Chapter 2238

Xia De did not leave immediately, but looked at the seascape while holding the dagger, sighing for a long time.

Even if he had always maintained vigilance, he had eventually intersected with "Desire" again and again. Now helping her do things, he did not even have much resentment in his heart:

"Is it just words that can produce such power... I shouldn't have been subtly charmed by her, right? The thing in the desert..."

【You were sun-dazed, and at least in terms of beautiful girls, you are not a person who is free from desire yourself.】

"That is good... I was hurt by cats and desire. Since the exam is approaching, then recently... abstain from desire!"

The seabirds on the reef were scared away by Xia De's sudden clenching of his fist, and "she" chuckled in Xia De's ear.

"Then please tell me, does this count as me doing things for a bad person?"

Xia De asked again, and "her" laughter was indeed gentler than the sea breeze blowing on his cheeks at this moment:

【It doesn't matter who you do things for; as long as you think this is right, this is what you should do, then just do it.】

Xia De then put the dagger into the inner pocket of his coat. The dagger was warm; although it could not be easily turned into a toy, Xia De decided to carry it with him for a period of time in the future.

Because of some things delayed at the Dalmanin mansion, when the taxi carried Xia De to the entrance of the Belindel Manor, it was already almost ten o'clock in the morning that day.

Under the same gloomy sky, the atmosphere of the Belindel Manor and the Dalmanin mansion was completely different.

Xia De had just gotten off the carriage when the maids who had been waiting for a long time ran out of the mansion to welcome him. When Xia De entered the mansion, Miss Bernice, who heard the news, was the first to hug him:

"Xia De, you didn't greet properly yesterday. Look at you, it's been so long since we last met, really... you haven't changed at all."

The blonde lady said excitedly.

"Miss Bernice, you haven't changed at all either. Oh, good morning, Siris."

Xia De said to Siris, who was coming downstairs. The blonde girl smiled at him:

"Early this morning, Vanessa guessed when you would come, but you didn't appear until Earl Belindel went out to handle things. If it weren't for the little unicorn in the manor being very interesting, Vanessa might have taken the initiative to go out of the city to wait for you."

She explained to Xia De why the hostess of the manor did not appear.

"Oh! Xia De!"

Immediately after, Miss Sylvia also walked down from upstairs. The young witch wearing a black and white gauze skirt walked to Xia De's side with a smile and hugged Xia De:

"I even dreamed of you last night."

"I bet that must be an interesting dream."

Miss Bernice on the side teased, but Miss Sylvia didn't care:

"Margaret went back last night; she is a very busy person now."

Saying this, she pulled Xia De and turned around in place:

"It's so good to see you again; this is life, so Galina is really a lucky guy."

Tifa also came to greet Xia De soon. Unlike Miss Sylvia, who lived with Margaret, and Miss Bernice, who lived in the Gothe Grand Hotel in the city with the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe, Tifa and the maid group from the north all lived here.

She nodded to Xia De with a smile and did not hug Xia De.

Xia De was very curious why Dorothy didn't come to welcome him, and then he heard the mansion door opened again, and Dorothy, Angelina, Emilia, and Yiluna walked in together.

"Good morning, Xia De, we were in the back garden just now."

The blonde writer lady explained:

"Angelina wanted to try riding the unicorn, and Emilia communicated with little Liana for a long time to let her agree. Yiluna arrived twenty minutes ago, but little Liana seemed a bit afraid of Yiluna, but she was willing to lie down beside Yiluna voluntarily... After going back, I will develop the photos, and you can put them at home."

The little princess's face was flushed with excitement, while Yiluna seemed a bit embarrassed. The 18-year-old big girl probably didn't want to be thought of by Xia De as being as childish as that underage elf and the little princess... but the unicorn was really cute.

Although the hostess of the manor was not there, the maids in the manor were also very willing to listen to Xia De's orders. So Xia De asked the maids to help tidy up the study, and everyone went to the study to talk about things.

The maids tidied up very neatly, but they didn't let those "colleagues" from the north intervene, so Tifa and the others were responsible for bringing teacups and snacks to the kitchen.

The sofa set that looked quite large usually could only seat Xia De, Miss Bernice, Miss Sylvia, Dorothy, Siris, and Emilia, who was a guest.

Tifa, as Galina's representative, should have been seated, but she insisted on standing by Xia De's side. Although Angelina was a princess, she could only be considered an ordinary witch follower in the council, so she sat obediently on the stool by the coffee table, and there were other high-tier girls from the north and high-tier followers of the two Great Witches.

