Chapter 2741: Humans, Werewolves, and Green Dragons
A "Bao Sang Bird" is a peculiar alien creature that finds people with riddles. If you can't answer, you will face the instant-death curse of this kind of bird; if you answer it, nothing will happen. Therefore, people sometimes use "Bao Sang Bird" to describe that kind of troublesome guy who has to be faced.
Xia De just stood in front of the wall gap and thought for a while before giving the answer:
"Since this journey is so troublesome, I won't continue to move forward at this fork in the road, but will immediately kneel down and pray to the moon of the night."
"She" in his ear laughed softly, and Xia De lowered his head slightly toward the "moon" with a holy silver light ball flying from his palm:
"Praise the Silver Moon Sage, may your beautiful figure illuminate the road I move forward."
While the werewolf girl was whispering "Is praising the ancient god of the moon said like this," Iluna had already left the range of the bonfire light and rushed toward Xia De.
Xia De also opened his arms, so the two hugged tightly. The eighteen-year-old girl was really excited:
"Xia De, ever since I came to this unlucky place, I have been thinking about whether there is a one-in-ten-thousand possibility that you would also appear. God really heard my prayer and sent you here too!"
She and Xia De used the common language of Delarion of the Sixth Era for communication at this time, but they had been using the language of this era when communicating just now—St. Byrons taught this language.
Everyone knew that Iluna's ancient language grades had always been bad, plus the whisper elements that the brown robe on Iluna was emitting all the time, Xia De guessed that it was this robe that gave her the power to understand the characters at this time.
And through the contact during the hug, Xia De could also confirm that the girl in front of him at this time was the genuine Iluna. But because of this, a new question arose, which was why Iluna appeared here.
If Xia De remembered correctly, after the Love Lake rescue last week, Iluna went to the 【Sun Church】 to take that "Land Bird Riding Xu Kezheng." In fact, this was because the church didn't want her to go to the Vesta Woodland again, so they temporarily found something for her to do.
Iluna was also clear about Xia De's doubts in her excitement, and without waiting for him to ask, she took the initiative to explain in Delarion language:
"After I arrived at the church, I spent a morning taking the permit. The little cuties in the land bird population raised by the church are much more docile and obedient than those raised by Emilia."
Iluna looked very proud:
"Then on Friday, the church said that since I didn't have anything to do for the time being, I might as well learn some new skills to deal with the troubles ahead. I didn't refuse at the time, and the old secret keepers of the church discussed it and helped me find this angel-level relic 【Ancient Academy Uniform】."
"Angel-level?!"
"Listen to me. The characteristic of this relic is that it allows the wearer to experience a lesson that happened in the past as if they were there. It could be any lesson; cooking class and math class are also possible, but one person can only use it once, and as long as the relic characteristic is triggered, almost all knowledge can be learned.
In extremely rare cases, this relic will send the wearer directly to the classroom of the past, but this kind of thing has only happened twice since it was recorded."
She pulled the robe on her body:
"I admit that I was unlucky this time. After I fell into the water over there at the beginning, I thought I would never see you and Lu Lu Weiya again... It was the three witches over there who saved me. They told me that this is the lost academy - Alien Tree Academy, a place that teaches lost knowledge.
This academy uniform is actually the uniform of this ancient academy. They studied it and believed that the true function of this relic that has turned into a relic should not be so-called attending class, but sending the wearer here, just don't know why it was triggered when it met me.
In short, I am really happy to see you again. In this place without a concept of time, where even the recovery of spirits is almost stagnant, I really miss the days when you and Lu Lu Weiya cared about me... I hope I didn't miss any big things while I was away."
She hugged Xia De again. Xia De noticed that Iluna, who was always very clean, even had her hair tangled at this time. She had clearly been here for a while.
"You didn't miss too many things, it's just that the War of Time is about to begin, and I have also found a way to let others come to the Vesta Woodland safely. I will use 【Journey of Time】 to send you back in a while."
"This, let's talk about it in a while. I don't think your thaumaturgy can reverse the power of this angel-level relic. In fact, as long as you are by my side, it's fine... Oh, I'll introduce these witches to you; they are all good people."
Just now Iluna specifically spoke in Delarion language because she was worried that it would leak future things. And the three witches watching them by the fire, although they also wore similar robes, those robes were ordinary items, so they didn't come with language translation functions.
