Chapter 2819: Helena's Request

Xia De could only stay here for one hour this time, but drinking tea and warming himself by the fire in the rain in such leisure, he didn't feel anxious at all, which was also a very novel feeling for him, who was usually busy.

Stopping like this occasionally, he would also ponder whether he had been walking too fast all along. But the road had already been walked so far that turning back was impossible. Recalling carefully, the Outsider himself felt that some things along the way were too incredible, so he cherished his current life all the more.

Footsteps came at this moment, and then the black-haired lady squeezed into the tent and picked up another teacup from the tray. Her elegant face carried a smile, and her black hair still looked very smooth even in this humid weather:

"I just sensed someone appearing around the tree hole, and when I walked over, I guessed it must be you again. Although I thought you would come again sooner or later, I didn't expect you to come again after only two days. Looking at you drinking tea so leisurely this time, you shouldn't have been banished by someone again, right?"

Her smile was very charming, and she was clearly genuinely happy because of Xia De's reappearance. Xia De noticed that she was wearing the 【Ouroboros Ring】, which had become a cat toy in the "present," and thought of the matter of leaving last time:

"This time I came for a ritual, and I will leave in forty-seven minutes. Do you know? I didn't just go back directly last time; I encountered a heavy fog in a dream, and then saw a casino in the fog."

Xia De described the matter of the 【Casino of Fate】 amidst the sound of the rain. After he finished speaking, he looked expectantly at the lady who was sheltering from the rain with him. Her face, which looked very three-dimensional because it was illuminated by the bonfire, still had a gentle smile:

"You want me to find that casino and then change fate, right?"

"Yes, since it can..."

The female sorcerer's right finger pointed at Xia De's lips, forcing Xia De to stop his voice. The sound of rain outside was pattering, raindrops hitting the leaves and then sliding to the ground, and the bonfire in front of him illuminated every detail on her face, which was close at hand.

Although Helena Carter was not a "perfect creature" like a witch, her face still showed no flaws. Time and experience had not left too many traces on her face. Xia De thought inappropriately at this time that perhaps when the young Dannister Gustav first met this lady many years ago, she was also just as gentle.

"Xia De, you want to change the past and let me live again in your era, right?"

Xia De shook his head immediately:

"As long as I haven't seen with my own eyes whether you died, it's hard to say whether you really died in my era. I call this the 'Observer Effect of Time,' so this is not changing the future."

"You want to say you are choosing the future, right?"

She didn't blame Xia De too much, withdrew her finger, and the gentle look in her rose-colored eyes, similar to Miss Dannister's, became more obvious:

"This kind of thinking is very dangerous. Even if you can travel through time, even if time is willing to accept you, never try to manipulate time, just as you shouldn't manipulate fate."

She paused deliberately, and Xia De could see himself in her eyes:

"People who manipulate time, no matter how confident they are or how they feel they have thought of everything, will eventually find that they have fallen into the trap of time. You don't not understand this principle, right?"

Of course Xia De understood. In the first summer after the Outsider arrived, the series of events that happened at Lakeview Manor because of the "Puppeteer's Notes" and his subsequent attempt to challenge fate with the "Twenty-sided Dice of Fate" which almost led to his death on the street, had already made him understand not to try to manipulate fate.

"I don't not understand, but... I feel your death is very... a pity?"

He couldn't come up with a suitable excuse for a moment, and saying "I can't bear for you to die" was obviously inappropriate.

"Is it because you don't want to make Dannister sad?"

She tilted her head slightly and asked. Xia De pursed his lips and then said very seriously:

"This is only part of the reason, and also because I really don't want to watch you turn into some cursed tree after you die."

The thirteen-ring black-haired female sorcerer laughed while holding her teacup:

"Don't try to 'help' me anymore. I have already been luckier than most people; after all, I had already discerned my own fate many years before I died. Can you promise me? Don't try to change things about me. If you still respect me, promise me."

The two looked at each other for a moment before Xia De said:

"Okay, I promise you."

"You and Dannister are really similar in some aspects. You are both the kind of people who care about others but don't like to say it actively... Oh, this black tea is really good."

Then she blinked at Xia De again:

"Tell me, what has happened recently? Is there anything you need my help with?"

