Chapter 3299: Afternoon Tea

What Xia De wanted was naturally not the pocket watch, but the tiny glass fragments dotted on the pocket watch chain, which were actually gemstones turned into toys.

And Miss Sabeier was stunned while holding the pocket watch in her hands. Regardless of the appearance, material, or style, she was incomparably familiar with the look of this pocket watch.

She only had guesses about the "Time Stop" and "Regression Principle" just now, but now the facts were right in front of her, and she couldn't help but believe it:

"Even this was given to him, how... is your relationship..."

Moreover, she felt that she seemed to have seen the purple crystal on the pocket watch chain somewhere recently, and that small silver moon pendant made her have a deeper guess about the identity of this man in front of her.

The ruby was restored by Xia De. He tossed the gemstone, then closed his eyes and said softly:

"Fiona, Miss Vilde, I need hot food, I need hot food that won't get cold quickly, I need very warm drinks."

After the "wish" ended, the gemstone was tossed lightly by him onto the coffee table. The sorceress, who had just fallen into extreme shock, noticed his action.

A flash of light and the ruby disappeared, and then warm firelight emerged on the coffee table. Several small copper stoves lit by bright flames appeared, and complex ancient runes were engraved on the inner and outer walls of the stoves to ensure the warm output of the flames.

And on the stoves were dishes being heated in copper plates, and even a teapot on one of the stoves.

The flames just appeared, and the two in the castle felt psychological warmth. The extreme cold tried to extinguish these flames, but the flames just shook twice and stabilized.

Miss Sabeier felt incredible about this. The flames made by alchemy items could actually exist in the cold caused by this strong element environment. Xia De guessed that it was the demigod witches of the Academy who provided help to the maid.

At this time, the door was opened, and the maid outside heard it and came in to check the situation. After seeing the stoves on the coffee table, she also seemed stunned for a moment. Just when Miss Sabeier thought she would be angry or ask the two to extinguish the flames, she actually bowed elegantly and asked:

"Guest, do you need me to serve the meal?"

Considering that he only had one hand that could move, Xia De nodded and expressed his gratitude. The maid walked over and professionally placed the stoves in one place, and used the dinner plates sent with the meal to divide the food for the two, and placed the divided food on the remaining stoves to prevent them from getting cold.

Although she was made of ice, she was not afraid of these flames at all.

As for Miss Sabeier, she had already interpreted that the runes on these stoves belonged to the middle of the Fifth Era, but their arrangement was something she had never seen before.

The appearance of the pocket watch and these stoves made her feel as if she had returned to that apprentice era when she knew nothing. When the maid was dividing the meal for the two, she realized another thing:

"Wait a minute, how did you get this food... Time? Summoning from past time? How did you do it?"

This was also the thing she couldn't understand the most, but in fact, Xia De didn't understand very well how the dragon maids did this, and how they added this miracle to the "skill reward pool" of the Tree Father, but this was not a very important question.

"This is a secret, let's eat first. It's really great to be able to eat hot food in this kind of place."

As he said this, he picked up the note that was right next to him. There were no words on it, only a sketch of two dragons wearing maid outfits drawn with red ink and green ink, standing together and spraying flames upward.

Xia De couldn't help but show a smile. The witch was very close to him, and naturally saw the note:

"What is this again? Is it also a secret?"

"Yes, my warmest secret."

Seeing Xia De refuse to answer, she subconsciously felt that she was not trusted. Clearly, the pocket watch was given to him, and the Regression Principle was given to him, now he actually didn't trust... In short, someone was sulking now, but she couldn't explain the reason clearly.

However, warm food always makes people feel happy, especially in this cold environment. And with the maid's service, the speed of eating was very fast, and even the lady who was sulking in her heart felt much happier because of this.

The appearance of that pocket watch made her directly treat the man beside her as one of the closest people. She was very sure that no matter what time point of herself gave this pocket watch, it must represent absolute trust.

Therefore, Xia De found that when eating this meal, Miss Sabeier was much more intimate when talking to him, which made him suspect that the girl had not eaten for many years while frozen, and was moved by eating delicious food this time.

Of course, the two did not stop communicating during the meal. The sorceress had thousands of questions she wanted to ask in her heart, but she knew it was not the time to say these things:

"Mr. Watson, when you introduced yourself just now, you said that you broke into this castle to find an ancient evil spirit?"

She used the meal elegantly:

"Knowledge related to the thing you mentioned suddenly appeared in my mind. I seem to know it too... Perhaps when I came here back then, it was also to find it."

She didn't give Xia De a chance to ask questions, and said what she had investigated in advance:

"That demon is the demon of weapons, and actually also the demon of strife. When facing it, the weapons one uses will instead become the demon's helper, so generally speaking, when facing the target you want to pursue, you cannot hold weapons."

