Chapter 2570: Farewell and Rebirth

Baron Cumming also had his own method to return to 1854. This method was not universal but was designed by the hermits specifically for his "time curse."

But this method also required the book "Opening the Forest Gate: Our Animal Partners," so the two had to return the book to where it should exist before leaving. When Xia De explained that he was going back, the Baron also stood up and indicated he would go back together.

He expressed his gratitude to Mr. Augur and the others very solemnly, and then hugged each of them. This time, it was a permanent farewell:

"I won't come again in the future. This gentleman has taken the book, and these matters are completely over."

"I hope your life can return to peace in the future."

The hermits drew the holy emblem on their chests. Because they believed in the "God of Luck - White Holy Tree," such a blessing might be useful.

Subsequently, Mr. Augur used those magical tree holes to bring Xia De and the Baron directly to the edge of the town. Xia De also said goodbye to these hermits of the past whom he would probably never see again. Thus, the owl turned into a mouse and crawled into his pocket. Before the forty minutes were up, Xia De and the Baron successfully returned to the house of Erika's family.

Of course, they didn't live in a manor, but the house was not small. Very coincidentally, when Xia De and the others returned, the family who had just been away had also returned.

Xia De thus saw Erika Cumming of this era, or rather, she was still called Erika Wood now. Of course, this "Wood" had nothing to do with the "Wood family" in Moon Bay City; this was not a rare surname.

Erika Wood was twenty years old this year and had beautiful black hair. Although her appearance was not particularly outstanding, the dimples on her cheeks when she smiled were very good-looking.

Xia De and the Baron stood on the stairs watching the family interact in the living room, with illusions masking their figures.

"Indeed pregnant, it looks like about two months or so."

"Yes, that is where I... Mother and Father's wedding is still two months away. I think Father died without ever knowing that I was not his biological son."

This middle-aged man said softly, staring at his mother's belly, though nothing could be seen there yet.

Xia De guessed that he must have had many thoughts and feelings at this moment, but Xia De did not ask about them:

"Have you and your mother met? I mean in this era, talking to her about things that happened in the future, or just brushing past each other."

Baron Cumming shook his head:

"I haven't done such things; it's meaningless. Mother has already had too many secrets in her life; I don't need to give her more secrets. Moreover, our family's affairs are already chaotic enough; there's no need to create more complications."

Xia De said with a smile:

"I sincerely hope that the residents of Creekwood Town all have your awareness. Then let's go. After returning to your house in a while, I will take that book... This is the last time you will see your mother."

Xia De didn't say anything more but turned and went upstairs, with Baron Cumming following behind him. Only after he had walked up a few steps did he look back at the living room downstairs. A few seconds later, his mouth opened, and he said silently:

"Goodbye, Mother."

Then he followed Xia De upstairs.

And Erika Wood, who was talking to her parents about a little poem she had recently written in the living room, turned her head toward the stairs of her house for some reason.

Of course, there was nothing there, so she turned her head and continued her conversation with her family, but she subconsciously placed her hand on her belly.

The final farewell had been completed, and a new life would be born soon. Afterward, it would be the story of Kane Cumming exploring the truth and maintaining the stability of time.

According to the characteristics of Sir Cumming's "time curse," the method the hermits found for him to use the tree hole with the lowest cost was to cut his skin with a small knife with a gold content of 50% to 60%, and then drip the blood onto the door on the book's surface.

In order not to affect his daily activities, the Baron would not cut his fingers but would take blood casually from his arm. He left first, and then Xia De turned the mouse lady in his pocket into a toy. Only then did he take out the key and close and lock the drawer in the brief moment of space-time transition.

Thus, both of them successfully returned to the room belonging to James Cumming in the Morris manor in the autumn of 1854. Baron Cumming took out the key from his pocket, opened the "son's" drawer, and handed "Opening the Forest Gate: Our Animal Partners," which only had one normal use left for Xia De, to him.

Xia De didn't stand on ceremony either. After taking the book, he asked:

"Will you talk to James Cumming about this?"

Baron Cumming shook his head; he had already thought about these things long ago:

"I am so troubled because I know too much; James shouldn't be like me. He who knows nothing is just heartbroken. Although this will bring him long-lasting pain, for his whole life, this kind of pain will disappear sooner or later."

He locked the drawer himself, as if he had locked away his own life because of it:

"I let him suddenly obtain this book, and now letting him suddenly lose it, I can be considered to have completed the final task."

