Chapter 3283

The second piece of the pistol fragment was just given to Doctor Shi Nai De, and now the last piece had also come into Luweiya's hands. Her purple eyes stared intently at the fragment in her hand, but after only a moment, she discarded it:

"A completely normal thing. Emilia used the power of time to channel destiny. Otherwise, even if you killed that snake, what you would have ultimately obtained would still be that dangerous pistol, and then you would need to carefully contain it."

Lei Qianya then asked:

"So in the future, if we discover this kind of 'impossible' item, can we just have Emilia cast a spell to destroy them?"

"No, Emilia herself said tonight that she cast a spell beyond her limits, as if all the luck of tonight was concentrated on her. In the future, she will likely not be able to do such a thing. As for other gifted people of time, I don't believe they have the ability to reverse the time of the Infinite Snake; I am even worried that they would make that snake possess the power of time.

Completely destroying the 'impossible' is equivalent to completely resolving the 'calamity of destiny,' which must be extremely difficult."

Xia De said, and Luweiya nodded gently. Seeing that Miss Jia Lin Na also wanted to speak, she directly knew what she wanted to ask:

"The Lianhe Society does indeed have information on the 【Infinite Snake】. When I first joined the society, I had advanced training at the headquarters and had heard of this kind of monster. But before today, the society considered it a strange evil thing that would only be born when something went wrong with destiny itself.

Just as a steam engine might have problems, pipes might leak, and pocket watches might stop, the occurrence of problems with destiny itself is one of the manifestations of 'destiny's impermanence.' The society didn't expect that this was actually a form of manifestation of the calamity."

"Then how did you deal with it in the past?"

The Duchess asked, but Luweiya shook her head:

"My clearance level cannot see that part of the information. I guess it should be some kind of secret technique or ritual that consumes a lot of resources; otherwise, there's no reason to point out the evil thing without providing a means of resolution. The society wouldn't deliberately make things difficult for us."

She reached out and took the snake slough that belonged to Emilia:

"From Xia De's description, only when two or even more people possessing snake sloughs appear at the same time can they attack that snake without letting it possess possibilities. This once again confirms my view: that snake is a dead knot of destiny, and the snake slough endows mortals with a special destiny... Didn't Xia De say that when that snake met him, it couldn't absorb his power? Even without a snake slough, Xia De's destiny is unique."

She actually accepted the explanation Xia De had come up with to stall Miss Reinhardt, but at this moment, Xia De thought about it carefully; it seemed that even without the "noble destiny" shared by the long-haired girl, it was indeed possible that he wouldn't have his "possibilities" absorbed by the Infinite Snake.

After all, his destiny did not originally belong to this world, and his appearance itself was a kind of "impossible"...

"Hm?"

Xia De was suddenly startled in his heart:

"Wait a minute, if you put it that way, I seem to be able to count as a kind of 'impossible' too. My appearance is also a strange phenomenon of destiny knotting after Luweiya disturbed time and space. Could it be that if someone pointed out to my face that I shouldn't exist, I would also turn into a snake?"

"She" smiled gently:

【Then you would also possess the power to absorb possibilities and evolve infinitely.】

This was obviously a joke.

In short, the calamity of destiny has officially appeared, which means the story of destiny has passed its prologue and officially entered the most intense battle for contention. Those holding snake sloughs will appear one after another and meet the Outsider in the stories to come.

As for what Xia De needs to do, it is to slowly wait for the person chosen by destiny to officially come before him.

Of course, at least for now, he doesn't need to consider these—

"So Great-Aunt, what exactly did you do this afternoon that required you to apologize to Xia De?"

Lei Qianya had already narrowed her eyes with laughter. She herself was an extremely beautiful girl, and the way she smiled from the heart at this moment was even more beautiful.

The Duchess was very embarrassed:

"Lei Qianya, Angelina, and Luweiya, would you mind leaving here first?"

But except for Angelina, no one else moved, which left Angelina, who had subconsciously stood up, not knowing whether she should leave or sit down. Sitting back down would make her Great-Aunt angry, but leaving directly seemed like it would make her sister unhappy.

But at least the maids were all very conscious and retreated to the kitchen, and looking at Lei Qianya's smiling expression and Luweiya's expression of holding the snake slough and looking at her, Miss Jia Lin Na didn't make any more requests:

"Actually, it's nothing."

She said with feigned ease:

"When Xia De and I attended the tea party this afternoon, Diana and several ladies you all know were there. While Xia De went to handle some matters, everyone gathered together to chat about some more private topics. Lei Qianya, Angelina, you will also participate in such social events in the future; this is a private gathering among ladies."

Lei Qianya was quite intelligent and understood after thinking for a moment:

"You showed off your relationship with Xia De."

