Chapter 3295: Friends and Probing

Xia De held his head and sighed:

"Understood, so I am going to relieve your psychological problems now. It really is that everyone has psychological problems now; is this a disease of the era?"

After speaking, he snapped his fingers again, and the black-robed woman closest to him moved at once.

Xia De asked before the other party could open her mouth to scold:

"Why do you think she is incompetent?"

The black-robed woman actually answered:

"Although her power is extraordinary, she has not shown the power to manipulate authority."

"The psychological problem is worrying that she only has power but no political means—it doesn't matter, she has no authority, but can't her allies have authority? We are friends now, and I have slept with quite a few members of the royal family, so she is actually a friend of the royal family."

"Ah?"

A surprised voice came, but Xia De had no time to explain to her. With a light push, the black-robed woman dissipated directly.

He looked at the next one, and the second black-robed lady also moved:

"Although she has extraordinary power, I am also becoming stronger. I am already at the same tier as her; is she really qualified to lead me?"

"This time the problem is worrying that people around her will catch up in tier and overthrow her—if whoever is stronger is the leader, I recommend the 'God-Awakener' to be your leader, but this is obviously impossible."

"Makes sense, I agree too."

The second black-robed woman disappeared voluntarily. Xia De looked at the third one efficiently, and the third one also moved:

"Although she has extraordinary power, she is not pure enough. I am the purest traveler on the path of the extraordinary; I am the youngest, and my understanding of power is the deepest."

"This time it's worrying about young people with potential—for extraordinary beings, is age really important? I have a time talent user by my side who has successfully researched a method to make unicorns age, so she can also make people age; I also have a magical mystery lock that can make people younger. So don't worry about young people threatening you; age is not important."

"How despicable!"

The third black-robed lady disappeared. After the quick answer and quick question, the fourth one moved:

"My family is happy, and I have countless people who care for me and take care of me, but she doesn't have so many relatives. A lone traveler will not have a good end!"

Xia De shook his head in distress:

"Miss Sabeier, why do you even compare such things? You have no family; what does that have to do with whether you are competent?"

Xia De didn't understand, so he turned around and flew directly over the sea of fire to the side of the cross. The flames also had a burning effect on him, but probably because it was very cold outside, the burning effect was not very intense.

He stood high up and said to the black-robed lady below:

"I am her friend, risking danger to save her; she still has friends. No family, but good friends can fill the void in the soul. I think this sentence still makes some sense."

As he said this, he winked at Miss Sabeier as an apology, and then opened his arms in front of the cross to give her a hug:

"Look."

"Ah!"

Screams and resentful voices came one after another. Xia De had clearly only lifted the time stop for one person, but at this moment, all the black-robed ladies below moved.

They screamed together, as if they had seen an unbelievable scene, and finally disappeared in place one by one amidst the screams.

Xia De looked at this scene in confusion, and Miss Sabeier, who was released from the cross, was equally surprised:

"Why did I suddenly let go... I felt anger and... jealousy, but why?"

This question was not important, because in the next second, the two woke up together in front of the ice table, and their left and right hands were still held together.

"Welcome back—two minutes and thirty-seven seconds."

The crystal-clear maid said softly. The sorceress who had just woken up didn't understand what it meant, but Xia De understood. It seemed he hadn't delayed too long.

And after suddenly waking up from the dream, Miss Sabeier was still immersed in the last scene of the nightmare, wondering what the reaction of her colleagues meant. Her dream was actually not just her own dream. Due to her position, her spirit was comprehensively protected, and the colleagues who appeared in the dream just now were not just illusory shadows constructed by her dream.

While she was still thinking about these things, she saw Xia De reach out to pick up the last cup of "tea," which was the black liquid that looked like mud.

"Let me do it after all."

She reached out and blocked Xia De. Seeing Xia De's eyes wondering why her voice had changed, her voice became a bit hoarse when she spoke, like the voice after just waking up:

"I mean, please let me do it."

Her right hand took the initiative to grab Xia De's wrist this time. This bold move made the girl blush a little, but more of it was because of what happened just now:

"I didn't expect that in just less than ten minutes, I became a pure person being helped. I am actually very powerful too... I will drink this last cup of tea, so no matter what happens, at least it won't cause harm to you."

"I said just now, we are friends, so you don't need to care about these."

