Chapter 2667: Weekend Night

Professor Manning has indeed been to many places, because Xia De could hear the name of Professor Manning in almost every city he arrived at.

However, it is clear that Professor Manning, who is younger than Professor Kunt, did not participate in the ancient temple research in Creekwood Town half a century ago. Just when Xia De thought he didn't need to bother the professor again, Professor Kunt said with a smile:

"I also talked to Professor Manning about this temple in Creekwood Town. It's a coincidence that he also participated in

The red-haired girl poked Xia De with some surprise, and Xia De hurriedly asked:

"There are such things? Then, did Professor Manning mention the specific location of the ruins similar to this one? Has anyone already written a thesis studying them?"

"This... I apologize, but that was many years ago. Why don't you write a letter to ask Professor Manning? He might still remember."

So, Xia De still needed to visit Cat Tail Alley.

Bidding farewell to Professor Quinto, the red-haired girl took the initiative to link her arm with Xia De's, and the two pretended to be ordinary tourists to officially begin touring the Golden Music Hall Museum.

The exhibition area in the museum regarding the history of this music hall was not large; most of the exhibits here were actually artifacts from the developmental history of Vesta City. After seeing the sketch of the temple ruins, Xia De used psychography to draw the sketch into his notebook, and then drew the route Professor Quinto had taken while "sleepwalking" onto the sketch.

Since the professor was attracted in his dreams but could never find the target, Xia De believed that the target had been hidden, and the route the professor kept pacing actually circled around the hidden target.

Therefore, once the route was drawn on the temple sketch, it was easy to see that Professor Quinto had been wandering generally around the northeastern area of the former temple ruins. And after correlating this area with the real-world Golden Music Hall, its general location was in the east-central part of the entire "Four-Leaf Clover."

That area was the backstage and a small portion of the offices of the music hall. Xia De and Miss Dannister snuck in to investigate, but as expected, they found nothing.

After that dragon-beast from the past attacked the Golden Music Hall, the Church had also investigated this place many times. Although Xia De's perception was different from ordinary people, he could not immediately detect secrets that the Church had failed to find.

The two spent the entire afternoon wandering around the Golden Music Hall together, and only returned to the Accordion Hotel near dusk, looking like tourists who had been out for a stroll.

By this time, Miss Bell had already awakened. Although she still looked a bit listless, she should be able to fully recover soon. It was just that she actually remembered nothing of the things she saw in Bronte's memories, not even what she had said before falling into a coma.

"I only remember seeing the black shadow of that big tree, and then I immediately fainted."

Miss Winslet believed this was a good thing, indicating that the influence of the evil object had not taken root in her soul, and the soul's spontaneous forgetting was actually a self-protective measure.

She was a master of soul research, so if she said it was fine, then it was fine. And when she heard about Xia De and Miss Dannister's afternoon activities, she asked with a hint of teasing:

"So you two spent the whole afternoon wandering around together, is that right?"

"That was called an investigation; we didn't waste any time."

The eighteen-year-old sorceress corrected him, and Xia De said:

"It wasn't entirely without gains. I will go back to Tobesk and ask Professor Manning about the ruins; perhaps the ruins he encountered have some connection to the ones here."

Xia De did not stay for dinner, but chose to return home with the cat, thinking he would visit Professor Manning after eating.

And when he returned home, he was surprised to find Vanessa and Hylith there as well. When he heard that the Duchess had invited Vanessa to stay at 6 St. Deran Square for the night since it was Sunday, Xia De immediately understood the other party's intentions.

"I didn't realize Galina had this kind of hobby. She likes... keeping you company with other girls, is that it?"

The blonde opera singer asked Xia De curiously, but Xia De could not answer such a question.

Although it was the weekend, Luvia had to handle matters for the Prophecy Society and couldn't make it home in time for dinner, and Galina would also be coming over later, so dinner was eaten by Xia De, Vanessa, and Hylith together.

During dinner, Vanessa asked Xia De about the details of his time with Miss Winslet recently. Upon hearing that the witch was even willing to turn into a unicorn for Xia De to ride, the Witch of the Earth gave Xia De a look of admiration:

"I always thought Flora was the kind of girl with great style and elegance... Also, she used to say she was just researching unicorn transformation; this must have been a success only in the last few months... and she even specifically painted an oil painting..."

