Chapter 2920: Grandfather Paradox and Anthony's Story

【This time, are you so proactive?】

Hearing Xia De's words, Miss O'Lannod, who was being watched by him, blushed a little, but the witch of the Fifth Era was much bolder than those of the Sixth Era:

"Not only the yellow moon, but you also want violets, right?"

Saying this, she laughed herself. Xia De also showed a smile. The two looked at each other for a while before Xia De said again:

"Long time no see, Miss O'Lannod."

"Long time no see, Xia De... When you look at the yellow moon of this era, have you ever thought of me?"

Xiwei and Miss Jia Lin Na, holding wine glasses, stood together looking at the two in the distance. The witch with beautiful big wavy long hair nudged the Duchess with her elbow:

"This should still be considered a public occasion, right? I see they are about to lean together."

"Do you have an opinion?"

"What opinion could I have? But I always feel like someone ran into our territory, pressing down on the little lamb we hunted and kissing and biting it."

"Only a lioness would describe it like that."

Miss Jia Lin Na said. She certainly didn't care about these things. After all, kissing and biting a little lamb was nothing; she had already swallowed that little lamb into her stomach long ago. Since she had obtained the prey, just smelling the scent was boring.

Xia De actually had things to do tonight. Miss Danister had brought enough Time Sand, so he could go to the "Time Transit Station" again.

However, Miss O'Lannod's arrival and Amelia's return made him want to postpone this matter for another night, but the gentle ancient Moon Witch insisted that Xia De do his business:

"If you stay, I might stand here and talk to you all night."

"Isn't that very good?"

Her smile became more and more gentle:

"Of course it's very good, but give me some time to chat with others. For example, I haven't seen Miss Ilayse for a long time either."

It was clear that the ship girl should have lived at the end of the Fifth Era, in the same era as Miss Violet and Theresa, but it seemed that everyone knew her:

"And that Miss Danister Gustav whom Teacher and Fiona mentioned to me. Amelia has also introduced her to us. Is she your teacher in this era? Is she also a librarian? I just saw her. The red moon is indeed charming, and she is excessively young.

Speaking of which, fate and time also favor her, right? Time curses did not fail to appear in the Fifth Era, but looking at history, I have never heard of anyone who could maintain the state of being eighteen forever because of a time curse... Even the Witch Emperor could not endure this temptation."

More than one person had said similar things. Of course, the first one was Miss Owl.

Xia De also looked back at the red-haired girl. She was talking to Granny Qishala with a serious expression beside Amelia. Having been eighteen for so long, if the initial her still had a temperament inconsistent with this age, then Danister Gustav now looked like eighteen in every respect.

Noticing Xia De's gaze, Miss Danister also looked at him. But after their eyes met, they immediately separated. Those rose-red eyes did not want to be watched by Xia De's soul at this moment; she... also wanted to talk to the ancient witch.

Because of this, Xia De became the only person who could not participate in this grand banquet, and even little Mia would not follow him out.

In the end, Luvia, Flora, and Miss Ilayse saw him off on the deck together. Luvia asked Xia De to have more contact with the masked person so that she could use divination to find out the other party's identity later, while Flora smiled and said:

"We will remember to leave the last piece of dessert for you."

They waved at Xia De together, and then watched Xia De, who jumped onto the pier, disappear into the woods while looking back three times for every step.

The snow that had lasted all day had stopped at some point, but the forest had long since turned silver-white. The small silver wolf would not even leave deep footprints when walking through the woods, but the silent night seemed to be brewing more unknown dangers.

When the silver wolf looked up at the three moons in the night sky, he inevitably thought of the gray wolf who was truly chasing the moon in the night. The outsider had encountered many people who worshipped the moon in this world, but only that gray wolf witch was the most special.

Although she worshipped the moon, she would not be bound by faith. That kind of purest and simplest faith was, in Xia De's view, the most pious faith.

Nothing happened along the way, and when Xia De entered the city, the city was also very peaceful.

Thanks to the small size of Vista City, the snow on the main roads of the city had been basically cleared. It was just that after the melted snow water froze overnight, Xia De thought that people going out tomorrow morning must be very careful.

