Chapter 2927

This was not the first time "she" had brought up such a suggestion in Xia De's ear. Although Xia De did not deny that he had been tempted, he immediately objected:

"How could I be that kind of person?"

Despite saying this, his eyes still looked at that bright red lipstick mark with a smile. The imprint was very clear, and he could easily imagine Miss Feilian sitting at her desk, taking the time to specifically reapply her lipstick in a small mirror before pressing the mark onto the stationery.

【A very clever method, more effective than any words.】

"She" continued to laugh lightly, and Xia De held the stationery for a good while before opening the other letter from Fiona.

The Red Dragon girl's letter was much thicker; five full pages of paper were densely filled with her care and longing for Xia De. This also brought a sense of imagery, only this time it was of a desk at night, with Fiona tearfully holding a pen and writing her heart out under a desk lamp.

She had used the first four pages and the first two lines of the last page, and the remaining part of the last page was not wasted either; it bore Miss Wilde's handwriting.

Clearly, the Green Dragon girl's status at the Academy was not yet enough for her to request Miss Olanode to carry a letter, so she could only use the remaining space on Fiona's stationery.

Miss Wilde's letters were written even smaller, and compared to Fiona's intense longing, the Green Dragon girl was mainly concerned about Xia De's life and urged him not to forget to drink afternoon tea often.

【She is reminding you.】

"Yes."

Xia De read the letter, written by two people, several more times before carefully putting it back into the envelope. Of course, Miss Feilian's letter was also carefully put away.

He planned to go home right now; on one hand, Princess Lei Qianya had said during breakfast that the maids had received a letter from the eastern town at No. 6 Saint Teresa Square, and on the other hand, he wanted to properly store these two letters.

Even if one day he truly brought all the ancient witches to this era, these two letters would be the best collectibles for him.

Because of the first snow on Sunday, the temperature in Vista City had dropped quickly, but Tobesk, which had yet to welcome this winter's snowflakes, still looked the same. When Xia De walked down from the third floor with the cat, he found that besides the maids doing their daily cleaning, Princess Lei Qianya was also there.

The Princess was sitting in a rocking chair in front of the fireplace holding a book, which appeared to be the Karsinrik-language "Hamilton Detective Stories (Volume 3)." The detective novels originally published in the North did not have names for each book, but by the time they were translated into Karsinrik, Dorothy had given each volume an alias.

Although the third volume was also a stack of individual detective stories, it contained an exploration of the mystery behind the background of the detective's best friend, the female reporter, and thus the third volume was also known as "Royal Phantom."

Of course, Dorothy would not go so far as to give her avatar in the book the status of a royal illegitimate child. She just wanted to use the mystery of the female reporter's background to lead into the Princess's case, and subsequently involve the detective in the kingdom's major case, but that was the main plot of the fourth volume.

"Xia De~"

The red-haired Princess put down her book, stood up, and gave Xia De a hug, so the maids very consciously exited the living room for the time being:

"It really has been a long time."

"How do I remember us chatting in the hotel hallway three minutes ago?"

"That was Dorothy, not me."

She let go of Xia De and patted her own chest:

"I missed you too. Now that you've poured all the love you had for the two of us onto Dorothy alone, I naturally have some objections."

Although there were some problems with this statement, Xia De was not unable to understand it.

He then kissed Princess Lei Qianya lightly on the lips, but after the kiss, Princess Lei Qianya pushed him away with a smile:

"Alright, I've felt your enthusiasm, my knight. But don't think of me as that kind of girl; I just wanted to come see you to prevent you from remembering Dorothy's gentleness but forgetting my face. I'm leaving now; there are still some things to handle at Yodel Palace.

By the way, the Vista City matter is almost over, right? Angelina hasn't appeared in public for so long that rumors are spreading outside that she's about to die of illness."

In reality, the little Princess was still excitedly talking to Emilia about the Fifth Era story when Xia De left the hotel.

"It's almost over. Since Emilia has already returned, the final battle in the Vista Woods will be a matter of this week or next week."

So the Princess hugged Xia De again before reluctantly saying goodbye:

"I am ready to go to the Vista Woods to help at any time. Also, I'll let you off today, but after the matter there is over, you must properly spend time with me."

"Yes, yes, my Princess."

As he said this, he used his right hand to perform a hat-tipping salute. Princess Lei Qianya then walked back and kissed Xia De on the cheek, only then letting Xia De see her downstairs.

