Chapter 2290: A Walk by the Sea

When arriving at the Belindell Manor, the atmosphere in the manor was no longer as tense as when Xia De left last night, but it had not returned to the calmness of the past.

Such a thing happened last night, that Countess with a beautiful lipid-red birthmark on her brow had already gone to the City Hall to preside over the work, and the matters of appeasement and aftermath would keep the City Council busy for a period of time.

Miss Sylvia was on Margaret's side, urgently preparing for the Princess's speech in the afternoon. Margaret had to express her stance on last night's events on behalf of the royal family. Miss Bernice took Siris and was rehearsing with the girls of the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe at the opera house.

Originally, they were going to perform officially starting tomorrow, but now all cultural and artistic performances in the city had to be suspended. They would participate in the public welfare performance to raise funds for the reconstruction of the disaster-stricken blocks, so some plays had to be changed.

Miss Swift went to the local Cassandra Auction House to arrange charity auction activities for the next few weeks, and Miss Matilda was naturally with the Countess.

Even Emilia and Angelina were not there. The elf girl volunteered to help the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe, and Angelina was taken away by Miss Sylvia to help temporarily because Margaret's side lacked people to handle emergency official business.

The little Princess certainly had ability, but just like what Xia De said to Miss Galina last week, the key to politics was not ability but relationships. And Angelina and Margaret, because of Xia De... could also be considered to have a very good relationship.

And because Miss Aurora's apprentice, Miss Hayley Aurora, was still on her way to Moon Bay, at this time, only Tifa, Miss Ilese, and Miss Aurora were left in the manor.

Of course, the little unicorn was also here. When the maid led Xia De upstairs, it ran over happily to welcome Xia De. And when it found that Little Mia did not follow, I don't know if it was Xia De's illusion, but he felt that the pure white little beast walked even more happily.

Bringing the little unicorn to the study, Tifa, Miss Ilese, and Miss Aurora were all there. The black-haired maid from the North was leading the maids to reproduce the situation of last night on the sand table created by Miss Bernice last night and record it, while the Blue Dragon girl and the Great Witch of Light were sitting on the sofa talking.

"Good morning, Xia De."

The witch with brown wavy hair said with a smile, and then also smiled and beckoned to the little unicorn. And Xia De saw at a glance that the secret box had already been opened—the one taken from the creek at the foot of Vulture Mountain, as well as the black, gold, and green dragon scales.

"This box is opened?"

He asked pleasantly surprised.

"Miss Swift opened it this morning. The apprentice of the Dark Witch of this generation seems to be very good at this kind of exquisite craft, perhaps she also has the craft of a mechanic."

Miss Ilese said, and after Xia De sat down beside her, she continued:

"Miss Hivi Aurora and I talked this morning. She knows who I am now."

"Yes, yes, the eldest daughter of the Pertus family on Efate Island, a small island in the southeast of the Kingdom of Archipelago—it turns out to be the girl Xia De met in the Fifth Era."

Miss Aurora shook her head and said. Xia De asked curiously:

"Is this island with some family really existing?"

"Of course."

Ilese nodded, her blue eyes carrying a smile:

"Although I have no intention of operating any forces of my own, collecting precious materials for so many years also requires money. I have had dealings with many forces on the Kingdom of Archipelago. Because the Pertus family was saved by me and avoided the disaster of extermination, they worship me very much. They don't mind when I use their name outside."

"Or they dare not mind."

Miss Aurora also said with a smile. The girl with blue eyes blinked:

"There should be no difference."

Xia De laughed, reached out and took a brand new dragon scale from the desktop:

"The Wood family is a green dragon scale, right? Did Miss Belindell make them resonate? Did it produce new dragon language runes?"

"See for yourself."

The Blue Dragon girl reached out and summoned, and the three dragon scales floated into the air together. Golden, green, and black light flows constantly exchanged and communicated between them until they formed a phantom light curtain. And in that light curtain, more runes emerged than last time.

With a swish sound, Xia De turned his head and saw Tifa walk to the window and pull the curtains. The dimmer interior also made those runes clearer. He stood up to look, and Miss Ilese and Miss Aurora did not disturb him.

It took a long time for Xia De to sit down again:

"The number of runes is more than last time. Last time it was completely impossible to interpret, this time enough sporadic rune strings have been interpreted. But the grammar of ancient dragon language is very complex, and it is impossible to read the meaning just by relying on these runes now."

"Need more dragon scales, right?"

Miss Aurora asked. Xia De nodded:

"Miss Belindell's investigation will speed up. The remaining four dragon scales, in the Hawthorne family, the Blue family, the Wright family, the Eddington family... It cannot be determined whether the remaining four dragon scales have already been obtained by others. Since the Light Chasers are studying that elf ruin, they might have already known the secret of the dragon scales."

