Chapter 3301: Kiss and Respective Thoughts

"There is also an empty cup on the table... A very old-fashioned puzzle and trap, it is the style of the Fifth Era—I have read many similar stories, it seems we must drink these liquids to get the medal."

Miss Sabeier, who was knowledgeable, said so. Xia De actually guessed this result, he just didn't want to do it:

"How about thinking of other ways? These liquids are definitely not ice water."

"We don't have much time."

Miss Sabeier said, and carefully checked those liquids again:

"I'll go first."

Her hand reached toward the empty cup, but this time Reinhardt grabbed the cup first. The Great Witch of the Sun was not trying to be brave, nor was she not wanting to give the strange Miss Sabeier a chance to perform:

"You two have already experienced two tests, and neither of your states is very good now. And I am the person with the highest tier here, how could I let you go first? The strong take care of the weak, this is the secret to the team's development. I'll go first. Judging from your description just now, the maid shouldn't want to poison us directly."

The ice wine glass successfully took the first cup of liquid from the soup bowl. Because of the depth of the soup bowl, she only filled half of the wine glass. Xia De roughly estimated that if they filled the wine glass as much as possible each time, then they would probably get the medal in about four times.

Reinhardt naturally didn't drink the liquid in the cup directly, but tried to pour out the liquid in the cup. This was successful, but the liquid in the soup bowl returned to its initial amount. Then she asked for a new cup from Xia De, and the new cup was indeed unable to break the liquid surface.

"It seems we have to drink it directly."

The witch said so, and then prepared to try. Miss Sabeier was slightly satisfied with her, although her loyalty was questionable, her means of doing things were indeed quite good.

"Taste a small sip first, if it doesn't work, we will find other ways."

Xia De reminded worriedly. The witch gave him a reassuring smile, then carefully took a sip of the liquid in the cup, and closed her eyes, frowning and holding her breath.

Her face was a bit pale, but after a while, she opened her eyes and drank all the liquid in the cup in one gulp.

*Clatter*—the cup fell on the table, and she hugged Xia De directly. Xia De only felt that he was hugging a piece of thousand-year-old ice at this moment. The witch's body temperature was shockingly low.

The sound of freezing appeared from her chest position, and then the ice layer spread to her whole body with her heart as the center.

The pale girl still looked at him with a smile, and then said softly:

"It's just a cup of ice water. Although it's very cold, I was born at the foot of the snow mountain. When I was young... don't have that expression, just like before, thaw me, I believe in you."

The smile between weakness was not as gorgeous as when healthy, but the smile on her pale face at this moment could touch Xia De's heart even more. It was precisely because she believed in him that she dared to do this.

Between speaking, frost flowers had already appeared on the witch's eyelashes, and the brilliance in her eyes was gradually fading with the spread of the ice layer, but she still looked at Xia De, as if she wanted to stare at him like this until she completely lost consciousness.

Xia De nodded gently, activated the miracle again, hugged her with one hand, and kissed her. It was just that this time, he didn't choose to kiss the corner of her lips, but kissed her lips, which were still soft even though they were cold.

"Hmm..."

Miss Sabeier, who was watching this scene from the side, felt that she seemed to have been forgotten by the two, and then felt that she was re-acquainting with Claire Reinhardt. She didn't know if this was a means or sincerity, but she clearly saw the witch kissing a "man," and it was clear that their relationship had long developed to this step.

She felt that the familiar girl was becoming more and more strange. She thought Claire was standing at 100 meters, but didn't know she had run to the 1000-meter position. Although this symbolized being more mature and powerful, it also meant that the so-called "betrayal" had happened a long time ago—there were more things to say after going back.

But this kiss was indeed effective. The witch's pale face gradually regained its blood color, and even because the blood surged too much, her face became flushed. Without Xia De reversing time to eliminate the ice layer, those ice layers fell off on their own.

The Great Witch of the Sun happily hugged Xia De, and even complained in a low voice:

"What kind of miracle did you learn this from? It's really indecent. My heart is beating fast now... But I knew it, I really can help you."

Miss Sabeier continued to make a note for Claire in her heart. She coughed lightly to show her existence:

"Time is very tight, let's finish the matter here as soon as possible, I'll take the second cup."

"I'll take the second cup, your tier is the lowest, there is no need to take risks here."

