Chapter 3282: Emilia's Worry

The newly appeared text on the snake shed did not involve privacy, so Xia De, after obtaining Emilia's consent, read this passage to the Witch and Miss Larson. Emilia had her own unique understanding of this:

"Just now, Miss Reinhardt said that resolving more Infinite Snakes can elevate one's character importance. If one becomes the protagonist, one is truly the Chosen of Fate. But I cannot become the Chosen this time, so elevating my character importance will only result in receiving a gift from Fate."

She was actually quite satisfied with this result:

"Actually, I feel I have already received Fate's gift right now—although the over-limit casting I performed just now cannot be replicated in the short term, I truly feel my understanding of time and fine manipulation have improved by a huge margin in an instant."

Emilia's pointed ears twitched imperceptibly; she was very satisfied with such a night. Being able to leave the academy, experience a magnificent adventure, and even advance her power, she felt she was indeed a lucky little elf.

"At that time, there were three Snake Shed holders present. Why did only Emilia receive such... help from Fate?"

Miss Larson asked softly again, and Xia De had a guess regarding this:

"Perhaps it relates to each person's luck, character positioning, and power, but I cannot say clearly. Or perhaps it is simply that Emilia appeared at the most correct place at the most correct time."

"So the Chosen ceremony is the 'drama' that Miss and Mr. Watson discussed. Could it be a competition to see who can eliminate the Infinite Snakes?"

Miss Larson asked again, and Xia De denied it:

"Impossible. In the many past Chosen ceremonies, there has never been an example where eliminating a calamity made one the Chosen. Moreover, even if the Chosen appears, this calamity cannot be completely eliminated; at most, its frequency of appearance can only be reduced."

"You know the past Chosen ceremonies very well?"

Miss Reinhardt thus asked Xia De, and Xia De nodded:

"The Witches have told me much about them."

After speaking, he suddenly frowned, and Emilia also looked around as if sensing something.

【Outsider, you have felt a slight disturbance from Fate.】

Although "Her" reminder appeared only once, it still represented someone else attempting to use a Relic to interfere with Fate.

He quickly took out the 【Dice of Fate】, whose surface cracks had all been repaired due to the fusion of a brand-new Relic, and tossed it into the air. As expected, the die began to spin and glow.

"I also feel that something wants to interfere with me."

Emilia moved closer to Xia De, but in fact, it was impossible for the power of a Relic to influence the fate of the Chosen.

At this moment, the Unicorn let out a soft cry. The Great Witch of the Sun, having experienced this once before, also uncomfortably crossed her arms:

"I have been targeted as well. It seems someone wants to interfere with the fate of those involved in tonight's coastal incident."

This attack was stronger than the last one. The spinning Keeper-level Relic continued to glow faintly even after falling. Fortunately, it still successfully protected the four people standing together at this moment. It was not that the die had evolved the function of protecting the fate of others besides Xia De, but rather that their fates were now connected.

Unexpectedly, the "Snake Shed" did not display any characteristic of protecting its holder amidst this fate attack. It seems it truly is only responsible for recording fate.

It was not early anymore. After confirming that tonight's events had temporarily subsided, Xia De was still concerned about sending Emilia back, so he did not stay long and prepared to leave. Miss Reinhardt wanted to see him off, but he refused.

"I am just sorry for inviting you to the banquet tonight, only for it to end so disappointingly."

"It doesn't matter. This is not your fault. Moreover, the ball segment at the end was quite nice."

Xia De said with a smile. Seeing the young lady in her gown holding her left arm with her right hand, looking down slightly with a depressed expression, he gently embraced her:

"With such things happening in your hometown, you must be very troubled as well? It's okay. I will stay here and deal with it together with you."

"Mm."

The Witch nodded lightly. After confirming that Emilia and her own apprentice were saying their goodbyes and not looking this way, she suddenly kissed his cheek. Immediately afterward, her own face flushed red, and she stammered out words like "This is gratitude," "You haven't explained yet how your 【Thunder Wave】 is so powerful," and "Let's go dancing together again next time."

It was already Wednesday. The Unicorn Eli's recovery situation was quite good. Emilia estimated that by Friday, they could attempt to have the Unicorn take them to find the "Ice Fortress." Xia De believed this matter could not be delayed; handling it as soon as possible was naturally best, otherwise, who knew what even worse things might happen next.

After dropping the glass slipper outside Kael-Todd Town and returning home, there were indeed many people inside No. 6 St. Dandelion Square.

