Chapter 2245: Inquiry Under the Tree

When Xia De left the Princess's manor earlier, he had Margaret send a letter, so Miss Bernice and Siris knew Xia De was coming.

A waiter had long been waiting on the first floor and led Xia De to a small restaurant located on the east side of the fourth floor.

The Golden Dawn Opera Troupe had grandly booked the entire top floor of this four-story hotel, so the restaurant could be used at will. When Xia De entered, the girls of the opera troupe were already seated. When everyone stood up together to greet him, Xia De even hesitated, not daring to take another step forward:

"There's no need for such a grand welcome, is there?"

"Xia De, over here!"

Miss Bernice beckoned to Xia De, wanting him to sit in the main seat, but in the end, Xia De only sat to the right of the main seat, leaving that position for the Witch of the Earth.

The dinner, which had been prepared long ago, was then served one after another. Miss Bernice and Siris chatted and laughed with Xia De about the opera troupe's performance plans in Moon Bay City.

"We didn't come following Princess Margaret this time; we were invited to perform."

Siris corrected Xia De's assumption. The young blonde girl sat on the other side of Miss Bernice:

"Miss Belindell invited us on behalf of the Moon Bay City Hall. We are going to perform at the 'Addington Opera House,' the most high-end venue in Moon Bay City."

Just as "Belindell" named the clock tower, the city's other landmark building was led and built by the Addington family.

After dinner, Miss Bernice and Siris invited Xia De to the bedroom. However, it was not for any ambiguous reason, but because Siris had already repaired the missing part of Hermann Wood's "sewer memory."

After turning off the gas lamp and drawing the curtains, the young blonde girl pulled the trigger of that Sage-level relic toward the wall. After a not-so-loud gunshot, a clear image appeared on the wall in front of Xia De.

This memory indeed no longer flickered as frequently as last time, but the length of this memory was no different from before. And the missing part recreated by Siris was the appearance of those 【Dragon Feast Sect】 cultists.

Xia De did not see any of the "acquaintances" he had encountered among them, nor did he see Nadia Folen, the mother of the Folen brothers. However, knowing their appearances was enough for the diviners to attempt to divine their whereabouts:

"Hiris, you really were a huge help this time."

Xia De praised her in the dim room, but he did not expect the blonde girl to smile and remind him:

"Look behind you."

"What?"

As he turned around, Miss Bernice had already hugged him enthusiastically. And when Xia De was forced to lie down on the bed, he saw Hiris bending over to take off her shoes.

In short, although some unexpected things happened in that dim bedroom, because he had promised Dorothy to go home with her at eight o'clock, Xia De eventually said goodbye to the two heads of the opera troupe at seven-fifty, and then spent ten minutes turning into a cat, quickly darting from the roof to the Belinder Manor.

When he saw the blonde writer in the study of Belinder Manor, she was discussing literature with Miss Belinder.

This scene was quite interesting, but it was still good that they could have common topics.

Seeing that Xia De had arrived, Dorothy prepared to get up and leave. Miss Belinder, Tifa, Angelina, and Emilia went downstairs together to see the two off.

Before leaving with Xia De, Dorothy, who was actually Princess Lei Qianya, hugged Angelina:

"Listen to Tifa and Xia De here, and stay safe."

The little princess said goodbye to her sister with a sad expression on her face, but when the carriage carrying Xia De and Dorothy disappeared at the manor gate and the group who had seen them off prepared to return indoors, Emilia clearly saw that her princess friend was holding back laughter.

She could probably understand Angelina's mood at this moment.

The elf girl originally intended to invite Angelina to continue combing Little Mia's fur, but the poetry manuscript in her hand brought news shortly after Xia De left: her family from Saint Byrons wanted to see her.

"They aren't calling you back, are they?"

Angelina asked worriedly, and the elf girl shook her head gently:

"I have stayed in Moon Bay for so long, my family must be very worried. Don't worry, with Miss Dannister's guarantee, even my family won't make me go back... For us long-lived species, a two-month vacation is actually not long."

Thus, after setting up the projection ritual with the help of the manor maids, everyone left temporarily, and Emilia sat alone in a chair, letting her gaze travel to the interior of the academy in the distant Far North city.

Emilia had expected the scene she saw to be her home or a large treehouse specially used for rituals in the clan settlement. But when her vision became clear, she looked up and saw the giant tree standing in the forest.

