Chapter 2904: A Busy Night

A faint light flashed within the washroom, and Xia De, still bearing the lipstick mark on his face, collapsed into the bathtub, clutching the door-frame pendant in his hand.

He stared blankly at the washroom ceiling for a good while before struggling to rise; the black key on his chest clattered onto the floor. The familiar ceiling and bathtub indicated that this was his room aboard the "Radiant Messenger":

"So I've returned... until we meet again, I must wait another month."

【Are you reluctant to leave?】

"Of course. She is all alone in the era of the apocalypse; naturally, I am reluctant."

Xia De thought to himself, continuing to struggle to sit up. Unfortunately, he had gotten stuck in the bathtub upon his return, and being too lazy to transform and fly out, it took him quite a while to stand up.

To avoid waking the young ladies who were still sleeping, Xia De had not turned on the lights when he entered. Now, he tidied up the things he had left behind in the darkness and changed into his pajamas before looking at his reflection in the mirror.

Of course, this was mainly to ensure there were no traces of Adele left on his face.

This series of actions was quite time-consuming, so much so that a sudden knock on the door startled Xia De.

"Xia De, what are you doing in there?"

It was Luweiya's voice. Xia De hurriedly moved to the inner side of the washroom before speaking:

"Are you needing to use this? I'll be done in a moment."

"Sir Knight, since you entered the washroom, I've only heard the sound of you changing clothes; I certainly didn't hear you using the toilet."

"I..."

"Xia De, don't tell us you even use a silence spell when you use the toilet."

At this moment, Dorothy's voice also appeared outside. Xia De could easily imagine the expressions on their faces as they laughed.

"Alright, I was indeed not using the toilet."

Then, the purple-eyed girl's voice continued:

"Xia De, you wouldn't be doing something bad behind our backs, would you?"

"No! Absolutely not!"

Dorothy then said:

"Hearing your voice so nervous, you were definitely not doing anything good in there... come to think of it, you wouldn't be..."

Xia De heard the whispering of the two girls outside the door, and then Dorothy asked with great concern:

"You weren't taking care of it yourself just now, were you?"

"What?"

Dorothy continued:

"If others knew that the two of us spent the night here, yet you still had to sneak off to the toilet in the middle of the night to take care of it, Miss Jia Lin Na and the others would definitely blame Luweiya and me."

"Yes, yes."

Luweiya was clearly still laughing:

"Having slept for a while, we are actually quite well-rested. Xia De, open the door, let's continue."

They were clearly teasing Xia De, though it was indeed strange for Xia De to sneak into the toilet in the middle of the night to change clothes.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course, do you look down on us that much?"

Xia De opened the door, and seeing Luweiya and Dorothy both looking at him with smiles, he hugged one with each arm and lifted them both up at once.

"Honestly, Xia De~"

Fists lightly hammered Xia De, and then they were tossed back by Xia De amidst laughter.

Because of the activities in the second half of the night, by the time Xia De truly fell asleep that night, it was nearly four in the morning. Luweiya and Dorothy were still lying on either side of Xia De, this time locking him firmly in place, absolutely not letting him slip into the washroom again.

However, Xia De had no intention of going to the washroom again, for as the dream arrived, he once again fell into that dilapidated No. 6 Saint Deran Square.

Of course, this time it was only a dream.

When he found the long-haired Luweiya on the roof, the girl was hugging her legs and watching the sun in the distance. Xia De sat down beside her, supporting himself on the roof, and Luweiya naturally leaned her head on his shoulder.

The two looked out at the sky together, and after a good while, Xia De asked curiously:

"I haven't asked before, what is the significance of the black sun?"

He still remembered that when he used the "Dragon Roar" to summon the Sword of Light to deal with the "Prayers of Light" in the apocalyptic era, he had summoned the light of the black sun, and "She" had sternly warned Xia De never to do such a thing again.

But the long-haired girl did not answer, perhaps she could not. She only asked softly:

"Xia De, when you went to the washroom just now, you were actually going to see Adele, weren't you?"

"Yes, how did you know..."

Luweiya then smiled gently:

"I said just now that my nose wouldn't be wrong. It seems her situation in the apocalyptic era isn't very good; she can't even bear to use much perfume."

Saying this, she grabbed Xia De's right hand and squeezed it:

"Xia De, you weren't very honest either."

"You can tell even that?"

"I am a professional diviner. Why, are you still looking to ask her for help this time?"

"If necessary, I think I will."

Xia De hugged her, and Luweiya obediently leaned her back against Xia De's chest.

"The story of Vista City is coming to an end, and I am truly worried about what will happen in the end."

