Chapter 2662: Rewards, Farewells, and Honesty

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"She" in his ear said softly. Although Xia De was slightly surprised, he still answered Margaret's question with a smile:

"No, I guess James Cumming is not your brother."

"You really know everything. Is there anything in this world you don't know?"

The blonde princess asked in a coquettish tone, but didn't forget to tell Xia De more detailed investigation results:

"That woman who met my father at a masquerade ball more than twenty years ago died fifteen years ago. She is not Mrs. Cumming. Although my brother is a bit stupid, he still investigated that the woman did give birth to a boy."

"After the woman died, the whereabouts of the boy were unknown, but he was blonde like us, and it is said that his appearance was quite outstanding. He has lived in Vesta Forest for at least fifteen years, and his accent is the local accent."

"After I go back, my brother will continue to investigate. Although his arm is injured, this does not affect his actions. As for whether Colonel Dupont is a spy, and the secret gatherings of the Delin-Or restorationists, my brother can investigate or not, but this will affect my father's evaluation of him."

It's good that James Cumming is not the illegitimate son of the Anjou royal family. Xia De doesn't want such a complicated family to get involved with the royal family again. But in this way, who James Cumming's biological father is is still unknown, and that twenty-something royal illegitimate son may still be in the local area.

"If that illegitimate son is still alive, will he affect your inheritance rights? If he is just an illegitimate son, it shouldn't have any effect, right?"

Xia De asked with interest, and Margaret nodded slightly, her voice becoming very low:

"Of course it has no effect, and even if it does... my eldest brother and I will ensure that he has no effect."

She saw Xia De show an expression of awe, and then covered her mouth and laughed:

"What are you thinking? No matter what, that is the bloodline of the Anjou family. It's just some legal means. It is a law and order recognized by everyone that illegitimate children have no inheritance rights. This concerns the foundation of the nobility. We might not even need to do anything. Of course, this mainly depends on my father's attitude."

"He definitely didn't just find out about the existence of this child, but he hasn't seriously looked for him for so many years. I am actually very puzzled by this."

Xia De doesn't understand royal affairs, but as long as Margaret has her own ideas, she can ask Xia De for help at any time, and Xia De is always willing to help.

"Oh, and the matter of the Golden Music Hall you asked me to investigate, I have found the professors who were sent to work with the engineering team and recorded the original appearance of the temple."

Margaret continued, very affectionately resting her head on Xia De's chest:

"They came from the Tower Bridge University in Willendale, which ranks third in the country in terms of comprehensive ranking. However, the renovation of the Golden Music Hall was too long ago, and only one of the participants is still alive and can answer your questions."

"Only one is also fine. Is the other party in Willendale? Have you met him?"

"No, after he retired, he settled in Vesta City. Yes, in this city surrounded by forests. His pension is very generous, so they can spend their old age in this city. I'll give you the address..."

She whispered the address, and then climbed up with a smile:

"Since you guessed my question just now, then the reward will be given by me."

The princess blinked and said, and Xia De smiled and touched her hair:

"I don't want any reward. Just let me hold you and chat for a while before you leave. The next time we meet will probably be after the Vesta Forest matter is over."

But Margaret didn't just want to hold Xia De. She jumped off the sofa, stepped on the carpet with her feet wearing black fabric, and pulled Xia De's hand to make him stand up too:

"Don't move, my knight."

She said and bent down in front of Xia De who was standing straight, until she knelt on the soft carpet, and then looked up at him with a smile.

"Wait a minute, Margaret!"

"Shy now? You haven't let me touch you before, and I asked Miss Servit for advice when I was in Moon Bay."

She said and reached out her hand.

"Wait a minute, why would Tifa... with you..."

The clothes covered the cat, making it unable to look around. The princess, whose face was red, began her practice.

The whole process went smoothly, but when she finished washing and sprayed perfume and was ready to go downstairs with Xia De, she quietly told Xia De a secret:

"Actually, I originally wanted to let Miss Bell notify Miss Winslett to come upstairs just now."

"What are you doing?"

"It's not me, it's the suggestion given to me by Teacher Sylvia, saying that I can appropriately let Miss Winslett know that your relationship with us is unusual. However... it feels a bit too much."

