Chapter 2458

Vannesa covered her mouth with her right hand like this, her eyes staring at the ring on the ring finger of her opened left hand.

Xia De had to look at Xilisi again, wanting to ask her what to do next. And Xilisi, who directed all this, was unwilling to let this "opera" be interrupted even if the heroine had an unexpected situation.

She sang:

"Knight of a foreign land, you eventually fell into my scheme. Without the long sword, you will not be able to split my scales, without weapons, you will never have the chance to take her away. Princess, you will always belong to me. And your knight will spend the rest of his life in regret."

As she spoke, Xilisi pulled Vannesa again and wanted to walk towards the mirror, but this time she couldn't pull Vannesa at all. However, the latter put down her right hand covering her mouth, and her eyes moved from the ring on her left hand to the young knight who sent this ring.

"Oh, don't be like this."

The girl who planned all this covered her forehead and said, before the heroine couldn't help but make other moves, she insisted on pulling her towards the mirror.

This scene was more like "the giant dragon kidnapped the princess" than just now.

And before they left, looking at Xilisi's expression and gestures, she clearly wanted Xia De to stay in the sacrificial ground for a while longer, so that she would have time to soothe Vannesa's emotions, so that she could continue to perform.

So the girls in the theater continued to play music, and the "adventurers" on the stage blocked the mirror, still singing to delay time.

Xia De, who had nothing to do for the time being, stood in the center of the empty sacrificial ground, looked up at the moon in the sky, and then realized that this was the first time he had returned here since that great war.

Standing here looking at the moon, the moon looked exceptionally large, of course, not as good as the silver moon on the endless wilderness in his dream.

When Xia De relaxed his mood and stared at the night sky, "She" in his ear suddenly reminded:

【The moon sometimes needs sacrifice.】

"What does this mean? Reminding me that I can gain power from the moon through sacrifice?"

This is not something particularly incredible, "sacrificing to the gods to gain blessings or power" is common sense in this world. Xia De was just curious why "She" suddenly pointed this out, and then realized that this might be related to his devouring of "Eternal Light".

Light belongs to the "Ancient God of Light", but the moon can also emit light. Just as there is an overlap between the moon and death, the overlap between the moon and light is even more serious. And now Xia De has obtained the power of the Ancient God that he voluntarily shared from the Chosen One of Light, which may be why "She" made a reminder at this time.

"Then, how should I perform the sacrifice? Burn some books? Compile stories that don't exist in this world? Or how about bowing to the moon?"

"She" didn't answer this question, so Xia De didn't continue to ask. He looked at the moon, and the moon seemed to be looking at him too.

At least after waiting for five minutes, the girls on the other side of the mirror couldn't even think of new lyrics, and could only repeat the lyrics just now twice, before Xia De, who was bathed in moonlight, was finally allowed to return to the cabin opera house of the Radiant Messenger.

Apparently Xilisi had already returned Vannesa to normal, because the performance was still going on.

Xia De, who returned to the stage, was surrounded by the "adventurer" girls. This time they didn't rush to push Xia De into the mirror again, but took off Xia De's coat together, took off his tie, then sprayed him with light-scented perfume, made his neat hair slightly messy, and pushed Xia De, who was only wearing a white shirt on his upper body, into the mirror again.

This time, the other side connected by the mirror was no longer Moon Bay, but the Forgotten Church in the Randall River Valley.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the moonlight spilled into the interior of the church, which only lit a few candles, through the hole in the roof of the church. And under that exceptionally bright beam of moonlight, Vannesa Benanise with golden hair lay on her back in a transparent crystal coffin.

The long golden hair was not tied up, but spread messily under her. She was wearing a bright red dress, and the waist part was exceptionally slender. Her two hands were clasped together in front of her, and the "Moonlight Ring" on her left hand shone with eye-catching light under the beam of moonlight that looked like a spotlight overhead.

Xia De appeared at the church gate, and Xilisi stood beside the coffin in the center of the church:

"Knight of a foreign land, Hamilton of Lei Lei Jiede, I admit your wisdom and courage, but this time you will have no way to deal with the predicament. The beautiful princess has been cast with a deadly curse by me, and has now fallen into a permanent long sleep.

Even if you can defeat me with your bare hands, you will never be able to wake your beloved one~"

After speaking, she looked at Xia De with expectation. At the same time, Xia De could also feel that many eyes in the mirror behind him were cast on him, expecting him to guess the "riddle".

As long as you have read fairy tales, you know what to do at this time:

"Giant dragon, oh giant dragon, you only know the power of strength, but you don't know that a kiss of true love can lift any curse.

