Chapter 2594

The night was cool as water. Although the autumn woods had already turned golden, this "inescapable" woodland remained vibrant green. At this moment, the two were alone, and a bit of moonlight spilled from the gaps in the canopy above onto the table between them, also illuminating the edges of the mithril blindfold on the nun's face.

The night wind blew, carrying a hint of late autumn chill. Just as Dorothy said, each autumn rain brings more cold; Vesta City was only one rain away from late autumn.

The wind stirred the canopy above them, as well as the nun's hair and clothing. Xia De shook his head; of course, he had things on his mind. Tonight's dream was highly likely caused by the "Moon Dance Festival," and that untouchable figure in the dream...

"I would like to ask, Sister, do you know this kind of flame?"

He extended his right hand and used the spell again, and thus the pure silver "Moon Fire" ignited once more.

The leaping firelight seemed to make Sister Dailin's mithril blindfold brighten for an instant. The nun lowered her head slightly and "looked" at the flame:

"Secret Fire."

This is another name for "Moon Fire," and it seems it can also be called "Silver Fire":

"You really do know it. I had a dream in the Golden Music Hall just now, and after waking up, I obtained this flame. However, this flame does not exist in my body and soul like the First Fire; rather, when I want to use it, I can create it on the spot."

Sister Dailin's face remained as calm as usual, or rather, expressionless. She was silent for a moment:

"The 【Spirit Cultivation Sect】 has recorded many strange flames, and among them is the Secret Fire. This is the power bestowed by the Moon God upon her most trusted believers. According to the sect's records, since that deity departed, this flame would no longer appear on mortals."

"Only on exotic creatures such as 'Moon Crows' does a weakened Secret Fire remain, but that is already completely different from the true Secret Fire."

This statement was similar to what Miss Danister said just now, but she knew more things that Miss Danister did not:

"Is your Secret Fire just a spell? What are its effects?"

"Healing, banishing curses, purification."

Xia De described it simply, but Sister Dailin said:

"The Secret Fire in the records is an extremely powerful, nearly omnipotent ability—"

"Increasing spell resistance, granting healing abilities, forming energy beams, providing continuous burning effects, dispelling spells and breaking barriers, enhancing attributes, granting the owner eternal youth... May I touch it?"

"Of course, please."

Xia De extended his hand further, and the nun reached her slender right hand, which bore burn marks, into the silver Moon Fire.

She said nothing, but Xia De saw the burn marks on Sister Dailin's palm recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. As for the cost, Xia De's internal Qi was also being rapidly consumed.

"Your injuries..."

"This is the price for touching the First Fire. These wounds reflect the scorching of my soul, which would not be easily healed."

A cold voice said. She withdrew her hand before the burns on her right hand had fully recovered:

"This is indeed the Secret Fire. The Secret Fire is one of the few powers that can heal a soul scorched by the 'Primordial Fire.' But you have not yet fully mastered this power, which is why it is only a basic spell."

"But why did this flame choose me? I don't understand."

The nun raised her blindfold to look at him, and dense patterns flashed with light again in the firelight:

"Xia De, do you really not understand?"

This was one of the few times she had directly addressed Xia De by name. The Outsider looked at that blindfold as if looking directly into her eyes.

The two did not speak for a long time, leaving the elf watching them from above very puzzled.

Finally, Xia De was the first to speak:

"Since this flame has an effect, let me continue to heal your hand."

"No need. Unless I abandon the responsibilities of the Fire-Holding Nun, the scorching of the soul will continue to appear."

"Then can the Primordial Fire devour this Moon Fire? Doesn't the First Fire absorb the power of other abnormal flames besides firewood?"

Sister Dailin pursed her small red lips:

"The Secret Fire is not a flame; its fiery appearance is just a manifestation. However, since its form is a flame, it can be absorbed by the First Fire."

She did not reach out again:

"Are you sure you want to do this? This will not affect your power, but this is a god-bestowed flame. From ancient times to the present, no nun has ever let the First Fire touch the Secret Fire."

Xia De looked at the moonlight on the table beside his hand:

"Since He gave me this power, it means I am free to use it. Enhancing the power of the First Fire also means enhancing me. And since she is not even willing to let me see her face... come on."

The nun nodded slightly toward Xia De, extended her hand again, and clasped it with Xia De's right hand, which was ignited with Moon Fire, above the table.

Crimson flames rose from her hand. As her fingers interlaced with Xia De's, the red and silver flames completely merged, yet they did not harm the elf girl's round table.

