Chapter 2582

"No."

Sister Deline answered almost immediately. Xia De looked at her, and the nun's face was as expressionless as usual;

"Xia De went to another place to find his missing friend, and during that period, he fought with the enemy and was seriously injured. I happened to be in the area at that time and met his cat. The cat led me to find him."

This part of the narrative was indeed consistent with the facts, but she was describing what happened during the Battle of Mount Sikal; they had known each other before that.

"Seriously injured, he had no choice but to ask me for help, so I shared the power of the First Flame with him. This was last year."

Xia De recalled the scene after the God War on Mount Sikal last autumn, when Sister Deline took away his pocket watch containing the Youth-Preserving Leaf on the top of the mountain, then knelt on one knee beside the bonfire, held the slender flame with both hands, and said in a trembling voice, almost begging, "I beg you, I implore you, touch this flame" (Chapter 807).

"This... is true, I had no choice but to ask Sister Deline for help."

He nodded, his eyes aiming at the nun again, and found that the other party had no reaction at all.

Although Miss Winslett thought there were still suspicious points, she was embarrassed to carefully investigate other people's privacy:

"So that's how it is. Oh, why did you do such a dangerous thing? What would you have done if Sister Deline hadn't found you? But I knew your cat was very smart. I discovered this point last time when you let me take care of it."

Although Sister Deline's sudden visit surprised everyone, since Miss Isabella had asked her to try to lift the curse, everyone was very happy to have another chance to lift the curse.

This time the nun only brought two high-ranking blind nuns, but they didn't come directly from the mountain altar; instead, they first went to the city of Willendale through the mountain top oil painting, and then took a boat from Willendale to get here.

A big city like Willendale, the capital of the Carsonrick United Kingdom, of course had a branch of the "Snake Heart Hospital."

Everyone had lunch together first. During the meal, Miss Winslett, who was extremely curious about the story of Xia De and the nun and found that this was also a good opportunity to understand Xia De, wanted to ask more about their story, but the silent nun's way of eating made everyone embarrassed to talk while eating at the table.

Her temperament was indeed very unique.

After lunch, the attempt to lift the curse officially began. Xia De wanted to suggest going to the forest to lift the curse to prevent accidents like the trouble Miss Adele Isabella had last time, but Sister Deline shook her head slightly:

"No need."

She spoke concisely:

"You are with me, and the First Flame will not have any problems."

Because there were two cursed people on the scene, they had to choose one to try to lift the curse first. The red-haired girl and Miss Owl yielded to each other, and finally Miss Dannister chose to be the first to accept the "experiment."

The location for lifting the curse was in her Room 317, and Miss Winslett and Miss Bell were watching from the side.

Miss Dannister sat on the sofa, and the nun said softly:

"I need to observe your soul state first."

As she spoke, she reached out toward her eye patch, but after a pause, she "looked" at Xia De. So, under the slightly confused gaze of the other ladies, Xia De turned around very tactfully.

【I think there is no need to describe her actions to you.】

The mithril eye patch was taken off by Sister Deline, and her delicate face was slightly lowered, making the other three ladies unable to help but look sideways. Then the nun opened her tightly closed eyes. The moment her pure white eyes looked at the red-haired girl, she felt as if her soul was about to be completely seen through.

This gaze only lasted for five seconds:

"I understand."

The nun said. After the sound of her putting on the eye patch stopped, Xia De turned around:

"How is the situation?"

"This is a curse rooted in the soul related to the power of the Old God. The current First Flame may not necessarily be able to resist it, but it is worth a try."

"What needs to be done? Do I need to prepare anything in advance?"

Miss Winslett asked curiously.

"No preparation is needed, Xia De, you do it."

"What should I do?"

"Go and burn and purify her soul."

It sounded simple, and it was also simple to do. The temperature and violence of the First Flame were definitely not something an ordinary mortal soul could bear, so whether it was the "Nun who holds the fire" or the "Hero who carries the fire," very special talents were needed.

If Sister Deline herself ignited the flame, Miss Dannister's soul would be in danger of being burned by the flame. But if Xia De acted as a "transfer station," the intensity of the flame could be reduced to a level that could barely be accepted.

The specific method was to remove the furniture in the suite's living room, and then the three stood together in a triangle. Sister Deline held Xia De's left hand, and Xia De's right hand held Miss Dannister's left hand.

After being ready, as the nun lowered her head slightly, the palms connected to Xia De immediately ignited with slender orange-red flames.

