Chapter 2164: A Temporarily Ended Story

"Protect Her Majesty!"

The area of the strange spiderweb-like cracks in the sky was growing larger and larger. The royal maids on the deck of the *Witton Kingdom* immediately gathered around, but Miss Violet just waved her sleeves and let them retreat:

"Do I still need your protection?"

She took a step forward, and then everyone on the deck came to the bow to observe the spatial anomaly in the sky more carefully. At the same time, the cannons on the witches' alchemy warships began to turn their direction toward the sky, and the light of various rituals almost turned the azure sky into the colors of a rainbow.

And after that series of teeth-aching, strange sounds, the sky finally shattered completely, as if struck by something massive, revealing a pitch-black hole. Subsequently, the injured, glowing silver giant dragon grabbed a "small boat" and flew out of that hole.

They were moving extremely fast, but after rushing out of the hole, they seemed to lose their strength and began to fall. The dragon tried to flap its wings to counteract the downward trend, but after maintaining it shakily for less than five seconds, it still fell from the high sky toward the sea surface together with the ship.

"This dragon is really..."

Miss Violet heard her maid whispering softly:

"Too beautiful!"

"Indeed, very beautiful."

The Witch Empress also praised the dragon, which fit her aesthetic, smiled, and took another step forward. Thus, without her needing to do anything, the maids consciously raised their hands, controlling the falling ship and the heavily injured silver giant dragon to fall slowly from the high sky like feathers, and then landed smoothly right in front of the bow of the *Witton Kingdom*.

"Teacher!"

After the *Glorious Messenger* landed steadily on the water, Miss Theresa, who was excited on the deck, immediately waved her hand and shouted loudly. She still remembered that she couldn't call her "Aunt" in front of outsiders, only "Teacher."

Miss Maxim the maid, seeing her master, immediately bowed and saluted from afar, while Professor Evans looked at the scene around her, confirming that this was not an illusion, before letting out a long sigh of relief:

"I didn't expect that I could experience such a thing before I retired."

She then first respectfully saluted Miss Violet, and only then waved to greet the old professor behind the Witch Empress.

Miss Elether, who had never seen so many witches at once, automatically hid her figure, but in fact, not many people paid attention to her, because everyone's eyes were fixed on the dragon lying on the water surface.

The silver giant dragon's head was facing the bow of the *Witton Kingdom*. The exhausted Xia De opened his eyes and happened to see the familiar Witch Empress watching him.

Miss Violet raised her hand to cast a spell so that the sound in the surrounding area would not spread. She then continued forward alone, standing at the end of the deck, her trembling hand reaching over the railing to touch the scales on the dragon's head:

"Xia De, you really appeared again."

"I am very curious, how did you recognize me?"

The giant dragon's weak voice said. The lady, who was pursing her lips with a look of nostalgia, pointed to the top of the dragon's head:

"I recognized your cat. I didn't expect you would agree to let your pet step on your head."

"What? Oh, Mia!"

Even though the weather was clear, the giant dragon's body already had dazzling silver light, and at this moment, the silver moonlight was even brighter. And in that cluster of light, the girls watching this scene exclaimed, because the giant dragon vanished, and then two cats, one silver and one orange, fell from the sky and were caught simultaneously by the smiling Miss Violet.

The wind blew her long hair, and the smile on her exquisite face became increasingly gentle. She lowered her head and asked:

"Is this a reward for me after our long separation? I didn't expect your transformation art to be so excellent. I knew that someone as beautiful as you would be beautiful whether you turned into a cat or a dragon... Speaking of which, is there a problem with your dragon transformation art? Do you need my help?"

She had indeed seen the uncontrollability of Xia De's transformation art. Xia De, who was sniffing the charming perfume scent in her arms while pushing away the joyful Little Mia, had no time left.

The mission given by the Tree Father this time finally reached its end at this moment. All four fishing attempts had been completed, and the girls who had been lost in the lightless sea had found themselves again. At this moment, the white fog around Xia De had already risen, but he wasn't in a hurry to turn Little Mia back into a toy. After all, past experience proved that when the time was up, Little Mia would also be kicked out of this time that didn't belong to her.

"The problem with the transformation art isn't big; I've already found a solution."

The silver cat stood up with effort in her arms, gazing into her worried eyes:

"I'm really sorry, we haven't met for long this time, and I have to leave again."

"Why apologize to me? It's that I didn't have the ability to keep you."