After defeating the demon and being banished last time, Xia De had been busy with the Battle of the Chosen of Time and matters related to the World Tree wreckage. Now, telling these things one by one amidst the sound of the rain, he didn't feel much more relaxed:

"The investigation is now at a stalemate, and we haven't found a way to defeat that dragon beast or the 'Guardian' underground for the time being. So for now, we can only wait for the elf to return from the past; perhaps she will bring some new clues."

The black-haired lady just listened to him talk about these things:

"I won't easily interfere in things after I die; these investigations can only be done by you and Dannister. However, I have organized my own research notes on thaumaturgy. You are also about to reach the high ring, and since Dannister, this teacher, is a bit inattentive, let me help you."

She took a notebook out of her small bag and handed it to Xia De. Xia De used the "Silver Moon Library" to record it on his bookshelf:

"We actually don't want to disturb you all the time, speaking of which..."

He hesitated for a moment, worried about destroying the stability of time, but after thinking about it, it was nothing:

"After I went back last time, Miss Dannister was furious. No, saying she was angry is not accurate; she really wanted to see you."

"Do you still want to persuade me to meet her?"

"No, no, it's just... well, I won't care about this matter anymore. You both have your reasons; you handle it yourselves."

The black-haired female sorcerer curled her lips and smiled, continuing to watch the fire and listen to the rain in the tent with Xia De. The weather in the summer of 1821 was normal, and this ordinary rainy day didn't have too much special significance, but for some reason, it was exceptionally reassuring.

Xia De almost did nothing in this short hour. When he appeared in the cloakroom of Flora's room again, full of dampness, the witch immediately leaned over and sniffed:

"Although the smell of forest mud is heavy, I smelled perfume. It's that teacher of Dannister's, right? You should be glad that it's me here and not her."

"I just said a few words to her."

"It's raining over there, and you can still get her perfume on you. You wouldn't be huddled together talking for an hour, would you?"

And when Xia De threw the crystal shoe and returned home, and then went to the elf lady's treehouse from the tree hole, the ritual here had already ended.

The ladies were drinking tea and waiting for Xia De. Luweiya lost her qualification and didn't seem to have any changes, while Emilia didn't directly advance from the sixth ring to the seventh ring, only the patterns on the back of her hand became more complex.

Since the qualification transfer had been completed, the next step was to let Emilia start her journey through time. The *Felianna Notes* and the Academy's preparations could be taken out at any time, which meant that theoretically, Emilia could leave now.

But Xia De was still a little worried and planned to tell Emilia more stories about what happened in the Vesta Forest. Of course, to prevent her from failing to reach Saint Byrons in a low-probability event, the Academy also needed to make other preparations.

Therefore, he discussed it with Luweiya and planned to let Emilia leave on Friday, and the elf in the forest told Xia De to come find her then:

"I know a place in the forest that is very suitable for holding the ritual. I will take you there when the time comes."

This Wednesday ended with the farewells of the group and the elf. Emilia, who returned to the hotel, seemed a little nervous. Xia De guessed that she might suffer from insomnia tonight. And after washing up, he also planned to rest, but before he and little Mia on the pillow could fall asleep, the door was pushed open and then closed, and then someone got into bed.

"Luweiya?"

He turned slightly to look at those purple eyes and asked in surprise:

"You weren't feeling well last Saturday, and it's only Wednesday now, only five days..."

"It's not over yet, just missed you a bit."

She kissed Xia De lightly on the face:

"Galinna is on the ship tonight. I originally thought Dorothy or Vanessa would come over tonight, but I just went to find Dorothy and saw she wasn't in her room but went to Ajielina's side; Vanessa is chatting with Miss Winstlett, and I don't think she would be embarrassed to come over tonight."

She looked at Xia De with a smile, reached out and hugged his neck:

"So I came. Sometimes I really envy the witches, working without days off all year round."

"Don't let Galinna hear this."

"Just kidding, I don't envy them at all. I know you like the current me... Do you want to do something? I know you have many tricks."

Xia De then hugged her in his arms:

"In your impression, is my image so bad? Sleep, sleep. Didn't you say Miss Sylvia and Margaret are coming tomorrow? If there is time, we can go to the train station to pick them up."

Luweiya nodded lightly, tucking her head into Xia De's arms, so soon the two people and one cat all fell into a dream.

She didn't tell the truth just now. Coming over tonight was also because after the duel with Emilia in the evening, she saw some impossible things from fate... She didn't know if it was her misinterpretation of fate or something else, anyway, she was not that kind of bad woman. ===== CHAPTER 2820 =====