Chapter 3327

The white-haired girl listened to Xia De's suggestion and nodded to show understanding, feeling that her mood was much better. Xia De didn't directly praise her talent, just explained the facts. So the head that was originally curled up in the collar was slightly exposed to feel the cold wind on the small path at the foot of the mountain.

It is still far from spring, but she can no longer feel the chill of the real winter:

"Then are you also on good terms with other witch apprentices?"

She asked curiously again, so the faces of Tifa and Matilda appeared in Xia De's head. He tried his best to ensure that his expression didn't have any changes:

"My relationship with different girls is different. My relationship with little Miss Aurora is the shallowest, my relationship with Tifa is the best, and when Miss Jia Lin Na comes to my house as a guest, she often brings maids to help tidy up the house."

"So I think Miss Servit is the most excellent one among the maids of our generation. She is perfect in every angle as an apprentice... I also want to become a girl like her."

Miss Larson said with envy.

Although the ghoul was controlled, Xia De still didn't want to bring it into the city, otherwise if an accident occurred, the casualties would be more than one.

Therefore, he discussed with Miss Larson before entering the city, and the two dug a pit and hid the ghoul outside the city. Xia De continued to use the 【Moonlight Ring】 to control it from moving, and Miss Larson cast a spell to temporarily freeze it using the power of ice and snow.

"Don't cast the spell yet, wait a moment, I will bring this."

Xia De bent down and picked off a metal button from the "corpse" in the dirt pit. This button had a unique pattern, so it was very recognizable. And thanks to the body being sealed in ice for fifty years, the degree of rust on the metal button was not obvious.

After packing up all this, they went into the city to eat. There was no accident during lunch, and Miss Larson found a good restaurant along the street herself.

It was Xia De who asked the restaurant waiter for the newspaper, which was discussing the first round of consultations between the two countries starting next week, while the corner of the local tabloid was saying that the warships of the two countries docked at the pier affected the nearby fishermen's fishing at sea.

"I didn't expect that a small city like the City of Time also has its own city newspaper."

Xia De said, and then saw that the advertising area of the newspaper was all advertisements for various watch brands. This is not for locals, but for foreign businessmen.

"Miss said that Miss Xi Wei Aurora will bring the family's fleet over next week on the grounds of helping the warships of the two countries with maintenance."

Miss Larson sitting opposite the table said, Xia De nodded, thinking that the ship girl would definitely come over by then. It's just that I don't know what changes the Glory Messenger will have after two months of the Battle of the Forest.

In winter, most of the meat on the island, except for fish, needs to be purchased from cities along the coast of the Star Fall Bay, so the price is relatively high and the variety is not much. The restaurant Miss Larson found is famous for its chicken dishes. Whether it is Xia De or Little Mia, they feel the taste is quite good.

After lunch, the two went to find the old lady Miranda Otto according to the address given by Mrs. Reinhardt. Xia De was actually worried at first that the old lady had passed away, or she was not on the island temporarily, or that the nephew who said he would take care of her had long since abandoned her.

But fortunately, the luck was quite good this time. At 1:30 in the afternoon, they knocked on the door of No. 5 Lewis Avenue in the eastern urban area of the City of Time. After explaining the purpose to the maid and getting permission, they saw Mrs. Miranda Otto sitting in a wheelchair in the living room.

She looked quite old, with silver hair and wrinkles on her face. The age spots on her neck and the back of her hands were quite obvious. After getting close, both Xia De and Miss Larson, who had sensitive senses of smell, could smell the twilight smell that life was about to come to an end.

Xia De didn't want to say this was a foul smell, but he could see that this old lady was probably not going to live for too long.

"We inquired about here from the neighbors of the town of Kyle-Todd where Mrs. Otto originally lived. May I ask what happened to Mrs. Otto's legs?"

After taking a seat, Xia De asked hesitantly. In the information given by Mrs. Reinhardt, the old lady could still occasionally go out to bask in the sun with a cane.

"Old, can't walk."

The old lady with a blanket on her legs took the initiative to say with a smile. The mental state in the afternoon looked quite good.

Except for her and the maid, because today is Sunday, her nephew is also at home, but the nephew's wife and children went out together.

That Mr. Meyer, who looked to be in his forties, heard that someone was looking for his aunt and also accompanied them. As a businessman, he was very good at looking at people. After observing the two young people who were obviously the leaders, he saw that Xia De's background was very unusual.

"This rash visit is for a past event. Speaking of which, this matter is also a coincidence. Mrs. Otto, you look at this first, do you recognize it?"

Xia De handed the button wrapped in a handkerchief over. The old man's eyes were already blurred, and she specifically asked the maid to get reading glasses. But while the maid was rushing to get the glasses, her fingers rubbed the pattern on the surface of the button, and suddenly her eyes turned red.