"That's not showing off; someone just asked, so I answered. Lei Qianya, your mother asked about my love life for the sake of the kingdom's political stability; how could I not answer? Besides, everyone knows that I spent this year's Winter Solstice in this house."

She moved slightly closer to Xia De, wanting to cover up her guilty conscience.

But Lei Qianya continued to ask on behalf of the curious Luweiya and Angelina:

"Don't try to change the subject. What happened next? I don't believe you only talked about this. Since it was a more private conversation, you should have talked about other things, right?"

Miss Jia Lin Na's face flushed red instantly, which was rare for the Duchess. She glanced at Xia De, who was also looking at her, and took his hand and placed it on her skirt covering her legs:

"Next, we talked about some even more private things. You are all unmarried girls; it's better not to listen to such things."

Lei Qianya immediately laughed:

"Great-Aunt, everyone has spent I don't know how many nights with Xia De in that bedroom over there, and now you're telling us this?"

So Miss Jia Lin Na, who truly had no other choice, had to hug Xia De's arm again:

"They wanted to know how far my relationship with Xia De had progressed, so I told the truth."

"And then?"

"There is no 'and then'."

Lei Qianya didn't believe it, so Miss Jia Lin Na had to continue:

"Then I just showed off a little and praised Xia De; that's nothing."

When she said this, Xia De understood more or less. Seeing that Lei Qianya still wanted to continue questioning, he finally spoke:

"Since Miss Jia Lin Na took the initiative to apologize, let's just let this matter go, but there's no need to talk about such private matters so clearly with others in the future."

"Understood, I know I was wrong."

The Duchess smiled and hugged Xia De's arm, and even showed a triumphant smile to her great-niece. Lei Qianya curled her lips and decided to "joke" with her properly tonight.

Since Miss Jia Lin Na, Lei Qianya, and Luweiya were all there, naturally no one was willing to stay overnight in the guest room, so Little Mia was under Angelina's care tonight.

The little princess and the cat slept as usual in the guest room of Room 1, which was the room Xia De had originally lived in. The house was very quiet at night, but Angelina pulled the quilt and looked at the ceiling, feeling that she couldn't fall asleep. In the end, she slipped into the living room and came to the door of the master bedroom.

Although the silence spell was lost, Xia De and the ladies wouldn't go so far as to set up a powerful silence barrier or anti-peeping means in the house. Therefore, Angelina, who had been in contact with the Ringed Shushi world for half a year, leaned against the bedroom door and heard some content.

This caused Angelina not to sleep very soundly that night. In her short sleep, she had nightmares again. First, she dreamed of the snake that Xia De described at night, then she dreamed of the huge mermaid shadow in the water, then Xia De falling off a cliff alone at the peak of a towering snow mountain, and finally a gunshot, which directly woke Angelina up.

"Meow~"

Little Mia told her to be quiet; she was disturbing the cat's rest.

So early Thursday morning, seeing that only Xia De got up on time, Angelina, who didn't have enough sleep, took advantage of the maids being busy with breakfast in the dining room and kitchen and broke into the washroom that Xia De had just entered.

Xia De had already taken a shower and was brushing his teeth in front of the sink in his bathrobe, and then he saw Angelina hugging him from behind in the mirror. She took a deep breath, twisted her body twice, and carefully looked out the door before saying:

"Xia De, I miss you a little."

Xia De blinked at her in the mirror. The Outsider didn't say anything disappointing like "Aren't you right in front of me?" Although he and Angelina didn't have the most intimate relationship, Xia De had done some excessive things:

"Speaking of which, we haven't been alone for a long time... So, do you have any plans recently?"

He didn't want Angelina to feel neglected.

The little princess praised her own initiative in her heart. Sure enough, only an active girl could get a treat. Since Emilia could go on adventures with Xia De, she could naturally go on her own "big adventure":

"I know you're very busy, so I won't take up your time. Next time I come here with my sister, in the middle of the night..."

She turned around again to make sure no one was at the door. Xia De wouldn't close the washroom door when brushing his teeth and washing his face:

"Can you come to me in the middle of the night? I want you to... tell me a bedtime story."

This time she didn't say "vase appreciation" but used another way of saying it. Seeing Xia De nod, Angelina showed a sweet smile. Afterward, when Xia De finished brushing his teeth, she expectantly carried her hands behind her back and slightly raised her head, and Xia De lowered his head and gave her a kiss.

However, this action was a bit awkward. In the end, Angelina was picked up by Xia De and placed on the sink, so the seventeen-year-old red-haired little princess was dizzy until breakfast.

But this also kept Angelina in a good mood all day, and in the following days, she asked Lei Qianya one after another if she had any plans to visit Xia De—she almost had "I'm looking forward to it" written on her face.

(End of chapter)