Chapter 3077

The witches were indeed already waiting for him here—

Galina stood near the edge of the hot spring water, her arms folded and placed on the shore, her chin resting on her arms, and she was the first to see Xia De. Her long red hair was coiled behind her head, and the way she smiled in the hot spring was more beautiful than usual.

Beside Galina, Vanessa was sitting on the shore in a white bathrobe, her back facing Xia De, her left hand resting on the smooth stone slab at the edge of the hot spring, her right hand holding a wine glass in front of her, and her legs were submerged in the hot spring.

Her long golden hair was wrapped in a towel and coiled behind her head, looking like she had just finished bathing. Hearing the footsteps, she turned her head to look at Xia De. This action caused the bathrobe to slide down a distance, revealing a snow-white back that seemed to glow.

"Xia De, you are really slow."

A beautiful female head emerged from the center of the hot spring, but of course, that was not some mermaid, but Miss Edwards.

Megan's brown hair was not coiled up, but left to lie flat on the surface of the hot spring water. Then two clean arms emerged from behind Megan and hugged her neck. Audrey emerged from the water from under Megan's hair behind her. Two wet, identical faces leaned together and smiled to greet Xia De.

They were located in the center of the hot spring, where the heat mist was even thicker. Therefore, the faces of the two sisters looked very blurry and dreamy to Xia De, which made people even more moved.

The silver curtains around the hot spring had been removed, and instead, several screens were scattered on the pebble ground. Trays containing fruits, red wine, and glass cups were placed near the shore, and their clothes were neatly hung on the vertical coat rack behind the screens.

"The long night is long, and there is no intention to sleep. Knight, won't you come over?"

Galina in the water by the pool reached out and caught the strand of red hair by her ear that was not coiled up. While gently rubbing her cheek with the tips of her hair, she looked at Xia De, her tone of voice indifferent.

"Yeah, Xia De, do you want to play in the water together?"

Vanessa, sitting on the shore, kicked the water with her feet. She kept the action of twisting her waist and turning around, looking at Xia De. After a slight smile, the remaining half of the liquid ruby-like red wine in the tall glass in her right hand stained the white bathrobe as the glass tilted slightly in front of her.

Her red lips curled up, more beautiful and moving than the color of the falling red wine; her eyes were smiling, but what was more seductive was the charm within them.

As for Megan and Audrey, Audrey behind her gently kissed her sister's cheek and stretched out her tongue to lick a drop of water off her cheek. During this process, the two sisters kept looking at each other, and after finishing the action, the two pairs of eyes looked straight at Xia De outside the hot spring together.

The Misses Edwards didn't say anything, but it seemed like everything had been said.

Xia De pursed his lips and took a deep breath, the water mist entering his lungs brought a different feeling:

"I don't know if Luvia explained to you, Blaney's advancement has nothing to do with here..."

"Xia De, do you really want to say that kind of unromantic thing?"

Galina asked with a smile, her chin continuing to rest on her left arm resting on the edge of the pool:

"Just treat it as us celebrating the successful end of the Battle of Vista Woodland in our own way."

Vanessa, Megan, and Audrey laughed together. In the warm water vapor, this scene happening in the forest under the moon had a feeling like a horror story.

Xia De then walked towards them, and the smile on the red-haired witch's face became more and more arrogant. The witches' beautiful hair grew rapidly under control, and the long red, brown, and golden hair crawled from the hot spring towards Xia De, helping him discard the cumbersome clothes.

On the branches covered with snow, beautiful spiders caught prey that had thrown itself into the net, so they stepped on the spider web woven with love silk to play with and share it. But the prey, after a series of frolicking, instead subdued the beautiful spiders—next, it was a process of mutual feeding.

(Owl painting...)

"Is it effective?"

On Wednesday morning, Luvia and Dorothy got up early. After washing up, they ignored the biting cold wind of the winter morning and went to the deck together to welcome the four returning people.

It was not accurate to say four people, because Tifa and the maid group from the North had set off for the "Moon Sanctuary" earlier than them. At this time, everyone came to the pier to prepare to board the ship. The hull of the Radiant Messenger blocked the peeping from other ships, so the appearance of a group of girls in black and white maid dresses in the cold wind would not attract others' attention.

Galina wore a white fur cloak that set off her status very well, and the buttons of the cloak were even made of gemstone materials; Vanessa and Megan walked side by side, and the dresses they wore had also been changed to thickened winter styles, and the scarves tied around their necks were exactly the same two.

