Chapter 2812: Happiness and Superfluous Memories

Xia De didn't know why, but he felt this scene was quite funny. After all, not long ago they were still fighting with a dangerous thing, but at this moment they were all frowning because of the bitterness of the tea leaves.

But looking at everyone chewing tea leaves together and listening to the sound of the campfire in front of him, the last trace of coldness was also dispelled. He didn't know why he had a strange sense of peace, but this sense of peace was not enough to free Xia De from the bitter taste and let him feel the so-called "happiness."

"Then what exactly is happiness?"

Xia De recalled while chewing and petting Little Mia:

"Eating breakfast at home with Little Mia on a sunny morning? Indeed happy, but it seems not enough;

Reading storybooks together with Luweiya in bed under the quilt on a deep winter night when snowflakes are flying? Very warm, but it seems not enough;

Waking up in the morning and seeing the ladies washing up or reading newspapers, and Tifa saying 'Good morning' to me? Speaking of which, I haven't had a chance to talk to Tifa recently, it's really too busy;

Or... the gifts they prepared when I had my birthday this year? No, no, now is not the time to think about this."

"She" in his ear laughed lightly.

This kind of memory didn't have any effect. Instead, because of chewing tea leaves, Xia De felt that the skin in his mouth was tight because of dryness.

Probably others also had this trouble. Iruna chewed with her cheeks bulging and frowning as if eating medicine; the Grey Wolf young lady chewed unusually hard, as if the tea leaves had become undercooked beef that was difficult to swallow; the action of Miss Metz with glasses was not so exaggerated, but she obviously didn't find the trick either.

But Miss Vilde's own progress was quite smooth, because Xia De had already felt the traces of her casting.

That Green Dragon young lady was chewing tea leaves happily, and while chewing, she actually secretly looked at Xia De, but Xia De didn't notice this because he was concentrating on meditation. Dragon maids often chew tea leaves to distinguish the quality of each batch of tea leaves in order to select the best tea leaves, and her acceptance of the bitter taste of tea leaves was stronger than others.

"It's really bitter... Speaking of which, are tea leaves considered food?"

Xia De then remembered that his 【Toy Maker】 spiritual rune was also associated with the strange art of "Candy Making," which allowed Xia De to transform things he considered food into candies he had tasted.

Thinking of this, Xia De had a new idea. After the next time his teeth separated while chewing, the tea leaf dregs had been transformed into candy.

It was just that if this strange art was not controlled carefully, the candy "made" would transform into the taste he liked most at this moment according to his mental state. And in the full bitterness and the depressed mood caused by the environment, the taste of the tea leaves changed into a faint sweetness that the outsider had almost forgotten after the next time his teeth closed.

It was not the high-end chocolate from his hometown, nor was it the high-end pastries made by Tifa herself. That taste...

A certain memory that had been sleeping for a long time in his mind surged up again. That was a summer afternoon when a certain outsider was just a child. He bent down and picked red flowers from the flower pots on the side of the street, and then put them into his mouth to suck the nectar.

At that time, he didn't understand the hardships of life, didn't understand the suffering of the future, and didn't understand those troubles that were destined to come. He only remembered that in the sound of traffic, the taste of the nectar was indeed sweet. Although compared to real candy, the taste was not very sweet, but at this moment, it was still surging in his memory, making the outsider remember that moment of happiness.

He understood why the "happiness" he thought of just now couldn't touch the strange art, because those "happinesses" would happen again. Only that faint sweetness in his childhood, even if he returned to childhood or even returned to his hometown, he could never find it again.

After all, he already knew what life was.

【Outsider, you have obtained the strange art "Tea Extraction Method," which recovers a little spirit by chewing tea leaves, corresponding to the "Toy Maker" spiritual rune.】

The voice of "She" in his ear was light and gentle. The successful acquisition of the strange art didn't make Xia De excited. He continued to taste that faint sweetness slowly, wanting to grasp the surging faded memory.

Miss Vilde seemed to have perceived Xia De's success through some method. At the same time as "She" in his ear reminded him lightly, she looked at Xia De, and then congratulated him with gestures.

Iruna hadn't been very focused because the tea leaves were too bitter just now. At this moment, seeing that Xia De seemed to have succeeded, she wanted to congratulate him in a low voice. But it was probably because the continuous chewing action made her make a mistake in her busyness. After she opened her mouth and was stunned for a moment, she whispered to the Green Dragon Witch on the side embarrassedly:

"Can you give me some more tea leaves?"

