Chapter 3303: Gift of Ice and Snow

Hearing Xia De say this, the two ladies looked over, but Xia De reminded them very seriously:

"But before acting, I want to state one thing—my actions next are just to get the medal and pass the test. Don't tell anyone about this, and you can't lower my social evaluation because of this."

Miss Sabeier nodded immediately, and Claire urged:

"If you have a way, just do it. No matter what you did, I will treat it as if I didn't see it. I am not that kind of stingy girl."

"That's good."

Then they followed Xia De and walked forward two steps because Xia De approached the maid, and then saw Xia De come to the maid who was a bit "shameless". After a few seconds of hesitation, he lowered his head and then kissed the maid's...

"Ah!"

Claire covered her face and screamed, and Miss Sabeier also subconsciously wanted to pull Xia De up, but they were both a step late.

After lowering his head, the cold but soft touch was very strange. It didn't feel like ice but like real skin. This made Xia De think of Tifa. The touch of the black-haired maid was also soft, but the temperature was much higher.

But fortunately, her skin was very cold, but at least it didn't stick Xia De's lips.

After this kiss, the maid's skin really started to glow slowly. This method was correct. When Xia De straightened up, the maid had already closed her eyes. In the process of the cold white skin glowing, the medal buried deep in the body slowly precipitated out of the body, until it hovered between her raised hands.

Xia De breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the matter was solved, but he didn't forget to say to the two girls behind him:

"We agreed beforehand, you just treat it as if you didn't see anything, and you can't have negative thoughts about me."

The girls had different expressions, and Claire's words were a good summary of the two's thoughts:

"You... although we promised not to lower our evaluation of you, it has to be said that this is still very perverted."

The style of the third medal was indeed the same as the previous two. The maid held it in her hand, looked at it for a long time as if she was very nostalgic, and then nodded gently:

"Then guest, you passed the test, follow me."

She handed the medal to Xia De. Claire couldn't help but remind:

"Can you button your clothes first?"

This also spoke Miss Sabeier's heart, and the maid just smiled, but still tidied up her clothes.

Xia De checked the medal slightly, confirming that this was really just an ordinary item, but the workmanship was far better than the two just now. He handed it back to the maid:

"You keep it as a souvenir."

"Thank you for your generosity, now please follow me."

The maid bowed gently, and then led the three together to continue climbing the stairs to the fourth floor. And the temperature on the fourth floor was not colder than the third floor, but returned to the temperature outside the castle.

The fourth floor was no longer a room with a similar structure, and it was divided into multiple different functional areas.

The maid led them to a room that looked like a reception room. After opening the door, Emilia, who was frowning and communicating with the unicorn Ellie, stood up:

"Ah~ Xia De!"

"Xia De?"

Miss Sabeier was suspicious in her heart, and then saw the little elf who was very familiar with her rush over and hug Xia De, squeezing her to the side.

The golden hair seemed to be glowing, and the pointed ears were showing noble blood. Miss Sabeier recognized who this was, and while being surprised that the noble elf was here, she was even more surprised by the attitude of this noble elf toward "Xia De".

"Emilia, why are you and Ellie here?"

For her appearance, Xia De and Claire were equally surprised. Xia De thought Emilia was also in that pile of ice sculptures.

"I invited this noble lady to rest here. I assured her that her friends would not be in danger."

The maid said appropriately, which showed that Emilia's identity was unique.

And Emilia had clearly been waiting here for a long time. Although she had the unicorn Ellie with her, this was still very boring, and she was very worried about Xia De and the friends she had just met.

After hugging Xia De excitedly, she noticed that there was a stranger here. When looking at each other, Emilia blinked, feeling that she seemed to have seen the other party. The power of time enlightened the new World Tree Lord to know those secrets from the past and the present.

And "Miss Sabeier" also vaguely perceived from the change in the other party's expression that this noble elf seemed to recognize herself. But she didn't remember seeing the other party, and she only knew the other party's specific appearance after the Battle of the Woodland.

But fortunately, Emilia's attention was quickly attracted by Xia De, and she cared more about Xia De's situation at this time. When she brought the unicorn and followed the maid here, she even brought 【Night Watchman】 with her. If it wasn't for the maid's promise that Xia De would not be in danger, and that she could leave at any time, Emilia would have made a scene here long ago.

"I'm fine, are Miss Larsen and the other two High-Tier girls not here?"

