Chapter 2831

When Xia De held Miss Jia Lin Na and followed her toward the cabin, he did not forget to turn back and instruct:

"Flora, you and Miss Silvia return to the city first. Luweiya, Aimiya, and Miss Dannister are still there. The hotel base in the city cannot be left without people."

"The portal should be built very soon. Dorothy, you stay here and take care of Ajielina. There isn't much work left either."

Miss Silvia said, holding Flora's arm, and the two immediately disappeared from where they were.

There is no need to worry about Ajielina's problem. Although the reason for the fainting is unknown, she is indeed fine. After the diagnosis, according to Grandma Cassandra's words, she is more like having fainted because she couldn't bear it after great joy and great sorrow in her spirit. And considering that her emotions did indeed fluctuate too much in that dream, this can also explain the little princess's current condition.

As for Miss Jia Lin Na's situation, it is a bit troublesome. Grandma Cassandra's emergency diagnosis obtained a conclusion similar to Xia De's. Miss Jia Lin Na's current problem stems from the fusion with Xia De.

Xia De first used this mystery lock at the end of the Battle of Green Lake, merging with the Butterfly Wing Miss, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, and Sister Daifulin respectively. Grandma Cassandra and Sister Daifulin have a very good relationship, and she had also asked the sister about the feelings during this special "fusion," so her understanding of Xia De's mystery lock is also very deep.

However, fortunately, although the Duchess's state is very troublesome, at least she did not faint for a long time.

When the first ray of sunlight on Friday morning spilled onto the deck of the Radiant Messenger, Miss Jia Lin Na Cavendish also opened her eyes on the soft bed. The dizzy feeling was like not having received rest for a week. She felt her hand being held by someone, and the slight movement of turning her head made her feel weak all over. Fortunately, after turning her head, she saw Xia De sitting on the chair beside the bed, looking at her with a worried face.

She wanted to sit up but found that she was so weak all over that she couldn't move at all. The feeling of fever on her forehead made her recall the taste of having a fever due to the Toby Sike autumn flu last time—at that time, she was only 13 years old, and that was already a long time ago.

"What happened to me?"

The red-haired witch's slightly weak voice asked. She, who is usually strong, appeared particularly pitiful at this time. Xia De held her hand and pressed it against his own forehead:

"Rest well, it's fine. Tifa and the others are already preparing breakfast. You rest for a while, and Grandma Cassandra and the others will come to see you."

"Xia De, what exactly happened to me?"

Although her voice was still very weak, she still asked very firmly.

Xia De was unwilling to answer, but there were others who were willing. The sound of high-heeled footsteps came, and Xivi Aurora walked from the end of the bed to the bedside. She did not have a worried expression on her face, but instead, she endured her laughter and said to her friend on the bed:

"Your soul has suffered trauma. Grandma said that you must rest steadily in bed for at least a week before you can move normally. Do you remember what happened before you fainted?"

Thus, the Duchess searched her memory and recalled the experience of merging into Xia De's body under the moon:

"I remember."

"Grandma said that in the mystery lock state, your soul and Xia De's soul were stuck too close together. Your soul suffered slight burns from Xia De's soul power, but this is not the key. The key is that you uncontrollably absorbed a part of the radiance radiated by his soul. But unfortunately, Miss Jia Lin Na, your soul is not enough to carry the radiance of Xia De's soul, so you became like this."

She smiled and used a metaphor:

"This is probably like fainting because you were too immersed when kissing Xia De. Now you feel that you have no strength all over, right? This is because the soul failed to fully absorb the power, so there was also a problem with the control of the body.

However, don't worry, you just need to drink medicine on time every day and accept our secret method treatment, and then rest well for a week, let the soul absorb and assimilate Xia De's soul light, and you should be able to return to normal."

"Xivi, I am a patient, don't laugh at me."

The Duchess lying down said weakly, her golden eyes looking at Xia De very pitifully:

"Can you hug me? I feel very uncomfortable now, and I was laughed at by others."

Xia De then very carefully helped her sit up, and then held her in his arms. The great witch of light beside her curled her lips. Although Grandma Cassandra just said to let Miss Jia Lin Na stay in bed for a week, she didn't say that she was really this weak:

"I am just caring about you, okay okay, I won't say it. You also suffered this injury in battle, you are our great hero... so how about you change to me next time? Xia De, your mystery lock requires two souls to love each other to be used. Perhaps you should have noticed that it is not just the red-haired Cavendishes who meet the conditions here."