He used that black invitation letter in an alley in the old town. This time, when the invitation letter was stuck on the wall, he paid close attention to sensing it. Watching the invitation letter melt into the wall and form a pitch-black door, having already mastered the "Tree Hole Curse," he could almost be sure that the hole in front of him was also opened by the Tree Hole Curse.

In other words, the Time Transit Station located in "frozen time" was essentially the "stagnant" time and space in the tree hole.

"But the space opened by the Tree Hole Curse does not have the function of connecting different time points."

After passing through the black door, Xia De entered the dim "Accordion Hotel" again. He thought this gathering was only opened because of the transaction between him and the "masked person," but he didn't expect that after entering, he found that besides Bennett behind the counter, there was another person sitting at the table. Of course, this was not Anthony Winstanley, whom Xia De was nominally looking for.

Xia De should have been the last one to arrive, because the black door behind him closed automatically after he entered. And after he sat down, the masked person holding a kerosene lamp first walked to the woman sitting at the table:

"Are you sure you want to go back to the past and kill your maternal grandfather who is still in his childhood?"

"Yes, I have prepared everything."

Next was the familiar signing of the contract. During this period, the woman didn't care about Xia De at all. After signing the contract, she walked up the stairs without looking back. Xia De noticed that she was also a mage, but her level was not high.

"Killing a young maternal grandfather through time travel means that the mother will not be born, which in turn leads to the fact that she will not be born either. But if she is not born, no one will kill the maternal grandfather. This is an unimaginable paradox. Can she really succeed?"

Xia De asked after the woman completely disappeared. The kerosene lamp was placed on the table in front of him, and the masked person sat down:

"Of course it can't succeed. I even dare to bet that it is precisely because of her actions that her maternal grandfather and grandmother met, and thus her mother was born."

"Did you tell her this?"

"Of course, I gave her a complete warning, but sometimes people's obsessions affect our clarity of mind."

"Then what ending will she get? Because of the mockery of fate, die in an accident of her own plan? Or because of the punishment of time, disappear completely in time?"

Xia De asked again, but the masked person did not answer this time:

"Did you bring the Time Sand?"

"Of course."

Xia De placed the briefcase on the table. After opening it, there were ten hourglasses arranged neatly inside, each containing a standard unit of silver sand. The most basic use of 【Time Sand】 was to scatter it to affect the flow of time. This effect also applied to the user, so its use value was not high, and it was more used by people for research.

The masked person checked it slightly, confirmed that the purity and quantity of these Time Sands were sufficient, and closed the lid of the box, wanting to take the box away. But Xia De pressed his hand on the box, staring at the faceless mask:

"I brought what you wanted, so what about Anthony Winstanley?"

"Do you want to see him now?"

"Of course not now, I don't know the specific background yet. Now, you at least have to tell me his story."

"All right."

The masked person let go of the box handle:

"Last time I mentioned that Winstanley appeared here for the first time in the spring of 1844, and it took two months to make up his mind to leave the 'present.' His story is not special; it is not about saving love, not about escaping reality, not about longing for adventure, and certainly not about seeking wealth. He wanted to save someone."

"Like the person just now, also wanting to change history?"

"No, he just wanted to find his childhood playmate. Of the two who strayed into the forest, only one survived and returned, while the other had been missing ever since. Originally, he no longer cared about this matter, but after coming to this city in 1844, he unexpectedly discovered traces of his childhood playmate who had gone missing."

"He wanted to find the missing child?"

"He wanted to kidnap the missing child. As long as he goes back to that night and takes the child away at the right time, history will not change. The missing person will still be missing, but he can take care of the child until adulthood, until the time point of 1844 when he appears again."

The masked person asked Xia De:

"If I say it like this, can you understand?"

Xia De raised his eyebrows:

"Of course I understand, because it was not observed, so even if it is the past that has already happened, possibilities still exist. He did not want to change history, but wanted to create... no, complete history?"

This was somewhat like what Xia De had done in the Fifth Era, except that what he did was allowed by the Tree Father, and he himself would be regarded as a person of that time and space when entering that time and space, so no matter what he did, it would not cause a paradox.

"Saying it's completing history is a bit too arrogant. History is the story of time; no one can actively choose history. Although his approach can be considered a perfect formation of a time loop, this will definitely cause other problems... In the winter of 1819, he went to this time point. Respected guest, now, do you want to set off?" ===== CHAPTER 2921 =====