Chapter 2697: Sailing on Dry Land and Cat Ears

From this adventure, Xia De mastered the spell 【Inner Fire】 and the Miracle Art 【Chloe's Echo of Ice】, obtained the information on the witch secret art 【Body of Courage】 provided by Miss McConna, received a new divine blessing, and learned more secrets about desire from Chloe—

It is truly a powerful evil thing that has existed since the beginning of creation.

And although the oar given by the god was not in his hand at this time, it had already merged with the Miracle Art:

"The God's Gift Box, the Butterfly-Calling Flute, the Oar, this is already the third artifact."

Artifacts in stories always have powerful power, but artifacts in reality always have strange functions. It is undeniable that although they are not weapons, they are all quite practical. Xia De is looking forward to the situation where he needs to use that small boat next time.

After tidying up his mood, Xia De did not immediately set off for Vesta Forest, but first rummaged out the bag containing the six Moon Bay dragon scales—the seventh was with Miss Belindell—and then took the cat to the 【Holy White Hall】 in the attic:

"May the Eternal Light protect me who walks with the light."

In the thick fog, huge white pillars with exquisite carvings stretched toward the high place of the thick fog, and glowing white walls inlaid with colored glass spread upward silently.

Xia De walked through the aisle between the white-backed chairs with Ancient God holy emblems, and then successfully found the holy emblem symbolizing the 【God of Ferrymen】 on the wall.

In the 【Holy White Hall】, one can find the holy emblems of the Old Gods one has come into contact with, and receive blessings by touching them. And the blessing Xia De currently maintains has always been the blessing of the God of Toys, which allows him to directly turn people into toys, but unfortunately, it cannot be brought to the past.

Xia De came here to try when he first went to "Black Sand Wharf," but at that time the holy emblem of the 【God of Ferrymen】 did not appear. Now that the three tasks are completed, it seems that it counts as Xia De truly coming into contact with that god.

He tried to reach out to the holy emblem.

【Outsider, do you want to accept the blessing of the Old God - God of Ferrymen?】

【Ferry Blessing Effect: Sailing on Dry Land.】

【Blessing valid time: 24 hours.】

Xia De smiled and withdrew his hand. These blessings may not all be very useful, but at least each one is quite interesting.

Still maintaining the blessing of the God of Toys, Xia De then set off with Little Mia for Vesta Forest. It was still early, so he brought breakfast for the elf young woman and thanked her again for lending a large group of chocobos to help the witches support the Love Lake last night.

Plus riding the "Golden Little Mia" in his dream yesterday, the task Xia De received when he got this week's gift "Friend of Chocobos" was even completed.

Such a dangerous thing happened at the Love Lake last night, but the people in Vesta City, who were close at hand, couldn't feel it at all.

When Xia De was climbing the stairs at the hotel, he was still thinking about the dream in the lake yesterday. After he knocked on the door and entered Miss Dannister's room 317, he looked up and saw Flora Winslet, who had light gray cat ears, standing in front of the mirror frowning and looking at her appearance.

The outsider once thought he was trapped in a dream again, so he immediately closed the door, stood in the corridor, and turned to look at the cat on his shoulder:

"If you make a woof~ sound, then it must be in a dream now."

"Meow?"

"Well, it seems it's not a dream."

Xia De pushed the door open again. Flora Winslet really didn't have cat ears, and was turning around in front of the mirror looking at him suspiciously:

"Why did you close the door? It's not like you went to the wrong room."

"Just now, that, it was this."

He raised his hands above his head trying to raise his fingers to make the shape of ears, and then realized that what he was gesturing was very likely a rabbit.

"Oh, you mean this?"

She shook her head, and two small gray cat ears immediately popped out from her hair. Xia De was dumbfounded by this. Although he had seen a cat-person young woman in Chloe's camp not long ago, but...

Seeing him like this, the witch explained:

"Didn't we talk a lot when we dreamed yesterday? You said you wanted to see a young woman with cat ears, but I forgot to demonstrate it to you in the dream."

The small gray cat ears twitched a few more times. Of course, things were not that simple; she just wanted to get more outside the dream:

"And the transformation art I've always said I wanted to teach you includes this kind of local transformation. Do you want to try learning it?"

"Before that, can you allow me to touch your ears? I definitely don't want to take advantage, just a little curious."

Saying this, he really walked over. Flora Winslet didn't dodge either. Instead, the cat, which had been doing nothing, immediately called out after seeing the pair of ears clearly, but Xia De ignored it completely.

"What are you two doing?"

