Chapter 2078

"Wait a little longer, I'm going out."

Xia De touched the well-behaved cat and confirmed that all the items he might use were on him. Then he told Miss Galina in the direction of the bedroom that he was leaving for three seconds, and the Duchess, who was in a very good mood early in the morning, didn't care at all. The voice from the bedroom sounded very lazy:

"Just three seconds, wouldn't you be back if you skipped this sentence? I'm waiting for you to tell stories at the dining table. Xia De, eat something before you go, don't be hungry."

The atmosphere in the house early in the morning was very good, dispelling the gloom Xia De had because he still had to swim in the sea later.

He nodded with a smile and picked up a piece of sweet sugar cake from the breakfast-filled table. He took out the key and prepared to set off, but found that Little Mia followed his footsteps to the door of the guest room:

"Meow~"

The cat rubbed against Xia De's trouser legs, and after being held up by Xia De, it looked very docile.

"You want to eat too? No, oh, you want to go with me? You have to think about it, if you follow me, you won't be able to eat for thirty minutes. If you don't follow me, you can eat in about a minute or two."

"Meow~"

The cat rubbed Xia De's hand again. Xia De thought for a while, pulled over the towel hanging on the side, and turned Little Mia into a toy and put it in the pocket close to his heart.

【Why did you agree to let it follow you this time?】

The voice in his ear asked gently, and Xia De had already inserted the key into the keyhole:

"This cat is so afraid of water, it definitely won't dare to run around this time. The environment of the Sea of No Light looks dangerous, but that floating board is absolutely safe. Since it is willing to go out, I can't always keep it at home."

"She" chuckled in Xia De's ear, and Xia De turned the key in his hand.

Click~

"Gulp, it tastes very good, the maids' craftsmanship is getting better and better, it seems like milk was added, it turns out it can be done like this... May the World Tree protect me in time."

He swallowed the last bite of the sweet cake and stepped into the white mist behind the door.

【Outsider, you have stepped into the "Time Corridor".】

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

【Spring, 5180, Fifth Era, Outer Sea, Sea of No Light.】

【Event: "Radiant Messenger" shipwreck cruise ship.】

【Duration: 30 minutes (2/3).】

【You have obtained additional information.】

【The figure of the Father of the Infinite Tree watches you.】

【The ancient god of time gives you a test.】

【Help the old god "Giver of Dreams" complete four fishing sessions.】

【The Father of the Infinite Tree will give you a reward: Strange Art - Dragon Roar, Strange Art - Corrupt Blood Mist.】

After confirming that the information had not changed, Xia De stepped out in the thick white mist. Even though he was mentally prepared, the feeling of stepping into the cold seawater directly made him almost suffocate.

The water body was quite heavy, but Xia De still tried his best to expose his face to the water surface. He didn't know if it was related to the blessing he received at sunset yesterday, but swimming in the sea this time felt much easier than last time... Last time it felt like a big iron block was tied to his waist.

Looking around, the surging seawater slapped wantonly in the lightless sea area with the strong wind. In a completely lightless environment, it was easy to find the only campfire light.

Xia De didn't want to know what the thing that almost grabbed his ankle last time was, and he also remembered the dense corpses under the sea surface he saw under the guidance of the god before leaving last time.

Therefore, while the behemoth in the deep sea surged with his arrival, his body scattered into a group of red butterflies and flew towards the distance along the sea surface. This action was very fast, and the danger disappeared before it even appeared. So the scattered red butterflies gathered again at the edge of the metal floating board, and Xia De, who was soaked all over, wiped the water on his face and hair, and then found that it was raining.

Looking around, the figure of the "little boy" fishing at the edge of the floating board almost merged with the darkness, but the fishing line extended by the fishing rod did not sway with the wind at all. Xia De tidied up his clothes, then respectfully greeted the god - 【Giver of Dreams】, and then walked towards the center of the floating board.

Around the campfire, the four ladies, who were not evenly distributed, were all wrapped in blankets and the warm clothing Xia De left last time. But no one came to greet Xia De, and it wasn't until he walked closer that he found that they had fallen into a coma again, just like last time.

Xia De had a good memory and remembered that among the four people in front of him, except for Miss Theresa, who was fished up by him last time and possessed a real body, the others were in a half-dead state. So he didn't pay attention to the other three for the time being, and hurriedly moved forward, hugging the girl whose long golden hair was braided into more than a dozen braids.

Miss Theresa's round-rimmed glasses were still with the god at this time, and without glasses, she looked particularly different from Xia De's memory.

