Chapter 3331

After apologizing, Xia De embraced her, then added the belated congratulations:

"Claire, congratulations on passing the trial of the 'Crown of Glory'; we all knew you could definitely do it."

"Really now, don't treat me like some girl who can be coaxed with flowery words."

The platinum-haired girl whispered, but she did not push Xia De away; this was exactly the kind of embrace she wanted right now. As for being angry, she was of course still angry, but she decided to listen to Xia De's explanation in a while before deciding whether to continue being angry; she was not the type of girl who liked to throw tantrums either.

Not knowing if it was because her luck had changed from "↓↓" to "↓" after experiencing the story of the Ice Castle and the demon on Friday, it really played a role; today, during the process of Claire climbing the mountain alone for the trial, she actually did not encounter a single accident.

Demons, caves, infinite snakes, the strangeness of the snow-capped mountains—nothing at all; she just followed the route map all the way up, found three tokens along the way, and then was just angry because she didn't see Xia De after reaching the finish line.

She had a quite boring day:

"I had originally thought that perhaps I could find the path to the twelfth tier by passing this trial."

At this time, the peak platform where everyone was located was not the main peak of the Fatumunster Snow Mountain, so of course, it was not the highest point of the snow mountain, and even the location of Sylvia's high tower was higher than here.

After complaining, Claire intended to leave with them; although she was not afraid of the cold, she was also looking forward to a steaming hot dinner after climbing the mountain all day.

It was just that before going back, Xia De still had one thing to do; the current environment was very good:

"The night I first met the five Great Elders, didn't they take out the Fatum people's treasure—Ice Jade—and let me peek into my own destiny? I saw my future path in it."

At that time, he saw the next step of the demigod path; he saw himself falling from a certain peak of the snow mountain. Although this place was not quite the same as the scene in the Ice Jade, no matter what, it could be considered the peak of the snow mountain.

"Since there is an opportunity now, I want to try it."

While speaking, he took the cat down and placed it on Ai Li's back, then came to the edge of the platform and looked down at the low fence made of wooden stakes. The direction Claire climbed up from was a steep mountain road, while below the position he was currently in was a ten-thousand-foot cliff:

"You wait for me for a moment; regardless of whether I succeed or not, I will return very soon."

He instructed the two ladies, and after preparing, he dashed forward and jumped down directly from here, crossing the fence.

Claire and Miss Larsen were not surprised; after all, Xia De himself could fly. It was Ai Li who walked to the position where Xia De jumped down and, together with the cat that had already dashed onto its head, stretched its head out to look down.

After about five minutes, Xia De flew back up again.

"How was it?"

Claire asked, and Xia De shook his head with regret:

"No effect; it seems the chosen location was still wrong."

Although Ai Li was an adult unicorn compared to little Liana, it was still a bit too difficult for it to carry three people while still in an injured state.

Therefore, on the way down the mountain, only Miss Larsen sat on Ai Li's back, while Claire flew to the side holding Xia De's hand.

The speed of going down the mountain was much faster than going up; when they returned to the Snow Mountain Hall, the banquet celebrating Claire's successful passing of the "Crown of Glory" test had also been prepared.

But because the "All Souls Festival" was about to be held, the elders did not invite too many people to rush to the town to attend the banquet. In the end, counting the five Great Elders, Xia De, and Miss Larsen, there were only a dozen or so people attending the banquet.

Most of the people here had held Claire when she was a child, and everyone talked about it with great interest, saying that in the blink of an eye, Claire had also reached the age where she could preside over the All Souls Festival.

And regarding the arrangements for the "All Souls Festival," the elders of course thought the sooner the better; after all, the island was currently in a busy time, and taking advantage of the fact that the demon incident had temporarily ended and no new incidents had appeared, they wanted to hold the All Souls Festival as soon as possible, preferably even tomorrow.

"But the church does not agree."

In the banquet hall, Elder Harald sat opposite Xia De, sighing while holding a wooden wine cup filled with fruit wine:

"The elemental tides on the entire island will become chaotic around the All Souls Festival, which will affect the spellcasting of Ringed Shushi. Now the church already knows that the stage of destiny is about to unfold at the foot of the holy mountain, and the holding of the All Souls Festival will affect the church's arrangements."

"Could it be that this year's All Souls Festival will not be held?"

"Of course that's impossible."

Elder Solin, who was on Elder Harald's right, said; he lived in a village in the northern part of the snow mountain, the furthest from Kyle-Todd Town:

"The holding of the All Souls Festival is not just for ourselves, but also for Fatumunster Island and even the entire Star Fall Bay."

Currently, the church's meaning is that they want to discuss a suitable date for us to hold the event. This year's All Souls Festival will be compressed into three days, and seeing that there is still a small half of the First Moon left, the holding date will definitely be within two weeks."

"That's also fine; it's enough for us to do the preparatory work well."

