Chapter 3067: The Agreed Secret Relationship

The winter sun always rises a little later than in summer. At seven o'clock on Tuesday morning, the Vista Forest could only just see a glimmer of dawn. And for the "Moon Sanctuary," because the pool water itself could glow, the morning sun's light seemed even more inconspicuous.

The rippling hot spring water had returned to calm. By the pool, Xia De's hands stretched forward, his arms crossing the edge of the hot spring and resting on the platform between the hot spring and the pebble floor, his head resting on his arms to close his eyes and rest. The steaming water behind him surged forward slightly, coming to the red-haired lady behind him who hugged him from behind, resting her head on his back.

Neither of them spoke immediately, but enjoyed this moment of comfort. The red moon and the silver moon had merged into one. Even if it hadn't been stated clearly, the change in their relationship had already happened. Xia De didn't know what the lady behind him was thinking now, but after this night, some things had indeed become different.

"Last night you seemed to want to say that this was just an illusory dream before you said goodbye to eighteen, and that you would pretend nothing happened after you recovered. I want to confirm again, are you serious?"

Xia De still had his eyes closed, and the red-haired female Shushi behind him couldn't see his expression, but could guess his mood. She answered in a gentle voice:

"People always make mistakes, even me. I admit that I misspoke last night, yesterday I let you... let's meet in secret once a month from now on, avoiding others."

Her voice was a bit shy. After all, hindered by her status, it was not easy to expose the relationship between the two.

At this time, Daniste Gustav was no longer the eighteen-year-old girl, but had returned to her original state. The time curse had been completely lifted, but this was not because of Xia De's technique 【Witch's Joy】. It seemed that the power of the hot spring itself had taken effect, and Xia De didn't understand it very well either.

The red long hair was pinned behind her head last night, but it had long since been loose and rested on the water surface for various reasons, touching Xia De's skin gently with the hot spring water flow. The library manager lady found that although Xia De's skin was not as fair as her own skin, which still carried a slight blush, almost no flaws could be seen on his skin.

She pondered about the future, not regretting her decision last night. The tone of her voice was unconsciously like acting like a spoiled child. Even though her age had returned to normal, she still carried the youthful feeling of being eighteen:

"I don't want to ignore you, nor am I unwilling to admit what happened last night. You see, I am the one actively hugging you now. It's just that I need time to sort out the relationship between us. Last night I was probably a bit... no, I don't regret my decision."

The Outlander could feel what the soul behind him, soaked in the red moon, wanted to express. Her emotions were real, but practical problems did need to be considered. Taking a deep breath, he then said with a smile:

"I will wait for you to figure it out. But at least next time, don't bite my neck again, it's very dangerous."

He was immediately hammered lightly, and the library manager lady moved her head from Xia De's back to his shoulder:

"So, you will still come to find me, right?"

"Of course, didn't we agree last night?"

She was a bit joyful and a bit uneasy. The red broken hair on her face was uncomfortable, but she didn't care:

"Then when we meet in the future, I mean when we meet in this relationship, can I always maintain the state of being eighteen? I know both ages are me, but... please look at me well."

The Outlander understood that she still had some psychological barriers, and in his heart, he also recognized her decision about her own age.

Although he hadn't turned around yet, he could feel that after the words fell, the lady hugging him behind him had changed from a mature appearance back to an eighteen-year-old girl's figure. Just as Flora was still incomparably powerful in her owl transformation state after the curse was lifted, Daniste also gained the ability to switch between "eighteen" and "now".

He then retracted his arm and turned around at the edge of the hot spring. The red-haired girl looked at him through the water mist of the hot spring a bit shyly, but was also looking forward to being hugged by him, and Xia De did exactly that:

"No problem, I accept whatever state you maintain. Then do I need to change the way I address you? When I see you at eighteen, I will call you 'Daniste', and when I see you in your mature appearance, I will call you 'Miss Daniste'."

"I hope you will always call me 'Miss Daniste' to others... actually, I hope you can call me 'Teacher'."

The red-haired young lady said softly, and then closed her eyes and offered a kiss. Speaking of which, Iluna is also eighteen, and Angelina is seventeen, but the temperaments of the three girls of similar age are completely different, which should be related to everyone's life experience.

"When you are with me, don't think about other girls."

She complained softly as if she knew what Xia De was thinking, and when she found Xia De looking at her with a smile, she blushed again:

"Haven't you seen enough last night? Xia De, although I knew your private life was chaotic, I found that I still underestimated you. Those girls and witches around you, how on earth did they..."