The tall tree seemed to connect heaven and earth, the wind blew through the treetops, and the entire forest seemed to sigh softly because of Emilia's return.

It was already night, and Saint Byrons had also entered the night. Torches formed a huge circle around the clearing under the giant tree, and a ritual consisting of four chairs and a water basin was placed in the clearing.

Two masked elf girls bowed to the old elf sitting opposite Emilia and left. The blonde elf girl looked around in confusion. If she remembered correctly, this was clearly the holy land used only for the annual clan celebration or when the elves held their coming-of-age ceremonies.

For the "Moon Creek Clan," this was the most important area. Even the professors of Saint Byrons could not enter at will without permission.

She pursed her lips, not seeing her father and mother here, and as for the old elf sitting opposite her, Emilia of course recognized her:

"Grandma Qishala."

She whispered to the oldest living elder in the clan, sitting there uneasily, not knowing what was going on.

It was not gloomy here, and the light was not dim at all, because countless tiny green light spots were floating above and around this clearing. Emilia knew what this giant tree she was facing meant to the entire clan. Legend has it that this tree grew from a tender branch of a withered World Tree.

Although it no longer possessed any of the power of the World Tree, it had protected her and her ancestors since the ancient era.

"Little Emilia, I heard from Miss Dannister that you did something incredible in the Moon Bay area?"

The old elf asked with a smile, her attitude very kind, but Emilia was so scared that her face turned pale; she was not very good at dealing with elders:

"Yes, I did... some things."

"Don't worry, I have no intention of investigating what you did in Moon Bay, as long as it wasn't a bad thing. The ancient Dragon God's Sword was actually pulled out by an underage girl of the Moon Creek Clan in the Sixth Era. I am currently considering whether to record this on a leaf."

The Moon Creek Clan uses "leaves" to record the history of the clan. Of course, the "leaves" here are naturally not ordinary leaves.

"No, no, I don't have that kind of merit yet."

Emilia's hands were placed obediently on her lap, missing the comfortable bed at Belinder Manor and her friends very much:

"Grandma, how did you know... do you need me to explain this in detail?"

The elderly elf wearing reading glasses then asked with a smile:

"If I ask you to say it, will you?"

"Um... a friend asked me to keep it secret."

She hesitated for a long time before shaking her head, but the old elf sitting opposite was not angry:

"Miss Dannister also forbade me from asking you about the details. I initially thought this involved the secrets of the Chosen, and even wondered if the Moon Creek Clan also had people who inherited special destinies. But after seeing the letter you sent this morning, I understood. Miss Dannister is keeping a secret for someone else, right?"

Although she looked old, her eyes were still as clear as shallow pond water:

"The one who inquired about the 'Heart of the Oasis' was also that person, and the 'Druid Restoration Potions' you requested some time ago were also for that person."

Emilia closed her mouth and said nothing. She didn't want to lie to the elder in front of her, but she didn't want to expose Xia De either.

So the old elf didn't speak either. The two looked at each other, green light spots jumped above the clearing, and the wind ran through the forest, playing a ballad that only elves could understand.

After a long time, Emilia barely spoke:

"Grandma, he is not a bad person."

"With Miss Dannister's guarantee, of course he is not a bad person. Emilia, I just thought of some things from the distant past brought by the leaves."

The old elf stretched out her hand, and a green leaf really spiraled down from the sky and fell into her hand:

"Heart of the Oasis... there shouldn't be many people in this era who know about this relic. Little Emilia, the information about that relic is in my palm, but if you want to get it, you must answer me one question."

Emilia sniffed:

"Please ask."

"Is the person you met someone who holds a golden sunlight greatsword in one hand and a holy silver moonlight greatsword in the other?"

The elderly elf stared into Emilia's eyes, and Emilia blinked. She knew that Xia De was extremely good at the "Moonlight Greatsword," but she had never heard that Xia De could even use the "Sunlight Greatsword."

In her impression, that was the divine art of the Sun Church, and Xia De claimed to believe in "Mr. Dawn"... Emilia of course did not believe this, she thought Xia De's faith was the Moon Goddess.

"He has indeed used the Moonlight Greatsword, but I have never seen him use the Sunlight Greatsword."

She finally decided to tell the truth, so the old elf was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked up and asked:

"Does he have a cat that is as warm as the midday sun?"