Chapter 2677

The hearts drawn close to each other seemed to accelerate time. Autumn passed and winter came, and the golden lakeside forest gradually faded in color.

As the weather turned completely cold, the arrival of the first snow made life by the lake begin to become difficult, but fortunately, both were people with great abilities, so the supplies needed for life were still quite abundant. And in the winter days, without most of the daily work to do, the two could snuggle together, either sitting by the lake or sitting on the roof of the wooden hut, chatting about the past, chatting about the present, and imagining the longer years they would live together here.

"I always feel that this happiness now even makes me afraid. Do I deserve to have it?"

This was what Flora Winslet often said when the two imagined the future, and Xia De always gave her a warm hug, but he actually had more questions.

Don't know when, the curtain that blocked the two single beds at night was also quietly removed by the witch responsible for tidying the room. Thus, the two beds born at the same time finally merged completely together on that deep winter night of the blizzard, and Flora Winslet was finally able to snuggle in Xia De's arms, listening to him tell those stories from foreign lands that she had never heard before, amidst the firelight of the fireplace and the wind and snow outside the window.

Time seemed to be fast-forwarding. The warming of feelings made the boring and simple life become rich and colorful. After the two beds merged into one, it seemed as if the barriers in the hearts of the two had completely disappeared, and they truly became happy lovers who would live in this lakeside hut forever.

Far from the hustle and bustle, far from the ways of the world, far from political disturbances, and far from those many dangers, Flora Winslet was truly intoxicated by this kind of happiness.

And Xia De, who was also wrapped in happiness, always felt that he seemed to have forgotten something. He thought he had forgotten a very important promise, forgotten many things he had to do, but whenever he thought this way, the witch with gray-black hair would always smile and hug him:

"It doesn't matter, I will always be by your side."

But that sense of incongruity didn't disappear because of this, especially when night fell and the stars shone in the deep night sky, that feeling of discomfort would become more and more intense:

"What exactly did I forget? Is Little Mia still being taken care of by Miss Danist? Are there three people who haven't woken up in the small wooden hut next door? Or has there never been a moon in the night here? Forgot what..."

He was confused, and because of this doubt, more anxiety was generated. Until one day when winter was about to end, after finishing the night's story and kissing Flora, letting her fall into a peaceful sleep, Xia De put on his coat and walked out of the wooden hut alone.

Although spring had already come, the night was still cold. The snow-covered woodpile was stacked beside the wooden hut, and the cleared fields had already been plowed, just waiting for the temperature to rise a bit to plant the seeds of food. And the swing that Xia De had set up just last week swayed slightly with the night wind. Xia De still remembered them sitting on this swing together, and he had kissed her then.

The calm lake reflected the stars, but these stars made Xia De feel even more restless. So he went into the forest to relax. Of course, as usual, he wouldn't go very far.

It was just that tonight seemed a bit different, because a layer of white fog had risen in the forest at some point.

The fog wasn't thick, so the curious Xia De wanted to pursue the source of the fog to prevent them from interfering with the two's mushroom picking work tomorrow. He walked in circles in the forest, walking and walking, and then discovered that there seemed to be a figure who had been waiting for him ahead.

The figure was very blurry, but it looked quite familiar. So Xia De chased after it, and the fog also became thicker and thicker at this time, until at some point the white fog obscured everything in the forest, and the figure ahead stopped between two large trees, and behind her was a piece of white light.

Only then did Xia De see the woman's appearance clearly. She had light brown skin and was dressed quite coolly. The upper body was just covered by a tube top, and the lower body after crossing the navel was a thin skirt. She wore a gold chain around her waist, and gold bracelets on her wrists and ankles. It looked like she was a dancer from the desert.

"But this isn't the desert... Miss Mester?"

This name was blurted out by Xia De.

Her specific appearance wasn't very clear in the fog, but the laughing voice was very clear:

"Since you have already remembered me, then are you still unwilling to wake up from the haze?"

The figure of the God of Fog asked the outsider. The outsider was stunned for a moment, standing there without speaking. So the laughing lady gently shook her wrists, and the sound of the clinking gold bracelets was exceptionally crisp, hitting Xia De's soul one by one:

"The desire for happiness, so deep in the heart, so refreshing, and also so intoxicating. Like a tarsal snake, like a colorful mushroom, like a lover's lie."