Miss Jia Lin Na, who had originally agreed to come apologize tonight, and Princess Lei Lei Qianya, who had come to watch the apology, were both present. Naturally, Agnelina was brought along as well. Besides the "Princesses" of the Cavendish family, Luvia was actually here too, and her appearance had a reason:

"About an hour ago, the Snake Shed at my side suddenly glowed and then disappeared. I assume you encountered something on the island?"

"Yes. Leave this for you to study, Luvia."

The little elf immediately handed the Snake Shed to Luvia. She had just been worried that Xia De would require her to carry this thing with her at all times. As for why Emilia disliked snakes, the reason was simple: when the little elf was a juvenile elf, she had been bitten by a snake. Although she did not become fearful of snakes because of it, a sense of aversion toward them arose from then on.

Emilia originally wanted to stay and say a few words to Agnelina, but since it was truly too late, Xia De first sent her back to the academy, planning to discuss tonight's events with the ladies after returning.

And Danist was indeed still waiting for the two to return in the library at such a late hour. When Xia De and Emilia walked out from between the bookshelves together, the red-haired librarian Miss was sitting on the sofa holding a book to read.

This made the little elf feel very guilty:

"Professor, I am sorry for disturbing your rest. I will return earlier in the future."

Then she apologized for potentially exposing her identity tonight. The librarian Miss felt very surprised by this:

"So what if your identity is exposed?"

"The Church might ask the academy why I ran off to such a distant place."

Thus Danist laughed. She looked at Xia De:

"It seems Emilia has not yet realized that besides her student identity, she possesses other identities as well."

She signaled for Emilia to sit down first, then asked Xia De:

"Does she know what Miss Yi Lu Na Miss Beiya Si has done?"

"She knows most of it."

The librarian Miss asked the little elf with drooping ears again:

"Yi Lu Na Miss Beiya Si also appeared in places she should not have appeared. She also suddenly produced intelligence she should not have produced, yet the Church never raised any doubts because of it—because she is the Chosen, the protagonist of this era, the person destined to save the world.

Emilia, your identity is now the same as Yi Lu Na's. You can even be considered the Elf Queen. For this world, most people need to look up to you, not question you—except for the teachers in the academy who require you to do homework.

You do not need to worry about being questioned, Emilia. You are the Tree of Rebirth, the Elf Queen, the Heir of Time. What does it matter if you are suspected of appearing on that island? Even if you requested the mortal kingdoms to designate a territory for the elves on that island, they would have to carefully consider the feasibility of this matter."

Emilia thus cautiously raised her head:

"So if the Church really comes to ask the academy whether I have recently visited Fatumunster Island..."

Xia De gave advice:

"You can answer however you like. You can even say you glimpsed the future in a dream and had a true prophetic dream. You are the Chosen of Time, the Queen ruling the elves of the Sixth Era. You have the right to do anything."

"Then can I take leave because of this, skip morning classes tomorrow, and go to that beautiful island with Xia De early?"

The somewhat "greedy" little elf asked again. The female sorceress smiled and shook her head:

"Of course not, because I will tell this to Grandma Qisha. Xia De, tomorrow Emilia only has morning classes. You can come over at ten in the morning. Go back and rest. See you tomorrow.

"Emily, you stay. I am very curious about what exactly happened tonight that required you to use the power of the Chosen One."

When Xia De returned home, Miss Jia Lin Na, Princess Lei Lei Qianya, and Luvia were naturally prepared to hear the story. As for Aglina, she had only just learned today that Emily had been acting alongside Xia De for these past few days, and the little princess was extremely envious of this.

Specifically, tonight's story began with Xia De's afternoon encounter at that tea party, because it involved the "Mermaid" and the 【Clown Troupe】.

Miss Jia Lin Na had left in a hurry that afternoon, so she did not hear this part of the story, but Princess Lei Lei Qianya and Dorothy knew it.

Next came the observations from tonight's banquet; the reunion with Major Rades was unimportant, and the subsequent "suicide case" was the main point.

The appearance of the "Black Snake" by the coast and the abnormal characteristics it subsequently displayed made Luvia frown deeply. Only after Xia De finished recounting his conversation and speculations with Miss Reinhardt in the Unicorn's den, and then unfolded the snake skin shed left by Emily to read aloud the newly appeared passage, did the story finally conclude.

"I had been curious about what form the calamity of fate would take. I also speculated whether it was the prophets suddenly going mad on a large scale, causing a vast crowd to have prophetic dreams. I never expected that in the end, it would be the occurrence of the impossible."

Princess Lei Lei Qianya sighed with some astonishment, but Luvia refuted this notion:

"No, that is impossible; it is merely a facade. To a prophet like me, those events are less 'impossible' and more like threads of fate intertwining and knotting, finally forming a dead knot in fate at a certain moment, from which the impossible and the snake were born."

(End of this chapter)