Chapter 2191: Confession

The two walked out of the cow shed holding hands, looking at the pasture, fields, and undulating hills in the distance under the azure sky, and their moods seemed to have eased a lot. Xia De suddenly wanted to ask a question, but the lady beside him asked this question first:

"Do you, really like me?"

She asked Xia De with a smile, and Xia De nodded without hesitation:

"Of course. You didn't leave that night and even jumped into the sea to fish me out; this is enough for me. No, it's not gratitude and thanks, it's... do you know, the red mark on your brow is truly beautiful."

The blonde Countess blinked with a smile:

"Are you going to ask me the same question too?"

But she didn't let Xia De answer, instead reaching out to cover Xia De's mouth, the colors in her golden eyes being more charming than the scenery in the countryside:

"Let me tell you the answer—do I like you? Of course I do. I like your appearance, I like your soul, because you are the one destined for me."

The pastoral style of the Moon Bay area is quite different from the Tobesk area. Tobesk is located on the Great Plains in the middle of the Old Continent. Although there are many mountains in the east of the city, the farms are all in the plains. Moon Bay's terrain is extremely complex, which has caused a variety of scenery in the countryside.

The weather this afternoon was indeed quite good. The maids rode horses far behind, while their master shyly suggested riding the same horse as Xia De, sitting sideways in front of him and moving forward together.

"Last time when I returned to the city from the Whispering Hills, I was asleep the whole time and didn't know anything."

She explained softly the reason why she wanted to do this, and then smiled and asked Xia De to ride faster, wanting to feel the cool afternoon breeze of this summer.

For city dwellers, all the scenery outside the city is very interesting. This afternoon, they rode and galloped together on the country road, went to the apple orchard near the mountainous area to visit those green little apples that were not yet ripe, went to tease the donkeys under the windmill mill by the Howood River, a tributary of the Taton River, chased a squirrel in the country fields, and at sunset, stood on the ridge together watching the sunset's glow spill over the wheat fields destined to have a poor harvest this autumn.

"Truly beautiful~"

Miss Matilda and the other maids stood very far away very sensibly, while the Countess, who was holding hands with Xia De at this moment, had her whole face flushed red by the sunset. She was sighing softly, and Xia De also nodded:

"Indeed very beautiful."

So the witch turned to look at Xia De, her side face reflected red carrying a smiling expression:

"Do you know the origin of this birthmark?"

She pointed to her forehead, and the outlander in the twilight hesitated for a moment:

"Wasn't it there when you were born?"

The witch smiled:

"Of course it was there when I was born. I mean, when my teacher formally made me her follower, she said that this is not just a birthmark, it is a special talent. In the ancient era, there existed a race with three eyes. Legend has it that they could see through fate and time. But even so, that ancient race had long since vanished. And this birthmark of mine, according to my teacher's statement, is similar to them, a manifestation of the talent that can help me better see through fate."

This was the first time Xia De had heard this statement, so he asked:

"Can I... can I touch it?"

"Of course."

She leaned her head toward him, and Xia De's fingers brushed across her forehead. Witches usually don't use too many cosmetics, so there was no greasy or oily feeling when touched with fingers.

"A bit itchy."

She complained with a smile, so Xia De withdrew his hand:

"Indeed very unusual. Can I touch it again using other methods?"

She nodded gently and agreed again, her beautiful golden eyes reflecting nothing but Xia De's figure in the sunset:

"This is what I want to do, and please let me touch you, let me... see your fate."

The two reached out their hands together, hugged each other's necks, and Xia De pressed his forehead against hers.

In the glow of the sunset, he and she closed their eyes together. Their side faces were illuminated by the sunset, and the handsome outlander and the beautiful witch were willing to believe in the person they were embracing. The beautiful scene moved the maids in the distance because of excitement. They knew that their master had finally obtained what she wanted.

The warmth between their brows, the wonderful touch made Xia De feel for a moment that he heard someone calling his name. He soon understood that it was not his illusion, because with his eyes closed, he actually felt a hand resting on his shoulder from behind.

It was not Miss Beilindier, and even less the maids watching this scene in the distance. The answer soon appeared. Adele Isabella whispered in Xia De's ear:

"The power of the Council is resonating with fate. I have seen you again from the era of the past. Xia De, Bella will become a very good help by your side. You need a diviner other than Luwia Anatt by your side. Remember, absolute justice is not justice. The first requirement of drawing a sword is to draw it in the face of the strong."

The lady who spoke kissed Xia De's side face gently, and then disappeared.