The God of Fog in the fog then asked:

"I know you sometimes feel too tired, sometimes want to stop and rest for a while, but do you still remember what you promised them?"

"What..."

The answer to the question seemed to be on the tip of his tongue, but Xia De felt that he just couldn't recall it. The feeling of going crazy made him want to turn and leave, returning to that simple and monotonous happiness, but he wasn't the kind of person who would escape because of cowardice; he would never escape.

So "Miss Mester" smiled and continued:

"Really don't remember? Give you a small hint, you promised to accompany them until..."

"Until the end of time."

The fog before his eyes gradually dissipated, and the figure of the God in the fog also dissipated with the laughter. Like waking up from a big dream, the long-lost, real fear made Xia De, who opened his eyes under the water, take a big breath and drink the river water. He actually, he actually forgot...

He was currently at the bottom of the water, but not stationary, but moving. Breathing underwater, he didn't choke on water, and when he looked forward in that extreme fear, Xia De actually saw the cat with glowing fur biting his collar, flapping its short limbs rapidly to pull him toward the surface of the water.

This funny but tear-jerking scene completely woke Xia De up:

"Mia, you can actually swim?"

The little cat was doing its best to pull Xia De, and Xia De, whose whole body was limp and even shaking, couldn't immediately control his body to move. However, the cat seemed to notice that Xia De had opened his eyes, so its four short legs flapped faster, and the light on its body became more obvious.

It wasn't that the whole body was glowing, but just that the orange part of the orange-white fur was emitting light like the sun. This light was so warm, even in the pitch-black water, it was still shining on Xia De, guiding him in the direction.

The miracle "Underwater Breathing" had been instinctively activated, and the orange-and-white cat finally really dragged him to the surface of the water. As his nose and mouth touched the air, Xia De took a big breath. At this time, the top of his head was the orange-yellow sunset, and the cool wind of late autumn already carried some chill:

"Did I sleep at the bottom of the lake for a whole day?"

Xia De felt that he could move a little bit now, but the cat still didn't let go of him. It bit Xia De's clothes desperately, and just like that, it dragged him toward the shore of the lake.

Finally, before the cat seemed to be exhausted, it successfully left the lake water with Xia De. So Xia De was immediately picked up by someone. The red-haired girl didn't care that he was still dripping water all over, and her worried and even terrified face came before him:

"Xia De! Are you okay? Can you speak now? You haven't had any news all day, and your cat has been restless since noon. Near evening, it started trying to leave the hotel. I saw the white fur on its body light up with silver light, and then I remembered the 【Undying Fire Seal】 you told me about. It was sensing you, so I brought people to follow it to find you."

"Meow!"

The cat stood at their feet, and after confirming that Xia De was fine, it faced the large lake that had been turned red by the sunset, bristling and meowing.

Xia De looked around again. Dozens of witch followers were standing vigilantly behind them, continuously casting protection, defense, and exorcism miracles in the temporarily built camp. And Mr. Steve Davis, the Great Elder of the 【Hermits of the Forest】 wearing brown robes, was casting spells with the three accompanying hermits with a terrified face, as if soothing the restless forest.

Dense ritual arrays were branded under everyone's feet, and the superimposed spells and miracles had even formed an effect of resisting each other, but everyone still didn't dare to stop.

The sunset shone on the golden forest and the calm heart-shaped lake. There was nothing on the lake, and although the lake water looked black under the water, it looked almost transparent when viewed from the shore.

Because of this, Xia De saw dozens of living people, including Miss Winslet, Linda Bennett, and the strangers in his dream, lying at the bottom of the lake with their eyes closed. Obviously, not long ago, he had also been lying in the same position.

The memories of the happy life in the dream flooded back into his mind. Reluctance, nostalgia, and the longing for Flora in his heart surged up again—the address had been changed in the dream, but when thinking about it again, he discovered the unreasonableness and the inconsistency of time.

"When we arrived just now, we saw you, Flora, and Linda Bennett floating on the lake. I didn't dare to let the girls go and fish you out directly. I wanted to cast a spell to make you float back, but your cat bit my finger immediately."

The red-haired girl, still trying to keep herself calm, showed Xia De her right index finger, where the shallow cat tooth marks were still there:

"Then I saw that you weren't on the lake at all, but at the bottom of the lake. Instead, all of us had almost walked to the shore. If your cat hadn't bitten me awake, maybe we would have already... We all saw at that time, there seemed to be something at the bottom of the lake..."