tasks in exchange for information. This is just like..."

"Just like the person in a fairy tale who gives tasks to the hero?"

The blue-eyed young lady smiled, the wind blowing the black hair hanging by her ears. She reached out and tucked that strand of hair behind her ear:

"I have lived in this city for a very, very long time. You will see me unexpectedly in many places later. How about this: I will add some rewards for you."

She tilted her head slightly to the left:

"Every time you see me in the city, I can tell you some things about this city that you don't know. Is that okay?"

"Of course, that is even too generous for me... Miss, have you met me before?"

Xia De asked suspiciously. The young lady wearing lace long gloves squinted her eyes, smiled, and covered her mouth:

"You are really interesting, Mr. Watson. Is this a technique for picking up strange young ladies? This kind of rhetoric hasn't been popular for fifty years. There are five tasks in total, so go and complete my first task. The task location is right on this Herring Street. A young lady with an unfortunate life lives here; find a way to help her."

"Specifically, who are you referring to? There should be more than one young lady with an unfortunate life living on this street."

"The anchor will give you guidance."

She continued to say with a smile:

"You have completed the task, I will not take the initiative to find you; you need to come and find me. But you are forbidden from asking Mr. Curator for my address. You must not cheat."

Xia De took out the silver anchor ornament that he thought was an ordinary item. Miss Illustrious reached out and gave it a light flick, and the anchor immediately glowed with a sea-blue light.

【Outlander, you have come into contact with a "Miracle."】

"A miracle?"

"Then, since you have discovered me in Moon Bay for the first time, let me tell you some interesting facts about this city."

The black-haired young lady thought for a moment:

"There was once a giant dragon that inhabited this place, and there was also a god who descended upon this land."

Xia De had seen relevant records in the books on Green Island, but the books did not record which god had been here, only saying that it was an evil god.

"Yes, a divine descent. That was the god who devoured the giant dragon to obtain the power of the giant dragon. That was the god who hated the giant dragon and subsequently invented a way for mortals to also seize the power of the giant dragon through rituals."

Xia De's expression changed instantly:

"Dragon Communion Ritual! Dragon Communion Sect, Evil God - 【Dragon-Devouring Demon】?!"

This sect was exceptionally ancient, dating back to the era of the Third Era when the giant dragons established the prosperous Dragon Kingdom. No one knew the origin of the god, but the "Dragon Communion Ritual" that it taught to mortals directly led to the collapse of the Dragon Kingdom at its peak. Therefore, the 【Dragon Communion Sect】 at its peak could even be said to be the most powerful evil god sect in the material world at that time.

Hunting giant dragons itself would not threaten humans and other races, but the bloody and cruel Dragon Communion Ritual would cause mortals who seized the power of the giant dragons to become bloodthirsty and crazy. It was even rumored that the appearance of evil spirits and demons that ravaged the material world in the Third Era was related to them... The doctor proved that this was not a fact. In short, the 【Dragon Communion Sect】 became the enemy of most intelligent races, but the cultists who devoured giant dragons and underwent physical mutations, possessing the power of giant dragons themselves, were still exceptionally powerful and terrifying in that era when evil spirits and demons threatened civilization.

"Yes, it is that Great One. It once descended upon this land. This is a matter recorded in the scriptures of the Zhengshen Sect Society, and only sporadic information was recorded. How about it, is this news useful to you?"

She continued to ask with a smile, and Xia De nodded immediately:

"Very useful, Miss Illustrious... Miss Radiant."

Hearing this address, the blue-eyed young lady revealed a bright smile. Compared to the always gloomy weather of Moon Bay City, this smile was truly bright:

"Then before this farewell, let me tell you an extra piece of information. There is a rumor that the Great One itself was a dragon. Of course, there is no evidence for this rumor, but in the few materials that recorded the descent of that Great One, it is said that the saintly possession of the Old God - Dragon-Devouring Demon, would only ever choose giant dragons."

Theoretically, gods can come to the material world through any possession, but different gods have different preferences. For example, the legendary Old God - Silver Moon Sage, in the divine descents of ancient eras, would only be female; the evil god - Stone Heart Demon, whom Xia De had fought, preferred to choose perfect stone carving artworks; the God of Vampirism goes without saying, the protector of the vampire species would only choose vampires; however, gods like the 【Lord of the Blood Feast】 do not have many preferences, basically any living person with flesh and blood will do.

And the fact that the god who devours giant dragons, the "Dragon-Devouring Demon," chose a giant dragon as its divine possession is quite interesting.

While Xia De was thinking, Miss Illustrious had already smiled and said goodbye to him:

"Looking forward to our next unexpected encounter, Mr. Watson. May the sea bless you, and may all your wishes come true."