Xia De opened his eyes abruptly, feeling as if he had just fallen asleep. He moved his forehead away from contact with the witch, turned his head to look to the right rear, but there was nothing there. There were no footprints on the ground, and there was no perfume belonging to her in the air.

【She didn't come here, but what you heard just now was definitely not an illusion.】

"She" reminded gently. Xia De was just about to speak, but heard a sharp whistle blast.

Looking at Miss Beilindier again, the Great Witch of Fate had blank eyes, and the life ring belonging to her had already emerged from the depths of the steam mist behind her. The life ring rotated rapidly. As the golden miraculous spiritual light dyed the entire life ring into a dazzling gold, the sunset's light plated a layer of brilliant light onto that life ring, and finally, a brand-new spiritual rune was engraved on the witch's eleventh ring:

Miracle - 【Accident】

The spiritual light converged, and the life ring returned to its normal rotation speed. The witch's blank eyes were regaining consciousness. She and Xia De looked at her life ring together, and then said softly:

"Miracle - Dark Moon, Miracle - Accident. Since knowing you, I have obtained two new spiritual runes in half a month."

"Distance to the twelfth ring, still missing a blasphemous spiritual rune, right?"

Xia De asked, and the life ring behind Miss Beilindier disappeared. She didn't discuss what she had just seen, nor did she care about her brand-new power:

"Can you kiss me?"

Her red lips moved, and she looked at Xia De and said softly:

"Here, now. It's not me taking the initiative to do this, but you wanting to do this. Before they arrive, I want to confirm your heart."

"Of course."

The two stared at each other, and the blonde witch with pursed lips watched Xia De's eyes get closer and closer, until she fell into that gentleness.

This afternoon's outing in the countryside, no matter which maid miss could see, the Countess was quite satisfied. On the way back to the city, she had been smiling, and even after returning to the manor, she announced that she would distribute an extra meal allowance to every maid and servant in the manor.

Emilia was very puzzled by her "landlord's" good mood, and Xia De didn't get an answer after asking. And because Little Mia was also here, Xia De didn't go home, but stayed to eat dinner. It could be seen that Little Mia also had a very happy afternoon, and it and the little unicorn were good friends.

After dinner, even the elf girl could see that the Countess was "entangling" Xia De and didn't want him to leave. So seeing that it was still early, Xia De planned an extra action for tonight:

"Do you want to accompany me to walk around the city?"

He took the initiative to extend an invitation to the Countess:

"Coincidentally, I still have a small matter that is not very urgent to do in the city, why don't we go together."

Miss Beilindier naturally wouldn't refuse.

Baker Street, where the "Crazy Earth" appeared, was located in the east of the city. More specifically, it was the houses at No. 8 and No. 9 in the western part of Baker Street, which ran east-west. The entire Baker Street was a three-story apartment building. Now the people who had turned into petrified trees in No. 8 and No. 9 had been moved away, and there were no survivors in this accident.

Even if Xia De used the "Earth Holy Grail" to prepare the elixir, he couldn't save them. The effect of the elixir was to reverse the petrification effect, but it couldn't reverse trees back into humans.

Of course, Xia De's destination this night was not Baker Street No. 8 and No. 9, but No. 27 Baker Street on the other side of the street. There was no milk box outside this house, and there was no newspaper or mail delivery slot on the door. The house looked like no one lived there often, but someone should come to clean it regularly. At least the glass was wiped very clean, and the door handle was not rusty.

"It's here."

After getting off the carriage at the street corner, Xia De, who walked over, said to the Countess wearing a veil behind him. After walking up the steps and tapping the door handle with his fingers, with a "click~" sound inside the door, the door was opened.

The two entered the house together and found that no one was indeed living inside. All the furniture on the first floor of the house was complete, but all the furniture was covered with white cloth to prevent dust.

The ground was still clean, and this house was even still connected to gas, but they didn't turn on the lights.

"Please follow me, it's upstairs."

Xia De said, stepping toward the stairs. Miss Beilindier looked at the place curiously, and then said softly:

"Don't tell me the secret of this house first, this time I will divine it myself."

"This time you should be able to divine it; this place doesn't have much to do with me."

Xia De said with a smile.

So in the process of going upstairs, Miss Beilindier had been constantly drawing cards. By the time they entered the second-floor corridor and Xia De determined the location of the secret room according to the information he got from the Gray Gloves, the witch said in surprise:

"This place has to do with the Gray Gloves? Has to do with a murder case from many years ago? Has to do with a dead person?" ===== CHAPTER 2192 =====