Chapter 2967: A Morning Without a Sun

Luvia looked at Emilia's profile with interest, surprised in her heart that she was so bold as to directly ask for her permission; this was something many great witches hadn't done:

"You have the right to do so. I don't mind. Just go ahead and do it after the Chosen One ritual is over."

Hearing her encouragement, the little elf's eyes seemed to light up:

"Luvia, you are so kind~ So I really can kiss Xia De, right? I mean that kind of very excessive kiss. Very, very excessive."

Emilia's face turned beet red. She was too embarrassed to look at Luvia again at this moment, so she didn't notice the expression of the purple-eyed diviner who almost choked:

"So you meant a kiss... Of course, girls have the right to pursue happiness. Although it's strange for me to say this, since Xia De has asked you to do so many excessive things, it's only right for you to ask for some return. A kiss... actually, more than that is fine too."

Luvia wanted to laugh at this moment. Simple girls don't ask for much; they just want to exchange their sincere hearts for their lover's sincere heart. Although the diviner would absolutely, absolutely, absolutely never give Xia De entirely to others, borrowing him out was fine.

After all, Xia De really owed others in this matter, and Luvia would also supervise Xia De to repay the favor.

"Just a kiss..."

Of course, she still really wanted to laugh.

That night, Xia De thought someone would be waiting for him in the room, but in reality, what awaited him were only the warm and comfortable room tidied up in advance by the maids, and little Mia curled up obediently beside the pillow.

With the final battle imminent, the girls also understood that Xia De needed personal space and a stable sleep.

Therefore, when he climbed into bed in his pajamas at ten o'clock at night for the first time in a long while and reached out to stroke little Mia, he actually felt a sense of the so-called little happiness of life amidst the crisis of the coming storm.

The most comfortable room on the Glorious Messenger was occupied by Xia De at this time. In fact, this room seemed to be the one where Xia De had painted the oil painting for the ship-girl who hadn't been fully born yet.

Crawling into the quilt in his pajamas, the soft bed and warm covers were very reassuring, and the sound of little Mia's breathing, curled up like a cat-ball beside the pillow, really made the Outworlder feel like he had returned to No. 6 St. Deran Square.

It was still too early, and he didn't fall asleep immediately. So before sleeping, he took out a few books from his Moon Library and flipped through them casually. There were simply too many books given to him by that god when the Time Key of the Ash Valley ended.

"Speaking of which, today is already Thursday. If I don't mind, the new key can already be opened... I wonder if there will be any chance to hear the story of Miss Bister in the future."

Among the last batch of students at the Strange Tree Academy, Iluna and Emilia were both in this era, Miss Meiz had become an angel of a god, and the Green Dragon Maid, Miss Vilde, had returned to the St. Byron's Witch Academy of the founding era.

Therefore, only the free gray wolf girl who chased the moon was left unaccounted for after the story of the Time Key ended. Although she possessed the artifact given by the god and the bark of the World Tree, Xia De was still worried about her life afterward.

The stories of the past were long gone, and he rarely cared so much about the companions he met in the Time Keys. But he had a premonition that his encounter with that werewolf girl would definitely not be just once. Perhaps in some adventure far in the future, he would see that girl with fluffy ears and a fluffy tail by a campfire in the darkness again.

"Meow~"

The cat, who really had fluffy ears and a fluffy tail and was right beside Xia De, meowed gently. Xia De smiled and stroked its little head again:

"After the story of Vesta Woodland ends, there will be another period of rest. I promised Margaret to visit her in Willandale, and I also need to find an opportunity to let Miss Oulannuode stay for a while. Of course, there's also the promise to Bella to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Moon Bay Bridge, and accompanying Miss Danister to Mount Karas next month. After that, I'll try to see if I can find out about Miss Bister."

"She" laughed softly, and this kind of laughter in the warm and comfortable bedroom was very reassuring:

【Are you sure you can really find the time?】

Xia De looked down at the book "Underdark: Myconids and Deep Dwarves" in his hand and said very firmly:

"Unless an accident happens during the holiday."

That night, the Outworlder fell asleep alone for the first time in a long while. However, perhaps because he had thought too much before sleeping, the dream that night was quite bizarre.

The book he read that night caused him to dance with a group of mushroom people and spore people in his dream; the scene was simply as if he had really eaten poisonous mushrooms. But soon the dream changed, and he, walking in the dark world underground, saw a fire in the distance. After walking closer, he discovered it was a campfire.

Miss Sibyl Bister sat alone by the fire, and the werewolf girl smiled and waved at Xia De:

"I am still keeping the World Tree bark you gave me safe and sound."

