Chapter 3102: Hot Spring Sickness

Compared to the date with Daniste on Friday, the "Day of the Red Butterfly" this weekend was much simpler. Because the Day of the Red Butterfly started on Sunday afternoon, Saturday after leaving the doctor's place was still just a solo date time.

However, Dorothy hadn't left since she followed Xia De into the house on Saturday, and she had been by Xia De's side until Princess Lei Qianya broke into the house from downstairs on Sunday afternoon:

"Finally! Finally!"

The princess, holding her skirt, walked up the stairs very quickly; this could be discovered from the frequency of her high heels hitting the stairs.

After Lei Qianya arrived in the second-floor living room, she immediately rushed toward Xia De, who was greeting her, and hugged him. After taking a deep breath, the princess turned and waved at Dorothy:

"Long time no see, Dorothy. Are you ready? Let's go!"

Xia De then asked:

"Wait a minute, where are we going? I have been asking Dorothy about the plan for this date since yesterday. I originally wanted to arrange it in advance, but Dorothy said you had already arranged it."

"Yes, yes."

The red-haired princess nodded with a smile:

"We are going to the Moon Sanctuary in the woods, leave a letter for Luweiya saying we won't be back tonight, and leave Little Mia for my maid to take care of. We are going now and will be back before the Day of the Red Butterfly ends tomorrow afternoon."

The blonde writer smiled and went to the bedroom to get her luggage. Xia De hesitated and hugged Lei Qianya:

"I know it was a pity that we missed each other last time, but do we have to do this this time? I was actually looking forward to... a more innocent date."

The princess complained:

"Xia De, do you think we only like you because we covet your body? It's just this once; if it doesn't work, forget it."

"What doesn't work? Lei Qianya, do you also want to advance to demigod? Aren't you preparing for the eighth-ring to ninth-ring advancement?"

Jia Jia Lin Na's voice came from the stairs. The duchess also came with her maids. She knew the Day of the Red Butterfly was about to begin, so to prevent not finding Xia De, she came to visit before they left home.

"Time belongs to me and Dorothy!"

Lei Qianya grabbed Xia De's arm, as if worried that Jia Jia Lin Na would snatch him away, but the duchess only came to share the investigation progress of the case with Xia De.

"I'm not doing it for demigod advancement, but for the success of other things."

Lei Qianya whispered again, rarely embarrassed to say what she wanted to do. So Jia Jia Lin Na understood; she pursed her lips, a little angry, but knew she seemed to have no reason to be angry. Finally, she could only watch Xia De take the investigation report and leave with Lei Qianya and Dorothy.

When their voices completely disappeared into the basement, the witch asked the apprentice who was preparing dinner for the cat angrily:

"Tifa, do you think Lei Qianya can succeed?"

The head maid just smiled and didn't answer; she knew what kind of answer the mistress wanted, but she couldn't say it.

Dorothy and Lei Qianya did what they said, and really didn't let Xia De return home until Monday afternoon, which led to him spending the first day of the last month of 1854 in the snow of the woods.

Now all the great witches have left the woods, but more than a dozen witch followers have been left behind. They are actively building various rituals in this "woods that cannot be walked out of," with the "Moon Sanctuary," "Elf Treehouse," and "Relic Tree Hole" as the center.

And the girls are currently living in the treehouse left by Emilia. The treehouse is large enough for them to use together. The flightless birds under the tree probably miss Emilia, but they prefer to stay where their ancestors lived, and the witch's followers will take care of them.

And as for Xia De and the girls soaking in the hot spring, both the remaining sorceresses and the flightless birds know. Xia De suspects that the girls living in the treehouse will pass his "bathing record" to their respective masters, but thinking carefully, even without these girls, if the witches want to know if Xia De has been to the hot spring, they must have their own ways.

But no matter what, at least this "Day of the Red Butterfly" finally cleared the regrets left by the time jump last time for Lei Qianya and Dorothy. It's just that when time came to an end and the 24-hour countdown began, the red-haired princess was still reluctant for the three of them to separate like this:

"Only when both Dorothy and I are by your side do I feel that I have you completely."

She whispered, actually a little tired. This kind of hot spring rich in elements is not something that can be soaked for so long casually. The last person to challenge this record was the demigod Blaney.

And Dorothy hugged Xia De from behind, her blonde hair floating on the water with the red hair:

"We are trying to find a way to make the Day of the Red Butterfly not have such a long interval. Even if our problems cannot be completely solved, at least, at least we hope to meet faster.

Xia De, you said that fate gave Lei Qianya and me the responsibility to save this world. Now you want to use other methods to save this world, so where will our fate be guided?"

