Chapter 2512: Danister's Story

Iluna did bring the 【Fury of the God of Thunder】 when she came that night. After dinner, Luweiya took the initiative to try to use this coin to divine the method of "removing the time curse," and like Xia De thought, the divination was completely invalid.

If the divination of special coins could find a way to clear the time curse, the long-haired Luweiya would definitely have done it long ago.

As for that night, Iluna and Galina left after nine o'clock, and the latter left tonight for Luweiya. So at midnight, the purple-eyed girl asked Xia De again what he thought of that "Death" Great Witch, and Xia De looked suspiciously at the glowing purple eyes close at hand:

"I saw a chubby round-faced owl, what do you want me to think?"

Luweiya smiled and hugged his neck:

"Do you really plan to tell Miss Flora Winster your identity tomorrow?"

"If there are no other accidents, I think so. Luweiya, is there any problem?"

"Hmm... no, I support any decision you make."

She kissed Xia De's side face lightly, and looked at him lying on his side with his back to the moonlight with a smile:

"I love you..."

"I know."

"Until the end of time."

Saturday was the next day. Considering that there was a group study meeting in the afternoon, Xia De entrusted Little Mia to Luweiya early in the morning and set off for Vista City.

Wearing a flower wreath and passing through the forest, this time he didn't meet the mysterious elf. So he arrived smoothly at the Accordion Hotel in the city center. After knocking on Miss Danister's hotel room door, he saw the eighteen-year-old red-haired girl sitting on the sofa reading a book, and the chubby round-faced owl was standing on the bird stand hanging by the window.

Compared to just secretly peeking at Xia De yesterday, the owl immediately cast a sharp gaze over early this morning.

Xia De just glanced at it and looked away, standing at the door and saying to the witch on the sofa:

"Good morning, Miss Danister."

"Good morning, Xia De."

She stood up to greet Xia De, and didn't ask where Xia De came from, just as she didn't ask where Xia De went last night.

Tea cups and a teapot were already set on the coffee table. When Xia De sat down on the short sofa on the side, he asked:

"Miss Danister, how do you feel today? Did you drink the holy water and magic potion I left yesterday on time?"

"I feel much better today. I used the miracle 'Moon Dream' last night. Now, although the time curse is still there, my physical condition has been maintained."

She let two cups of black tea float toward herself and Xia De respectively:

"Before going to bed last night, I contacted the academy. I said that I encountered a ruin in a space anomaly area after going deep into the forest and was trapped for many days before escaping. This kind of thing is not particularly rare, and the academy didn't doubt it.

However, I didn't say my current predicament. I think you should understand. Saint Byron's now only has two thirteenth-rank, unless it is determined that I have no possibility of recovery, it is better not to let more people know about my current state."

"I understand, but didn't you even inform the principal?"

Xia De asked.

"I informed him, or rather, he saw through the effect of the aging potion. When I and Professor Pigman were both thirteenth-rank, I had the confidence that he couldn't see through my Red Moon illusion, but now I only have seven rings."

Miss Librarian sighed lightly:

"However, I convinced him to give me a month off so that I could stay in Brookwood Town to solve this problem. Oh, sorry, I mean Vista City. I stayed in Brookwood Town for more than a month a hundred years ago, and I have already gotten used to this name."

Xia De sipped black tea, a bit puzzled by their arrangement:

"Not returning to the academy? Compared to here, obviously the academy library has more information, maybe there is a record about 【Time Curse】."

Miss Danister shook her head:

"I have not been a librarian for a year or two. I know very well whether the library has information in this regard.

As for staying here, this is not a sudden whim. The method to solve the problem is in Brookwood Town. Although I didn't find information about the astrologer Euclid in the past century, in the Brookwood Town ring warlocks of that era, rumors like 'time traveler', 'time tree hole', and 'returning to the past' were actually circulating."

"The local ring warlocks of this era don't know this, at least the black market merchants didn't mention it."

The red-haired girl sighed and decided to start from the beginning:

"I arrived locally last week. Because I made an appointment in advance, I stayed in this room. At noon on Tuesday this week, after I exchanged information with a ring warlock who knew about the local Moon God ruins in the black market, I came back and heard strange sounds from next door when I was preparing to take a nap in the room."

Xia De looked at the wall in the direction of her finger:

"Is the other side of the wall that broom closet?"

"Yes."

