Chapter 2060

Waking up from Professor Drake's memory, he looked up at the witch in front of him. Adele Isabella was also looking at him at this time. Seeing Xia De wanting to speak, the witch shook her head gently to stop him:

"Don't say goodbye, okay? I have already experienced too many partings."

"But I will come back again."

"When those people said goodbye to me, they all said so."

She pursed her lips and smiled, without a trace of sadness on her face. So Xia De closed his mouth and really didn't say anything.

【Hug her.】

"She" in his ear said suddenly.

"Why?"

【Otherwise, are you just staring at the parting like this?】

"She" smiled gently. Considering that "She"'s suggestions were always reliable, Xia De hugged the witch with a tear mole at the corner of her eye before the white fog completely surrounded him.

Miss Isabella looked somewhat surprised, but didn't dodge. It's just that this hug only lasted for two seconds before ending. The witch maintained the posture of slightly closing her arms, looking at the empty living room in front of her with only herself.

Her body curled up, looking at the things Xia De left behind on the white cloth covering the coffee table. For a long time, a sigh sounded in the living room where only she was left.

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

When he left, it was in the mountain forest of the Whispering Hills in the north of Moon Bay City, so naturally, he returned to the same place. The home just now and the forest land at this time were equally dim, so his eyes didn't need to adapt to the light. After standing firm unsteadily, he bent down to pick up the relics scattered on the ground. After confirming that he hadn't left anything behind, Xia De walked toward the temporary camp by the stream in the hills again.

The time adventure took three seconds, and walking back and forth and packing things took twenty-odd seconds, so it had indeed only been half a minute since he left.

At this time, the weak Miss Belindell was holding a divination card in her hand, but seeing Xia De return, she wanted to hide it in a panic. It's just that because she was too weak, the card accidentally slipped from her hand and almost fell into the campfire, but fortunately, it was caught in time by Miss Matilda, the maid to the side.

The maid put the playing card into her pocket without a trace. Miss Belindell's face flushed, and she tried hard to pretend that nothing had happened, saying to Xia De who walked back:

"Are you back so soon?"

Although the half of her face covered by hair was still transparent and glowing, judging from her performance just now, her mental state seemed to be okay.

"Found a solution, please listen to me."

Because the injuries on his body would recover after returning to reality, Xia De looked very normal at this time. It's just that after he approached, the maids and the blonde witch all noticed that his clothes were obviously new, and there was a faint smell of blood and mud gravel on his body.

His injuries had indeed recovered, but the girls present were not Ring Mages or witches for the first day, so they naturally could see that he must have experienced some things in the past half minute.

"Are you okay?"

Miss Belindell looked him over worriedly, reaching out wanting to check, but her weak hand was pressed back by Xia De halfway:

"I'm fine, let's solve your problem first."

He also sat down by the campfire, took out 【Calamity Card · Shadow of the Deep Sea】 and used "Darkness Art" again to stop the light spreading on the surface of Miss Belindell's skin.

Miss Matilda looked at her master, and then very naturally sent the witch she was supporting to Xia De's side. Miss Belindell only realized her current appearance after she took the initiative to lean on Xia De's shoulder.

She looked at her maid in surprise, and the latter blinked, not feeling she had done anything wrong.

And Xia De was also surprised that Miss Belindell would lean over, but he didn't oppose it, instead describing simply the method "he thought of," as well as the sequelae he might face if he went to the Council to seek help.

The blonde witch listened while letting her thoughts run wild in her heart. Being so close to Xia De, she was also very sure that the smell of blood on Xia De was definitely the blood he shed after being injured... This was inspiration. At the same time, she also smelled a familiar perfume scent in the scent that made her somewhat dizzy and embarrassed.

That scent was very faint, but it definitely existed. If it were someone else, they might ignore it, but Miss Belindell, even if her mental state was not good at this moment, still relied on her powerful inspiration to realize that this scent was very similar to the perfume scent of the Speaker · Great Witch of Time - Miss Isabella.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

However, because this result was too outrageous, she couldn't continue to think about it.

Xia De had also finished speaking at this time:

"The current situation is roughly like this. If we treat it according to the method I said, you will be able to return to a normal state tomorrow, it's just that the matter of the relic still needs to be considered. 【Source of Chaos】 is just one choice. This relic itself has the effect of triggering nightmares, and I don't know how much influence it will have on you. So if you have other Sage-level relics related to light in your hands, we can consider options other than 【Source of Chaos】."

Miss Belindell shook her head:

"Sage-level relics are not something you can have just because you want them."

Golden eyes looked at him:

"You should know what kind of relic 【Source of Chaos】 is. The Pearl of the Yellow Moon, the source of confusion, directly symbolizes that yellow moon in the night sky. For users of moon power and astrologers, it can be called priceless. Are you sure you want to lend it to me for healing?"

"Of course, it's temporarily useless in my hands... Actually, compared to experiencing power, I prefer to use it to crack mazes. My cat likes playing with beads, but I won't give this to it, letting it play with rings is enough."

Xia De tried to make a joke, but found that the witch in front of him didn't laugh. Just when he felt somewhat awkward, Miss Belindell pursed her lips slightly and looked at her maid again. Miss Matilda then handed over a coin. The blonde witch leaned on Xia De's shoulder and tossed it:

"Then I'll trouble you, I choose your treatment plan... I will pay you a reward."

She didn't choose the Council, but trusted her divination results. Because she had heard about her personality from Miss Galina, this was also within expectations.

"Forget the reward. You and Miss Bernice are both Council members, so you should help each other. Oh, Miss Matilda, Miss Pensett, Miss Vincent, please help."