Then she saw Miss Jia Lin Na making a small fist at her from behind Xia De. Xivi Aurora laughed very happily, but Xia De was not happy at all:

"There will be no next time for this kind of thing. Except for the thirteenth-tier great witch, no, except for the demigod witch or the Chosen One, I will not use this mystery lock on anyone again."

Learning that Miss Jia Lin Na had woken up, others also came here to visit her, and in the end, everyone even ate breakfast in this room. The Duchess liked the atmosphere at this time, because others were sitting on chairs, but she was being held in Xia De's arms to eat.

Considering that she was indeed seriously injured, although most people had a little dissatisfaction, everyone didn't say much.

Luweiya also rushed over in the morning. Miss Jia Lin Na only wanted Xia De to let her go when she saw her enter the door, but Luweiya told Xia De not to move:

"If I even mind this, who else among you can sit here now?"

Except for Grandma Cassandra, the girls present smiled reservedly, but Miss Jia Lin Na was a little uneasy about this. However, Xia De could see that Luweiya really didn't mind, and besides, Miss Jia Lin Na did indeed make a very prominent contribution last night.

Thus, breakfast turned into a breakfast meeting. Xia De, sitting on the chair beside the bed, summarized last night's battle. Although last night looked like a successful battle, his mood was actually very heavy:

"Current clues indicate that those dormant paradox insects seem to have the ability to possess tree-type relics, giving such relics special temporal characteristics. The ability displayed by the Sage-level tree person last night was already no less than that of an Angel-level relic. I even suspect that not only tree-type relics, but other types of relics might also be enhanced by being clung to by paradox insects."

"Before I came over from the city, the church had already recovered two paradox insect sacs that did not fall into the mud and disappear because of damage. The church and Xia De have the same idea. They believe that what happened last night was a probe, probing how strong the human power in Vista City is."

Luweiya added. Now Friday morning has arrived, most of the traces of last night's battle have been eliminated, and the whole city falling into a deep sleep still needs the City Hall to make up a suitable reason. And what is more troublesome is the green miasma last night, which made many plants in the city look like they had suddenly become in the state of midsummer. The experts in the newspaper are trying hard to link this matter to the abnormality of this year's climate.

"Because of the relic last night, is the number of citizens who turned into trees in the dream large?"

Vanessa asked with concern. Luweiya shook her head:

"There is no specific statistical figure yet, but it shouldn't be many... I originally thought there would be heavy casualties this time, but it seems that the indigenous people of Creekwood Town seem to possess a very peculiar constitution, allowing them to resist the process of tree-ification."

The knowledgeable ship girl then asked:

"This is not normal, right? Whether it is the Fifth Era or the Sixth Era, ordinary people should not have this kind of resistance."

"I have the answer to this question. This is probably the ultimate secret of this woodland."

Xia De sat on the side of the bed with Miss Jia Lin Na in his arms:

"A long time ago, I was wondering where the tree holes of the locals came from. I had only discovered the stories of three families, and I had already sensed that the timeline here was almost as messy as a ball of yarn that had been grabbed by Little Mia... No, Mia, I didn't call you, Tifa, add some more goat milk for it. We won't talk about the details of these stories, now we only need to think about one thing—

If the ordinary people of Creekwood Town contacting one tree hole after another was also influenced by that great tree, then what is the purpose?"

Xia De answered his own question:

"Cultivating paradox insects, weakening the local temporal stability. After those ordinary people contact the tree holes, it is very easy to create temporal paradoxes. If there are a few more things like the 'my son is actually my father' of the Kaming family, I even suspect that the source of the bloodline of this entire small town is the same.

To fight against the local temporal stability seal, one must use the paradoxes of mortals generation after generation to wear it down, making the seal left after the ancient war of the Second Era thinner and thinner. Not to mention that the paradox insects born in this process can also become helpers of that tree. So the special resistance of the locals should come from the chaos of the bloodline. That is not resistance to tree-ification, that is resistance to temporal distortion. They themselves are already abnormal enough."

It is precisely because of understanding this point that after the witches arrived, Xia De did not go to unearth the secrets and ethical stories of the local families as he did in the early stage. Because these stories are all appearances, even if he figured out the secrets of everyone here, he could not change the influence caused by things that had already happened.

"So, you suspect that the paradox insects were deliberately bred by that tree? This is also reasonable... Then the second paradox insect that appeared last night, is it really the 'Keeper' you discussed with the hermits?"

Xivi asked again, and Xia De nodded very firmly:

"It should be. I have only seen it cast spells so far. And after it was killed by Yin Yi Yi Lu Na last night, it 'reborn' from the sac of a new paradox insect. This can also explain the origin of this unique insect called the 'Keeper'."