Xia De said, and picked up the wine glass the witch had just used. After taking as much liquid as possible from the soup bowl, he drank the liquid in one gulp under the gaze of the two ladies.

Unlike the extreme cold of the "Ice Crystal Butterfly Tea Drink" just now that spread to the whole body along the esophagus and gradually affected the flow of spirit in the whole body, this time Xia De didn't know what this was, but this chill obviously hadn't reached his limit of endurance.

The girls who were in direct contact with him didn't even feel his body temperature drop, just saw him close his eyes briefly and then open them, and then put the cup on the table:

"It's indeed very cold, but it's still bearable. It tastes a bit like snow mountain water. Maybe this is a special effect potion made by the maid herself from the snow mountain."

"You just used the power of time and the moon, and it doesn't look like a ring warlock specializing in flame or ice power. How is your resistance so high?"

Miss Sabeier finally asked this question. Comparing with Claire Reinhardt, she could better understand the abnormality of this man.

"He is the most special one to begin with."

It was the girl with platinum hair who answered this question with a smile. The heartfelt smile made her have a temperament like the sun illuminating the surroundings in this cold castle.

Miss Sabeier didn't want to comment on this. She was about to reach for the cup again, but it was snatched away by Claire Reinhardt again:

"I'll do it after all. Although it's very cold, with his treatment, it won't affect my combat effectiveness too much."

As she said this, the witch winked at Xia De again:

"You have to save me like just now, don't forget it."

Miss Sabeier felt that she snatched the cup from her hand for this, but her approach was actually correct. At least in the matter of drinking these strange liquids, the person who disguised as a Middle-Tier warlock was indeed at a disadvantage. It's just that, in the notebook named "The Strange Man and the Little Traitor of the Council" in her heart, she added another crime of "flirting with a man in front of the Speaker."

The third cup continued to be drunk by Reinhardt, and then it was thawed after a kiss. Xia De found that 【Thirsty Kiss】 might also be developed to wake up vegetative people in the future.

The subsequent fourth cup still didn't fall to Miss Sabeier, but was solved by Xia De. In fact, by the last cup, the liquid level in the soup bowl was already very shallow. In the case of being unable to affect the liquid level, the liquid volume of the last cup was not particularly large, so Xia De just treated it as drinking a cup of very cold water.

So the first medal was successfully recovered. That medal was indeed just an ordinary item carved on ice, and it had no prominent element traces, so...

Miss Sabeier asked for this medal, saying that it could be used to continue divination.

So the power of peeping into time was turned on again, and she led the three to continue walking in the maze-like corridors on the third floor. While walking, she was still squinting at Claire Reinhardt, who was holding Xia De's hand, while the witch who had just thawed was still asking Xia De about the situation here.

She had already learned about the ice maid, the test, the Witch Emperor of the Fifth Era, and the tea tasting session on the first floor. At this time, she was listening to Xia De talk about the "ball" on the second floor. Hearing that Xia De danced with a strange girl for ten minutes, she was a bit regretful that she appeared on the third floor instead of the second floor.

Reinhardt didn't hate Miss Sabeier because of this, but thanked the girl for not adding trouble all the way, and instead had been helping Xia De:

"Miss Sabeier, you still can't remember anything now? I have never seen you on the island. Maybe after this matter is over, I can ask my grandfather to help check the records of women who have disappeared on the island in the past hundred years."

This was not probing but true kindness, so the lady who hid her identity had to prevaricate that her memory was still blurred. The exploration of the castle seemed to have come to the end. She was a bit regretful that she didn't walk to the end alone with this mysterious and strange man. After all, she still had many things she wanted to probe.

Squinting her eyes, she looked at Xia De, who was vigilantly observing the surroundings. In her heart, she was thinking about whether the Witch Council accepted a man to have the qualification of "sitting and listening."

"Sabeier... who exactly is this? Could it be that Flora transformed into a girl again? She shouldn't be so bored, right?"

"No matter what, let's leave here first. However, why did Chloe build this castle? I don't know when I will see her next time."

"Humph, took my pocket watch, used my miracle, and kissed someone else without permission... Humph, sitting in the council seat but still having an affair with a man outside... None of them are loyal, really... After leaving here, I must have a good talk with you about this matter."

The three people with their own thoughts continued to move forward. At least for now, they were still very united.

(End of chapter) ***

The three, each with their own thoughts, continued forward; at least for now, they were still very united.

(End of chapter)