Chapter 2629: Three Generations of Bronte

"The skeleton was replaced? So that old baron didn't actually die?"

The jumping fire light made the light and shadow on the black-haired lady's face change constantly, and she took a sip of wine and nodded gently:

"Yes, and it's not just that he didn't die. I tried to find his trace in the forest using astrology, and that's why I appeared here tonight. Yes, Theodore Bronte, is right in front of our eyes."

Xia De sighed:

"Theodore Bronte is his second son, Ben Bronte?"

She nodded again, very satisfied with Xia De's sharpness:

"I only investigated for a week, and I'm not very clear about what method he used. This person is quite cautious. I wasn't here to investigate him in the first place, so I didn't use any excessive means. But the second son of this old baron is definitely the old baron himself. Ben Bronte never existed. From childhood, the two were the same person."

Xia De immediately pointed out the unreasonableness in it:

"But the time doesn't match, right? Although I'm not very clear about the specific time point, Ben Bronte had already been born when the old baron died. It's impossible for them to have never appeared together all these years... So he is a time traveler, not just an 'immortal'!"

Miss Helena Carter showed a smile. This name was told to Xia De by Miss Daniste:

"You understand it. The only thing I don't know now is whether Theodore Bronte is really his name, or whether Theodore Bronte is just the identity he lived in that era."

But Xia De knew this point:

"I know a little more than you. Theodore Bronte = Ben Bronte. They truly belong to 1787, 34 years ago, when Theodore Bronte was 19 years old.

So Theodore Bronte is his real identity, and Miss Daniste and I discovered his next identity after 'Ben' in the past. He didn't choose to use the eldest son's identity of the family, and his fake identities were all the second son of the family."

Although he didn't know about other time points besides 1787, he had basically determined the general story that happened to York Bronte in 1854. But if it was just like this, he wouldn't have become a "Death Apostle", so he must have experienced other things.

"It seems you have already sorted this out. That's good, leave this matter to you two to solve. Since you have seen him in the future, I'd better not intervene."

Her tone was quite light:

"Can we talk about business now? Why did you come to this era again? Just to investigate Bronte? This shouldn't be considered trouble?"

"Of course not, I encountered a humanoid Keeper-level relic."

He briefly described the matter of 【Hide-and-Seek Boy】, and the knowledgeable former librarian lady of course knew this kind of relic;

"I haven't heard that this kind of relic has time power before... Is it the influence of the Chosen One event again?"

She looked around:

"Before and after you appeared, I didn't feel the traces of abnormal low-whisper elements. Could it be that the relic modified the rules? It seems that you still need to communicate with the girl in your era."

"But the unstable time state I am in, I can't control it myself."

The black-haired lady shook her head:

"Since it is an unstable state, as long as one side is slightly 'forceful', you will fall to that side. I don't have time talent, but I know that the thoughts and emotions of ring warlocks themselves will affect themselves.

Since there is no way to control it, try to make yourself have the thought of 'I must return to the future'. This might be useful. Thoughts are also power, let the thoughts become thrust."

This method sounded feasible, so Xia De immediately tried to think "Little Mia is still waiting for me to go home", but because Xia De knew that the cat was being taken care of by Luweiya, he was not in a hurry at all.

"Is there anything else I must go back to complete immediately..."

Looking at the people surrounding the bonfire in the wedding banquet, Xia De recalled that he really had very important things to go back

"What else is there that I must go back and finish immediately..."

Looking at the people playing around the bonfire at the wedding banquet in front of him, Xia De recalled that he really had very important things that needed to be finished back home:

"I promised Iluna that I would dance with her at the banquet! I cannot break my promise!"

Iluna was very busy with work on weekdays, and due to her status, she couldn't often visit Xia De's home. Xia De actually always felt that he had neglected her a bit; even Luvia often said that Xia De should take the initiative to find Iluna.

Today, she specially asked for a day off and even put on a beautiful dress to come to Vista Forest to date Xia De...

【Didn't you come here today for time resistance?】

"She" asked with a smile, but no matter what, Xia De could not let Iluna down. Since he promised to accompany her to dance tonight, he must not miss it.