Just as Xia De reached out his hand, the room door behind him opened again, and Miss Dannister and Miss Bell walked in. So the witch shook her hair, and the cat ears disappeared immediately. She even raised her hand to comb her hair to cover it up:

"Xia De said there was a butterfly on my hair, so he wanted to help me drive it away."

"Butterfly? In this season? In the room?"

Anyway, the red-haired girl didn't believe it.

The matter of the Love Lake last night was not completely over. Those people who drifted from the bottom of the lake to the shore had now been taken in by the local church, and the Love Lake area had also been completely blocked.

In order to prevent the church from not knowing the danger there, when contacting the church to explain the situation, Xia De had tried his best to explain the history and origin of that lake. According to Miss Dannister, the Holy See of the Church of Nature even sent people directly to Saint Byrons last night, requesting to query more information related to "desire."

"That unknowable-level relic itself is a natural disaster. We should be glad that its relationship with Xia De is not bad. The others who were rescued together with Linda Bennett are also local youths who arrived in that area for various reasons.

Because Xia De said that Linda Bennett knew about that lake very early, and even took water to charm York Bronte, the church is now very worried that information about that mermaid has long been circulating locally, and even worried that a group worshiping it has appeared locally."

The red-haired girl said so. Xia De moved his gaze away from Flora's hair and sat down on the sofa with them:

"Let's not worry about the mermaid for now. Let's focus on dealing with the tree hole. Originally, I was going to go to the Golden Music Hall to find the secret of the Temple of Time yesterday. Since it was delayed by the Love Lake matter yesterday, let's go today."

He put Little Mia from his lap onto the sofa:

"Flora, how do you feel you have recovered? If you still feel some discomfort, let Miss Bell go with me."

Luweiya said that the key to cracking the Temple of Time lies in musical notes, so it would be very convenient to have a witch or witch apprentice who understands music follow.

The witch shook her head immediately:

"It's okay. That dream... reality is more important, isn't it? I've figured it out all night. Yes, the false is not important, so I didn't even go to paint."

She stood up:

"I'll go with you. Also, I'm glad you call me 'Flora' now, just like Dannister."

The red-haired girl whose name was mentioned raised her eyebrows, feeling that the influence brought by that dream would probably never disappear.

The Accordion Hotel and the Golden Music Hall are on the same street, so there is no need to turn into an owl and fly over.

Xia De and Flora left the hotel on foot at nine in the morning. Although Vesta City is still in gloomy weather today, it is not raining for the time being, so there are not many pedestrians on the street.

They didn't communicate much on the street. After arriving at the music hall, they first went to the museum area. Professor Kuntu's passing did not cause much of a stir here, and there were not many people in the museum on Wednesday morning.

When the two stood in front of the glass cabinet looking at the "original bricks of the music hall" collected inside, the witch whispered:

"Actually, I smelled it as soon as I saw you just now. You have perfume on you. That is the 'scent of a witch,' and it doesn't belong to any witch I know."

Golden eyes looked at him, Xia De did not deny it:

"I used the time key again this morning. After completing the Tree Father's task, I took a small boat to visit Chloe."

Since she already knew the secret of the time key, Xia De did not hide it, and explained the morning's events simply while strolling in the museum. Of course, he didn't say anything about privacy:

"... Finally, I held her in front of the campfire and watched the snowy night scene. That scene was really beautiful. Because the wind was not strong, the snowflakes fell very, very slowly. After she fell asleep, I also returned to the present with Little Mia."

The witch beside him was not angry because of Xia De's intimacy with other witches; after all, that was the "old woman" of the Fifth Era.

The sentimental young woman was just imagining the young woman who had waited for Xia De for more than twenty years and would continue to wait, and then imagining the scene of Chloe and Xia De walking by the lake in the starry snowy night, and somehow substituted herself into it:

"To you, what exactly is a witch from a thousand years ago?"

"She is a lover. She likes me, and I like her. She is willing to wait for me, and I am willing to look for her."

Xia De said it very straightforwardly, and Flora Winslet was very satisfied with this, so she asked again:

"Then to you, what exactly am I?"

This was the main reason she didn't sleep all night. She knew her own thoughts, but didn't know Xia De's thoughts. Xia De stopped and turned to look at her. Golden eyes met his for a moment before moving away:

"Sorry, this question is hard to answer, right? I think the influence of that dream on me hasn't ended yet."

Flora wanted to continue walking forward, and then was held by the wrist by Xia De:

"The difference between you and Chloe to me is just that she is in a distant place that cannot be reached, while you are by my side." ===== CHAPTER 2698 =====