Chapter 2126: Dragon Scales of Various Colors

After seeing off Xia De and Luweiya, Iluna and Emilia went to the study to verify every detail of the 【Misfortune Cult】 and the four relics that appeared around Emilia one after another.

Originally, Iluna was still a bit unhappy about Emilia's appearance, but as the two gradually became familiar, these small emotions all disappeared. In the gaps between conversation and recording, Emilia praised Iluna's talent without reservation:

"I have also heard of many, many amazing seniors in the Academy, but they are all incomparable to you."

Iluna smiled reservedly; she had heard similar words many times, but she would never be proud of it. After all, in her view, Xia De was the true genius, and she was only able to reach the present with the help of Xia De and Luweiya.

The elf girl seemed to have a unique affinity, and Iluna soon became friends with her. And when talking about the final great battle last night, a detail Emilia mentioned inadvertently was captured by Iluna—

"... That black staff should also be a very powerful relic, right? Oh, Iluna, the relics I've come into contact with above the level of Guardian that I've encountered this summer since leaving St. Byrons are more than all those I've seen in the past fifty years combined. That staff must be very powerful, and I learned in school that staff-type relics are even rarer than cold weapon-type relics, but... I don't know why, when I saw that staff, I had a very sad feeling..."

She pursed her lips and recalled the situation last night, and was unsure if that was the influence of the relic 【Friendly Neighbor】 on her; after all, she was truly dizzy at the time. Of course, these contents would not be written into the investigation report. Iluna was surprised for a moment, and then suddenly, as if a flash of inspiration struck:

"Is that staff a dead thing?"

"Sorry, what?"

Emilia looked at her with beautiful, innocent big eyes. Iluna, with a heavy heart, changed her way of speaking:

"Do you know what that staff is? Although I have seen it, Xia De has never mentioned where this weapon came from. Since Luweiya doesn't ask, others of course won't ask... Do you recognize it?"

The blonde elf shook her head quickly:

"It feels very familiar, but I think I should have never seen it. Every staff-type relic is unique, my memory won't be wrong... After I go back, I can go and investigate... but is this prying into Xia De's privacy?"

"This..."

Iluna hesitated for a moment, and then saw the cat lying on the desk. There was thick fog in the city this morning, and the sunlight at the living room windowsill was not enough, so the lazy cat followed them into the study together.

"Little Mia, does doing this count as prying into Xia De's privacy?"

Iluna then asked the cat. The cat was lying on the table feigning sleep. Hearing its name called, it only "Meow~"ed.

"You see, Little Mia said this doesn't count."

Iluna said very affirmatively, and then met the young elf's suspicious gaze:

"Iluna, you even understand cat language?"

"Of course I don't understand, but please listen to me. I have never had bad intentions toward Xia De, we are..."

She wanted to say "lovers," but noticed the cat seemed to be squinting at her with one eye. For some reason, she felt embarrassed to say it. So in the end, she had to lower her voice and whisper into the elf's pointed ear:

"We have kissed. No, not the kind of pure kiss you imagine, it was a very passionate kiss. This was the year-end festival gift Xia De gave me, right in my apartment."

After saying this, she sat back in her seat with a red face, and then sure enough, she saw the pure elf girl also blushing:

"So Xia De and so many... No problem, after I return to school, I will try my best to investigate what that staff that makes me feel very familiar is. It might be related to the elves. I need some time."

Iluna nodded with satisfaction. She didn't dare to forget any of the clues she obtained from 【If】:

"Fire, power, resurrection, playing cards, love."

Repeating these five words in her heart, she didn't see the cat feigning sleep on the table still looking at her.

On the other side, Xia De had already arrived in Moon Bay City. There was no rain or snow here today, but the habitually gloomy Moon Bay City still couldn't be considered good weather. Seeing that it was still early, Xia De didn't go to Spider Alley immediately, but first went to the Belindell Manor in the city center.

The maids of the manor were already quite familiar with Xia De. When Miss Matilda, who came upon hearing the news, took Xia De to the third floor, Miss Belindell happened to look like she was about to go out. She was wearing a white dress and wearing a wide-brimmed hat decorated with lace and flowers tilted on her head. This was not the look for attending formal meetings:

"Marchioness Ancara, Countess Eddington, the old Countess Hawthorn, and several other noble ladies invited me to go to a manor outside the city to relax. Although such social life is boring, sometimes one has to attend."