Xia De asked. The pointed-eared elf shook her head, and the ice maid said they were all in those ice sculptures:

"According to the previous promise, when you leave, I will release everyone here who can still leave, and this includes your companions. Now, guest, please follow me to choose a treasure."

Xia De took the longsword handed by Emilia. Miss Sabeier looked at the hilt and then at Xia De, and then looked at the pointed ears and the "traitor" on the side, feeling that she suddenly understood many things. She thought that the things she knew downstairs were enough to be surprising, but now it seemed that the girls in the council had prepared a "big surprise" for her.

"I don't need any treasure, can she leave alive?"

Miss Sabeier, who was keeping a straight face and not speaking, suddenly saw Xia De pointing at her, but before she could speak, the ice maid shook her head with a smile:

"I don't have the power to bring the dead back to life. I am releasing all the ice sculptures, and those who are alive can naturally leave."

The sorceress who disguised her identity realized after a second that she should show a worried and helpless expression.

Xia De comforted her softly:

"Don't worry, I have a miracle that can keep people in a near-death state, and I can find a way to treat you later. I won't let you die here."

Miss Sabeier nodded in thanks, but what she thought was that even if the other party said such things, she wouldn't easily "let him go" in a while... But thinking about it carefully, he didn't seem to have made any mistakes, and instead had been very good to her.

"Then I don't want treasure, release everyone who was frozen now. After everyone meets, tell us where the demon is."

Xia De continued to say to the maid, and Claire was worried about her apprentice. It would be fine for others to be frozen for a short time, but Stella Larsen...

The smile on the maid's face remained unchanged:

"Guest, whether you accept the gift after this test is not decided by you, but by the rules. Releasing the frozen people can only wait until you leave the castle, not now.

So, please follow me to take the gift you passed the test, and then the protection for you during the test will expire, and the demon will take the initiative to find you. And the moment you step out of this castle, all the living people who were frozen will be released."

The unicorn Ellie called out softly uncomfortably, clearly afraid of the "bad thing" that drove it out of here. Xia De and the maid looked at each other for a while, but didn't give a response immediately, but asked Emilia:

"Does Ellie know this maid?"

Before, the information given by the unicorn did not include this maid. Although the maid explained it herself, Xia De still wanted the unicorn to confirm it again.

Emilia gave an affirmative answer:

"Ellie said that this maid is part of the castle and will not appear unless there are intruders. I also asked Ellie why the maid didn't help her at that time, but Ellie said she didn't know either."

"My duty does not include protecting this unicorn. It is one of the castle's properties. As long as the intruder does not endanger its life, I will not take action. Then guest, can you go with me now?"

She asked Xia De again. Xia De nodded, took the three girls and the unicorn that looked a bit scared, and followed the maid out of the room.

She didn't take the group too far. After opening a door again, it was a room like a library. This room was located inside the castle, which meant that all four walls had no windows. Its floor area was almost equivalent to a small square. Xia De estimated that the area of this room alone occupied about a quarter of the entire fourth floor.

There were bookshelves on all four walls, and the top layer of the bookshelves was directly connected to the ceiling more than five meters high. Of course, the "books" on the bookshelves were also all made of ice, but Xia De felt that these books were definitely not just decorations.

"Guest, you can choose any book from here to take away, this is the gift."

The maid said, and then stood by the door and stopped speaking.

Emilia, Claire, and Miss Sabeier were all looking at the surroundings. The unicorn followed Emilia and Xia De, clearly hoping for someone to protect it. The "ice cubes" on the bookshelves had different marks, so if Xia De had patience, he could completely determine what books were here first, and then choose carefully.

And the girls gave their own suggestions:

"How about choosing books related to the history of the snow mountain? The witch who built this castle must know the secrets here, maybe she left some clues here."

This was Claire's suggestion.

"Maybe you can look for records related to 'snakes' or that ancient god. Places where ancient witches left traces are easier to find poem fragments, right? Maybe clues about the chosen one ritual are hidden in some book here."

Emilia, who had woodland experience, said, but she was secretly looking at Miss Sabeier, but she hadn't remembered where she had seen the other party for the time being.

Miss Sabeier naturally had her own views, and she was also thinking for Xia De:

"The true owner of this castle is undoubtedly a master in terms of ice and snow power, and no one in this era can compare to her. I noticed that there is a certain degree of special properties of time and space inside the castle, which shows that she started from the power of ice and snow and can already affect normal space-time. Part of the path you walk overlaps with hers, maybe you can try to find research notes or books related to this aspect."

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