She affectionately took Xia De's arm:

"But I didn't tell Teacher Sylvia that you and Teacher Bernice have already happened. Don't worry about this, I will wait for her to discover it herself."

She said, and her eyes narrowed because of the smile on her face.

Margaret came in a hurry and left in a hurry. She had breakfast with everyone this morning and went to the train station surrounded by maids and guards. She would attend a charity auction with her mother in Willendale this afternoon. No one would know that she had briefly visited Vesta Forest this weekend.

Miss Winslett was a little silent during breakfast this morning, and didn't even notice that Margaret looked at Xia De frequently with a smile on her lips when she saw the sausage on the plate while eating. She only gave the princess a box of souvenirs for Miss Sylvia when saying goodbye to Margaret, to thank Margaret for the gift she brought.

And after Margaret left, Miss Bell and Miss Danister waited tacitly for the witch's opening, and the latter asked Xia De as expected:

"You ran away yesterday, so what does the Witch Emperor mean? The heavy snow yesterday covered two-thirds of the Vesta Forest area. What is going on with this power?"

Xia De looked at the red-haired girl. She looked as usual, as if the conversation yesterday evening had never happened. Xia De guessed that Miss Danister should not have said too much, so he considered it and answered:

"Miss Winslett, you know I have some special time talents. In fact, besides using the twisted tree hole, I can also use the conventional time key to perform a kind of true time travel, yes, true time travel. Remember the potion 'Warmth' I gave you? That is an ancient recipe brought back from the past."

"You still say you are not the Chosen of Time!"

The witch mentioned this topic again, and Xia De shook his head immediately:

"No, definitely not. I can be sure of this. I didn't expect the situation yesterday. I was injured at the edge of life and death and fell asleep on a small boat. I don't know how I met the witch I met when I was adventuring in the past. She took the initiative to help me. It's that simple."

"Owl Lady" thought for a while and looked up to confirm:

"So, you can meet the witch emperors of the Fifth Era every time? You actually know many, many demigods and thirteenth-ring great witches? You know more secrets of the Fifth Era than all of us?"

Even Miss Danister looked at Xia De with interest, after all, Xia De had never seriously explained it to her:

"Of course I don't meet great witches every time. Most of the time I just meet ordinary witches. Once I even met an ordinary man from the Fifth Era. As for the secrets of the Fifth Era, no, no, I don't know enough, or rather I just saw some edges of history."

"Those are stories that no one knows. Some do not affect the progress of history, and some directly affect the present... That's about it."

Flora Winslett nodded slightly. She was very happy with Xia De's honesty. As long as Xia De was willing to say it, she didn't care what Xia De was still hiding. Just as she said, she enjoyed this exploration process very much:

"Then, can you tell me some stories about the past in the future? Tell me about the ancient witches."

"Of course."

The Owl Lady immediately smiled, but then thought of something:

"Galina knows about this, right?"

"Of course."

"Then the materials about the Fifth Era that she has been taking out in the council since last year, as well as those long-lost ancient witch techniques, spells, and documents..."

"Yes, most of them have something to do with me. In fact, strictly speaking, Galina's promotion from the eleventh ring to the twelfth ring also has something to do with me... A very powerful demigod witch saw that I could use the power of a witch, so she wrote a study note and gave it to me."

Flora Winslett's mouth twitched. She admitted that she was a little jealous, so she poked Xia De lightly, but didn't say she wanted to see the notes:

"You know, I am no longer surprised by these things now. I even suspect that you are that God-Caller."

Young Charlotte Bell blinked, and Danister Gustav smiled.

Xia De looked at the great witch of death, and the witch also looked at him, actually having the answer in her heart. But she is enjoying this feeling of exploration and discovery now, so she decided to continue to observe slowly.

She was very satisfied with this honest conversation, so she didn't ask any more questions, but took the initiative to hold Xia De's arm and pulled him up:

"Go and see the third oil painting I painted. The inspiration has been endless recently... This time I didn't paint an owl on the painting."

This sentence was said to the red-haired girl.

She indeed didn't add an owl to the third oil painting, because she herself was the protagonist on that oil painting. Compared with the creativity of the first two oil paintings, the third oil painting is a very standard "hero epic" oil painting. ===== CHAPTER 2663 =====