The three maids stood up and engraved the ritual base array that Xia De took out, which could enhance the "Light Brightness Art," on the ground with the campfire as the center. And outside this ritual base array, they prepared several "Light Extinguishing Rituals" to prevent Xia De from breaking through the upper limit of the camp's warning ritual effect when casting spells later.

And while the maid ladies were preparing, Xia De searched for pots and some herbs from the toys in his pocket, and blended a "Light-Swallowing Potion" that was very simple according to Miss Isabella. The main effect of this potion is to make the human body more suitable for "light" energy, which can be considered the most important preparation before treatment.

Miss Belindell sat there watching the maids and Xia De busy, watching Xia De use somewhat clumsy techniques to stir the gradually heated potion. Xia De, who had his back to her, was startled by the bursting bubbles because he wasn't prepared, but didn't notice the faint smile on the witch's face behind him.

And after the potion was also prepared, Xia De took out a black cloth strip and handed it to Miss Belindell. The latter hesitated, not knowing what this meant, so Xia De pointed out:

"Look at the firelight, is it transparent?"

She tried it:

"Not transparent."

"That's good."

Xia De then took back the cloth strip, then placed it on his face to cover his eyes, signaling that he would do this in a while. The three maids who were standing all saw this scene, and naturally also saw the complex expression on their master's face:

"You..."

Although the ritual and potion were not complicated, it still took more than half an hour to prepare. Xia De stood up and checked again, then put the potion in a teacup and handed it to the witch. After she frowned and drank the steaming potion, Xia De then tied the black cloth strip on his head, and even took the initiative to wave his hand in front of his eyes to try whether he could see light.

And the three maid ladies activated the ground ritual and stood in a triangle around the two who were sitting, each picking up a piece of black cloth to cover them.

The night wind brushed the treetops, and also made the campfire by the stream sway slightly. The two people surrounded by black cloth could only have some shadows seen from the outside at this time.

The starlight above his head was brilliant, and the moonlight shone gently on this scene. The cloth was swayed slightly by the wind, but one could still see from the shadows on the cloth that the long-haired lady and the man sitting cross-legged were sitting opposite each other. The former was shyly tilting her head, pulling down her clothes slightly from the neckline, revealing the edge of her shoulder and the unspeakable part.

Fallen leaves brushed over his head, falling from afar into the stream water that was as cold as this long night with the wind. The sparkling light also couldn't illuminate the figures of those two people. One could only see through the shadows that Xia De reached out and pressed on the exposed shoulder, raised his hand and drew lightly amidst the witch's muffled groan. The cold moonlight created wounds on the shoulder, and his index finger pierced into the translucent flesh and blood.

"Hmm~"

The maids heard their master's muffled groan, and while feeling heartbroken, they also knew that they absolutely could not disturb.

"I'm fine."

They heard their master say while enduring the pain, and then heard the man's calm voice:

"Silver Moon."

In an instant, silver brilliance bloomed outside the forest by the stream, as if the moon had really appeared between those three pieces of cloth. The holy and brilliant moonlight, although bright, was not overbearing at all. The Light Extinguishing Ritual made this moment's light not spread outside the camp as much as possible, but located in the ritual, the maids holding black cloth who were standing, while the light brushed over their bodies, clearly knew that the light was just an intangible thing, but they actually felt the cold gentleness at this moment.

It is difficult to describe the feeling at this moment, but it really felt like being embraced by that moon. This was a romance that had never existed in the fantasies of the moonlit nights in their girlhood.

As for the cover of the black cloth, the pain brought by the fusion and collision of two special lights in the witch's body even affected her soul. Although Xia De said that this process would not be easy, and Miss Belindell had prepared in advance, she still couldn't hold back her reaction to the pain at this moment:

"Hmm~"

She wanted to hold back this sound, but finally groaned. Because the right arm could not move randomly, the left arm subconsciously hugged the man's neck in front of her. While Xia De continued to use Light Brightness Art to dispel the alien white light, because of the element conflict and mental confusion, Bella Belindell, who was intoxicated, did an act that many, many years later, she still didn't know why she did—

She opened her mouth and bit Xia De's neck.

Fortunately, she didn't bite in a position where blood vessels were dense, so although Xia De trembled, he didn't stop the treatment:

"Fortunately, Miss Belindell is not a vampire... It seems like no one has ever bitten my neck before, this is the first time I've been injured in so long."

Girls prefer biting shoulders.

The silver moon was gentle and stable. As the uncaused alien white light gradually "melted" into the moonlight, the Great Witch of Fate also gradually adapted to the pain. And when her consciousness cleared up bit by bit, she finally realized what she was doing.

That heartbeat almost stopped for a moment, but she didn't let go immediately. Instead, while her head was dazed, she let her teeth relax bit by bit, but her breathing could still smell the scent on Xia De, and her teeth and lips could still feel the powerful pulse of the blood vessels on Xia De's neck. While her whole face flushed red, she was glad that no one could see her complexion at this moment, and then realized that she was almost hugging the man in front of her now, and the abnormal beating of her heart would definitely be detected.

She wanted to push him away, but knew that the treatment could not be interrupted at this stage, otherwise it would have to be done again. So she gritted her teeth, simply continued to maintain the one-handed hugging posture, and leaned her head on his shoulder. Although her teeth were no longer biting his neck, she still didn't dare to take a deep breath, worried that she would become dizzy again. She squinted her eyes wanting to make herself calm down, and suddenly realized that she hadn't been so emotionally agitated for a long time.

The night wind was very gentle, but the moonlight on the other side of her body was even gentler. As the discomfort gradually disappeared, the fatigue of her spirit made sleepiness surge into her heart. Unknowingly, she fell asleep while smelling the scent of the man she was hugging.