Chapter 2327: Fairy Tale Guessing

Xia De held the sword in his right hand and touched the small silver lady's pocket watch in his pocket with his left hand, looking directly at Emilia:

"Adele's Time Stop!"

*Click*—

"Hmm? Where did the sound come from?"

The sound of the clock's hands turning came abruptly in the wind of the night. Xia De looked around in surprise. He had clearly heard the sound of the clock's hands turning just now. There was no such phenomenon when he cast the spell before.

And at this time, Emilia had already solidified beside Xia De like a living sculpture. The power of "Time Stop" was still time stop even if it was enhanced, so the biggest effect of using this sword to cast the spell was actually that the consumption of spirit was reduced.

Emilia was a genuine five-ring sorcerer, and because of her bloodline, it was unknown whether she had a certain degree of time resistance. But even so, Xia De felt that even if he continued to stop Emilia for a minute, he could persist.

In a real battle, one minute was enough for Xia De to release half of his wonders in turn, so this reduction in consumption was truly astonishing.

The face of the elf girl who was motionless looked even more exquisite. She lowered her head and looked at the letter, and the slightly furrowed brows showed that she was a bit nervous and uneasy.

Xia De didn't have any other bad intentions. After admiring the special appearance under "Time Stop" for a few times, he lifted the spell on Emilia. He originally wanted to take the initiative to apologize and explain the situation, but he didn't expect that before he could speak, Emilia herself suddenly raised her head from the letter paper and looked around suspiciously:

"Xia De, I feel something is wrong... Did we encounter any unknown enemy? Just now, um, how to describe it, a very strange feeling, I seem to have encountered an attack like 'Slow Spell'. Time seems to have become a bit long, but... it's definitely wrong!"

"Did you feel it?"

Xia De asked in surprise. The pointed-eared girl asked suspiciously with her big emerald green eyes wide open:

"Feel what?"

"It's not a Slow Spell, sorry, I was casting a spell. Time Stop, did you feel time stop flowing? Oh, yes, when we were on the clock tower, you also felt the time stop of that crow."

"Time Stop?"

Xia De felt that Emilia's eyes were about to pop out stars:

"Can you cast the wonder of Time Stop?"

When facing the demon, Xia De used "Adele's Time Stop" to fight for an opportunity, so that the "Chain of Sins" could wrap around the crow trying to escape at the last moment. But obviously, he didn't shout out what he was doing in the rapidly changing battle situation, so Emilia didn't feel the power that wasn't added to her in the fleeting battle.

After all, the demon's time stop was a range-based ability, and Xia De could only cast it on a single individual.

"Yes, but the restrictions are great."

"That's also amazing! I read from a book that even people with outstanding talent want to master the power of solidifying time, they have to be at least twelve rings! This is Time Stop... Did you use Time Stop on me? This feeling is really strange..."

Then I don't know what she thought of, her face flushed and she didn't continue.

Since 【Flute of Time】 had been obtained, the two didn't stay here any longer, and rode their horses back to the city.

Xia De sent Emilia to Margaret Manor first, but because it was getting late, he just greeted Margaret and Miss Sylvia and left. 【Flute of Time】 was also not taken away by him, but left to Emilia. This sword was not yet needed, and 【Night Watcher】 was enough for now.

Then he went to the dock again, but didn't stay on Miss Elais's ship for long. After informing Luweiya and the others that 【Flute of Time】 had been borrowed successfully, he threw the Crystal Shoes and returned home.

Even if he was in a hurry, it was close to nine o'clock that night when he returned home with Little Mia.

The "landing point" of the Crystal Shoes this time was on the stairs on the second floor. Xia De walked up a few steps and arrived at the door of Room 1 on the second floor.

Hearing Xia De's voice, Miss Galina and Dorothy, who were talking in the living room, stood up immediately.

It was just that Xia De immediately realized that it wasn't Dorothy, but Rixia, because standard document paper from Yodel Palace was placed on the coffee table, and they were talking about political topics just now.

"Good evening, Rixia, why are you here... Could it be, are you really wanting to eat those whipped cream scones using Dorothy's body?"

Xia De asked, and Rixia came over with a smile and hammered him:

"What are you saying? Although those snacks are really delicious, I wouldn't risk making Dorothy fat. Otherwise, the next time you let her ya on your shen, let us and you..."

"Cough, cough."

Xia De immediately coughed loudly. Miss Galina, who also came to greet Xia De, asked suspiciously:

"Why are you coughing? It's not like you haven't let me and other girls do this before. What's there that can't be said?"

