Chapter 2782: Autumn Cat Bathing and Illegitimate Child

As for Luvia, she thought about it carefully, took out her divination cards and drew two at random, then threw the card symbolizing "Earth" in front of Xia De:

"That 'Keeper', perhaps it is the owner of one of the five chairs you saw. If so, is it really Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire?"

"Can you even divine this now? Xia De said that the owners of those chairs all accepted the power of the World Tree wreckage."

Vanessa was shocked. Xia De had this conjecture at the Accordion Hotel in the afternoon:

"I also suspect that the 'Keeper' corresponds to Earth. But I didn't expect it not to be the Paradox Worm King we discussed initially, just a 'Keeper'? And the opponent is not the biggest enemy this time, just an... elite enemy."

"What do you mean by 'just'?"

Beautiful purple eyes glanced at him:

"I know you want to say that it is just a Paradox Worm, and its status and position seem to be incomparable to the ancient evil demon who wove a century-long conspiracy. But according to the information provided by the 【Hermits in the Forest】 you described, is it possible that the 'Keeper' has been the same worm from ancient times to the present?

Even if it is not a worm that has survived from the First or Second Era, it must be the most powerful one among all the worms to be responsible for guarding its own kind, so there is no problem with you calling it the 'Paradox Worm King'."

In the flickering of the fireplace bonfire, she pointed out another point to Xia De:

"The miracle Emilia taught you, doesn't it completely counter Paradox Worms? The worm you encountered today relied on impact alone to directly break your miracle. This should be very telling."

"Things are really one after another. The demon's matter has just been solved, and I just wanted to find some ore for myself, and I encountered this."

Seeing Xia De complaining while holding the cat, they all laughed. Vanessa said again:

"Xivi sent news, let us set off on Sunday morning. When everyone arrives at Vista Forest next week, we can make a plan to lure it out of the ground. Although our attacks cannot work on that kind of worm, it's not that we can't help."

After finishing, she thought of another thing:

"Xiris is staying in Tobesk this time. The opera troupe cannot leave no one behind. Sometimes I feel that the social work in big cities is more troublesome than the performance work. However, she will handle the urgent matters as soon as possible and will arrive at Vista Forest about a week later than us."

Everyone had nothing to do tonight. The three chatted in the study for a while, Xia De read for another half hour, and then they all prepared to rest.

When Vanessa came to the bedroom after washing up, she found that only Xia De in pajamas was picking and choosing winter clothes in the bedroom cloakroom, and neither Little Mia nor Luvia was here.

"Actually, you look handsome in any clothes."

She hugged him from behind Xia De. Xia De then hung the fur-collared coat he had just taken out back. This coat should have been prepared for him by Lei Qianya. The outlander didn't remember when he last bought clothes:

"Thank you for your compliment, I am thinking about winter attire. Speaking of which, Vanessa, do you remember? When we first met, it was the snowy season at the beginning of this year, and it was still winter then. In the blink of an eye, a year has passed."

He turned around to look at the blonde lady and kissed her on the side of her face lightly. Vanessa's face immediately became rosy, and then she hit Xia De's chest lightly:

"Luvia hasn't come yet, wait a moment, I don't want to be said by Luvia that I am very impatient."

Xia De explained:

"Luvia is living in the side bedroom with Little Mia. She said her special physical state is coming, and she doesn't want to cause any disappointing things."

"Is that so..."

Hearing this, the witch's face was obviously darkened. Witches don't have that kind of physiological phenomenon. This is both a manifestation of "perfection" and a manifestation of their inability to breed the next generation.

Ordinary girls like Luvia, Dorothy, and Lei Qianya would more or less avoid Xia De on certain days of the month, but Galina would never consider such things before.

And although Vanessa was not like Galina, who cared extra about that kind of thing because of the existence of her grandniece, she still felt a little sad when hearing Xia De mention this.

However, she soon lost this emotion. This afternoon could only be considered an appetizer, and the evening's activities could be considered the main course. Xia De had always been very enthusiastic about every girl, and when only one girl accepted his enthusiasm, even if Vanessa was a genuine 13th-tier witch, she couldn't resist at all.

However, she was quite satisfied with this, but she was very worried that when Galina's maids came to the house for bedroom cleaning work later, they would definitely gossip when they saw the sheets thrown into the corner.

