Chapter 3129: The Doctor's Long Journey

"The 【Eternal Flower】 we got isn't a very precious thing. When I went to the Academy library to borrow books last night, Miss Dannister said that St. Byron's has this kind of relic."

Xia De said to Yi Lu Na. He also tested whether Miss Librarian would accept such a relic as a Year-End Festival gift at the Academy last night, and then received the answer "You are not allowed to slack off, otherwise I will let Amelia fail the exam."

"Perhaps that flower is not the relic the association is looking for at all. Perhaps that flower hides secrets related to the chosen one of fate, after all, Xia De's card gave a very clear hint."

Lu Lu Weiya guessed. Before eating dinner just now, she had already informed Yi Lu Na of the whole process of the group's mission on Wednesday, which naturally included the content on Xia De's faded and invalid card:

"Major forces all have different fragments of the poem. Our Divination Association has the most paragraphs about 'fate.' Although I don't know that part of the content, I think this incident is likely related to it."

Yi Lu Na looked at the two:

"So is there any action before the Year-End Festival?"

"No, Yi Lu Na, don't do anything before the Year-End Festival. Although the story of fate seems to be starting, it has only just begun to play the overture now. Let's just watch how things develop. Under the theme of 【Fate】, entering the game too early will lose the initiative."

Lu Lu Weiya said, and Xia De asked again:

"Within the Divination Association, are there any suspected candidates? For example, some genius diviner girl, or a descendant of a prophecy family, etc."

Yi Lu Na immediately laughed:

"Xia De, did you also see the novels at Ajelina's place?"

Lu Lu Weiya thought for a while:

"There have never been a shortage of outstanding diviners at the association headquarters and branches. Although I have been in Tobesk all year round, I also know something about other diviners. I haven't considered this kind of question before, but since you said so, Xia De... I'll find an opportunity to check it after the year. The Tobesk branch is the largest association after the headquarters anyway, so this bit of news can still be checked."

That night, Yi Lu Na was left by Lu Lu Weiya to stay overnight. However, the girls went to the guest room to talk and chat together, so Xia De had to spend this night with Little Mia.

And when time came to the next day, it not only meant that the Moon of Slumber had reached the 20th, but also meant that the second-to-last Saturday of 1854 had officially begun.

This day was another snowy day. When everyone came through the snow for the group meeting in the afternoon, they all brought their respective mission reports and the final batch of course reports to be submitted—all courses this semester would end next Friday, followed by the exam week for Academy students, so there wasn't much time left for the submission of course papers.

"I have already written the conclusion report for this mission. Lu Yi Sha helped polish it on Friday. Everyone come and check it again. If there is no problem, I will submit it together."

After the doctor greeted the four to sit down, he handed the document paper to them for circulation, and told everyone a good news:

"The Academy of Astronomy said that although the experiment has ended and the data hasn't been fully counted, the frequency of the 'Fate Weaver' appearing in this experiment is indeed much greater than one-fifth. This is a situation that the professors who initiated the experiment before the experiment didn't expect. They originally thought that even if the data had deviations, it would only be a small disturbance. Now this situation is completely beyond what errors and small probability events can explain."

Priest Ao Gu Si was wearing a brown suit with a fur collar today, appearing to have attended some important occasion in the morning. He asked with a smile:

"So it's not that our luck was bad that the five of us encountered spiders three times?"

"Yes, when I projected to the Academy to participate in the conclusion meeting last night, the data shown by the professor said that there was even a group that encountered four spiders. Of course, the other group had seven members, which was more than us."

But overall, the doctor's mood was still very good. Being able to complete such an Angel-level relic testing mission without any danger before the Year-End Festival was lucky in anyone's eyes:

"Currently, the Academy of Astronomy's speculation is that the further away from the relic body 【Fate Weaver Card】, the greater the probability of the 'Fate Weaver' appearing. The Divination Association headquarters located in the Principality of Lagson also assisted in this relic testing mission. Although only five groups were tested in the City of Diviners - Lomari City and the City of Time - Fatumunster City where the association is located, the frequency of the Fate Weaver appearing was as high as 47%."

The report polished by Duo Luo Qian not only corrected some details described by the doctor but also had smoother grammar and a stronger narrative. Xia De read it with relish before handing it to Priest Ao Gu Si, and the cat poked its head to sniff halfway, finding it wasn't food before shrinking back on Xia De's lap.

"But our probability here is 60%... So will the Academy of Astronomy increase rewards for the Ringed Ringed Shushi who participated in the mission because of this?"

