Chapter 3076: The End of the Era

"Sorry, Xia De, I'm afraid I have to stay in Villeda. I still have the identities of Margaret's personal physician and mathematics teacher, and there are many things during the year-end festival that require me to appear with her."

Sylvia was the first to say apologetically, and then Granny Cassandra also smiled and shook her head:

"You young people go and have fun; I will stay in Midhillburg. However, Grace and Helen can go."

But the two sisters shook their heads:

"Qina, we'd better stay with you; we can go to Mr.'s place anytime."

They knew that the witches were actually a bit afraid of them, and besides, the two sisters usually only appeared when they could have Xia De all to themselves.

Unexpectedly, Vanessa also refused:

"I'm really sorry, Xia De. If Siris were here, she might have agreed for me, but I can't stay in Tobesk alone and watch them return home. It is the tradition of the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe to return to the Randall Valley every winter to rest, and everyone in the troupe spends the year-end festival there together.

The troupe cannot stay in Tobesk until the end of the year. Sorry, Xia De."

"It's okay, there will be plenty of opportunities to spend the festival together in the future."

After Xia De finished speaking, he looked at Megan and Bella:

"Then you two won't also..."

"I'm definitely fine. Even if the Speaker asks me to help deal with more troublesome matters, Megan and I will definitely go to your place."

Audrey said. Ever since her "illness" was cured, her spirit no longer occasionally spiraled out of control, and the business of "Paradise Island Pharmaceuticals," which the two sisters managed together, was booming, so there was no need for them to spend extra effort dealing with things.

As for Green Lake Island, although there were still the cousin ghoul Nicholas Green and the twin niece and nephew, namely the Green Lake Hotel owners Helena Green and Soren Green, Tobesk also had the "elder" Last Edwards, so it was normal for her to go to Tobesk for the festival.

"Since Megan and Audrey can come, then Bella, what about you? You are now the Speaker of the Moon Bay City Council. I remember you have to give a public speech on the day of the year-end festival, right?"

Galina asked the Countess of the Southern Kingdom again, but the latter smiled and shook her head:

"But I only need to speak. I adjusted the speaking time to early in the morning on the year-end festival. Then Matilda and I will rush to Tobesk. Oh, the last time I went to Tobesk... I have never been there! This year's year-end festival will definitely be very interesting!"

Therefore, there were five witches who would visit Xia De's home during this year's year-end festival, namely Galina, Megan, Audrey, Bella, Flora, and Shivi. Although Xia De also regretted that not everyone could be present, he was still very happy that this year would be even livelier than last year.

【Do you remember how they celebrated last year?】

"She" asked suddenly, and Xia De hurriedly suppressed the memories that were unconsciously surging up:

"The liveliness I'm talking about doesn't refer to that."

Currently, there were three things left for Xia De to resolve while staying in the Vista Woodland. The most important was to help the church seal all currently known "Twisted Tree Holes," and the church would probably be able to find all the tree holes by tomorrow; another was that he wanted to meet with the sorceresses of the 【Missing Moon Secret Cult】, which might allow him to inquire about the wolf-eared girl.

The last thing remaining was the residual demonic power in Professor York Wood's office at Vista City University. He had already written to the doctor, and the doctor would probably be able to reply by tomorrow. By then, after checking the office with the doctor, the Outsider's adventure in the Vista Woodland would be considered completely over.

The meeting with the alien sorceresses was arranged by the witches, and Galina had already communicated with them; the scheduled meeting time was also tomorrow. So after dinner, Xia De, who thought he had nothing to do, wanted to find Dorothy and Flora to see how the sixth oil painting was coming along.

But halfway there, he felt that he shouldn't disturb the artists' creation, so he wanted to turn around and find Granny Cassandra to chat about the recent situation in Midhillburg.

Just as he turned the corner of the corridor, he saw Tifa walking towards him in a hurry. The black-haired head maid was very graceful even when walking alone, her hands folded in front of her. Although her pace was fast, the distance of her steps was almost the same as when walking normally.

She was also a little surprised to see Xia De, but that surprise quickly turned into a smile blooming on her face. Tifa stopped but didn't say anything, just hooked her finger at Xia De, and then turned and walked towards the way she came.

Xia De naturally followed, so the two continued to go down from the second floor of the cabin, all the way to the area on the third floor of the cabin where witch apprentices and followers lived. Even in its ordinary ship state before the wreck, the Radiant Messenger had a full load of 2,224 passengers and 892 crew members, so now it could naturally allow each of the girls to live in a single room.

Tifa led Xia De into one of the rooms on the third floor. Although the room was not large, it had a separate washroom and cloakroom, but unfortunately no separate bedroom. However, after Xia De entered the door, he recognized that this was Tifa's room, not only because the whole room smelled like her, but also because he saw various... clothing in the open wardrobe.