This process was faster than Xia De had imagined. While his Qi was rapidly draining again, the Primordial Fire had already devoured all of that pure silver. Because their fingers were interlaced, the power of the First Fire, now expanded, immediately fed back to Xia De.

Just as she said, the enhancement of the First Fire also enhanced his power.

"All fire-type spells using the power of the First Fire have had their effects enhanced; physical self-healing ability and overall resistance have increased."

She briefly recounted this enhancement and wanted to withdraw her hand, but found that Xia De had not let go. Thus, the nun also held his hand with a little force, and the two sat by the table, looking up in unison, looking past the edge of the great tree's canopy at the moon in the night sky.

It was not until more than ten minutes later that Sister Dailin whispered a goodnight to Xia De. After their hands separated, she turned and transformed into flames, flying toward the upper level of the treehouse.

"I've been watching you two from above the whole time; you two are really interesting!"

The door of the upper treehouse was closed, and then the elf girl jumped down. Although it was very late, she still looked quite energetic, her emerald eyes filled with amusement:

"What is the relationship between you two? The atmosphere just now was truly ambiguous~ even more ambiguous than what is written in books."

"If you knew what kind of punishment Angelina received from Princess Lei Qianya because of those books after returning to Tobesk from Moon Bay, you wouldn't use such an example."

Xia De threatened her, but in fact, Angelina was punished not for reading books, but for writing them.

"You can't scare me... Who is Angelina?"

Xia De ignored her continued feigned ignorance and just covered his forehead with some exhaustion, so the elf girl said with some concern:

"I see you've been really busy today; go back and rest. Get a good night's sleep, no need to come here so early tomorrow morning; I will see Sister Dailin and the others off."

Xia De nodded, but asked again:

"Do you know how to deal with 【Rapid Spell】? Those people from the 【Tree Hole Society】 seem to know this."

"I thought you already knew? The stability principle I taught you, its own principle is to stabilize time, which is why it can have a damaging effect on Paradox Worms."

"Attach the 【Stability Principle】 enchantment to your staff, then stab it into the ground, and then within a certain area centered on it, all abnormal time effects will weaken. Didn't you notice? After you threw the Thunder Spear attached with the stability principle tonight, that 'Clockmaker' immediately fled directly."

Xia De suddenly realized. Although there were other things he wanted to ask, she was right; it was time to rest:

"Then goodnight, Amelia, see you tomorrow."

"Goodnight... don't call me Amelia."

She pouted slightly to express her dissatisfaction, but this look made her look exactly like the elf girl who was not yet an adult.

Xia De smiled and said:

"If not Amelia, should I call you little Amy or Millie?"

"Oh, Xia De, don't bully me!"

Of course, although she said Xia De didn't need to come too early tomorrow morning, Xia De hadn't borrowed the blindfold from Sister Dailin yet, so he still had to come as early as possible tomorrow. The nun had left too quickly just now; she probably didn't want to talk to Xia De again tonight.

Although he was indeed a bit exhausted, looking at the moon in the woods, when Xia De returned home again, he felt he had returned to normal.

Dorothy and Vanessa at home were both worried about Xia De being busy so late. They originally thought Xia De was already very tired, so they said they would sleep in the guest room tonight. But the Outsider had to maintain his reputation to prove that every time he used divinity to advance and obtained so many blessings, it wasn't just increasing data on paper:

"Mia, go into the wardrobe quickly."

"Meow~"

In short, after the lights in the house were turned off, the very easy-to-talk-to Miss Writer and Vanessa were led by Xia De by the hand into the bedroom. And for Vanessa, who had only just "joined this family," her experience with the double tango was far less rich than Miss Writer's. And that blonde, blue-eyed girl was happy to act as her teacher, so the nightlife Vanessa spent at No. 6 St. Deran Square tonight was even more fulfilling and interesting than the previous few days:

"Space power can actually be used this way?"

And Xia De slept very sweetly this time, and when he opened his eyes again, it was already a brand new Monday.

The continuous light rain that started yesterday lasted until this morning without ending. Because he was still thinking about finding the nun to borrow the blindfold, Xia De got up early, and Dorothy and Vanessa naturally got up very early too.

The house was very lively this morning, because not only was Galina, who had been coming every morning for the past week, here, but even Luweiya and Siris had come early through the rain. However, since they didn't live here last night, Dorothy and Vanessa were already preparing breakfast when they arrived.