Xia De shook his head, but Miss Sabeier looked like she had made up her mind:

"Since we are friends, please don't stop me. Friends... I am not a reckless person."

Xia De stared at her light golden eyes for a moment, confirming that she was really prepared:

"Sometimes it's better not to push yourself... If you insist on this, I won't object, but I want to state that I won't feel that you are useless."

She had already picked up the last teacup:

"Saying that just to take care of my self-esteem?"

"Of course not. Since I woke you up, I have the responsibility to protect you."

The teacup had already been brought to her face:

"It's been a long time since anyone said they wanted to protect me. Although you are a mysterious person, your style is really old-fashioned... I mean, we are friends, you said that yourself just now, I am not the one being protected."

She had already made up her mind. Even if she exposed her identity, she absolutely could not be as embarrassing as before when facing the last "tea." So the tea was sent into her mouth. After she took a light sip, she showed a surprised expression, and then she tasted it again, her expression even more surprised.

The sorceress turned in her seat and said to the maid:

"Why is this hot chocolate? It's really hard to drink after it gets cold."

The ice maid replied:

"Yes, this is hot chocolate after it has cooled down. I never said that all three cups of tea contained potion ingredients. Please finish it, and then provide an evaluation of the three tea drinks."

In the crystal-clear face, the lively eyes looked at Xia De:

"Or share the unfinished tea drink with this gentleman, just like before."

Xia De suspected that the maid said this on purpose, and Miss Sabeier immediately lowered her head to look at her cup just now, and a layer of red glow immediately appeared on her face.

"I was trying to enter your dream!"

To prevent the other party from misunderstanding, Xia De had to explain. The sorceress naturally understood. Having already developed a slight affection for the mysterious Xia De, she was a bit shy, so she had to pick up the cup to cover her expression, and by the way, drank all the cold hot chocolate.

Next was the evaluation session for the tea drinks. Miss Sabeier went first, and she clearly had resentment:

"The taste of that cup of Nightmare Dew was really terrible, making me think of the things I worry about most. If you treat guests with this kind of thing, it's no wonder it's so deserted here.

As for that cup of hot chocolate—you served it after letting it cool on purpose, right? Although you used an ice teacup, I don't believe you don't have a way to keep it at a constant temperature."

The maid smiled without saying a word, and then asked Xia De:

"Then guest, what is your evaluation?"

"The drink made by the Ice Crystal Butterfly, even after drinking it again after so many years (Chapter 567), still has a bone-chilling coldness."

Xia De's thoughts briefly returned to that banquet, returned to the blood brew that everyone brought out at that time:

"However, compared to the drink with a bloody taste I drank before, the mint flavor in this cup is at least very fresh, letting that chill rush directly to my forehead."

"Guest, you are truly humorous."

The ice maid seemed to be amused. Although she was made of ice, she was far better at expressing emotions than Sister Daifulin, who had a bit of flame material:

"I did add some mint for seasoning, otherwise the taste of this tea drink would be too bland, and that is not the way to treat guests."

So Miss Sabeier puffed up her cheeks slightly. Xia De did not notice this subconscious little action.

"So you guessed in advance what tea drinks we would choose separately, so you deliberately made things difficult for me, right?"

The ice maid's smile remained unchanged:

"This gentleman is a guest, and although you have a noble status, you are just an intruder."

"Is there a difference?"

"Of course there is a difference... Speaking of which, the Ice Crystal Butterfly was already an endangered species in the early Fifth Era, and it was officially declared extinct in the year 3500 of the Fifth Era. The raw materials for this tea drink in the castle were also preserved through extremely special means.

Guest, I didn't expect you to have tasted similar tea drinks before; you are indeed knowledgeable."

This was clearly changing the subject, but Miss Sabeier still looked at Xia De in confusion. Xia De subconsciously felt guilty, but immediately thought that this girl was just a stranger, and even only knew that he was "John Watson," so he didn't need to explain too clearly:

"I am a very powerful time-series ring warlock. You also saw me cast spells in the dream just now. That unique power of time stop is very strong. So, I have come into contact with many traces of past eras."

The sorceress nodded gently and asked in a tone with a hint of admiration:

"Then can you tell me, which famous time-series ring warlock did you learn that power of time stop from? Or was it original? You also saw it when you probed time just now; I also have time talent.

Of course, if it is private, please forgive my offense."

(End of chapter) ***