And when this thought appeared, in the urgent mood to return, that familiar white light actually flashed before his eyes. Thus, the black-haired lady who was just standing beside him disappeared along with the bonfire in the background and the people wearing old-fashioned clothes, and at the same time, the banquet scene before his eyes also changed into the more modern 1854.

It had only been a little over ten minutes since Xia De left, but the banquet under the night sky seemed even livelier. He was standing in the courtyard of the manor at this time, and after a moment of surprise, he immediately reinforced the thought of "I promised to dance with Iluna tonight" in his heart to prevent himself from returning to 1821 again.

"Iluna, Iluna, Iluna..."

He even whispered the name of the eighteen-year-old girl, and before Xia De could find her, Miss Bell was the first to see Xia De standing on the outskirts of the crowd in the courtyard:

"I found him!"

The young witch apprentice soon found Miss Winslett and Iluna, the latter with an anxious expression on her face:

"Your favorite..."

"My favorite pet is Little Mia, my favorite color is purple, and my favorite place is home. I am not a fake."

After confirming that the person in front of her was the real person and not an impostor, Iluna was just about to ask about the situation when she saw Xia De reach out and extend an invitation to her:

"Iluna, let's go dance together!"

He had a joyful expression on his face, and the eighteen-year-old girl nodded subconsciously:

"Okay... no, no, now is not the time to dance!"

Iluna wanted Xia De to explain clearly, but she still placed her hand in Xia De's, and Xia De pulled her toward the dancing crowd:

"It's troublesome to explain, but if I don't dance with you now, it's very difficult for me to stay in this time. Quick, let's go dance first, and then you can tell me what happened here."

The witch behind them also heard his explanation, so she could only watch the two of them arrive at the dance floor area specially reserved on the west side of the courtyard. This area was quite large, and even though the normal wedding banquet of 1854 had only just begun, quite a few people were already dancing here.

Xia De held Iluna's hand with one hand and supported Iluna's waist with the other. Iluna adjusted her breathing frequency and soon caught up with the rhythm of dancing with Xia De:

"That boy asked us to find the ball in the past time within three hours, and then deliver it to the hands of the me in the present."

"But I didn't find any trace of that ball in the past time; in fact, the past time didn't even have traces of whisper elements."

The two were very close to ensure that every word could be spoken clearly. Iluna stepped backward with Xia De's forward movement in the dance music. She suddenly felt that the appearance of that humanoid relic was not entirely a bad thing:

"Just now, I discussed this possibility with Miss Winslett. Before this, we had never heard that the 【Hide-and-Seek Boy】 had time power; it might have only sent you to the past because of the local time instability.

It itself was not in Creekwood Town at that time point in the past at all, and its ball, as an important relic derivative, was also not in that era. Therefore, the ball is still in the present 1854; the boy's game is not for you to find the ball in the past at all, but for us to find the ball in the present and pass it to you, and then let you pass it to me.

This is a trap; if we focus our energy on helping you find the ball in the past, I'm afraid we will fail this time."

They also did many things during the short ten-plus minutes Xia De was away.

"But that is only a possibility."

Xia De reminded her, and Iluna nodded, accidentally bumping into Xia De's chest:

"Yes, so you are..."

Xia De's figure faded in front of her. Iluna pursed her lips and used an illusion she wasn't very good at to make people not notice Xia De's sudden disappearance.

And from Xia De's perspective, Iluna was talking to him, the white light before his eyes flashed again, and then he appeared in 1821, among the crowd dancing around the bonfire to the cheerful sound of the lute.

But people were not surprised by his sudden appearance, because the mature black-haired lady reached out and took his hand, moving her body with him along with the dance music:

"It seems to be going smoothly; how is the situation?"

Rose-red eyes looked at Xia De. This lady was very good at dancing and found the rhythm in the brisk music immediately. Xia De was a bit unaccustomed to dancing with a stranger at first, but soon adapted:

"My companion in the future said this is a trap; the ball is not in the present at all, but still in the future. But this is only a guess, so we still need to find that ball in this era."