She didn't care about the glasses, put the button directly in front of her eyes to observe carefully, and then asked the young people who came to visit with forced calmness:

"You found him, right?"

Seeing her expression, Miss Larson sighed in her heart. This is another tragedy. Xia De nodded:

"But we still can't be completely sure that he is the person you are waiting for... Although it is cruel to say so, do you want to go and see him?"

The hand of the old lady holding the wheelchair armrest was exerting force. Xia De even felt that for a moment she was suddenly going to stand up:

"Where is he?"

When entering the city just now, Xia De and Miss Larson had already discussed where to let this old lady see the "ghoul" Mr. Otto.

It won't work in the town or in the city. Xia De would not let such a dangerous thing appear in the human settlement. It won't work in the small woods outside the city either. After all, Mr. Otto went missing in the snow mountain that year. If it is said that the body is outside the city, the old man might not believe it.

Therefore, Miss Larson helped Xia De choose a cliff position at the foot of the mountain near Kyle-Todd Town. That place is not far or near from the small town, but even ordinary people can reach it by walking.

Although Mrs. Otto had not been there, she understood the general location after Xia De described it.

"Aunt, who are you talking about?"

Mr. Meyer, who was on the side, didn't understand. The old lady looked at the button lying in her palm that she had sewn on the clothes with her own hands with red eyes:

"Your uncle."

She had already defaulted that she was going to see a corpse. After all, half a century had passed.

"Ah?"

The businessman was startled, and Mrs. Otto didn't want to wait anymore:

"Can you take me to see him now?"

She asked Xia De, and Xia De nodded:

"Yes, because the snow mountain is at low temperature and buried in the snow all year round, Mr. Otto's... did not completely turn into white bones."

"Okay, I will set off now, go now."

Mr. Meyer, who finally understood what they were talking about, of course didn't want his elderly aunt to run to the cliff at the foot of the mountain. It is winter now, and the mountain road is not very easy to walk, but the old man insisted on doing so.

He couldn't persuade his aunt, and wanted to persuade Xia De to help bring the body directly, but Xia De shook his head:

"I am not a professional corpse carrier, and now the city is undergoing major events that affect the situation in the Old Continent. If the police find me pulling a corpse into the city, I will cause big trouble."

Finally, the troubled businessman had to agree to let his aunt go to see the body, but he needed some time to prepare for the old man's trip. Mrs. Otto originally wanted to leave immediately, but this time it was Miss Larson who kindly persuaded her:

"This should be the last meeting. You should dress yourself up well before going to see him."

"Yes, yes."

The old man with red eyes actually laughed at this moment:

"Fifty-six years, I finally waited for him to come back, I have to dress up well."

Looking at her expression at this moment, everyone present felt very heavy.

Xia De and Miss Larson didn't wait here, but made an appointment with Mr. Meyer and them to meet outside Kyle-Todd Town. When Mr. Meyer tentatively said that he wanted to bring some guards—he was a bit worried that the two young people wanted to cheat him out of the city to kidnap him, Xia De also nodded indifferently:

"That's fine. Although there shouldn't be wild animals in the mountain in this season, safety first after all."

Anyway, everyone else except the old lady would fall asleep by then, so it didn't matter how many people he brought.

After making an appointment for the meeting time a few hours later, Xia De and Miss Larson left here. After driving to the outside of the city and reloading the ghoul into the carriage, the two set off to return to Kyle-Todd Town.

The white-haired girl was in a bad mood:

"Have you seen many such things, Mr. Watson?"

"Seeking but not getting, born at the wrong time, meeting but no fate, although this kind of thing cannot be said to be very common, encountering it will indeed make people feel depressed. But looking in a good direction, at least Mrs. Otto met you, a kind person, before she died, so she could get the opportunity to meet for the last time."

"Mr. Watson, you don't have to praise me... I am thinking, with Mrs. Otto's mental state, will she die immediately after seeing Mr. Otto in a while?"

"It is very possible, after all, the biggest regret in life is about to be realized... Do you think we should let them meet?"

The white-haired girl pursed her lips and didn't speak, just moved slightly closer to Xia De who was driving:

"You know I can't give an answer either... Then what do you think?"

"Both I and Little Mia were hired by you for a meal, and we all listen to you."

Xia De said on behalf of the cat who was sleeping in his chest pocket.

"Bad intentions."

The white-haired girl said in a low voice, looking at the scenery at the foot of the snow mountain under the azure sky on the side of the small road, and revealed a smile after a long time:

"Let them meet. After all, this is also their own wish. If they waited for fifty-six years and still couldn't meet, then this story would be a bit too sad."

(End of chapter)