"Emilia, Miss Danister went to my house specifically last night to talk to me about you."

Xia De mentioned this first. The girl with pointed ears nodded nervously:

"So..."

"She agreed. Before the matter in Moon Bay ends, you and little Liana can stay here. But pay attention to safety, and do not contact the headmaster and the others who have already arrived locally for the time being."

Emilia bit the inside of her mouth to keep herself from laughing, but anyone could see she was laughing.

"That witch of the Red Moon went to your house?"

Miss Bernice asked curiously. Dorothy thought of what happened with Princess Lei Qianya and Galina yesterday evening with a smile on the side, and Xia De answered her:

"And just happened to run into Luvia, Princess Lei Qianya, and Miss Galina, who wanted to ask me about things here... Miss Danister also asked me if my house is always so lively at night."

The girls laughed together, and Yiluna said again:

"It is a pity that Luvia cannot come over now, otherwise things might go more smoothly."

She was referring to letting Luvia determine the Chosen One, a special ability only Xia De and Yiluna knew about.

Subsequently, Xia De explained the matter of the demon of bad luck, Fanalius, to everyone present. This story started from Emilia's first arrival in Tobesk. Xia De downplayed the role of Dr. Schneider in it and put the main credit on himself.

Everyone listened very carefully, and even the little unicorn listened attentively. After Xia De finished speaking, the opera singer with golden hair sighed and said:

"That is why we say you are always involved in such dangerous things. We do not object to you protecting Miss Sienode, but it is best to tell us about things in the future instead of dealing with them alone."

"That was an evil spirit demon after all."

Xia De shook his head and then said to Emilia:

"Just like I said yesterday, if this matter were made public, you could already be ranked alongside the heroes in ancient legends."

The elf girl shook her head quickly:

"Xia De, do not make such jokes; I did nothing."

"No, no."

Yiluna corrected:

"I have read a lot of materials about the Sword of Light; those recorded sword-drawers are all true heroes without exception. Emilia, you will not be an exception."

"But the sword has disappeared; I really did nothing."

The elf girl said in a low voice. Miss Sylvia, who was sitting beside her, held her hand; everyone took good care of this underage elf who was over 50 years old:

"You have to have some confidence in yourself; since you can draw the sword once, maybe you can draw it a second time. Tell us, what were you thinking at the time?"

Everyone looked at her. Emilia's face was red as she secretly glanced at Xia De:

"At that time, I thought Xia De died to protect me. I... just thought no matter what, I must avenge him. Of course, I was very scared at the time, but I thought since Xia De protected me, I could be like him; at worst, I would just... die with him."

The two witches glanced at Xia De, and Siris and Dorothy were both laughing. Yiluna gave Emilia a suspicious look, while Angelina nodded in agreement.

"Besides this idea, I also felt that I couldn't let that crow-man harm others."

Emilia's hands were on her knees, and she continued to say embarrassedly:

"It is enough for me alone to be unlucky; I do not want others to be like me... because they lost something important and feel sad."

"Pretty much understand."

Dorothy picked up her teacup and summarized:

"That demon was strong enough and had the ability to threaten civilization and was planning to do so. Emilia happened to be holding 【Night Watcher】 at the time. Whether she was righteous enough is hard to say, but at the time, she indeed had the idea of abandoning everything and dying with the crow.

So she met the four requirements Xia De put forward... it doesn't sound difficult."

Tifa said softly:

"If other ritual needs were prepared in advance, and Miss Sienode was allowed to use the dragon scales of the golden dragon and the black dragon to obtain the power of the dragon, she could actually hold the Chosen One ceremony at that time."

Everyone also felt a bit regretful, but they also knew that the identity of the Chosen One could never be forced:

"Although it sounds simple, it is difficult to do. Where can we find an opponent as strong as that ancient evil spirit?"

Miss Sylvia said again:

"Those dragons seem powerful, but the demon of bad luck, Fanalius, according to Xia De, is almost the oldest demon. Can a similar existence still be found in Moon Bay? If there really is one, I suggest we retreat first."

But there really is one, such as 【Desire】, but Xia De certainly could not say it.

"Even if we really found one, it is not easy to face the enemy and draw the sword with such courage as Miss Sienode... We can't let Xia De 'die' again, right?"

Dorothy made a small joke, but the strategy of faking death was enough once; it wouldn't be easy to use again.