This time, the long-haired girl offered no comfort; she leaned against him and continued to watch the black sun with him:

"If you truly need to sacrifice..."

"I will sacrifice nothing."

The long-haired girl nodded lightly, as if having made a certain decision:

"I will help you, Xia De."

"Please note, the so-called 'I will sacrifice nothing' includes you as well."

Although Luweiya nodded again, no one could see through her thoughts:

"Do you know? The original me also had the thought of not wanting to sacrifice anything... fortunately, in the end, you came."

"Do you know that I was born because of you?"

"You said this to me once on Green Island."

"If not for your persistence, there would be no me, no Sixth Era, and no story we want to experience today... wait, shouldn't you be comforting me? How did it become me comforting you?"

The long-haired girl leaned against Xia De's chest and chuckled. She snuggled up to Xia De and continued talking to him, even asking what Xia De and Adele had done just now, and then went on to mock Adele's cowardice. But as she spoke, she began to get handsy, and Xia De had to remind her:

"When we met last time, didn't you say to move this time to the last time?"

But Luweiya didn't care about that:

"Your Adele also said that I am an Anate who is naturally fond of playing with conspiracies... let me cover up the aura she left in your soul, so that when she from the present world comes, she won't easily discover you. Xia De, this is for your own good, and I have to work very hard."

So this night, at the intersection of the Leaf-Wither Moon and the Frost-Fall Moon, was busier for Xia De than any day.

Perhaps because he was exhausted from the night before, Xia De slept quite soundly when he finally fell asleep. Thus, early Saturday morning, when Miss Jia Lin Na, having received the news, broke into his room, he only opened his eyes when the witch approached the bedside—it was Miss Jia Lin Na's turn to stand guard last night:

"Wake up! Something happened in the forest again."

"Great-aunt, if your news isn't big enough in the end, I swear I will take equal revenge on you later."

Princess Lei Qianya said, bleary-eyed. Luweiya didn't speak, only rubbing against Xia De, while Difa walked in holding Little Miya.

"Can I put on my shirt first?"

Xia De, who was preparing to sit up amidst the entanglement of the girls, asked with a yawn, but Miss Jia Lin Na didn't care about that:

"You're saying this to me? Which part of you haven't I seen?"

Saying this, she even touched Xia De's face in a rogue-like manner, but she didn't forget to mention the serious business:

"Isn't it early winter now? The Vista Forest should have been full of bare trees, but overnight, the forest seems to have regained its vitality. Looking down from the sky now, one can see dense green areas appearing in the forest."

"It's just forest recovery, this isn't a big deal."

Princess Lei Qianya said with her eyes closed, clearly not wanting to get up yet:

"Let Difa and the others mark the location of the recovered forest areas, and we can discuss what this means when we have breakfast later. Great-aunt, please remember to close the door when you go out."

Saying this, she pulled Xia De's hand again, wanting Xia De to lie back down.

Miss Jia Lin Na Cavendish shook her head at her grandniece's laziness—though if she hadn't been on guard duty, she wouldn't have gotten up so early either:

"This isn't just forest recovery; in the center of every small patch of forest that has regained its vitality, a towering tree has appeared."

"How tall is the tree?"

Xia De asked.

"A hundred-meter-tall tree."

No one had expected the sudden changes in the forest; before this, people were only actively preparing to deal with the anomalies of time.

And although the hundred-meter-tall giant trees Miss Jia Lin Na spoke of could not be seen from the city, they could be clearly seen on Lake Yulun, which was surrounded by the forest. Even in a world with supernatural powers, it was difficult for ordinary trees to reach such a height even after growing for a hundred years.

Standing on the deck of the Radiant Messenger and looking at the giant trees now standing in the forest, Xia De felt for some reason that they looked more like watchtowers.

With the help of the hermits in the forest, the areas within the Vista Forest range where "tree anomalies" occurred were counted by ten o'clock that morning.

Miss Deng En brought back data from the Academy, and after superimposing the map drawn by the hermits with the sand table manipulated by Fan Ni Sha, although Xia De did not find any patterns, at least he could see that the further away from the city, the greater the density of the forests that had turned from brown to green.

The "Father of Infinite Trees" was originally the god of time and trees. In these times of chaotic time, it was not incomprehensible for the forest to undergo anomalies. It was just that the Church and Xia De were worried that this was not a natural phenomenon, but a brand-new plan of that Ancient One.

Church observations showed that those hundred-meter-tall giant trees all had a tendency to transform into tree-men. The elves who had come for Emilia had all set out and scattered into the forest, trying to discover the secrets of these peculiar giant trees. ===== CHAPTER 2905 =====