Chapter 2320

"【Flute of Time】 occasionally makes a sound when swung, but when it triggers the effect of affecting time, it will definitely make the sound of a flute. In fact, some documents in the clan also call it the 'Time Controller', but I still think 'Flute of Time' sounds better."

For some reason, Emilia's face became a bit rosy when mentioning "Time Controller", but fortunately Xia De didn't pay attention to this:

"What are its negative characteristics?"

"The negative characteristic is that if you use that sword to control too much time, you will also be cursed by time. I don't know what this refers to exactly; all the classics and documents are tight-lipped about it, but in any case, it must be terrifying."

She thought for a moment and added:

"The containment method is to pierce it into a tree, which will accelerate the growth of the tree, but it's not a big problem. It's just that sometimes those trees will suddenly be affected by the sword and instantly grow up or turn back into seedlings, at which point you need to change to another tree, but our holy tree can permanently contain that sword.

As for enhancing time-related spells and rituals, this is of course possible. This belongs to the basic ability of the 'Flute of Time', just like the 【Angel's Right Arm】 in the manor now, which can enhance sacred and blessing-type powers."

Thus, the beautiful emerald green eyes looked at Xia De:

"Xia De, you need that sword, right?"

Although a bit embarrassed, Xia De still said:

"Not for now, but perhaps I will need to use a very powerful time-related ability before long. If possible, I hope to borrow that sword then."

"No problem, I'll write the letter before I rest tonight."

She said with a smile, and seeing Xia De's worried expression, she took the initiative to say:

"Luvia actually talked to me about the Chosen, you don't need to worry. Besides, there are so many people here protecting me, I am the safest one."

"What safety?"

Angelina, who was wiping her nose with a small handkerchief, appeared at the door at this time, so Emilia asked with concern:

"Are you okay now?"

"I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm just... a bit weak."

As she spoke, she pursed her lips. Emilia pushed Xia De gently, and Xia De then hugged Angelina amidst her blushing expression:

"Ressia isn't here right now, so I'll hug you on her behalf. Everyone starts from the low ring, this is normal. I heard you already have two spirit runes of the first ring? Isn't that very fast?"

After letting go, amidst Emilia's blushing expression, he kissed Angelina on the forehead:

"This is my comfort for you, don't mind this, one day you will also become powerful, as powerful as Ressia."

"Yes, one day I will."

Angelina nodded immediately, and afterward, Xia De was called away by Luvia who had returned from downstairs. Angelina watched him leave the dining room with her hands behind her back, and turned to see Emilia looking at her curiously:

"Xia De just kissed your forehead... oh, I see, you said your sister, Princess Ressia, is Xia De's lover, so he treats you like a younger sister."

"Of course not."

Angelina, whose mood suddenly improved, shook her head immediately and then said boastfully:

"Xia De and I..."

She looked left and right, then quietly leaned into her good friend's ear to tell her about the "vase appreciation" incident.

The pointed-eared elf girl's face turned red again:

"You really are bold... does your sister know?"

"Of course she knows, but can my sister stop my romance? Emilia, you have to know that only love and war don't need to be reasoned with. The girls of the Cavendish family all know this, and my sister told me this since I was little... of course, I feel she mainly wanted me to understand what war was at the time."

Because Ressia was not there, Angelina spoke very boldly. Emilia also nodded thoughtfully and looked in the direction Xia De had left.

On the other side, after Xia De was called downstairs by Luvia, he stood in the foyer with her and Miss Eilisse, looking directly at the bright night outside.

It seemed that compared to the scene seen from the dining room window just now, the outside looked even brighter at this moment. Little Mia was also held by Xia De to look outside, and she meowed meow meow~ a few times, but was immediately stuffed into Xia De's clothes.

"It seems it won't be resolved for a while."

The blue-eyed girl said to Xia De with melancholy:

"Before I fell asleep, although Miss Violet and Miss Theresa said that the Sixth Era would be very different from the Fifth Era, I didn't expect even this kind of thing could happen. Even in the Fifth Era, the demigods of the parliament probably wouldn't be able to think of a way to solve this problem for a while... at most, they would join forces to summon dark clouds to change the weather and block the moon and stars."

Luvia to the side also nodded:

"Miss Eilisse and I feel the same; there is currently no means to solve this problem from the source, at most just blocking the light. I think within half an hour, the church will let dark clouds shroud the sky over Moon Bay; maybe it will rain tomorrow... thinking about it this way, the polluting black fog brought by the steam factories doesn't seem like such a bad thing."

This was truly a joke with a very wicked sense of humor.

