Chapter 3221

Leaving the snow mountain hall, until they returned to the street of the town, the witch gently patted her chest:

"That really scared me just now, those cultists are truly wicked, they actually went to report us when they couldn't win."

Xia De also felt this matter was quite funny, but looking at the attitude of the two Ring Mages just now, he estimated that the Church did not quite believe it either:

"They probably just came to observe the ritual and only asked because they happened to run into us. It seems we don't need to participate in the ritual; we can just wait for the results given by Elder Harald."

He picked up the cat huddled in his arms and placed it on his shoulder, calculating the time, as it was very close to the cat's dinner time:

"What I took out just now was this."

He then took out that document and handed it to Miss Reinhardt. Miss Larsen also cast her gaze over, and the girl from the North saw what it was more easily than the witch from the southern island:

"Military Intelligence... sorry, the Sixth Bureau."

Her voice was a bit too loud just now, and the witch also asked Xia De in surprise:

"I think I understand now how they believed you so quickly, but... is this document real?"

"Of course, I don't just have Military Intelligence?"

He said with a smile, taking back the document the witch handed back:

"Then I will go back first and return when it is seven o'clock."

The witch, looking at him under the sunset, pursed her lips:

"Why not stay for dinner? It's just one more set of cutlery anyway."

This time Xia De did not agree; he knew someone was waiting for him to return home tonight:

"Next time, I still have some things to do back in the city. It is almost six o'clock now, so we will see each other in an hour."

He waved at the two young ladies, patted Little Mia, and the cat also lazily let out a "Meow~," after which the man and the cat turned their backs to the sunset and walked toward the eastern part of the town.

Not until Xia De's back was no longer visible did Claire Reinhardt gently pat her own face.

The white-haired apprentice on the side whispered a reminder:

"Young Lady, some things shouldn't be rushed."

"I know... Stella, what are you talking about?"

As usual, after leaving the town, Xia De took Little Mia and used the crystal shoe to return home. Just as he thought, someone was already waiting for his return at home.

The sunset of dusk bathed the house in a golden glow; the maids were preparing dinner, and Luvia, Galina, and Iruna were sitting on the sofa chatting together, only standing up when they heard Xia De's footsteps.

"Iruna, are you off work so early today?"

Xia De asked with a smile, and the girl with long brown hair complained:

"It's not that I'm off early; it's that we were given early leave as a holiday after a major mission. A small town in the east of Tobesk disappeared inexplicably a few days ago, and the Church of the Sun sent two teams to investigate.

As a result, we were trapped in that lost domain and it took us two days to find the exit; the skills of the diviner accompanying the team were truly too poor."

"Spatial anomaly?"

"No, it was an artifact out of control. It's troublesome to explain in detail, but anyway, after this mission ended, we were given a holiday at three o'clock this afternoon, and we can go to work after noon tomorrow."

She stretched, noticed Galina's gaze, and hurriedly lowered her arms:

"Life is always so busy, but this is also quite interesting. Xia De, how is Fatu Monster Island? I heard the snow mountain scenery there is quite good."

Taking advantage of dinner time, Xia De told them about his experiences today. After omitting the appearance of the long-haired Luvia, he told most of the other details, even including the echo Chloe left on the snow mountain.

Of course, the second source of pollution he and Miss Reinhardt went to purify today was not important; the first part was.

"【The Puppeteer's Script】, 【The Prophecy Spinning Wheel】, and 【The Kaleidoscope of Crossroads】?"

At the dinner table, Luvia sat beside Xia De, while Iruna and Galina were opposite Xia De. The purple-eyed diviner pondered; she knew the characteristics of the first two artifacts, but she had only heard the name of the last angel-level artifact.

But Iruna actually knew what 【The Kaleidoscope of Crossroads】 was:

"That is a floor-length mirror, its origin is untraceable. When people first contained it, they only discovered that it could display the future to a certain extent, but later it was discovered that what it displayed was not the future, but 'possibilities'."

Iruna knew this because she had specifically investigated such artifacts after encountering the "What If" that gave her the method to save Xia De last year, though "What If" was a genuine Unknowable-level artifact:

"But later people discovered that the mirror could not only display possibilities, but also select possibilities to a certain extent, causing the future to lean toward the selected 'fate'. Although this does not mean creating 'inevitability', it is already an artifact that influences fate to a great extent."

Galina then summarized:

"The script writes fate, the spinning wheel weaves fate, and the kaleidoscope selects fate. So, the unlucky things Claire encountered early Wednesday morning were the influence of these three artifacts?"