He stopped by the basement to put away Miss Feilian and Fiona's letters, and after grabbing another handful of cat food for Little Mia, he sat down on the sofa in the second-floor living room to check the letter from Miss Gao De.

As usual, the letter contained Little Mia's monthly 10-pound "upkeep," though, calculated, even if this cat's taste had become increasingly picky lately, and no matter how high the cost of living in Tobesk was, its monthly consumption was far less than 10 pounds.

Thinking about it this way, even if the Outsider hadn't discovered Old John's Pawnshop last summer and obtained his first pot of gold through the cane, he wouldn't have starved to death as long as he waited to get in touch with Miss Gao De.

He shook his head vigorously to shake off the messy thoughts. He opened the letter; the beginning was the usual pleasantries and greetings. Miss Gao De's handwriting was very recognizable, and the way the flowery letters were written showed at a glance that she came from an extraordinary background.

This was already the third month (inclusive) since she visited Tobesk in the summer. Now back in her hometown, Miss Gao De was still organizing manpower to clean up the legacy left by her ancestors.

Her efforts over the past year or so had been very effective. Although she had experienced a serious illness, a crisis in the town, and a regional plague along the way, the property gained during this period was enough for her to recruit stronger mercenaries to explore deeper into the town—

She said that recently she discovered from books that there seemed to be secret passages and very deep spaces beneath her ancestral home, and she planned to try to excavate and see them when she had time.

Besides her own recent situation, Miss Gao De also said in the letter that she had confirmed she would visit Tobesk again around the end-of-year festival this year, and she very much hoped to see Detective Xia De Hamilton in person this time to thank him for his care of Mia.

"It's already November now, the end-of-year festival..."

Although he didn't know if he would really be able to see that lady this time, Xia De still wanted to prepare an end-of-year festival gift for her as well. But that was all for later; the matter in the Vista Woods was already imminent.

The time he and the "Masked Man" had agreed upon for their third meeting was Tuesday, so he had to use the next two days to investigate everything clearly. He had no time to conduct a fourth meeting; the loss of control of the doomsday rift already indicated that time would not continue to wait for him.

However, before starting today's work, Xia De, who had returned to the Vista Woods from home, did not forget to go to the elf's treehouse to collect the gift for the new week.

Because he had talked to Emilia for a long time after breakfast and then went home for a turn, it was already close to eleven in the morning when he arrived at the treehouse.

Very unfortunately, the elf girl was not at home now. Xia De originally wanted to wait for her return in the treehouse with Little Mia, but he soon saw two blue-feathered juvenile chocobos running around in the nearby snow on the second-floor platform—it was easy to spot them in the snow. Then Xia De suppressed the dissatisfied Little Mia, patted the little chocobos' small heads, and let them lead him through the woods to find the elf.

The elf girl had not gone too far. When the chocobos led Xia De to her, she was practicing archery in a clearing in the woods. But of course, she was not using those arrows made of World Tree material, but wooden arrows she had made herself, and even the arrowheads were wooden.

The blonde elf's expression was very focused, and she did not turn her head even when she heard Xia De's footsteps. After holding her breath and focusing, she released her fingers. With a "hum" vibration, the wooden arrow pierced the target she had set up on the other side of the clearing, and it was still buzzing and vibrating after being deeply nailed into the tree trunk.

The trembling of the tree trunk caused the snowflakes on the branches to fall one after another. Only then did the elf retract her longbow and turn to look at Xia De, while the two little chocobos had already rolled into a ball in the snow.

"Are you practicing archery? Does this have anything to do with those antique arrows?"

"Xia De, don't relate everything you see to the future; this is just daily practice. Are you here to get this week's gift?"

"Also to see you. Emilia returned yesterday afternoon, and some tree roots helped us temporarily stop the expansion of the doomsday rift. What do you think about these things?"

The elf picked up her silver cotton cloak from the snow, shook it twice, and draped it over herself:

"I will watch from inside my treehouse."

The gifts of the last two weeks had not been things that impressed Xia De much, and he had not held much hope coming here this week; the main thing was really to visit the elf girl living alone here.

Therefore, when his hand reached into the gift box, what he was actually thinking about in his heart was whether there was any deep-seated reason why Emilia refused to move out of here. And just when he thought he was overthinking it again, his hand had already touched the cold coin in the empty box.

The coin was lying at the very bottom of the 【God's Gift Box】, so Xia De almost thought there was nothing. When he pinched it, he was very certain that this was definitely not any currency currently in use, and when it left the box and revealed its own elements, Xia De knew that he had finally ushered in good luck again.