The witch nodded helplessly:

"Okay, I admit that I was probably too confident at the time, so I broke into that broom closet to see what was going on. But everything was normal inside, and after opening the only cupboard that might hide things, I didn't find anything.

Now that I think about it, the action of opening the cupboard was probably the source of the next things.

In short, with the lower door of the cupboard open, strange light appeared behind me. When I turned back to look, I found that behind me was the study of a strange mansion. When I turned back to look at the cupboard, the brand-new cupboard was placed against the wall of the study, but the lower cupboard door was tightly closed. I tried for a long time afterward, but couldn't come back through that cupboard."

After speaking, she looked at Xia De curiously, and Xia De knew what she wanted to ask:

"I also went to 1763 through that cupboard. Those two humanoid angel-level relics helped me open a relatively stable two-way passage. Don't ask about the price, I said, this is my own willingness, it is my own business."

Seeing that the red-haired girl still wanted to say something, Xia De asked again:

"So in 1763, that cupboard was not in this hotel, right? At that time, the location of the Accordion Hotel was just a forest, so who did that manor belong to at that time?"

Miss Danister actually wanted to ask what Xia De paid:

"The cupboard at that time belonged to Baron Bennett of Brookwood Town, and that house was the ancestral home of the Bennett family."

"Bennett? Isn't the owner of the Accordion Hotel also this surname?"

Because this was the surname of the "debtor" mentioned by Desire, Xia De remembered it very clearly.

Miss Danister nodded:

"Yes, before you came, I inquired about news from the hotel waiter who delivered breakfast. Thomas Bennett, the hotel owner in 1854, is the descendant of that baron back then. However, although the Bennett family is still one of the richest people in this city, they no longer have a title.

More than forty years ago, when the kingdom's musicians came to Brookwood Town due to the political movement in the royal capital, the then Baron Bennett lost his title because he helped them and was punished by the royal family.

But this is not all bad. The first owner of the hotel, that is, Thomas Bennett's grandfather, won the favor of the entire Karsenrik music world because of this. Although the lost title could not be taken back, you see the scale and location of this hotel now, and you know that their life has not changed for the worse."

But no matter what, Desire's debt collection mission and time travel both involved "Bennett", which didn't look like a pure coincidence:

"After traveling to 1763, you have been in that study, right?"

Miss Danister nodded:

"Most of the time, yes. You also saw that it happened to be a cold winter. Brookwood Town was blocked by heavy snow, and the Baron's family all went to Willondale to spend the winter. Only a few servants responsible for maintaining the house were left in the mansion, and it was very convenient to live in the study."

After the witch finished speaking, she smiled at Xia De again:

"I know that I must never stay away from that cupboard except for necessary outings, because I know you will definitely find me soon."

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Xia De felt that the owl on the bird stand in front of the window rolled its eyes after hearing this sentence. He thus determined that Little Mia at home was definitely not a cat that turned into a human, because that cat had never had such a human-like expression.

"Miss Owl", although an excellent artist, obviously her acting skills were far inferior to Vanessa's.

Miss Danister had been missing for four days in 1854, and she spent 37 days in 1763. During this time, in addition to being in the study, she also conducted a lot of exploration in Brookwood Town blocked by heavy snow and the Vista Forest covered by white snow. Even with only seven rings, she was one of the best ring warlocks in the remote town.

Of course, Xia De guessed that when Miss Danister went out, the owl would stay to "watch the house", and the two took turns to ensure that there was always someone in the study.

They didn't know what the cupboard was at that time, so they didn't try to move the cupboard to go out together. As for the investigation in Brookwood Town, except for hearing the "time traveler" and local folklore mentioned by the townspeople, they didn't hear much other content.

"Brookwood Town a hundred years ago was just a small place. There were not many ring warlocks here, and even the Five Gods Church only had a church of the Nature Church here."

"Then did you try to get in touch with the academy of that era?"

The eighteen-year-old red-haired girl nodded:

"Tried, it's a pity that I couldn't contact the outside world by any means. Not only that, I tried to leave this area to seek help from the outside world. Willondale City has the academy's subordinate industries, but later I gave up."

"Is there a barrier outside the forest, or are you worried about the grandfather paradox?"

The red-haired girl pursed her lips, her rose-red eyes looking at him with some fear:

"At that time, I had a hunch that my range of activities was limited to the Vista Forest. Once I left this area in the winter of 1763, no matter what method I used, I would never be able to return to 1854." ===== CHAPTER 2513 =====