"It is highly probable."

Xia De nodded:

"I also talked to Miss Reinhardt about this. According to the poem fragments given by Luvia, the story produced by the combined action of these three artifacts should be directly related to the ninth Chosen One. Plus the content shown by the snake skin with miracle elements found at the bottom of the ice spring, we now need to know what the story is."

Although he already had six special coins in his hand, when such a story had just begun, even Luvia's special divination could not divine such detailed matters.

"【The Cult of Misfortune】 has been confirmed as a participant in this Chosen One's story. I don't know if 【The Blood Spirit School】 will enter the field personally or let others participate. Currently, these three angel-level artifacts cannot be obtained for the time being. My view is that even if we cannot directly control the story, we should find some other fate-related artifacts; at least we cannot really go empty-handed to face all this."

He did not let others provide artifacts:

"I still have this die here, as well as another damaged artifact."

He got up and went to the living room, bringing over 【The Twenty-Sided Die of Fate】 and the damaged 【Challenger's Challenge】.

"Luvia, I remember you said that artifacts with similar functions have the characteristics of interfering with and devouring each other?"

Miss Diviner answered quite cautiously:

"This is a relatively advanced content in artifact research; even the library management major at the Academy would have to reach a high ring to come into contact with similar topics. You putting these two artifacts together now indeed has the possibility of making them fuse with each other, but I still suggest you go and ask Danister for her opinion."

The beautiful red-haired Duchess asked Xia De:

"Do you want to use your die as the starting point for participating in this Chosen One's story?"

"Yes, I will not deliberately influence fate; I just want to have a way to deflect it when so-called fate descends upon me."

Iruna, Luvia, and Galina all nodded. After Xia De put the artifacts away, Iruna asked as if casually:

"Oh, Xia De, speaking of which, I heard that the one you met this time was the Great Witch of the Sun?"

"Yes, that Miss Reinhardt is very easy to talk to and also takes good care of me and Mia."

"Meow~"

"She can also use the Sunlight Spear, right?"

"Yes, but what she is best at is not the supreme Golden Thunder, but the destructive Light and Flame."

Iruna pouted slightly; this was her expression when she was dissatisfied. Luvia and Galina could easily understand her thoughts, and the ladies watched their conversation with smiles.

"Can that Miss Reinhardt also make brooches that can release 'Sunlight Spear'?"

Iruna asked again, and Galina replied on Xia De's behalf:

"Xia De didn't make it clear just now; Claire is very good at storing her own spells in gems to release them, yes, all spells."

Xia De under the table gently touched Galina with his foot; this was not suitable to say now, but the Duchess had always been blunt with her "student."

Iruna's mood seemed a bit low, but she had always been good at regulating her emotions. She first glanced at Galina, then asked Xia De:

"She is older than me, right?"

"Um... yes, after all, you are only eighteen."

A brilliant smile appeared on the eighteen-year-old girl's face, and she shook her head and continued to eat dinner. Luvia noticed that the silver dinner knife in Galina's hand was already bent, so she also smiled and gently touched Galina under the dinner table, feeling that such a family atmosphere was very interesting.

After dinner, the lazy cat did not want to go out again, so Xia De had to go to Fatu Monster Snow Mountain by himself. The six special coins currently in his hand were all left at home. Now that the Chosen One's story was manifesting, Luvia was considering whether to conduct a divination to find a breakthrough.

When he left Victoria Street, the sky had already turned dark blue, and the three moons occupied a corner of the ink-dyed night sky. And by the time he appeared in front of the gate of Kyle-Todd town, the time was actually already 6:55.

The snow mountain hall was lit up tonight, and fire basins were even lit in the towers around the "castle," so the residents of the town knew that the Great Elders were gathering for a meeting, and guessed whether they were discussing the All Souls' Day matters for this year.

Compared to the usual two guards at the bridgehead, there were six guards holding torches and lanterns tied to their waists tonight. Miss Reinhardt waited at the bridgehead, and seeing Xia De arrive, she hurriedly waved at him, then directly took his hand and walked inside:

"I thought you were going to be late, let's go, it's a big deal tonight."

Crossing the stone bridge and climbing the steps, after entering the huge foyer, he discovered that all the fire basins and torches on the walls around the foyer were lit tonight, which even allowed Xia De to see clearly that the walls, which were pitch black even during the day, actually had murals on them.

(End of Chapter)