She couldn't even say it herself, so she complained again:

"You tore the fabric Sylvia gave me, that's a product that money can't buy. You have to compensate me. Has she given you many such fabrics?"

"This really doesn't exist. Usually, they wear them on their bodies for me to... cough cough, it doesn't matter, I will cast a spell to reverse time in a while, and I guarantee to return you a new pair."

The eighteen-year-old girl in the steaming water mist was satisfied:

"The eighteen-year-old me is your secret lover, but when I am not in this appearance, I am your teacher, the library manager of the academy. You can't stop respecting me because of our relationship. So now, tell me who you have had an intimate relationship with. I am your non-public secret lover, but I also want to know this."

This usually looks like a trap question, and Xia De usually bypasses it through clever rhetoric. But now this question shouldn't be a trap, so Xia De whispered to her about the current personnel composition of the "Hamilton family". His hands were not very honest, but the young lady just bit her lip and didn't say anything.

"You know Luvia Anate and Dorothy Louisa in our group, and Princess Princess Lei Qianya Cavendish of Tobesk."

"I remember the Southern Princess who appeared on the ship also has a very good relationship with you. The means are really brilliant, Xia De."

"Then there are the witches. Duke Galina, the Thirteenth-tier Vanessa Benanice you also know, as well as Megan and Audrey sisters."

"I heard about them on the ship. I am very curious whether they are two souls sharing one body, or if soul splitting is actually just one person. But are there only three great witches? I thought, with your control over the Witch Council, except for Flora, you had already laid hands on the other witches."

The eighteen-year-old girl said with a smile, and Xia De didn't intend to comment on her words:

"You already guessed about Miss Blaney Orlanod last night. I was also here with her, during that time jump."

"Should I say I am honored? I received the same treatment as a demigod. Then her promotion to demigod won't be like me getting rid of the curse, it just happened inexplicably, right?"

The curious girl asked, and Xia De answered very cautiously:

"I can only say that the process is the same. Speaking of which, do you feel the improvement in strength now?"

"You be lighter~ Compared to arriving at the Vista Forest this autumn, I am obviously stronger now. But I suspect this is not only because of last night, but also because I gained stronger power through the resonance of the three moons when I released the Thirteenth Ring technique with you, the teacher, and Miss Orlanod."

She explained her gains softly. Although she had no clue about the so-called "path to demigod", just from the perspective of the Thirteenth Ring, there were few people in the material world who were her opponents now. However, she thought that the "Hamilton family" only had these girls for the time being, but didn't expect Xia De to continue introducing:

"There are two last ones. Grace White and Helen Black. You have seen them on the ship. Usually, everyone just calls them by their names, and the two surnames are fabricated."

"Grace and Helen?"

The red-haired girl thought for a while before remembering whose names these were. Of all the people on the ship, only the Red Butterfly Twins didn't have a deep relationship with her:

"Wait a minute, are you talking about that pair of angel-level relic sisters?"

Rose-red eyes looked at Xia De in the water mist in surprise:

"You aren't joking with me, are you?"

"Daniste, you know they are the chosen ones of space."

Xia De answered as calmly as possible. He knew the attitude of the extraordinary people in this world toward "relics".

"But even if they are the chosen ones, they are relics. How can a person be with a relic..."

She pursed her lips. Although she was still in the appearance of eighteen, she looked like she wanted to teach Xia De a lesson as a "teacher" after returning to her mature appearance. But in the end, she didn't say those words, just sighed softly:

"It's my fault. I know your basic knowledge is not solid. I didn't expect this to let that pair of relic sisters take advantage of the loophole. So, you relied on this to win over this kind of top-level humanoid angel-level relic to stand on the side of the witches?"

"'This' specifically refers to what?"

Rose-red eyes looked at him again. The eyes were smiling and very bright, and then her hand reached under the water.

"Of course not! Why do you think so? Just... feelings."

"So you want them all? This is even more brilliant than I thought."

She smiled softly and didn't continue to discuss the topic of the Red Butterfly sisters:

"Can our relationship be kept from others for the time being? I haven't thought about how to face other people's eyes. After all, I am so much older than you."

Xia De hugged her and said with regret:

"I really want to promise you, but I think they should know. I wasn't in the room last night. I am almost certain someone would come to find me. Although Little Mia can't speak, they have other ways to know who else was not on the ship last night. Listen to me, age is not a problem at all. Isn't Emilia's age already over fifty?"

"If you hadn't given an example of a pure-blood high elf, I would probably be happier." ===== CHAPTER 3068 =====