She waved to Xia De while walking backward, and then a large group of people passed between the two. After the crowd dispersed, Miss Illustrious had already disappeared.

"What a strange person."

Xia De said softly in his heart, looking down at the silver anchor ornament in his hand:

"Miracle element... who exactly is she?"

Regardless of who Miss Illustrious is, it was already nearly four o'clock in the afternoon, and Xia De still had to complete the investigation task for coming to Herring Street this time.

Because he already knew the address, he didn't need to go and inquire for information. And when Xia De walked through the streets of Herring Street, knocked on the dirty door of No. 11 Herring Street, and explained to the person who opened the door—who looked like the landlady—who he was looking for, that middle-aged fat woman wearing a hairnet looked at Xia De sideways, and then said in a tone that definitely had to be described with the word "contempt":

"A skinny chicken from the North, also wanting to sleep with a woman from Moon Bay? She's not home, get lost."

Saying this, she slammed the door shut in front of Xia De.

Xia De looked down at himself:

"Discriminating against Delarion people? Also, am I very thin?"

【Of course you are not thin.】

"She" said gently in Xia De's ear.

"Yes, you are definitely not thin."

At dinner that day, after Luweiya heard Xia De tell her about his actions this afternoon, she also smiled and comforted him:

"I have seen what you look like without your shirt. I can guarantee, my dear Xia De, your figure is very normal, you don't need to have such anxiety."

Dinner was delivered to the house by a restaurant, the gas lamps were extinguished, the candles were lit, and today the house had a romantic candlelight dinner. Little Mia squatted on a high stool looking at the candlelight, looking full of energy. The purple-eyed fortune-teller young lady's eyes curved, and she was very interested in Xia De's experience today:

"I am actually more curious about that eleventh-tier Great Witch of Fate, her name is Bella Belindell, right? She looks down on the Divination Association so much; I would really like to talk to her, or have a competition."

"There should be opportunities in the future. In my opinion, Miss Belindell is indeed very capable, but relying too much on divination is indeed not a good habit."

He skillfully cut the medium-rare veal steak drizzled with sauce and placed a portion in front of the cat. Little Mia didn't lower its head to eat immediately, but let out a gentle "Meow~", rubbed its head against Xia De's hand, and Xia De also patted its little head. The obedient cat made the atmosphere of the dinner even better.

"Relying on divination, ah..."

The interested expression on Luweiya's face became even stronger:

"I'll go get something."

Saying this, she stood up and left in the high heels she had prepared for dinner, but soon returned from the living room with her cards in her hand:

"I want to divine the recent fortune for that witch."

She smiled and sat back down opposite Xia De, and Xia De asked in surprise:

"But she is not in front of you, you have never even seen her, you have only heard me describe some of her characteristics, can you divine this too?"

"Of course, it just greatly reduces the accuracy. But since I have finally met such an interesting fortune-teller, how can I not try to divine it? The other party must have anti-divination items no less than your 【Fate's Twenty-Sided Dice】, but that doesn't matter, just try it."

She pushed the dinner plate forward, then skillfully cut and shuffled the cards, muttering to herself while placing the divination cards in stacks on the table. She didn't even use any relics to assist, only performing the most basic card divination.

After all the divination cards were divided into five stacks and placed on the table, she closed her eyes and prepared to draw cards from them.

But just after Luweiya closed her eyes, Xia De, who was opposite her, was surprised to see the figure of the long-haired Luweiya appear behind Luweiya. Compared to when Xia De first observed the long-haired Luweiya last year, her figure was much more solid now.

The long-haired young lady smiled and raised her finger, signaling Xia De to be quiet. Then her arm overlapped with Luweiya's arm, and Luweiya and Luweiya reached for the cards together.

The surprised Xia De moved his body slightly backward, and when he turned his head, he happened to meet the eyes of Little Mia, whose eyes were shining. For a moment, Xia De thought that this cat could also see the long-haired Luweiya, but soon he discovered that the cat had finished its food and was looking forward to another feeding.

"Long-haired Luweiya must have met Miss Belindell in a past life. What kind of story would that Luweiya, who was not as 'gentle' as she is now, have with that witch who looked down on the Divination Association?"

"Okay, there is a result."

Luweiya opened her eyes, and the phantom behind her had disappeared. She showed Xia De three hand cards:

"Future fortune—

Negative: Will face a potentially fatal crisis; Neutral: Unexpected changes may occur within the family; Positive: Love fortune is very good, will meet a favorite object recently."

"This..."

"This is not teasing you, look, the divination cards are such a result."

She smiled and showed Xia De the card with the "little angel with wings holding a heart" on it, which is "Love" in the divination cards.