Saying this, she hugged Xia De:

"Do you still have to attend class so late?"

"Of course, we had exams last week and didn't have class. We can't delay this week."

Rixia nodded with satisfaction:

"Xia De finally has the spirit of learning. Let's go, let's go to the study."

"I won't participate, otherwise Rixia will blame me for disturbing your world of two. Since you are going to the study, I will continue to read these documents in the living room. Tifa is not here, and some work is really hard to handle. Oh, if you want to do something in the study, you don't have to avoid me, otherwise I will think you don't treat me as a family member."

Of course, this was definitely not a complaint, but a teasing of Rixia.

The night class on Saturday for a period of time recently had been based on the fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" as the learning goal. After sitting down somewhat angrily, Rixia first recalled the content of the night class half a month ago with Xia De, and then asked:

"Xia De, our study of this fairy tale is almost coming to an end, and there isn't much I can do afterward. So tell me, what did you see from this fairy tale? You can say anything, but it must be your own feelings."

This question was very simple for Xia De:

"Persistence."

He answered immediately:

"This is a standard tragedy. Although dying for love is a classic ending, I don't like it very much. But I admire the persistence of the Little Mermaid princess. She was willing to sacrifice to achieve a goal, even after finding out that the prince married the princess on land, knowing that she would face a tragic ending, she accepted such a result alone."

He held the teacup prepared by the maids:

"I know about your experience in the 'Gravel Gold Sand Sea' this time. Grandma Sianod's persistence brought about that white bone illusion, but even if she was confused by the illusion and thought the whole clan was destroyed, she was still persuaded by me to continue moving forward; Miss Sherry Knight, because of the power of that demon and the desert, attracted that strange illusion that tested her moral values and sense of justice, but her persistence made her completely unaffected."

Xia De shook his head slightly:

"Thinking about it now, I am still amazed. Even if I were in that situation, I would hesitate, but she directly killed her companion and then cut open her heart... Even by the standards of Ringed Sorcerers, her persistence is sigh-worthy... Actually, I have always been worried that she would sacrifice herself with 'Power of Earth · Protect All Things', fortunately, she didn't encounter an occasion where she needed to become a 'hero'."

Rixia supported her face, sitting behind the desk and looking at Xia De in front of the desk:

"A good entry point. You know, my middle-ring sublimation language is 'Broken bubbles/dreams, also writing the despair of the soul', and Dorothy and I can both feel the despair and pain after the dream is shattered. Persistence... it really fits your personality."

Her other hand turned a fountain pen:

"You can always obtain the power of the Labyrinth from these fairy tales. If your 'Fairy Tale Town' extends to the area of the ocean and harbor because of this story, what kind of power do you feel this story can bring you?"

This time Xia De couldn't answer immediately. He held the steaming teacup with both hands and thought carefully:

"Persistence always makes people think of perseverance. Perhaps it is a special state in the Labyrinth where you have power or spirit that never exhausts for a certain period of time? But this seems to have nothing to do with this fairy tale."

"Persistence can also make people think of stubbornness, but this is considered a negative personality trait. If combined with the story of the Little Mermaid, let me think, could it be forcibly transforming enemies in the Labyrinth, even if the Labyrinth fades, it cannot be unlocked?"

"Although the story of the Little Mermaid involves the transformation technique of the tail turning into two legs, isn't such an association a bit far-fetched?"

Rixia asked with a smile, and Xia De thought about it again, but didn't think of other possibilities.

Instead, Rixia asked again:

"Speaking of which, since you said that Miss Lia Sandel is a mermaid, according to your statement, maybe her identity is very unusual, maybe you can ask her what the story of "The Little Mermaid" means."

"I mentioned this story, and Miss Sandel said she had never heard of it at all. Not only her, but ordinary Miss Knight and elderly Grandma Sianod had never heard of it either."

"So speaking of which, the time when this story spread widely is later than 4260 of the Fifth Era? This is actually a story that appeared in the late Fifth Era?"

Rixia asked with great interest.

"I probably guessed some things. However, there are quite a few modern mermaids I can see. I asked Miss Aurora to help contact them a few days ago, and maybe I can see them in a few days... Do you want to go to Moon Bay to see?"

"We'll see when the time comes, but I thought of another thing. Next Wednesday, the sixth day of the Flower Month, it will be the Day of the Red Butterfly again."

She hummed softly, her green eyes, which belonged to Dorothy, looking at Xia De with a moist, glistening quality.