Chapter 3273: Branches of Fate

Since Miss Jia Lin Na didn't answer, Xia De thought about waiting until the afternoon tea party was over to ask Tifa what had happened just now. But Miss Jia Lin Na didn't give Xia De a chance to ask the maid, sending him home after the tea party and leaving directly, not even giving Xia De time to discuss the 【Jester Troupe】 with her.

"I'll tell you tonight what happened after you went to the washroom... although it wasn't a big thing, I apologize in advance... I apologized, you are not allowed to ignore me! I will apologize tonight, you are not allowed to not let me stay at home!"

Xia De became even more suspicious. However, after returning home, he met Dorothy who happened to be going to Mibao—the writer lady was looking for Grace and Helen to discuss the problem of space power. After listening to Xia De's account, the view given by Lei Qianya, who was most familiar with Miss Jia Lin Na:

"She did something bad!"

Her Highness the Princess used the writer lady's face to make an indignant expression:

"She did something bad and won't tell you. What's the use of apologizing... I'm coming to your place tonight too. I want to see what she will say."

But it was clear Lei Qianya just wanted to watch the fun. Xia De didn't think it was a big deal.

It was only 3:00 in the afternoon. Considering it was two hours before Emilia got out of class, Xia De went to Mibao with Dorothy. Grace and Helen didn't participate in the "activities" on the night of the Year-End Festival, and Xia De also felt that he had been neglecting the sisters recently.

Since he had time to visit them today, Xia De made an appointment with the sisters to come to his home to "play" tomorrow night. Grace in the white dress was very satisfied with this arrangement, while Helen held Xia De's hand and "complained" a little:

"Sir, we thought you only cared about the beautiful witch ladies and forgot about us."

Dorothy covered her mouth and laughed on the side without helping to speak. Grace was a bit dissatisfied with her sister's words. After all, Xia De wasn't hanging out with the witches all day, and they had already learned from Grandma Cassandra that the prelude to "Fate" had begun.

However, Xia De had always been easy to talk to the girls around him:

"This is my fault. A few days ago, I absorbed the power of the ancient Titan in the past time. Tomorrow night... I won't save my strength."

Grace and Helen's faces turned red. In fact, among all the ladies who kept an intimate relationship with Xia De, they, who were not tall, were the ones with the best physical fitness. They, who were already standing on the boundary between the Angel level and the Unknown level, had bodies stronger than Blaney, who had just been promoted to a demigod.

So Xia De had played quite a few activities with the sisters that other girls couldn't do. And because they didn't participate in "collective activities" with other girls—mainly because other girls were afraid of them—only the three of them really knew what Grace and Helen had done with Xia De.

Dorothy, who was listening to the conversation this time, also smelled something fishy. She looked suspiciously at the sisters holding Xia De's left and right hands, suspecting that Lei Qianya wasn't the boldest one.

Dorothy visited the sisters to ask about space knowledge. Xia De stayed with them until 5:00 before leaving. Dorothy planned to have dinner with Grandma Cassandra and the others. She wasn't in a hurry to return to Tobesk. After all, Lei Qianya said she was going to St. Deran Square tonight, and it was the same whether the writer lady or the Princess was there.

When Xia De arrived at the college library in the evening, the little elf obviously hadn't finished class yet. Xia De waited for her at Dannister's for a while, and by the way, chatted with the "Red Moon Witch" about the sights he saw in the afternoon.

"The college has also heard about the mermaid. But since it involves the Unknown level, the news only circulates among the professors who specifically handle this matter."

The college wasn't completely ignorant about the reappearance of "Desire." However, because of her relationship with Xia De, Dannister actually knew the most. Humans in the Sixth Era actually had no way to deal with such powerful Unknown-level relics with self-awareness. After all, although the thirteenth-level ring mages could fight against Angel-level relics like the 【Sword-Inheritor Mother Nest】, they definitely couldn't beat "Desire."

The best way to solve "Desire" was actually to wait for the other party to do something excessive, forcing the Five Gods Church to seek the help of the gods, and then use the power of the Orthodox God to seal it.

But before that mermaid lost its mind and did so, the resistance of intelligent life to it could only be carried out slowly and secretly. "Desire" was one of the basic factors constituting the soul of intelligent life. Even Xia De couldn't be exempt from its erosion. The 【Witch's Pleasure】 and 【Kiss of Hunger】 he currently possessed were the best proof.

"Jester Troupe? You even met them?"