The Witch Empress said, kissing the cat gently on the forehead:

"Although I don't know what you experienced, it's thanks to you that Theresa was saved this time; otherwise, this troublesome girl wouldn't know what kind of trouble she would have caused. Return to your time and rest well; we will meet again."

She said the lines that only Xia De usually said, smiling as she watched the silver cat push away the orange cat that was pressing against it.

"Then, goodbye."

The three witches on the *Glorious Messenger* also came here from that ship at this time. Although they hadn't seen Xia De's cat form, they recognized him immediately; after all, this cat was truly excessively beautiful:

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye, Mr. Hamilton."

The professor and the maid said. Miss Theresa pursed her lips and looked at Xia De. Considering her aunt was present, and she had already kissed his human form just now, she only said softly:

"See you next time, Xia De."

The white fog was now so thick that Xia De's vision was affected. Miss Elether, whom Xia De thought wouldn't appear, also appeared beside the Witch Empress at this moment.

Ignoring Miss Violet's surprise, she finally gathered the courage to ask the cat:

"Can you give me a kiss?"

She pointed to her left cheek, and Miss Violet smiled. Miss Theresa pouted slightly, Professor Evans felt a bit gratified, and Miss Maxim had no expression. The silver cat wanted to take the last opportunity to jump, but the orange cat took the chance to grab its tail.

Both cats leaped almost simultaneously, and in the next moment, they vanished together in Miss Violet's arms.

"He... left."

Miss Elether revealed a look of loss, lowered her head, and sighed. Although Miss Violet didn't know who the beautiful girl with the graceful figure in front of her was, she still said in a very good mood:

"Sometimes life is just like this; just a second of hesitation, and you will miss many things."

The blue-eyed girl nodded gently and looked toward the calm sea again.

She took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly. The "living" and "freedom" she had longed for had been grasped, but she felt even more lost and melancholy than before.

"Will I see him again?"

She asked softly again. Miss Violet and Miss Theresa also looked toward the calm sea together:

"Definitely."

(Iluna is praying...)

"Oh, Mia!"

In the space filled with white fog, Xia De, who had fallen to the ground, caught the cat that had landed on him, and then asked it "viciously":

"Who told you to change back without permission? Don't you know that situation just now was very dangerous?"

He didn't blame Little Mia for "harboring ulterior motives" toward his cat form, but blamed this cat for changing back without permission in such a dangerous place. In fact, Xia De didn't know the point in time when this cat changed back, whether it was before or after the deity detonated the light ball that finally saved them.

But no matter what, this cat's behavior absolutely could not be encouraged, otherwise it would definitely dare to do it again in the future:

"I will never take you to the past again."

He said to the orange-white cat standing on his palm. The cat's large amber eyes looked at him, and from its "innocent" gaze, Xia De knew very well that it didn't understand at all.

"Really."

He stroked Little Mia's head with quick hand speed, and only then did he place it on his shoulder. Little Mia also meowed gently. Subsequently, Xia De looked at his hands again. Sure enough, after returning from the past, he had automatically turned back into a human. This showed that in the Tree Father's view, that kind of transformation art that couldn't turn back into human form was also a type of "injury" Xia De had suffered:

"Fortunately, I saved a portion of the potion. Emilia only gave me three portions, and I used one last time; I can't waste the remaining two."

Looking up ahead, *swish~ swish~ swish~*, in the windless space, that phantom tree that seemed to connect heaven and earth emitted the sound of leaves shaking. The ancient tree recorded the stories of the years, and every leaf had the ballads of time.

Xia De gazed at that tree, cupping his hands together and reaching upward. And in that canopy that continued to rustle, two verdant leaves drifted down, and happened to fall into Xia De's hands.

The curious cat immediately went to look, but seeing they were leaves it had seen before, it lost interest.

Putting the leaves away, Xia De also discovered that he was carrying things he didn't have originally. Two rolled-up canvases were tucked into the pocket of his coat, and Xia De naturally knew the content on the canvases:

"Paintings of the dragon and the ship?"

This was indeed the best souvenir of this journey, and Xia De, who was usually melancholy at this moment, was not melancholy at all this time:

"So that's how Miss Elether was born... Tomorrow is Saturday, let's go see her again."

Actually, there was still some regret in his heart for not being able to send that kiss before leaving, but then he thought of other things:

"She asked me to give her a kiss on her left cheek at the cemetery yesterday, but I refused, and she said I owed her two... So that's what she meant."

A smile appeared on his face. Xia De held the restless cat in his arms, nodded gently toward the phantom giant tree in front of him, and then turned and walked into the depths of the thick fog. ===== CHAPTER 2165 =====