Elder Verda said; in fact, the elders were all dissatisfied with the interference of the Zhengshen Sect Society, but this was also a matter of no choice:

"However, the good news is that because the representatives of the North and South countries are both on the island, this year's All Souls Festival will be very lively. We don't really care about tourism revenue, but the more people who participate in the All Souls Festival, theoretically, the more vigorously the flames will burn."

He clinked his wine glass with Xia De, and then everyone listened to Xia De talk about his "adventure" with Miss Larsen today.

For Mrs. Otto, who lived next door to her home, Claire of course had a very deep impression. Hearing that the "knocking sound next door" mentioned by her mother actually led to the long-missing husband of the old woman next door, the witch also sighed endlessly.

The old people lamented the impermanence of destiny, and after hearing that Xia De actually obtained a special rule card as a reward, and after Xia De showed this card to everyone at the long table, Elder Harald, who had widened his eyes, patted his head:

"Why didn't Claire's mother ask me for help to handle this matter?"

And Elder Verda and Elder Ursa had other worries because of this matter:

"We had been thinking about how to arrange those who were thawed from the ice; we didn't expect that there would be the dead returning... It seems necessary to arrange some rituals to investigate the undead in the town."

The small town also had a certain defense, but the effect was definitely not as good as in the city with a Zhengshen Sect church. Coupled with the fact that Mr. Otto's state was very strange, he broke into the town twice at night without being discovered.

After the incident on Friday, Xia De only thought about Miss Sabel who went missing and that Claire knew his identity, and did not expect that there would be such a follow-up. Now thinking about it, if what was released together at that time was just a soul with an obsession, it would be a small matter; if the castle had once frozen relics or Xiewu, then the matter would probably be even more troublesome.

But in any case, tonight was a celebratory banquet; after Claire replaced the injured Elder Harald, the All Souls Festival was jointly presided over by the witch, Elder Verda, and Elder Ursa. Everyone was in high spirits, and Elder Ursa even probed, asking Claire if she would continue to preside over the All Souls Festival next year—in fact, asking if she would stay on the island this year.

But Claire's attitude was very firm:

"I will leave after the story about destiny on the island ends; I will not be stationed here, there are still a pile of things waiting for me to handle on the Old Continent."

Elder Harald was not surprised at all by his granddaughter's answer; his trouble tonight was missing that 【Ancient Fairy Tale · Snow White】.

Therefore, during the banquet, he also invited Xia De to play two games with him using the newly acquired cards; Xia De actually had long wanted to see the decks of the local card players.

But it was a pity that Claire stopped them:

"Grandfather, didn't you say you still have to go to the pier to pick up goods early tomorrow morning? Xia—I mean Mr. Watson, aren't you still going to follow the unicorn into the mountain tomorrow?"

She didn't dislike Luo De Pai, just felt that it was getting late, and she still wanted to walk around the town with Xia De to relax after the banquet ended.

So this match unfortunately did not succeed, but Xia De knew that he still had many opportunities to play cards with Elder Harald in the future.

The banquet did not last too late and ended at 7:30. Afterwards, Claire indeed invited Xia De to relax near the town pier; Miss Larsen originally followed behind the two, but when passing under the Harpoon Tavern, the witch said to her apprentice:

"Stella, you have also been busy all day, go back and rest."

The white-haired girl nodded, looked at Xia De and said goodbye to him, then walked up along the stone steps towards the tavern.

"It seems you and Stella get along very well today."

The two continued to walk forward, Claire said with a smile beside Xia De, and Xia De touched the cat that had shrunk back into his pocket:

"Actually, I can get along very well with most people. Today I originally wanted to chat with Miss Larsen about the Chosen One, but I didn't find an opportunity."

The two soon walked to the pier; compared to the busy pier of the Time Wheel City, the small town pier had almost no work at night, so there were almost no lights still on here.

Blowing the sea breeze and walking towards the pier, Xia De said softly:

"Miss Larsen is a 'protagonist candidate', which basically means she is one of the candidates for destiny. Once involved in the torrent of destiny, no one can stay out of it; I want to let her have some psychological preparation first."

"Candidate..."

Claire also sighed softly:

"When I first saw that child, I just felt she was very unique, like a lonely young wolf abandoned in the ice field. I didn't expect her to have such a destiny. Yes, great witches are almost impossible to be the Chosen One, but witch apprentices, strictly speaking, are still just Ringed Shushi... Do you want to support her as the Chosen One of destiny?"

"If we have no other options, Miss Larsen is the best choice. But this matter also depends on her personal attitude; I will not force her to bear a heavy destiny."

Xia De said, and seeing Claire worried, he comforted her again:

"Now the story of destiny is just making waves, everything is still unknown, so there is no need to worry so much. Moreover, you have more than half of the Witch Council, and me to help you, this is already very advantageous."