But it seemed she didn't think this was boring at all.

Xia De stood at the door. The Countess was accepting the maids adjusting the jewelry and clothes on her body. She stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror looking at herself, and complained in her mouth:

"Speaking of which, if there is something to find you, where exactly should we contact you? The address of the Princess trade partner you left behind only helps you receive letters. If I want to find you immediately, what should I do? You should have a place to live locally, right?"

"This... this is hard to say."

"Yes, yes, you always have many secrets of your own. People often say that ladies with secrets are charming. In my opinion, men with secrets are also charming."

The maids all chuckled. Xia De saw the Countess's golden eyes in the mirror looking at himself, so he coughed:

"Is there something to find me? I'm really sorry, my friend encountered some trouble yesterday and was entangled by cultists. No, not the 【Dragon Feast Cult】, but something else, but it has already been solved."

"There is indeed something to find you. Marchioness Ancara and Marika Frost met in my manor yesterday. The latter doesn't want to return to the life of an ordinary person anymore. Finally, we discussed it, and I let Marika Frost stay to help in the kitchen for the time being. I can regularly provide her with wolfsbane potion to suppress the impulse to transform on the night of the full moon, so I can count as having one more werewolf under my command."

She waved her hand to let the maids step back, and turned around in front of the mirror as if admiring her own posture, but anyone here could see that she was showing off her clothes to Xia De.

So the outsider consciously praised:

"Very beautiful clothes, very suitable for you."

Although this praise was simple, the Countess was still quite satisfied:

"Marchioness Ancara and Marika Frost went with me to see what was left of the Frost family now, and also confirmed that the ghost we saw attached to the tree was the grandfather of Marika Frost's deceased husband. He once worked in a very high position in the Wood family. After I investigated a little, I confirmed that the ghost must have known some secrets of the Wood family while alive. He didn't attach to the tree because of an accident after death; he knew that place while alive."

Xia De raised an eyebrow:

"Yesterday, you actually investigated so many things?"

"I am a fortune teller, and a very powerful fortune teller."

The maids continued to tidy the Countess's hair, and Miss Belindell continued:

"Not just these. Since that ghost could find things while alive, I followed the clues to investigate and found some very interesting documents on the Wood family side. Now it is basically certain that the ancestors of our seven great families back then should have all obtained very interesting things from the dragon they encountered together."

"Ha, I knew it, the Chosen One ritual is indeed collecting seven dragon scales!"

"Don't be so sure, how did you come up with this guess?"

The witch looked at him in the mirror and said:

"But they are indeed all dragon scales. At least Belindell's is the dragon scale of that golden dragon. The Wood family's seems to be a green dragon's scale, but I'm still checking the specific location. Really, the Wood family has the location of our family's dragon scale, but my previous ancestors knew nothing about it. The thing obtained by the Wright family is very clearly a white dragon's scale. As for the Hawthorn family, I only found that it seems to be related to a brass dragon. Eddington, Black, Silver, I don't know yet."

Xia De noted down this information:

"You said that golden dragon scale probably came from the former incarnation of an ancient god. It's really interesting, what kind of dragon did your ancestors encounter? How come the scales given out are so different? A dragon shouldn't have different kinds of dragon scales at the same time, right?"

The witch didn't know either:

"What's even weirder is that the ancestors should have encountered that dragon in the late Fifth Era, but the ancient gods had already left by then."

"Although it's not certain whether this is related to the Chosen One ritual, we should get our hands on it."

"Yes, it matches my idea. Leave this matter to me. You should investigate in the direction of the sewer laboratory. I have already prepared the sewer blueprints around the steam bathhouse. In a while, I'll let Matilda take you to get them. The church's investigation of the sewer yesterday yielded nothing. Today you can go in with your friend... Do you need me to send someone to follow you?"

She asked with some worry again, and Xia De shook his head:

"How powerful I am, don't you know?"

Thinking of what happened on Sunday night, the witch nodded involuntarily, and at the same time couldn't bear for the dirty sewer to tarnish those beautiful silver scales:

"Then is your friend reliable?"

"Very reliable, I knew him before I knew Miss Bernice."

Only then did the witch feel slightly relieved:

"Do you want to stay for dinner tonight? Let me hear your gains today too."

The topic changed a bit too fast, but looking at her expression in the mirror, Xia De still nodded:

"If the investigation goes smoothly, I think no problem." ===== CHAPTER 2127 =====