Hylith, on the side, just smiled, likely thinking of Vanessa's own affairs in her heart.

Seeing Hylith smiling so happily, Xia De mentioned Margaret again:

"You two have been separated from Margaret for so long; is her learning as an apprentice going okay?"

"No problem. Sylvia is by her side, and I see her regularly at the Council to check her learning progress."

Vanessa didn't care much about this; an apprentice didn't necessarily have to be by the teacher's side at all times, and she believed Margaret's self-discipline was fine.

However, that was not what Xia De wanted to talk about:

"How come I heard Margaret say, Hylith, that you played some... of Vanessa's memories for her?"

At this, the two blonde ladies across the table blushed at the same time, and Vanessa asked first:

"Hylith, how could you do such a thing? That's too much!"

The young girl pursed her lips, looked at her best friend, and then said to Xia De:

"Fine, I admit I shouldn't have done that. How about this, I still have some memories that Vanessa voluntarily..."

She emphasized this word.

"... voluntarily gave to me. I'll give them all to you now. But I'm worried I might have mixed up the content of the memories. After dinner, shall we check them together? Or we can check them together after Luvia and Miss Galina return; that would be faster."

At this, Vanessa didn't dare to speak.

After dinner, Vanessa entered the 【Witch Council】 for a meeting, leaving only Xia De and Hylith at home. The well-fed cat was sleeping drowsily on Xia De's lap. Although Xia De had planned to visit Professor Manning, he and Hylith hadn't had a heart-to-heart talk in a long time:

"Did Vanessa really... um... share many memories with you?"

The young blonde girl was sitting right beside him, tilting her head and looking at him with a smile:

"What do you think? But please allow me to compliment you, Xia De; your physique is really good."

"Hylith."

He then pulled Hylith's hand over; the latter resisted symbolically before falling into Xia De's arms. After a gentle kiss, Hylith looked at him with blurred eyes, then moved the cat—which had no idea what was happening—from Xia De's lap to the coffee table, and sat directly across his lap.

This put Hylith's head higher than Xia De's. She wrapped her arms around Xia De's neck and took a deep breath:

"Life like this is truly wonderful. Both Vanessa and I have come to your side, and on a Sunday night with nothing to do, we gather at your home for dinner. A year ago today, I couldn't have imagined such changes in the future. Back then, I was just a silly girl who would occasionally worry about where my father had gone."

She kissed Xia De on the forehead, and Xia De commented:

"Your father was a very great man."

"But that cannot cover up the fact that he abandoned the young me... I don't want to talk about this now."

Looking at her beautiful eyes, Xia De knew what she meant:

"But aren't you a bit inconvenienced right now?"

The blonde girl's face turned slightly red:

"You actually know even that? That's why I occasionally envy Vanessa and the others... It doesn't matter, though. Don't you have many tricks? Counting the time, Vanessa will be at least two hours before she returns from this meeting."

She blinked at Xia De from above, first shyly unbuttoning her shirt, then raising both hands and reaching behind her head, trying to gather her hair. Such movements inevitably brought her upper body closer to Xia De.

"I can't compare to Miss Servet; don't compare me to her."

Hylith, feeling a bit worried, said this. Xia De, gradually enveloped by shadows, immediately denied it:

"Of course I wouldn't compare you to her, but..."

"Xia De, do you really want your mouth to keep talking?"

"This is of course not my power. The matter is very complicated to explain... Do you know that in the early Fifth Era, there was a witch emperor known as the Witch of Ice? Silver hair, very petite."

Miss Winslett thought for a while:

"I don't know. Does this have anything to do with our topic?"

Xia De said:

"It was that witch emperor who lent me power, otherwise I wouldn't have the ability to change the weather on such a large scale." ===== CHAPTER 2658 =====

Consequently, by the time the meeting ended and everyone left, it was already 9:30 PM.

Speaker Isabella walked out of the fog door behind her first, with Megan, who was working with her on that Angel-level relic, following by her side.

The others also stood up to leave with their respective apprentices, but Miss Winslet called out to Miss Sylvia and Vanessa. So, Miss Aphrodite, who was just about to leave, gave Galina a wink. The latter, who had been discussing recent events in Moon Bay with Miss Bell, signaled for the Countess of the South to go ahead. She smiled, bid farewell to Grandma Cassandra, and sat back down.