"Yes, but the amount of tea leaves won't make the difficulty of learning less."

The dragon maid reminded, so Iruna pursed her lips:

"Um... sorry, I accidentally swallowed the tea leaves."

"Cough, cough!"

Hearing this, the Grey Wolf young lady on the other side of Iruna didn't adjust her breathing rhythm, and also made a clear swallowing action, and was even choked by it. Seeing that Iruna and Miss Vilde were both attracted by her coughing sound, the wolf tail behind her flicked and hid, and then she whispered embarrassedly with a blushing face:

"I also want some more tea leaves."

Fortunately, the last Miss Metz was in a stable mood. She just chewed tea leaves and looked at these people. When she recalled the picture of happiness just now, she didn't know why she thought of many things she clearly didn't know.

That was her early memory. She seemed to have lived in a huge academy for a long time. But she didn't know which stage of her life that belonged to at all.

This forty minutes seemed ample, but because of going out once, it was still at the end in a blink of an eye. And before time was approaching the end, except for Xia De who used a shortcut method and really learned the power, the other three young ladies only felt that chewing tea leaves was really bitter.

However, they had more time to stay here than Xia De, so what limited them from learning was not time, but the total amount of tea leaves Xia De brought.

Fortunately, calculated this way, the "courses" of the Grey Wolf young lady Miss Bister and the Green Dragon Witch Miss Vilde should be considered completed. Iruna's course could be conducted during Xia De's absence, and she was still quite confident about this.

The last one left was Miss Metz with glasses. As long as her course was completed next time, everyone could listen to the God's teachings, and then return to their respective starting points safely with their respective harvests... Speaking of which, although this time adventure required diving and fighting, the actual complexity was not high.

Before Xia De was about to leave, he didn't forget to remind Metz to write a new list of required materials. At this time, Iruna and Miss Bister were still trying hard to chew tea leaves, and the latter even turned into a small grey wolf and curled up on the cushion in order to better "feel happiness," while Little Mia lay on Xia De's lap and watched curiously.

The small corner of the outsider's heart hoped that Little Mia could learn something from Miss Bister.

The Green Dragon young lady who re-tied her apron stood by the fire boiling new black tea, and she looked in a really good mood. And Miss Metz, who took the paper and pen handed by Xia De, turned her head and spat out the tea leaf dregs before saying:

"I originally thought about what I needed, but when I was chewing tea leaves just now, I recalled some things from before."

Speaking of which, among the companions this time, Xia De knew almost all the origins and stories of the Grey Wolf and Green Dragon. He and Miss Metz had almost no communication:

"This way of saying is very strange, have you ever lost your memory?"

Xia De asked curiously, and the human witch with glasses hesitated before shaking her head:

"At least I don't know that I have ever lost my memory. My memory of my life experience is very complete. It's just that for some reason just now, I suddenly remembered that I had lived in a huge academy for a long time... But I don't know which stage of my life that belonged to at all."

Xia De immediately looked at Miss Vilde. The dragon maid who was shaking her tail and boiling tea immediately denied:

"No, these tea leaves have no hallucinogenic effects!"

"It has nothing to do with tea leaves. I feel those are not hallucinations, those are very real memories."

Miss Metz shook her head vigorously, and then began to write on those papers:

"After those memories appeared, they became clearer bit by bit like the spring of a gushing spring. I need time to organize them, but I am very sure that those memories should not be some kind of spiritual pollution."

Xia De nodded worriedly, and signaled with his eyes to the strongest Grey Wolf Witch here to pay attention to Miss Metz's situation.

After doing these, this time had already reached the end. ===== CHAPTER 2813 =====

So the gray wolf on the cushion also quietly spat out the tea leaves. Although the werewolf's sense of taste is similar to that of a human, it is more sensitive. She had long been unable to stand the bitter taste of these specially treated tea leaves:

"Miss Mei Zi, what kind of academy was the academy life in your memory?"

As she spoke, she changed from the gray wolf form back to the human form, which made the cat's large amber eyes even brighter.

"Sorry, that memory is not particularly complete yet."

She hurriedly wrote a few lines in the notebook Xia De handed over, and then handed the notebook to Xia De:

"After those memories appeared, they became clearer bit by bit like the spring of a gushing fountain. I need time to organize them, but I am sure those memories should not be some kind of mental pollution."

Xia De nodded with some worry, and signaled with his eyes to the strongest Gray Wolf Witch here to let her pay attention to Miss Mei Zi's situation.

After doing all this, the time this time had already reached the end.