And in the middle of the night, when the sleeping blonde witch buried her head in Xia De's chest and entered a dream, "She" in her ear suddenly said to Xia De:

【If you haven't washed the cat this week, let me remind you again on the weekend. It is already Saturday.】

Xia De, whose consciousness was also muddled, nodded:

"Got it, the doctor is in Vista Forest now, tomorrow is Sunday."

"Meow~"

Little Mia beside Luvia's pillow curled into a cat ball and called out, probably dreaming of something terrible.

Xia De kept his word. He said he would wash the cat on Saturday. After eating breakfast early in the morning and sending Luvia and Vanessa away, he grabbed the cat that had been very vigilant against him since this morning, and then took it into the washroom.

"Don't pretend to be afraid of water with me, I know you can swim! You can even dive!"

He said to the struggling cat while putting hot water into the "bathtub" exclusive to the cat, while "She" in his ear laughed and asked:

【Maybe you should realize that the fact that you discovered it can swim is because it saved you. So is this considered returning kindness with ingratitude?】

But Xia De didn't care about this. Winter was coming soon. Washing the cat after winter might cause the cat to catch a cold, so he must wash the cat before the first snow fell.

And the cat looked like it was struggling hard, but when Xia De really put it in the water basin and started to shower it with hot water, it squatted in the basin with a pitiful look again. This cat had gained a lot of experience in the year and a half of living with Xia De, such as making this expression when taking a bath, and it would definitely get a big meal as compensation afterwards.

Because of washing the cat, Xia De arrived at the Accordion Hotel a little late this day. He rarely bumped into Flora directly in the third-floor corridor. At this time, the witch was directing her followers to set up anti-reconnaissance rituals for all the rooms with open doors on the whole floor. Seeing Xia De coming up, she said happily:

"Although it's a bit troublesome, Boss Bennett still agreed to rent this floor to me temporarily."

"What excuse did you use to persuade him? Normally, even if late autumn is the off-season for travel in Vista City, you have no reasonable reason to rent a whole floor, right?"

"I said I wanted to concentrate on creating performance songs for the end of the year, so I needed a quiet environment. And I have recruited many assistants recently, and I hope they can also live here."

Xia De thought there was nothing to do today, so even Little Mia was brought by him. However, after Flora took him back to Miss Danister's room, Miss Bell told Xia De a big piece of news:

"The illegitimate child of the royal family that Prince William Anjou is looking for has news."

"Really found it?"

"Not found, just news. When the church was searching Director Kant's office, they found a lot of information he collected himself in his office, among which was information suspected to be related to that illegitimate child.

Princess Margaret sent news that Prince William Anjou sent a letter to Willendale, saying that he could determine the other party's identity within a week."

Miss Bell said so, and the red-haired girl holding a teacup added with a smile:

"William Anjou first got close to that dead disciple York Bront, and then contacted Director Kant. Although the church didn't say anything about this, that King of Willendale would definitely receive a letter from the church.

This prince probably wants to make some achievements as soon as possible, otherwise, even without the charge of contacting these dangerous people, just the fact that he didn't investigate Director Kant's treason is enough for him to be punished by the King."

Because there was detailed information sent by Margaret, Xia De also got the top-secret information about the royal illegitimate child completely.

The information said that the illegitimate child was indeed a male, and his age should be about 22 years old. The woman who met privately with the King at the masquerade ball that year had passed away, as in the results of the preliminary investigation, and her child was still living in Vista City after changing his name.

"If that illegitimate child were female, wouldn't this matter be very similar to that fairy tale about the crystal shoe? Although not fancy by the prince, living an ordinary life for more than 20 years and suddenly becoming a princess is still very dramatic."

Miss Artist commented leisurely while holding a teacup.

Because Margaret didn't ask Xia De to help investigate, Xia De didn't have the idea of getting involved in this troublesome matter. He thought this matter wouldn't entangle him, and he would probably hear the follow-up of this matter again on some afternoon after a period of time, and then sigh that Margaret had one more brother.

But in fact, this afternoon, the follow-up of this matter found him.

It was one o'clock in the afternoon, the people in the hotel had just finished lunch, Xia De was teasing the clean Little Mia while talking to the red-haired girl on the sofa about his time travel—after two days, Miss Danister's anger had completely dissipated. ===== CHAPTER 2783 =====