Chapter 3109: Peak of the Snow Mountain

"Other places? Is it other places in this garden?"

"This is the private garden of the Anjou royal family. Although the flowers are beautiful, they always wither. Although I like flowers like other girls, what I value more is not the surface beauty."

A black-gold vortex appeared beside her, she pulled Xia De lightly, and passed through the portal with him.

After a little imbalance, the whistling cold wind made Xia De shiver suddenly. The cold wind scraped across his face like a blade. Under the starry sky, the surroundings were silver-white. If it weren't for the blessing of that winter god, he would probably be deeply trapped in the snow under his feet at this moment.

Subconsciously, he hugged Sylvia, and then Xia De realized that after the two passed through the portal, they seemed to have come to a snow mountain.

On the snow mountain without air pollution and city lights, the stars and moonlight are so conspicuous. Looking around, this seems to be the slope of the snow mountain. Because Xia De had adventure experience in more dangerous places like the "Silver Mountains", he wanted to find a shelter from the wind first, but was stopped by Sylvia:

"Let's continue to walk up, the destination is not far away."

She looked at the surroundings with nostalgia:

"There should be a stone step under our feet, but it's a pity that no one has taken care of it for many years, and it has been completely buried in the snow. Let's go, continue to walk up, Xia De, it will be there soon."

"Where is this? Have we arrived in the Jibei?"

Xia De pulled his coat out of his pocket and put it on Sylvia's shoulder, still protecting her in his arms.

The witch didn't break free from Xia De's arms, but gave an answer softly:

"Not the Jibei. This is the largest island in the 'Falling Star Bay' where the Principality of Lagson is located at the southeast end of the Old Continent - Fatumunster Island. This name means 'Sea Weaver of Fate'. Legend has it that this bay was smashed by stars falling from the sky, and the island where we are was formed after the stars fell.

The second largest city in the Principality - 'Time Wheel City' Fatumunster City, is located at the southern end of this island. Most of the residents on the island lived by fishing and maritime trade before the steam age, but now this is the most well-known watchmaking gathering place in the entire Old Continent. Handmade watchmakers and high-end pocket watch and clock brands are gathered here, and handicraftsmen have replaced traditional fishing as the economic pillar here."

She leaned in Xia De's arms and climbed up with him against the wind and snow:

"The city is to the south of this snow mountain, and where we are is the east side of the Fatumunster Snow Mountain on the island."

"I remember the Principality of Lagson is also the location of the Diviner Association."

Xia De said, Sylvia looked up at the top:

"Yes, but the association headquarters is not on the island, but on the coast on the west side of the Falling Star Bay. That is the largest city in the Principality of Lagson - 'City of Diviners' Lomari City, but in recent years some people have called that place 'the hometown of Rod cards'. Don't discuss this, we are here."

Climbing up along the snow slope, they didn't go directly to the top of the snow mountain, but came to the ridge of the snow mountain.

It looked empty and nothing here, but after Xia De and Sylvia approached, with Sylvia's spell, a black high tower covered with ice and snow appeared in the rippling waves.

It stands in the wind and snow under the moon, with a height of five floors. The first floor of the tower is almost submerged by snow by one-third, and even the location of the tower gate cannot be seen.

"There is an element reaction."

Xia De said softly, Sylvia nodded slightly:

"Yes, this is a witch's high tower. Modern Ring Mages no longer have the habit of building high towers as their research bases. This high tower was left to me by my teacher.

After the teacher passed away due to an accident, I lived in Weindale for a long time and rarely came back, but occasionally I would come to relax when I was in a bad mood. Crossing half of the Old Continent from Weindale just now and opening a portal directly to arrive is because the teacher left a shortcut for me, otherwise, with my eleventh-level level, it would not be enough to do such a thing."

Xia De summoned flames to melt the snow at the tower gate. After Sylvia opened the door and invited Xia De to enter, the lights inside the tower lit up automatically, and it was as warm as 6 St. Therese Square inside.

This reminded Xia De of the "Moon-Viewing Tower" in the academy he visited at the end of last month. Both towers were research institutes and strongholds for sorceresses.

From the outside, this tower standing on the snow mountain looks like it has been abandoned for many years, but in fact, the interior seems to have been maintained quite well. Xia De doubted Sylvia's claim that "rarely come here", but it was good to be able to avoid the wind and snow outside.

"Although there are spatial rituals left by generations of great witches here to ensure that no one can climb up directly, for the sake of insurance, I still disguised the exterior."