"Then you have to keep an eye on him. People from the church looked for him a few days ago. I don't want him to end up at the church saying he lost a time tunnel."

Baron Cumming nodded to indicate he understood:

"The handover of that box, the time we agreed upon is the 28th of the Harvest Moon, 1854, which I proposed myself, that is, this Sunday. At eleven o'clock in the morning, by the railway at the crossroads outside the northern village of Creekwood Town, that is the town's original railway."

He explained the location in detail, and Xia De said:

"Does the other party know your identity in 1854?"

The Baron shook his head:

"He shouldn't have known at the time, but the other party saw my face fifty years ago. I think he should determine who I am in the next few years. After all, I am a businessman, and many people know me."

Xia De glanced out the window. The girls who had been monitoring the Morris manor recently hadn't said that anyone was monitoring here as well, so the person probably hadn't found it:

"That's good. You don't need to go to Sunday's matter; I'll go myself. I'll take the box, and you continue to do your own things locally. If the other party comes to find you in these two days, just say the box was taken by someone. If he hurts you, he will never get the box."

Xia De instructed, and after confirming that the Baron understood, he warned again:

"Don't leave Creekwood Town; things here are not over yet. After I finish dealing with the box, I will come to find you and James Cumming again. Don't think about avoiding me."

After all, there was at least one "paradox worm" in this matter, and Xia De wanted to solve the owner of the box and thoroughly understand the ins and outs of the matter before dealing with it.

When he left the Morris manor with the book, it was already about 4:30 in the afternoon. Xia De restored the "mouse lady," so the mouse turned back into a cat and climbed onto Xia De's shoulder:

"Your strange art is truly terrifying. Theoretically, this is the best sealing technique. Just now I was muddled and didn't know anything, and couldn't even perceive time. If you want to torture someone, turning the other party into a toy and throwing them into a display window is the best punishment."

"We are on the street now, please keep your mouth shut, Miss Cat."

Xia De warned, knowing without turning around that Baron Cumming was watching his back from the window.

"Oh, you now not only have to manage your own teacher, but you also have to manage me, is that it?"

The cat asked with a smile, and then said:

"I'm going to tell Dannister that you touched me casually today!"

Xia De didn't say "I didn't," because he had indeed done so:

"You wouldn't want to play this kind of childish game of temper with me, would you?"

But the "Miss Cat" on his shoulder laughed very happily:

"Of course I don't want to, but I want to let the witch in the council who is good at divination divine your origin. Young knight, I will definitely figure out all your secrets. I haven't met someone as interesting as you for a long time."

The cat's tail poked his neck. If Little Mia had done this, Xia De would have rubbed her little head vigorously long ago.

He flashed into the alley, and not long after, the round-faced owl flew into the high sky again, clutching the beautiful silver cat.

The experience this afternoon was truly bizarre, and Baron Cumming's story was even more tortuous but interesting. Therefore, not only Miss Dannister and Miss Bell, who listened to the two tell the story in the evening, but even Galina, Vanessa, Siris, and Luvia, who listened to Xia De tell the story at the dinner table that night, were attracted.

"As an ordinary person, that Baron really did quite a few things."

The purple-eyed diviner lady commented, and thus doubted:

"Xia De, did Baron Cumming really tell the truth?"

"At least Miss Winslet and I both feel that he told the truth. Don't worry, Miss Winslet's followers are still monitoring him; he can't run away."

Xia De said, while Vanessa looked at Xia De under the candlelight—this sounded very strange, but Xia De was indeed having a candlelight dinner with four girls. Tifa had the maids prepare dinner, while Little Mia was lying obediently by Xia De's hand.

"Your story lacks many details, such as the identity in which Flora, who has been following you, participated in the investigation. I think this answer can also explain why Little Mia has been throwing a tantrum with you before eating since you came back today."

That cat discovered that her "position" had been squatted on by another cat in the evening.

"Does this question still need Xia De to answer?"

The Duchess had a smile on her exquisite face; they were all very smart and understood Xia De:

"It must be that the owl Flora turned into stood on Xia De's shoulder, which is why Little Mia threw a tantrum. Oh, Siris, do you guess whether Xia De subconsciously touched the owl once or twice?"

The young blonde girl smiled reservedly. She was not a witch apprentice and had no superior-subordinate relationship with the witches, so she spoke very naturally:

"Judging from Xia De's expression now, he must have touched it." ===== CHAPTER 2571 =====