With a "pop," the wardrobe door closed automatically. The black-haired maid looked at him with feigned anger, a little annoyed but also a little shy, but those big eyes still had a seductive feeling. Then the bedroom door closed behind Xia De. Xia De walked up consciously and hugged her. After gently kissing her forehead, he was about to make a move, but was pushed away by Tifa:

"How could you do this?"

Miss Maid "reprimanded."

"Hmm?"

Tifa folded her arms in front of her and took a step back, with a panicked expression on her face. Of course, more importantly, she was still smiling:

"How can you face Miss Galina by doing this? Although I am a maid in the house and you are the master of the house, we cannot go behind Miss's back... This is immoral, Mr. Hamilton."

Xia De immediately looked around, thinking that Galina would jump out from behind the curtains or the cloakroom in the next moment. Because there were too many witches on the ship, the pendant on his chest had long since lost its effect, but Galina was clearly not here.

He looked at Tifa suspiciously again, and the girl in the black and white maid dress covered her mouth and chuckled:

"Just kidding."

"But..."

"I'm really sorry, it won't work this time. Miss asked me to give you this letter. I'm afraid you'll be busy for a while."

She reached out to her chest and took out the letter that still had body temperature. After Xia De opened it, he found that it was indeed Galina's handwriting inside:

【Xia De, I'm waiting for you at the Moon Sanctuary, come over quickly.】

Xia De looked up at Tifa, and the smile on the black-haired girl's face was very bright:

"Miss learned the secret of Miss Blaney Olanod's advancement to demigod this morning, so she wants to invite you to spend the night together."

"Then why did you just..."

She moved a few steps closer to Xia De and reached out to wrap her arms around Xia De's neck. Before resting her head on Xia De's shoulder, her little nose rubbed affectionately against Xia De's neck. The perfume on Miss Maid was very light, but it smelled very good:

"Isn't this the fun of a maid and the master of the house having an affair? And this can be considered as warming up for Miss in advance."

"This..."

"Go quickly, Miss has already left for a while."

"But you..."

"For now, I'll only let you feel it with your hands, but I'm afraid you want more than that."

Her red lips bit lightly, and she pushed Xia De away. As she stepped back with her hands behind her back, she tilted her head slightly. Her eyes, narrowed by her smile, seemed to be able to speak at this moment:

"I will find other opportunities."

A witch's sense of smell is very sensitive, especially when it comes to distinguishing perfume. If Xia De really had an intimate moment with Tifa at this time, Galina would definitely notice.

He said goodbye to Tifa with great regret, and the latter winked at him playfully with her hands behind her back. For green girls like Ajelina and Emilia, doing this action is playful, but when Tifa does it, it carries a sense of charm.

Xia De certainly wouldn't simply think that Galina invited him out just to enjoy the moon, so before leaving, he went to inform Luvia of his itinerary. After all, "not returning home at night" for two consecutive days is ultimately not good.

The purple-eyed girl was training in divination in the room. After learning of Xia De's itinerary, she didn't say he couldn't go, but reminded him with a suppressed smile:

"I said they wouldn't be reconciled. It seems that if Dorothy and I want to soak in that hot spring before leaving the woodland, we can only find another time."

"Luvia, are you willing to... go to the hot spring now?"

Xia De tried to suggest, and the divination lady understood his hint, raised her eyebrows, and her smile deepened:

"Forget it. I have an appointment with Bella in a while to discuss the strange celestial phenomena we observed during the polar night. Although I passed the registered diviner assessment, there is still a lot for me to learn. And I dare not get involved in this kind of thing tonight. The witches are going to go crazy. According to our Dralian saying, competing with lions for food is unwise at any time."

"I noticed you used the plural."

Xia De said, and Luvia blinked:

"You'll know when you go. Oh, leave Little Mia on the ship. The night wind outside is very cold, there's no need to freeze it."

The night wind tonight was indeed very cold, and the wind was very strong. As the biting winter wind whistled through the forest, although he was not afraid of the cold winter himself, Xia De still missed his own fireplace:

"I haven't lived at home for more than half a month, I really miss my bed."

He started from Lake Yulun and turned into a red butterfly, quickly entering the woodland. After walking for a while following the direction of the silver light, the surrounding scenery gradually showed melting snow. The defensive and illusionary secret arts from three different powerful spellcasters ensured that no one would accidentally enter this place, and Xia De, holding Galina's note, could pass unimpeded.

Before long, he arrived near the hot spring. Even the wind here was warm. The pebbles glowing due to the witch's spell made the surroundings very bright, but because of the heat, it was filled with mist everywhere.