Chapter 3057: Gifts, Methods, and Salvation

Xia De spent the first morning after the Battle of the Vesta Woodlands like this, with his back to the dim yellow crystal crack behind him, looking down at Iluna's sleeping face.

Thinking of nothing and doing nothing, the Outsider finally enjoyed a moment of leisure; he had almost not stopped since he woke up this morning. If it weren't for the fact that it was a bit too cold here, this "date" could be considered quite warm and romantic.

And when Iluna woke up from her dream at noon, she first checked if she was drooling. After hugging Xia De's neck and sitting up, she took the initiative to kiss Xia De with the dizziness and courage of just waking up.

"Xia De, actually we can go out on dates alone like this often... well, actually I've been very busy and have no time."

Xia De and Iluna parted at White Ape Canyon. Iluna returned to the city to report the sealing of the doomsday crack, while Xia De, who had nothing to do, threw out the crystal shoes and returned home. However, his purpose was not to go home, but to set off from home again and go to the woodlands, leave the tree hole, and arrive at the tree house where Emilia had lived for a whole year.

Now the elf was gone, and the chocobos were still on the "Radiant Messenger" and had not been released, so the surroundings of the tree house were empty and looked very deserted.

However, when Miss Danister took Emilia away, she obviously didn't let her come back to pack her things, so Emilia's belongings were all still here.

Today was Monday, and he came to take the gift. 【God's Gift Box】 had been placed in the elf's tree house because it was used to contain "Opening the Forest Gate: Our Animal Friends." Emilia told Xia De where she put the artifact, which was simply the tree hole opened by 【Tree Hole Spell】.

Xia De broke off a branch and successfully opened the tree hole in the tree house according to the opening method. There wasn't much left in it besides the gift box; the elf who also participated in the war naturally brought all the relics and spell-casting materials before setting off.

After opening the box, he first took out the book leading to 1802. This book came from the Kaming family and was the key door for James Kaming to have a secret meeting with his nominal grandmother, thereby giving birth to his nominal father.

Sighing gently, the book was wrapped in brilliant crystals in the Outsider's hand, and after a few seconds, it completed the thorough sealing. The heavy crystal book reflected the sunlight shooting in from the tree house window, looking incomparably brilliant. If Xia De wanted, he could re-open the seal at any time, but "twisted tree holes" were ultimately illegal methods of time travel, and the Outsider probably wouldn't use them again.

"And then this week's gift."

Xia De sat on Emilia's small bed and reached into the box again. The matter in the woodlands had come to an end, and he didn't have anything particularly wanted, so at this moment, no matter what he got, it wouldn't cause surprise.

"Alright, getting this now really feels like a matter of course."

Xia De looked at the brand new 【Ye Zi of Youth】 in his hand, sighing and greedily placing the leaf in front of his eyes, but unfortunately nothing happened; this was really just a leaf:

"This week's task is to water the plants, which is easy. Now I have four leaves... Iluna's 【Ye Zi of Youth】 has probably been consumed in the great battle; remember to remind me to give her another one tonight."

【Alright.】

Compared to the almost full attendance at breakfast, the banquet hall on the ship was much colder at lunch. The tired ladies either had other work or had fallen into a deep sleep, and even the witch apprentices were mostly busy.

Therefore, this made Xia De look a bit too idle, and Duoluoxi, who heard him say this, had to helplessly say to Luweiya:

"Should I say it or should you say it?"

"You say it."

The writer miss said to Xia De in a very impolite tone:

"Alright, Xia De, now go back to your room and take a nap with your cat; this is what you deserve. Before... four o'clock this afternoon, don't let us see you appear in the corridor or the woodlands, otherwise you won't be able to touch our bed for half a month."

Besides them, Miss Ilesser and Ajelina were of course at the dining table. The ship girl was holding back her laughter, and the little princess lowered her head and pretended to be eating very seriously, but obviously was very interested in this dialogue.

Xia De knew they wanted him to rest, so he didn't object:

"Alright, alright. But since both I and Little Mia have been grounded by you, what should I do if I want to have a cup of tea or get some fruit and snacks?"

"If you go back now, you will find a rope extending from the pipe at the head of the bed. If you pull the rope, the kitchen will get the news, and the maids will send it to you."

The ship girl said with a smile, and Xia De thought of the soft 【kiss】 this morning when he looked at her, but unfortunately there was no such dessert on the ship.

