Chapter 3296: The Ball on the Second Floor

Miss Sabeier seemed genuinely curious about this miracle, but Xia De was unwilling to lie, and even more unwilling to deny Adele's existence. Thinking of the girl who existed in the "non-existent" space-time, he tried hard to suppress himself from showing a lonely expression:

"This is indeed private. I won't tell you the name of that teacher of mine. She was very good to me, it's just that we... probably won't see each other for a long time."

"Sorry."

The sorceress apologized softly. Looking at the expression of this strange, mysterious man, for some reason, she also felt some sadness and sorrow in her heart. She pursed her lips to keep herself from expressing her current mood, but still took the initiative to hold his hand:

"Don't be sad or upset. I have always believed that time will protect those of us who walk in time. As long as there is a chance to meet again, it is definitely not a final farewell... Can you give me some more warmth? I feel my feet have started to freeze."

"Oh, sorry—Inner Fire."

The beautiful ice maid watched the two who were not familiar just now, but had now turned into a friendship relationship. After shaking her head slightly, she announced:

"The two of you have decent taste, so please follow me to continue to the floor above."

Xia De and Miss Sabeier, who had obtained a brand-new warmth crystal, followed along. They had to return to the front hall first, and then go up through the stairs.

"After we reach the second floor, do we need to find new partners?"

Miss Sabeier looked at the ice sculptures in the corridor and the hall and asked Xia De softly. Xia De shook his head gently:

"Let's go see what to do next first. If it's not very necessary, the two of us will be enough next."

Although the spiral staircase made of solid ice was gorgeous, it was also really slippery, but fortunately, there was an ice-blue carpet laid here. The only thing they needed to pay attention to was actually avoiding the ice sculptures on the stairs.

It was just that after entering the second floor, the temperature dropped further. Xia De gave a fierce shiver, and Miss Sabeier's feet started to rustle and freeze after she stepped on the last step.

She immediately cast a spell to try to raise her body temperature, but as soon as the spirit flowed in her body, her whole body's spirit was frozen. The brand-new crystal on her chest only bought her less than a second. When Xia De turned around, she had already turned into an ice sculpture again.

"Forgot to remind you, do not use power that creates flames or raises temperature at will on the second-floor area, otherwise your own ether will be directly frozen. This is a rule set by Her Majesty. Her Majesty likes those who truly rely on themselves to resist the severe cold, rather than magicians who manipulate flames."

The maid said with a smile, and then "kindly" reminded:

"However, the power you gave that provides soul temperature enough to melt even me does not belong to this type of power that is not allowed to be used. After all, that temperature already existed, and you were just sharing it."

"This is indeed Chloe's style... You have met Chloe, right?"

The maid smiled without answering, just standing there very dignifiedly. Xia De then asked again:

"I want to liberate my companion. Does this need to consume the opportunity I just obtained to get a brand-new companion?"

The maid shook her head:

"She is already your companion. Re-liberating her does not need to consume the opportunity. But why save her? She is almost useless to you, and you can walk to a higher floor by yourself."

What she said was indeed reasonable, but Xia De still walked toward that ice sculpture:

"I promised to take her out, or at least let her obtain the freedom of true death. I will not break my promise."

As he said this, he wanted to give another kiss, but hesitated and stopped. The ice sculptures just now were all thick layers of ice, and it was impossible to see if there was anyone inside. The image of the ice sculpture itself was also quite generic.

But I don't know if it was because it had just frozen, but at this time, although the ice layer of Miss Sabeier's ice sculpture was also very thick, the sorceress frozen inside could still be clearly seen.

"This..."

In the end, he still kissed the corner of the ice sculpture's lips, and in the process, used deep breathing to reverse time and liberate the ice layer.

The activation of these two miracles required a short process of a few seconds and could not be separated immediately after contact. Therefore, when the sorceress was thawed again and leaned over, shivering while wrapped in Xia De's coat, Xia De looked at the ice maid and always felt that the other party was a bit "ill-intentioned."

The cold on the second floor was already quite close to the feeling in the "Silver Mountains" back then. At that time, even Chloe, who was herself using ice and snow power and was at the peak of the Thirteenth Tier, couldn't stand it, let alone Miss Sabeier, who was only in the Middle Tier.

After she thawed, she leaned directly beside Xia De. After relying on Xia De's "Inner Fire" to barely stop shivering, she said tremblingly:

"The method of constant time to prevent being frozen seems ineffective. This chill can actually break through the limits of time. The power of the former owner of this place must far exceed mine..."

This place was also quite dangerous for her, and she felt she must remind Xia De:

"Actually, you don't need to save me. Now I am just a burden to you."

Xia De didn't care about this;

"Since I promised to take you out, I will definitely do it. Compared to the trouble I encountered before, the current situation is nothing."

After all, although the environment was harsh, there were demons here instead of gods, and the current situation was much better than any time exploration.