Seeing that Iluna had led Xia De over, the three were still very vigilant, but Iluna was very happy to introduce these new friends to Xia De:
"Mez, Wilder, Bister, this is my friend, a very good friend, Mr. Xia De Hamilton.
Xia De, this human girl is Miss Los Mez; she has been here the longest and is the person who knows this place best;
This green dragon girl is Miss Elfina Wilder; she was the third to come, she is very powerful;
This werewolf girl is Miss Sibel Bister; I was very weak when I first came here, and it was she who took care of me."
Although the three witches looked young, they were all high-tier. Xia De thanked them for saving and taking care of Iluna, but only the werewolf girl responded somewhat cautiously.
This was not because the werewolf girl Miss Bister was easier to accept men, but because... there was a phenomenon of contempt chain and racial discrimination among witches, and it was very unfortunate that werewolves belonged to the bottom of the contempt chain in all aspects.
Although in the literature of the Sixth Era steam age, werewolves were often compared with blood-sucking species, in fact, blood-sucking species were richer and more united. Therefore, although their true appearance was ugly and they liked to suck blood, no one dared to look down on them.
And werewolves themselves did not have a unified clan concept, plus low-tier werewolves were prone to falling into a crazy mental state during the full moon, and many rumors such as "werewolves are the cursed" and "werewolves live in sewers and swamps and are not very clean"—the above data came from Xia De's textbook.
In short, due to such reasons, plus the moon faith Xia De showed, the werewolf girl's acceptance of Xia De's existence was higher. And the green dragon girl and that black-haired human girl would not invite Xia De to sit down just because of Iluna's words:
"This gentleman, you had better introduce what exactly you are. Are you really a male?"
The bonfire light was enough to illuminate the five people, and everyone's eyes were on Xia De:
"This question is very impolite, but I confirm that I am a human."
He took the initiative to reach out to the two witches, so Miss Mez and Miss Wilder really grabbed his wrist. After sensing that he was indeed not a messy monster, they fell into even greater shock:
"Wait, are you male or female?"
Xia De didn't know how many times he had experienced this kind of thing. He smiled politely at the werewolf girl again, and then asked:
"Can you at least let me sit down? We don't need to stand and talk."
Although there were still questions in their hearts, this time they didn't stop him. Everyone sat down again. Xia De sat beside Iluna, and the eighteen-year-old girl leaned directly on him.
This bonfire behind the wall gap on the fourth floor of the building was not particularly vigorous, but at least it could keep the surroundings dry in this castle covered with ash. The four girls' daily necessities were piled up by the fire. Seeing Xia De looking at their tents, the human girl Miss Mez, who still didn't trust Xia De, explained:
"Except for Beias, the three of us came here to study voluntarily, so we prepared tents and daily necessities in advance. It's just that the situation here is very different from what we saw in ancient secrets... We expected to see a normal school, but it is clear that this place is about to be completely destroyed."
"I still have
Xia De started taking things out of his pockets as he spoke. This gesture made the witches' attitude toward him much better. Coupled with Iluna's guarantee and mediation, Xia De was actually accepted quite easily:
"May I ask what you four were doing sitting here before I appeared? Although the castle above this valley is already so dilapidated, if you really want to study, you should still be able to find some useful things, right? Or, if this place is not what you thought it would be, have you tried leaving here?"
"It's not that simple."
Miss Meiz shook her head:
"The living environment here is even worse than what you see now. It took us a long time to ensure that we could all survive here together. As for exploring this academy, we have done that too, of course, mainly to leave this place."
"We all saw in our respective materials before coming here that as long as we completed our studies, it would be easy to return to reality from this strange land. But looking at the current situation, this is obviously not as easy as the books wrote."
The Green Dragon Miss also said. Xia De felt that the temperament she carried was very familiar to him, but he couldn't recall what it was for a moment.
And the werewolf girl on the side added in a low voice:
"So our current idea is, since this academy is already dilapidated, we will complete the courses ourselves. Perhaps if we satisfy the conditions, we can end this journey. We all have academy uniforms and can be regarded as students of the academy, so what we lack are teachers for the classes and a classroom environment."
End of Chapter