This is the blessing of the gods on love, and I will use this to wake my princess."

As he spoke, Xia De walked forward. Xia De didn't need to look back to know that the girls who should have been "actors" on the other side of the mirror must be looking at the play with excitement.

The giant dragon played by Xilisi didn't stop Xia De, but watched Xia De come to the other side of the crystal coffin. His right hand touched the coffin, and then he was very sure that this was not a whole piece of crystal, but glass:

"Probably a performance prop for the troupe."

He stretched out his hands, picked up Vannesa, who was closing her eyes and trembling nervously, and let her sit in the coffin and lean against his arms—actually, she was squinting.

Xia De didn't kiss her directly, but blew on her ear like a prank, and as a result, Vannesa's whole face turned red.

He laughed, and then looked at Xilisi on the other side of the crystal coffin:

"Are you sure you want us to do this kind of thing in the Forgotten Church?"

He didn't say it out loud, just made a mouth shape, and Xilisi, who could read lips, nodded gently, just watching them like this.

Xia De looked at Vannesa in his arms who was really shaking all over. The two had kissed long ago, and had done even more excessive things, but at this moment she seemed more nervous than any other time.

And since the other actors had turned into audiences and were looking forward to the next scene so much, Xia De, who was pulled onto the stage and temporarily turned from an audience into an actor, could not live up to their expectations:

"May the kiss of true love still be effective. Wake up, my princess."

He lowered his head and kissed her, but only touched those slightly cold lips and separated.

When he lowered his head to look again, Vannesa, who was "cursed" in his arms, really opened her eyes, looking up at Xia De with some shyness, excitement, and uneasiness.

So, the golden-haired girl in the crystal coffin under the moonlight stretched out her hand and took the initiative to kiss him again, and this time it was not as simple as touching and separating.

The quiet moonlight illuminated the three people under the moon. Xilisi watched them from the side, somewhat joyful, somewhat lonely, but more relieved and relieved.

And at this time, warm applause had already come from the direction of the mirror at the church gate, and even the music had stopped. Even if it was inconvenient for Xia De to look over there, he guessed that the girls in the band were also watching here from the mirror.

After the kiss, Xia De originally wanted to say something to Vannesa, whose eyes seemed to have moonlight, but Xilisi said first:

"The kiss of true love actually lifted my curse? Even if I am a giant dragon, I cannot stop your love at this moment."

Although she said so, she held Vannesa's hand and helped the witch jump out of the coffin:

"But I want to try one last time, knight of a foreign land, I will hide this princess in a secret place where no one can find her. If you can still find the princess, I will offer you blessings!"

"It's not over yet?"

Xia De lowered his voice and asked somewhat suspiciously, and Xilisi also replied in a low voice:

"Be patient, Xia De, the next is the last act, it will be over soon. Oh, Vannesa, don't look at Xia De anymore, hurry up and go with me, you are a professional actor, don't let me teach you these."

As she spoke, she forcibly pulled the unwilling witch away.

The girls walked out of the mirror and recycled this crystal coffin. Xia De nodded and smiled apologetically at the holy emblem hanging on the church wall, and then followed them back to the cabin.

The opera finally reached the last act, and the girls in the band also started the final celebration performance. The "adventurers" praised the knight's kiss of true love together, and then pushed him into the mirror for the last time:

"Go find the princess, the moon will bless you, the earth will bless you, everything in the world will bless you.

Find her, touch her, kiss her. She is in your heart, she is in your dreams."

Unsurprisingly, the final location was the "Dark Night Temple" in the mountains of the Randall River Valley.

The sea of trees under the night color looked denser than during the day, and the temple located on the side wall of the cliff under the starry sky also looked more desolate than during the day.

Stepping out of the mirror, Xia De immediately passed through three incomplete arches and came to the end of the temple. He didn't see Xilisi here, only Vannesa standing alone in the center of the Sun, Moon, and Stars ritual array, facing the sea of trees, back to the cliff, with her hands behind her back, looking up at the moon.

In just a few minutes, she changed into another outfit, wearing a laurel crown on her head, and her long golden hair tied into a large braid hanging behind her. She was wearing a loose white linen robe, with straps tied at the waist and chest to highlight her figure and keep it comfortable.

The robe was short-sleeved, so you could see three gold hoops on each of her left and right arms. Her feet, which were not wearing fabric, were bare and stepped directly on the ground, and her toenails were painted with pomegranate-colored red nail polish.

Holy but somewhat charming, solemn but somewhat frivolous. The moonlight made her and her shadow form a sundial with the ritual symbols in the temple, ancient but quiet, and time seemed to pause here.