Xia De asked, and the doctor shook his head:

"There is no such thing, but the Academy said that the bonus will be issued before the Year-End Festival, probably next week, so that correspondence students can also have a good holiday.

In addition, the lottery results for selecting relics have also come out. Among the 22 groups, 20 groups finally completed the testing mission. We ranked 3rd, so it seems that the Keeper-level relic 【Thirsty Blood Lamp】 will definitely be in hand."

Saying this, he also glanced at Xia De, clearly wanting to know if Xia De played a role in the lottery. But Xia De didn't know either. He only mentioned this matter when visiting the library and talking to Dannister. He wasn't sure if Dannister really helped, or if everyone just drew the third place by luck this time.

After everyone's reports were submitted, the doctor discussed the distribution of mission rewards with everyone.

Practice credits were of course distributed to whoever still had a gap, and the 3000 pounds of cash was not a small number. Finally, Xia De got 900 based on his contribution to the mission. Such a large number was also because Lu Lu Weiya wanted the selection right for the second relic, so she voluntarily gave up the cash.

In this way, the remaining relic rewards belonged to the diviner miss. The list of 210 relics still had many good things after deducting 20. Although she didn't say what she liked for the time being, it was likely something that a diviner could use.

Because the doctor might not be in Tobesk next Saturday, he discussed with Xia De in advance this time. This year's exam week was still arranged at No. 6 St. Theresa Square, and he asked Xia De to temporarily assume the responsibility of the group leader during his leave of absence from the local area—actually, there wouldn't be anything to do.

Although other than exam review matters, other things of the group were basically finished before the year, arranging the exam week still took a long time this afternoon.

By the time everyone said goodbye to the doctor and wished him a smooth trip, the sky outside was even a bit dark. Lei Lei Qianya had said in advance that she would come tonight, so Duo Luo Qian didn't go back with Xia De. Xia De originally planned to go with Priest Ao Gu Si, but the doctor stopped him.

So Xia De stayed in the reception room, and only spoke to him after the doctor went downstairs to send the other three away:

"I'm going out this time, on one hand to investigate other traces of the Witch Hunter, and on the other hand, I also want to check some things according to the clues read in the 'Soul Story Collection.' I think it's necessary to at least let you know where I went, so even if I can't come back, you know where to save me."

He came to the decorative old continent map hanging on the wall and pointed to the northernmost position:

"I plan to take the train all the way north, until the Northland - Winterhold City."

Xia De, with a cat on his shoulder and a teacup in his hand, stood beside him:

"So is it an ice demon or a winter demon this time?"

"Neither, it's hard to say what it is specifically. Under the glaciers and snow in the Northland, many secrets of ancient eras are buried. I'm just going to verify some records in the 'Soul Story Collection.' Theoretically, the biggest trouble I can encounter is not understanding the Northland accent of Delarion."

"I heard that the accents of the border people are very heavy, and they will also mix in local dialects when speaking... I will be back before the exam week."

He said this, and Xia De looked at him worriedly, guessing in his heart whether he would receive a distress letter on the first day of the new year, and then travel north across the entire kingdom to rescue the missing doctor in the ice city covered by ice and snow.

Of course, judging from what happened later, the doctor didn't encounter any major trouble that required Xia De to rescue him. But the small troubles encountered on the road, such as relic loss of control, fighting of strange Ringed Ringed Shushi, border turmoil, and the chaos of element tides caused by bad weather eventually leading to the resurrection of ice-sealed ancient alchemical killing puppets, were stories for later.

This year's Red Butterfly Day was the 22nd of this month, which was next Monday, but in order to gather for the Year-End Festival, the girls postponed that day by a week. So on this Saturday night, Lei Lei Qianya brought her sister to have a private meeting with Xia De to relieve her loneliness.

She originally wanted to go to the opera with Xia De and had even booked a box at the Delarion National Opera House. But unfortunately, the recent bad weather caused problems with the opera house's somewhat old sewer system, and the National Opera House had been closed for repairs for the past few days, so Lei Lei Qianya could only choose a date at home.

The exam week of Zha La Si Academy was also arranged after the Year-End Festival, so Lei Lei Qianya and Ajelina were also facing exam problems.

Taking advantage of Lei Lei Qianya going to the washroom, Xia De asked about Ajelina's review situation. The little princess who was holding a teacup and looking at the hanging painting in the living room was quite confident about this:

"Definitely no problem."

"Reviewing very well, right?"

"Yes, sister said that as long as I don't pass one exam, she will search my bedroom once a week in the future. Hmph~ I won't let sister get her wish."

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