Saying this, the werewolf girl went to rummage through her backpack, but even after she almost stuffed her head into the backpack, she couldn't find the piece of bark:

"Oh no, it wouldn't be lost, would it?"

The gray wolf girl with drooping ears asked Xia De pitifully again, and then suddenly laughed before he could speak:

"Just kidding. Look at what's above your head?"

Xia De looked up, and then saw the familiar huge moon disk hanging in the sea of stars. Looking around again, this was no longer that dark region, but the endless wilderness under the sea of stars.

The gray wolf girl asked again:

"Xia De, then what is it that you are holding in your hand?"

Xia De looked down and discovered that the piece of bark was indeed in his hand.

This dream had no logic, but early Friday morning, Xia De, who woke up after a perfect night's sleep, found that he remembered the details of that dream very clearly.

And outside the window at this time, it was still dark night.

This was actually quite normal. Xia De and the cat's biological clocks always made them open their eyes at 6:30, and in the current winter, it was of course not yet dawn at this time.

It was just that when Xia De lazily brushed his teeth and washed his face, thinking about "whether to wash the cat again before the Year-End Festival," he discovered that there was still no sign of dawn outside the window:

"I remember it wasn't this dark at this time yesterday... What was I doing at this time yesterday?"

【Miss Jia Lin Na Cavendish said she didn't want to return to her room alone and asked you to carry her back; you said you would be seen by others, but later you were persuaded by her that you could use illusion to become invisible; Miss Jia Lin Na Cavendish also said you could go back together without clothes, you refused again...】

"I already know! Don't help me recall anymore!"

Because not everyone got up as early as the Outworlder who had been "tamed" by little Mia, there was still some spare time before breakfast.

Xia De usually used this time to wander around the ship, chatting with whoever he bumped into until mealtime. Chatting with different girls always brought him different good moods, and a good mood early in the morning would affect his state for the day, thereby making him feel very efficient when engaged in certain things.

Today he met Miss Swift, who seemed to have just returned from the forest with people, in the second-deck cabin. The girl with flaxen hair still had the chill of the outdoors on her:

"Good morning, Xia De.

The teacher arranged for us to go into the forest to collect 'Flash Star Flowers.' This was discovered by Miss Bernice when she led a team to survey the mithril vein. This kind of flower only has medicinal value if collected between 5:00 and 5:30 in the morning. However, it is all worth it. The teacher discovered that after special processing, this flower can restore the 'Angel Elixir' you provided to its high-concentration effect at a lower concentration."

That is to say, although it cannot directly enhance the maximum recovery effect of the "Angel Elixir," it can disguisedly increase the quantity of the potion.

The girl with flaxen hair smiled as she spoke, obviously not feeling that squatting in the snow at 5:00 in the morning was a hard task. Seeing Miss Swift chatting with Xia De, the other girls took the newly collected medicinal materials and went to process them first.

After they walked past the corner of the corridor, Miss Swift reached out her hand toward Xia De. Xia De held her hand. Although her hand wasn't cold, the girl still smiled knowingly at Xia De's action:

"I thought you would give me a hug directly and say something like 'you've worked hard'."

"That would be too cliché."

"Then what is not cliché?"

She asked with a smile, so Xia De let go of her hand, pressed his right hand toward his heart to grab a warm ball of light, and then gently pressed it onto her left chest:

"I feel this would be even warmer."

The warm feeling made the girl feel as if her whole body was soaked in a hot spring. However, what surprised her even more was Xia De's bold action. Actually, strictly speaking, Xia De didn't touch her; the ball of light in his hand automatically merged into her body upon contact, so his hand didn't need to really press on it.

But Rita Swift still blushed. She looked left and right, and seeing no one at either end of the corridor, she gently patted Xia De, then stood on tiptoe and offered another kiss:

"Yes, it's very warm, even a bit too warm."

The girl said this, still with a smile on her face. Afterward, Xia De sent her back to her room to wash up, and on the way, he also asked about the sky:

"Is it normal that it's not dawn yet? It's already 7:00, and there's still no sign of any sunlight outside."

"Meow~"

The cat on his shoulder immediately spat out a few sparks from its mouth, and then was stroked on its little head by Xia De again.

The young witch apprentice recalled for a moment:

"Yes, normally it should be dawn by this time."

But in reality, until the dining table was full of people and everyone started eating breakfast, the starry sky was still hanging high above their heads. The witches contacted their followers who remained in other places for this reason, and then discovered that the whole world was like this; this was not a special phenomenon of the Vesta Woodland. ===== CHAPTER 2968 =====