"I don't know either, but we will find a way... Can we change to a more innocent date next time? Lei Qianya, Dorothy, I see you two are about to faint."

He wasn't joking, because Dorothy fainted at 6 St. Therese Square immediately after returning home and didn't wake up until a whole day later, pale, and then was taken care of by Luweiya and Xia De for half a week before fully recovering.

Lei Qianya had the news of "Princess Seriously Ill" spread on the second day after returning to the Yodel Palace, and the slightly pale complexion of Lei Qianya who appeared publicly three days later also confirmed such gossip.

So after the fact, when Jia Jia Lin Na came to Xia De's place to visit the sick, she teased Xia De:

"You are too inconsiderate to girls, aren't you? I know you three collapsed your old bed the first time, but this time you alone... made them like this, it's too exaggerated, isn't it?"

Then Lei Qianya, who temporarily occupied Dorothy's body, threw the pillow on the bed at her, and the witch caught the pillow with a smile:

"Lei Qianya, I came to visit Dorothy, don't be so fierce. Now you know the lesson, right? Good things can't be eaten too much, otherwise you won't be able to bear it."

Lei Qianya threw the other pillow at her, and even wanted to get out of bed to reason with her, but was finally persuaded by Xia De to lie back down obediently.

She didn't intend to pay attention to Jia Jia Lin Na anymore, so she closed her eyes and let Dorothy come back. The writer and Jia Jia Lin Na didn't have such a tense relationship, so she chatted with the witch and Xia De about recent things, and she mentioned Miss Gao De:

"When Luweiya brought me food in the morning, she said that Miss Gao De sent you a letter again, right?"

The witch, who ordered the maids to wash and slice fresh fruit and bring it over, sat on the chair by the bed:

"I remember Xia De said that the lady who shares the same name as the pet cat will come to Tobesk again before the Year-End Festival."

Xia De, sitting by the bed, nodded. Miss Gao De's letter did arrive this morning:

"She said the itinerary has been confirmed and the train ticket has been bought. Although she won't spend the festival in Tobesk, she will definitely come before the festival unless there are special circumstances. She also said she wants to see me in person this time and thank me for taking care of Mia."

"Do you think you can see that mysterious lady this time?"

The witch asked again, and Xia De looked out the window with great worry:

"The first snow of the local area this winter hasn't appeared yet. Luweiya said last month that the first snow this year will be a super blizzard beyond everyone's expectations. At that time, the train shouldn't stop running, right?"

(Little Mia is running...)

Amidst the heavy bell tolls ringing again and again, the solemn and grave atmosphere almost turned into substance, permeating the entire Rogmoor Cemetery.

The royal cemetery of the Kingdom of Karsinrick is located next to the famous "Helston Castle," which is in the southern suburbs of Willandale. The river surrounds the outer perimeter of the cemetery, and together with the low "Helston Hills" where Helston Castle is located, they embrace the cemetery.

The ebony coffin had been sent to the underground tomb below the church. Xia De still remembered Margaret's slight sobbing when the coffin, decorated with silver ornaments and the Anjou family crest on the surface and painted with black lacquer, was carried away.

After the funeral procession walked out of the church door, it gradually dispersed in the cemetery dyed silver-white by snow. Sad whispers and silent footsteps intertwined, forming a background sound like an aria.

Gentlemen in black suits and ladies in black veils prepared to return to the city in groups of three or five, but they had to walk out of the cemetery first. The carriage was parked quietly beside the marble-paved stone road at the cemetery gate.

The solemn atmosphere surrounding the cemetery church lingered for a long time, and the palace guards were ready, their postures as straight as sculptures.

At this time, the cold wind of winter brushed lightly, blowing up a corner of Margaret's veil. The church bell was still echoing, and every sound seemed to press heavily on people's hearts.

Xia De walked out with the crowd, watching Margaret go to talk to her mother. The knight of the Northern Kingdom stood on the side of the church, his eyes sweeping across the group of cross tombstones standing in the snow, and then looked at the gray sky covered by smoke.

Although it didn't snow, today's gloomy weather was really fitting.

"Just looking at the scenery here, it seems no different from Tobesk."

This is the fourth day of the Moon of Slumber, Thursday. This place is Willandale, the capital of the Karsinrick United Kingdom, the most powerful human kingdom in the south of the Old Continent.

Xia De, who arrived by steam train from the woods in the morning, hadn't had time to experience the scenery of this largest city in the southern territory, but just looking at the style of the tombstones in the cemetery, the carvings on the iron fence, and the funeral process just now, it was indeed full of similar but different exotic customs.

What is similar is the characteristics of the steam age, and what is different is that the south is more free and unrestrained, but it lacks the traditional heaviness of the north.