The knowledgeable administrator lady naturally also knew this ring mage organization:

"The college's positioning of this ring mage group is also very vague. If the Prophet Association is neutral leaning toward good, and the Witch Council is neutral leaning toward... chaotic, then this organization is almost absolutely neutral.

They have indeed done many good things, but they also do some inexplicable bad things, or rather, things that don't make sense. They believe that they are performing a grand drama with the world as the stage as jesters, who are one of the marginal roles, and everything they do is an indispensable part of this drama."

"This sounds like an introduction to an illegal organization... Speaking of which, since they want to be jesters, where did they get their script? It's impossible that everyone in the 【Jester Troupe】 has hysteria and thinks that whatever they do is right out of thin air, right?"

Dannister pursed her lips and laughed:

"Wait a moment."

She stretched out her hand. A few seconds later, a book flew from afar and fell into her hand. "Detailed Explanation of Ancient Troupe-like Organizations: Characters on the Great Stage." This book was bound in a quite old method, and the text on it was actually Elvish.

Dannister handed the book to Xia De and told him the approximate page number:

"Most of these ancient troupe-like organizations with long traditions are related to the ancient 【Fate Cult】, or are branches of the Ancient God Cult. The Ancient God of Fate, 'Mr. Ring', is also the God of Drama, but compared to His power of managing fate, people don't know much about this."

"Same origin as the 【Prophet Association】?"

"You can think of it that way. The 【Jester Troupe】 is one of the few existing troupes that can be clearly proven to be a branch of the ancient 【Fate Cult】. Actually, when I first met Vanessa, I asked her if the 【Golden Dawn Opera Troupe】 was related to fate, and only later did I know it was just a coincidence."

She smiled and picked up her teacup:

"As for the script of the 【Jester Troupe】, the college believes that they have some kind of powerful artifact left by the Ancient God, or some kind of powerful fate-type relic, to guide them to complete those tasks that seem to have no relationship but are actually connected—they believe they are performing for 'Mr. Ring' under that stage."

"Even if the audience has already left, the performers can't stop, because the audience might come back at any time, right?"

"Can I borrow this book to read?"

Xia De asked, pulling out the "Jester Card" to use as a bookmark. The charming administrator lady joked with a smile:

"Xia De, even for you, if you want to borrow a book, you have to register."

"Then should I go to the library front desk to register, or here with you..."

She beckoned Xia De to come closer, her rose-red eyes reflecting his face:

"Here with me is fine. First, you have to put a stamp in the right place. No, definitely not on the side of the face. Goodness, then let me teach you the technique of stamping."

Emilia, with her schoolbag slung over her shoulder and carrying her small medical kit, appeared in the center of the library at 5:20. She was panting, but waved happily when she saw Xia De:

"Good afternoon, Xia De, good afternoon, Miss Dannister."

"Emilia, do you need a rest? You've been in class all day, can you still go to Fatum..."

"No problem, I don't need a rest!"

Since she had a reasonable opportunity to leave the college to go to other places, and even had the chance to play with a new unicorn, Emilia naturally wouldn't give it up.

"Then what about your homework? Will this delay your time?"

Xia De asked with some worry again. Emilia shook her head again:

"No problem, I have fully mastered the technique of accelerating my own time recently. I can finish half an hour of homework in five minutes."

After finishing, she looked at Dannister pitifully:

"Professor, Xia De is going to a banquet tonight. Can you let him send me back after his banquet is over?"

The administrator lady, whose lipstick had disappeared, didn't make things difficult for her:

"Yes, but listen to Xia De. Your coronation ceremony only needs to be held once a suitable location is determined. Don't cause other trouble at such a time."

Emilia hadn't had dinner yet, but there would definitely be no lack of dinner for her in Kyle-Todd Town.

She followed Xia De to the top of the snowy mountain again in a very good mood. When they came out of the ruins next to the high tower, looking at the stars all over the sky, Emilia smiled and wanted to open her arms to embrace the night sky, but saw Xia De looking around.

"What's wrong?"

"I learned a secret technique to detect the First Fire in the past time. I forgot to use it when I came yesterday. This is a secret technique with an active effect... Yes, among the remaining three First Fire flames, one of them is on this island."

"Then what is the specific location?"

Xia De frowned and shook his head. The feeling at this moment was very similar to yesterday morning at the 【Tombstone Wasteland】. He could feel that the flame was not far from here, but he couldn't know its specific direction.

Xia De had discussed this situation with Sister Belen, which meant that there was a powerful ritual resisting perception around the flame, or the flame was hidden in some kind of container with strong interference—such as the Giant King's corpse.

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