Sylvia explained, took off the coat Xia De put on her and shook off the snow, and then helped Xia De take off his coat:

"The temperature inside the tower is maintained at the most suitable temperature all year round, so you don't need to wear so thick. This is the most valuable property left to me by the teacher. Follow me, Xia De, let's go to the top of the tower."

She also cast a spell to help Xia De clean the traces on the soles of his boots, and then opened the portal on the wall to reach the top of the tower directly from the first floor.

The space great witch series does not study astrology, so there is no astrology equipment on the top of the tower. After walking out of the portal, what Xia De saw was a fairly large library. The floor was covered with thick red carpets. There were no windows on this floor. Brown-yellow old and elegant wooden bookshelves were close to the walls, placed for a full four floors, and movable ladders for climbing bookshelves were scattered everywhere in the tower.

Blackboards filled with various mathematical symbols and rituals were placed everywhere on the carpet, and the center of this floor was a square table spliced with four huge long tables.

Some scattered books and materials were placed on the table. It seems that only Sylvia uses this place.

"When the teacher was still there, we would discuss problems and exchange ideas here together. Most of the library's collection is actually unrelated to mysticism, but books on philosophy, mathematics, and natural science.

After the teacher passed away, I never invited anyone else to come here. Even Margaret only knew that I had another laboratory outside Weindale, but she didn't know that this high tower was far away in the Principality of Lagson."

She looked up at this library with Xia De with a smile:

"The experiment of chemical synthetic fibers was successful in this tower. If the teacher was still there, she would definitely be proud of me."

This high tower was built long before the steam revolution, so the lighting fixtures used were not gas lamps, but glowing crystals and a small amount of candlesticks floating in the air after being enchanted. The warm light illuminated the beautiful face of the black-haired girl, and her golden eyes seemed to be glowing.

"This place is really good. The witch who built this place chose such a remote place, also worried about being disturbed by others, right?"

"Yes, and we use the power of space, so even if we live on the peak of the snow mountain, we don't have to worry about the inconvenience of life. The predecessors who built this place wanted to use more of their time for research and learning, and this tower was passed down from generation to generation, but in my generation, the great witches of the space series have weakened too much.

Even if I also want to follow the predecessors and put most of my life here, I don't have enough wealth and material foundation to support it. You see, I don't even have a few followers now. So I became a tutor for the Princess in Weindale, and this tower, which was always inhabited, fell into decline."

"It's not considered decline, isn't it always being used by you?"

Xia De turned to look at her:

"And looking at the knowledge and power you showed me just now, if you really buried your head here and studied alone, you might not have such achievements.

I am worried that with your personality, if you live here all the time, you will become the kind of cold-natured girl, which is not good."

"Yes, yes, Xia De, you know me very well."

She sighed long, turned and hugged Xia De:

"I have been very proud since I was a teenager, thinking that I would never find anyone as smart as me again. Later I met Margaret and met more people. This idea not only didn't disappear but became stronger, until I met you...

You didn't give me a surprise tonight, you gave me a surprise. I originally planned that as long as you reached the blackboard in the greenhouse before midnight and solved my last problem, I would count you as qualified, but you didn't even use half an hour."

The witch paused for two seconds, her eyes fixed on him:

"Xia De, you only make me like you more."

Xia De asked with a smile:

"Isn't that better? I rarely say such things, but seeing the wisdom you show, I also feel that I like you more. The charm of this wisdom is different from the charm of appearance, but it is indeed more attractive."

"That's why I think we are truly similar people."

She continued to maintain the hugging posture, looking up at Xia De slightly, and his shadow was all in her golden eyes:

"But I lied just now, actually Margaret won't come to find us tonight."

Xia De actually guessed it just now:

"So you also used the 'Bottle of No Boundary' ritual to trap her, right?"

Sylvia shook her head with a smile:

"It's not that troublesome to deal with that girl. I put a 'Sleep Curse' on the paper she asked for. She will be hit as soon as she opens it to check. But I also arranged for the maid to send her back to the bedroom in advance. Now Margaret should be sleeping in Cold Spring Palace."

"This... is very impolite."

Sylvia continued to look at him:

"I know about you and Jia Lin Na."

And then without giving Xia De time to react to this brand new topic:

"I also know about you and Megan, Audrey sisters, and Vanessa's promotion to the thirteenth level is also related to this, right?"

?? PS: This chapter's picture "Old Continent Map (as of Volume 9)".

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