The witches wouldn't be back for a while, so the three of them went to the study first. On the way, Xia De also told the two about the 【Flute of Time】 coming to Moon Bay. Luvia didn't care about this, but the blue dragon girl mentioned:

"I know this relic. Miss Violet and Miss Theresa mentioned that sword. That was... one winter, when we were drinking afternoon tea around the fireplace. I remember the chocolate cookies on the table were delicious.

Miss Violet evaluated that the wooden sword was very likely a weapon made from fresh branches that fell off before the World Tree withered and were preserved until the middle of the Second Era."

"That's a wooden sword?"

Luvia asked curiously, and the blue dragon girl nodded:

"It's not the kind of wooden sword you imagine that breaks at a touch; it's a very sturdy wooden sword. The sharpness of that sword might not compare to Xia De's 【Night Watcher】, but it's not something an ordinary long sword can compare to either."

The black, green, gold, and silver dragon scales had already been sent to the study. After the three sat down, Miss Eilisse stretched out her hand to make the dragon scales float, and according to the method taught by Miss Belinder, tried to align the four dragon scales to trigger resonance.

She succeeded very quickly. Four-colored streams of light flowed from the dragon scales to the other three, outlining a denser curtain of light. Large swaths of dragon-language runes were displayed before their eyes again. Because only Xia De understood this language, only Xia De frowned and looked carefully:

"Still can't form sentences, but some identifiable fragments have appeared. There are many phrases related to the word 'sword'; it seems that even if the information here is not the content of the Chosen ritual, it is significantly related to it."

He looked carefully for a while before sitting down again, and the furry cat took the opportunity to jump onto his lap again:

"Many fragments are too isolated. I'll write them down in a while, and we'll try to interpret them together. However, I read a complete proper noun in it: 'Star Sword Stone'."

He tried to pronounce it in different ways, and Luvia and Miss Eilisse soon heard the clue:

"Keeper-level relic 【Star Sword Stone】. This relic is very ancient and is considered quite famous among certain groups. On a clear night, use thunder to strike the stone, and a sword-shaped meteorite will fall from the starry sky. The meteorite itself is active and will attack the person using this relic. After defeating the meteorite and making it inactive, the meteorite itself is an extremely precious meteorite alloy material.

That kind of meteorite alloy is called 'Starlight Iron', even more precious than the astral meteorite brought by the appearance of the 'Color Out of Space' during the Battle of Green Lake. In the era of cold weapons, weapons forged from this material were something many people dreamed of because of their excellent metal properties and the faint whisper elements naturally carried by them."

"Although I don't know what this has to do with the Chosen ritual, it's better to get it in hand first. Where is this relic now?"

Xia De asked, and Luvia shook her head:

"Since the Sixth Era, I have never heard of this relic appearing again; it seems to have been lost during the era transition. If it weren't for the fact that it's quite famous, I wouldn't even have thought of this thing."

Miss Eilisse recalled:

"In the era I lived in during the Fifth Era, the 【Star Sword Stone】 was in the hands of a very prestigious twelfth-level witch in the Western Continent at the time. The other party specialized in weapon manufacturing and even wrote a letter to Miss Violet, trying to borrow 【Night Watcher】 to study it, but was refused by Miss Violet... I don't know anything more."

"A lost relic, huh..."

"What's lost?"

A voice came from the door. Following the rapid heating of the badges, the ladies who returned from the parliament returned to the study one after another, which was much faster than Xia De had thought.

Thus, Xia De repeated the matter of interpreting the relic 【Star Sword Stone】 from the dragon-language runes. Miss Belinder, Miss Aphra, Vanessa, and Miss Sylvia didn't know its whereabouts, but they also thought it was necessary to get it in hand first.

Megan thought for a moment:

"When the Speaker chatted with me once, she mentioned this kind of 'Starlight Iron'... I remember now, she said that the pocket watch she always carried with her contained 'Starlight Iron', which is why the quality of that pocket watch was quite good. She was quite troubled at first about how to cover up the faint whisper elements in it, but later, with the help of the 'Creation' great witch of the parliament, the pocket watch was completely turned into an ordinary object."

The other girls were interested in this anecdote, only Xia De moved his body unobtrusively, because the toy that the pocket watch had turned into was on him at this moment.

"Then where did that Speaker's Starlight Iron come from?"

Luvia asked, and Megan shook her head:

"I didn't ask about this. It doesn't matter. Just now during the meeting, we only briefly talked about the celestial phenomena in various places tonight. The starry sky and the moon being too bright also appeared in the regions where others are. The Speaker said to hold another meeting tomorrow morning, and Galina even complained about it... I'll go ask tomorrow morning. If it really is related to the Chosen ritual, even if it was lost since the first year of the First Era, it will definitely appear in Moon Bay."