The Outsider never had the habit of taking a nap, whether it was in his hometown or in this world. So although he agreed to return to his room to rest, he was actually continuing to organize the gains of this Battle of the Vesta Woodlands.

"Knowledge about 'Cursed Rotten Tree' that can help me save Miss Helena Carter..."

The cat was already asleep on the desk beside Xia De's hand, and Xia De took out the leaf with knowledge. Placing it in front of his right eye, as the golden light flowed along the leaf veins, the complex knowledge poured into his mind.

In 1821, Professor Yuke Wood told Xia De that the "Cursed Rotten Tree" could not be reversed, but the seeds produced by the big tree might allow the soul to "reborn." The knowledge given by the Tree Father this time was related to this. That information introduced the cause, characteristics, power, and weaknesses of this evil thing "Cursed Rotten Tree" to Xia De in great detail, and some information was not even summarized by Adele.

As an evil thing, the birth of the "Cursed Rotten Tree" was only related to the "time curse." Whether it was a person with a time curse turning into a tree, or an ordinary big tree passively accommodating too many curses, it was possible to form such an evil thing.

In other words, although the "Cursed Rotten Tree" was indeed a tree, it was absolutely impossible to grow another new tree from the seeds, because its essence was a collection of curses and pain.

So if you want it to give birth to "seeds," you have to catalyze it artificially. Probably because Xia De did really well in the Vesta Woodlands this time, the Tree Father didn't tell Xia De any riddles. The methods of catalyzing seeds, purifying lost souls, and guiding souls into seeds were quite straightforward and all in that leaf.

Although the ritual corresponding to this method was quite strict, and it even involved several materials Xia De had never heard of, as long as there was a goal, relying on the financial resources and power of St. Byrons to gather the ritual conditions would not be a very troublesome problem.

The most troublesome point in saving Miss Helena Carter was actually how to find the tree she turned into in the current Karas Mountain and control it, so Xia De needed to defeat the big tree again in the "past" and feel its situation.

As for whether it could really be found in the end, even the Outsider dared not guarantee it.

"Meow~"

The napping cat made a slight dream-talking sound. Xia De looked at the golden sunlight projected onto the cat's smooth fur through the porthole, and only then did he finally have the real feeling that everything had temporarily ended:

"What should I do next... continue reading, the doctor is right, there is still a month and a half until the year-end exam week, I hope Luweiya and Duoluoxi also remember this."

He kept his promise to Luweiya and Duoluoxi and did not leave the room until 4:00 that day, and Miss Danister and Emilia actually returned before 4:00.

Even Iluna arrived at the Radiant Messenger at 4:00 in the afternoon, so Emilia, Iluna, and the little princess gathered on the ship again. Taking advantage of everyone being busy before the banquet started, the elf with pointed ears made a gesture to Iluna and Ajelina, and the three of them sneaked off the Radiant Messenger.

The ship girl of course discovered their small movements, but with Iluna there, she only thought that the young girls wanted to play in the forest, so she didn't care.

Because the little princess couldn't fly, Emilia specially rode Little Liana to take her off the ship together, while Iluna relied on her own flight.

The three did not go far, but landed in the snow directly below the ship. The daytime in winter was short, and the sun was already setting toward the horizon at just past four. The cold wind blew, making Ajelina's face flushed, but she thought it was more because of excitement.

Excited that they were doing something very remarkable behind everyone's back:

"Emilia, you have the answer, right?"

"Yes!"

The elf girl with pointed ears was also shivering from the cold wind in the woodlands, but she was an Eighth-Ring warlock after all, much stronger than the little princess of the Second Ring, so she didn't wear as many clothes as the fat penguin Ajelina.

Emilia reached out and took off the 【Elf Kingship】 stuck on her arm and put it on her head. After tapping it gently with her finger, some knowledge that did not belong to her entered her mind:

"The World Tree wreckage - Ancient One - Yuke Wood gave his last power to this crown to help Xia De complete the seal, but in addition to power, his knowledge is also here now. Before he truly disappeared, I asked him about how to revive the 【Staff of Yggdrasil】, and he gave me the answer!"

Emilia smiled and looked at her two best friends. Iluna, who was wrapped in a red scarf, asked impatiently:

"What method?"

"First, we need to clarify one point. Although the main material of Xia De's staff is the tree heart of the World Tree wreckage here, it also contains other various materials from the old World Tree that I don't know." ===== CHAPTER 3058 =====