After testing her breathing, Xia De pressed his hand on her forehead. The Strange Art - Cynthia's Silver Moon Blessing created a dim radiance suppressed by darkness, and then the young witch's eyelashes, wet by the rain, trembled slightly. Seeing Xia De with a worried face when her confused eyes opened, she opened her arms to hug his neck and sobbed slightly.

Compared to other witches Xia De met in the past, Schultz Theresa was obviously much more fragile. After all, she had been living in the academy, and this was only her first trip after graduation. Even if there was a maid helping by her side, it was questionable whether the maid's current state was trustworthy.

After crying for a while, she barely controlled her emotions. The warm embrace made her confirm that she had returned to reality from the nightmare, and the hot temperature of his chest also stabilized her cold and chaotic soul.

"You, you finally came back."

The temperature of a living person made her linger, and the faint smell of sweet sugar cake on him made the young girl think of those days when she yawned to attend early classes, but turned to the academy canteen to eat breakfast in a race against time.

Noticing that Xia De was comforting her in a low voice, the young girl finally couldn't help the grievance and uneasiness in her heart, hugged Xia De's head, and kissed him.

Although it was a bit disgusting to say so, although Xia De brushed his teeth early this morning, he had just eaten some food a minute ago, and he really hoped that the food crumbs would not affect the feeling this kiss brought to the girl in his arms.

Fortunately, she didn't care about these things at this time.

"Did anything happen while I was away?"

Seeing her emotions fluctuate so much, Xia De asked softly. After ending the kiss, the blonde girl also shrank into his arms with a red face and gave a soft "hmm":

"The three of them, they... after they fell asleep or fell into a coma, sorry, I can't tell the difference, they would crawl to the edge of the floating board and want to throw themselves into the sea. But it seems we can't easily leave here, there is an invisible barrier at the edge of the floating board that prevents us from leaving. So they would scream frantically and pray with strange movements..."

Sniffing the smell on Xia De, the clothes stained with seawater still retained the fragrance of soap with lavender and daisy scents:

"When they were tired, they would come back and continue to be in a coma or sleep, and I didn't dare to touch them easily. Once their joint prayer made dense tens of thousands of hands of dead people soaked in water appear on the water surface."

The young girl pursed her lips, her eyes a little red, but she didn't cry again.

"It's okay, it's okay. This time I can at least 'wake up' one more person, if I'm lucky, two. Although I will leave again, at least this time someone is accompanying you."

Xia De said, and Miss Theresa's strength in grabbing his arm was not so tight.

However, Xia De asked another question:

"Can you be sure that the other three people besides you were human when they were alive? My memory won't be wrong, your meeting with Her Majesty Violet at the Lost Lake is definitely fine, so you are a normal person. But the three of them, your maid Miss Vane Maxim, Professor Sarah Evans of the Zalas Academy of Literature, and that ordinary girl Miss Maggie Malone, is the background they described really true?"

This was also something Xia De thought about for a long time after leaving last time. Given that anything could happen in the past, he had to make such doubts.

The girl in his arms pursed her lips and looked up at him:

"I understand what you mean. I used to accompany Aunt Violet to see Professor Evans, so I am at least sure that this person really exists. As for that ordinary girl, I haven't seen her on the ship. As for my maid, my memory also tells me that she was indeed sent by my aunt."

"I have seen your memory when fishing, and the memory of your last communication with Miss Violet also mentioned the maid's name... but can you be sure that the memory is definitely not wrong? Or, is the maid in the memory the one in front of you?"

Xia De continued to ask, and the confused girl shook her head:

"I... don't know anything."

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if you don't know. This time I will try to 'fish' for that maid first. No matter what the result is, it will be a kind of peace of mind for you."

Miss Theresa nodded, realizing that Xia De was going to let go of her to wake up others. Although she was a little reluctant, she still followed him to prepare to crawl to the other side.

"Oh, wait a minute, almost forgot this."

Xia De suddenly patted his head again, and then took out the wet cat toy and his own coat toy from his wet clothes. He summoned the flame to carefully dry them, changed into dry clothes first, and then "turned" Little Mia out in the rain.

"Meow!"

Realizing that it was raining, the cat that had just appeared immediately burrowed into Xia De's clothes. Before the tail finally entered the clothes, it accidentally touched Xia De's chin. The cat squirmed on Xia De's chest to adjust its direction, and then poked its little head out from between the buttons to look around.

When Xia De used the "Lost Lake 5177" key for the second time, he had taken this cat with him, so Miss Theresa also knew it. Seeing the beautiful cat, her mood became even better. She reached out to touch the furry little head, but was blocked by the cat's paw.