The witches looked quite good, and Luvia and Dorothy certainly understood what the temperament they were exuding at this moment, like peaches about to ripen, meant.

And it was also easy to find Xia De among the ladies, after all, just find the one wearing a black coat with a cat.

"Meow!"

Little Mia, who was taken to the hot spring by Tifa, was stepping on Xia De's shoulder at this time, tilting her head to look at the sun radiating light towards the forest and the ice on the lake. This cat was bathed in the morning sun and looked very energetic.

"Look, I said don't worry about Xia De."

Luvia then said to Dorothy, who was wearing a brown scarf, and the writer lady breathed a sigh of relief:

"It wasn't Leixia who scared me. She said that for the sake of the demigod realm, the witches would definitely not mind sucking Xia De dry... pressing a fresh grape into a raisin."

The elegant female writer couldn't say too vulgar words:

"Although I know Xia De is very powerful, I can also see that Galina and the others are a bit different this time."

"Our knight can even deal with demigods, what are these three witches?"

Luvia didn't care at all and greeted the returning team with Dorothy.

Xia De was a bit embarrassed to be greeted by Luvia and Dorothy after "going home" after doing such things. But the girls didn't wake up so early just to visit him:

"Is it effective?"

The purple-eyed diviner asked the three great witches, and Vanessa, the only thirteenth-tier, shook her head regretfully:

"No."

The red-haired Duchess stood on the deck bathed in the morning sun and said refreshingly:

"Who said it's not effective? At least I'm in a very good mood now. The base near the hot spring can actually be started now, that place is really good. Also, I will never shake hands with Megan or Audrey again."

"Galina, you asked for it yourself, wanting to see if I could use my palms..."

Megan wanted to refute, but was interrupted by Xia De:

"Ahem."

Although he didn't sleep for a long time last night, he wasn't very sleepy either. Vanessa was right, that hot spring was not a sufficient condition to trigger the "Witch's Joy," but in the Moon Sanctuary, his recovery of spirit and physical strength was better than sleeping soundly, so that place was actually a quick rest area for him:

"I said long ago that Blaney's advancement has nothing to do with this, but it's good to experiment, at least you are at ease."

The witches then pushed Xia De to walk forward:

"Got it, got it, you really worked hard last night~ but who told you to provoke us? But don't complain, clearly you were still very energetic with us during morning exercises before coming back just now. Go to the banquet hall for breakfast, there are still many things to deal with today."

So Luvia and Dorothy followed Xia De to the cabin on the left and right, and the great witches were behind the three.

"Did Tifa tell you? The elves sent a letter last night, wanting to meet you in front of the Crystal Wang Zuo today."

Luvia asked again, Tifa had indeed already told Xia De just now:

"They probably still want to persuade me to become the Elf King. Galina said this is actually a good idea, but I'm really not interested."

"I just praised this idea, I didn't say you must go."

The Duchess behind defended herself, and Dorothy suggested:

"Leixia and I both think that even if you don't want to be king instead of Emilia, you should still meet those elves and make it clear."

"Yes, otherwise they will definitely chase me. I'll let the council reply to the elves in a while. After helping the church seal the tree hole today, I can talk to them in front of the Crystal Wang Zuo.

Elf King... I have no interest in bearing such a heavy responsibility, and look, do I have any elven characteristics on me?"

When entering the cabin, he asked everyone, and Megan smiled:

"Asking us this question is right, after all, we are the ones who 'know' you best. Of course you don't have elven characteristics, we all think you are more like a succubus than an elf."

"And last night he proved this to us all again."

Vanessa added, the joke about Xia De being a "succubus" seemed to never go out of style, and the family laughed.

The cabin door was closed by the maids, locking the winter that had already arrived outside. The warmth of home is always so intoxicating, Xia De could almost smell the fragrance from the kitchen.

Because Granny Cassandra and her party were leaving today, this breakfast was also a farewell to them. However, Granny Cassandra was not returning directly to Midhillburg. It happened to be the end of the year, and she planned to take Miss Swift to inspect the business status of Cassandra Auction Houses in central and western Karsenrik.

Or rather, auditing.

Although it was a mystery how long Grace and Helen could leave the West Car Mountains, they were indeed still restricted by that mountain. Therefore, the two sisters would not wander around with the old witch, but planned to return directly to the West Car Mountains.

During their absence, the seal on the edge of life and death might have been affected by the time anomalies that affected the entire material world. Even if the seal of the "Tree's Kiss" did not have problems in Xia De's perception, perhaps powerful evil spirits had already escaped from the accidentally appearing gaps into the world of the living.