"When will Luvia come over?"

The witch asked again.

"Within a day or two, we just finished the summer exams, she has to deal with some private matters in Tobesk."

Xia De frowned and looked at the dragon language runes floating in the air, raised his hand and wiped them lightly. As the golden dragon's scale moved its position, the three scales lost their resonance state and fell down from above the coffee table together.

Because there were things to do in the afternoon, Xia De could only be active in Moon Bay in the morning. Miss Aurora then invited Xia De to take a walk by the sea, she wanted to chat with Xia De about their things in the New Continent.

Miss Ilese naturally would not follow, after all, the Belindell Manor still needed someone who could make decisions. Although Tifa could handle various things, she was only a middle-ring after all, and Miss Aurora herself admitted that she probably could not beat Miss Ilese.

"Are you sure Miss Ilese is more powerful than you?"

Standing on the trestle bridge not far from the "Princess Trade Partner" door and looking out at the sea, Xia De looked at the witch beside him with some surprise. In his impression, except for the Great Witch of Time, Miss Adele Isabella, this "Great Witch of Light" was the strongest Great Witch of this generation.

Others of the same twelfth ring were not her opponents. "The Witch of Earth" Vanessa Bernice and "The Witch of Knowledge and Wisdom" Megan/Audrey Edwards had only advanced to the twelfth ring this year and were not very experienced. Although Miss Galina advanced to the twelfth ring last year, she was still different from Miss Aurora who really advanced by herself.

As for the other twelfth-ring witch in the council before Xia De appeared, it seemed to be the witch of the "Moon" seat. Although that lady was in the second seat, it was only because her seniority was older than Miss Aurora... I heard that the other party was a standard battle maniac.

"Of course I'm sure. Although 'Radiance' is only a ring-warlock by profession, what she actually is, you know better than me."

The beautiful golden eyes looked at Xia De. It seemed that Miss Ilese and Miss Aurora had communicated deeply enough, and as for Miss Ilese's essence, Xia De knew it best:

"She is a blessed elf born in the ocean."

After experiencing last night's turmoil, it was the wharf area as the main battlefield that was not damaged much. Most of the battles occurred on the sea surface, and the wharf's infrastructure was not affected much. The biggest loss of the port was actually those few cruise ships anchored on the sea surface.

Therefore, after one night, the order of the wharf was still the same as usual. Incoming and outgoing ships were unloading and loading goods as usual, and travelers waiting to go to the New Continent or other cities were also queuing up to board the ship. However, looking at the flag hanging on that cruise ship, it should be a ship heading to the North.

Beautiful ladies would always attract people's attention, so the two did not stand on the trestle bridge all the time, but walked toward the beach.

There were no dark clouds above the harbor. Under the azure sky, the boundary between the beach and the tide was not very clear. Xia De and Miss Aurora walked on the beach together, and wave after wave of tides wet their shoes, but neither of them cared about these.

The witch with brown wavy hair walked with her hands behind her back, slightly in front of Xia De. Looking at her profile and back, Xia De felt that Miss Aurora also had a sense of girlhood.

"My adventure with Daelin in the New Continent this time was very interesting. Fortunately, I finally found the first fire flame recorded in the data of that prophet. Guess, Xia De, in what form did that flame appear?"

She turned her head slightly with a smile and looked at Xia De, with the clear sky and azure sea as her background.

"Since you said so, it must not be an ordinary storage method. At present, we have obtained two lanterns that store flames, which is the safest storage method. Apart from that, some complex rituals can also store them. The original fire is a deadly threat to all creatures except the nun and me... Wait a minute."

Xia De looked at her:

"This time, the flame appeared on a living creature?"

Hivi Aurora looked at him with a smile:

"The nun is right, sometimes your inspiration is really too strong. A beast three stories high, I don't know what it is, swallowed the flame, but just as you said, except for the nun who protects the fire and you, the flame is a deadly threat to other creatures.

It was eroded by the original fire and turned into a monster covered in flames. Daelin called it the 'Monster of Madness Fire'. We spent a month tracking it in the depths of the New Continent, and after successfully hunting it, it took a long time to find the ruin where it swallowed the original fire."

Just listening to her description, Xia De could imagine how dangerous this trip to the New Continent was:

"Did you find any interesting data in the ruin?"

"Yes, that's why the nun was so anxious to return to the 【Spiritual Cultivation Sect】 first, and didn't even meet you. However, she asked me to tell you that the power of the original fire has been further enhanced, and she will bring you new power when she comes to Moon Bay not long after." ===== CHAPTER 2291 =====