The curtains were drawn at this time, so the room appeared a bit dim. And after that flame appeared, other areas in the room appeared even dimmer, only the hands connected by Xia De and the nun were brighter.

The eyes of Miss Bell, who was standing beside her teacher, also reflected the color of that flame, and a hint of blood appeared on her usually pale cheeks:

"Teacher, that flame is really warm."

She said softly, as if talking in her sleep.

But Flora Winslett didn't have any thoughts of touching that flame. She had felt the kind of heat that had appeared on Xia De before, especially the kind of heat he showed in death, which was even more... than this First Flame.

The flame burned silently, and the burn scars on the right hand tightly held by the nun and Xia De lit up slightly. And a bright crack appeared on the left hand he was holding, but the crack did not spread to his whole body, just passed through his chest and reached his right arm.

As that bright red crack appeared on his right hand, the flame also burned silently in the palm connected to Miss Dannister. The red-haired girl let out an 'Um~' moan, and then her whole body began to tremble.

She was not ignited, just the cyan blood vessels on the back of her fair hands all turned bright red, and this glowing color extended into the depths of her sleeves.

It was as if infinite heat ignited her at that instant. Even the "Red Moon Witch" who had experienced countless battles and pains could hardly control her body at this moment.

That was not entirely so-called pain; the expansion of the soul and body brought feelings that could not be described in words. The heat soon made her fall into a semi-comatose state, and when her consciousness cleared, she found herself being held by Xia De, and her whole body was already soaked.

Everyone looked at her with some worry, and Dannister Gustav, whose consciousness had recovered, realized the changes that had happened to her in just a few seconds.

It was as if she had taken a comfortable hot bath after being tired. At this moment, not only her body, but even the fatigue of her soul had been completely eliminated. She even felt that her soul had become purer under the cleansing of this flame.

"I'm fine."

Her voice was slightly hoarse. She pushed Xia De away, and after feeling her legs go weak, she had to hold Xia De again:

"Sorry, I lost my composure... The power seems to have returned. I now have... eleven rings."

"The curse has not been cleared."

Sister Deline stood beside the two, watching Xia De help the red-haired girl sit down:

"The First Flame only suppressed the curse, allowing your power to return briefly. But this situation will return to its original state at most by midnight tonight, and if this method is used again next time, the effect will be worse."

Xia De's fingers lit up with silver moonlight, and the sorcery 【Cynthia's Silver Moon Blessing】 treated the red-haired girl's spirit. But he didn't know that this was completely unnecessary; her spirit was very full at this time, even overly full, it was just that her body was still recovering from the feeling of being "purified" by the First Flame.

"Is the First Flame also helpless against this curse?"

"The current First Flame is not enough."

Sister Deline corrected:

"The First Flame in its complete state is enough to burn away such a curse, but it is impossible to find the remaining flames in a short time... If you can have the help of the Chosen One, and you find another split flame, it will be enough to solve this curse."

Xia De was overjoyed. This was the only method they knew for sure so far that could eradicate the "Time Curse." Before, whether it was umbilical cords, paradox worm potions, or anything else, they were all delaying, not eradicating.

He even thought at this moment whether Luweiya's time curse could also be eradicated by this method.

"That's great. The Chosen One and finding another flame? I see."

After speaking, he asked the witch on the side:

"Miss Winslett, do you also want to try using the First Flame to briefly suppress the curse? Although it's not eradication, since Sister Deline came here specially, why not give it a try."

The artist naturally wouldn't disagree, and Sister Deline wouldn't object either.

So the three of them did it again according to the steps just now, still with Xia De as the "transfer station" to pass the flame that purifies the curse.

Even though Miss Winslett had made full preparations because of Miss Dannister's performance just now, when the flame burned silently from the hand she held tightly with Xia De, the infinite light and heat at that moment still made her cold and empty soul, which had been affected by death for a long time, lose its way.

"But, this temperature is not as hot as last time."

In the illusion of blurred phantoms and the burning fire, she realized in a trance that the temperature she had felt from Xia De that "burned" her soul was definitely not just as simple as the First Flame.

His soul had greater and purer light and heat, which was what she was pursuing...

At this moment, her consciousness seemed to fall into the boundary between reality and illusion. In trembling, she subconsciously turned her head to look at the peculiar man, and then was surprised to find that on his face, which was looking back at her with some worry, there was clearly a bright silver moon in his right eye.