Xia De knew all these, but her focus was naturally not on this:

"But there is an exception. That ancient evil spirit is just the demon of weapons, not the god of weapons. It can control weapons, and people can naturally think of ways to control their own weapons so they won't be controlled by it. Among them, the most direct method is to obtain the corresponding spirit rune—【Weapon】, or a spirit rune that matches the weapon in hand, such as 【Sword】, 【Gun】, etc."

"Is just a spirit rune enough?"

Xia De asked curiously. The doctor didn't mention this, the doctor only gave Xia De bullets and a gun.

But the sorceress shook her head:

"Just relying on the spirit rune is of course not enough. But if the demon is in a seriously injured or weak state, and you have extraordinary control over a powerful spiritual weapon, you can probably make your own weapon have one or two seconds of absolute uncontrolled state.

This condition is very strict, but it can also be considered a kind of plan."

Xia De kept this point in mind. The doctor didn't say it, perhaps because this plan was too poor, or perhaps because he knew Xia De didn't have this kind of spirit rune, so there was no need to spend effort to find a way to obtain this spirit rune. In short, compared to the plan of "Xia De marks the demon, the doctor searches for the demon," the plan provided by Miss Sabeier was still a bit troublesome, but keeping it in mind was always right.

In addition to the topic of the demon, the sorceress also probed some questions about Xia De himself. She was quite cautious not to involve too much privacy, and also shared some things about herself, so Xia De didn't mind chatting with her casually.

The pleasant afternoon tea time passed quickly. The stoves, dinner plates, and teapot disappeared, and the maid signaled Xia De and the sorceress to continue with her toward the higher floor of the castle.

Xia De then put away the things he had just taken out. When he stuffed the pocket watch into his pocket, he suddenly looked at the pocket watch in surprise, and Miss Sabeier blinked:

"What's wrong? Speaking of which, this pocket watch is really beautiful, but it looks like a lady's pocket watch."

"Yes, this was given to me by a girl who is very important to me, very important... But why is the pocket watch chain warm?"

He explored along the pocket watch chain with his hand in surprise, and then found that it was one of the gemstones that was hot. After turning that gemstone back, he found that the yellow gemstone was the one Miss Reinhardt gave him not long ago, which could summon a witch clone.

The temperature exhibited by the gemstone restored to its original state was higher, and it could even be said to be a bit hot.

Xia De then looked around suspiciously, holding this gemstone in his hand without putting it away; Miss Sabeier squinted at the gemstone in his hand, and then frowned.

The maid leads the way in front. Although the second floor generally presents a "Hui" character shape, the internal structure is actually quite complex. There are a total of four staircases leading from the second floor to the third, and she took the two of them up the main staircase located in the banquet hall.

Similar to when they came from the first floor to the second floor just now, at this time, continuing upward from the second floor, the temperature became lower as they went up, but the gemstone Xia De was holding became hotter and hotter.

"Speaking of which, after walking through the third floor, we are considered to have passed the test, right?"

Xia De, who was holding Miss Sabeier's hand, asked. The maid leading the way answered immediately:

"Yes."

"Then how many floors are there in total in this castle? It doesn't look like just three floors from the outside."

"Not counting the underground part, the spire, and the attic, there are five floors in total. After passing the test of the third floor, the reward is on the fourth floor. The fifth floor is the master's private area and cannot be entered without permission."

"Which floor is the demon on?"

He asked again, and the maid in front seemed to smile:

"It occupies a corridor on the fourth floor. I have temporarily blocked its perception of you, so you won't have a conflict for now."

The stairs were not very long. Seeing the maid's high heels had officially stepped into the area of the third floor, Miss Sabeier hesitated, but followed Xia De up.

Sure enough, as soon as they went upstairs, the chill almost equivalent to the "Silver Mountains" almost froze Xia De in place, but fortunately, that was only a second of body stiffness.

He controlled 【Inner Fire】 to output higher temperature, but a layer of frost still appeared on the body surface of the girl who was holding hands with him. Xia De thought she would freeze again, but this time Miss Sabeier hugged Xia De's right arm directly, making his arm closer to her heart position.

Under such an action, the temperature of "Inner Fire" was also better transmitted to her, so although she was trembling, she was not frozen. Of course, the trembling was actually more because of shyness.

After entering the third floor, the first thing I saw was a rectangular small hall. One wall of the small hall led to the terrace, and the other three walls were arranged with six doors. Obviously, the situation on this floor was more complex.

This time the maid stopped directly at the top of the stairs, and then reached back and took out an ice "hourglass". The "sand" in the hourglass was star-like ice powder, and the speed at which they fell was not slow:

"After tea and dancing, the final test is a game. The time limit is before the hourglass runs out. Please find the three medals I have hidden on the third floor during this period."

(End of chapter) ***