Chapter 306: Key of the Door

Seeing Xia De's determination, Miss Feilian shook her head with a light laugh:

"Helping us was never your responsibility. Although I don't know who gave you the task, the task is probably not mandatory, otherwise you wouldn't be so relaxed. Just try your best. Although you are willing to call me teacher, I am not that kind of strict mentor... Do you have any views on this?"

She suddenly turned her head to look at the Moon Witch who was covering her mouth and laughing. The young girl with long yellow hair immediately covered her mouth and shook her head, looking frightened:

"Of course not, teacher, you are the kindest and most considerate witch to students I have ever seen."

The Giant Tree Witch also nodded from the side, and Xia De almost understood Miss Feilian's personality.

The 3002 key allowed Xia De to stay for half an hour each time. The conversation with Miss Feilian about the God-Calling Ritual just now took quite a bit of time. Afterward, Miss Feilian finally asked about the result of Xia De's duel with the evil god, seemingly wanting to improve her novel "Mana Adventure Story Collection" through Xia De's experience, leaving more experience for future witches about running away when facing evil gods.

So, when Miss Feilian had no other questions, Xia De only had about five minutes left to stay.

The task of going into the forest to find the lost ritual items certainly didn't need Xia De, a Ringed Shushi with weak strength, to do it, so he planned to use the remaining time to ask the witches about things related to the Ancient Gods.

"Whispering Poem" would not appear until at least two thousand years later, so he couldn't ask about it, and the witches didn't dare to listen to modern things, so he could only ask this. But it was very disappointing that although Miss Feilian knew the secret of the Ten Thousand Changes Card, the witches didn't know much about the Ancient Gods, and even only heard about the special white fog spaces left behind by the Ancient Gods that Xia De mentioned.

"I don't know how you view me, but at least the current me shouldn't be what you know... From our conversation, I always feel that you seem to think I am someone who knows everything."

This was what Miss Feilian said when Xia De showed a regretful expression.

According to the historical records and legends of the Academy, Miss Feilian was still very young when Saint Byron's was established and lived for many years as the first principal after the Academy was established. Therefore, the Miss Feilian Xia De met this time, although she was already thirteenth-level, should only be in the early stage of her life, not the principal who was almost omniscient in history and legends.

"Actually, my time travel, besides witnessing more stories and completing some necessary work, has the most important purpose of unearthing the secrets of the Ancient Gods."

Xia De briefly explained his thoughts. Miss Feilian nodded without expressing any views, probably just treating it as listening to a young man's story. But the Moon Witch, who had finished transcribing the information Xia De brought and was helping him organize the briefcase, suddenly spoke.

The real age of these witches was definitely greater than their appearance, but the personalities they showed were very close to their appearance age. In Xia De's view, Miss Feilian was the kind of knowledgeable and steady lady, the Giant Tree Witch was taciturn and steady, and the Moon Witch's personality was relatively active.

This time, the young witch was very melancholy:

"Is this your life?"

"No, time travel only takes up a small part of my life. My main profession is a detective, but the activity that takes up the most time is raising a cat."

Xia De explained. The Moon Witch sighed and lowered her head to organize the documents in her hands:

"Walking through time to witness different stories, and living a fulfilling and peaceful life in your own time. Sir, the life you possess is probably the best life I can imagine."

"Sounds like you mean I'm not treating you well?"

Miss Feilian asked with some dissatisfaction, but this time her student didn't deny what she had just said:

"Teacher, before I met you, I was just an orphan girl selling flowers on the street. Only after following you could I have today's life. I am very satisfied with my current life; this is the best life in this era. But sometimes I wonder, if I didn't live in this era, but lived in a more peaceful world without war, without conspiracy, and even without mystery and supernatural, what would my life be like..."

Miss Feilian shook her head and said to Xia De:

"Look, this is the emotional and personality instability caused by being eroded by this forest for too long. Now it's just intermittent low mood, sentimental like an ordinary woman during her special period of the month, and the situation will become more and more serious later."

"Teacher, I... just heard this gentleman's words and suddenly felt some emotion."

The witch with long yellow hair defended herself in a low voice, and her companion patted her hand, telling her to say less.

"Actually, my life is not that good. Do you think being forced to face evil gods is a good life?"

Xia De asked back. He actually understood the Moon Witch's idea. When he was in his hometown, Xia De would occasionally think about what kind of life he would have if he lived in a world with supernatural power. But really coming here, he missed the stable days of the past very much:

"What you see is only the good side of my life, but you probably can't imagine that when I was walking on the road a few weeks ago, I was almost shot to death by someone for no reason."