The maid continued to lead the way. After entering the second floor, it was a huge banquet hall filled with various ice sculptures, and the degree of gorgeousness was far beyond the foyer on the first floor. But their destination was not here, and the maid led them toward a corridor on the side.

And at this time, Miss Sabeier relying only on wearing the crystal was no longer enough to maintain her body temperature. She had to keep holding Xia De's hand, which was continuously casting spells, to maintain her own temperature, but there was no other way:

"How strong is the witch who created this castle?"

She couldn't help but sigh, but the maid leading the way didn't answer this question, and Xia De said casually:

"Must be a demigod-level witch."

"You know about demigods?"

The sorceress asked again in surprise. The level of "demigod" had disappeared in the current Sixth Era, and ordinary ring warlocks hadn't even heard of it. Xia De also gradually learned about this level in the past era after the Mibao incident.

And the outsider who had been in this world for nearly two years had long known about demigods, and even... in the hot spring with a girl who had just been promoted to demigod...

"Heard it from my teacher... Hmm, you also know about demigods?"

The High-Tier Xia De also looked at the Middle-Tier sorceress in surprise. The latter knew she had made a slip of the tongue, so she skillfully took out the excuse of amnesia:

"A piece of memory just surged up again. Yes, I don't know where this knowledge came from either."

She had already started to feel guilty because of lying. The other party's soul temperature was so warm and reassuring, and she was clearly protected by this warmth, yet she was still lying to the soul that protected her.

Although she didn't know who the other party was, just by relying on this powerful and gentle soul, the other party's status could be completely equal to her own. At first, she just wanted to know the other party's secrets, but now, she already wanted to truly know and communicate with the other party after this matter.

Especially since Xia De cast that miracle in the dream just now... She thought of another strange self she met not long ago, but felt that she couldn't guess so casually. After all, the origin of the other self was still problematic now.

But "Miss Sabeier" had already decided that no matter who this strange man was, she would take him out of here. He could barely be considered her student now.

The corridor on the right side of the banquet hall connects to a series of rooms, and the entire second floor actually presents a "Hui" character shape; regardless of whether one enters the left corridor or the right, as long as one keeps walking forward, one will eventually return to the banquet hall.

"Guest, on the first floor you showed your taste for tea drinks, so on the second floor, please show your dance steps to prove your elegance."

Not long after entering the corridor, the maid stopped. After turning around to explain, music and the sound of many people dancing together came from the banquet hall they had just left.

Xia De looked back and could see shadowy people dancing gracefully through the ice door of the corridor.

The maid made a gesture of invitation:

"Then the two of you, please join the ball when you are ready. After ten minutes of dancing, I will make a judgment. If your dance steps are elegant enough, we will then enter the third floor, which is the final test."

Miss Sabeier raised a question:

"Wait a minute, if he came here by himself and failed to liberate me, he would have to dance alone, right? Or did you anticipate my appearance in advance?"

"I don't have the ability to prophesy. Actually, the original plan was for the guest to dance with me."

The maid lifted the skirt made of thin ice material slightly, turned around in place, and then looked at Xia De with eyes full of smiles:

"Of course, if the guest is willing to abandon his companion, I am still willing to dance a song with you. This is also my honor."

The yellow-haired girl felt that she had been provoked, and she highly suspected that this suspicious "elemental life" recognized who she was.

Compared with the ordinary girl who was beautiful, strange, and powerful, but had an ordinary appearance and low tier, most people would make a choice at the first time, but Xia De shook his head and refused. He said he would not abandon his companion.

And Miss Sabeier was very unhappy because of the other party's words. That thing that was probably an elemental creature clearly looked down on her charm, but she couldn't show her true self.

Although Xia De chose her, she therefore thought that Xia De gave up a "better" choice for her. This was "pity" for her, which made the girl even more unhappy.

"Ten minutes, right? Then let's go."

Xia De said this and was about to pull the sorceress toward the door of the corridor, but the other party didn't move, but said as if she was angry about something:

"Dancing with a lady, don't you take the initiative to issue an invitation?"

Seeing Xia De looking at her in confusion, she realized that she was too emotional. Since taking over the responsibility and starting to lead everyone, this was something that hadn't happened for a long time. She blushed slightly, but because it was too cold, it couldn't be seen at all:

"I mean, I might die after this, so the final dance should be more formal... Can you formally invite me?"

Then she saw the man holding her hand showing a complex and sad expression, so she felt even more guilty.

Thinking about her various performances just now, she understood a little that if she continued like this, both of them might be trapped here forever. So she made up her mind that for this long-lost adventure, she would just treat herself as an ordinary girl accompanying him for a trip.

And Xia De cleared his throat and issued an invitation with the hand that was not held with her:

"Miss Delia A. Sabeier, would I have the honor to invite you to dance for ten minutes?"

The girl who was prepared and had adjusted her mentality showed a smile and nodded, performing a standard curtsy:

"Yes, I would be happy to."

(End of chapter) ***