"Is the order in your era also chaotic?"

Miss Feilian whispered, then signaled Xia De not to explain.

"As for a world without supernatural..."

Xia De looked at the bonfire in front of him:

"The burden of life will crush people like us who have no home."

The giant tree canopy overhead blocked the night sky, and the crimson-gold bonfire cast the shadows of the four people in four directions. Xia De looked at the crackling bonfire and thought of his two lives:

"When you don't have it, you envy others, and when you have it, you think the original was the best. So, you should cherish your current life. I am the one who envies you, lady; I envy you for having such a good teacher."

Miss Feilian, who was praised by Xia De, smiled at him, and the Moon Witch also looked up and smiled:

"You are very good at praising people; the teacher likes to hear such words... Alright, teacher, I won't say any more. But this gentleman, are you willing to accept a gift?"

"A gift?"

Xia De was puzzled and looked at the witches in the light of the bonfire. All three of them smiled at him:

"We discussed it after you left last time. Your power is too weak. No matter what, we should give you some power. But the barrier of time makes many things difficult to achieve, not to mention that our mystical power systems are different. Fortunately, the teacher understands some things about the Ringed Shushi system and understands that for you, stories of deities are also power."

"But it's not that you can gain power just by listening to stories."

Xia De wanted to explain the matter of elements in detail, but Miss Feilian interrupted him:

"Understanding and listening over and over again, capturing the traces left by the deity in the world at the moment when the light of the heart blooms, this is the way to obtain what is called 【Miracle】. The stories we tell you certainly won't work, but the stories written on the deity's tokens probably will. Very coincidentally, in order to prepare for the ritual to contact the deity, we do have some similar items in our hands, recording the story of the deity 【Yaobian Doorway】. Please listen carefully."

The two young witches each went into their single tents to take items. Miss Feilian was assigned an exquisite seven-string lyre, the Moon Witch held a wooden spindle, and the Giant Tree Witch held a branch with green buds.

All three items had rich miracle elements, and there were dense texts written on the surface telling stories.

Miss Feilian stroked the strings. I don't know if it was the power of the lyre itself or the power of the witch, but the sound of the lyre was like water droplets falling into the heart, spreading in this forest with the wind.

"In that distant era that even had no mythological records, the ancient god walked on the earth."

Her singing voice was very soft, but exceptionally pleasant. Her fingers plucked the strings, perfectly blending with the witch's singing voice:

"On the first day, He met a little deer and gained a loyal servant."

Miss Feilian stood up from the bonfire and came to Xia De, letting Xia De reach out to touch the lyre on which the story was written.

She continued to pluck the strings. Amidst the sound of the lyre, the Moon Witch held the spindle and opened her mouth, her singing voice low and vicissitudinous:

"On the second day, He picked a fresh flower and added gorgeous colors to Himself."

The Moon Witch stood up from the bonfire and came to Xia De, letting Xia De reach out to touch the spindle on which the story was written.

Miss Feilian continued to pluck the strings. The Giant Tree Witch opened her mouth amidst the sound of the lyre, her singing voice seeming to come from a distant place, distant and tranquil:

"On the third day, He met a wise big tree and harvested ancient mysteries."

The Giant Tree Witch stood up from the bonfire and came to Xia De, letting Xia De reach out to touch the branch on which the story was written.

The firelight swayed. Xia De sat by the bonfire, and the three witches stood in front of him singing softly together:

"At the end of time and space, He turned into a doorway to protect the little deer, favor the flowers, and watch over the big tree. When everything walks to the end, He will return with everything that has left."

The final sound was so low that it was almost silent. The tree canopy overhead swayed with the wind and made a sound, and the fire on the ground swayed in the sound of the lyre, creating light and shadow.

The witches closed their eyes together, letting the tail notes tremble constantly, and Xia De felt the pulling from behind him. It was time for him to go home.

【The God once walked here, the God once stayed here. He also once had servants, He also once had colors. At the end of time and space, He has always been watching here.】

【You listened to the story of the Old God "Yaobian Doorway," you learned the miracle of the Old God "Yaobian Doorway."】

"Spell or Spirit Rune?"

【Outlander, you have obtained the spell - Key of the Door. When you encounter a lock, you can open it.】 ===== CHAPTER 307 =====